Lots of nail obsessing... (sorry to those who don't 'do' nails!)

This is my first attempt at a franken-polish holographic topcoat using some Lumos fast-dry topcoat and a smidgen of Spectraflair pigment (put into the bottle with a tiny plastic funnel from an old hairdye kit). I used a little too much, you can see it is opaque on my middle finger. I think it's a combination of too much pigment and the fast dry topcoat meaning it's hard to spread out so you can see the colour underneath. I am in the process of figuring out how to thin it down. Anyway... This was one coat over Illamasqua Scarab. I had been meaning to try out this for a while, when I perfect it, just think of all the colours of holo-polish I can create.

I haven't been wearing much exciting make-up this week. I am being given lots of interesting demos at work to help my artistry so I will be back to posting interesting looks soon (promise). At the minute, my nails are my main obsession - I got some of the A-England Legends collection and can't wait to try them out! I also picked up OPI Save Me (from the Nicki Minaj collection) when I stumbled upon it in a nail bar in the shopping centre I work in. (I literally sat down on a bench opposite it to eat my sandwich and it shone out at me like a beacon. Couldn't stop myself. I mean... bar glitters!?)

 A-England Ascalon (under a lamp, there's no sunshine to show off the holo-shimmer today, only clouds.)

 A-England Princess Sabra (lamp-light.)

EOTD and NOTD for 15/07/11 (Final Harry Potter)

I wore this look and nails for work and seeing the final Harry Potter film on Friday. I won't bore you with the details but it did make me cry a little bit... three times.

Not in the mood for an in depth product list today however - eye-primer was UDPP in Eden (now my go-to) with a mix of colours from Sleek Curacao (matte tomato red, shimmery bright pink and matte black), Monaco (dark matte red and matte cream) and Sunset (metallic dark red). Even though their palettes have names for all the colours now, I can't remember them or really be bothered to look them up today! I think the matte red is Bloody Mary and the black is Espresso Martini...ok it does help a little! All my usual face products and mascara.

Anyway, all the eyeshadows are Sleek. I am 'shopping my stash' as they say as I am sure I don't experiment enough and still have products I haven't fully realised the applications for. The main reason for this is I really really want the Urban Decay 15th Anniversary eyeshadow set when it launches here and I'm keeping my ear to the ground. I haven't bought any of the latest MAC collection. I have promised myself that if I don't buy any more make-up (at least not online/expensive stuff) until it launches then it won't go to waste and also I will deserve a treat! Another rule I should impose is using the Naked Palette and my UD 15th Anniversary pencil set more often as well. You can hold me to that!

This - the nail polish I am still wearing after five days, four days of which I spent working 9-5 - is A-England Tristam. It's a lovely yellow gold. I thought it would go well with Harry's snitch (how wrong does that sound?) Also, even though I was trying NOT to be in theme, I picked his house colours. Ack! 

I found this really tricky to apply (possibly because I was distracted by True Blood season 3 which I am in the middle of renting from LoveFilm) but it has lasted amazingly. No chips and no tip wear. 

Seriously, none at all. Very impressive!

Ruth x