Blue Ombré

I'm dying to ombré my hair as its not been overdone in my town. Yet. However there's still so much red dye hanging on I fear it'll look odd so for now have found an alternative which I'm including in my January Favourites post. For the meantime I gave ombré nails a whirl. I was really happy with the outcome and had quite a few comments and compliments on them. The oddest but sweetest compliment coming from a dear old lady in a shopping centre toilets who asked me to work the sensor taps for her. We went along all the sinks until we got one to work so she had plenty of time to admire my nails. I think she thought it was all the same polish however!

 I used my Barry M blues l-r // 291 Cobalt Blue // 294 Cyan Blue // 295 Turquoise // 306 Blueberry Ice Cream // 317 Blue Moon 

The flash has made the blues on fingers 3 and 4 look similar if not the same, but number 3 is a greeny blue whereas number 4 is a pastel blue. I actually thought the Turquoise was a bit out of place tone wise but never mind. You could always do finger 5 as white. It's made me wonder about green, pink and yellow ombré nails. Please link me if you have tried ombré nails as I'd love to see alternative versions.
What do you think?

National Anthem

Two reasons for the name of this post. Firstly because the British National Anthem has been played quite a lot in recent days with our haul of gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics. Secondly I LOVE Lana Del Ray's track of the same name. I love it so much its made me highly curious about Jackie O and JF Kennedy as her music video is about their marriage. So amazing.

Anyway this week's nails look like this: 

 I haven't had time over a hectic last few weeks to do anything except paint my nails all the same colour. This week I decided to go for multi colour nails with a crackle. I wanted something bright and summery so went for this. I love the results!

I used: Barry M 290 Spring Green, 305 Flamingo Pink, 294 Cyan Blue and 321 Gold Glitter Nail Effects

Just over a week until I go away for a weekend with my boy. Words can't describe how excited I am. I started writing lists today of what to pack, what I still need to buy and all the bits I need to get into order before I leave. I can't believe the Olympics finishes this weekend, it'll be so weird not seeing stuff about it online, facebook, twitter, tv and hearing about it on the radio. Its amazing the talent we have for this country and I am so proud of Team GB for all the medals and performances they've shown us.