Graceful Glamour UK

Before you say/ think it, I know what a terrible clean up job! But as I was going to stamp over it a few minutes after I took these pictures, I just did it quickly because I was losing daylight. I'm finding this stamping business very addictive and feeling the need to stamp over nearly all my mani's at the mo. So I'm going to talk to you about Essie's French Affair . As I've mentioned more than once, I'm absolutely loving Essie as a brand and this polish is no exception. This pretty little lady was from last years A French Affair Collection. I really liked the polishes from that collection and I have two others, Topless and Barefoot, and Sand Tropez. She is a gorgeous pale pink cream with a tint of lavender. I was a little worried how the formula would be as I'd seen a couple of reviews that said it was troublesome. I had no problems with her and my pictures show three coats to give a nice opaque creamy finish. This is another win for Essie a...

Orly Top 2 Bottom, 4 Coats OPI SRU, 1 coat SH Pink Proposal, Orly Top 2 Bottom, with  flash.  Hi all, here we are back at Wednesday again! How did that happen so fast? I swear time is seeming to go so fast at the moment and think it's to do with me running out of time to find a house. I've already moved in to my parents house to try and make me feel more secure, and not jump at the first house ending up in one that I don't really like. I just can't believe there's no houses that I like at the moment. As above, in sunlight. So, on to Pink Wednesday. This week I've chosen to do a pink combo. It didn't start out that way, I was originally just going to paint my nails with OPI Step Right Up but it came out more of a milky white with just a tinge of pink. This polish is also very sheer and it took me four coats to get it anywhere near opaque and it was still patchy. I also felt it just wasn't pink enough for a Pink Wednesday Mani. As top, i...

Orly Top 2 Bottom, 2 coats Ciate Bon Bon,,  Stamping White Konad, Orly in a Snap Top Coat , with flash.  Puja from Cute Nails has set up a new group called We Love Nails . I will be doing a nail challenge every week on a Tuesday. If you'd like to know more,  click here   to check out the post on Puja's blog, This weeks challenge was to do a french or reverse mani, so I got my stamping plates out! I decided to use one of my new freebie polishes as the base colour and I chose Ciate Bon Bon . She is a beautiful purpleish taupe and sooo pretty! I wont go too much in to detail about this polish now, as I have a review of her coming soon!  As above, no flash. For the stamping I used this absolutely gorgeous design from my Bundle Monster plate BM217 with Konad White. The design is actually flowers, but I think it gives a beautiful lacey effect, don't you? I have to admit, I found it a little difficult lining up the design on t...

Hi all, I've seen a few other people do this and I was really pleased when Whitney from Sugar Me Sweet tagged me. If you haven't seen her blog yet, you should go check her out by clicking here . Rules to the Eleven Question Tag  1. Each person must post eleven things about themselves on their blog.  2. Answer the questions your tagger has sent you as well as create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.  3. Choose eleven people to tag and link them in your post.  4. Go to their page and tell them they were tagged.  5. No tag backs!  6. You have to really tag eleven people, not just say "If you're reading this, consider yourself tagged!" or something like that.  11 Things About Me  1. I have a one year old daughter called Gracie. 2. My star sign is Leo. 3. I used to ride horses and showjump. 4. I am 5ft9 (quite tall!) 5. I have a massive love for New Kids On The Block. 6. I've only recently become obs...

We had planned to have a nice barbecue, but typical British weather made it impossible. It's such a shame as there were 10'000 street parties arranged all over the UK today. We decided to change our meal to a traditional roast followed by some nice Jubilee themed cakes. My Jubilee Nails Of The Day With Flash  I was really not ready to take off my OPI I Don't Give A Rotterdam, and as it is blue anyway I decided to stamp over it as it will fit in to my Jubilee theme. I used the crown design on the left hand side of the Bundle Monster BM215 plate with Konad white, then added two red and one clear rhinestones. Without flash Before anyone says anything, I know the crowns are a bit wonky but it was sooooo difficult to line them up! I must have tried about five or six times on each nail but I was running out of time to get ready and just had to go with what I had. I don't think they look too bad, do you? My Jubilee Face Of The Day  I have to ap...

A couple of days ago I was reading Beauty By Emma's blog and I came accross her post about some of this months freebies ( to take a look at Emma's blog click here ). There are some great freebies around so I had to pop down to the town and grab some of them, and I thought I'd share which ones I got. First up is Glamour, and this month (July edition) they are giving away three Benefit products. I got the BadGal Lash Mascara and The Pore fessional primer. Like many of you I love Benefit, and as they are so expensive it's nice to get a couple of them for free! Left to right, Jelly Bean, Bon Bon, Purple Sherbert. Next up is Marie Claire, and they are giving away Ciate Paint Pots. As you know, I'm really getting in to my nails lately so I was really happy to pick all three of these up. The colours are all nice and I think there's something for everyone. Last but not least we have Red and they are giving away Jemma Kidd. You can either have a m...

Orly Top To Bottom, 2 coats OPI I Don't Give A Rotterdam, Orly In A Snap,  with flash. I've really been getting in to my stamping lately, but this polish is so pretty that I had to leave it alone in all it's glory. I only got this in my nail mail yesterday (click here if you haven't seen it) and I knew I wanted to put it on straight away, so here it is. Let me introduce you to OPI I Don't Give A Rotterdam . This gorgeous polish is from the recent Holland Collection and I'd admired her on other blogs.  She is a gorgeous dusty mid-blue with subtle purple undertones and some special shimmer in it. The shimmer is special as in some lights it looks silver and in others gold, ooh magic! The way the shimmer seems to sit on the colour, it gives it a nice textured appearance and this is what makes it unusual. As above without flash  Formula wise it went on really well. The first coat had some patches, but by the second coat that all evens out for a beau...