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GLITT-ARRGH!

TODAY’S POST WILL BE IN SHOUTY CAPS-LOCK! BECAUSE I AM ANNOYED! EXPECT LOTS OF EXCLAMATION MARKS TOO!!!

I AM POSTING TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU THE FRUSTRATION I HAVE WITH MY ONGOING LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GLITTER NAIL VARNISH! LOVE HOW IT LOOKS, HATE TAKING IT OFF!!

HERE IS WHAT MY NAILS LOOKED LIKE, PRETTY NICE I THOUGHT! I LIKE PURPLE!

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I SAW ON A NAIL BLOG ONCE, A SUPER EFFECTIVE WAY TO REMOVE NAIL VARNISH! TEAR UP COTTON WOOL BALLS, SOAK IN NAIL VARNISH REMOVER, AND LEAVE ON YOUR NAILS FOR A FEW MINUTES! THEN REMOVE WITH ONE SWIFT MOVEMENT, PINCHING DOWNWARDS ON THE NAIL FROM CUTICLE TO TIP! MAKE SURE THE WOOL IS REALLY SOAKED IN REMOVER!

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HOWEVER, WHEN I CAME TO REMOVE IT ABOUT 3 MINUTES LATER I WAS LEFT WITH THIS!!

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WORKED ON SOME NAILS, BUT NOT ALL!! ARRRGGHH! SKIP FORWARD ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF FURIOUS SCRUBBING WITH A STANDARD COTTON WOOL PAD SOAKED IN REMOVER, AND EVENTUALLY IT ALL CAME OFF! BUT IT’S JUST SO STUBBORN!!

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AND THEN EVEN ONCE ALL THE GLITTER HAD COME OFF MY NAILS, THERE WAS LOADS ALL OVER MY FINGERS AND HANDS!! GAH! RANT RANT RANT! I CAN NEVER RESIST A PRETTY GLITTER THOUGH, SO I WILL INEVITABLY FIND MYSELF IN THIS STRUGGLE AGAIN SOON!
IF ANYONE CAN OFFER ANY OTHER TIPS OR ADVICE ON HOW TO BETTER REMOVE GLITTER, PLEASE DO LET ME KNOW!
Thankyou! <3
H xXx

Bargain from Birmingham!

Going to visit the family in Birmingham is always dangerous for my nail varnish collection! There are just so many more shops up there, and bigger ones than down here too!
Temptation always gets the better of me. I tell myself this little white lie, “I’ll just have a quick look at the nail section, I probably won’t buy anything, I just wanna see what they’ve got” -yeah right! I’m totally gonna end up buying a ton of polish. And this time, I grabbed a superbargain!!

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OPI – The Man With The Golden Gun, a REAL 18K gold top coat!
This gorgeous polish is filled with flecks of gold leaf! I found it was kinda tricky to apply. I had to shake it up between painting each nail, because all the flecks fell to the bottom of the bottle and there wasn’t much coming out on the brush when I took the lid off. But layered over black it gives a colour-popping finish!

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GOLD! On my fingernails! 18K gold!! I think I’ll end on that note.
H xXx