Orly gel FX Joy

I think what is important here is to appreciate the beauty.. The glistening ravishing indisputable beauty of Orly Gel FX Shade #30651 Plum Noir. Because life doesn't get much better than this for me right now. Each time I catch a glimpse of my nails I feel an incredible joy. Am I shallow? Possibly. Or do I just have an appreciation of beauty? Yes!

But perfection does not come cheap. Even at my local salon it's £20 a go and £25 if you want the last shade removing. Because it isn't easy to remove. But you can do it. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube or you can buy the removal stuff from Ebay. You can even buy the Orly Gel FX kits yourself on Ebay if you fancy the investment. I am seriously considering it. I am not sure I can afford to spend £50 a month on my nails (Orly say they last between 1-4 weeks) but I am also not sure I can afford to live without them.

They are just the perfect solution for the hard working (!) cleaning, cooking, washing, scraping, shelving girl like me who wants her nails to look good with the added benefits of vitamins A and E and pro-vitamin B5.

Go here and swoon at the shades.

My new nail obsession

is Barry M Jewel Glitter Nail Paint in particular Rose Quartz:

I have just spent a good 10 minute trying to take a photograph of my nails and failing due to my limited photography skills. I think I need to befriend some people from the nail varnish blogs so they can let me in on their secret of how they photograph their nails.

I am not sure a photo could do justice to the sparkle explosion that is on my fingertips right now. In certain lights - especially those at night - my nails are like glitter bombs bursting with pinks and silvers and rose coloured beams. People stop mid conversation. Stop. Their train of thought diverted by the seductive streams of glitter beaming from my nails whilst I gesticulate the importance of something or the other. Something that wasn't as important as that 2.99 I spent on Rose Quartz jewel glitter nail polish.

You can buy it at Boots and Superdrug but apparently it keeps on selling out. Then you can buy it from Ebay.

I am off to town this afternoon to buy all the other colours.

Tis the season to be sparkly!