Can you spot it?

Heeeey Everyone!

Today's edition of A Wig Wam is Not a Teepee is actually a variation of this mani I had on a while ago.... The only difference being that my sister did some little dots with some unnamed nail art pens on top to jazz it up!!

Model's Own Lilac Dream and No 7 gold glitter top coat plus nail art pen dotties

Thanks for reading, watching, responding and commenting. Keep polishing those nails, nail-lovers!!

Wig Wam xx

Messy mauve mani... plus glitter!

Heeey Everyone!

You will be glad to know that today's mani does not bring a hangover with it. Hooray! I've been seeing lots of very simple manis with a base colour plus glittery bits on top and have been loving the layered simplistic look so I gave it a go:

I used Model's Own Lilac Dream and No 7 gold glitter top coat 

Please don't look at the crappiness of the first finger.. I did this in a bit of a rushed/careless manner! 

Not sure if you lot can tell that I've been trying to actually take care of my cuticles for once. I have been attacking them with orangewood sticks and cuticle clippers and they're not as dry as usual thanks to a weirdly named product that my Dad* uses called "Mane 'n Tail Hoofmaker." It has actual horses on the front so for a long time I thought it was for horses and I thought he was going nuts. Or at least something declaring itself as a hoofmaker does not sound conducive to softness does it?? But no, turns out it makes your hands and cuticley bits nice and soft!

That's all for now nail-lovers! I'm off to go and pick up my squidgy little sis from the train station :) yeyyyy!!

Wig Wam xx

*He has offered himself to be featured in the blog in a nail-related way (yes that's right. You didn't read that wrong. A NAIL-RELATED way haha!!)soon so keep your eyes peeled for that!!! Watch le space!!

Birthday suit nails

Heyy!

I'm a bit slow on the style uptake, and it is actually probably quite passé now but I decided to try a really neutral shade out. My auntie calls it mushroom but I guess nude will do! 

Model's Own Nude Beige

Please excuse the dirty mirror

This is only my second Model's Own nail varnish and I have to say they are really easy to apply. Not gloopy or streaky and very opaque so you don't always need 2 coats. I just feel safer if I do!!

I realised that this kind of colour makes your hand look extra long and almost like Disney princess hands!???! Look at Belle's hands:

In other nail related news I have just ordered myself some lovely nail decals after reading Sunny's post and seeing her frankly beautiful nail art. I am tres excited nail-lovers! As soon as they arrive I am slapping them on and posting about it!! I also have a shedload of new bits and pieces I bought from a shop in Guadalajara in Mexico that I need to try out. Me and The Sis were in heaven when we chanced on a WHOLE STREET dedicated to nail art supplies!! So now I have lots of mini fruit slices and gold foils (I'm not really sure how to use the foils?!) Coming soon in a post near you!!

Wig Wam xx

Fruit Pastels..

Hello Readers!


About 3 months ago I opened the new look edition of Company magazine and almost threw up when I saw all the pastel colours dominating the pages. I seriously thought "WHO would wear colours like that?!" 


But since then I have had to eat some humble pie and have realised that pastels look GREAT on nails. That, or the fashion industry has infiltrated my brain godammit!! Pretty much after the purchase of my lovely candymintapple Essie I have luuurved pastels on nails. Especially since it brings out your tan, ohh yeahhh!

Colours used: Model's Own Lilac Dream, Nails Inc Wellington Square, Essie Candy Mint Apple

Natural light

What do you lot think? Pastels for the win??

Wig Wam xx

Elephant nails

A couple of weeks ago I visited my sister at Uni in Brighton, and when out shopping in Boots I spotted the Model's Own WAH nail art pen. Obviously I had to buy it. My sister offered herself as the guinea pig on my first go on the pen, and this is what I came up with:

If only she had an extra nail to make his tail!! I used H&M nail varnish in grey which was surprisingly good value for 99p. I have reports that this design stayed on for a good few weeks and received many a compliment from my sis's design mates.

Wig Wam xx