Good morning :) It looks like we'll be having great weather this weekend, yay!
I bought this lovely little nail polish from the Nails inc. website for £5 thinking it it looked like a nice shade of pale pink and I'd not seen the matte effect before. On the Website it's called Curtain Road, when it arrived though it was called Curtain Street, so who knows!
Picture courtesy of Nails inc.website
OK, looking at my photo it looks just the same as the website, perhaps I had just imagined it to be the colour I was hoping...
It looks a lot pinker in real life than on the website so I was a little disappointed but actually I really like the shade now and think its the perfect match to a matte polish as it's a very powdery, girly sort of look.
Apologies for the state of my shoddy index finger
More 'satin' finish than true matte
The polish itself is a bit of a nightmare to apply, it's quite thin and runny and the 1st coat is a wonderful streaky one. The 2nd coat improves things but it's still not quite right, so it takes 3 coats of this bad boy to get it looking opaque and streak free. One thing working in its favour is that it is the fastest drying polish I've probably ever come across, I don't just mean touch dry either. You can press on this after a a minute or so and it leaves no mark, even after 3 coats it is still a quicker dryer which at least makes up for the fact that 4 coats could be needed.
Another thing to mention is that this chips SO easily and hasn't even lasted 24 hours on me. I really like the look but I think I'll just use this now and then as a novelty and definitely not everyday!
Right, I'm off now; my friend and I joined the gym yesterday and we're going to attempt another 50 lengths of the pool and then we're going to watch Beauty and the Beast 3D at the cinema! I am so excited about this, gutted it's only in 3D because I really don't like wearing those glasses which make no difference at all but it's in my top 3 favourite Disney films ever. I LOVE IT.
I'll be back tomorrow with a very looonnnnggggg post.
I'll finish this post with a quick feel good song for the weekend!
Wasn't it hard going back to work today after the weekend? I had a terrible nights sleep last night and so did quite a few people I was chatting to today - I think it's because there was a full moon at the weekend and that can make people a bit restless. Honestly, I'm not loopy- it's a well know fact amongst care homes that around the full moon all the old people start roaming around and won't sleep properly! Either that or I slept too much and just wasn't tired but I'd like to think it's down to the moon if I'm honest.
It was so dreary when I woke up this morning that I decided my work attire called for something special, something a little more chirpy than the grey outside...
They're from Zara and I'm not sure how well the pictures show this but they're covered in (quite a yellow )gold oval sequins. I saw them on the Zara website before Christmas and wasn't sure if they would just be a bit too much and then I did that thing where you wait a bit to see if you still like them but they sell out in your size and never get them back in stock. Aaannddd I really wasn't sure whether I wanted to pay £55(or roughly that) for them.
Then, one day I was browsing eBay and watch should be there looking up at me- tadaaa! They were in one of those shops, BNWT with a starting bid of £15 and somehow even though I had to sneak of at work and bid on my phone with the VERY SLOW internet I was the only bidder and got them :)
This is one of so many reasons that I am totally in love with Ebay.
The only thing is that obviously not everyone in my office was ready for the disco that was on my feet and they received a few admiring comments. I'm sure they just wanted a pair themselves, either way I LOVE THEM so I just don't care what people think.
I probably won't be wearing them on any nights out though,just in case I am confused for an adult 6 year old or something.
This all sort of leads me to the fact that I am slowly building a collection of impractical flat shoes- they're pretty, they're comfortable but they are just too embellished/delicate to wear out without trashing them.
Like my Monsoon 'slippers'
I love these too but with a summer like we're having at the moment I can't wear them without staining the 'satin' sort of upper. Gutted.
At least with heels I can accept they can be too high or uncomfortable but surely all flats should be OK? Has anyone else got this problem??
On another note, tonight I went to my 2nd TRX session and it was so tough. If you've never heard of TRX before it's this form of exercise that was designed by a navy seal so that you can build strength and exercise anywhere (so very useful for deployed troops). It's meant to build core strength and stability using your own weight as a workout without adding bulk. Who knows if it's working but my friend and I are just hoping to stop being so clumsy and kick start the bikini body. I might look like Kim Kardashian at the end of the 6 week course but I am beginning to highly doubt it.
After our 'taster' session, my friend and I felt great, totally knackered but like it must be having a positive effect. The next morning, I still felt great because I could jump out of bed and not just crawl into the shower like I was expecting.HOWEVER, by lunchtime neither my friend nor I could move, we couldn't really lift our arms, change gears in the car and typing was a major pain. Don't even get my started on the trauma of going to the loo. This was a Wednesday and we hadn't really recovered until Saturday...
So last week I made sure I had a Radox Muscle soak bubble bath and it was phenomenal, I barely even ached the next day and although maybe it's because we are a little stronger that we didn't ache as much but all I can say is God Bless you Radox because I am sure you were the only reason I could walk the next day.
That's why I jumped in the Radox cloud again tonight- fingers crossed!
I'll let you know what I think at the end of the 6 week course but I'm pretty sure that my balance has improved and I'm less likely to randomly fall over now which can only be a good thing :)
Woah, sorry for such a long post. I'll warn you now if you haven't already guessed it but I am a serial waffler and can't tell a short story so I'm sorry about that now but I just can't change it.
P.S My friend loved the cakes and Nazia, you're completely right- too heavy handed with the pink food colouring so I'll be more delicate next time! Thank you for your comments :)
