Bright Summer Nails

Hi everyone!

Do you ever just feel like you need to make some kind of weird statement and wear something that is completely bizarre. Often these things are bight, bold and colourful, and I get that all the time, especially in summer. Well it's Friday, and for some strange reason, I felt like I could easily pull off some snazzy (!) fluorescent nails. Maybe it was because the 5 Seconds of Summer (see what I did there) that we had here in England is over and that I want to relive those carefree memories of being able to wear my new Topshop shorts for the first time. Or maybe it was because today's lessons consisted of History, PE, Latin, Chemistry, and English. Anyway, I felt like painting my nails, and here's what I did:

So for my thumb, I painted my nails with 3 coats of Astor Mint Candy, then topped it off with a coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Top Coat.

For my forefinger, I used Gabrini Number 27 (the yellow) then painted a triangle in the Astor polish.

I just used Gabrini Number 12 on my middle finger, and then did a 'half and half' with the pink and yellow shades.

My pinkie is just a French manicure using the yellow and the green. 

So, what do you think? Are these nails really cool- or are they just a tiny bit over the top!

See you soon!

Lots of Love

Eva

DIY Room Decor: 2 Nail Polish Shelves

Hiya!

Sorry for taking a few days away, but I've been steadily working on part of my DIY Room Decor project and I have something exciting to share with you!

I have an obsession with nail polish, but for many years I have just kept my beauties shut up inside a little box. OK, it was a pretty cute box, but still, that wasn't an exactly pretty way to store my nail polishes. Now, since I started the DIY Room Decor series, I felt like I didn't need to just store my nail polishes, but I needed to display them. And thus came the idea of nail polish shelves.

Well, I know I didn't invent them. In fact, nearly every single beauty guru has them. But those are the ones that cost £18 from Amazon. I did not have £18 pounds, but I so desperately wanted nail polish shelves. So I scoured Pinterest searching 'DIY nail polish rack'. I found some decent ideas, like use a spice rack or make your own out of planks of wood, but since I didnt have either of these and only £5 in my pocket, I knew I had to be even more creative.

So this is what I came up with:

Yay! My very own nail polish rack. And it all came to the grand total of £0.00. Go me!

So here's how you do it:

What you will need

1. A cardboard box. Something nice and sturdy that will support the weight of all your nail polishes. It also has to be tall enough to accommodate the heights of the bottles as well as the number of shelves. I used a large Lindt chocolate box.
   
2.  You also need some scissors- big ones mind you, because cutting cardboard isn't an easy job!
3. A glue gun. I happened to have one at home but you can get one for like £10 which is pretty worth it as they stick just about anything. If you are attempting this project and don't have a glue gun, either use some specialist craft glue, or go out and buy one. I wouldn't recommend just using a Pritt Stick because it just wont stick. Also, please be careful! When they say Hot Glue Gun, they do mean Hot Glue Gun, which means that they can get up to temperatures of over 200 degrees C, which believe me is hot. I happened to unfortunately burn myself, and it was not pleasant. 
   
4.  Just some pretty coloured paper if you want to jazz up your shelves a bit. I used some left over adhesive from my chest of drawers and it worked pretty well, but you can use whatever takes your fancy!

Ok, so let's get to it.

• First off, you're going to need to make some shelves. Luckily for me, my box had a lid , so I used the smaller box for the frame, and the slightly bigger one for the shelves. I cut the edges off of the 'shelf box' , which gave me shelves the perfect width, that didn't jut out at all. Which is fab! I just trimmed the shelves to get them the size I wanted, but be careful not to trim too much, because you want your shelves to fit snugly. 
• Next I warmed up the hot glue gun. For this project, depending on how big your shelves are, you will probably need one stick of glue. You can purchase the glue at any good craft or DIY store, e.g HobbyCraft, B&Q, Homebase. Be careful to use the stand to prop up the gun, because like I mentioned before, it does get very hot and you don't want to set your house on fire. 
• After waiting 8-10 minutes, your glue gun will probably be ready. To check if it is, pull the trigger, and if glue comes out it's ready- if it doesn't, wait a few more minutes. 
• Then start to apply some glue to the shelves and fix them in place where you want them. Apply a bit of pressure so that the two materials really bond together.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Keep adding as many shelves as you need. It should look something like this: 
  
• Once you have your frame, you can start to add the coloured paper. You could do this before you glue the shelves, but I did it after to cover up the excess bits of paper. Just measure out the sizes of the boxes, and glue them on. 
  
• Now you can mount the shelves! They are finished! You can put all your favourite nail polishes on there, and but don't be limited to just that- display lip balms, jewellery or whatever takes your fancy. Here is my finished product:
  
   

OK guys, so I hope you enjoyed this post, let me know how you recreated the shelves in the comments below, and I'll see you in my next post!

Bye for now

Lots of Love

Eva

My Number 1 Go To Nude Polish

Hello guys!

As I painted my nails for the somewhat millionth time today, I though to myself : ' Wow, I use this nail polish way too much' And its true. I have many nail polishes and I do love every single one of them, however one just sings out to me whenever I need my fingernails looking pretty!

This beautiful varnish is a nude colour, which is my staple colour because it's classy, and since I go to school 8 - 3.30, 5 days a week, I won't get told off for it.

So without further ado, I can reveal that my absolute favourite nail polish in the world at the moment is Revlon Colourstay in Sandy Nude. Here's why I love it:

1. I love the colour  Its a nice creamy nude- not too light, not too dark, and it suits most complexions. I think that it looks great in the summer with a tan, but looks absolutely timeless in the winter, topped with a nice sparkly top coat.

Here are my nails after two coats. As you can see the polish is a nice neutral nude.

2. It's very easy to apply  The bottle comes with a nice wide brush, which I like a lot, and you can probably paint the whole nail in one or two swipes. The formulation is quite nice and thin - so not really gloopy- which makes the application neat and simple.

3. The coverage is opaque There's nothing that I hate more than nail polish that is supposed to be opaque being sheer. To be fair, sheer nail polish annoys me in general, I can never get it streak free. After only two coats, this wonder product is pretty much opaque, if you want you can use three which gives very bold lasting colour.

4. It's very shiny This nail polish is so shiny, you literally don't even need a topcoat to seal it. I find this really good if you need a quick touch up. Which leads me on to my next point...

5. It does dry pretty quickly Ok, so I'm not going to exaggerate and say that it dries in 1 second, but I must point out that that this polish does not take ages to dry. I'd say on average, a thin coat will take between 5 and 10 minutes to dry completely, which is pretty good to say the least.

6. It's durable I usually paint my nails on the Saturday night, and I'm not kidding, this will literally last until the next Saturday night. I HATE chips (nail chips, not edible ones!) and I get very paranoid and obsessive over a little scratch, and I'm pleased to say, that this definitely delivers on the hard wearing front!

So, I hope you enjoyed this posts as much as I enjoyed sharing my favourite nail polish with you!

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Than you!

Lots of Love

Eva

Leather Look

Leather Look by littlemisslife featuring faux-leather pants

Topshop cotton tee
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Helmut Lang faux-leather pants
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Diane Von Furstenberg wedge ankle boots
cusp.com

What Goes Around Comes Around leather handbag
shopbop.com

Summer Fashion Inspiration

Summer Fashion Inspiration by littlemisslife featuring a chain necklace

Monki tie dye fringe shirt
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Highwaisted shorts
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Converse shoes
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With Love From CA chain necklace
pacsun.com

Miss Selfridge head wrap headband
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NEW Room Decorating Series. Part 1

Hello my friends!

I feel like I haven't done a proper post in ages, and I've been working on a continual project that I just kicked off a few days ago. 

I'm redecorating my room!

Yes, I know, I'm really really excited, but I'm going to go about it sensibly and properly. I've made plans and know exactly what is going where. However, I'm going to making a lot of what will be going in my room myself, so it will definitely take a few weeks at least, but I'm all for the challenge!! 

I've decided that I will blog all the way, and start a DIY bedroom decor series, giving short tutorials of really easy and simple ideas to jazz up your bedroom, even on a tight budget. I plan to do one every few days, so definitely keep an eye out for them. 

In addition, I will be showing you guys the finished product as soon as it's done. So I hope you enjoy!

So, today I will start with just a short post. After I came back from school I decided to make a start on the small feature wall I am having in my room. This wall is going to have lots of frames and canvasses in different shapes and sizes which I think will look very cute! The wall I've chosen is very small which I think makes it look even more distinctive and adds a special touch. 

I'm going to make the features one at a time and just add them together progressive because I think it leaves me time for inspiration! So these are my fabric covered boards: super easy to make and very pretty might I add!

Here I used some old scraps of fabric I had ( the denim at the top if from some old jeans, and the orange boat fabric is from and old dress that I found) 

All you have to do if find some fabric- you can choose whatever you want! And a piece if cardboard. What I love about this project is that you can be very versatile; you can literally chose any size or shape of cardboard you want, and practically any fabric. 

Simple cut the fabric to size and then stick to the board. Simple and effective. I used a Pritt Powerstick because my boards were only very small, but if you intend to make a larger one, I'd probably use a hot glue gun. 

An that's all. Very pretty little boards that practically take less that ten minutes to make- what can be better than that?

Lots of Love

Eva

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