Afternoon my very first nail of the day….I am beyond excited.  Apologies for the rather sedate choice of shade for today but it’s my new polish and I love it.  It’s for 17′s new spring time collection and it’s called Forever and it’s part of the lasting finish collection; the picture is pretty true to life although it’s a bit more pink in daylight.

Here is a quick little run down of my manicure routine if any of you are even the remotest bit interested!  I remove my old polish as I NEVER don’t have my nails painted; I was using these crappy little pre-soaked remover pads which are really greasy and oily definitely need to wash your hands after using them.  In fact that reminds me I really need suggestions of an effective yet gentle nail polish remover?  One that is non-drying and nourishing to your nails does such a product exist?

Then I may stick on some hand cream just general Vaseline because it’s really light and quickly absorbed.  I then put on my cucumber cuticle oil I HATE unruly scabby cuticles, mine were giving me some gip but I’ve knocked them into shape.  This cuticle oil is just a cheapy one from Salon Services but it’s effective and quickly absorbed which is essential if you are painting your nails straight afterwards.  While the cuticle oil is still there I use an orange stick to push them back and batter them into shape.  I might wait a bit for all this to be soaked in and make my nails all luscious and beautiful. THEN I paint them, when I have finished the second coat on both hands today I applied Seche Vite which gives a beautifully glossy smooth finish.  Without further ado as I am sure you are all on tenterhooks here is the picture.