I Love Purple!

Morning! How's everyone feeling today? My christmas spirit is sadly slowly fading :( I don't mind too much though as it's being replaced by BIRTHDAY feeling! On the 11th January it's my 21st and I am SO excited! I'm going to Harry Potter World with my family then partying in Manchester the day after to celebrate such a milestone! A few weeks later I'm going to London for my brother's graduation and whilst there I'm hoping to visit to the WAH salon in Dalston…I literally can not explain how excited I am! WAAAAH!

So….after more obsessing about Wah (did I mention I love WAH?), here's my mani inspired by the Christmas gift from my sister!

Trying to disguise my broken nail :(

As well as getting my phone stolen, I broke my middle finger nail on Christmas Eve (worst xmas eve ever?!) so I tried out taking pictures of my right hand, massive fail! It did not want to move for me, haha. Anyway, I did this mani two days ago and I think it's held up pretty well, right? The base colour I used was Lime Crime - Lavindary and for the lines I used Collection - Parma Violets. 

I don't know if I'll get chance to post before the new year so, if I don't end up doing, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope you all have a really brilliant time celebrating the start of 2013 and an even better year!

Lots of love,

Ariana xo

Update!

Hey everyone! Hope you're all well!
Quick update before work for you all if anyone's been wondering why I've been AWOL! Yep, you guessed it, Christmas was upon us and I've been mad busy! And also, on Christmas Eve, I had my phone stolen. My beautiful, beautiful phone :( so until I get a new one (which fingers crossed is fairly soon, as my sister is upgrading hers and giving me her old iPhone) I shan't be able to Instagram.

One of my presents this year was The WAH Nails Book of Nail Art and I LOVE it!! So last night whilst crying into my gin and tonic regarding my lack of iPhone I recreated these bad boys!

Yes, it's a well terrible picture. Yes, it was taken on photobooth. And yes, this is my life. HA! I'll upload a better pic after work!

Hope everyone had a fab christmas! Despite the phone, mine was brill :)
Thanks for stopping by! 
Ariana xo

Nail Art Dec, Day 13: Candy Canes

Hey! Hope you've all had a fab weekend! I worked, as usual, ha.
Yesterday I did the manicure that was meant for the 13th. Which was...CANDY CANES! I really liked this prompt. God, I just love the whole challenge! So, my Candy Cane manicure ended up like this...

I used O.P.I - My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Essie - Fishnet Stockings. My Seche Vite is getting a bit thick and gloopy now no matter how much thinner I put in it, which is REALLY annoying, so there was loads of shrinkage by the time I got around to taking my pictures. For this reason, pay day can't come fast enough!! 

Even with the shrinkage, I really liked this manicure. I got loads of comments all day at work about it :D I even got featured on @nailartwow's IG! How exciting!! This is the first time I've ever been featured like that, I felt slightly starstruck when I checked my phone and saw the notification! It was so nice of Dylan to feature me and I really appreciate everyone who liked and commented on the picture! Yay! 

Check out the other people participating in the challenge by searching #NailArtDec on Instagram and @Californails who was the brains behind it all!

Thanks for reading everyone :) sleep tight!
Ariana xo

Favourite EVER!

Hey everyone! Hope you're all well! I've had such a lazy day today, literally all I have done is my nails, make up and watched tv, it's been great fun!! 

Last night before bed I did a manicure which I totally fell in love with. I'm still kicking myself for taking it off! Here it is.

The pictures are all pretty much the same, but I loved this manicure so much I just had to put them on! The bronze colour is China Glaze - Harvest Moon with O.P.I - Call Me Gwen-Ever. I know I say 'this is one of my favourite polishes EVER!' like all the time BUT, I think Call Me Gwen-Ever is actually one of my favourite polishes ever, ha. The formula is so amazing! I think it could actually be a one coater. But two coats and perfection! It's smooth, shiny, glossy, just everything you'd want in a polish. Plus, I love burnt orange and coral shades and this is just like a mix of the two! It's just too nice, my brain is in overload.

Also, it was so beautiful outside when I was taking my pictures I just had to capture what I could see and share it. Oh, winter in Lancashire! 

Thanks for reading :) hope you all enjoyed my post! And share my love for Call Me Gwen-Ever! Swooooooon!

Ariana xo

Nail Art Dec, Day 10: Lights

Good evening! Carrying on with Californails' December Nail Art Challenge, here is Day 10's manicure. The prompt was LIGHTS! I loved this prompt and was really excited to see what I could do! So, without further ado, here is my Day 10: LIGHTS mani! 

Base: Collection 2000 - Wow, Lights: Barry M - Black & Bright Red, China Glaze - Papaya Punch, Lime Crime - Once in a Blue Mousse & Pastelchio,

This wasn't one of the most technically challenging pieces of nail art, but I really liked the simplicity of it. Also it's got me super excited for Christmas and putting my tree up, so I loved it even more!

Check out #NailArtDec for everyone else doing the challenge, there's some really amazing manicures!

Ariana xo 

Nail Art Dec, Day 7: Sparkles

Hey all, just a quickie today! As usual I'm being rubbish and late, so here's Day 7: Sparkles from Friday. I just couldn't come up with anything good for this manicure, I did two designs and whilst I liked them both they just weren't special enough. Nothing that screamed SPARKLES! Which is something I definitely thought was vital with a prompt like sparkles. My pictures suck due to me feeling so deflated with these manicures, so for that I apologise haha. 

Ignore my chalky acetone white cuticles... Haha.

Day 10 tomorrow, lights! I have a good feeling about that :) 

Night everyone!

Ariana xo 

Nail Art Dec, Day 4: Plaid!

Hey! 

So here's a quick look at Day 4 of Californails' December Nail Art Challenge!

I did this really quickly a couple of days ago before work and have only just got chance to post it now! Hope you like it, the prompt was Plaid. 

The only picture I got of this mani was this one and it was taken on my iPhone! Sorry it's not the best! And cuticles are all gross...ew!

Have a nice Thursday everyone :) thanks for reading!

Ariana xo

Nail Art Dec!

Good morning all! 

Two days ago I started Californails December Nail Art Challenge! 

It was supposed to be started on the first of December but in typical Ariana style I started it on the third. I love things like challenges and competitions, they're so fun!! Day 3 1 and the prompt is Snow! Now this isn't some of my best nail art, but I just really wanted to get started!

I used Barry M - Pink Silver Glitter and good old O.P.I - My Boyfriend Scales Walls. The Barry M polish was a nicer shade in the shop…it fell a bit flat for me once I got it home. It has a very slight holo and the glitter, yeah, is nice, but I'm not really sure what colour it's actually supposed to be and not in a good way. Pink? Peach? Silver? White?! Ugh all I know is that when my grandma comes to stay over Christmas, she'll tell me she just LOVES it and would be so grateful if she could borrow it one day! Thanks Granny, you can have it.

Anyway, try this challenge gals! It's SO fun! And if you're all like "whoa, I can't start it now, I'm way too late", DO AN ARIANA, and start late! Woohoo! If you're on instagram check out @californails and #nailartdec (yes, I found my hashtag!). 

Love,

Ariana xo

Being busy is rubbish!

Hi everyone! Ugh, I have been soooo busy this week and not has time to post :( work + christmas + work christmas party + life = blog takes a backseat!

Tonight I'm going to post about a couple of little presents my postman dropped off the other day :) they were China Glaze - Creative Fantasy and China Glaze - It's A Trap-Eze! These are from the Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away collection and I am in love with them both!! Creative Fantasy is just amazing, it's jumped straight to the top of my all time favourites list. The manicure I ended up doing left me feeling pretty uninspired though. The pictures I took sucked too. But I've not posted in a while, so I'll let you see! 

Like I said, Creative Fantasy is beautiful. I've got a top coat on in the pictures but it actually dries slightly matte, which I do quite like! And It's a Trap-Eze is so cool! Multicoloured glitter with a sheer white base and opaque in two coats, what more could you ask for?

Sorry for being MIA guys, hope you enjoyed my return post! 

Ariana xo