NOTD Striping tape!

Hello!

So it's that time of year when anyone between the ages of 16-21 hides themselves in there bedroom and works there little socks off. Sadly this means my blog is going to be neglected for next two weeks - sadface-. But on the bright side, it's my birthday on the 18th May, after which I will have lots of new goodies to review for you all! I'm talking my first ever mac products people!

On with the post, just a simple nails of the day, I got sooo many compliments on these, and they are super duper easy too! I will post a tutorial of this technique as soon as I get the chance!

I know the quality isn't great, but I wanted to show the colours

The strips are just really thin gold tape that I ordered off ebay for 99p! Postage included, they came from Hong Kong so they took a while to come, but I'm really happy with these! Also the nail varnish I used is Peach Melba by Barry M

Again, apologies in advance for neglecting you for next couple of weeks

This is all,

Gemmm xxx

Leopard Print Nail Art

I apologise for my absence this week, I haven't had access to a camera which makes the blogging thing difficult. So hopefully I should be able to get a good few posts up this weekend to make up for it, plus my first ever nail post! I really should be more consistent rather than doing nothing for a week and three posts in a day.

Anyway, I did my nails the other day and thought that they were photo worthy. I used three coats of Models Own Pink Punch. This is a lovely polish but it's quite hard to photograph so it tends to look different between cameras. This is literally the fastest drying nail varnish I have ever owned, I think it's because it's quite thin. By the time I had done both hands, the first nail was ready for a second coat!

Please bear in mind that these nails are two days old at this point and I think they still look fresh and nice. I did the leopard print using my Models Own WAH nail art pen, I've tried cheaper pens but this is by far the best around.

I'd heard a lot of good things about this before I bought it and I can pretty honestly say that it's worth the hype. Don't you love it when a product lives up to your expectations!

These are the nails close up in a slightly better light to show the colour better. They were so easy to do, it's worth trying because I honestly thought they would be a disaster, but I'm quite happy with them. Oh, I almost forgot, I topped the nails with a coat of 17 clear nail varnish (which for some reason I can't find on the website), it's only £2.99 and is just a great top coat!

Let me know if you would like to see a tutorial on this, or any other nail art ideas for me to try,

This is all,

Gemmm xxx

A Few Wish List Items

It isn't my birthday for more than two months yet, but I like to think making wish lists early is organised right? I distinctly remember me and my brother making Christmas lists on boxing day! So these are just a few ( nothing close to all) makeup items I'd like to try out that are actually a plausible price to receive as gifts.

17 Peep Show Mascara/ Max Factor Lasting Lip Tint/ TopShop Nail Art Pen
Models Own Glitter Polishes/ Maybelline Dream Soft Blush/ Bobbi Brown Gel liner

Just to be clear I haven't tried any of these products, they are just things I have heard great things about. Well actually I have the black glitter Models Own nail varnish (Mixed Up) and I adore it *here*. I have also tried on some of the Bobbi Brown eyeliner in Selfridges, which is why I am now lusting after it!

What are you wish list items? Let me know

This is all, 

Gemmm xxx