3 Posts in 3 days! I spoil you! River Island a had 20% student discount event today so me and my friend Shani went in and I picked up a couple bits of jewellery. We both got one of these silver evil eye bracelets.
I love it. I think it's really cute and pretty, I love delicate jewellery at the moment so it's perfect for me. It was £5 with the 20% off which came to £4 which is a right bargain! I'm not sure what to wear it with though, I have a set of bracelets that I wear every single day so I'm going to have to start mixing it up! If you want to know more about the origins of the Evil Eye and what it means click here
I also got a St Christopher necklace that looks like this
It comes to just above my belly button! I love it because my dad has one that he always used to wear and now I have one of my own! To read more about the meaning behind it click here He is known as the patron saint of travel, if you want to take that literally then you can, but I like to think of it in the 'journey of life' kind of way. In the least cringey way possible ;) haha.
Let me know what you think of this symbol jewellery at the moment, have you jumped on the symbolism bandwagon or is it just another fad?
Grace xxx
Hello again! I'm looking for aspiring new jewellery designers for an exciting new project I'm hoping to get started on! If you or anyone you know falls into this category, no matter what stage of the process you're in, then drop me an email to gracehollybeauty@hotmail.co.uk with your name and a bit about you and we can get chatting! Also if you know someone you think might fit the bill then please please pass on my email :)
Thanks guys!
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Hola :) I really hope I'm not the only one who is too impatient to get infills, when my acrylics grow out, I'm guilty of biting/peeling/bending/filing/clipping/anythingelsethatwillpossiblygetthemoff. And everytime I say 'Next time I'll just get infills because this ruins mine so much' and you guessed it, I never do ;).
So just yesterday I was on the look out for a way to help my nails recover because they're in a pretty poor state, short, stumpy, dented, peeling and flaking left right and centre and just overall pretty rubbish. I did a bit of research and have combined my findings with what I have done in the past to bring you a step by step guide to beautiful nails again! Bear in mind this is a learning curve for me too...
YOU WILL NEED:
♥Acetone
♥Cotton Wool Balls (these grip better than pads)
♥Cuticle/Nail Oil
♥A 4 Sided Nail File/Buffer Block
♥Cuticle Trimmer
♥Strengthening nail polish
♥Nail polish of your choice
1. DON'T BITE THEM OFF IN THE FIRST PLACE.
2. But if you're reading this, you probably have. So chances are there's the odd bit of acrylic still stuck to your nails, don't pick it off. Get yourself some acetone which you can find in Boots next to the nail polish remover, soak a cotton wool ball in acetone and hold it on the acrylic for as long as you can until you get bored/pruney fingers (not that long). Then wash your handies.
3. Take the cuticle/nail oil, available in Boots, and put a blob on each nail, massaging it into the cuticle and nail edges. Then use a cuticle trimmer (Boots, a couple £'s!) to trim off you're cuticles, giving you a clean base to work with.
4. You should,in theory, have the worst of it off, if you don't, you're going to have to file it off. Try and get your hands on a four-way nail block thing. I got one from the body shop and one from Boots, they're fairly cheap and are perfect for this situation.There's basically four sides to this nail file, 1. file nail, 2. remove ridges, 3. smooth nail and 4. shine nail. You'll need to use the file preferably with a fine grit on the surface of your nail, and no it's not ideal but neither is biting off acrylics haha. Do this until your nail is relatively smooth again, leave the oil on as it acts as a form of protective barrier.
4. Then follow it step by step with the other 3 sides of the block.
5. Next shape your nail, and even if you've got a few long ones still standing you're going to have to file them down too! Make sure you only file in one direction (not the band) as your nails are going to be thin and weak enough already. You'll have to keep your nails short until they're a bit stronger otherwise you're not going to get anywhere.
6. If there are any splits right in the middle of your nail, that are literally going to make your nail so short that it's painful, use the nail glue you get in DIY false nail kits to glue them down until its grown out when you'll have to file it off! I'm sure you can buy the glue seperately. No prizes for guessing where from ;)
7. I read a lot of differing opinions, some said to keep nails free of polish, some said to wear a clear coat, so it's up to you but I like to wear nail polish, because they're still not going to look great as they are. Use a strengthening clear base coat, I like the Sally Hansen Miracle Cure one.
8. Once that's dry, you can either leave it as it is or pop on your favourite colour! Darker colours disguise ridges remember ;) and then a clear top coat of your choice!
9. Et Voila! Your nails should hopefully be marginally better. Keep them short for at least a month, if not two, and apply the cuticle/nail oil regularly. Avoid soaking your nails in water, if you have to do washing up then wear gloves, and just take general care not to put strain on your nails.
Let me know if you've got any good tips :) Remember I'm in no way a professional, this is just what I do!
Thanks for reading :)
Grace
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ps. none of these pictures are mine!! I'm writing this at college and so don't have my camera... Remember to follow me by email!! :) xxxxx
So today I tweeted asking what I should blog about, and as usual had numerous replies of 'me'!! One of which from one of my best friends, Ellie Campbell. I think she was joking, but I actually thought it was a great idea! Basically, she's an 18 year old singer/songwriter/guitar-player/amazing friend/absolute plonker/overly sensitive ;)/incredibly talented person. And I know there are loads of people on Youtube etc. who sing/play guitar, and I might be a little biased, but she is in a league of her own.
I don't always show or tell her own amazing she is or how much I appreciate her, usually she'll start singing something and I'll tell her to shut up cos she needs to realise she's not actually good. Because i'm so nice like that. But I hope she realises how amazing i think she actually is.
She's one of those people who sounds so so much better live than she does recorded, and she still sounds amazing then! Here's a video of Ellie and I singing at my 18th!
So this little snippet of blog is just to give her a bit of appreciation/recognition!
This is her SoundCloud http://soundcloud.com/elliecampbellmusic
And her Youtube http://www.youtube.com/user/elliecampbellmusic
And her Facebook http://www.facebook.com/elliecampbellmusic
Here's just a few pictures of us to break it up!
Enjoying a cheeky cocktail in the sun
Pre drinking in Majorca last summer
Shameless posing on the beach
Please please please check her out, she has the most amazingly powerful voice (cringe at those words but its true) and I love and appreciate her so much :)
So there you go Elz, my blog about YOU!! Let me know if you check her out or if any of you are singers leave me a link to your Youtube etc!
