My Christmas Day Nails and a nod to my Grandad!

Happy Boxing Day my lovelies! Did you all have a fantastic Christmas?

We certainly did. Although I was so poorly for the whole festive period I put my game face on (fix up, look sharp) and carried on regardless. We had a fantastic lunch out on Christmas Day followed by a successful shopping trip to the Next winter sale at 7am this morning, followed by a buffet lunch at my sisters this afternoon. I have been thoroughly spoilt by both friends and family and loved every second!

On Christmas day 10 of our nearest and dearest went for lunch at a local hotel called St Giles. I was wearing a new navy dress and burgandy patterned tights so decided upon this little mani for the occasion...

Nothing too complicated but still quite effective. I started with two coats of Barry M Navy (quite possibly one of my fav's) and I stamped the pretty snowflakes with Barry M Silver Foil.
 

I thought I would also include a piccy or two of us on Christmas Day so you can see how my nails and outfit match...

My Mum asked me very nicely if I would mind doing her nails to match her new plum dress, how could I refuse and I thought it would be nice to make them sort of match mine...

This is two coats of the super pretty No 7 Damson Dream with the same snowflake design stamped but this time in Barry M Gold Foil.

Imagine my surprise when I saw my Nan and Grandad only to find her nails looking more amazing than ever, when I asked her where she got them done she said... Your Grandad did them! Seriously he is better at nail art than me and I practice every day :-)

Can you believe he applied those wraps himself on Christmas Eve! How cute...??

Speaking of which I just couldn't resist sharing this little picture of our doggies in their Christmas bows...

I hope you enjoyed this rather picture heavy post. I am beyond relieved to not be at work between Christmas and the New Year and really hoping to experiment with all my new nail polishes (seriously my friends and family were too kind)

Louise xx

Clothes Show Nails and Haul Pics

Good evening lovelies.

We had such a fantastic time at the Clothes Show yesterday. Neither of us can remember why we didnt go last year as we loved every second of it this year and vowed to buy tickets for next year as soon as they go on sale. The event is split out into various different sections with the main ones being: Clothes, Beauty, Make Up and Accessories.

We headed straight to Beauty and I couldn't resist buying my first goody bag of the day from Models Own. After that we were on a roll and purchased so many lovely things... make up, vintage style necklaces, an owl print dres, not to mention the W7 stall which was a huge success for me! Before I realised it I had 15 items in my basket!

These are the nails I wore for the event. Designed to match my outfit of the day... Navy patterned skinnies, burgandy oversize shirt with lace panel along the shoulders and my new grey boots.

I started by painting three nails with two coats of No 7 Damson Dream. A gorgeous polish that is a combination between burgandy and purple. I painted the other two nails with Barry M Navy.

I added one thin coat of Northern Lights top coat in Silver to add some hologram dimension (swatch below) and then I stamped with Barry M Silver Foil. The design is from my new collection of plates by Cheeky - this one is CH33.

Loving this hologram top coat!

Now for just a few sneaky pics of my Clothes Show Haul...

Look at all those lovely W7 glitters and the gorgeous grey and pink Nica handbag... what a lucky girl! :-)

Louise xx