All Things Nails: A Beginners Guide

Hi! So, I have done this post as it was requested by one of my loveliest friends, as she has just got into painting her nails (and is already amazing at it!) but she wanted to check she was doing it alright, and how many coats and general tips like that, as she said she'd find it helpful... and here we are! :)
Ok...

This post is going to be in seperate posts. Just, suddenly decided. It's going to be split into 3 posts:

1. How to correctly paint your nails
2. Good places to find your polish/ nail tools.
3. I'll think of the subject of this post when I come to it!

It's going to be my first series! Ok, that must mean the first one is going to be:

HOW TO CORRECTLY PAINT YOUR NAILS!

1) Lift the brush out of the polish, trying not to wipe any polish off the sides.
2) Then, on one side of the brush, wipe away excess polish. Try to make sure that the wipe on the inside and so you don't get a build-up of dried polish on the outside of the bottle as this can make the lid hard to get on and off.
3) Turn the brush over, so that the side with the most polish is going on your nail.
4) Start at the bottom center of your nail and work up. You may need to top up on polish halfway up/ near the top, depending on the length of your nail or type of polish.
5) Then go to the bottom left of your nail and work your way up again
6) Repeat this starting from the bottom right of your nail again.
7)...And there you go!
8) I need to tell you that I am not a proffesional nail painter or anything- this is just the way I paint my nails and it seems to work for me! Hope I helped. And-a-Topcoat. xx

My Nail Polish Wishlist!

Hello me lovelies!

So I thought I would share with you some of my polish Wishlist. I selected 6 of my most wanted ones to share with you guys, if you own any of these polishes I'd love it if you left me a comment to tell me what they're like! 

Ok so the first one is: Barry M 'lychee'. I don't know why I like this seeing as nude colours aren't really my cup of tea, but I just find this polish so dainty! I don't know whether that is the right word but oh well, I think you know what I mean? I saw it when 'one nail to rule them all' reviewed it (by the way I love 'one nail to rule them all'!) and I've wanted it ever since!

The next one is Essie 'bikini so teeny' a really cute light blue/ lilac colour. I saw this when Zoella recommended it on her August favourites video (I think it was her August favourites!?) and it looks so summery and pretty. And it looks really nice on short nails, which I've got at the moment.

The third one is Essie's 'bobbing for baubles' a really dark navy blue/ grey colour. I love dark polishes because they go well with my skin tone and I also love grey and blue- so this polish is basically my dream polish! Hee hee.

I like the China Glaze 'glam' polish because as the name suggests it's so glamorous and would be perfect for parties. I found this when on Pinterest and the amazing photo by glitterandnails.blogspot- made me like it even more!

The penultimate one is Wish upon a starfish by China Glaze and is part of  the sea goddess range. I saw this polish once again on Pinterest and I think I fell in love... It's like fairy dust and cupcakes and unicorns in a bottle! *no unicorns were hurt in the making of this polish* and the name ( you know I have a thing about good nail polish names!) is so clever and fitting.

Nails. Inc alexa hearts 

Aaaw this polish is so cute and quirky.. I wish I had heard of it in time for Valentines Day! This is so different and I really want to get my hands on a new nails. Inc bottle too since they redesigned them. I have a sad feeling you have to buy this as part of a limited edition collection though (which may be quite pricy!) so I don't think I'll get my hands on it soon :(

Hope you liked this post, thought it was something a bit different to do, it had been sitting in my drafts for months so I thought I'd better publish it. I was really nervous to post it because of the images used (as they aren't mine) and I don't want to offend or make someone angry... please just contact me and I will remove them as soon as I can if you recognise one as yours. I have tried to give credit where possible. Lots of love and-a-topcoat. xxx