OK...sorry that I've been MIA. Things have been insanely busy (I had a day off on Friday, where I did nothing, for the first time in thr...

I've had an obsession with ethereal shades lately. Summer has finally turned up but even so we've had storms and drizzle and my usua...

I was expecting to be a total humbug about the Olympics (I think every British taxpayer has spent the last year wincing every time the wo...

It's been raining endlessly in the UK. I've scheduled this in advance since I'll be away for a fortnight in July toasting myself...

Finally, pictures of Illamasqua Stance! I've been meaning to take pictures of this one for ages, but I've been waiting for a sunny d...

Nomad + precision ink in Scribe, Lament I consider myself a fairly fussy and discriminating person when it comes to things I like, but I am...

I wore this last summer (and took a crappy iNOTD picture of it) but I have completely changed my mind after my initial, not-so-positive reac...

As I type, it's my best friend's hen do today! (It's actually her *wedding* today in PoP post-world, but I scheduled this one in...

This is absolutely the colour of HB pencils. The stripey yellow and black ones you use at primary school, before you're allowed to grad...

Another one of Illamasqua's one coat wonders. This is one coat of Velocity, no top coat. It is, as a colourful local turn of phrase goes...

As you read this I will be off to an interview (for a teaching job - it seems career opportunities are like busses, where I am concerned), s...

Illamasqua Load This was a disappointment. First of all, it's more yellow than I thought it would be (though it isn't as yellow ...

The weather here has grim. GRIM. It took me a week to photograph this mani because it's been raining non-stop. Indeed, it is still raini...

Okay, so probably not technically vampy, but a) it's dark, b) I was really sick of burgundy and navy and c) I love it! Viridian is one ...