The Christmas DRESSES & Final Weigh In 2014

Happy Christmas to each and everyone of you that take the time to read my blog :) 

So the "12 weeks to Christmas Challenge"" that The Skinny Doll organised is over, can you believe it? 

It flew by I thought. To see how every one got out, check it out here 

So when I wrote my guest post for the Skinny Dolls Blog, it was about feeling confident for Christmas in a nice dress.. >>> post here<<< 

I decided that I would show you that I did go out over Christmas and I enjoyed the parties.

I tried not to be self conscious (tough to break the habit of a life time) and I didn't hide in the corner minding the handbags :)

This purple dress is from New Look and I wore this to my work Christmas party. It was nice and bright and not black for a change

Work Xmas Party

Not the best photo here, but this was the dress I wore for my mums 50th birthday party and I don't think I've ever gotten such a fab reaction being out, my family were full of compliments on how great I was looking, it was such a confidence boost I can tell you :) I could have kissed the lot of them, I took them at their word and accepted the compliments :)

Not sure where this dress is from, its been in the wardrobe at least 2 years!! 

Mums 50th Birthday

I know my nail post have been lacking this year, but it doesn't mean that I haven't been painting my nails. 

I have :) (you'll see them on instagram)  so below is a photo of my Christmas nail art attempts

Christmas nail art

Christmas nail art

My last weigh in for the year was this morning and I was up 2.5lb

My plan is to enjoy the holidays/ break.. Accept whatever the scales give mes on New Years Day and start fresh 

Weight lost to date: 8.5lbs
Onwards and Downwards, the Slimming World way :)

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Christmas Nail Art - Santa Nails

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

I hope Santa was very good to all of you.

Before I tuck into my dinner I just said I'd pop in and show you all my Christmas nails..

Keeping this one short and sweet.. no words, just photos.

These took less than 2 hours in total to do, and the dotter done most of the work.


I really liked these and even strangers were commenting on them.. a result in my book :)


Have a fab Christmas everyone :):)

WHAT I USED 

• Essences studio nails better than gel nails base sealer 
• Rimmel 030 Double Decker Red 
• Essence 03 Cookies & Cream
• Poshe Top 
• Essence french tip liners
• Penneys black nail art pen
• Dotter

Christmas Nail Art - Red Xmas Jumpers

Happy Christmas Eve everyone :)

I'm gone a bit Red mad this Christmas it must be said, but for me Christmas is  RED..

So this time I decided that I would do red with a Matte top coat and do a little free hand design on top..

These are a little messy, but over all I'm happy with them, I was going for a Christmas decoration/ jumper type design.

What do you think? What kind of mani will you be wearing on Christmas Day? Leave a link in my comments and I'll check out your nails



Here are a few of my Christmas nails form last year..
 Click here for snowman nails
 here for Santa and stripes
 here for Christmas presents,hats & Trees
 Here for Reindeer nails & Snow Flakes 

What I used

Rimmel 030 Double Decker Red

Rimmel 030 Double Decker Red

• Essences studio nails better than gel nails base sealer, 
• Rimmel 030 Double Decker Red, 
• Rimmel Pro Matte Finish, 
• Essence french tip liners, 

Xmas nail art‏ - Presents, Bows & Santa Hats

Happy Christmas eve eve everyone :) I hope yer all enjoying the festive season.

Time got away from me, so this week I've been wearing two different designs.
Presents on my right hand and Christmas trees and Santa hats on my left.

I think they turned out pretty well :) have a look and let me know what you think :)

Be warned, I took A LOT of photos :):)

                                       My Left Hand

Christmas present nail art

                                        My Right  Hand

Santa Hats 

Christmas Tree nail art

Christmas Tree nail art

SNOWMAN NAILS - Xmas nail art‏

Happy Hump Day J only 2 more weeks to SantyJ eeeeek

So this week, I decided to try and replicate what I saw Lynnie do over on Beaut.ie       

I had attempted a lil snowman last week on my thumb, so then when I saw these, I knew they would be next, and to be honest they were a lot easier than they look, probably thanks to the tutorial that they have on Beaut.ie  So I followed the instructions and here are the results.

SNOWMAN NAILS

SNOWMAN NAILS



SNOWMAN NAILS - LEFT THUMB

Outlining the nose I found to be a little bit tricky (possibly I need more practice) So I didn’t even attempt to chance it on my “bad” hand.

SNOWMAN NAILS

SNOWMAN NAILS

I left my cute reindeer from last week on my left thumb as I couldn’t bear to get rid, So he’s staying for now… But the other 9 nails are all newJ

SNOWMAN NAILS - RIGHT THUMB

What I used
Base coat                Essence peel off base coat
White polish            OPI Alpine Snow
Iridescent polish      Jessica – Le Vernis Coleur
Black polish             Essence – Colour&Go – 144-Black is Back
Dotting tool             Dotter with 2 different sizes
Orange polish          Essence – Colour&Go – 46 – Wake Up!
Detailing tool           Cocktail stick + nail art pen (top shop)

Top Coat                   Seche Vitae

WHAT I USED TO MAKE MY SNOWMEN

You can see on my left hand that the nail polish is chipping around the cuticle area, I’m blaming my clean up efforts and also the peel off base coat!

I’m very tempted to start picking already to test out the base coat (I’ve heard great things) but I’ll resist for now at leastJ

I like this I think, I wasn’t liking it when I painted my nails white first (2 coats) it looked like tipp-ex!!!!! 

But adding the glitter and sparkle had me coming around, I sealed this with top coat before I added the face

Have you tried this or any others???? I’m thinking Christmas tree’s will be next for meJ

watch this spaceJ

CHRISTMAS NAIL ART ATTEMPT

Hey Guys,

Since the Toy Show last week, there has been loads of really cute and cool nail art floating around the blogosphere. So I've been inspired and decided to have a go at it myself.

Reindeer Nailart

Snowman Nailart

Gutted that my snowman went wonky :( The eyes and mouth weren't dry when I put the top coat on!! D'oh.. poor Snowy!!

I used the nail art pens for the snow flakes.
I free handed the Reindeer and used the dotter for the eyes
I free hand drew the snowman on my thumb

Christmas Nailart

Red nose Reindeer

What I used:
Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy
Leighton Denny - Supermodel
Sally Hansen complete Salon Manicure - Dorien Grey
Essence Quick Dry Top Coat
Top Shop Nail Pens - Black & Gold
Essence Tip Painter - White
Top Coat: Seche Vitae
Dotter
Little diamond that came from nail art pen (you can see them in the pic below)



What I used



Leighton Denny - Supermodel + Sally Hansen complete Salon Manicure - Dorien Grey

These are a little bit dodgey and you can see where I messed up!! But from far away they look ok!! and I'm kinda impressed how they turned out of a first go... I sat and watched tv and played..
These took me 2 hours in total.. I was lazy tho and just painted over my re-painted nails.
Next time I'll start with a brighter base coat, maybe red or green or gold and they will be brighter and nicer.

What do you think? have you attempted any yet?