Me and you and a dog named Chester

At the moment I'm in the middle of applying for a mortgage to buy the house I live in. Well...... I already own the house I live in but it's a long story :/ Anyhoo  the bank are taking their sweet time making a decision, or at least letting me know what's going on with the process.
About the only thing that's been keeping me sane during this whole thing (and it may sound silly to some) has been my nail art.
The simple repetitive process of applying the polish, the forced calm while you wait for each coat to dry. Then the drowning out of the rest of the world as you concentrate on those tiny strokes that will (hopefully) become something beautiful and worthy of being grabbed and exclaimed about.
When I'm not painting my own nails I'm practicing on false nails, testing out new and different designs and techniques.
It's still Winter here in New Zealand, so during the day it's just me and my dog Chester

 inside by the fire having in depth conversations (he's more of a listener than a talker) solving the world's problems as I paint.
He usually gets the best spot in front of the fire, but I don't mind, my paints dry too fast there anyway ;)

This is what today's efforts have produced:

Over a white base I sponged a gradient of Essie 'Where's my chauffeur?' and 'Absolutely Shore' then added a coat of Glisten and Glow HK Girl top coat to blend. With my fine detail brush and acrylic paints I added my daisies first, then my swirled 'roses' and some little dots of babies breath to fill in the gaps. Two last coats  of Glisten and Glow HK Girl top coat to give it a smooth finish and a gorgeous shine!

I hope you're having a lovely day wherever you are! ♥

My First Blog Post Ever .... please be kind :/

Wow, so I'm actually doing this, starting my own blog.
I guess I should start by introducing myself? Obviously as the title would suggest my name is Kyleigh, I live in the beautiful small town of Motueka located in top of the South Island of New Zealand.
I love everything nail related and have a particular passion for nail art. I currently own around 900 - ish polishes (I'm actually too scared to do a proper count ;) ) and I have recently converted a spare room into my polish room (so they can breed in private ;) )
I'm a collector of everything Wonder Woman or English Bull Terrier related.  I have an 8 year old EBT named Chester who is basically a 3 year old in a dog suit who is a constant source of amusement!
I'm fast approaching my midlife crisis - a.k.a. my 40th birthday in October (Aarrrggghhh!!!!)
Below is a little taste of things to come, I hope you'll join me on my journey into blogdom :)

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