Sunny Spot: Gone dotty for Fee

Other than countless failed attempts at French manicure nail tips, I have never tried my hands at nail art. I don't have think I have the flair for it, the imagination, talent, patience and all the skills required for it. When I reviewed the beautiful Wyoming Nail Polish from Accessorize, many of you commented that you would love to see it as a base for some sort of nail art. When Fee from MakeupSavvy invited us to take part in her 15-day nail challenge, I thought this was the time had come to experiment. Today, it's day 14 and the theme is dots.

So I decided to go ... dotty for Fee.
The motivation: you guys!
The reason: Makeup Savvy 15-Day Nail Challenge.
The theme for day 14: Dots
The inspiration: Lucy's Stash Manicure for Sweet Sugar.
The polishes: Accessorize Wyoming Nail Polish (reviewed here) and New Look Colour Pop in Pistachio (reviewed here)
The tool: The only thing I could find in the house: a hair pin like this one.
The time: 30 minutes to do the whole thing (including taking photos and writing this)
The challenge: find a sunny spot to photograph (see what i did there?)
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The dots are so big and uneven and rubbish. Must try harder next time… if there is one that is!

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Accessorize Wyoming Nails

Third nail post in a row? Yes. I should mix things up a bit but when I am excited about something, I find it very difficult to wait. I want to share with you my latest acquisition from Accessorize Makeup. I was in the Accessorize shop, stumbled onto this nail polish and it had to come home with me. It's called Wyoming, like the American state famous for its national parks and nature in general and I couldn't think of a better name for it.






The creamy formula was such pleasure to work with and the coverage was superb and almost good enough to be a one coater. This is now the 4th creme finish type of polish I have from Accessorize which I am absolutely delighted with and Accessorize, yet again surpassed themselves with the quality. You can read more about mink, heart beat, and passion nail polishes here.



Long gone are the days of the first generation of accessorize polishes which were seriously patchy and a bit too bit runny to be honest. How do you know which polish is first generation or not, will you ask? I have summarised all the first generation polishes here. I am not saying they are all bad but from my little experience (I have tried 5 polishes from the first generation) I have not been happy enough to want to repurchase. Truffle was adequate and the best of the lot but Notorious, Superstar, Mermaid, and Electric Blue have given me patchiness.


Back to the majestic Wyoming. If you are looking for your ultimate shade of khaki, and for a price which doesn't break the bank, you might want to try it. I hope my pictures will give you a taste for it. Can I just add as well, that no clean up whatsoever was required for this. I am so impressed.













The best bit?






Yes, it was on half price sale in my shopping and only cost me £2. I was about to indulge in the new khaki shade (Lazy Green) from Gosh but now that I've got Wyoming at home, I don't need to anymore.


what: Accessorize Makeup nail polish in shade Wyoming
how much: £4 (special offer, half price at £2 in my shop)
where: Accessorize Shops and selected Superdrug nationwide
disclosure: bought by me

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