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Tuesday already...

Tonight I am very excited to be welcoming one of my favourite bloggers to my nail room... Laura Loves

Laura started her blog last year and already has a great following. Laura loves to write about lifestyle, fashion and make up and all her posts are supported with great photography. If you havent already clicked through to check her out then please go and do so now :-)

I will leave you with these nails whilst I go and work on Lauras...

Graffiti Nails: Orange, White and Gold

Happy Tuesday lovelies

Tonight I have friends over for a mini dinner party. I have decided upon a Mexican theme and am in the middle of preparing spicy pork tacos with a salsa dressing :-). You all know that I could not leave my lovely orange swatch from yesterday alone, so this is the final look...

Swatch: RCH Nail Polish in Orange

Good evening lovelies

We are back from Bulgaria :-). We had such a fantastic time so today being the first day back at work has been a shock to the system! Bulgaria was amazing. I embraced skiing and spent three days at ski school with my little sis and our friends. Who would have thought it? Also I sang karioke for the first time and danced on the bar during a pub crawl! So much fun was had by all. It was the perfect break for Mr LiPP and I.

Back to nails...

Quick Snip: Pink Bow

Good evening lovelies

Tonight is date night so rather than spend time on my nails I will be enjoying the company of the handsome Mr LiPP. I will just leave you with a quick snap of these bright and fun nails :-)

Have wonderful weekends lovely ladies

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P

Orange with Pink Circles

Good evening!

Tonight I am going to share a pretty pink and orange combo. I really love these two colours together.

Halloween Nails: Purple and Pumpkins

Happy Saturday lovelies

Ok so now I made a start on the Halloween theme I cant stop! What is it with me a theme? I just get carried away :-). Yesterday I thought it was to soon, today I could not wait to stamp pumpkins!

Halloween Nails: Orange and Black

Good morning lovelies

Is it too early for Halloween posts? It feels like it is to me, especially as these pictures were taken in full on sunshine. We had a really sunny and warm day yesterday so I took full advantage of the chance to take outdoor pictures!

Grey with a Neon Twist

Happy Hump Day!

I loved my Neutral and Neon from Monday so much that I recreated it with a new favourite colour combination of mine... Grey and Orange.

Purple, Gold and Orange nails: Same Accent Nail

Happy Friday!

Tonight I am showing you the final look in my mini 'same accent nail' feature... I am so in love with these nails :-).

This shooting star look is totally inspired by one of the lovelies I follow on Instagram... @tsebian. Thank you so much :-).

Pink and Orange: Same Accent Nail

Good evening lovelies

So this was a no brainer for me... orange and pink are the perfect summer combination, in my opinion, and the pink from this NV collection is particularly gorgeous.

Navy, Gold and Orange: Same Accent Nail

Good evening lovelies

Time for a quick manicure change... apart from the accent nail. As mentioned in yesterdays post, I loved this orange studded accent nail so much that I vowed to leave it in place for the rest of the week. see how many looks I can come up with before it chips or the studs come off.. :-)

Turquoise and Orange: Same Accent Nail

Good evening lovelies

Hope you are all doing well? For the rest of this week I have decided to go with a bit of a theme for my nails. I will change my polish each day (as is usual) but I will keep my lovely accent nail just to show how wonderful and versatile it is!

Inspired By: Stripey Dress

Good evening lovelies

Hope you are all well? I have had a lovely relaxing day off today and for once the weather was on my side. The sun shone bright with barely a cloud in the sky so I reached for the sun cream and my kindle and spent a good few hours just making the most of some time on my own. Bliss.

Tonight I am going to show you some nails I did to match a new summer midi dress. Also those eagle eyed viewers will notice this is a rare appearance for my right hand which will explain the awkward hand poses!

Awkward Cinderella hand ;-)

Sally Hansen: Swatch Spam

Happy Sunday lovelies

Time for a little bit of Sunday swatch spam :-)

These are my new Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polishes that I just couldn't resist showcasing as a stand alone post.

Each colour has a great formula, required two coats and dried in super quick time. I would definitely buy more colours from this collection, especially if I found them in Poundland again!

Leopard Print nails: Summer colours

Good evening lovelies

Just a quick post tonight as I am rushing in the door from a sales conference and then back out again for a team night out at a local comedy club.

I loved the idea of these nails as I planned the colours in my head but I didnt like them once I was finished...

Grey and Orange nails: Unusual combo

Good evening lovelies

Tonight I would like to show you the second manicure I did with my brand new Pueen stamping plates. I would also like to show you two new polishes that were beyond a bargain!

For the base of this manicure I started with two Collection 2000 polishes that I recently picked up in Poundland. The best thing about these polishes is that they come in packs of three for £1. How can you not love a polish that costs just 33p per botlle! Crazy good bargain :-).

The colours I used are Hip Hop which is a really bright orange and Angel Wings which is a perfect dove grey.

As you can see below I used the colours differently on each hand, on my left hand orange is the main colour with grey being the accent and on my right hand I went with grey as the main colour and orange as the accent.

Using Konad White I stamped this pretty filigree style vine pattern taken from plate Pueen 33.

In the picture above you can see one of my newly made polish rings, that beyond adorable owl stamp is also from my new Pueen collection and I cannot wait to wear it as a full manicure. The owl was the main reason I was so desparate to get my hands on these stamping plates!

Isn't this just the most perfect pale grey? So glad I have three bottles in my collection :-)

Do you like my unusual combination of orange and grey? I was so happy with the way this turned out and will definitely buy more of these polishes if they crop up in Poundland!

Have wonderful weekends

Lou xx
@L_i_P_P

Nails you need Sunglasses for

Good evening lovelies

Have you been lucky enough to be enjoying sunshine today? It was the hottest day of the year so far in our region and whilst I was stuck in the office and unable to take advantage it was still lovely to look out of the window at blue skies :-).

Knowing that sunshine was on the way for a very short time (rain is forecast for the weekend) I was inspired to come up with this manicure...

These beautiful polishes were newly purchased by me at the weekend and are part of the Color Club Poptastic collection. The sunny yellow is called Almost Famous and has the great formula I have come to expect from Color Club. As far as yellows go (certainly not a favourite colour of mine) this one really is pretty good.

This in your face bright orange is called Wham! Pow! and certainly is the brightest orange I have in my collection. It looked this neon bright without the need for a white base colour and had a great formula that needed only two thin coats.

I topped all nails off with Northern Lights top coat in Gold to add a little sparkle and shine to these intensely bright nail polishes.

This picture below was taken in direct sunlight (you definitely need sunglasses for this picture!)

Finally I stamped over these pretties with the sunglasses image found on Cheeky plate CH 37 using Konad Black.

How do you like this sunshine inspired manicure? I love this new Color Club Poptastic collection :-)

Louise xx
@L_i_P_P

Dotty for the weekend

Happy Friday!

This weekend could not come soon enough for me! I have been counting down since 9.05 on Monday morning! How bad is that?

Sitting at work during the week I was talking to Faye about colours you shouldn't 'like' together. For example I like pink and red but Faye hates it. We talked about blue and orange together, my instinct was to say no but Faye said yes. I thought give it a try...

 I decided to keep it nice and simple but I was pleased with the results. I used Barry M Blueberry Icecream and No 7 Tangy for the base colours and the dots.

Very simple, yet very effective :-)

To be honest I like colours that clash. I am struggling to think of a combination I wouldn't wear. How about you, do you have colours that are simply a no no?

Have a fantastic weekend

Louise xx

Paisley so Pretty

Just got time to squeeze in a quick and unplanned post. I have only had this gorgeous and punchy orange for a week but couldnt wait any longer to try it out! I got this polish in a free promotional gift from the Boots 17 range as I spent over £6 on their products. The gift set also contained a full size black eyeliner and another item that totally escapes my memory. Of course I was ONLY interested in the nail polish.

The colour is called Tropical Island and does not appear to be part of the current range available to purchase in Boots. The colour is lovely and bright and contains a beautiful gold shimmer that is hard to capture on camera but only adds to the beauty in real life.

In the pictures I used 2 thin coats but still had a slight visible nail line so would wear 3 thin coats for solid coverage. The stamping for this design was done using Konad White Special nail polish and plate BM 315 from the new 2012 collection. The detail on this pretty paisley stamp is very intricate and transfers to the nail very crisply.

Whats not to love? Eye catching, summery (unlike the weather!) and so pretty. I got lots of lovely comments about these nails at work today. I cannot rave about the 2012 bundle plates enough. I love so many of the designs that I cannot imagine ever being stuck for a nail idea!

Thank you for reading, feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comment facility below.

Louise xx