Showing posts with label Avon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Avon. Show all posts

Monday, 3 December 2012

Hard As Nails...


The Strictly Come Dancing Edition!

I love Strictly Come Dancing. Nearly as much as I love painting my nails. Ballroom dancing has been given a modern make over with a host of sexy profession dancers, (ooooh Artem!) some spectacular costumes and clever routines. I also love Len Goodman simply because he is such a darling! This may sound really old fashioned and a bit sad, but I would absolutely love to learn how to ballroom dance! Who knows, maybe Santa will grant my wish this year? 

I associate Strictly with winter. Winter equals Christmas. And Christmas equals lots of glitz and glam. Yes, at Christmas it is the only time of the year where it is acceptable to look like a disco ball. I decided to take a little bit of glam to my nails. My latest Avon haul included this glittery top coat so I decided to experiment with colours to paint underneath it. Black sprang to mind simply because I thought it would make the glittery top coat stand out so much more than say a red or a purple. You can also buy the same top coat but in a purple or a gold colour. Too shop the collection, click here

I used my trusty Barry M black for the first coat. After painting my nails I left them to dry and then painted the glittery top coat on. What a difference it made! My nails sparkled and glittered, and brought a bit of a change to an otherwise simple manicure. I got a few compliments from people in work too. Let’s face it; it's always nice to have a compliment or two! Brightens up my day anyway :-)





The only thing I would say about this top coat is that it is a devil to remove! So be prepared to scrub your nails to get this polish off!

You can experiment with any colour as the first coat - it gives a nice winter sparkle up any manicure. I shall defiantly be using it again and again to make my nails glam ;)


Don't forget to also put base coat on - you don't want to stain your nails.


Until next time lovelies x

Monday, 16 July 2012

Hard As Nails...

Over the past weeks/months I seem to have been on a quest to find the perfect coral nail varnish to adorn my summer ready feet. And, I think I've found "the one" - well, at least in nail polish terms. Coral is the shade of the moment and flatters all skin tones. I found this colour by happy accident. For starters I didn't even buy it! Our Avon lady brought the newest catalogue round and my Mum actually chose this shade for herself. Cue me coming back from Uni to raid her beauty box (yes cheeky, but come on girls, we all do it?!) to find this.


Avon Nailwear Pro in 'Coral Reef'



Well, it's less flamingo pink and more of an actual coral colour. I'm sorry if that's not describing it very well but I hate nail polishes that are described as 'coral' when really they should be renamed "flamingo pink" or "salmon pink". It's a bit deceptive and you end up with yet another pinky colour. I don't need any more pink nail varnishes, I have so many!






It went on nice and smooth but it did chip a little too quickly. I don't expect pedicures to chip as quickly as manicures because toes aren't usually exposed the same as fingers (mine certainly weren't, it's been raining all week hahaha), so this did disappoint me a little. That said I am fairly impressed with it and will definitely be wearing it to the raft of birthdays I have coming up in the next couple of weeks. Hurrah to dressing up and having a great night out on the town! :D 


Until next time lovelies x