St. Claire's - Manicure Magic

Ah, Claire's. The place of all that is cheap and holy. Yes, cheap and holy. Cheap. And holy. Cheap (and a bit holy). O.o

Sorry about that. I just got a bit excited. Claire's is magnificent! Not only do they have so many adorable wickle eawwings to choose from, in all different shapes, sizes and colours, but they also have great hats, bags, scarves, gloves, makeup sets, other jewellery, hair accessories and even (gulp) fake clip-on hair (mmm delightful...err). In my opinion, though, the best thing they have on sale is their nail varnish. Most of it is in the £2-£5 price range (woo!), and it comes in such great and dazzling colours.

Those nail varnishes are very amazing, of course, but the thing which I find suitably festive and unbelievably blinding is...duh duh duh duuun - sparkly nail varnish. As well as being perfect for Christmas, it also looks great and is actually a lot easier to apply than ordinary nail varnish. The actual paint is clear, but it is full of sparkles, so you just need to dab it on, and psread it around, so there is no nail showing, and it's almost impossible to get on your skin, and miss the nail. I have a deep blue one, and intend to get a red one, y'know, in the spirit of things (wink wink)...

These cute varnishes would also be perfect X-Mas presents - the sparkly ones are £2.25, and you could get loads to give to your friend, and it would still be pretty cheap! So make sure you get one of these, for yourself, and for a friend :)

Lots of love,

N

xxx

N.B.: I still have to do my last post on this season's three trends, so make sure you keep checking back so you don't miss it! I should hopefully do it over the next few days...

This Season's Three Best Friends - No. 1

Or should I say three best trends...
When I picked up this month's ELLE UK edition, I had no idea it would hold the key to all my answers - but it did. Here is this season's key trend number one:


1. Jewels and Sparkles
Embellished accessories and sparkly clothes are so in right now! With clothes, the greatest piece is the sparkly blazer, or big-shouldered mini. I mean, just look at Anne Hathaway on the cover of ELLE:

and Natalia Vodianova on the cover of Harper's Bazaar:

and even Lara Stone on the cover of Vogue:

If you want to snatch up this staple item for a price that won't break the bank, here are some ideas...        Topshop - £120

River Island - £60

I can't display a picture of this Lipsy dresses unfortunately, but take a look at the page!

Lipsy -£70 

With accessories, you should make sure they are hugely embellished, jewel-encrusted and oh-so-extravagant - this season less isn't more...it actually is less! I don't know what it is, it must be Christmas...

Topshop - £45 £30 £12.50 £65 (in order)

 













River Island - £75






So, that is trend one - jewel purpose. In my next post I will tell you how to do trend two!

p.s. You shouldn't wear embellished accessories with sparkly dresses - wear the accessories with luxe clothes with clean lines, and lots of silk. Keep accessories simple and minimalist with sparkly dresses.

N

xxx