In spirit of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Today is the Queen's diamond jubilee. Which I am really getting in the mood for, so I thought that I would make a blog post about it about what I have been doing to get in the mood.

I have done some union jack flags on my nails, to get into the spirit of things.

If you want to know how to do it then click here.Union Jack nail tutorial

Then on the my right hand I just did red,white and blue on different nails.

These are the colours I used:

 (left to right) Essie's 331 swing velvet, elf's white

and Barry M's 291 blue

I love all of these nail polishes except for elf's white. It is just that you have to try very hard to make it look nice. Maybe this is with all whites I don't know, this is the only white I have. That's why I used it even though I don't particularly like it that much. I do love elf nail polishes still, I think this colour is just a one off.

Now because I was in the mood I thought that I would bake something in the British theme as well, so I mad scones. I followed the recipe from this blog My kind of red, white and blue!. A little shout out to this blog (I'mnotachef) it gives amazing recipes and really helps me find new ways to use up leftovers. I must say they tastes amazing. I would like to say that it was down to my baking skills, but I think I really do owe this to the recipe. I won't show you a picture of mine because they don't look as lovely as hers but they still tastes really good.

I think that is just a lovely occasion and if you are, like me watching it on the TV. You will know how beautiful it looks too even though, unfortunately it is raining.

Union Jack nail tutorial

The nail polishes I used are:

 (left to right) Essie's swing velvet, elf's white

Barry M's 291 blue

1. Paint your nails white with a white nail varnish. I actually wouldn't recommended the elf nail polish in white. You have to try very hard to make it look nice.

2.They get a bobbi pin / hair grip and bend it and use the end of the straight side to pick up you nail polish.

3. I then start with the red and do a straight line down and then across

4.Then I do the diagonal lines but I firstly do them quite short



5.Then I clean my hair grip with some nail varnish remover
6.Then I get the blue on the end of the grip and then you kind of outline the triangle
7.Then you fill the triangle in

8. Then you clean the end and get the red polish and if you need to extend the diagonal lines a little do now
9.Now you have Union Jack nails that hopefully look gorgeous