12 Days of Christmas Nail Art Challenge - Day 9

Time is definitely not my friend at the moment! The countdown is now officially on to Christmas, which has resulted in a lot less time! So I decided to try a quick and simple design for today's challenge, 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer'...

Although the design is simple I think it is still very cute and if nothing else the red nose gives away that it is Rudolph inspired if nothing else (well I hope so anyway!).

Until next time...

Ciate Advent Calendar Days 13 to 16

On day 13 I finally got one of Ciate's special edition nail polishes, specifically created for the advent calendar. It is blue glitter polish called Glass Slipper. 

 Ciate Mini (5ml) - Glass Slipper

Next I got a coral polish called Speed Dial. It is very thin and required 3 coats for a full coverage (plus there was already nail varnish on the bottle upon opening the door, tut tut)!

  Ciate Mini (5ml) - Speed Dial

Day 15 has to be one of my favourite colours so far - a beautiful sea blue green (or turquoise if you wish). Another 'thicker' polish from Ciate, which I like better than the thinner more watery ones. 

                                                         

                   Ciate Mini (5ml) - Headliner

Today a bright canary yellow was behind door number 16. I love the name - Big Yellow Taxi - it instantly transported me back 5 years when my friend and I visited New York for Christmas!

                                                

                  Ciate Mini (5ml) - Big Yellow Taxi

Until next time...

Introducing... I Heart Nail Art

After much deliberation I have decided to change my blog/domain name. I know this is potentially blog suicide but I felt I had to do it. I started this blog with the intention of covering all things fashion and beauty, but I feel I have been a little biased in my posts since I have focused primarily on nails and nail art.

Keep Calm and Paint Your Nails is the way I like to think about nail art. Painting my nails is my form of relaxation, the time in my day I get to dedicate to myself and my passion. I also enjoy wowing people, I have never been particularly musical or creative in any other way, so I like the fact I can say I've found something I am good at and like to do. 

I hope you will pop back for more nail related posts in the future :)

Love,

Ciate Christmas Advent Calendar

I spotted this little beauty a few weeks ago on What I Heart Today's blog, so I decided to check it out on the Selfridges' website. 

I must admit I was tempted, but the £38 price tag seemed a little too expensive. However, as it always seems to be the case, after telling my mum about it (who rationalised each bottle would work out at around £1.60 - you would think she wants me to spend money) I had another look on the website and found it to be out of stock. Gahhh! I scoured the internet to see if I could find any information about when it might be back in stock, when I stumbled across a MoneySavingExpert thread discussing the different beauty advent calendars that are out this year. One poster mentioned the Ciate calendar was being sold on QVC for a discounted introductory price of £31.20 (£36.20 including P&P). You'd think this would have sealed the deal but I still ummed and ahhed over it until I saw they were being sold on Ebay for £75! So I decided to treat myself :) 

Roll on the 1st 0f December...