Nail Supplies

If you follow my blog then you'll know that I'm very fond of nail art and for the past few weeks I've been doing weekly nail art tutorials. I'm really getting into the whole nail art thing and I'm going to take several nail courses in the future, including a full nail technician course and also nail art courses.

I'm also going to be doing make-up courses too so in the next couple of years I'll be a fully qualified make-up artist and a fully trained nail technician. I did think about doing a hair course too but I'd be terrified of cutting somebody's hair, imagine if they hated it! The thing with make-up and nails is that you can re-do them, so if I make a mistake it can easily be rectified. 

I can't wait til I've done the courses, I just wish they could all be completed in the space of a week! I also hope to go quite far in life but I doubt it'll happen, especially since there's loads of other fabulous make-up artists/ nail technicians out there!

Anyway, lets get down to the nitty gritty! I've recently bought a few nail supplies so I thought I'd share them with you. I bought a few acrylic nail paints, more nail art brushes, finger rest, nail art display wheels, nail glue, orange sticks, lint free wipes and a manicure dish. I do intend to buy more nail supplies but I thought that these would do for now. 

Acrylic nail paints - £2.95 each - Available at Viva La Nails

From left to right: Brilliant Red, Brilliant Orange, Primary Yellow, Brilliant Green, Brilliant Violet, Rose Pale, Black, Platinum White, Silver.

I primarily bought the acrylic paints because my nail varnishes were drying out. Since doing nail art my nail varnishes have become really gloopy, probably because I have the lid off every two seconds. I thought that it would be much cheaper for me to buy acrylic paints than having to buy new nail varnishes every week. The acrylic paints aren't exactly the largest but for the amount I'll need to use I'd say that they are very good for the price. 

Nail art brushes - £3.65 including postage and packaging - Bought from eBay

Finger rest - £0.99 - Available at Naio

Nail art display wheels x 2 - £2.49 - Bought from eBay

You can buy nail art display wheels from any nail suppliers but the cheapest place to buy them is eBay. 

Nail glue - £1.42, Orange sticks x 10 - £0.76, Lint free wipes x 200 - £2.19 - All available at Naio

Manicure dish - £2.19 - Available at Naio

A manicure dish is used when removing acrylic nails. The idea is that you fill the bowl with remover and then soak your nails in the remover for a short period of time. I didn't buy the bowl for this reason, I bought it as a method for cleaning my nail art brushes. 

Hope you like my little goodies, I shall certainly be buying more nail supplies, especially acrylic nail paints! Once I've got a good enough collection of the acrylic paints I shall do swatches for you all!

Hope this has been helpful! 

:)

Lovely lovely shoes...

I have so many new summer clothes but I haven't been able to wear any of them, there are 2 reasons, one being the amount of rain we've had and two I cannot find any nice flat shoes or sandals. I've bought a few pairs of wedges and heels for summer but they aren't exactly practical for our brilliant english weather. I've spent ages this week hunting for a pair I like and I was beginning to feel a huge lack of hope until my mum suggested looking at ALDO. I'm so glad my mum suggested ALDO because they have some gorgeous shoes!

I'm going shopping this Saturday and I definitely will be popping into ALDO to buy two pairs of fabulous shoes that I've seen! :D

Here are the first pair...

I think these are a mix between ballet pumps and espadrilles but I really like them, especially that huge flower. I initially wanted a pair of plain white espadrilles but for some reason they look really daft on me. 

I think these are a lot better than espadrilles because they are like proper shoes, espadrilles tend to be a bit floppy. 

Here are the second pair...

These probably aren't to everyones taste but I love them. I love the feathers and I like how these sandals have a covered heel. You can also buy these sandals in black and also white.

The next pair of shoes I'm going to show you are from Topshop. They are in fact espadrilles so I don't know if they're going to look right on me so I'll have to try them on on Saturday. 

Here are the lovely espadrilles...

I primarily like these espadrilles because they match my watermelon shorts. I also think they are extremely girly and summery and they are right up my street! I really hope that these suit me! 

Hope you've liked this post! 

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