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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