It's been a while...

...but I'm back! I can't believe how long it's been since my last post. I have been rather busy with university, placements and moving! I am now officially an adult and have moved into a flat with my man. It's all been very exciting and a teeny bit stressful, but were all settled in now and loving it!

I have missed blogging and will be devoting more of my time to Rennie makes yet again. 

In the mean time here are a few mani's I've been rocking recently, hopefully I'll be putting up some new nail art soon :)

I wasn't that pleased with the zig zags on these as I know I can do them a lot neater but I love the purple/pink and purple/blue backgrounds. To do this I just painted the purple base then used a sponge for the second colour

The bows are sweet but again I'm going to try them again a bit neater, I have purchased the Barry M nail art pens in black and white so I'm excited to try them out.

These nails are nice and bright and really easy. Paint the yellow base layer, wait to dry then cut two strips of cello tape and place them on the nails so they leave a triangle shaped gap. Paint over the whole nail, wait to dry then peel off. Finish with a glitter coat. 

See ya soooooooon

Rennie

xxx

Rimmel Precious Stones

Its was 3 for 2 on Rimmel! So I thought I'd give Precious Stones a go. It's high coverage glitter polish available in Diamond Dust 001, as pictured above and Ruby Crush 002 which is red and silver glitter. 

The polish is made up of small and larger glitter pieces. The good thing about this is it only takes 2 coats and you've got a fully glittered nail! No base needed! When dry it gives a slightly matte effect which does slightly dull down the sparkle but it does give a really nice effect. Unfortunately I do not have my complete polish collection at my disposal so I haven't got a clear topcoat but I have read that this give the nails more of a twinkle. 

I have just painted one of my nails with the Precious stones for a casual look with a bit of sparkle, however if I was hitting the town tonight I would it would be full on glitter!

Rennie 

xxx

Pink and purple roses

Rennie's been a little bit naughty today and bought some new nail polish... 

I have bought two new of Rimmel's I Love Lasting Finish for my collection, this polish is amazing, it paints on so smoothly and literally last forever. The first is Marshmallow Heaven - 702 I don't actually have a purple polish so I can excuse myself for buying that one, the pink however joins my collection of many, but a girl simply cannot resist! Strawberry Fizz - 025 was used for the roses, and for the leaves Barry M Textured Ridley Road - 204. I wouldn't usually use textured polish for details but I just loved these colours together and the mix of polishes actually do work well together. 

OK so paint 2 coats of the base colour.

I'm still at home and still don't have my dotting tools so I've used a bobby pin to create the circles, use your tools is you've got 'em.

Create two small lines coming off the circles for the leaves.

Now for the hard bit...with a nail art pen, I used Nails Supreme White Nail Art Pen, create swirls inside the circles to finish off the roses. I started in the middle of the circle and swirled around, then add another small curved line in the space.

Rennie 

xxx

Tie dye

Me and Ray over at Aloha Manchester have been experimenting with some tie dye!

A while ago we decided to dye some mens t shirts from primark, for this we used:

A plastic box, empty plastic drinks bottles, rubber gloves, elastic bands, dylon

 fabric dyes, salt and our white t shirts.

Overall it cost us £12 each which is pretty good value as the dyes can be used again.

These are the colours we bought...

We emptied the powder into the empty bottles, along with a tablespoon of salt and added water. 

We wanted marble effect tie dye so we wet the t shirts and gathered them into ball shapes. We then secured them with elastic bands.

We started off with the blue dye and emptied some of the bottle into a plastic box

The t shirts were then submerged into the blue for about 5 mins

We removed the elastic bands whilst rinsing the tops under running water and this is what we got...

The step were then repeated but we added pink the next time.

The pink didn't come out very well with this t shirt but its still pretty.

(Shorts H&M, Necklace New Look)

The second time I tried it I used the same method but with pink and purple, the colour definitely came out better as I left the t shirt in the dye for longer.

(Skirt New Look, Converse trainers)

I got the crop top/t shirt from New Look, twas plain white and cost about £6.

I am please with the way they both came out it is quite hard to capture the colours on camera. 
I've still got some pink and purple dye left, would love to dye some white denim shorts for summer!

Rennie 

xxx 

Outfit under £100...

With the academic year coming to an end celebrations are starting to take place. Whether it's prom, a ball or just a final night out, finding the perfect dress to send off all the hard studying of the year can be difficult.

Being obsessed with anything overly girly, the ballet style dresses, sequins, lace and florals of this years prom dresses have excited me greatly.

A prom outfit for under £100 was difficult but I managed it! The whole outfit is £98. 

The dress is from Miss Selfridge. Floral print lace tutu dress £45.

Shoes are from Dorothy Perkins. Mint Curved Wedges also £45.

And last but not least the clutch is also from Dorothy Perkins. Grey glitter scallop clutch only £8 in the sale!

Rennie

xxx

Strawberry and Banana Summer Sorbet!

This dessert so so easy and refreshing and makes a nice change from ice cream in the summer, plus is healthy!

All you will need is:

2 cups of strawberries

2 ripe bananas

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup cold water

2 tsp lemon juice

Blender/food processor

Empty ice cream box/ freezable container

1. Dice your strawberries and bananas and set aside 1/2 a cup of strawberries for later

2. Add the fruit, sugar, water and lemon juice to the blender or food processor

 3. Now give it a whizz until you've got a smooth mixture. Pour the mixture into your container and mix in the 1/2 cup of strawberries you set aside earlier

4. Pop the container into the freezer and to set. Keep checking it and mixing until its frozen through

5. Remove from the freezer when frozen and EAT!

What a fruity beauty

Rennie

xxx

Lemon Slice nails!

Hello readers! 

I hope you've all had the loveliest bank holiday and enjoyed the sunshine!

I certainly have, and this warmer weather has inspired me to create these bright, tropical nails...

 The base colour is Rimmel Lasting finish 200 - Orange your life. This colour is AMAZING! I picked it up the other day for £2.99 and it's my new fav colour. It's a really bright, almost neon, orangey-coral - so perfect for the summer! 

Other colours used were, Barry M 307 - Lemon Ice cream and of course my trusty Nails supreme nail art pen - white

 1. Paint 2 coats of base colour

2. Using a bobby pin or dotting tool (I used a bobby pin on these as I left my dotting tools at home) create semi circles on the edge of the nails with yellow polish. You will need two coats of this as well as one coat of  yellow doesn't show up very bright against the orange

3. Draw a white line just along the inside of the yellow semi circles using the white nail art pen

4. I decided to add some white dots around the lemons but this is optional if you wanna go for a more simple look

Rennie

xxx