♪♫ Memories of times and the places that were there

I can't believe it's Friday already! This week has flown by so quickly.

You might have noticed a few changes around here recently. I put up a new banner a little while ago and my pictures have also taken a turn for the better if I do say so myself!

I've been wanting a great lamp with a white fluorescent bulb for a long time after Cris gave me some advice about lighting. They can be a bit pricey but I was lucky enough to find one in the house. It's been sat on the same side table for months and I've gotten so used to seeing it that I just forgot it was there.

I was sat in the lounge one day when I caught a glimpse of it and just had one of those moments where something clicked in my brain and I realised it was exactly what I'd been wanting for weeks!

I also changed my watermark and have started stamping it in to the middle of the pictures because I've seen a few of my pictures online with the watermark cropped out and no credit given which is so annoying (and illegal). So, I have to put it in a place where it can't be cropped without slicing up the picture, but I'm trying to keep it as unobtrusive as possible and I hope you guys don't mind too much.

I started out using scotch tape to mark off the black sections at the side but it ruined the mani underneath so I just whipped out a striping brush and freehanded the a line then filled it in after. It's obviously not as crisp a line as you would get using scotch tape but it saves a lot of time and hassle.

Plate: Bundle Monster BM223

Base Colour: Cult Nails - Cruisin' Nude
Stamp Colour: W7 - Black
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♪♫ Move with me or get out of my face

Wowsa, I'm tired tonight! You may be able to tell from the mass of incoherent sentences that I'm surely about to write. I've had a headache all day which is probably a sign that I should have gone to bed at a reasonable hour but I was determined to blog tonight.

I've been banging on about these lipsticks that I bought all day! I found some Rimmel lipsticks for £1 and ended up taking home 3 colours, I am in LOVE with the Coral shade and can't believe I never tried coral sooner. It could look shockingly bad on me (orange hair and orange lips, whaaaaat?!) but I absolutely love it. I did a quick blog post about them here if you want to see the colour I mean.

Plate: Bundle Monster BM208
Base Colour: Rimmel - Sunset Bronze
Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Chrome - Amber
I used a little brush to fill in parts of the design
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Blink 182 Nail Art

Blink 182 may just be my favourite band ever. Not in a crazy, superfan way - it's just that I've been listening to their music for years and years and I never get fed up of hearing it. I was supposed to be seeing them play in July but the tour was postponed since they haven't finished recording the new album. The gig's been postponed a year, yeah you heard me right, 12 months! WTF guys?! But whatever, I'm not gonna stop loving them because of that. So I thought I'd pay tribute the best way I know how... on my nails.

Here's a better one of my thumb, it's at a

funny angle in all the other shots.

If you want to know any of the products or techniques used, just leave a comment and I'll reply below.

♪♫ We could have had it all, rolling in the deep...

This blue base is a Claire's mood polish that is no longer moody. It doesn't change colour to the 'warm' shade any more unless I expose it to extreme temperatures like earlier when I sat with my hands on front of my heater for 10 minutes and then it just went quickly back to the cold shade.

Has anyone else found this with their mood polishes?

Plate: Fauxnad - M34
Base Colour: Claire's Mood - Flirty/Shy
Stamp Colour: China Glaze - Adore
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♪♫ If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will

Here are my Dalmatian patterned nails for tonights fancy dress. It's a Disney theme so I'm going as one of the Dalmatians!

I used the leopard print pattern from Konad M57 and used a brush to fill in the holes to make spots.

Konad Plate: M57

Base Colour: Stargazer - White

Konad Colour: W7 - Black

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♪♫ Autumn leaves under frozen souls...

... hungry hands turning soft and old.

This is a beautiful song by Paolo Nutini. If you've never heard it, please give it a listen.
I just think 'Autumn Leaves' when I look at this brown stamping and then the song popped into my head!

Konad Plate: M56
Base Colour: Barry M - Cyan Blue
Konad Colour: L'Oreal LaquiResist - Black Bean
For the Line: W7 Blue Lagoon applied with a paintbrush
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♪♫ Everybody's Starry Eyed.

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM20
Base Colour: W7 - Purple Paradise
Stamp Colour: Miss Sporty - Zodiac
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♪♫ Golden Brown...

... Texture like sun.

Or rather - Gold 'N' Brown!

It's totally flipped now and I'm doing mani's to match the songs!!

Anyone got any ideas that I could do using the Bundle Monster plates that matches up with a song or some lyrics?

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM01
Base Colour: E.L.F - Smoky Brown
Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Chrome - Amber
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♪♫ Can we pretend that...

...airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars.

Perhaps I will just use songs as titles all week!!

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM21
Base Colour: Collection 2000 - Hot Purple
Stamp Colour: Collection 2000 - Moonlight Shine
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♪♫ Red and Orange, Yellow, GOSH and Blue

Sorry about the late post. I've had trouble with my internet connection all day but I finally got it working. Turned out to be as simple as turning the router off and on.. DUH!

This is my new GOSH Holographic. Now I know what you're thinking... Sammy, whatever happened to your budget?

I've been lemming this for a while and yesterday, my darling Mummy was nice enough to buy it for me when she saw it on my nail after I tested it in Superdrug. She is very attracted to shiny stuff and bought one for herself too.

It chips easiliy and application is a bit frustrating but once you get the hang of it it's fine. You just have to make sure the first coat is dry before the next one else you will just smudge off the coat underneath. It says 'Special Formula' on the side and you should buy a special base coat for it. This is probably why. 

The picture doesn't show how eye catching this is. I will get another one up soon and maybe a video to show you the full holo-ness.

 

Plate: Bundle Monster - BM05

Base Colour: GOSH - Holographic

Stamp Colour: W7 - Black

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However, I did spend more money on some Collection 2000 polishes that were on sale in Boots. There was a big tub of them reduced to £1 so it was really hard to resist such a bargain

For them to be reduced I assume they are end of line. But I saw the two 'Maxiflex' shades after in Superdrug and they were in different packaging - well, the same but with black lids so I guess that's the reason for the reduction. The one on the left, 'Moonlight Shine' is great for stamping too!

♪♫ Coffee's For Closers

Plate: Bundle Monster BM20

Base Colour: E.L.F - Smoky Brown

Stamp Colour: L'Oreal LaquiResist - Black Bean

♪♫ When I was 17...

I had wrists like steel. And I felt compleeeete ♫

Sorry, I just love that song

Plate: BM16
Base Colour: Ulta3 - Gooseberry
Plus: One coat of BYS - 38 Tinkerbell
Konad Colour: Miss Sporty - Zodiac

♪♫ Would you risk it for a chocolate biscuit?

The title's not relevant but I was just listening to the Tinie Tempah song and I can't get that line out of my head.

Konad Plate: M64

Base Colour: BYS - 81 Blue Dance
Konad Colour: NYC Glossies - 243B
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P.S I made cookies yesterday from a new book I found - 1 Dough, 50 Cookies. All the recipes look really tasty and easy so if you are a cookie/baking fan, I would recommend it.

I know, I know. It doesn't look that appetising, but they are sooo moreish.

Oh, and the title has just become relevant! Haha.