Day 14 - Pink, Purple and Black Nails

Happy Valentines Day everyone! Today's post is going to be a really quick one because I have been working all day and I haven't had a lot of time to sit down and think of a good idea for a post.

Here are a set of nails I did the other day. My client brought in a picture of this design in different colours and asked me to recreate it. I do not know who did the original design so I can't link to it.

She chose pink, purple and black and also asked me to add the purple hearts and pink stars to the design. We reversed the colours on the thumbs.

This design is done with gel nail polish.

Day 13 - 50 Facts About Me Tag

Here are 50 facts you probably don't know about me.

1. My favourite colour is orange, note the orange top and orange lipstick in the photo of me. I also quite like yellow.

2. I was born in this house.

3. I am so painfully shy and socially awkward, I give the impression that I hate people.

4. I am addicted to YouTube, I watch at least an hour worth of videos, generally a lot more.

5. I have only had one boyfriend, we have been together 7 years and 6 months.

6. I have never had a proper full time job.

7. I have two accents, one for my family and one for the rest of the country.

8. My middle name is Elizabeth.

9. I don't drive, not because I'm scared of driving, I've just never felt the need to learn.

10. I have only lived in three different cities.

11. I have one brother and one sister.

12. I have never been to a wedding.

13. I have not played a team sport since primary school.

14. I have no tattoos.

15. I have had three cats, but I only have one at the moment. This is Tilly.

16. I am the middle child.

17. I run my own business.

18. I haven't cut my hair in over a year.

19. I have three piercings in my left ear and two in my right.

20. I hate waxing my own legs.

21. I always seem to end up liking most of Miley Cyrus's songs. I am currently always listening to Adore You.

22. I had a curry for lunch today. I go to this restaurant at least once a week.

23. I have never had my own passport.

24. I have my nose pierced.

25. I have studied at the University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic and Wintec.

26. I worked at Mc Donalds for one year, it was delicious.

27. I love Dr Pepper.

28. I hate washing my hair.

29. I have very blonde eyebrows and eyelashes.

30. I had braces. Check out the before and afters.

31. I have my belly button pierced.

32. I worked at New World for about two years.

33. I met my boyfriend working at New World.

34. I like playing Rock Band.

35. I lack motivation and I am a master procrastinator.

36. I have never bought a new phone.

37. I love Walkers Cheese and Onion Crisps.

38. My favourite food is mashed potato and gravy.

39. I haven't left the country since I was 13.

40. I am terrible at making decisions.

41. I don't drink coffee.

42. My eyes are blue.

43. I didn't get my first pet until I was 18, not counting goldfish.

44. I used to be terrible at painting nails.

45. I was born in 1990.

46. I have both regular brown freckles as well as white freckles.

47. I love looking at old photos.

48. I am scared of dogs.

49. I am a Libra.

50. I always break technology.

That was so difficult. I started struggling to think of things at 10. Hope this was interesting.

Day 12 - Valentines Day Nails

Here are my Valentines Day inspired nails. They didn't turn out exactly as I pictured them in my head but I thought I'd share them anyway. I ended up just doing a custom blended pink and accent glitter nail on my right hand.

I started with applying to coats of base colour, pink on the pointer and pinky, white on the middle finger. I then made a gradient. White to pink on the middle finger and reverse on the pointer and pinky.

On the ring finger I mixed some gold glitter with some pink glitter to make it fit in with the theme a little better.

I painted one heart on the pointer, middle and pinky fingers in the original base pink.

I painted some roses using the colours I used in the gradient on my ring finger.

On my thumb I did three coats of white and then painted on a heart on the original pink.

If you have any questions on this design or would like a more in depth tutorial let me know.

Day 11 - 2013 in Facebook Profile Pictures

I did a post like this last year for my 2013 profile pictures, this year I have a few more pictures and it seems I took almost half of them in March.

I know this is a little bit late to do a post like this but better late than never.

I think I need to smile more I look a little grumpy in a few of these pictures.

Day 10 - Eye Make Up

Yay I made it to double digits, I thought I would quit after a week. I even managed to get all the posts up while I was away. Anyway onto today's post, this post is a follow on from this post.

This is the makeup I apply after my go to face make up when I have a little extra time on my hands.

I fill in my brows with the Rimmel Eyebrow pencil in Hazel.

I lined my upper lash line with NC Defining Waterproof Eye pencil in Mahogany making the line slightly thicker in the outer corner. If I had little time time this is where I would stop but on this particular day I continued and smudged the line a little with the NC Colour Impact Eyeshadow in Forest, I also placed this into the crease in a similar shape to the liner that Lorde wears in her Royals video only less dramatic and defined. I also added NC Colour Impact Eye shadow in Copper to my lower lash line to bring out the blue in my eyes. I finished off my eyes with a few coats of the Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless mascara, which has a lash growth complex and also micro fibres.

On my cheeks I used NC Pure Touch Blush in Sienna.

And finally on my lips I am wearing NC Hydra Brilliance Lipstick in Flamingo.

Products Used:
Rimmel Eyebrow Pencil  in Hazel $9.99
NC Defining Eye Pencil in Mahogany $20
NC Colour Impact Eyeshadow in Forest $22
NC Colour Impact Eyeshadow in Copper $22
Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless mascara
NC Pure Touch Blush in Sienna $26
NC Hydra Brilliance Lipstick in Flamingo $26

You can purchase the Nutrimetics Products individually by browsing the catalogue here. Also check out the monthly specials for some good deals.

Day 9 - Triangle Nails

Another set of 21st birthday nails, this time my client brought in four photos of Orly Nail Girls work and we decided to try and recreate this look.

I started by mixing together two gel colours to create the base colour and then painted on the triangle in three different colours. Adding glitter on top of a bronze gel polish to give a little sparkle.

I know it is not identical to the original, we only did one finger and used different colours but I really like the way this design turned out.

It is a fairly simple design but straight lines and shapes are always time consuming.

What do you think of this design?

Day 8 - My go to Face MakeUp

Today's post is all about my go to every day face make up. This is the base for my daytime looks, I start with this base and then add my other makeup depending on how much time I have available.

This base takes me no longer than 5 minutes and looks great finished off with just mascara and lipgloss, maybe some eyebrows if you have fair brows like me.

Lets get into what I do. I start with my morning skincare routine, then I apply Nutrimetics Liquid Cover concealer on to any redness, blemishes or under eye circles and I blend this out very well because the shade I have is a fraction too dark for me at the moment. Next I buff on a layer of Nutrimetics Velvet Finish Mineral Foundation to even out the rest of my skin tone, you may notice in the first photo I have a lot of redness in my skin, I use a yellow toned powder to counter act this. If you have good skin, you may be able to skip the concealer step and just use the powder. And that is all. Simple and easy, two products and one brush is all you need. I used the real techniques buffing brush but you can use your favourite.

From here I add mascara, brows and lip gloss if I am in a rush, or I add more if I have the time. Today I had quite a lot of spare time so I chose to do a little extra, which you can look forward to seeing in a future post.

You can buy the two products I used here in a kit with a kabuki brush. I have tried the kabuki brush and it is not my favourite, it is not as soft as I would like. You can also buy these products separately but I can't find a link.
Edited to add you can purchase Nutrimetics products separately by browsing the online catalogue here.