tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69185124111459688552024-03-14T04:42:07.736+00:00Rose Tint My NailsAlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-90297696928980873372013-05-15T16:06:00.002+01:002013-05-15T16:06:49.657+01:00A Sad Announcement!Hello followers!<br />
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I have a bit of a sad announcement for you today, as of this week, this blog will be going silent. When I started this blog in November I never imagined that it would grow in the way that it has, and I am so thankful for each and every one of the followers of this blog. Unfortunately I just don't have the time to commit to two blogs anymore, particularly seeing as I am going to be starting a job soon. This DOES NOT mean that I will be giving up my polish obsession, or creating Nail Art! It will just be posted on my <a href="http://www.alyssiarose.co.uk/" target="_blank">Personal Blog</a> instead. In fact I am hoping to start a fortnightly nail feature on my personal blog to satisfy my polish addiction! This blog will be left up so that you can go through all my old posts and Nail Art, but any future posts will be made <a href="http://www.alyssiarose.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Thank you again for you support, and I hope that you will join me over on my personal blog for any future Nail Art posts!<br />
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AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-62023190338696374652013-04-03T19:09:00.004+01:002013-04-03T19:10:23.033+01:00Ask A British Nail Blogger #2: My Most Wanted Polishes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm sure I have written about these polishes before somewhere on this blog. As soon as I saw them I knew I had to have them! These are the Equestria Collection by Rainbow Honey, and they are simply gorgeous. Incase you have no idea what 'Equestria' is, it's the name of the kingdom in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I'll admit I watch the show, I am a fan of everything rainbows and lollipops. The polishes above are based on the main characters of the show and I love each and every one of them! I actually managed to snap up Pinkie Promise in a blog sale but I have yet to buy any of the others. Next on my list is definitely A Little Kindness, which is based on my favourite character on the show (Fluttershy).</div>
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You can check out the Equestria collection <a href="http://www.rainbowhoney.com/products/the-full-equestria-collection-15ml" target="_blank">here</a>. Let me know in the comments what polishes you are lusting after!</div>
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I managed to snap these up in a 3 for 2 offer at Boots, which made them eve more irresistible to me! I thought I'd do a quick post of my first impressions of the Fruit Pastel Collection! Here's what they look like on the nail:</div>
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I love these polishes! The colours are perfect for spring (and of course Easter!). They smell beautiful and ever since I painted them I've been sat here sniffing my fingernails like a weirdo! Some of them smell stronger than others, I think the Strawberry Tart is definitely the best one, not only is it a pretty pink colour but it smells really sweet. Also they have cute little scratch and sniff stickers on the top of each bottle so you can get a cheeky whiff before you apply.</div>
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These polishes were fairly difficult to apply, I would definitely recommend using a white base coat underneath them (which I will try next time). They went opaque in three coats but I found it a struggle to apply! I'm sure I'll get better with practice.</div>
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AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-7539507433199608422013-03-26T09:19:00.000+00:002013-03-26T09:19:02.650+00:00The Indie Polishes That Just Didn't Make It...I really didn't want to have to write a post like this, but I feel that I need to share this experience so that none of you guys get caught out like I did. I also hate to do this because I LOVE the polishes that this seller makes... but I feel that I have been treated unfairly so I guess I must share it. (WARNING: This post is very long)<br />
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Let's rewind back to before Christmas, I had not long started this blog and I was lusting over all the Indie Polishes imaginable! I decided that for Christmas I would order 6 mini bottles from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/GlitzologyBeauty" target="_blank">GlitzologyBeauty</a> Polish on Etsy. I would keep 4 for myself and give two to my sister. When they arrived I was seriously happy with them and I still am.<br />
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Fast forward to January a few days after my student loan came in, I decided that I wanted to order a few more Glitzology Polishes, this time in the full size. I also asked the seller if she could make me a custom polish for my 21st Birthday. We agreed on a package and got the ball rolling, at this time I also placed this order:<br />
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This is where the problems started... Firsty with my custom polish. I didn't hear from her for a few weeks so I messaged her asking what was going on, and I got this response:<br />
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<i>'<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hi Alyssia! I am SO sorry because it seems that you haven't been getting my responses. I have been having problems with my Internet connection lately. Some people are telling me that they are getting multiple copies of my messages and some aren't getting them at all! They are doing new construction across the street from my house and one of my neighbors told me she was having similar problems with her Internet and cable. I have spoken to the cable company repeatedly and they basically told me nothing is wrong. After a week of calling them over and over and even showing them copies of multiple people saying they aren't getting my messages, they still refused to do anything! I was so frustrated, I just cancelled my service and went to a new company. So things should be ok now, but I will send so message a couple times just to be sure you get it. I will also send your polish Priority mail (at no extra charge) which arrives much faster than regular First Class mail.</span><span style="line-height: 21px;"> </span></span></i><br />
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I was fairly happy that my polish was coming along, and simply responded with the changes that I would like made to the original mix (Basically I wanted more pink than blue). Then I got this message:</div>
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<span style="line-height: 21px;">That was the last message I received about my Custom polish... Fast forward to February 9th (So she'd already missed getting my custom to me for my birthday). I contacted her saying I hadn't had my package yet (It had been almost a month since the original order date) she responded with this:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 21px;">Also, I wanted you to know that I ordered those glitters your described (the rose shreds) and I should get them in the next week. I planned to surprise you and just send you the custom polish (no charge of course), but then I realized I didn't know what name you wanted on it! So let me know what you'd like to call it and, when the glitter order arrives, I will finish your polish and you'll get a late birthday gift in the mail! Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. :)</span><br style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Thanks!'</span></i></span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">Fast forward AGAIN to the 21st of February. Over a month since my order for 3 full bottles was shipped. I message her AGAIN, just letting her know I still haven't received my polishes, that I was worried about it, and could she let me know if she's heard anything. To which I received this response:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 21px;">'</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;">Hi Alyssia! Yeah that worries me too. I have not received the package returned back to me which is normally what happens when items don't clear customs. I have heard a rumor that some countries are getting stricter with their customs regulations, but I have other customers in the UK who are getting their orders without any problem. I'm on my way to my regular job right now, but when I get home this evening, I will call the postal service customer support number and see if they have any information about your items. I'm very sorry for this delay. I know how much it sucks to be excited to get a package and all you see is an empty mailbox :( If worse comes to worse and they give me no info and the package still hasn't come when I have your new polish ready in a couple days, I will just resend the other items too. I will ship Priority so it gets there faster. But let's hope the postal service can give me more information. I will message you back this evening with what I've heard from them.</span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 21px;">'</span><span style="line-height: 21px;">Hi! I spoke with a woman from the postal service customer support line. She said they would open a case to see if the package has been flagged for return to the US for any reason (I of course didn't tell her there was nail polish in the package). She said it normally takes about 2 business days for these cases, so I should hear back from them by Monday. If the package does arrive in the meantime, just let me know. If I do hear back that it is being returned or even if it has not been delivered by then, as I mentioned before, I will resend the polishes with your custom one. Again, I am very sorry for the shipping trouble! Hopefully we will be able to locate it and it makes it's way to you soon!</span><br style="line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="line-height: 21px;">Thanks'</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That was the last I ever heard from her. I messaged her on the 25th of Feb, the 28th of Feb, March 3rd, and March 17th. Still no reply. I even opened a new conversation thread with her a week ago hoping this would get through. Still no response. At this point I can safely say I am being ignored, and I now know why. I checked up on the Etsy claims policy and I can no longer file a claim. I could file a claim up to 45 days from the date of shipping and as of the beginning of March my 45 days were up. Obviously I didn't know this, and I'm pretty upset that there is nothing I can do about it. I love her polishes and was so excited about receiving them. I can only assume that they got destroyed due to the new harsher laws on shipping polish. So I am sharing this in the hopes that you guys don't get duped like I did. As for my custom polish, god knows what happened to that. I will continue to try and message the seller to see if there is anything she is willing to do about the situation, but I doubt very highly that I will get anything. So that's $20 down the drain, and I will certainly be thinking twice before ordering an Indie Polish ever again.</span></span></div>
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AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-39427955170688924402013-03-14T11:35:00.002+00:002013-03-14T11:35:44.245+00:00Ask a British Nail Blogger #1: My Nailcare Routine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello all! It seems like forever since I last wrote a post for this blog, and for the British Nail Bloggers group! I've been super busy with Uni work, but I promise in a few months I'll be all yours again! First off I just want to address an important issue. I've heard that Google will be removing GFC, basically to encourage people to use (the rubbish) Google+. This means I will lose ALL my followers! I'd love for you guys to continue reading my blog, and one of the best ways to do that is through Bloglovin' (Find the link in my sidebar). I read all my favourite blogs via Bloglovin, it has a handy toolbar icon that shows you how many unread posts you have! So if you want to continue reading my blog then please follow me through that!<br />
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So us British Nail Bloggers are starting a new feature, helping you all to get to know us better! Today's topic is my nailcare routine. I'll admit I'm relatively new to the Nail Blog world, and I'll admit up until about a month ago, I didn't really understand the importance of Nail Care. Let's just say I've seen the error of my ways, and here is what I tend to do:<br />
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Sunday's are my 'spa day' and as such I always give myself a full manicure. I start by using a Nail Block kind of like <a href="http://www.superdrug.com/nails/elegant-touch-shape+shine-4-way-block-for-nails/invt/846915&bklist=" target="_blank">this one</a>. It has a side for filing, a side for smoothing, a side for buffing, and a side for polishing. So I work my way through the sides until I am happy with the shape and the look of my nails. Then I take my Superdrug hand and nail cream and place a small blob on each of my nails. Taking a cuticle stick (or orange stick) I spread the cream all over the nail, giving it a few seconds. Then I carefully push my cuticles back with the orange stick on each of my nails. Finally massaging the rest of the cream into my nails and hands. Then I take my OPI Matte Nail Envy (review coming soon), and put two coats on each nail. Then I either leave them like that or paint them whatever colour I fancy.<br />
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Every other day I remove all nail polish and add a new coat of OPI Nail Envy. Sometimes I also shape a few of the nails that have rough edges, or have managed to break themselves.<br />
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So there you have it, that is my basic routine! I have been seriously busy recently and have barely found the time to take care of my nails let alone paint them, but I managed to find a spare hour yesterday and this is how they turned out:<br />
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Apologies that the lighting kind of ruined the colours here. I couldn't find a good place to take the photos, and the sun coming through my window this morning was extremely bright! So this is one coat of Shade 3 over two coats of Navy Baby. The pictures above really don't do this glitter justice, it's so shimmery and beautiful. In fact it reminds me of shimmery fish scales, like the ones in a book I had as a child, I can't remember for the life of me what is was called!<br />
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I hope you've enjoyed today's post. I'm hoping to bring you the odd post over the next few weeks but I'm pretty busy until May when all of my uni work is due to be handed in! Then I will have LOTS of time to bring you all the posts that I've been neglecting! Check out the other British Nail Blogger's answers below:<br />
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I had my eye on the Barry M Textured Polishes from the minute they were released, but I've been trying to restrain myself. However when I went into Superdrug for some 'essentials' the other day, I couldn't help but pick one up. Of course I went for the pink, as it's the one I feel I will wear most often! (Says the girl with a gazillion untried polishes). Anyway onto the swatches!<br />
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I've been nominated by the lovely Jetti of <a href="http://woodandchocolate.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wood and Chocolate</a> for yet another Liebster Award. I'm sure this is my 3rd nomination. I am truly flattered for each and every one. Check out my other award posts <a href="http://rosetintmynails.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/liebster-award.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://rosetintmynails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/liebster-award-take-two.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I've already done the nomination part before in my original post, so I won't do that again. Mainly because I simply don't have the time to at the moment. But I will do the random facts and the questions!<br />
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<li>I am a MASSIVE fan of The Wanted</li>
<li>I dream about celebrities all the time</li>
<li>I want to work on the set of Doctor Who</li>
<li>Eastenders is one of my favourite TV shows</li>
<li>I love spending hours trawling the internet</li>
<li>My Xbox 360 is probably my most prized possession. (After my laptop)</li>
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<li>I have NO idea what I am going to do when I graduate.</li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Extra cheesey pizza!</span></div>
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This is two coats of Sally Hansen's Greige Gardens. I couldn't just leave it plain though so I added Miss Sporty Sparkle Top Coat in Amethyst Dust. This manicure is cute and simple and I really love it, especially the little dash of glitter that I added! I couldn't believe my luck picking up these Sally Hansen polishes for a mere £1 each in Poundland. I definitely recommend that you keep an eye on the makeup sections of that store just incase any more brilliant polishes turn up!<br />
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I know I haven't done any of my features for about a month, but I've been waiting for my nails to grow back. I'll try and get a few lined up but I expect that I'll be quiet in March due to filming commitments for My university project! I'll try to post as often as I can, but don't expect much!<br />
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So today I bring you a swatch of a Lush Laquer polish today. I can't remember if I've mentioned them on this blog before but I bought 4 mini polishes: Minty Chip, Party Hearty, Fuzzy Peach and Thanks a Latte. I haven't really had a chance to wear them yet (much like a lot of the polishes I own). When I looked down at my nails today and saw the polish was chipped I jumped at the chance to paint my nails again. I immediately went for the Sally Hansen in Green Tea that I snapped up from Poundland the other week, and then I remembered Minty Chip would go perfectly on top! I was right it was a match made in heaven.<br />
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I'm actually impressed that I managed to get these taken in natural light! I ALWAYS paint my nails too late to be able to get pictures in the sunlight, but today I managed it, and I'm glad I did. It really shows off this polish. This is one coat of Minty Chip over two coats of Sally Hansen Green Tea. I finished it off with Sally Hansen No Chip topcoat to seal in the glitter. With my nails looking so good at the moment, I doubt this polish will last long before I want to paint them again! I feel like I'm rediscovering my love for nail polish all over again! I would definitely recommend that you check out Lush Laquer on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lushlacquer" target="_blank">Etsy</a>.<br />
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Today I bring you two polishes from E.L.F cosmetics. I am a massive lover of E.L.F because I believe them to be fantastic value for money, in fact I did a couple of post on my old blog which you can check out <a href="http://alyssiarose.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/e-l-f-makeup-haul-1st-edition/" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="http://alyssiarose.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/e-l-f-master-makeup-collection-palette/" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="http://alyssiarose.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/e-l-f-everyday-eye-palette/" target="_blank">here</a>. I got an email from them letting me know that they had a massive sale on, so I thought I would just have a browse, but not buy anything. Of course I ended up buying a few things. Including their Nail polish in Innocent and their Matte Finisher top coat, both just a pound each! How could I resist.<br />
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This is two coats of innocence finished off with the Matte topcoat! It almost looks like I'm wearing nothing at all right? It looks better in natural light, but of course once again I painted my nails too late and missed out on the natural light! I've lusted after innocence for a long, long time, but I could justify buying it before, but when I saw it for a pound I knew I had to snap it up. Matte is another thing I have been meaning to try for a long time, but I couldn't seem to find any matte top coats, so I saw the E.L.F one by chance when I was having a look through the sale and snapped it up. I must say I really like the matte effect, I'll definitely be sporting it a lot more often!<br />
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I did buy a few more products in the sale, which I'll be writing about shortly over on my <a href="http://alyssiarose.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">personal blog</a> so keep your eyes peeled! Also I now have <a href="http://instagram.com/alyssiaroseslade" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, so feel free to follow me :)<br />
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Let me know if you snapped up anything in the E.L.F sale! I'm so glad to be back and I can't wait to get more posts up for you guys!<br />
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<br />AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-87786557127355943732013-02-18T10:00:00.000+00:002013-02-18T10:00:12.771+00:00Guest Mani Monday: A Teenage Shopaholic<b>Hey there my little rose petals! Today I bring you a guest post from the lovely Diva of <a href="http://ateenageshopaholic.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">A Teenage Shopaholic</a>. My nails are much MUCH better now so I am hoping to bring you a few posts over the next week. We'll see.</b><br />
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Hi there, I'm Diva from <a href="http://ateenageshopaholic.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">The Teenage Shopaholic</a> and I've got a guest post for you today while Alyssia's nail recovers! </div>
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So, after thinking about what to do, I decided to do something a bit different. After swatching the new MUA Fur Effects <a href="http://ateenageshopaholic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/mua-fur-effect-nails.html" style="color: #0068cf; cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">here</a>, I thought about what adding polish on top of it would look like...</div>
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I freehanded the silver chevrons using Barry M Silver Foil, which is an awesome one coater and added some cute red square gems at the tips. </div>
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The polish applied quite smoothly but obviously dried to a sort of bumpy finish. I love the colour combination though, it like a 'royal' sort of colour set.</div>
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<b>I love this mani! It's so cute! For some reason this mani reminds me of shoes... don't ask me why, I have no idea. Anyway Thanks again to the lovely Diva for doing this post for me! I hope you guys have enjoyed!</b></div>
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Hey everyone! My nails are still in horrific condition so my lovely friend Rachel is doing a Valentines post for me. I hope you enjoy!</div>
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<b>Hey Nail Nuts! Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you all had a little something special from your beloved. I hope you don't mind me taking over Alyssia's blog for today. I'm Rachel from over at <a href="http://phoenixnails28.blogspot.co.uk/">Phoenix Nails</a> please feel free to check out my blog.</b></div>
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<b>Anyhoo, I've got a Valentine's mani to show you guys today, it's a real simple but pretty mani. I hope you all like it, let's have a look at my mani shall we??</b></div>
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<b>I didn't want to go with the usual Valentine's colours so I chose this super pretty polish from Accessorize as my base colour. It's called Pink Spice and it reminds me a little bit of Models Own Pinky Brown Beetlejuice polish, but this one has purple tones to in it.</b></div>
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<b>I'm really pleased with how this came out and I think it's pretty enough that it can be worn anytime of the year not just for Valentine's Day. What's Valentine's Day without a couple of hearts?? I have a lot of Love to give today so I thought I'd give my nails the word LOVE to show you all how I feel. </b></div>
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<b>Anyhoo guys, I really hope you like this mani.</b></div>
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<b>Until Next Time........</b></div>
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Thanks so much to Rachel for doing a post for me! Be sure to check out her blog and follow her! I promise, promise, PROMISE I'll be back soon, my nails are looking a little better today, I think i'll be back by next week at the latest! Until then enjoy my guest posts!</div>
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Hello everyone! I got nominated for a versatile blogger award by the lovely Kat of <a href="http://katstayspolished.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Kat Stays Polished</a>! So here are the rules:<br />
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<li><span style="line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://nailzbykaylz.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">NailzbyKaylz</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.purplepolishfairy.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">PurplePolishFairy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://gossipgirltalks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">GossipGirlTalks</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lanes-lacquers.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lane's Laquers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://phoenixnails28.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Phoenix Nails</a></li>
<li><a href="http://whatrachloves.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">What Rach Loves</a></li>
<li><a href="http://xoxkissablebeautyxox.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">xoxkissablebeautyxox</a></li>
<li><a href="http://loveliefs.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">LoveLiefs</a></li>
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Unfortunately after trawling the internet I only managed to find 8 blogs. I'll do better next time I promise!</div>
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<li>I want to live in LA.</li>
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Thanks again Kat for nominating me! I'm so proud of the way that my blog is progressing! Since November I have gained 52 followers! That's way more than any of my blogs have ever had before, I am so proud! Thanks to everyone who follows and read's my blogs!</div>
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AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-76006794096180317462013-02-13T12:00:00.000+00:002013-02-14T11:23:38.889+00:00Guest Mani! Lucky Dip #2<b>Hey there my little rose petals. My nails are still in horrific condition and as such I am getting some of my lovely British Nail Bloggers to help me out and write a few posts for me! First up I have the lovely Emma of <a href="http://emslittlecorner.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Em's Little Corner</a>! I challenged her to take on my Lucky Dip mani, so let's see how she got on! To check out my original Lucky Dip mani, <a href="http://rosetintmynails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lucky-dip-mani-1.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.</b><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Today I’m doing a “Lucky Dip Mani” and followed the instructions in Alyssia’s </span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">previous</span></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"> post. The number which came out for me was three, so I picked three polishes from my stash, one from each drawer of my helmer: at the moment I only need three drawers for polish.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The first three that came out were China Glaze Creative Fantasy, Boots No7 Totally Teal and Models Own Snowflake. As I didn’t see much hope with this combination due to how many coats Creative Fantasy needs, I doubled up and dipped again. The next polishes which came out were a-England Princess Tears, Ozotic 526 and a W7 Mystery Polish which I got in a set from TK Maxx that doesn’t have a name. I knew I had to use at least three, but managed to use all of them except the Ozotic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I decided to do a skittlette mani, featuring a gradient using Princess Tears and the W7, a dotty nail using Totally Teal over Creative Fantasy, a plain nail of Totally Teal and layer Snowflake over Creative Fantasy for the final nail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Wow I love the mani that you came up with Emma! So cute and the gradient turned out amazing! I'm kind of gutted you didn't find a use for the Ozotic polish, but mainly because it looks so stunning in the bottle! I love that you managed to use two colours that you wouldn't normally put together and turn them into something cute and wearable! Thanks so much for doing a post for me!</b></span></div>
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I hope to be back in action soon, in the meantime feel free to enter my <a href="http://rosetintmynails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/birthday-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Giveaway</a>, and I'll try and get some content up for you guys asap.<br />
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<br />AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-57790160013074486142013-02-02T14:00:00.000+00:002013-02-02T14:00:05.676+00:00Birthday Nails! Hello there my little rose petals!<br />
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Two posts in one day! How exciting, well it is my birthday so I thought I'd keep you busy! Today I bring you what I am wearing for my birthday nails. I wanted to keep them simple, mainly because I didn't have a lot of time to do them, and secondly because sometimes a little bit of simplicity is lush.<br />
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Onto my nails!<br />
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This is two coats of My Viking Boyfriend by Glitzology Beauty, over two coats of Collection 60 seconds hot looks in Show Off. These pictures really do not do this polish justice. My Viking Boyfriend has tiny silver glitters, small blue glitters and then larger hexagonal silver, navy and blue glitters. It is beyond beautiful, the perfect polish for my 21st Birthday! Blue is my favourite colour and I love glitter, what could be better?<br />
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I actually got these Glitzology Beauty mini's before Christmas but haven't actually tried the yet... WHOOPS! I will get around to it, it's on my list!<br />
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Anyway I definitely recommend that you go and check out Glitzology Beauty on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/GlitzologyBeauty" target="_blank">Etsy</a>, the polishes she makes are amazing, nothing short of stunning and it's definitely worth having a couple in your possession! I've got a few more on order and I won't stop there no doubt!<br />
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Righty oh, I'm off to enjoy more birthday celebrations! Busy day today!<br />
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I've written a proper birthday post over on my personal blog which you can check out <a href="http://alyssiarose.blogspot.com/2013/02/im-21.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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So to celebrate me reaching this glorious day I am launching a GIVEAWAY! Due to current problems that I've seen people having shipping polish from the UK internationally I'm afraid that this giveaway will only be open to UK residents. I'm so sorry! I hope that when everything gets sorted I'll be able to run an international giveaway, but I just don't want to risk the good being destroyed like I've heard some have been.<br />
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Anyway now that's out of the way ONTO THE PRIZE!<br />
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From left to right: GOSH Holographic Hero, Miss Sporty Metal Flip in Fiery Blaze, MUA Fur Effects Powder in Fluffy Bobbin, and Collection 60 seconds Hot Looks in Parma Violet.</div>
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Believe it or not I haven't bought ANY polish this January... Until TODAY! I waited until the last day of January and boy did I go a little bit mad! Unfortunately I don't have time to swatch them all but I'll show you what I've got and try to swatch them when I can!<br />
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Everything I bought today came from Superdrug, except the three Sally Hansen polishes which I snapped up from Poundland!<br />
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Miss Sporty Glitter Top coat in Amethyst Dust (£1.99), Miss Sporty Goth Me Up Topcoat (£1.99)</div>
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Collection 60 second Hot Looks in Dusk (£1.99)</div>
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I love this colour! It looks much darker in the bottle than it does in this picture!</div>
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Barry M Gelly: Blueberry, Grapefruit and Plum (£3.99) 3 for 2 in Superdrug</div>
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So there you go! After a pretty spend free January I went and blew it all on literally the last day of the month! I did say I wasn't going to buy any more polish until I had NO untrieds left... hmmmm can't see that happening somehow! It's my birthday on Saturday so I will be expecting to receive a couple of polishes from my family! </div>
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ALSO on Saturday I will be announcing my Birthday Giveaway! WOOO! I was going to wait until I had 50 followers but I'm going to be 21 so I thought I should celebrate a little bit! There will be 1 prize up for grabs, but unfortunately due to uncertainty with international polish shipping at the moment it will only be open to UK residents. Keep your eyes peeled!</div>
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<br />AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-80539820114355003102013-01-29T18:27:00.002+00:002013-01-29T18:27:47.880+00:00I've moved my Personal Blog!Hey everyone!<br />
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I know the majority of my followers follow this because it is a NAIL BLOG, however I thought I would mention that I have decided to move my personal blog from Wordpress to Blogger. Mainly because I prefer the features of Blogger, and it means that all my blogs are in one easy to manage platform!<br />
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I write reviews of films and games, put up recipes that I have tried out, and rant about my personal life on my blog. To check out some of my old posts you can look at my <a href="http://alyssiarose.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">old personal blog</a>. Or if you want to keep up with me in the present/future then check out my <a href="http://alyssiarose.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">new blog</a>!<br />
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Today I received this wonderful book in the post:<br />
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This little beauty is created by Catherine Rodgers a.k.a TotallyCoolNails on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/totallycoolnails" target="_blank">Youtube</a>! I had a quick flick through the book and I came up with the idea to try out a tutorial on Tuesdays! This is mainly to make me try new things, but also to give me ideas when I can't think of how to paint my nails! It won't be every Tuesday but I will try and do it as often as I can. </div>
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Today's tutorial comes from page 58 of this book, and is entitled Cute Bow Nails! In the tutorial Catherine used Black and White polishes but I decided that I wanted something a little more subtle, so I chose blue. Here is how they turned out:</div>
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I really love these nails, they are cute and girly and definitely make me feel more feminine. I used my Saffron #11 and Collection 2000 BMX Bandit to create this look. I would have posted a picture of the page from the book, but I'm not sure how that would affect copyright law etc. This is also the first time I rounded my false nails instead of squaring them off, which made me feel even more feminine! Being a complete nail art novice there were some problems, my polish started to congeal making it harder to paint with, but I managed to get around that.<br />
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This tutorial was really easy to follow and there are a tonne of tutorials in this book. I will definitely be using it again for this feature, but also I'll be looking at other tutorials such as videos from Youtube and picture tutorials from other bloggers. If there are any tutorials you want me to try out then please tweet me the link (@Alyssia_Rose), and I'll give them a go and let you know how easy they are!AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-89114729047412372972013-01-28T12:00:00.000+00:002013-01-28T12:00:02.519+00:00Guest Mani Monday: Naily Perfect<b>Hey there my little rose petals! </b><br />
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<b>Today I have a guest post from the lovely Emma of Naily Perfect! I was so pleased when Emma said that she'd do a guest post for me, but I was even more pleased when I saw the pictures of the beautiful manicure she sent me! So without further ado here is her post:</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey guys, I'm very excited about doing my first ever guest post - especially as it's for the lovely Alyssia, a super talented lady with gorgeous nails and flipping brilliant ideas:) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So here's my mani - a pink and silver mash up with some leopard print thrown in for a good measure! All of these polishes are from my untried drawer, very chuffed I've managed to get 4 untrieds into 1 mani:) My accent nail is the gorgeous Silver Multi Glitter by the ever trustworthy Barry M, I love the pinky red specks running through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">All my other nails were painted with an unnamed mini polish by Accessorize, my forefinger and thumb were then topped with a coat of Bling by Nail Pop, and the leopard spots were blobs of Silver Multi Glitter lined with my Models Own nail art pen.</span></div>
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<b>This mani is SO BEAUTIFUL! Like I am so in love with it... I HAVE to recreate this look! It's so beautiful, I literally can't find the words for it! Thank you so much Emma for doing a guest post for me! You guys can thank her by going and checking out her blog <a href="http://naily-perfect.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>. Until next time my lovelies!</b></div>
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AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-11926497071079359272013-01-25T15:45:00.000+00:002013-01-25T15:45:22.858+00:00Lucky Dip Mani #1Good evening my little rose petals! I am pleased to report that my broken nail has grown back enough for me to be able to wear false nails! Unfortunately my natural nails are a long way off of being ok, but this means I can get back into blogging!<br />
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Today I bring you yet another new feature for this blog! Lucky dip mani's! I got the idea from Lauren Luke a makeup guru on Youtube. She does a lucky dip makeup look so I thought why not do it with my nails! So here are the rules of my lucky dip:<br />
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You can imagine my shock when the I saw the first two I pulled out. I thought there was no way that they were going to go together, which is why I decided to pull the extra two out and I was glad when I got the purple shimmer. This being my first attempt at a lucky dip I was pretty bummed that it didn't look like any of the polishes I'd picked would go together. But I swatched the Gypsy blue and the purple shimmer together and it looked like I might be rescued. I chose to attempt striping tape again, even though the last time I tried it the results were no less than disastrous! Here is what I came up with:</div>
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I am so happy with how these turned out. They took me a long time (almost 2 hours) but I am so happy with the results! I used the Gypsy blue as a base, and then put on the striping tape. Next I used two thin coats of the purple shimmer polish, and whilst the second coat was still wet I carefully removed the striping tape with tweezers. As you can see I even snuck a little bit of the Barry M Ruby Glitter onto the accent nail! I'm not really sure it goes but I wanted to try and use as many of the polishes as I possibly could! Finally I sealed it all in with a top coat! Today's mani definitely took me out of my comfort zone, and I'm glad to be introducing it as a feature!</div>
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In fact I'd love to see some of my readers giving the lucky dip a go! Please email your name, pictures, blog name and a small description of how you created your mani to: armslade@live.co.uk! I would love to feature a couple everytime I do a lucky dip!</div>
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AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-58238262422666600052013-01-22T14:34:00.000+00:002013-01-22T14:34:23.457+00:00Glimmer by Erica: Treasure ChestGood afternoon my little rose petals! As you may or may not recall my nails are currently out of action due to a completely idiotic shaving accident, so my posts are going to be a little sparce over the next few weeks. However I have managed to come up with a sort of solution for now!<br />
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My housemate Jess asked me if I could paint her nails before we went out last Friday and I agreed on the condition that I could take photos for my blog. I let her loose on my polish collection and 'Treasure Chest' by Glimmer by Erica caught her eye and so We went with that. Here is how it looks:<br />
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I used two coats of Saffron #21 as a base for the glitter polish and then carefully applied 3 coats of the glitter. This polish has gold, blue and read glitters and it really does remind me of a treasure chest. I found myself becoming jealous that I could wear this polish myself. The Glimmer by Erica polishes certainly don't disappoint, I currently own 2 and I have swatch the other already, you can find that post <a href="http://rosetintmynails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/glimmer-by-erica-beneath-blue.html" target="_blank">here</a>. One of the things I do find is that these polished are fairly hard to apply, but that's just because of the chunks of glitter. Perseverance with them however, can lead to amazing results such as those seen above! I'm also really jealous that my housemate has such lovely nails, I wish mine would behave themselves! </div>
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I hope you've enjoyed this short swatch today! I'm gutted that I can't paint my nails more. I will be attempting to apply false ones later and if it works then I'll be able to post, but I don't have high hopes for them on top of my broken nail.</div>
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<br />AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-49855159603288667902013-01-21T11:58:00.000+00:002013-01-21T11:58:58.987+00:00Guest Mani Monday: Penguins Left Green Polish<b>Hello there my little rose petals! If you read my blog then you will know my nails are currently out of action, so today I bring you the second of my guest posts from the lovely Nada of <a href="http://penguinsleftgreenpolish.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Penguins Left Green Polish</a>. This is one of the first blogs I came across when I first started getting into nail polish, and I love all of Nada's designs. I think it's really great that someone who inspired me to blog is doing a guest post for me, I am so honoured! Anyway here is her post:</b><br />
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Sooooo I'm doing a guest post..its about bloody time I got active in the nail blogging community!<br />
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I like and follow Alyssia's blog for many reasons! She has a cool idea of Sister Saturday which her and her sister have like a little nail art battle! So cooool! I really like the ideas she has and I like seeing her posts pop up!<br />
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I decided to do some more flocking powder magic manicures! I cant get enough of the texture of this great product! It's kept me busy touching my nails! I actually got quite a few compliments while wearing the furry nails! You can find pictures of it <a href="http://penguinsleftgreenpolish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/furry-blue-nails.html" target="_blank">here</a>!<br />
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Today I decided to do something a little different and paint my nails pink and do some blue furry dots! It actually looks like cute little monster fur! I like how only the dots are furry so when I touch it, it feels smooth then furry! I am just so easily amused its great :D<br />
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Thanks for reading my little guest post! and thank you to Alyssia for letting me post on her blog!<br />
You can check out more of my posts over at <a href="http://www.penguinsleftgreenpolish.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">PenguinsLeftGreenPolish</a>!! :)<br />
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<b>Wow I love, love, LOVE these nails so much. Me and my sister have both tried and tested the MUA flocking powder and you can check out that post <a href="http://rosetintmynails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/sister-saturday-flocking-powder.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I definitely regret not buying the blue one though, it's too cute, these nails definitely look like monster fur. It almost reminds me of Sully from Monsters Inc. Thank you so much Nada for writing a guest post for me, you are the best!</b><br />
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AlyssiaRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779470241492991303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6918512411145968855.post-61845405434728973112013-01-18T17:51:00.003+00:002013-01-18T17:51:57.655+00:00Out of ActionHey there my little rose petals!<br />
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I was going to have a lovely lilac striping tape mani done for you today but when I was shaving this morning I managed to cut a chunk out of one of my nails, so unfortunately I'm going to be out of action for a few weeks. I'm asking some of my fellow bloggers to do guest posts for me and I already have one lined up for Monday. I'm also going to borrow my friends nails and I might get my sister to do a cheeky mani, we'll see.<br />
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Basically this blog won't be completely silent I can assure you of that!<br />
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If you are a blogger and you'd like to do a guest post for me then please email me at: armslade@live.co.uk!<br />
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Thanks for being understanding guys, I'll be back before you know it ;)<br />
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