Challenge 11 - Glitter Nails.

"I'm like a shooting star, leaping through the sky..."

Hi, Girls!

Sorry for being AWOL. I've had a bad week. My Grandmother is in hospital, & my Brother had a car crash yesterday. The Good news is, someone is watching over us! It's strange, when my Nan went in hospital, I went outside for some me-time and 'spoke' to my Grandpop. He died when I was five, but I was very close to him. I asked if he could watch over all my family & make sure everyone is safe. I'm not a believer in God as such, but I really do believe that he may have helped. 

In other good news, I had a ridiculous amount of things arrive from my Amazon wishlist. Seriously, a ridiculous amount. Our cats are good for food for months.

Because of this, I wanted to do a shooting star manicure to go along with this weeks challenge. They're lucky, & you make a wish on them. Seemed perfect for this week. 

I've said it before, & I'll say it again. Sally Hanson polishes are a bitch to tidy up. Major staining. I've acetoned & I've had a bath, & this was the best I could do clean up up wise.

I'm using a very shoddy camera right now, & this manicure looks so much better in person. All fingers were supposed to be the gradient, but I buggered up the shooting star on the accent nail, & I couldn't be bothered to re-do the gradient. I don't think it looks too out of place. I ended up using a star gem I got in a kit from Poundland. I thought it would make it look very tacky, but I don't think it looks too bad.

I also got a few presents from people to help with Nail Art. I am getting a new camera from a lovely person, so I can't wait for you to get some decent photos.

Love to you all.

"Like a shooting star, across the midnight sky, wherever you are you're going to see me fly."

Poundland Perfection.

Hi Girls!

I've spoken a lot about my recent love for Sally Hanson after buying a few from poundland. I won a couple of quid on a scratch card, & because we were not in dire need of milk, I quickly popped in for a browse.
I've never been a snob, but I loathe buying beauty products at such a cheap price. You get what you pay for after all. However, after discovering how good the SH was, I treated myself. There were no new SH shades, so ended up with Outdoor Girl in Blue  a confetti-like polish from Chit Chat. I've never heard of either brand, but decided to give them a go.

 Outdoor girl 

Believe it or not, this was ONE coat. (excuse my poor thumb, I've somehow managed to crack the nail. I will fix tomorrow) It dried so quickly I hadn't even put a top coat on. It's quite holographic, which doesn't convey as well using the camera on my phone. I would have easily paid more for this.

Chit Chat

I went over with the Chit Chat polish. This was a couple of coats, & sadly this one does not dry quickly. In fact twenty minutes later, the thumb has come off,  the four remaining fingers feel quite tacky. If I spent more time doing it, & putting a decent top coat on, I think I'd have better luck with keeping the design on. It is quite fun though. In our Poundland, they also did a silver, gold  & purple version. None of them however have an names, so I can't give you any more details.

If you have a Poundland, or a Poundworld near you, please go check it out. Talking with other girls, it seems to vary in different areas. You may be lucky & find some good bargains. I've also managed to get rhinestones & nail art pens. Yay for the random pennies you find in your coat. It's only a pound, so you don't even have to feel guilty. 

Let me know what goodies you discover.

I'll be doing the next challenge either tomorrow or Sunday, so until then...