Never mind Suzi

Ah if I wasn't smiling enough today (my friend had a baby boy yesterday AND I got to see Dr Peter Venkman aka Bill Murray in work last night) my postie brought me some fabulous mail today =D
Currently sat watching John Carter, the movie may have got slated but I love it and Taylor Kitsch is very easy on the eye ☺
Some OPI goodies from my fave ebay seller =) I love the matte nail envy as a base coat and though you can't see it in the bottle this OPI Nothin' Mouse About It has little heart shaped bits of glitter in it, so cute!
I decided to give MUA a try out and with prices between £1-£4 who can say no!  I needed a new blush (I've fell out of love with my Benefit Bella Bamba after they made the box smaller meaning at £23.50 it wasn't lasting me even half as long) so got 3 to try, also who could say no to £1 nails polish and lippie!
Have you got any exciting mail recently?

Today I'm showcasing another 2 polishes from the recent Nails Inc "All That Shimmers" set.
Holly Place - Pink Noel Street - Gold
I have been lusting after these polishes since they were released and was THRILLED to find them at a reasonable price in a set.
2 coats was enough for full coverage and after the Bedford Square incident I used 2 coats of Gelous followed by 1 of Poshe and they are perfect.
If my ring finger looks a bit dodgy I'm sporting a break donors being held together using the good auld faithful teabag method.




Oh and not in any way nail related but how cute is my new cooling gel pack I got today in Poundland =D

Here it is Day 4 of the Neverland Nail Blog Summer Fun Challenge.
The theme - We Like It HOT, HOT, HOT!
I started with what most would classify as a summer theme, blue skies and sunshine.



I then decided to make it a typical British summer time and add some rain.




I also took inspiration from the weather we had on last night and added some lightening.



And finally lots of clouds.


Believe me when I say Northern Irish weather is even worse than mainland Britain at times.  Monday a night in the middle of June we had the craziest storm, thunder, lightening, torrential rain, hail stones the lot... in JUNE!!  
Nail Colours Base - OPI Fly Body of sun - Nails Inc Carnaby Street Sun rays - China Glaze Papaya Punch Rain - La Colours Star Light Clouds - Nails Inc Porchester Square
Can't wait to see everyone else's designs =D

Some nail mail I received today =)
W7 mosaic, salt n pepper,lava flow,  strawberry daiquiri, mirror pink mirror. Plus free top coat.
These are dupes for the Nails Inc sprinkles but at a fraction of the price =)

This is 1 of the polishes I got in my recent All That Shimmers set from Nails Inc.
What makes this so special is its actually a new colour.
It's a full coverage glitter rather than a topcoat. I used 3 thin coats of polish though a 4th mightn't have hurt.
It's a very thirsty glitter and I probably should have used 2 coats of Gelous rather than 1.
This is no ordinary gold glitter btw, it's got a holographic glitter through it too.
Really pretty colour.
(Natural light)


(With flash)

Here is Day 3 of the Neverland Nail Blog Summer Fun Challenge.
The theme - Pool Party!
I'm personally more of a beach girl.
So here is my attempt at Pool Party Fun!


Thumb - Pinky Factor 50 sunscreen splat (cuz sun protection is VERY important) Shimmering Water in the sunshine Sunscreen splat Cosmopolitan Sunscreen splat




Nail Colours Base - OPI Fly Sunscreen Splats - No7 silver nail art pen 50 - No7 black nail art pen Shimmring water - China Glaze Atlantis Cosmopolitan - Nails Inc Malibu Cosmo & No7 black nail art pen
Can't wait to see everyone else's designs =D

On Thursday Nails Inc shared an offer on their facebook page (if it hadn't been for my lovely friend Kate I'd have missed it due to an impromptu nap).
2 sets available for 1 day only at the price of £15.00 each!  
I bought the "All That Shimmers Set" with 5 full size glitter polishes.  The other set comprised of 8 mini's, it looked nice but I don't use mini's often.
This offer was well on par with the Lucky Dips offers Nails Inc regularly run =)
L-R Bedford Square Holly Place Noel Street Buckingham Street Old Park Lane





I have been lusting after Holly Place and Noel Street since they were released at Christmas, it's only took me 6 months to get them (but that's my inner bargain hunter). Bedford Square is a nice surprise as it has a holographic glitter through it which I hadn't realised. Buckingham Street is such a vivid magenta. Old Park Lane is my only dupe and will be going by into my "special box" for when I eventually have a give…

So while checking out blogs today I came across this manicure on Chalkboard Nails, I really liked it so decided to try it out for myself.
I wanted to try it with different colours though so I went with: Revlon - Blue Lagoon Color Club - Twiggie Color Club - Pucci-licious
Mine's not even half as good but it's ok.

I have been trying to stick to bright nails to cheer me up considering the weather is so grim but I realised I hadn't done a full mani using Living Water yet and I'm going out tonight and I think it will be a pretty good match to the dress I am wearing.
I got this from the Cult Nails $5 sale a while ago.  It is described as a deep blue jelly polish with ice blue and emerald green glitter inspired by the phosphorescent sea-water.



Excuse my application, I did put it on yesterday but rushed it as I was heading to work so had to rectify it with another coat last night.
I wasn't sure how opaque it would be seeing as it's a jelly so I put 2 coats (then a 3rd) over 2 coats of OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui.
I purposely blurred the last picture so that you could see the shimmer in it.
What colour are you sporting today?

Here it is Day 2 of the Neverland Nail Blog Summer Fun Challenge.
The theme - Summer Lovin'
Automatically I start singing when I read this, big Grease fan!
So I had to share the video here.
This theme was the perfect excuse to try out some pretty new sparkly bits I found in my local Poundland and also for a PINK overload!
So here's the full set (the thumb reminds me of staring at the stars with a loved one)
I used 2 different sets of heart spangles on my ring and index. My middle is a cupid heart and pinky a heart done in dots (though maybe should have used a darker pink) I used NYC Pinstripe White as a colour base on all the nails.
Thumb - OPI Metallic 4 Life & OPI I Lily Love You
Pinky - OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui & OPII Have A Herring Problem (sponged) wirh OPI Pink Friday dots Ring - OPI Come to Poppy & Be A Dahlia Won't You (sponged) 
Middle - OPI I Don't Give A Rotterdam & OPI Fly (sponged) with OPI Be A Dahlia Won't You Heart & No7 black na…

I was looking at the new OPI German collection today and the blogger showed a comparison between 1 of the new colours and china glaze riveting. Made me remember how much love this.
Such a bright, vibrant orange with a gold shimmer running through it.






At the last minute I decided to paint a coat of OPI Fresh Frog of Belair on my ring and thumb then I remembered some pretty little butterfly accents I got from poundland so I put 1 on my ring finger.

Love these =)