Halloween Trick or Treat nails!

Hey guys!

I'm back as promised! Unfortunately I didn't really have much time to do some really creative halloween nails this year, so I kept it simple, but hopefully you'll still enjoy them!

So, here they are:

 

Hope you like them! Sorry the pictures aren't too great quality!

  

If you want to check out my Halloween Nails from last year then just click here!

 

Hope you all have a very spooky and fun  Halloween! Enjoy, and hopefully I'll be back soon with another post!

 

As always, thank you for reading, subscribe if you like my blog, and I shall be back soon!

 

xxx 

Problem Solved?!

Hello again...

So I've finally found a solution (I think?!) to my picture problem - I've now got a Tumblr account! So as a tester I'm trying to repost my Halloween pictures from last year from my new Tumblr page.

Here goes... fingers crossed this works!

Yayyy - It's worked!!! Ahh I am back guys! I'm doing new Halloween nails tonight so will hopefully get those posted for you tomorrow!

Bye for now, and I will be back very, very soon!
xxx

Technology is confusing!

Hi guys!

So some of you may be confused by the title of this blog post seeing as it is definitely not related to cosmetics, which is after all what this blog is normally all about! But, I am currently struggling with Google Blogger because it's not letting me upload any more photos and I don't know why! This means that I haven't been able to post a blog for a little while and won't be able to until I can sort it out, which is why I thought I'd do this little post just to let you know what's going on, so that you know I haven't just disappeared off the face of the Earth! I have actually written quite a few blog posts recently and they are on my laptop waiting for when I can upload them, which hopefully means that although I'm off to Sixth Form soon, I should still be able to post blogs fairly regularly.

So hopefully I'll be back soon, but unfortunately it won't be until I can figure out a way to sort this 'technical issue' out, or until google decides to help me! Hopefully that will be soon, but in the meantime, if any of you have any ideas why blogger's not letting me upload any more photos and how to fix it then feel free to leave a comment and help me out!

Bye for now!
xxx

Olympic Team GB Nails!

Hi guys!
So I know I've been doing a lot of blog posts on nails recently, but I will be doing some posts on different things soon. I've been trying out a couple of different products so I'll get doing a couple of reviews on them, and hopefully get them up on here soon. However, for now, this is another nail tutorial.

I know I did Union Jack nails only a little while ago for the Queen's Jubilee, but it's currently the Olympics, so I thought I'd get my GB nails out in support! The Olympics are being held in London this year, and I've really, really enjoyed watching them so far. I know there's only a couple of days left, but that's still enough time to show your final support for Team GB!

Here's a step by step guide to your Team GB nails:

1. Paint your nails blue. I chose Rimmel I <3 Lasting Finish in 198 Azure, as it's a good colour and a good quality nail polish, but any blue in your collection will do.

2. Take a thin nail brush, (I took a brush from an old nail varnish, cleaned it, then cut it down), or alternatively you could use a paintbrush, and dip it into some white nail varnish. I chose to use NYC Long Wearing Nail Enamel in 134 French White Tip. Then paint a cross onto your nails.

3. Next you need to take your brush and white nail paint again and add a diagonal cross to the cross you've already made.

4. Then, you will need to clean your brush, or take another one, and dip it into some red nail paint and paint a thinner cross on top of the first white cross. I chose to use Revlon Colorstay Longwear Nail Enamel in 120 Red Carpet but any red would do.

5. Now, to finish it off, you need to take your thin brush and red nail paint again, and add in diagonal lines onto the white. In the actual Union Jack flag the red diagonals are not joined to the red cross in the centre, so if you can keep them separate then that would be the ideal, however it doesn't really matter too much if they do join.

And there you have it - Union Jack nails, all ready to show your support for Team GB!

I hope you've enjoyed this small nail design and tutorial, and get cracking on your Team GB nails! Enjoy the rest of the Olympics, and let's hope Team GB can finish with a bang!

As always, thank you for reading, please subscribe if you like my blog, and feel free to follow me on twitter if you want, my twitter is @megankathleenm and I'll always post my new blog posts on there.

xxx

Revlon Colorstay Longwear Nail Enamel Review Part 2!

Hiya!

I know it’s been a long while – I’m sorry! My life has been pretty hectic recently, in a good way though, but it has meant I haven’t really had much time to blog unfortunately.

I have now finished my exams (thank god!), been on holiday (to Sorrento in Italy which was just AMAZING!), and started my summer work experience so I should now hopefully have a bit more time to blog… hopefully!

Anyways, here is the second part of my review of the Revlon Colorstay Longwear Nail Enamel Review, and unfortunately it’s not going to be a positive review!

As I said in part 1 I wasn’t overly impressed with how long it took to apply, especially seeing as I’m not the most patient of people, however I was very impressed with the finish. It gives a really nice clean, shiny finish; however, as I soon found out, this doesn’t last too long.

I wore this nail varnish for just over a week and took pictures every morning to see how it lasted through the duration of the week. Day 1 is just the same as the pictures from the first part because that was obviously the first day of wearing it.



Here are the rest:

Day 2

Day 2

Day 3

Day 3

Day 4

Day 4

Day 5

Day 5

Day 6

Day 6

Day 7

Day 7

Day 8

Day 8

So, as you can hopefully see from those photos, up to day 3 the polish lasted okay with only a couple of very minor chips; although seeing as it was meant to be able to last up to 11 days, chipping on the third day of wear is not good!

Then from day 4 onwards, they were just chipping and flaking everywhere constantly - it was absolutely rubbish! I was really, really disappointed, especially seeing as it meant I had to write a bad review which I really dislike doing, but you guys need to know - do not buy this nail varnish and expect it to last, because it doesn't!

By day 8 it was just chipped so badly that I couldn't stand leaving it on my nails and had to take it off because it looked a mess. Needless to say I didn't use it on my holiday and instead opted to just go with clean nails with a clear top coat (pretty boring but I preferred that to chipped nail polish).

To be honest, I am just extremely disappointed in this nail varnish from Revlon. I have tried it again since we came back, as has my mum and it just hasn't lasted so I know it wasn't just a one time thing. After hearing such good things about Revlon I was expecting a really good quality nail varnish, and although it wasn't majorly expensive, it wasn't exactly a cheap nail polish either at £7.99 for which I could have bought 2-4 other nail polishes from other brands which would probably have lasted 3 to 4 days with minor chips, which is the same as the Revlon managed.

I do love the colour of the polish and it gives the best finish of any nail polishes I have ever used, it's just a shame that it lasts for such a little length of time! Then of course there's the application of it which I just find takes way too long. I'll still probably use it, but for when I go out and so only need it to last for like one day as it is such a pretty colour with such a good finish and now that I've bought it, even though it's not lived up to expectations at all, it would be a shame to waste it.

So, in conclusion, I am not impressed I'm afraid! Love the colour, love the finish, don't like how long it takes to apply and really don't like how much it chips, especially when it's meant to last up to 11 days! Also, not too fond of the price tag, as although it's no major pull on the purse-strings, it's just not worth it.

So, after that rather negative review (sorry!), as always, thank you for reading, please subscribe if you like my blog, and I really do promise to get back on the ball and get some more posts up for you very soon!

xxx