(Nail) Art Attack!

Nail art! Something that until very recently I had never given much thought to.

I've always painted my nails, although as they are often in such a bad state (they're very brittle and they peel all. the. time.) I do try to give them a week's break in between every polish.

But recently I've been inspired to try something new - probably thanks to Lauren Conrad's new beauty website from which I found this blue moon tutorial.

I found this tutorial really easy to follow, and the polishes were both from Miss Sporty's collection. These polishes are only £1.99 and available in all good drug stores in Britain. And they are wonderful! Such a bargain and they go on so easily. They have a wide brush, but they're downfall comes from the fact that I needed at least 3 coats of each.

This second tutorial came from a great website that my friend Steph recommended to me, Nailside. This explosion accent nail tutorial was SO difficult to figure out, as I could not get the placing of the tape correctly.

I used an NYC red polish plus the Miss Sporty silver. The NYC polish was an old one, but it still went on well, although I really should buy a new one!

I'm giving my nails a break right now, but I think next I will try Jane at Nailside's heavy layering experiment.

"The best fashion show is on the street. Always has been, always will be."

Last week, a friend of mine recommended watching Bill Cunningham New York.

As someone with a mild interest in fashion (growing every day though), Bill isn't someone I was aware of, but after watching the trailer I knew this would be something I would thoroughly enjoy, and if you have any interest in fashion, New York, art or photography, you should watch this.

It was such a heartwarming documentary, about someone who is so unbelivably and unabashedly passionate about what they love, and Bill is a real inspriation.

Crafternoon fun

Let's get this blog back up and running with a craft post!

My friend Claudia and I are both into craft projects - and yet can never find the time to actually sit down and create things.

A few weekends back, we finally got our acts together, and had ourselves a little crafternoon fun!

I made a paper heart garland for a friend's fireplace (above) before going on to successfully create my first bracelet using a blue peter batch, anchor, beads and bracelet clasp.




I've got myself involved with Pinterest - add me here! - and there are so many wonderful craft project ideas there! My next plan is to make some of these sun jars for Christmas presents :)