Blue and white accented nails

Haven't posted in a long time - I'm still here I swear! Today's nail look is a nice subtle summery look which is just a bit more than your plain colour mani. All it takes is painting on your base coat, leaving a triangle of unpainted nail and then using either a small brush or nail art pen (I used the Barry M nail art pen!) painting along the edges of the triangle and doing a little loop for a flattering and easy look!

With flash

In sunlight

Manicure Monday: OPI - Baby Please Come Home

I know it's been a hot damn minute since I updated and I have no excuse other than that I've had nothing worthy of blogging about. I'm going to try and make this a regular feature however - manicure monday! Sometimes it will be art and others just keeping it plain and simple.

Today's look is OPI's Baby Please Come Home which was part of their Mariah Carey holiday collection for Christmas. It's a liquid sand texture and is as good as all other OPI textured polishes! Whilst it's supposedly a Christmas polish, I think this light, cool lavender is perfect for spring and is a really lovely, simple colour with a hint of something else to spice it up. This is two coats.

Easy DIY natural face, lip and body scrub!

Hey guys! I've got something really simple to share today - a totally natural DIY scrub that you can make with just FOUR ingredients and can be used on your face, lips or body! I tried this out today after a little research and decided to post it straight away as I was extremely happy with the results! This particular recipe made my face feel ridiculously soft and is so, so easy to make.

All you need for this scrubs is:

• Sugar
• Honey
• Water
• Vanilla flavouring (optional!)

Step 1:
Mix together 1 tspn of sugar with every 1 tspn of honey until you have the amount you want. To make a one-time face scrub try 3 tspns of each ingredient to get a good quantity.  For a scrub that you can use on the rest of your body too, use 3 tbsn rather than tspn! The great thing about this is if you use make too much, you can store it in a container and pop it in the fridge to use again.

At this point it may look like a very solid lump. Don't panic!

Step 2:
Add 2 tspn lukewarm water for every 3 tspn of honey/sugar to make it a less sticky and solid. Additionally you can continue to add water if you want a thinner scrub or more sugar for a more gritty texture (for example to use on the feet or any hard skin areas).

Step 3 (optional):
Add 1-2 tspn of vanilla extract to the scrub to give a nice vanilla scent. You can additionally add 1 tspn of tea tree oil to help fight spots or acne or even substitute the water for freshly squeezed orange juice for a boost of vitamin C if you have dry skin.

If you try out this scrub, let me know how you got on!