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leopard print for the new year

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Happy New Year fellow nail-enthusiasts (and those of you who view my blog purely out of obligation).

What a year 2012 was. Big changes in my life, namely packing up my entire life for the 2nd year in a row and moving across the pond to London. I can say, without a shred of doubt, it was the best thing I’ve ever done. And I’ve done some pretty good things.

2013 is shaping up to be an amazing year. And what better way to start the year than with some leopard print nails. After nursing a NYE hangover and post-holiday-in-Ireland exhaustion – not to mention getting-back -to-reality January blues – I didn’t feel like spending more than 30 mins on my nails, but as always with leopard print designs I am tremendously happy with them, and with the little addition to the design - the love heart – there’s a lot of love around at the moment and I feel like this could be the theme for the year.

I hope your New Years resolutions include saying no to chipped nail polish, and making sure you put aside a bit of time for yourself to treat your nails every once in a while.

Big design being planned for next week, stay tuned!

xx

p.s. And no, I didn’t do any NYE nails, I ran out of time!

jewel designs for autumn

I’m very lucky to work with such lovely girls who are so willing to let me do their nails for them. P’s nails are the longest of anyone I’ve met and they are so great to paint. I did a bit of a fabergé egg design for her, and she was so pleased that I’ve been informed that I’m able to do her nails whenever I want. How nice is that?

I love the simplicity of this design, because it doesn’t really look very simple but it was really quick and easy to do. You really can’t go wrong with metallics and jewel tones. Perfect for the Autumn weather and the dark colours we find ourselves wearing as the temperature drops.

the monday blues, made better

I don’t usually detest Monday’s, but today has been totally against me. A) Lashing rain on the way to work = wet feet. B) Broke my tooth. Terribly upsetting. I hate the dentist. C) Did I mention my tooth? D) I was stupid enough to go to Oxford St after work for a bit of retail therapy…but instead of helping, it sent me into a hate rage blackout.

However, some good things came out of today. I found cute and colourful necklace at Primark for 8 pounds. Boom. And, most importantly, my package finally arrived from MASH Nails. I am pretty excited about this. All those lovely new nail art brushes and dotting tools! All in time for my nautical nails that I’ll be doing for the party this weekend.  Also, Dirty Dancing is on TV right now…that’s a Monday win if I ever saw one.

I highly recommend MASH Nails if you’re looking for some new nail art tools or bits and pieces like rhinestones, stamping tools or nail wraps. They’re very well priced and the postage is reasonable too. And no, they’re not paying me to say that, I just want to pass on a good tip. The nail art community is all about sharing.

Go forth, purchase items, and perfect your craft.

See you later in the week for some nautical nail action created by my new toys.