Lilacism

Essie Nourish me, Essie Lilacism, W.I.P at Urban Outfitters Squares

IT'S SNOWING! Well, it's not snowed that much as of yet but if the forecast is to be believed then there may be a snow day on Monday. That would suit me perfectly as I have so much coursework to do at the moment as my Fine Art and Art Textiles mocks are coming up. The're three days each and I have to hand in all my coursework at the end of them too. I also have my Literature mock on the 4th so I'm becoming a recluse for the next few weeks (but procrastination will no doubt lead to blogging). 

My nails had become a bit of a state recently so I went without polish for a week or so to let them grow. I thought I would wear my favorite Essie polish in Lilacism and was inspired my the recent snow fall to add some glitter. Instead of doing just an accent finger, which I think can look odd sometimes, I painted both my ring finger and middle finger. 

Midnight City

I'm still really ill so to cheer myself up a bit I decided I would paint my nails. I'm annoyed that I'm not well enough to face the sales, but hopefully in the next few days i'll be elbowing through the rails with the best of them!

First I used 'nourish me' by Essie as a basecoat, then 'Blue Plum' from Barry M's new Gelly Hi-Shine range, a glitter from Miss Sporty (with no name, don't you just hate that!) and W.I.P at Urban Outfitters 'Squares'.  To get the ombre effect I used a thin coat of the fine glitter 2/3 of the way down the nail, then a second layer on the top third. To finish I added the large holographic glitter to the very tip of the nail.

The new Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine nail paint promises an 'extra glossy finish' but I am quite disappointed with it. It has the same colour pay off and shine as their normal nail polishes, so you're paying an extra pound for nothing. You might as well buy a glossy topcoat.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everybody! I hope you all had a lovely day. Unfortunately I've been really ill with a runny nose and a sore throat so I've spent most of my day with a tissue to my nose feeling rotten. I woke up early with the rest of my family this morning and we had toast and opened our presents to each other, my mum and I went to church, then we watched old musicals and ate far too much Christmas dinner. Now its an evening full of Christmas specials and films and no doubt Quality Street.

These are just a few presents I revived from my family (this is in no way boasting):

 Form my big sister I got a lovely Stella McCartney perfume in the limited edition print bottle. It may surprise you that I don't own any perfume, as i'm usually very picky about scents but this smells lovely, quite floral but not too girly. I love the print on this bottle, it very 70s and would easily fit in a makeup bag.

 My mum loves Clarins, and usually gets both my sister and I a little gift set from there at Christmas, this year it was the 'All About Lips' set. Inside is a small makeup bag with four products inside: 'Instant Light Natural Lip Perfector' which is a seer tinted gel lipgloss with a doe foot applicator, 'Colour Quench Lip Balm' which is a hydrating gloss, 'Colour & Moisturising Lipstick in Joli Rouge' which is a beautiful berry nude lipstick and 'Intense colour & Shine Lip Gloss in Gloss Prodige' a berry lip gloss.

Now I know what your thinking but bare with me, I know UGGs are like marmite, and I too hated them until I tried them on in store. My friends who own a pair completely agreed with me that they are like walking on clouds, and my other friends just gave me a look of disgust when I said I was going to ask for a pair for Christmas. I went for the mini's in grey, which I think are subtle enough to not look like UGGs, but still be really cosy. 

I was hoping to have my first blog OOTD to be my Christmas dress, but because I am so sick, I haven't ventured out of my onesie, So instead here are my Christmas nails. I used Essie 'nourish me' as a base coat, then Essie 'forever yummy' as the main colour, over this I used Barry M '105 red glitter' and to top it all of W.I.P at Urban Outfitters 'squares'. Its so sparkly I'm almost blind.