Hello there!

As you can probably tell by the title for this post, I don't really know how to describe these nails... But I like them anyway.

In the shade

In the shade

I basically just wanted to use MEGA by ILNP. In the shade and inside it doesn't really look like much, but when you take it outside that it really comes to life. It does sparkle a little inside, but it's very subtle and not all that noticeable. But in the sunlight in really, truly glows.

Inspired By: Avengers Assemble - Thor

Hi lovelies,

So I've been making a good head start on my New Year's resolutions and done another member of the Avengers as part of my Avengers Assemble series. Today, we have Thor, Norse God of Thunder...

While I was pretty happy with them overall, and very happy with some elements, I do think it could have been done a lot better. I was really quite proud of my lightning bolts and I reckon I've improved since I last tried them. It was just a pity that the pink bled through into the white when I applied my top coat...

Because these aren't the most straightforward 'Inspired By' nails I've done, here's a little run down on what each nail is meant to be.

How to Add Custom Social Media Icons to Your Sidebar in Blogger

Hi lovelies,

So today I'm going to be showing you how to add custom social media icons to your blog's sidebar. While this HTML code will work fine with Wordpress and other blogging platforms, I've never used anything other than blogger, I don't know to add custom HTML to any other blogging platform.

Anyway, this was one of the first little bits of code I learnt and it's incredibly useful. Also, once you've got the hang of this, you can use the same bit of coding know-how to add other little bits and bobs to your blog sidebar.

Because this is a very repetitive bit of coding and very easy and very useful, I'm going to teach you how to do this yourself, rather than just give the code. (However, if you aren't at all interested in learning a bit of HTML coding, you can just scroll down to the bottom of this post and grab the code from there).

Otherwise, let's crack on!

First up, you need to get yourself a set of social media icons. I know that Rose from Every Little Polish has a couple of sets of free downloads here, here and here, or you could just google it or if you're feeling particularly arty, make your own set on a editing software like Photoshop or Gimp.

Once you've got those, you need to upload them to a online photo hosting service (I use Photobucket)

Next (for Blogger), you need to go into Layout and click Add A Gadget. In the box that pops up, you need to select HTML/Java Script.

Dreamcatcher Nail Art +Tutorial!

Hi everyone!

So I have some more new nails for you today and also, a tutorial! Well, technically, it's a pictorial. I have only just got my photography sort of where I want it so I think it will still be quite a while until I start filming tutorials (if I ever go down that route). I would like to, but I don't know what sort of time I'm going to have next year because I'm starting uni and I know filming and editing take quite a bit of time...

Anyway, back to the nails. These have been sitting around in my 'To post' folder since the middle of November, and I haven't had chance to post them until now. I'm pretty excited to post this, as I feel it's my first real nail art tutorial because all the little pictures are together in one image, as opposed to these galaxy ones and this tape manicure, both of which I did all the way back in 2013.

Also, putting this pictorial together actually took less time than I expected, which makes me more likely to do more of them and also makes me feel so accomplished! :)

So I've been seeing a lot of dream catcher nail art around recently and thought that I'd also try my hand at it. Surprisingly, it was much easier than I thought they were going to be, which is always a plus in my book!

However, if you are wondering why it seems like the pictorial seems to jump a couple of steps/changes focus in steps 1, 2 and 3 it's because I kept forgetting I was meant to be taking pictures of every step.... (I think I need more practice)

New Year's Resolutions + How To Actually Succeed At Them

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a lovely New Year's Eve and an wonderful start to 2015!

Have you all been making New Year's resolutions? More importantly, are you going to be keeping your resolutions?? Not sure? Yeah, me neither. I am one of those people that makes a lot of great resolutions but never really sticks with them...

So this year I decided to do some research and see what science has to say about sticking to your New Year's resolution and I've complied a list of tips to help you stick to them.

Set manageable goals
Setting an unmanageable goal like 'I will complete a marathon in 3 months' when the last time you went running was 4 years ago will never get done. It just won't. It's great that you have such high hopes, but the sheer amount of work that would be involved in completing that would throw off nearly everyone. Although, saying that, if you have completed a goal like that, then kudos to you! I am in awe of your dedication! But for most of us, it's not going to work. Instead, try something like 'I would like to be able to complete a marathon and so to do this I will go running 3 times a week, for increasing amounts of time'. Or something like that. I don't run, so I actually have no clue how one would go about creating a running schedule.

Set measurable goals
This also fits in well with the previous tip. Having a vague goal like 'I will eat healthier' has no actual plan and so you are unlikely to stick with it. Also, the word 'healthy' is equally very ambiguous - what do you want to improve about your eating habits? Do you want to choose more organic and free range products? Do you want to reduce your meat consumption or increase your fruit and vegetable intake? Do you want to reduce your fat or sodium intake or increase your protein intake? Choose one on two things you can do to help reach your goal of 'eat healthier' and set a plan for it. So your new goal could be 'to have at least 3 meat free days a week and to choose free range meat whether possible'.