Hello there everyone!

Sorry about last week. I was away on holiday (yes, I had a lovely time, thank you for asking) and I thought that I would have access to internet - although, when I think about it, it seems quite obviously that I probably wouldn't.... Oh well. I'm back now and just in time for day 1 of the Christmas Nail Art challenge - Christmas tree. I'm sorry about my lack of creativity in this one - I was on a bus for about 9 hours today and so was feeling less than enthusiastic about this challenge. But I will forge ahead anyway and push forward through my exhaustion. :)

Christmas Nail Art Challenge + Giveaway!

Hello my lovelies,

This is going to be a rather short post, and maybe not particularly pretty or thought provoking, but let's get cracking anyway. :)

Jessie, over at Nailed It NZ, Anjali (From L&P To English Tea) and Hannah (AGirlWithSomeClothes), have created a 12 Days of Christmas nail art challenge that I will be participating in. You read more here and it sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. Especially for me as it seems a lot more manageable than doing your nails every day like many nail art challenges. :) If you want to take part, simply put the button in your side bar and link up your post with Jessie's for each different design. :)

The second part of my post is for the massive giveaway that Jessie is holding currently on her blog for reaching 10 000 fans on facebook - an amazing milestone! She's holding two giveaways, one for everyone (New Zealanders and international people) one for just New Zealanders.

If you want to take part in this giveaway and maybe win some amazing stuff, check it out here and if you are lucky enough to win, please let me know so I can be simultaneously happy and jealous of you. :)

Until next time, 

Nails to Commemorate my Last School Social Ever

Hi all,

As you no doubt can tell, the nails that I had for my Dinner Dance last night is going to be the focus of my post today. :) Fun fact - these pictures were taken at 6am the morning after, as for some unknown reason, we had to be at school the day after at 7:15 for a breakfast. It was ridiculous. The dance didn't end until 11 and it was like a 30min drive home. I had like 5 and a bit hours sleep. :( That is not cool. Especially for me, who needs 9-10 hours nightly... But moving on and away from my lack of sleep.

OPI Nail Envy Review

Hi lovelies,

In case you were wondering, which I’m sure you weren’t but I’m going to tell you anyway, my nails are exceedingly brittle, soft and very prone to flaking and peeling and breaking. They are also so flexible that I can take the tip of a nail and bend it down so that it touches the top of my finger. It’s really gross but makes for a good party trick (‘Hey guys, check out what I can do with my nail!’). :)

Mostly, I have put this down to my (self-diagnosed) hyperhidrosis – which is excessive sweating in my hands. Now, minimising the amount of time your hands spend in water is one of the first suggestions to improve nail growth and general nail conditions, but that is a little hard to do when you hands are permanently sweating and thus, quite damp.

So (and I swear this post has a point) I began researching nail strengtheners and heard a lot of good things about OPI’s Nail Envy. So, off I trotted to find the best deal the internet had to offer me and my bottle arrived the other day.

I then thought, ‘I could do a post on this stuff and how it affected my nails’ and so, I have. Here is a not so beautiful picture of my naked nails in all their uneven length, peeling and splitting glory.

Why I Am Going to be Rocking a Bikini this Summer..

Hello everyone.

Well, so much for being a dedicated blogger and what not... I had exams and school was finishing and I was feeling pretty bad (no actually I was feeling like a fucking load of shit), so blogging took a definite back seat. But, I'm back and life seems to be looking up (but more on that later). This post I found from a couple of weeks back from when I was feeling a lot better, and so I thought I might post this, in the whole it might cheer me up a little.

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Hey guess what everybody?

I can feel the summer arriving! Yay!

While winter is all well and good (no not actually, I don’t really like it but I know it is necessary for the survival of an ecosystem yada yada yada), summer is really where my heart belongs. The scorching heat, the dry days, the sounds of crickets chirping in the background, the balmy evenings, the hours upon hours spent in the pool, at the beach, just lounging and swimming. I just love the way life slows down for summer in Perth. People move slowly, the days pass slowly, everybody is lethargic, trying to remain as cool as possible.