Week 9 Vintage Mani

Hello everyone :)
So this weeks 52 week challenge was a vintage mani. Now I've been searching this for a while as I've been dreading this week since the start of the challenge :P I found a manicure that women used to do to save nail polish that was seen as a luxury item back then; especially during the war when things were rationed. The manicure used colour on the nail bed and left the moon and the tip of the nail clear of any polish. However, I thought this was quite an easy option and that many of the other ladies taking part in challenge would do, so I trawled through hundreds of pictures and found something that caught my eye and then modified it slightly, so here's what I came up with...

I used two coats of Essence Romeo as a base then added two coats of OPI Pink Friday on top to create the rounded section of the nail. I then added a white stripe using OPI Alpine Snow to separate the colours a bit more.

I really loved how this turned out, it's simple yet elegant at the same time and I would class it as a vintage manicure, however I'm sure other people would not. I will definitely do this manicure again using different colours in the near future. I think these photos show quite a lot of improvement for me since the start of this challenge. My lines are nowhere near as wobbly and I freehanded this whole design! :D

As always, let me know what you think of this weeks effort in the comments and also if you're liking my new attempts at taking photos :P

Also, as a parting note, here's a picture of me and my son at a nature reserve type thing that my Fiancé took us to today...

Thanks for reading :)
Charlotte xxx

Swatching Day

Sorry for the lack of posting, I've had a lot of uni work to get through this week, but now I'm back! :) My new nail wheels arrived today so I had a bit of a swatch-a-thon :P I thought I'd show you all how I've spent my day...

Here's my first nail wheel. This once contains all my blue polishes, although some of them look green in the lighting :p Blue is one of the most prominent colours in my collection of nail polish.

I don't own many yellow, orange or red polishes as I am very pale and don't think they suit me so I grouped them all together on one wheel.

Green is another one of my favorite polish colours, I really love how greens look on my nails. There is yet a green that I've not liked :)

Most of my polish collection is pink :P I love everything pink so I have this obsession with having all polishes I find that are pink.

I don't have many purples even though it is one of my favorite colours. I think I need to make a conscious decision to buy more purple polish :P

This is my second pink wheel as I forgot about my color club sets :P

My small selection of whites,blacks, silvers and greys :P

These are the glitters/topcoats that I felt didn't fit with any of the other colour schemes :P

Here's a picture to show you all my nail wheels together :) My collection is rather small compared to some other nail bloggers. However, I went from owning around 10 polishes in May last year to over 100 :P And obviously it's still growing. My Nicki Minaj collection is being delivered tomorrow and I've ordered ten new OPI's from Lena White. I'm so excited for when these arrive :)

I hope you've enjoyed looking at my small collection :) Remember to come back tomorrow for Five Friday Favorites :)
Thanks for reading :)
Charlotte xxx