AWOL

Hi Guys,

Apologies for being absent without official leave. It's been nearly a month since I last posted. Time flies by when you are in a hole of despair!

Wasn't feeling too fancy, didn't have anything but misery to blog. And I am also crazy broke so couldn't even really blog about the materialistic junk in my life.

I am still a poor miserable git but the show goes on right? So this is me pulling up my socks and trying to make the effort.

I've been taking pics so here comes a few random posts.

I hope everyone else has been well xoxo

HOW TO: Remove glitter nail polish

Hi Guys!

If you read one of my recent posts you will know that I found and fell in love with a chunky glitter nail polish (sparking diamonds by l.a. colors). You might also know that I had about 5 coats of polish (including base colour and top coat).

Glitter polish + a million coats = hell to remove!!!

Please read on to learn how to remove glitter polish in a fast and effective way :)

I did attempt to remove my polish in the normal way (i.e. cotton pad and nail polish remove wiped over the nail) but I ended up with cotton wool sticking to the glitter [pictured below x2].

The nail polish remover (I use Cutex moisture guard btw, the one with the mint green lid) had basically removed the top coat but when it got to the glitter polish...nothing. Game over.

I got this method off the internet and from the research I done I think that this is the easiest way and you should have all the stuff you need already.

'Tools' needed:

Scissors
3 cotton pads
1 extra cotton pad***
Foil
Nail polish remover

1. Cut 2 of your cotton pads into quarters (you should then have 8 little bits) and cut 1 cotton pad into half (they are for your thumbs).
   

2. Get your foil strips ready. It needs to be wide enough to securely wrap all around your finger taking into account the cotton pad and it needs to be long enough (height) to go from your knuckle and then for you to be able to twist the top. I think that a good size is the size of a single piece of toilet tissue :)

And now the fun starts!

Depending how easy you find the following steps I would definitely do only one hand at a time, and personally I did only a few fingers at the time.
It takes longer this way obviously but less hassle. And the wait is worth it!!


3. Get your piece of cotton pad and put some nail polish remover on it. You want the pad to be saturated, so that the remover has soaked all the way through the pad (you don't want it dripping though because otherwise you will end up covered in nail polish remover!


4. Place the cotton pad on your nail and wrap as tightly as possible (be careful not to tear the foil) around your finger and then twist the top. You need to make sure the top is twisted as tightly as possible and that the end (bit near your knuckle) is also as 'closed' as possible.

The aim is to have your foil thing as secure and as air tight as possible so that your cotton pad stays wet - that is the point of this method. It allows the nail polish remover to soak into the glitter nail varnish.

You should end up with something like in the photo below:

5. How long you leave it on depends but about 5 minutes should do it.
While your waiting apply pressure (i.e give your nail a squeeze) on all your foiled nails to make sure that the nail polish remover is working it's magic.
Careful you don't leak onto yourself lol

I kept mine on for only a couple of minutes and when I removed the foil (how to - below) 98% of the polish had gone and I only had a few glitter bits left.

***Thats what the extra cotton pad is for - if you have any bits left you can just give your nails a quick wipe as normal - the hard work has already been done :)


6. To remove:

You do NOT unwrap the foil!

How you remove the foil is also part of the 'magic' ;)

Once you are ready, give your nail a final squeeze and then twist and pull off. It is in that action that you are taking the nail polish off.

You might be able to see in the picture below; there is no rubbing action required - you've just basically melted and pulled off the glitter polish (and all polish).

Apart from the fact this gets the glitter off it is also minimises damage to your nails, as rubbing glitter polish can scratch your nails and could even cause dents!

And that is it!!

I hope you find it useful. I was a bit lazy to give this ago but really glad I did because it worked!!
TIme and patience girls :)

Let me know if you gave this method a go, or if you have any other easy tips for me to try.

xoxo

HOW TO: How I get my eye make up to last all day

Hi Guys,

Firstly, please ignore my towel in the photo's, I just washed my hair :)

My friend at work asked me the other day how I get my eye make up to stay so I thought that I would share what I do with you guys too.

There are loads of different ways to get eye make up to last but so far I found this to be the best. It's just based on the idea about eye shadow primer (e.g. primer potion) or even using concelaer (I do this too); I just did not want to spend money on an additional product.

I got the Clinique quick shadow free (love clinique's free gift promotions!) when I bought other stuff and I didn't have anything else to do with it. It is pretty amazing, but once I am done I will just use a cheapy liquid concealer instead.

This is really easy and my eye make up stays this intense until I take it off at night. And you can amend it to your own eye make up style.

For the most basic version I use two products:

• Clinique's quick eyes cream shadow in 05 (rock violent)
• MUA in shade 20 (matt black)

1. Apply the cream shadow over your lid (I go quite high up due to my lid shape)

2. Pat (do this initially so you don't budge the cream shadow and minimise fall out because there will be looooooads) your chosen eye shadow onto the cream shadow.

3. Then slap on the rest of your powder eyeshadow in your normal way.

That's it!

Once this is done I apply mascara and use a cotton bud to tidy up.

frizz ease

I have had this product for ages. Literally years (do hair products have a use by date?!) and I never really liked it but recently trying to use up everything I have before buying more (or if I hate it that much to throw it away - keeping something for 20 years without using it kida indicates you should give it away or chuck it!)

But anyway, I've started using this and I like it!! The problem before I think was that I wasn't very 'good' at using products - I would use toooooooo much and then complain that the product is too greasy and heavy. Well nowadays I am a bit more better at using these beauty type stuff and even with my length hair I only use a tiny tiny blob (as pictured - omg it's a heart shaped blob! totally unintentional) and rub my hands together and then run it through the mid-length and ends of my hair. Once I feel that the product is gone from my hands I give my root area a quick swipe to combat flyaways.

This product is suppose to keep your hair straight for 24 hours. I don't quite use it the way they suggest so I can't comment on this ascpet of the product but to keep hair nice and un-frizzy, but still have movement and volume it's good.

Makes me interested in the new john freida frizz ease 3 days straight....

The last day in my life...

Hi Guys,

So today is the day the world is going to end (at 6pm - it's 12:55pm so not long to go!) so this is my last 'day in my life' random post.

This morning I initially thought that the world had already ended and that I was the lone survivor but my facebook wall feed told me differently and then I was informed about the 6pm 'deadline'.

Since I thought the world was ending I hadn't made any weekend plans so I thought I'd spend my last living hours blogging.

[ABOVE - me in my newish white linen blazer. Primark £17. Very miami vice hm? I've worn it once and initially I wasn't sure but I like having it in my wardrobe. It feels really 'bright' to me but that's probably because I'm use to wearing black all the time. And the style of the jacket is cool, a waterfall front and no fastenings.]

[BELOW - A photo of a naked lightbulb.......the reason why I took this photo is because I need some help. This is the light bulb that is in my 'hallway'; so it's the first light you see when you walk through the front door. And it is so ugly :( "Why don't you get a light shade?" I hear you scream. Well, the reason why is because, as you can see in the photo, the light bulb is very nearly touching the door. I need to find a light shade that is 10cm long or less (so that I can open and close the door)and so far (erm, 2 years and a bit) I can't find anything :( Any 'bright' ideas? .... ]

[BELOW - I want to do this hairstyle or my own take on it. Rather do it top to bottom I want to try to do it ear to ear. This is my hair aim for this month/june]

[BELOW - the Flip Fold!!! I want one so bad!! Just saw Sheldon on The Big Bang using it and googled it straight away. Basically a folding board that folds clothes (wow!)] Was ready to press 'buy' on amazon but then realised that I don't fold clothes at all (bunch and chuck anyone?) so a folding board would actually use more time rather than save time. Nothing could ever be quicker then pulling clothes out off the dryer/the clothes drying rack thing and dumping it on the floor!!!]