Nail bites - be bold!

 Bold colours are so much fun! Great to make a statement, or match with an outfit, or clash with an outfit! Be outrageous!
I have a fabulous red dress with white polka dots ... I am definitely going to add even more pzazzz with either a black base and red spots, incorporating a feature nail with a zip-zag stripe. Or should I have a red base with varied sizes of black spot..? So many decisions .... definitely something to try out!

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Nail bites - don’t bite them!

I used to bite my nails. Badly! My Dad was always on at me, and I couldn’t understand why! He even bribed me with a beautiful manicure set with my initials on it ... I stopped for a while, it was lovely having lovely girly nails with pretty nail polish ... but I couldn’t help myself, it didn’t last ... sorry Dad!
But now, the thought of nibbling my own nails is quite disgusting! (But I have to confess to a little ‘trimming’ of excess skin!).
My nails are quite decent now. They don’t seem to have suffered too much from years of biting them down. I don’t grow them too long - that’s a recipe for breakages!
But, and I don’t know if this is because I used to bite them, I get a lot of excess hard skin growth around the finger walls of my nails.
I did myself a gel manicure last Friday - a lovely blue, with blueish glitter in a reverse French mani drawing up from the base of each nail. It was ok, there was nothing wrong with the application of the manicure. But I wasn’t happy. The reason? A couple of my nails had some hard growth up the walls of the nail. It probably wasn’t noticeable, but I wasn’t happy about it.
So I have been applying cuticle oil twice a day for the last week! I didn’t think it would make much difference.
But I can tell you - the cuticle oil worked!
My fingers look much better, the hard skin is almost all gone, and my nails look so much better for it!
So I can honesty say, ladies - cuticle oil is the way forward!

Paint the cuticle oil around the edge of each nail, and gently massage it in. At least twice a day! Treat your nail as precious jewels. We all apply decent moisturiser to our faces, so let’s treat our nails with the same respect! They will in turn reward us with beautiful nails - nail polish or not, that’s your choice!

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Nail bites - flowers

When choosing designs for nail decorations the possibilities are endless! I like to create the more abstract watercolour designs, where depth is added in layers of colours to the design - watching the artwork unfold into the finished piece is exciting!
The designs below are each made using different techniques, and each is attractive in different ways. I would have one of the designs as a feature nail, next to a set of a complimentary colour.

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Lazy weekends ...

April 2020 has to be the hottest for a long time, if not forever! I remember as a child being on our annual Easter holiday in Wales where it was snowing, at leat one year! It was certainly always cold.
But this year, it is totally different. And this year, I have had time to enjoy the world around me: the sounds of birds singing their beautiful songs, the smells of fragrant flowers, the vibrant colours of new buds bursting out to meet us. And the crisp, electric blue, perfect skies.
On the canal boat, it seems there is a squatter - a beautifully groomed squatter! The colours in this duck are incredible. He was quite at home at the front of the boat, and even had a sleep while there!

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Nail bites - Colour combos

I enjoy creating new designs, using different colours, finding different effects.
It’s always exciting watching how colours react against each other, the different ways of presenting them. From a clean, sharp line, to a more random marbled effect. Each is stunning, each different. But put the designs next to a colour, to pick out a particular colour in the design, and watch it transform!

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What a difference each of the combinations makes! From brighat and cheery, to bold and dramatic. 

Nail Bites - Love Your|

We are experiencing some very strange times, times that we will (hopefully) look back upon and wonder what it was all about.
Because of our current situation, many businesses have changed how they do things, many people are volunteering to help others with shopping and essentials, and many people are fighting the front line - something they didn’t ever think would happen.
In the same way, as a mobile nail technician, of course I can no longer at the moment offer my services to clients in their homes.
So I also have found a way to offer a little luxury for people to enjoy at home.
My Love Your| collection includes salon-quality treats for you to enjoy a spa-style pampering at home.
Head over to www.nailstoyou.uk for details - its all on there with details of the goodies you can try!

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The sadness ...

We learned today that twins Katie an Emma Davis died from COVID-19.

We watched on the news where their sister Zoe expressed her utter sadness. You just cannot comprehend how this can happen, it seems so very surreal And yet Zoe  felt able to give an interview expressing how she feels. Literally, I just want to hug her and make it better, but no amount of hugs or well wishes will make this better fo her, or the twins’ family.

This is a terrible time: so many good people dying from this terrible virus. People who should be protected against its effects, so that they can help others. People: nurses, doctors, porters, catering staff, domestic staff, supermarket staff, delivery staff ... are these people, people who are looking after the rest of us who are isolated safely at home, do they have the ‘weapons’ and defences necessary to protect them?

Friday 24th April, 2020