Happy New Year!

Happy New Year lovelies!

Welcome to my first post of 2013. Did you all have a wonderful New Years Eve? Mr LiPP and I decided to stay in and I am pretty glad we did - many of our neighbours had fireworks displays and our little Lily is terrified of the loud noises. We spent most of the evening making sure she was ok and trying to keep her calm.

I wanted my first manicure of 2013 to feature a special polish so there was no doubt in my mind that I would turn to Orly Miss Conduct.

I started with two coats of Orly Miss Conduct from the Naughty or Nice collection. Miss Conduct is a raspberry pink base packed with sparkly holo shimmers. The formula is amazing and this is easily going to become a firm favourite for me. Check out the beautiful swatches below.

For my finished manicure I swapped my index finger to W7 Black for a little contrast. I then added star shaped rhinestones and tiny silver studs to my index and little fingers as you can see below.

Using Barry M Silver Foil I stamped this pretty star image from Cheeky plate CH 52.

I loved the final results but in all honesty I would have worn Miss Conduct on its own with no stamping or accents and still have been 100% happy :-).

I thought I would also share with you the manicures I painted for Mr LiPP's Mum and Little Sister on New Years Eve...

Check out the matching blingy accent nails :-).

I hope you enjoyed my first post of 2013.

Wishing you all lots of love, luck and happiness

Louise xx

Happy New Years Eve!!

Good evening my lovelies! Happy New Year to you all!

Tonight I am going to show you the nails I created using the polishes that our doggies bought me for Christmas :-). In other words the very thoughtful and romantic Mr LiPP went online and picked out some polishes that he knew I was lemming after and purchased them without me knowing. My little sis was in on the act as she made the final transaction and had the polishes delivered to her house so I wouldn't find out before Christmas. I am seriously a very lucky crazy nail lady :-)

I cannot believe how stunning this green polish is and I am so glad to have it for my New Years mani...

For this sparkly little number I started with two coats of China Glaze Running in Circles. The most amazing green nail polish ever and the best present Mr LiPP could have got for me (from the pupplies of course!).

Quite simply the best green polish EVER! Running in Circles is part of the China Glaze Cirque du Soleil collection. It is perfect in two thin coats and I have a feeling you will see it many times in 2013 :-).

To glitz this up for New Years Eve I added glitter tips using China Glaze Glitters All the Way. This polish was another present from Mr LiPP and pups and I love it! I tested it on a nail wheel and its fully opaque in just two costs but until I get a peelable nail base I can't bring myself to paint a full nail in it!

Lastly to make this manicure New Year appropriate I added 2013 in Barry M Gold Foil by using the thin end of a dotting tool.

 

We have had a lovely day today with my sis and her hubby. Laura managed to get a lastminute.com off work so they joined us for lunch at Yo Sushi and then we went on a quick sales dash to purchase a dress for Laura and nail polish for me (what else!).

I hope you all have a happy and healthy 2013 - wishing you lots of love, luck and happiness!!

Louise xx