Kathryn Thomas wears Penneys shamrock nails!!

So I spotted something in the middle page of the Irish Independent's Weekend Review:

I don't know why this is flipping upside down

Zoom in on Kathryn Thomas' nails here: 

Do they look familiar??

Well they should- They're the same ones I wore on St. Patrick's Day!

I find it so funny when semi-celebrities like Kathryn Thomas wear such cheap stuff! Is it a sign of how stingy RTE is? Was there really no better nails they could find? There was no one available to do a better manicure? It intrigues me... These nails cost €1.50 for flip's sake!

Hair Chalking: My Review

I saw this hair chalk kit when I was browsing the accessories section of Penneys (Primark) on O'Connell street and seeing as I've really loved all the pictures I've seen so far of hair chalk, I decided to purchase it and try it out.

Hair Chalk In Packaging

Hair Chalk Kit!

Well, here's what my hair looked like before I started. The lighting is quite bad in my room so, apologies.

Ignore my frizzy ends- It's about the colour!

The chalk applicator should have made it easy to apply. I suppose it meant I didn't have to hold the chalk in between my fingers.

I found that it was very difficult to get the chalk to actually apply itself to my hair. After only a short whiles the chalk turned very waxy and then no more chalk would move onto my hair.

 The purple chalk was barely noticeable in my hair so I decided to try the hot pink one in case that made a difference. It was even worse- It turned waxy after maybe one or two strokes and even when I scraped the chalk with my fingernail barely any came off. No joke, this is the end result:

NOTHING!!

 I took a picture with my flash set to the brightest and then I actually was able to see some chalk so I decided to go to the bathroom where the light is much brighter to see if I could see anything then...

 I couldn't...

My verdict? 

A big thumbs down!!

There are two reasons as to why my escapades with hair chalk were such a complete disaster:

1. My hair is brown. All of the pictures that I've seen of hair chalking have been blondes. Actually, they normally have white-blonde hair. I'm a brunette, it just straight up might never show on dark hair.
2. I bought cheap chalk! Well, I wouldn't call 5euro for two pieces of chalk cheap but this is "hair chalk", lol, so of course it's going to be expensive. Maybe when I'm rich I shall try out a more expensive set (I think it's around 16euro in TopShop?) and that might make it more noticeable!

Hashtag: NailArt!

It's been so long since I've updated my blog! It's hard to find the time when I've so much college work to do- Procrastination involve aimlessly surfing the web, not having to come up with post ideas and having to think about formulating proper English sentences on here!

As my comeback blog I'm going to be posting about one of my favorite things: Nails! I love having my nails looking pretty, it changes a whole outfit when you've got your nails did. I routinely post my nails on Twitter (and lately on Instagram) but now I'm going to consolidate them into one post! Starting from latest (Because they are the nicest nails and also best quality pictures- My BB died so I got the Samsung Galaxy S3, lol!).

These are the ones I am currently wearing. I like to think that the

 little bows are like bowties- They remind me of penguins!

I wore these during the week. I love how each nail has a different pattern. 

They were all some sort of pink except for my ring fingers which were 

silver leopard print- I like to make a statement and have this finger 

different from the others!

I got these cute little ones from Claire's Accessories. At 8euro something they were

a bit more than I usually pay for falsies. I got them free because there was a special on

Hello Kitty items, 3 for the price of 2 (I got a bag for myself and also a bag for my sister).

Thank god they were free because they were the worst quality nails ever. They were 

supposedly self-adhesive but the adhesion was so bad I ended up having to use my glue

on them anyway. They didn't go on right, they hovered above my nail rather than adhering 

to it and looking natural. They also split and broke extremely easy. I really wouldn't recommend

these nails- Even if they are sugar sweet!

These are cute ones from Pennies. I recommend  applying a coat

of clear nail varnish immediately after you apply these as the colour

can rub off pretty quickly otherwise.

These are also from Pennies. They weren't printed properly, some had edges

where the pattern didn't reach- But I remedied this by filling in the gaps myself

with a permanent marker and then clear varnishing over.

When you run out of enough spare of one pattern you can mix and match and use up all the nails that come in the pack :)

This was one of my attempts at nail art on my natural nails. Not the 

best but for someone with as little arty farty talent as me they are unreal!! 

 I got this effect using sellotape (scotch tape).

I bought these to wear to the Lady Gaga concert I went to in September

 however when I opened the box to apply them the box had been tampered 

with and contained no glue! I didn't have any at home either so had to go 

au natural that night! I exchanged them and wore them at a later point instead. 

Can't go wrong with a classic French nail. I love these.

Another attempt at natural nails. Pretty boring if you ask me!

So there you have it! A few months past history of my nails :) I shall post more often from now on!!

Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love.                   Katie