HOT CROSS BUN PASTEL SPRING EASTER NAILS

Hello again lovelies. I painted my nails yesterday feeling inspired by spring and Easter time and here they are.

Please excuse this not so in focus photo. Pastel shades always make a comeback at this time of year and so I wanted to include a mixture of them in this manicure. I thought the nude shade would be perfect to use under my hot cross bun stripes which my boyfriend pointed out should be vertical and horizontal, but oh well I think that's just being picky, ha ha. I wanted my nails to have a sprinkle of glitter too for a speckled effect. As these shades were quite milky I applied three coats of each for a dense colour pay off after my base coat. I used a white striper for the hot cross bun stripes and finished off with a nail drying spray.

Products Used:

ALESSANDRO PRO WHITE ORIGINAL

INGLOT 337 NAIL ENAMEL

MUA NAIL POLISH PISTACHIO ICE CREAM

STARGAZER 501 NAIL POLISH

2TRUE FAST DRY NAIL POLISH SHADE 15

BARRY M NP 318 PEACH MELBA

E.L.F. NAIL POLISH TWINKLE

STARGAZER NAIL ART PEN WHITE

PRETTY PERFECT NAIL DRYING SPRAY

It looks as though the E.L.F. and StarGazer polishes may have been discontinued, but hopefully you can find them on Ebay or Amazon. Alternatively you can use similar a similar nude and shimmer to recreate this look. The StarGazer striper I purchased a long time ago in a set so I would search online for that too as I think you can also buy them individually.

If you have created any spring time and/or Easter inspired nails please leave links in the comments below.

Love to you all

Vicky xx

NOTD: Chocolate For Easter

Hey Everyone. Happy Easter Monday, Bank Holiday, April Fools Day. I hope you are all sweet. Speaking of sweet I felt chocolate inspired by the Easter festivities so I thought I would paint some choctastic nails :)

 

 I applied one coat of my Rimmel base coat. I then applied two coats of my Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure (630 Haute Chocolate) to my accent nail (second from right) and three coats of my E.L.F. Nail Polish (Chocolate) to the remaining nails.

I received this Sally Hansen Polish in my October GlossyBox and I have previously reviewed it here. There are many stockists for Sally Hansen products which you can find in this link. This product usually retails at £6.99 for 14.7ml. I also found this here for $7.99 plus shipping.

This E.L.F. Nail Polish (Chocolate) is a much thinner formula and goes on quite streaky. There is also a hair on the brush that is longer than the others that I need to try and trim as it leave speckles at my cuticles and makes applying the polish more tricky than it needs to be. This is a much deeper brown than it looks in the bottle. It is a true chocolate shade. This retails for £2.50 on eyeslipsface.co.uk and $2.00 on eyeslipsface.com. Just copy and paste the E.L.F. web addresses into your search engine as the links always fail when I add them to posts. I wouldn't say I would recommend this E.L.F. Nail Polish though as it began chipping the night I applied it so not good.

I sealed the manicure with my Elegant Touch Rapid Dry Nail Spray.

What nails have you been wearing this Easter? Any creative designs or chocolate shades? Let me know in the comments below.

Love to you all 

Easter Time!

Hey Everyone! I hope you are all having a lovely break this weekend. Four days off just feels like heaven. I popped to Bluewater yesterday with my fella, but I was very good and didn't buy anything. We are going out for a curry tonight with a few others which will be yum. Speaking of yum I thought I would share with you the Easter eggs and choccie goodness I have received for this time of year.

The Hello Kitty chocolate is from my lovely Mum and the Maltesers chocolate is from a sweet friend. Of course I am overly excited at the thought of these naughty treats, but I love that I will also have a Hello Kitty mug to use when it has all been munched away :)

I wish you all a very Happy Easter. I hope you all have fun and enjoy lots of wonderful food and drink. 

Love to you all

FOTD: Chocolate/Easter Inspired

Hey loves. With the Easter weekend approaching I thought it would be cool to create some sort of chocolate inspired make-up look which I will show you in this FOTD.

Products Used

Rose & Co Apothecary Rose Petal Salve

Max Factor Ageless Elixir 2 in 1 Foundation + Serum (Natural 50) SPF15*

Collection 2000 Lasting Perfection Ultimate 16 Hour Wear Concealer (Light 2)

E.L.F. Studio Translucent Matte Powder

E.L.F. Eyelid Primer (Sheer)

NYX Cosmetics 5 Color Shadow The Caribbean Collection I Dream Of ST. Kitt (Three Centre Shadows Only)

NYX Cosmetics Single Eyeshadow's (Hawaiian Coffee & Asphalt)

Benefit High Brow Pencil

17 Clear Definition Mascara

NYX Cosmetics Eye/Eyebrow Pencil (Dark Brown)

Jane Iredale Purelash Extender & Conditioner

MUA Mascara (Shade 4)

W7 Honolulu Bronzer

BellaPierre Cosmetics Mineral Shimmer Powder (Champagne)

Natural Collection Moisture Shine Lipstick's (Fig Leaf & Biscuit)

*This foundation was previously sent to me for free and I reviewed it in this post here.

So that's it folks. Apologies for the weird facial expressions and dopey looking eyes, but my friend was with me and taking the mick which put me off posing a little, ha ha.

I would love to see your latest FOTD posts if you want to link me up in the comments below :)

Love to you all