Candy, darling.

Gratuitous nail pix.
Why not!?

In Praise of... Topman?!

Yeah, not something I ever thought I'd be raving about, but Topman have some great jewellery in at the moment - almost better than their TopSHOP sistas.
While looking for Christmas presents for my 16-yr old brother (what do teenage boys like?? Any ideas??) I happened upon these beauties to fill my own stocking.... if I can wait that long.

Bat brooch - £6. This will look lovely on my new long black velvet hooded cape. The man in the shop said they also do bat necklaces. Need to prowl in the bigger branch to check these out.

Silver cross two finger ring - £4. Have been after one of these for ages. I would be slightly perturbed if I saw a man wearing either the brooch or the ring, these are strictly witchywoo items, not for the trenchcoat mafia!

Also showcased in thee above photographs is my latest manicure effort. I'd been the proud owner of long and strong talons for months until the other night when I broke them while trying to open a taxi door. If only there were chivalrous men in the world........ Anyway, I decided to make the best of my newly little nails with a coat of my new Accessorize nail polish in Shade 6 (virtually identical to Topshop's 'Lead') and dipping the tips in gold glitter by W7.

Accessorize nail polish - £4 / W7 glitter polish - £1.99

Cher



Mademoiselle Yulia

Some images from the interview on vicestyle.

Jeremy Scott t-shirt & skirt.

Cassette Playa dress.

KTZ dress.

Mademoiselle Yulia is wearing jewellery from her own label, Giza.
Photos by Jonnie Craig.

Green Leopard Print

Nails by me using #36 Ninja by Collection2000

More Nail Art

This photo has been on my camera for about a week, so to me it's old news. But for y'all, the colour is Barry M Berry Ice Cream.

It has just occurred to me how inappropriate the name 'Barry' is for a cosmetic. Just doesn't sound too glamorous...

A week in the life of my nails.

Another photo of my pschedelic 70s nail design courtesy of Oskar:

Glimpsed in between Cosmopolitans.

In other nail news, I purchased 2 new summery polishes today from my old favourite Barry M...

Berry Ice Cream & Lemon Ice Cream

Can't wait to try them out! I'm still wearing American Apparel 'Peacock'.

Summer, 70s style

I picked up this gorgeous 1970s dress in Retro, a vintage shop in the West End of Glasgow, for only £30.

Feeling inspired by the print, I decided to do my nails to match...

I used Stargazer 122 as the background, then some Barry M Deep Orange, then some black and white nail pens for the pattern bits.

Blue Leopard Print

Icy Kool

Nails inspired by Beyonce's in her new video.

Using H&M Bella's Choice (bright turquoise) as an undercoat, American Apparel's Office (mint green) over the top.

Cruella Nails.

Courtesy of Laura.

Nail art - Evil Eyes

I used: Claire's Accessories Black, Barry M White, H&M Bella's Choice.

Chanel nail art

Done by myself a couple of days ago using Victoria & Albert red by Nails inc, a nail art pen in black, and some silver Chanel logo transfers I purchased on ebay.

It was really fiddly to do because the transfers are TINY and you have to pick them up with tweezers and place them on your nail when the polish is still wet. Still, it's quite a cool look to try now and again.

Nails

I've always had long, polished nails since I was little (I realise this might be a slightly disturbing image) and EVERYONE asks me if they're fake. I don't have any magic recipe for growing long strong nails, my diet is terrible and I can never remember to take vitamins or whatever. I think it might just be luck. But what always happens is that they grow to 3/4 of a centimetre over the edge of the finger, then one of them splits and I have to cut them all because there's NOTHING I hate more than uneven fingernails. Take note, people. It looks sick. Maybe this is just my OCD tendencies talking, but I firmly believe that if you're gonna cut one nail, cut them all. Would you have all short nails then just one or two long ones? No, because that's creepy. Vice versa.
ANYWAY, I felt gutted that my months of nail pride had come to an end, so to cheer myself up I did a bit of nail art on my newly tiny tips.

I don't really know what the inspiration was, I was just testing out colours that look nice together.

Plus, vertical lines make nails look longer.

I was using: Claire's Accessories Black and Greige (41 & 24), Boots No. 7 in Foxglove, Barry M Gold, and Seche Vite for quick drying and glossy finish.