Sweeties inspired nail art (Skittles)

I was in work one day and while packing out sweets, i was thinking of what nail art i could do next. At this point i happened to be packing out Skittles and so the idea of creating nail art based on the sweets came to mind. This is how my nails turned out:

And this is me holding a packet of the skittles:



To create this nail art i used the following nail polishes, and drew the 'S' on using a white nail art pen:

• Collection 2000 number 218
• Stargazer number 103
• Rimmel number 055
• Stargazer number 101
• Collection 2000 number 144

What do you think of these?

Barry M Magnetic range

As a bit fan of the Barry M nail polish range, i was excited to try their Magnetic polish. So i went off to superdrug again and decided to buy the blue polish. The instructions on the bottle said to paint your nails and let the first coat dry and the photo below is a photo of how it looked:

The next instruction was to do another coat and immediately use the magnet on the nail. It is best to do each nail individually. I tried this polish several times and wasnt overly pleased with the results. As you can see from the photo above, my nails were not very long and i think thats why i wasnt getting the whole design on my nail. The photo below is a photo of how it turned out:

Im having problems again with my nails peeling, so when they have finally grown a bit, i want to try this nail polish again to see if i can get it to work properly and then i'll update this post.

Is anyone else having similiar problems with this nail polish or is it just me?

Liebster Award

I have been nominated for the Liebster Award by the lovely Sinead Taylor. Thank you Sinead :)

I have to write 11 interesting things about myself,

and answer 11 questions that Sinead has tagged me to answer.

The next step is to make up 11 questions that i want other bloggers to answer,

and finally i have to tag 11 bloggers and let them know i have tagged them.

11 interesting things about me:

1. I have become obsessed with nail art. For this obsession, i balme my friend Claire, who first got me into nail art.

2. It wasnt my idea to set up a blog. It was Claires suggestion that i set it up to talk about the nail art i do, though i do blog about other things as well.

3. I have a secret obsession, that most of my friends dont know about. I have been collecting keyrings since i was young and currently have over 250 keyrings.

4. I am a book worm lol. I love to read books and will often sit up really late at night to avoid putting down my book.

5. I have my bacheors and masters degrees and still dont know what i want to do with my life!

6. I like a wide variety of tv programmes, such as: Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, CSI: Las Vegas/ Miami/ New York, Law and Order: original, UK and SVU, Criminal Minds, Sons of Anarchy, Smallville, Charmed, Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes, 2 Broke girls... the list goes on lol.

7. I have never broken a bone, though i have chipped my elbow.

8. I love Horror films.

9. Ive not yet blogged about clothes or fashion. Im trying to lose weight at the moment, so maybe when i have lost some weight, i might do a couple of blog posts and fashion and clothes.

10. I love the jewellery from New look, Topshop, and some pieces from Claire's Accessories and some from Primark.

11. I believe in 'what goes around, comes around'.

Sinead's 11 questions:

1. London or New York?

New York. I would love to travel round America one day, and New York would be one of my top places that I want to visit.

2. What really annoys you?

When you text someone and ask them them a question and they reply to the rest of the text but not the important question! oh, and some of the ignorant customers i have to serve in my work place (spar) lol.

3. What is your favourite colour?

I have two favourite colours - purple and green.

4. Have you any secret talents?

I think they are still secret 'cos i dont know about them yet. lol.

5. What was your favourite subject at school?

At GCSE level, my favourite subjects were Spanish, History and Business Studies.

At A-level, my favourite subject was Biology.

6. What item of clothing do you love wearing?
The item i love to wear most, is not very fashionable lol. I love cold wet days, where i know i dont have to go outside, and i can sit in my room, by the window, with my favourite green hoodie on, and read a book or watch a dvd.

7. What does fashion mean to you?
At the moment, not much. I want to follow fashion more, but im waiting until i have lost more weight.

8. How would you define your city's fashion?
I am from a small town in N.Ireland, and the fashion / sense of style is widely varied!

9. What are some of your favourite clothing stores / catalogues / websites?
New Look

10. Where do you get your inspiration for your blog?
Everyday items. Like, lifting a packet of skittles gave me the idea of skittles nail art. Or, putting on my panda socks, gave me the idea to do Panda themed nails.

11. Where can readers find out more about you and your blog?
Contact me on here, or
Twitter: https://twitter.com/batwoman24
Or facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/nicola.scott.37

 

 

My 11 questions:

1. Do you have any secret collections? e.g i collect keyrings.

2. What is your favourite nail polish brand?

3. Tell me a secret that no one else knows about you?

4. Why did you start your blog?

5. Where do you see yourself in 10 years from now?

6. If you won the Lottery, what would be the very first thing you would do?

7. What is your ideal job?

8. Lipstick or Lipgloss?

9. What are your favourite clothes shops?

10. Of all the different brand of foundations, which do you feel is the best?

11. How often do you try to blog?

The 11 bloggers i wish to tag and nominate for the Liebster Award, in no particular order, are:

1. http://www.ifellintoyesterday.com/

2. http://when-the-dog-bites.blogspot.co.uk/

3. http://www.unnakednails.com/

4. http://www.thenailasaurus.com/

5. http://www.mariasself.com/

6. http://www.spellbindingnails.com/

7. http://www.sincerelystephanienails.com/

8. http://rosie-makes.blogspot.co.uk/

9. http://pinpointpolish.blogspot.co.uk/

10. http://cuteasnails.blogspot.co.uk/

11. http://gemfatale.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Barry M Chamelon

Day one of the nail challenge arrived and i decided to test out one of my new nail polishes - Barry M Chamelon. Below is a picture of the bottle and what it looks like when on your nails:

According to the bottle, all i needed was a top coat of clear nail varnish to change the colour of the nail polish. I have to admit, i was a little skeptic, but Barry M has a reputation for good nail polishes so i knew it should work. And it did! I used Collection cosmetics clear nail polish to do different designs on my nails and the colur of the polish changes instantly. Below is a picture of my final result:

I really liked this effect and after seeing how it worked i went and bought the blue nail version, which turns pink, though ive not tried it yet.

Has anyone else tried any of the Barry M Chamelon nail polishes? 



Nail Challenge

I had decided to set myself a nail challenge and try to do different nails every day, but when some of my days, im working 8-3pm and then 4-10.30pm it doesnt leave me with much time. So i decided to change it so i am doing different nail every other day. Unfortunately my laptop had to be sent back to HP due to 'immenient hard drive failure' so, i wasnt able to blog for 3 weeks! :(  But i did continue with my nail challenge. So im going to try and blog every day for the next while to catch up with the nail challenge.

Garnier 7 day challenge

I recently took part in the Garnier Intensive 7 day challenge and i have to recommend this product. Its something i will definitley be buying in the future. You can apply for a free sample here. I didnt really stick to using it every day as i didnt really feel i needed to. The skin on my legs and arms had gotten quite dry and flaky and my usual moisturisers werent working. Then Claire recommended this sample. It couldnt have arrived at a better time.

You receive 7 samples and before using them, they ask that u use a skin reader, which shows you how dry your skin is. Immediately after applying the first sample, i could see the effects. After that, i applied the samples every couple of days, so instead of doing it over 7 days, i really done it over 2weeks. But my skin is so soft and smooth that i didnt need to use it everyday. After you have used all 7 samples, they ask that you use the second skin reader.

Heres how my two skin readers looked:

You can clearly see how much dry skin i had before using it and how little i had, after using the samples. I would definitely recommend it! Now i have lovely soft legs for going out on sat night :)

Final of the Collection Nail Art Competition

I was recently contacted by the Collection team, to say i had made it into the final of their Olympics nail art competition :)

There are five finalists in total and a photo of each of our nail art has been uploaded to the Collection facebook page. Until mon, anyone on facebook, can look at the finalists nail art and vote for who they like the best, by simply liking the photo they want to vote for.

This is a photo of my nail art:

So, now i would like to ask, that if you like my Olympics nail art and wish to vote for me, click here to vote for me.

Thank you

Nic x

UPDATE:

I would just like to thank everyone who voted for me in the Olympics Nail Art competition. I came in 3rd place, so im really happy. The Collection Cosmetics team have emailed me asking for my address to send me a prize :)