Nails of the day: Out of the blue

I've been trying to take more care of my appearance of late, particularly my nails, which seems to have led to me developing somewhat of an obsession with buying nail varnish. Two recent shades include Deep Sea Blue by George at Asda and a Blue Glitter by Barry M, which I layered this week to match a necklace (that's right, I'm that type of girl). 

As both my mother and Zsa often tell me, I am like a magpie when it comes to anything sparkly and as soon as I saw this necklace in Dorothy Perkins I knew I had to have it, regardless of whether or not it was my style. I decided to layer it over a white collared shirt and black round neck jumper, paired with blue jeans to make the look more casual, and I must say I am now very much a fan of this type of ensemble. I'm already thinking of other ways to create a similar look using different accessories and colours. My outfit did get a few comparisons to the style of Caroline Flack over the course of the day (I'm not sure if this is a good thing) which I suppose I can see, must be my expertly dip dyed hair*.

Overall I was really pleased with how well this varnish lasted, it went on easily and didn't chip until the fifth day, however I must say it was an absolute bitch to get off. As much as I love the look of glitter varnish I usually have to resort to picking it off once it starts to chip as removing it with cotton wool and nail varnish remover tends to create a mess - if anyone knows of an easy way to remove glitter polish do share, you'd make my life.

*more than a years worth of grown out roots

Glitter and glam

This week I wanted to try something different with my nails, using a glitter polish and nude base (I had spied online that someone had created a similar effect and basically wanted to copy it – I can’t claim all the credit). I’m pretty pleased with the results tbh, especially because I managed to create it on the cheap. I used a Natural Collection polish in Peach Manicure for the base (which I already owned) and then an ultra-cheap (pretty sure it’s £1.99) glitter by Miss Sporty for the topcoat.

Silver & Sparkles

When I was younger I spent hours agonising over the state of my hands and particularly my nails. Virtually every evening I would come home, moisturise, file and buff my nails until they were immaculate and, heaven forbid, if I chipped the polish or broke a nail during the day it was literally the end of the world. As I’ve got older, my evenings are more often than not spent collapsed in a heap on the sofa, and the condition of my hands and nails has taken a drastic nosedive. I used to not be able to leave the house if I didn’t have any nail varnish on (mostly it was just clear, but even so), now I often have three-week-old remnants on badly filed nails accompanied by skin as dry as sandpaper, NICE. Working surrounded by girls who often sport a number of different coloured vanishes every week has encouraged me to try and get back to how I used to be, and take a bit more care in my appearance. Therefore last night I dug out all my nail varnishes – far too many for someone who pretty much always wears clear – and started to think about different colour combinations and ways to wear them. I like things to match/don’t have much spare time so usually go for colours that are neutral and will go with most things in my wardrobe (like clear, black or dark red), I like the whole French manicure look but am far too clumsy to actually do it so that it looks professional so decided to create a similar look but in a more modern way.


I used light grey as the base and for the tip I used silver glitter. This meant that if the line between the base and the tip wasn’t straight it didn’t matter so much, and voila!


I must admit I’m pretty pleased with the result and am already thinking about other colour combinations to try. I also REALLY want to try the whole DIY leopard print nail-look (you know how I feel about animal print) so watch this space.