I painted my nails yesterday and had to tell you about another favourite product of mine.
I have said before that I err on the side of grunge most of the time. Whilst I would love to have perfect make-up all the time I just can't do it. I'm in awe of people who can do fancy blending things with eyeshadow. I just feel like I'm wearing muck on my face when I try. Plus I have fat eyelids (ha!) and look puffy-eyed in eyeshadow. I tend to stick to glowy skin products and the most adventurous I get is to use a green or blue eyeliner instead of my usual grey. I love nail varnish though. I keep my nails natural for work but like to go bright for the weekend. This colour is a favourite of mine; it's a gorgeous glossy red (OPI Vodka and Caviar). I wear it a lot. Now I know what you're thinking. Painting nails is a faff, right? Well here's where my product recommendation comes in:
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat is truly awesome. Your nails are dry within minutes. Properly bash-me-on-whatever-you-like-I-won't-smudge dry. I can't recommend it enough. I would never paint my nails if it wasn't for this stuff, I just get too impatient waiting for them to dry. I buy it from here (which, incidentally, is a great site). It isn't cheap but if you like painted nails without the faff you should give it a whirl.
We've got my step-son here this weekend so I generally get to fit in quite a lot of crochet whilst I watch them kill zombies on the XBox. I've been practising the bobble stitch so that I can have a go at making one of these gorgeous blankets that Mrs Cuckoo makes. I am insanely jealous of this blanket and my life won't be complete until I have one! Here's my attempt at the stitch.
I love learning new stitches and I think I need a couple of WIPs at any one time so that I get a bit of variety. It can be quite monotonous making granny squares, however pretty, when you're desperate to try other projects!
Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat is truly awesome. Your nails are dry within minutes. Properly bash-me-on-whatever-you-like-I-won't-smudge dry. I can't recommend it enough. I would never paint my nails if it wasn't for this stuff, I just get too impatient waiting for them to dry. I buy it from here (which, incidentally, is a great site). It isn't cheap but if you like painted nails without the faff you should give it a whirl.
We've got my step-son here this weekend so I generally get to fit in quite a lot of crochet whilst I watch them kill zombies on the XBox. I've been practising the bobble stitch so that I can have a go at making one of these gorgeous blankets that Mrs Cuckoo makes. I am insanely jealous of this blanket and my life won't be complete until I have one! Here's my attempt at the stitch.
I love learning new stitches and I think I need a couple of WIPs at any one time so that I get a bit of variety. It can be quite monotonous making granny squares, however pretty, when you're desperate to try other projects!
Nicki
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I love your nails, bringing some glamour to the the world of crafters! Thanks for the tips, I will have to try painting mine. You look gorg, I can't see these fat eyelids, hee hee.
ReplyDeleteYour stitching is great, it is going to look so nice, but I agree, some projects seem to take so long! x
Gotta get some of that nail stuff! Brilliant! I can never paint my nails these days as I never know when the baby will need picking up. Liking the look of your blingy ring too. Love a bit of sparkle!
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ps The bobble looks great. Like the way you have them in rows. It's a yarn eater of a stitch isn't it?
ReplyDeleteBlogger lost your comment on my blog about winding balls of wool. I'm going to ask my Bloddies as I'm not really sure what the benefit is other than it makes the yarn flow easier....
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pps. you asked if I've baked lately. bloggers been a pickle this week...but there's a tea party post before the slashed t shirt post.
ReplyDelete11lbs! Well done, I've more than that to lose. I'm 10.5 and I'm usually 9.5. A stone to go, feels like a right slog humpf!
Hi, I've just been 'sent' to your blog through Cuckoo.. and I have to say, you really have such a lovely blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the nail polish, I struggle to paint mine very often as I usually get interrupted by the little baba..!
I really love the bobble sample you've made.. lovely colour.
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Thanks so much for this tip! Cuckoo sent me this way after I ranted about always smearing my nails. I think this might just be a huge stress saver!
ReplyDeleteI love the mix of peach and grey, I'm currently on a crossstitch WIP using those colours! Where do you get your baskets from that you store your wools in? They are so cute and useful! :-) Well done on the crochet, it looks great!! :-D
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