The theme this week for our Artsy Wednesday nail art challenge is leaves, which is convenient since autumn (or for you Americans, “fall” :P) has just started – I did a gradient of autumny colour across my nails, then stamped over it using BM-205. I’ve been really into cremes recently, and ulta3 has a solid selection of nail art staples …
I was recently tagged for #mybeautyconfession in Instagram, and it got me thinking about some of my decidedly less-than-awesome beauty habits: – My right hand is almost always badly manicured. It often doesn’t match my left hand, and is usually chipping, tip-worn and covered in dried skin. See. – I do most of my make up on the train. Yeah, …
This week’s theme is colour blocks. My first ever idea for nail art was a Mondrian design but my skills weren’t quite up to it then – now that I’m a bit better, I gave it a try again, this time much more successfully! I have a Mondrian-inspired dress that I love to bits, so here it is with my …
Today’s post is based on a question that Rosemarie of Every Little Polish asked me at a recent Aussie Nails meet-up: what’s in mascara? There are two main types of ingredients in traditional mascaras that give you dark, thick lashes: – Pigment – This is what gives mascara its colour. Black and brown are the most common colours, created using …
One of my goals for this year is to organise my life, and one of the big things is to declutter. With this in mind, I’ve recently embarked on a Project Pan in the interests of decluttering, reducing my environmental footprint and saving money (good ol’ student budget). For those of you not familiar with the concept, Project Pans are …
This week’s theme is Valentine’s Day. I’m not into the whole hearts and flowers pink girly thing, so for my Valentine’s Day nail art I went for dark, sultry vamp: The glitter on my ring finger (also on my thumb) is Alanna Renee Black Cherry, probably the most gorgeous vampy glitter I own! The dark red is Orly Smoulder, and …
I love my NIVEA Repair and Protection stick balms – so much that I’ve got 6 half-used tubes stashed around the house, in my handbag and at uni (in case of chapped lip emergency I guess?). So it takes a really good pot of lip balm to make me sticky up my fingers. Here are the two that I like …
For my giveaway you had to tell me your best organisational tip, and Anneke gave my favourite one: I love organisation and so naturally I am a big list maker. Trouble is lists get lost etc… So… we have a mirror on the back of our front door in our apartment and I keep whiteboard markers in the kitchen so …