31 Day Manicure Challenge Day 6 - Violet

I'm really bringing out my firsts for this challenge; I believe this was my first ever GOSH...ahhhhh!
No complaints with the formula. It applies well and isn't streaky.

Here is what I am wearing today:

Wild Lilac. I have a love affair with pink and purple. This is my bit on the side.

Three coats later, it's not streaky and it did look great, but it was boring.

The flakie goodness of Nfu-Oh's 50

Forget the polish. That bottle is BANGING!

Next up is Black and White...oooooooh!

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Nails Inc Ebor St and stamping

Hi friends.

Remember I said I had a load of Nails Inc polishes that I've never used? Well, I got this one for Christmas last year and thought I'd try it out.

Oh dear. It was like trying to apply milk to your nails; it was so runny and streaky. You can see my middle nail is mess. I thought I'd try to salvage it with some nail art. This is definately not a polish I'd wear on its own again, although the colour itself is nice.

Two layers of the very lovely Nfu-Oh 50

I can't remember which colours I used to stamp, but only the white was a Konad Special polish. The purple and cerise were either Maybelline or Rimmel. I find that the heavy pigmented polishes work just as well as Konad - AND they don't streak if you put on a regular clear polish or topcoat.

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This lasted until the end of the day because I didn't like the pinkie nail :-(

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No creativity tonight...thank goodness for Nfu-Oh 51!

Friends! How are you?

Thank you to those who have been voting for my design in this competition. For those of you who haven't had the chance yet...don't forget me, lol!

I had a bit of a mind blank today - zero creativity I'm afraid :-( I shall endeavour to remedy that, but meanwhile, I will show you what I'm wearing today...

Two coats of black polish and two coats of Nfu-Oh 51.  Yes, I know that it's been swatched by hundreds of people already, but for those who are new to this thing of gorgeousness, I shall indulge you a little. Again.

 This has to be one of my favourite toppers. It's multi-faceted and it makes me want to stare at fingers constantly. That's why I don't wear it much - I've got too much to do!

Of topic slightly, I've been thinking that I should cut my nails down a bit. I already did that before my previous manicure, but it didn't make much of a difference.  What do you think?

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Happy New Year Readers!!!

Hi everyone. Happy New Year!!

Tonight I watched the New Years Eve fireworks (on the TV) which were being held at the Embankment, London. They had fireworks flying off the London Eye, all along the Thames and the display was spectacular...and I'm not one to be wowed by fireworks either. Me, my hubby, Sis-In-Law (SIL) and my hubby's best friend have also been sitting here reminiscing about past NYE escapades. Best friend has also just reminded me that House of Pain's 'Jump' is now 20 years old! Not that it was ever a favourite of mine, but I remember hearing it when I was out raving. I feel ancient now and I'm only 32 (going on 22).

As it's now New Years Day I know a lot of people are probably reflecting and making a load of resolutions right now. Are you the type of person who makes resolutions? 

My only goals for this year are for me to try to stay healthy and stress free, enjoy my family and make the most of my potential.  For me, this year was a good one; I had a healthy baby girl five months ago. From time to time my health takes a turn for the worst and I have to take medication that takes weeks to work (I'm still taking meds now that have made my face swell like a balloon :-() but my little girl is healthy and at the moment, so am I. 

I'm enjoying my maternity leave right now and I intend not to let work get the better of me when I return.  It IS hard though. We spend so long in the work place, it's hard not to take the stresses home with us. Good thing there are things like nail polish to make us feel better right?  Oh look, whilst we are on the topic of polish, here are my Nfu-Oh's! These were delivered from Estonia a couple of months ago but I didn't get around to putting them up or even swatching two of them.

50, 113 and the super lovely 51.

51

 This was two coats. I think maybe four or five might give complete coverage.

 It looks great layered over a darker colour but I also like it like this. I'll get to the other two at some point this year, lol!

Please don't be upset with me for not posting something current - I'm still rocking my last manicure and I'm loving it too much to get rid of it! 

Enjoy the first day of the year x