Lilac Galaxy Half Moon Art

Something I done last week but had no time to put up. I went down to Ryman and got myself ring reinforcements and decided to give them a try. I don't think it came out too bad! Definitely can't wait to try different colours with this as the 2 I have aren't the most contrasting on the planet.

The colours are just ones I talked about last week - GOSH Wild Lilac as the base with 1 coat of GOSH Galaxy on each.

It's such an easy thing to do and looks awesome - I would recommend taking the stickers off before it dries - like what I did, because sometimes it mucks up for people if you leave the stickers on too long.

I finished with a Barry M topcoat to seal in the colour and level out the nails. :)

Travelsupermarket Competition!

Hey! So this morning I received an email from Charlotte over at Travelsupermarket.com (part of moneysupermarket.com) inviting me to take part in a competition to win £1000 towards my next holiday as she thought my blog was right for the competition. I was actually really excited by this, probably from being contacted by a big company, and also because I wouldn't mind a smashing holiday and stay wherever I like!

I would totally love do this competition, and in fact I might just so that I would have taken part. The thing I don't like is that the people who get top 30 have to use their £50 vouchers on the second stage of the competition which would be far more challenging - but luckily(?) for me, I would never make it into the top 10 for the nails category in the first place, so I wouldn't have to worry about what I'd do for phase 2 haha.
Anyway, I am going to paste in the email (as there's really no point in try to paraphrase what it said) to share this with any British bloggers who might be interested in this competition (as was asked of me at the end of the email).

Hi,

My name is Charlotte and I work for TravelSupermarket.com. I am writing to you to let you know about our latest beauty blogging competition “Beauty and the Beach” as I think your blog would be perfect for it.

The competition gives you the chance to win £1,000 to spend on your next holiday just for showcasing your beauty talent!

We are looking for bloggers to publish a blog post with photos capturing their best ever holiday hair, nails and make-up.  If you are particularly interest in one of the categories and not the other – don’t worry! You can enter just one or all 3 categories if you prefer!

Describe how you achieved each look, the products you used and any tips for anyone who might like to recreate it. You can even describe what type of holiday you were on and where you wore each look.

Our panel of industry leading judges will then decide 10 winning looks from each category. Each winner will receive £50 worth of beauty vouchers. With that £50 the top 30 beauty finalists will be asked to create their ‘Ultimate Ibiza Look’ to tie in with the Ibiza Closing Parties.

The blogger who creates the best ‘Ultimate Ibiza Look’, as decided by our head judge, will win the final stage of our Beauty and the Beach competition and will receive £1,000 cash to spend on their next holiday!!

More info can be found here http://www.travelsupermarket.com/c/holidays/beauty-and-the-beach/

If you don’t have time to enter, could I ask that you share this opportunity with your readers, or any other beauty bloggers you think may be interested in entering.

Thank you J

Charlotte x

Good Luck if you decide to enter!

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The Liebster Blog Award! :D

Many, many thanks to Clare over at Nuthin' but a nail thing for nominating me for a Liebster award, awesome! She has an amazing blog so I recommend checking it out!

The Liebster Award is given to new bloggers with less than 200 followers.

Here's how it works: 

1) The recipient must post 11 fun facts about themselves
2) The recipient must also answer 11 questions created by the award giver
3) The recipient must give the award to 11 new bloggers with less than 200 followers and post 11 questions for them to answer
4) These 11 bloggers must be told they have been given the award
5) They will in turn pass the award on to 11 new bloggers of their choice (no tagging back the award giver) 

11 Fun Facts about myself

1. I'm a student of linguistics at uni.
2. I live in the sunny land of Scotland.
3. I spend way too much time watching The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother reruns.
4. I have a Black Moor fish called Google because of its googly eyes. I've had it for 2 years. It's an ugly little bugger but it's the only fish out of three that is still alive.
5. I love macaroni, especially of the cheese variety. YUM.
6. I love playing Modern Combat 2 on my Blackberry Playbook, it's so addictive!
7. My favourite musical artist is Queen. They are the absolute best! My favourite song of theirs is Too Much Love Will Kill You. 
8. I tend to like 80s, Classic Rock, New Wave stuff more, but I do enjoy a good dance-y tune from time to time!
9. I like to sing. I was part of an opera group for 3 years - currently not with them but may join again soon!
10. Where's me rum gone?! Oh, I drank it. I love rum.
11. I like photography, but my skills have their limits!

Questions asked by Clare

1)  What made you start a blog?
I wanted to start a blog for quite a while as I saw one or two nail polish blogs and thought 'hey! I take pics of my nails all the time!' and I've really been into doing my nails for a few years now so I thought it might be a good idea to blog some of the nail art/nail polish I do.

2)  What is your favourite brand of nail polish?
Probably Barry M because that's where my love of nail polish truly started. It's affordable and easily accessible. :)

3)  What is your favourite polish colour?
Oooh erm. I really don't know! I generally love purple but I don't always wear it as a nail colour. I tend to wear darker shades a lot though.

4)  How many polishes do you have in your collection?
I really don't feel like going to count right now, and I've never actually counted, but probably somewhere around 200?

5)  How do you store your polishes?
I have a massive box that is made for under beds, which I keep (surprisingly) under my bed.

6)  When/where do you mostly do your manis?
Well I do them whenever I have time, if I'm at uni it would be in the weekends, and I tend to do them in my bedroom with the window and door wide open.

7)  What is your favourite type of nail art?
I love water transfers from time to time, and I also do like stamping, but I find that I'm more happy with my nails when I've drawn the art on myself.

8)  What polish is on your wish list?
I can't remember the names at the minute, but I want a couple from China Glaze and one from the OPI Designer series.

9)  What is the next manicure on your "to do" list?
I want to try out something else with my stamping, but i never stick to what I originally plan haha!

10)  What is your nail care "must have"?
I have some nail care products from Avon, like a peeling and brittleness solver and others, but they only thing I use all the time is my Barry M all-in-one.

11)  What nail trend do you wish you could master?
Water marbling. I can do it, but sometime it sucks haha. And also I am super impatient with how long it takes to do.

I will pick 11 blogs and make questions later if I have time, but to be honest, it took me... I dunno, a week to even do this part of the post! x

Best of British Weekly Roundup 02/09/12

   
Lucy from Lucy's Stash shows how to do a perfect Fishtail Braid manicure
 
The Nail Newbie tries a braided manicure too, but it is a peachy plait or a fishtail fail?
 
Emma's been feeling arty this week at Imagination In Colour, starting with a Purple Dotted Manicure and later a first attempt at 'brush marbling'!
 
Nada has been busy swatching the Orly Mineral FX Collection Fall 2011 sadly shes missing one of the polishes from the collection to make it complete!
 
Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been rainbow gradienting it up!
 
Things have been looking a bit patchy over at Never Mind Suzi as Steph tries out some MUA polishes   Wendy from Wendy's Delights has found  W7 Magnetic Nail Polish   at New Look in store & on line!

A simple nail tutorial for seaside nails perfect for the last weeks of summer 2012 over at Enigmatic Rambles.
 
Abi falls in love with A-England's Percevaland doesn't seem to realise its not autumn yet.
 
While reviewing some of her recent nail buys, Ruth also created a simple blue matte finish with some striking gold tips this week!
 
Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes discovers some great stamping polishes from the UK High Street and shows off her latest ColorClub purchases
 
Jo at Northern nails has been Paralympic nail art.

PrettyKittyClaws went to the Paralympic Opening Ceremony and celebrated with a  Saran Wrap Mani  featuring the new OPI Germany collection.
 
Rachel-Karina over at Polished Criminails gets ready to undergo the grueling 30 day challenge.

Kerrie at Pishposh and Polish is hosting a giveaway featuring some holographic and great British Polishes!
Laura at She Who Does Nails has been trying out her new stamping plates and rhinestones with a Tiffany-esque floral manicure.
 
Charlotte at Charlottes-nails broke her laptop charger this week so has only posted one challenge post for the lazy days of summer challenge
 
Sarah Louise plays with Laquistry's Placid on Acid over Nails Inc's Great Dover Street to create Sparkly Leaves! , she also thought it would be a good thing to reorganise her polish stash....Bad idea.
 
The Crumpet has been celebrating her birthday this week. You can see this purple ruffle mani as well as some of her favourite purples.
 
Alexis at Glitter Tips takes a step towards becoming the craziest cat lady by painting her cats portraits on her nails!
 
Vic at Glowstars.net has probably pushed her nail art obsession to the limit with her Carnival mani.