Trick or Treat?! How to Remove Glitter Polish

Everyone should be able to enjoy wearing glitter nail polish at this festive time of year without being afraid of the removal process. Today I am going to show you a quick, easy and efficient removal method, using household items that everybody should have to hand.

You will need:
Nail Polish Remover
Cotton Wool
Kitchen Foil

and that's all you'll need!

Fist we will need to tear off 10 equal squares of kitchen foil, they need to be large enough to wrap around your finger nail and accommodate the cotton wool.

Next you will need to saturate your cotton wool in nail polish remover, I am using Cutex Moisture Guard with nail whitening formula. This is the one I like, any will do, but I find this one quick and easy to work with. I am also using balls of cotton wool instead of the pads as I find these soak up the polish remover better.

Lay the cotton wool in the middle of the foil, place your nail over the cotton wool and wrap around your finger, ensuring a tight as possible seal to prevent the nail varnish seeping out.

When you have wrapped all 10 fingers, relax ....

and do the robot!

Leave for about 2 minutes, then carefully, without tearing or ripping the foil, rub the cotton wool over your nails, if it moves with ease it is ready to be removed, if not leave for a further minute and try again.

Hey Presto! Glitter free nails!

I hope this was helpful to some of you! enjoy your festive glitter nails!

xoxo

#OrangeOctober Deutsch You Want Me Baby?

#OrangeOctober Day 28.

Whose getting excited for Halloween?

Today's polish is so incredible, its as if OPI have bottled up autumn and Halloween . It is so festive, a gorgeous, rich, rusty, burnt orange colour yet so vibrant with a velvet like finish. This polish is so festive and dark, it almost leans red and is oh so shimmery. I can't say enough good things about it, the photos simply don't do it justice.

This is Deutsch You Want Me Baby? from OPI's Autumn/Winter collection this year. It was a spur of the moment buy for me, I figured I would just sell it on ebay if I didn't like it, but I am so glad I picked it up! it was love at first application.

(oops I think I need to mow the lawn *embarrassing*)

The application wasn't what I come to expect from OPI, the formula was a little thin, but the colour was build able. This is three coats, but two would probably suffice.

I also have German-icure on order from the same collection. I hope it is just as beautiful as this one. You have big shoes to fill German-icure!

What colours did you buy from the German Collection? or which would you like to get in the future?
I still have a long list, but they will have to wait until after Christmas now, or maybe Santa will surprise me?!

xoxo

Trick Or Treat! Pumpkin, Cheese and Chive Muffins

Todays Treat is a recipe ...

Pumpkin, Cheese and Chive Muffins

Have you ever wondered what to do with all that excess pumpkin after carving Jack-o'-lanterns?

Heres a fun recipe for savoury muffins, why not give them a spin?



You will need:




275 g Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tbsp Caster Sugar
100 g Grated Cheese
275 g Grated Pumpkin
2 tbsp Chives
85 g Melted Butter
2 eggs
175 ml Skimmed Milk 
Pumpkin Seeds to Sprinkle



Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 190 ºC (Gas Mark 5).

2. In a bowl, sift the dry ingredients.

3. Stir in the cheese, chives and pumpkin into the dry mixture.

    

(I wish I had used a larger bowl now)!

4. In another bowl beat together the eggs, melted butter (allow to cool) and the milk.

5. Add into the dry mixture and stir until just combined.

    (Defiantly needed a larger bowl).

6. Distribute the mixture evenly into muffin cases and sprinkle over the pumpkin seeds
(oops I forgot the pumpkin seeds)!

7. Cook for 25-30 minutes

Don't they smell wonderful?!

Let me know if you try this recipe and how they turn out!

I found this recipe here

Halloween Tag

Inspired by TheGridMonster and JoeyGraceffa on Youtube heres a fun tag!! 

Leave your answers in the comments below of link to your blog!

1.  What is your favourite Halloween movie?

I have two, one animated and one live action, both by Tim Burton and both starring Johnny Depp :)

Sleepy Hollow and The Nightmare before Christmas (in 3D)!

2. What age did you stop trick or treating?

I've never actually been :(

3. What was your favourite Halloween costume?

Indian/Pocahontas

4. What are you going to dress up as this year?

Sally from the Nightmare before Christmas

5. Do you like going to haunted attractions?

We don't really have many in the UK, but I do love Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris!!

Jump in a doom buggy to take this virtual ride thanks to DLRPmagic.com

I am defiantly planning a trip for next year at Halloween time because I really want to go to a Terrorific Night Halloween Party at Walt Disney Studios to get to ride The Tower of Terror at midnight! maybe I'll try to catch Bonfire night too!

6.  Vampires of Werewolves?

Vampires. Anyone remember Spike from Buffy? :)

7. What is your favourite Halloween candy?

Cinder toffee YUM! But I would love to try candy corn, we don't really have it in the UK.

8. Do you decorate your house?

YES! every year!! because I didn't really get to go Trick or Treating my mum would decorate our house and invite everyone in my class for a Halloween Party. This is a tradition I fully intend to continue,  especially because I love everything Yankee Candle does for Halloween. I even decorate at work :D

9. What was your least favourite costume?

Cow Girl (it was a last minute thing) :(

10. Have you ever repeated a costume? and what was it?

Probably a Witch...

11. Do you believe in ghosts?

I'd like to, but until I see anything for myself I'm not convinced.

12. What was your scariest Halloween?

During on of my Halloween Parties we had a power cut and we were all convinced it had been caused by a ghost lol

The Questions:

1. Favorite Halloween movie?

2. What age did you stop trick-or-treating?

3. Favorite Halloween costume you have worn?

4. What are you going to be this year?

5. Do you like going to haunted attractions?

6. Vampires or werewolves?

7.Favorite Halloween candy?

8.Do you decorate your house!

9.Least favorite costume

10.Have u ever repeated a costume and what was it?

11.Do you believe in ghosts?

12.Scariest Halloween.

I tag all of you! please leave your links in the comments, on FB or Twitter

#OrangeOctober Glitter Nails

#OrangeOctober Day 27

Today I have for you something a little bit different for #OrangeOctober: A tutorial!

I have been wanting to try Gosh nail glitter for the longest time now, but never wanted to pay the nearly £5 price tag. So I finally broke down and hit ebay.co.uk were there are lots of sellers offering nail and body glitter for far less. I don't know just how safe they are, so I won't recommend any sellers to you just incase. If you are unsure I'd recommend paying the extra for the Gosh glitter, or a fine craft glitter I'm sure would be fine.

Heres what you will need to get orange glitter nails :)

A good quality base coat

Your favourite orange nail polish. I'm using Barry M Block Orange

Your orange glitter

A shiny top coat

A rubber cuticle pusher or an orange stick

Piece of paper or kitchen towel

I started by applying my base coat (OPI natural base coat) and one coat my orange polish...

Place your hand over your paper or kitchen towel and apply your second coat of your chosen orange polish,  wait 30 seconds for the polish to go a little tacky and pour over the glitter (this is where it gets a little messy).

Tap off any excess glitter, don't worry about any stray glitter pieces around your cuticles, we will tidy that up later. Pick up your paper by two opposite corners to make a funnel and pour the glitter back into its container and secure the lid.

Phew! thats the messy bit finished.

Allow the polish to dry, and using your cuticle pusher or orange stick tidy away any glitter on your cuticles. Apply 1 generous coat of top coat.

As you can see the glitter will still look gritty.

Wait a couple on minutes and apply a second layer of top coat. You can repeat this step as many times as you like/need to reduce the roughness of the glitter.

So there we have Orange Glitter Nails :)

xoxo

#OrangeOctober Tropical Sun

#OrangeOctober Day 26

The end of our little orange journey is in sight! thank heavens! I am starting to crave dark vampy purples, rich blues, and Bordeaux reds.

But were not there yet! Today's polish is one I have been wanting to try for so long; this is Models Own Tropical Sun from the Spring/Summer Beetlejuice collection. A collection dedicated solely to duo chrome gorgeousness. Thanks to the recent Models Own 50% off sale I finally gave in and ordered it. I mean who can resist a sale right?

Here's the swatches (sorry they are all taken using the flash, its getting cold and dark here in the UK - snow is on its way)!

This is four coats, the application wasn't good, but not the worst. The formula could do with being a little thicker, but as you apply more coats the colour builds up nicely.

The duochrome-ness isn't in your face in this polish. Its a subtle change from a golden orange to softer orange leaning on the coral side.

In case the duo chrome wasn't enough for you, this beautiful polish also has stunning silver micro glitter particles that almost appear holographic when they catch the light. This isn't just apparent in the bottle, it translates to the nail too! (oh how I wish I could say this for more polishes) - this polish is the perfect summer manicure colour!

#OrangeOctober Kiko vs Essie

#OrangeOctober Day 25

Todays post is a brand smack down!

In the left corner we have an Essie polish costing a whopping £7.99!

This is Essie Tart Deco ...

and in the right corner we have Italian nail polish brand, Kiko priced at just £1.50

This is Kiko 358 Peach Rose ...

In the bottles they look identical, will they be identical on the nail?

First lets look at the swatch of Peach Rose 358

(In natural light)

(With flash)

This is just two coats, these polishes are unbelievable good quality for just £1.50.  Not runny like Sinful Colors, not streaky like Essie - the formula is perfect and the price - excellent.

So how does it compare to Essie Tart Deco? lets see ...

This is three coats of Essie compared to just two of Kiko.

As you can see Kiko, Peach Rose is a little darker, and a little bit orange-er?