Weekend Manicure; Moody Mink Look & Review

So the other day I picked up a new nail varnish- kind of a spur of the moment thing, because I really don't need to be buying anymore nail varnish, but oh well. And to justify my unnecessary spending, I thought that I would write a post for you guys about it.

Please excuse the state of my nails in these photographs- they have recently started breaking really badly, and I just can't seem to leave them alone- any tips?

The nail varnish that I 'splurged' on was, in fact, carrying a mere £1 price tag. It is by MUA, a Superdrug own brand make up line that sells dirt cheap and remarkably good products. I bought the shade Moody Mink. It is a beautiful colour, but so hard to describe. I would say that it was a neutral taupe-y mauve, but that sounds disgusting! It looks really nice on the nails; it stands out, but at the same time, is neutral. I would class this as the perfect colour if you we're going to work or school, and bright colours are looked down upon. However, you could probably dress up this colour with a little glitter topcoat- I think a gold glitter would work really nicely.

For my manicure I simply painted two coats of Moody Mink, and had my ring finger as an accent nail. Having an accent nail is a really easy way to jazz up a plain manicure, and can look great with similar colours or contrasting ones! For the accent nail I used a Claire's Accessories nail polish.

This look is so budget, but still manages to look sophisticated and glamourous!

What do you think?

 MUA Moody Mink, Claire's Accessories Polish

Have a nice weekend!

Jenny xx

How To; Galaxy Nails

Today is a  very exciting day- it might snow! I know that it is a common perception that every Christmas in England is a snowy white one, but I have only had one white Christmas in my life. However, it looks like it's going to be a snowy January 18th, so I'll keep you posted on that. Also, check out this girl on YouTube- she has only just started making songs, but is just fifteen, and really good.

Random fact; I love the stars. It makes me really sad that city and town lights block out the lights of the stars, so you can't see them shine. I recently saw a picture of 'galaxy' style nails, and immediately started trying to re-create them. Here is my tutorial of how I did it.

The final product

To get galaxy nails, I painted a base and then added to it layer by layer of colour, with a dry, clean sponge(make-up, or cleaning).

1.  Paint your nails with a base coat. 

2. Paint two coats of your favourite deep navy or black polish. I used a navy creme colour, but a shimmer navy would look gorgeous too. 

3. Dab a thin, random pattern of white polish over the top of the blue.

4.  Dab light pink over the blue and white.

5. Dab a layer of shimmer purple polish down the center of the nail.

6. Lastly, dab some silver glitter all over the nail, to recreate the millions of stars in the sky.

Finish with a  super shiny top coat.

I was feeling very lazy when I pained this nail, so I only did one; my index finger on each hand. I painted the rest of my nails with a bright candy pink colour, which really complemented the slight pink swirl on the starry nail.

Would you try astronomy nails?

Jennifer xx

New Year Glitter Nail

I cannot fathom the fact that we are in a different year to the one that we were in a coupe of hours ago. It's a crazy thought. I want to wish all of you, my gorgeous readers, a very happy new year. I truly hope that 2013 is great for you, and everything turns out amazingly in your life in this coming year.

I actually welcomed the new year with the crowds in London. It really was incredible to party with 200,000 people to ring in the new year! What did you guys do to celebrate the new year?

On a more jovial note, as it is New Years Day, I thought that I would show you guys what I wore on my nails on New Years Eve. I painted my nails with a bright but dark(if you know what I mean) fuchsia with a glitter ombre effect. The pink polish is a Maybelline one in Pink Orchid, and the glitter polish is Barry M's amethyst glitter. The glitter ombre effect is SO easy to do, but if you need a little help, this blog is very useful. Here it is, my New Years Eve/Day ombre glitter nail;

 Did you have a nice New Year? What have you got planned to make this year special!
I wish you all a happy and healthy new year!

Jennifer xx

Christmas Nails!

Hi guys!
This post is long overdue, but worthy of talking about.; my favourite Holiday nail polishes!

Get The Gossip; Gibson Tuck, Minkoff Nails, Girls Names and more...

Hi Guys! How are you enjoying November so far? Wow, I haven't done one of these in a while! anyway, today's Get The Gossip features a random selection of uber-cool things which i found online this past week;

The first thing which i fond is this really cool map of Europe in which every country has a label of it's most popular girls' name. I like it how some countries have the same name, like Sophie, or Maria(I can see it 6 times!).