Jubilee Face Wasted

I know I'm a little late to the game with this but as you may or may not be aware this weekend was the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, if you are one of those people that didn't know I would like to say get off the internet and check the news for like, 5 minutes, then come back and resume the endless scrolling.

So any way, jubilee, yes.

I do nail stuff so I thought that perhaps now is the most relevant time to do something lovely and patriotic and celebrate Queenie being a total babe for the past 60 years.

Definitely not my best work but I've been a bit lazy recently and dropped the ball some what. However, went a bit off piste and steered away from the usually crowns and went for a bit of leopard print and gems and a little English Rose from Jan Christie.

Over the coming months expect various rants about me moving back home and various little summer things including nail art done on friends and little adventures!

This One Time, 2 Weeks Ago... I Ordered Shoes Off The Internet

I know it has been a while since my last post and I'd like to lie and say it's because I've been busy with uni work but alas no, I have been busy getting drunk, getting hungover and repeating the whole process until I got the flu, an ear infection and a possible surgical matter- but that's another story for another blog post.
A few months ago my friend Louise tweeted that she had just bought some adorable shoes in the style of Charlotte Olympia cat pumps and I was immediately jealous as those shoes are so adorable and literally everything I want out of life.

The originals above are £375 however my friend got hers for a cushty £23, I knew I had to have them.
It was then that she told me about Daisy Street Shoes, a place where I could get those shoes but for (at the time) £5 cheaper with free delivery! Clearly I was on to a winner.

So, student loan day came (thank you Government) and bang, there I was on Daisy Street living the dream. I ended up buying these beauts:

and these:

Now, buying shoes off the internet, in my opinion is usually very hit and miss. I have been very lucky with my shoe purchases unlike some others I know but these are perfect. They fit beautifully and they don't look cheap. If I had any issues with my use of Daisy Street I would say that although delivery is free it does take a long time to ship the shoes however I presume that this is because once in stock on the website the shoes sell out very quickly.

I would recommend Daisy Street to everyone who wants designer style shoes without the price tag (their replica Litas, or 'Solange's as they are called on the site are only £34.99) should pay them a visit.

Oh, and use the code NEW10 to receive 10% off your first order, you will not be disappointed.

www.daisystreetshoes.co.uk

It will change where you get your shoes forever.

NOTD: Wild Thing and Deck Chair

I am fully aware that these are just stripy and leopard print but hey, it's a classic combo ;)
I also started doing the first 3 digits on my left hand different from the rest about 3 years ago because I'm a tragic hipster and why the hell not?

Colours used:
Collection 2000 45 Lemon Soda
Barry M Pure Turquoise
Models Own Nail Art pen in Black
nail art pen in metallic blue

The Time I Lost My Water Marbling Virginity

A few weeks ago I did an attempt on water marbling and here is what I found out:

• Water marbling is messy
• water marbling is time consuming
• no matter how many youtube videos you watch, none of them are that helpful as every single one makes it look so simple.
• pick colours wisely
• pick brands even wiser, some brands just do not work for this
• choose a base colour for your nails which is neutral, white is best but beige or taupe is equally as fine
• the implement you use to make your swirls better be something you don't mind getting covered in nail varnish
• invest in some scotch tape
• have lots of nail varnish remover and cotton balls at the ready.
• act fast

Colours used:
Barry M Boots Ltd. Edition 118
Barry M no295 Pure Turquoise
Barry M 301 Block Orange
Barry M 302 Fuchsia
Barry M 303 Bright Purple
Barry M 305 Pink Flamingo
Accessorize Nail Paint shade 6 Notorious
O.P.I Mermaids Tears
ASOS Paint by Ciaté Chloe
Collection 2000 no45 Lemon Soda
Models Own Baby Blues
Boots No7 White

NAILS OF THE DAY: SPRING TIME ROSES

Today, whilst skipping my Language and Childhood seminar I got some inspiration for some nail sets, I did fish scales, polka dots, some crafty crackle effect but these are my favourite nails so far.

I know they are a bit pyjama-ish but I love cute little floral things like this so for me, this is a look that is going to stay!
Colours used:
Barry M 304 Mint Green
Barry M 305 Pink Flamingo
Models Own Red Alert
Nail art pens in green, white and pink

NAILS OF THE DAY aka procrastination

In an attempt to avoid work I have been working on a few nail ideas, taking inspiration from WAH! nails and the like, enjoy.

Colours used include:

• Models Own Baby Blues
• Collection 2000 no. 45 Lemon Soda
• Models Own Red Alert
• Boots 17 Nightshade (black)
• Barry M 305 Pink Flamingo
• Barry M 290 Spring Green
• Barry M 302 Fuchsia
• Barry M 291 Cobalt Blue
• Boots 17 Woo Me (pale purple)
• ASOS paint by Ciaté Chloe (taupe)
• Models Own Gold Rush
• OPI Mermaids Tears (green dots, 2nd row, 4th on the left)
• Collection 2000 no.46 Fruit Loop (peach)
• Nails art pens in black, white, red, brown, fluorescent orange and yellow

Secret Diary of a What Now?!

Recently I have been having a crisis of confidence, not of body image or anything else largely superficial but more of a lack of moral basis or direction.
It is clear to me that I am a complicated person, we all are. Yet in my own mind I am something different to what I feel the rest of the world sees me as. On paper I am near enough what I should be for my age. Student, living beyond my means and sort of enjoying myself. I drink, I laugh, I do nothing of value or consequence and the world is ok with that because on the whole, I am ok with that.
I am nothing special, I'm not an extreme hipster, I am not a hardcore vintage girl, I am not the stripper however, I am also not the librarian.
I am largely a fantasist, I create situations to suit my own needs, I use people to get what and where I want and every goes along with it because that's it how it has always been. My best friend and I call it 'Only Child Syndrome'. We always got what we wanted and children so why should things change now? We have a knack of making people believe they are in control when really, it's us. We are greedy and people love us because of it.
I always used to think that I knew what I wanted to do in life, go to uni, get a degree, be a teacher, find a man, settle down, maybe have children and failing all those things just get a cat and revel in the amount of shoes I could buy due to have an almost entirely disposable income. But now, nothing is clear. I'm not sure I like my uni, I'm not sure I like my course, I'm almost 90% sure I don't want to teach and I'm really not arsed either way about marriage or children. So what is there out there for me? Become a ball busting middle manager in some firm somewhere that offers something totally unnecessary but you are a consumer therefore you must consume and make me rich? Or perhaps lose half my body weight, get a boob job, lose my brain while I'm at it, and sell myself?
I used to think I was strong minded, good at what I did but now I don't even know what I did. I understand this blog has become the musings of an idiot in a room in halls banging on about the lack of structure of anything and everything but I do not apologise. For if I don't talk to you then what else am I going to do?