Scotch tape is my best friend!

So here goes nothing guys my first official mani post! I apologise in advance for any poor quality photos, I'm afraid I am not armed with a Canon or the best quality phone, but I have certainly tried my best for now - it's my promise to you all that I will improve!

Anyhoo, it has come to my realisation that many nail bloggers/intagrammers have a particular forte! To be quite honest, all their work seems pretty damn amazing to me. But mine would be my love for tape mani's! Yup. A simple strip of scotch or striping tape can go a long way.  Well, for me personally anyway as I'm constantly on the move and I simply don't have the time these days :( ... But you can never go wrong with double colours.

This is actually my current mani which I've been rocking for a few days now and it still has not chipped! (please excuse my small nick) ... I've used Ciate - Cookies and Cream and Rimmel Lycra Pro - Fancy Fuchsia, both of which I adore!! The colourful rhinestones can be bought in wheels, cheaply through Amazon. The Lycra Pro and the Salon collection are amazing. Like literally, it just glides on, the application utterly smooths itself out, and it is a one coater no doubt.

For tape mani's especially, I really recommend using Ciate polishes! I for one, am very impatient. Boy, oh boy, if I had the photographic evidence of my failed tape manis purely down to being too giddy to get creative! But seriously, Ciate! Even though the application is quite sheer and needs a couple of coats, it dries sooo quickly! No need to be to hasty with the Seche Vite!

I think I've gotten my mum hooked to tape mani's too...

Mum's hand on top of mine <3 

                            Using the same Fancy Fuchsia with Barry M Hi-Shine Gelly Guava

Until next time :)

Jen

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Welcome!

Hi everyone!  Welcome to my very first blog post!  So like a lot of people out there, I've been wanting to start my own blog for a while now,  but I suppose I've never really had the fire in my belly until now to do so.  I've been inspired by how wonderful and creative you lot are, so I thought I'd try and take a shot at it myself with the encouragement of my nearest and dearest <3 

This is mainly a nail inspired blog, but I must warn you in advance that there may be a few beauty inspired posts to mix it up a little.  I guess I've only really been into nail art for about a year now. In actual truth and honesty, I used to believe painting my nails were an absolute CHORE having been the least arty person ever!  It was until I stumbled across some amazing work, that I looked down at my naked nails and had a sudden change of heart. 

So a lot of failed stamps and watermarbles later and *bam* here I am! 

That's my awkward introduction and first blog post over with guys... Just kidding :) I shall leave you with a mug shot of myself... You know... So you can put a face to the person writing these words.

Jen

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