Rimmel Rock Your Glitter top coat

Heyyyy Readers!


So the other day when my mani was pretty old and chipping away (one week old!!) I was dragging a male friend through the beauty stands at Boots and came across Rimmel's Rock Your Glitter top coat and decided I would "test it out" on erm.... ALL my nails. Sneeeaky! I just about managed to use it on all my nails before a security guard came over to tell me off. Oh the shame!!

Please excuse the shoddiness of the mani!!

It was really easy to apply and super quick. Well, I had to be quick as the security guard came hovering over!!! I would recommend it if you want a little subtle glittery finish to your mani or if you want to make it a bit special. A bit too subtle for me so I ended up getting the polish you can see on the ring finger which is Miss Sporty's Sparkle Touch polish. Plus it was only £1.99!

What do you guys reckon of the finish?

Wig Wam xx

My first ever ESSIE!!!!

Hi All!

So it seems my blog has become monthly!! I think it's mainly cos I love my manis and let them last for ages (along with a little help from Seche Vite's staying powers) so hardly ever change my nail varnish around.

I recently saw a luuurvely colour onWhat I Heart Today in an instagram pic and fell in lust with it. A quick rummage around ebay and 2 day's worth of waiting for the postman to come and TA DA!! An amazing colour. I honestly can't think of the last time I have loved a colour so much. And the formula was incredible too.

Bit of a silly shot but I thought it looked good against my hair!!

What do you think?

Wig Wam xx

OPI cuckoo for this colour

Helloo everyone!

So for Christmas my good friend Budge gave me some lovely colours, including my FIRST EVER OPI varnishes. I was excited to say the least. The only one I've tried is the dark green 'cuckoo for this colour' and I think I like it. I'm not in lurve with it yet, but I think it's cos I'm still mourning the loss of my lovely long nails that I grew over Christmas. Maaan long nails are high maintenance and ultimately, I find they are quite annoying. Texting becomes a problem doesn't it?? And I became a slave to my nail brush!! Anyway I digress. Here's how they turned out with 2 coats without a top coat. I think I've become too used to having the shininess of Seche Vite so I think they look comparatively dull to my normal nails, but I've found that Seche Vite has gotten a bit gloopy and sadly unusable. Plus! Top coats seem to make my nail colour literally peel off. Has anyone else had this problem??

Wig Wam xx

What my sister did....

Hey Everyone!!


Nail fever has hit my family. My sister Pea and her friend Dee have gone nail crazy and bought a bunch of nail art pens even before I did!!! They are design students and decided to use the pens to make some money at a fair for their department at uni, and this is what happened when they were let loose on the public's nails...... (click on the photos to make zem bigger!)

"Flower Power"

"Penguins and robins'

A design for the owner of a dalmatian called Pablo

"Pacman numero uno"

"Pacman numero dos"

"Brighton Beach"

'Leafy Greens"

Random selection on my nails (and that's a monkey not a bear!!)

Random selection on my nails including cotton wool fluff (I was about to remove the designs!!)

Apparently most of them took only 15 mins to do which I thought was amazing!! What do you think of their attempts? 


Wig Wam xx

25 days of Christmas challenge!!!

Hello Readers!

Well I have unwittingly taken on the 25 day Christmas challenge as proposed by A Girl and Her Polish!! And due to lack of e-mail reading I am slightly late on the uptake!

Here is the challenge in full:

25 Days of Christmas Challenge

Day 1 – Red Nails

Day 2 – Green Nails

Day 3 – Red and Green Nails

Day 4 – Red and White Nails

Day 5 - Christmas Gradient

Day 6 – Christmas Stripes

Day 7 – Christmas Glitter Nails

Day 8 – Christmas Dotting

Day 9 – Gingerbread

Day 10 – Christmas Plaid

Day 11 – Christmas Taping

Day 12 – Poinsettia Nails

Day 13 – Christmas Half Moons

Day 14 – Christmas Watermarble

Day 15 – Santa Nails

Day 16 – Present Nails

Day 17 – Christmas Lights

Day 18 – Inspired by a Christmas Movie

Day 19 – Inspired by a Christmas Song

Day 20 – Inspired by a Christmas Story

Day 21 – Christmas Ornaments

Day 22 – Christmas Wreaths

Day 23 – Christmas Trees

Day 24 – Twas the Night Before Christmas

Day 25 – Recreate your favorite Christmas design

So here goes day one. Simple red nails with my favourite red (maybe of all time) by Rimmel:

Rimmel London Lycra Pro in 323 Riviera Red

Day 1 – Red Nails ✓ (Big tick. Done!)

It has just turned midnight here in the UK. I think I might have just got away with day one!!!

What do you think? Is anyone else doing the challenge with us? Send pics or links if you're doing it (and are as concerned as I am about whether you can complete it or not!!) 

Wig Wam xx

PS Day 2 may be late as I won't be home at all tomorrow. Let's just say this challenge may be backdated at times :)

Poached Eggies

Hello Readers!


So this week I tried out the strawberry Barry M and I have to say I wasn't very impressed... It really didn't suit my skin tone so I decided to 'fix it' with a bit of a tape mani with a lovely glittery varnish that has no name (I used it in my tape mani in my second ever post!) It still came out pretty rubbish so before showing you lot how they came out, I'll show you my amazing breakfast I made this morning so the mani won't look as bad!!!!

Today's breakfast: Poached eggs on toast with Brittany butter infused with rock salt crystals

Worst nails I've done in a while!! Apologies.

I took a day off work so that my cold germs stay at home rather than infect my co-workers, so I decided to have a yummilicious breakfast that I usually wouldn't be bothered or have time to make. Cue in mine and my dad's breakfast that we eat together and BAM! Poached eggies on toast. Yuuumm! Buttery and salty yey! And I'm not even gonna talk about the disaster nails. Not even a last ditch attempt of layering China Glaze Matte Magic helped them. Methinks one of my 'get better' activities today will be to re-do my nails.

Bon appetit!

Wig Wam xx

To bee or not to bee a fox. That is the question.

Hello Readers!


Apologies for the terrible title. You'll see what I mean when you see this next set of claws I got my paws on. Remember I said female relatives were queueing up for some pampering? Weelll cue in my sister and her friend who visited from Brighton Uni at the weekend and BAM! Offers for blank nail canvases. They both have much smaller nails than me so it was interesting to work with a smaller area!

My sis plumped for some of my new love interests, the rhinestones and her fave colour yellow:

H&M cheapy yellow, ebay rhinestones and goldish fox ring sister purchased from the BINTM live event at the Excel

On the other hand (no, literally on her other hand) sis opted for a bee design, which I painted on with the Model's Own black WAH pen. I decided to do a cute little trajectory of the bee's flightpath on the other nails like so:

Topped off of course with a little Seche Vite. 

Next up, sister's friend who we shall call D, saw photos of my ladybird design (I shall post it in due time) and loved it so we decided for a little variation on the nails with a little help from my new found proficiency in the wielding of a dotting tool. Like so:

All 3 of us were almost overcome by cuteness when we saw these little ladybirds on their leaf. What do you think?? Cute or what??

We ended up having a bit of a nail catwalk. Don't even ask. 

Wig Wam xx

I don't like animals but I like guinea pigs for my artistic stylings.

Hellooo Readers! 

These past few days have been a bit nail-centric on the family front. Suddenly all female relatives have realised that I quite like doing other people's nails, and I have been inundated with requests! 


So my auntie asked for something different and gave me free reign. Which of course means trying out my new dotting tools!! Now, I don't know if any of you own dotting tools but I was a bit sceptical at first. They are literally little metal rods with balls on the end (like ziiis one over here) and I thought PAH I can make my own. Buut I couldn't be bothered so voila - dotting tools ahoy! 


In the end I used 2 coats of my colour of the moment (the turquoise Rimmel number) with a cheapo H&M yellow. I have since realised that to be successful with a dotting tool you have to have quite a bit of polish on the end. Not soo much that it is dripping, but a good amount! I finished them off with a bit of Seche Vite to lock it all in place. Sadly auntie decided to take 4 month old cousin for a bath and ruined the old nails.


And TA-DA!! Here are the finished nails (unfortunately post said incident):

Wig Wam xx

Oo first post. How exciting!

Helloo internet readers!

Having spent the last 4 weekends holed up at home thanks to a ridiculous number of consecutive colds, I became a little hermit being forced to live vicariously through the medium of the internet. I had of course, heard of blogs and blogging but never thought much of it until faced with not being allowed out of the house for fear of making the colds worse. After coming across many a wonderful blog (mostly about nails, fashion, beauty and cute DIY ideas) I thought why not give it a try myself?? Everybody needs a little creative outlet don't they? So here is my first little (or not so little) post just to ease me into the kingdom of blog world. Tis my first go at proper nail art. Leopard-print stylee. I hope you like!

Wig Wam xx