Dark Mermaid Nails.

In my February nail polish I received a  Sally Hansen's nail polish called "Mermaid's Tale".
I should have taken a photo - sorry. It is a dark blue jelly with small blue glitter and larger blue and green sparkles.

As it would probably take 3 or 4 coats to really build up the colour of the polish I decided to use a navy blue base and then add the glitter.

Keeping with the nautical theme I used China Glaze "First Mate" as a base.

The I added two coats on Mermaid's Tale.

So pretty!

I am so glad I got this polish in my Bellabox - I am totally obsessed with mermaids!!

Starry, starry night.

Just a quick nail polish post.

This is China Glaze "Liquid Leather" (plain black) with Femme Fatale Cosmetics "Star's Lament" on top. Two coats China Glaze, one coat FFC. I did intend to do one coat of China Glaze and two coats of FFC to make it more glittery but I have baby brain haha.

Star's Lament is described as "a glitter polish filled with holographic flecks and small holographic silver hexes in a black jelly base". It really is pretty. It looks like a night sky.

You can buy "Star's Lament" here. It costs $9.75 for a 12ml bottle and you will be supporting an Australian owned business. 

Also, just a quick note to tell you that Kat from Kitsch Snitch has reached 200 followers and is hosting a giveaway with some lovely treats! Congrats Kat! Enter here to be in the draw!

Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Winter Hyacinth

I got an order from Femme Fatale Cosmetics today. I order a few things for a friend for Christmas and ordered a couple of little things for myself.
One of the items I got for myself with this mini nail polish in "Winter Hyacinth".
The FFC website describes this shade as "a soft teal creme polish with white diamonds and hexes, as well as fuchsia and rose hexes both in metallic and holographic finishes."

I do love this colour. It is quite sheer. I am wearing 4 coats in the photos. I usually draw the line at 2, but I needed a little more intensity. Next time I may wear a pale blue or green under it so I don't need to use as much polish.

One thing I love about this polish is that it feels smooth on. Sometimes with glitter my nails can feel really rough and the glitter can catch on things, I find that really annoying!

In the shade outside. This is 4 coats, haven't put on a topcoat yet.

Indoors, natural light.

Femme Fatale Cosmetics in an Australia company! They sell beautiful loose eyeshadows, nail polish and blushes. They are very reasonably priced. I also got some free eyeshadow samples! They look lovely!

"Winter Hyacinth" cost me $4.10 for a 5ml mini, you can buy the full-sized for 12ml for $9.75.

Shipping was very fast and very well packaged!

Having fun with nails

China Glaze "First Mate" and "Aqua Baby"

Just playing around...

Almost Spring

It's almost Spring! I did do some spring cleaning today, I cleaned my son's room. I can't believe he is now 6 months old!

There are so many beautiful Camellias about - mainly pink ones, but a few white.

A perfect bloom from my garden

I need to re-do my nails. I usually go for my favourite red shade which is China Glaze 'Long Kiss'. It is a gorgeous deep garnet red with a metallic finish. I adore it.

China Glaze 'Long Kiss'

I got a little something in the mail...

....it was half price and shipping was from that day....

It is amazing. I make most of my sons food. This way I know 100% what goes into his belly. It is so amazing and quite compact.

I did put on some makeup in the last month. I went out to a family so, I just went neutral. I guess I have changed alot, 2 years ago I wouldn't be caught dead not wearing makeup and would be wearing purples and blue and greens haha.

I do need to update more often... I always mean too but life gets in the way haha

Cheerio x

Bras, nails and Barbara

As I have stopped breastfeeding and wearing nursing bras is a tad silly when you don't need them, I decided to do a little online shopping for a few new bras.

I stopped by a few online stores but not all of them go up to an E cup (story of my life). I was suprised that bras'n'things were having a sale and that they had increased their E cup bra range from when I last looked (which was a long tim ago...).

I decided to get a couple of sports bras, because they are so comfy. I decided on this style.

This came in a pack of two (one black and pink and one white and pink)...and it was on sale for $20!!!!

I also got this bra for $10... I love purple...

I was very impressed by how fast bras'n'things shipped my order!

Here are what my nails look like today. The colour is OPI 'ate berries in the canaries' and the accent nail is Color Club in 'Coral Cascade'.

Then I stamped on a couple of stars in the matching OPI colour (hard to see in this photo)

I was watching The View today and Barbara Walters had such an awesome necklace on! Very pretty turquoise colour. I took a photo... how cool is it? Barbara sure looks good for an 82 year old!

Have a great weekend :)

You've got mail.

Don't you just love it when you get a parcel in the mail?

I had completely forgotten about my Chine Glaze order!!

This is my favourite colour from my order... It's called "Ruby Slippers"...and has lots of red shimmery glitter in it, just like Dorothy's shoes from the Wizard of Oz.

 

 

I painted my nails with "Passion", which is a pale gold.

  

Then I put on 2 coats of "I'm not lion".

And I got this...

It is very pretty and super sparkly is real life...and a tad more gold. I love that the glitter is fine and not too chunky!!

I got a few more nail polishes, can't wait to try them all.

A baby-less day...

Today my four beautiful girlfriends and I met up ...and I went babyless!! My husband is at home today so he offered to watch him because I believe it has become very obvious that I just need a couple of hours away from him. I missed him alot, but I was only gone for about 4 hours.

My friend lives in the mountains...I know I am getting close to her house when my car radio looses music and just turns to buzzing. It is very beautiful. I took this photo near her house.

I'm glad it was a nice day with no raindrops in sight. The road to her house goes around and around and around, so many twists and turns. I drove back in the dark going well under the speed limit, the locals all honked me...I'd rather be safe then sorrow.

In true form, we usually bring gluten-free snacks (gluten-free because 3 of my friends have gluten intolerance...the 4th is cutting it from her diet to see if it helps he asthma!). Cupcakes are our favourite treat, I had some time last night to quickly whip up a batch. Just vanilla, but I made the icing purple... I wish I could have made bright purple icing but it was not to be - I mixed red and blue...I think you probably have to buy purple to make it vivid. Oh well. The cupcakes were all finished so I know they didn't taste like crap (which often happens to my gluten-free food..)

It was a good day - awesome friends and a bit of a chin-wag. Can't ask for more than that!

New colour on my nails yesterday. This is China Glaze in "Tantalize Me". I'm not the best photographer and taking a photo at night using the light in your kitchen is probably not ideal. It's a beautiful pink/purple shade with sparking blue in the light, often giving it a more purple-y look. I added the stars with my new konad stamper.

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