NOTD Post #1

Hi everyone, I hope you're all good on this lovely Thursday afternoon!

So, as you can probably guess from the title todays post is a NOTD (nails of the day) post. If you're unfamiliar with these kind of blog posts it's pretty much what it is, me showing you my nails of the day talking about what products I used and my thoughts and opinions.

Now usually I'm very creative with my nails and will use glitter top coats or nail effects polishes to jazz up my nails a bit but recently I haven't been doing because well... I just couldn't be bothered *hides face*. The other day I was sorting through my nail polish draw and I found my BarryM Confetti Nail Effects polish in the shade 'Dolly Mixture'. I own two of these polishes and they're absolutely amazing, as are all BarryM nail paints but these 'sweet inspired' confetti nail effects ones are beautiful!

 

BarryM Confetti Nail Effects paint in 'Dolly Mixture'

 

The above picture is absolute rubbish quality I know, but I just could not get a decent photo of the polish, so apologies about that! Anyway, the polish is a beautiful combination of blue, light green, pastel orange and yellow strands just like dolly mixture sweets surprisingly! I was instantly drawn to this polish mainly because as a child these were my favourite sweets, so of course I had to buy it.

 

I used this polish on top of my most recent purchase which is one of the Maybelline Colour Show nail polishes in the colour 'Peach Smoothie' a gorgeous peachy orange colour perfect for the summer! I used the Revlon Quick Dry Base coat to start with, which makes your nail polish last so much longer, I love it and have been using it for years.

I then used two coats of 'Peach Smoothie' although it is opaque with one coat (amazing!) and I used the Confetti Nails Effect paint on my fourth finger nail, so it would be a feature nail and applied two coats of Dolly Mixture followed by my trusty 17 Double Gloss Top Coat and I have to say I'm very impressed! I have been wearing this mani for 6 days now and I can honestly say there's the tiniest chips at the top of the nail other than that no chips or peeling, fantastic!

 



  

Maybelline Colour Show Nail Polish in 'Peach Smoothie'

The end result!

I must admit I was a little sceptical about the Maybelline Colour Show polishes at first because they're unbelievably cheap (£2.99 to be exact!) however they are such a great consistency, application is smooth and they last on your nails for ages however this is with a base coat and top coat! Nevertheless, don't be fooled by the price!

 

That's it for todays post, as always thank-you so much for reading! Do any of you like the BarryM Confetti Nail Effect paints? Which ones your favourite? Feel free to leave me a comment below, I'd love to hear your thoughts and opinions! :)

 

 

Byeeeeeeee!

 

Georgie xx

 

 

 

Want to buy or check out any of the products mentioned? Click the links below to check them out!

 

Revlon Quick Dry Base Coat (£6.49): http://www.boots.com/en/Revlon-Quick-Dry-Base-Coat_1254417/

 

Maybelline Colour Show in 'Peach Smoothie': http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Color-Show-Nail-Polish-7ml_1303039/

 

BarryM Confetti Nail Effects 'Dolly Mixture': http://www.boots.com/en/Barry-M-Confetti-Nail-Paint_1348685/

 

17 Double Gloss Top Coat: http://www.boots.com/en/SEVENTEEN-Nail-Xtras-Double-Gloss-Top-Coat_927408/

 

 

 

 

 

*DISLCAIMER*

 

*I AM IN NO WAY A MAKE UP ARTIST/NAIL TECHNICIAN I PURELY DO IT OUT OF FUN AND AM IN NO WAY A PROFESSIONAL. ALL PRODUCTS USED ARE MY OWN AND PURCHASED BY ME, I WAS NOT SPONSORED BY ANYONE TO DO THIS POST*

 



 



 

 

 

 

Lets reflect

Hi everyone!

So as you can probably guess from the title this post is going to be a little different to usual, in other words I'm going to be addressing a non beauty related issue.

Since the weather has been so lovely here in the UK this past month I've been spending a lot of time with family and friends going out places and just enjoying the sunshine. Sounds fun right? It has been but sometimes when I go out a lot I tend to feel a bit agitated like I need time to myself, a chance to reflect on my thoughts and general life-ness.
Today is one of those days where I need to do that, it's like I've been on a treadmill going really fast these past few weeks and now I need a rest, a chance to recharge my batteries if you like.

Don't get me wrong, of course I feel bad if I get offered to go out somewhere and I turn people down but sometimes you have to be selfish every once in a while especially if you're someone who is seen as ''too nice'' like myself. I woke up this morning and I automatically knew I didn't want to do anything today, I've been working and rushing about all week so I decided today was my recharge day. I then realised that we're now in August (what the heck?!) more than halfway through 2013 and it got me thinking about how much I've been rushing around after other people these past seven months and decided it's now time to think about myself for a change and thought that you guys would like to know how I normally spend days where I recharge and reflect; and there's one main way which works for me!

Instagram

For those of you who don't know, Instagram is a website where you can post photographs and add filters to them, it also allows you to hashtag the caption of the photograph for example if you upload a photo of a sunset you could hashtag '#sunset' and anyone who is searching for that particular trend will see your photo and are able to 'like' and 'comment' on it!
At first I thought Instagram was stupid and only used by people to get 'famous' and show off their 'swag' but ever since I downloaded the app to my iPhone I've been in love with it. It's great if you just want to scroll through pictures of people, objects and places you love and can be very relaxing (until you find yourself on it when you can't sleep, then you know you're obsessed!).
Here's a couple of random snaps from my Instagram page!



 

I guess that's it for today's post! I hope you're all enjoying your days and enjoying the sunshine if it's sunny where you are :)

Byeeeeeeee!

 

Georgie xx

 

 

Do any of you guys love Instagram? If you do feel free to give me a follow, I'll follow you back ;)

 

http://instagram.com/daygeorgie

 

 

I'd love to know how you guys spend your relaxation/lazy days, feel free to leave me a comment if you have anything you'd like to share or any questions at all ♥