December
Nail Mail
Hi
Goddesses
Here it is,
my final nail mail of the season L There’s not a lot else in the postal pipeline
… oh, apart from 12 Hits Flakies J
Let’s start
with the most important one first – my Secret Santa from Chrystal
Saccavino. I was due to get this at the
very end of November, and I was feeling quite traumatised when it still hadn’t
arrived by Dec 14th. Then,
Christmas miracle of Christmas mircales, whilst I was at the post office
collecting the other packages, the bloke said “oh, we’ve got another one
here. We should have given it to you on
the 30th Nov, but we forgot, but we knew you’d be back in eventually
……” Siiiiigh, still I guess it pays to
be known by name!!
Chrystal
sent me a great package AND she’d checked out my blog to see what I might
like. She sent me a great OPI set of
Grape Set and Match and Servin Up Sparkle, some choccies, my favourite mint
choc chip chewing gum, a fab red glitter art pen, a manicure set, a buffer, a
lip balm and a mud mask! Sooooo many
treats.
Thank you
Chrystal – I love that Americans can get so much for USD15 J and I’m not jealous. No.
Not at all. Much. No.
Then we
have my A-England delivery – swoooooon.
I finally succumbed and also treated myself to their Merry Crowns offer
of 2 polishes for £13. Here’s Elaine,
Tristam, Guinevere and Avalon.
And Perceval,
Merlin, Morgan Le Fey and Galahad.
Then my
swap from Joy Cozart – the 5 SH prisms.
I have a couple more I picked up off ebay, so stand by for a post on
these soon.
Then 2
randoms – I was in Boots (our big UK drugstore) the other day and almost
fainted with shock when I saw Sally Hansen on the shelves, AND Nails Inc and
some OPIs (sadly not polishes but treatments and Nail Envy). Wow – this is a MAJOR turning point in the
UK !! So I picked up Gray by Gray and Pedal
to the Metal, simply because I COULD. Lol.
Then we
have an eBay bargain – Leighton Denny Supermauva, which I plan on wearing very
soon. I am more and more learning to
appreciate blue, so picked up Nubar Boyfriend Jeans which seems a really unique
colour. And finally HITS Poseidon.
Oh-zotic,
Oh-zotic …. The only problem with Ozotics is they make me sing Erotica by
Madonna, which I HATE, and it doesn’t leave me head ALL DAY aarrggghhh. Lol, here we have 504, 521 and 520.
Then 529,
504, Ludurana Reluz and Picture Polish Glitter Ball.
Then my
PRECIOUS Ozotics J come to
momma ! 624, 617, 621 and 509. Do you KNOW how much I am having to restrain
myself right now lol.
Then my
amazing swap from Emma Thea Hoop. We
started with Essie Luxeffects, but I didn’t want the 2 glitters ….
And then
she made the effort to find polishes she knew I would love but did not have, so
I also got Ulta Bombshell, Revlon Royal Cloak, Orly Charged Up (great colour),
Revlon Plum Night and SH Gems in Big Money.
Then we
have my order from Chelsea at Pretty & Polished. Chelsea has her own Etsy shop and makes some
fabulous polishes in various sized bottles.
You can blame Sarah at Chalkboard Nails for me order – she did a post on
Midnight Rider and I fell in love.
So here we
have Red Light District, Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am, Midnight Rider and
Galactus. Can’t wait to try them.
Holy mother
of Mary. Now we have my naughty
Christmas gift to myself which I only ordered 2 days ago. Models Own were offering massive discounts so
I took advantage of 2 of them.
The first
is what they call their Nail Art Kit for £15 (major bargain in UK prices). With this you get a top coat, a silver
shatter, a buffer block, a black nail art pen (the one I really wanted as Bee
is always telling me how amazing it is) and 1 polish, for which I chose Pink
Fever.
The 2nd
offer was incredible – 15 polishes for £50.
Well, I just had tooooooo.
Above –
Mixed Up, Disco Mix, Purple Haze, Gold Finger and Blooboo.
Purple
Rain, Purple Pearl, Dusty Mauve, Scarlet Sparkle and Juicy Jules.
Beth’s Blue
(bought for my beloved Beth), Bluebelle, Peacock Green, Purple Mystique, Cherry
Pie.
I am really
impressed with Models Own at the moment – the polish sticks like glue and doesn’t
chip, they also do make-up, these were SUPER bargains, the packaging was
awesome AND they somehow got the delivery to me within 48 hours at Christmas –
wow.
This was
almost matched by an ebayer I bought from on Monday night, when I was slightly
tipsy at 10pm. The order arrived by
Wednesday lunchtime – amazing.
I had been
lusting after CG Ring In The Red and found it for a great price, along with a
couple of other CG’s I’d had my eye on – Urban Night and Traffic Jam (which I saw
in an amazing water marble), Secret Periwinkle, Westside Warrior and Ring In
The Red.
Aaaaaand
she also had the top coat I’ve been dithering about for a few weeks so I finally
bought it – Out The Door Looks Wet top coat.
I cannot WAIT to see what this does to glitter and how it compares to
Gelous.
Oh AND my
stamping plates from Red Angel.
So guess
who’s going to be a happy and busy little Crumpet J I also need
to be on a serious no buy now for a few months – this addiction is gorgeous,
giddy but awfully expensive!
Happy
holidays J xxx
Enjoy J xx
J
Top Tip – if you’re
ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give
you plenty of contrasts and compares.
