#10 - Leighton Denny.

So for my 18th birthday, my Mum got me a collection of Leighton Denny's nail colours. I'd been umming and ahhing about purchasing a few colours from his website for a long time after watching him on QVC selling his products. I have to be honest, the colours are so great. I used to be a Models Own fanatic, mind boggled at how quickly their products dried and I'm still using them now. But Leighton Denny's colours beat them all. The actually application is really easy, you need no more than two coats with most of his colours and the shine you get after both applications is amazing!

These are the colours I received for my birthday. They come with the stand (that you're supposed to keep as a nail stand so that when you're painting your nails you have somewhere to keep the bottle) and they came like that in a stunning black, patent Leighton Denny bag in this gorgeous box. The colours, from left to right are: Porcelain Doll, Healthy Glow, Rose Beige, Rich Coco and Rebel. The clear bottle on the end is a Corrector Liquid which means you have a tidy polish. Rebel happens to be my Mum's favourite and she wears it all the time, in fact, she wears purple all the time because she's absolutely obsessed with the colour. I actually think she'd dye my dog's coat purple given half the chance! Anyway, back on track. I was over the moon when I saw the colours I'd been given as a gift, I love neutral coloured nail polishes, especially nudes and very light rose pinks and browns. I tend not to wear very bright colours.

Since I got these all I've wanted to do is wear all of them at the same time, luckily there is 5 of them, so I could quite easily wear each one on each nail. Although it probably wouldn't look right. Every single one I've used I've said is my favourite because I just can't decide! But I made my final decision when I painted my nails most recently, 'Healthy Glow' wins, hands down. Me being a nude lover (the colour, not sitting around naked) the colour is just perfect, and the shine is just lovely. The colours go with pretty much anything that you wear whether it be daytime or a casual night out. I have to say, I am quite scared to use too much of one bottle just in case I run out quicker than expected!

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Leighton Denny 'Porcelain Doll'

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Leighton Denny 'Healthy Glow' with 'Rich Coco' on my little finger nail.

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Leighton Denny 'Rose Beige'

For more information on Leighton Denny's nail range, for Twitter users, head over to his Twitter @Leighton_Denny or go to www.LeightonDenny.com to view the entire range, including his new 'Sun believable' tanning range!

Have any of you used Leighton Denny?

What do you guys think of it?

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#9 - I turned Eighteen!

Right, so I've been slacking on blog posts recently. I used to do like, 2 or 3 posts a day and now I seem to have cut back but I'm back with a bang! I turned Eighteen on February 7th! (wahey) - I had a really lovely week, I spent it with all my loved ones, had THE most beautiful vintage style cake made for me by my Uncle. All in all I really did have a wonderful day, and as much as I really wasn't expecting anything gift wise, I received some really lovely gifts too!

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I have to mention, some of you may not of heard of Leighton Denny, he's best known for selling his amazing products on QVC. He sells nail colours, and now has his own tanning range. And I have to admit, I used to be so obsessed with Models Own nail colours, I've not converted to the Denny! His colours are THE best I've ever used, they dry quickly, no scuffs or marks, long lasting, and the shine is amazing! My next blog post will be on this gift and I'll be showing you all a few of the colours that I've been using lately. If you have Twitter, go and follow him @Leighton_Denny for all the latest updates on his range of nail colours for Spring/Summer 2012.

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I have to explain this beautiful gift, my best friend from London came down for my 18th meal and night out and thought that this gift was a cringey one? I DISAGREE KATE. It's so cute, it's basically a jar (as you can see) full of little notes that she'd hand written so that whenever I feel down or upset, I can reach into the jar, pull out a note and it will say something that links me to her, or a little quote to make my day better. She claims she's not creative with gifts, however I would never have thought of this! I love it.

I was so grateful for all of these lovely little gifts. My Mum got a bit of an earbashing from me as I really didn't want her spending any money on me for my 18th, however, she said to me on the morning of my birthday "I didn't want you coming downstairs on your 18th with no presents to open." So thank you Mum! ♥ 

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Vintage Cream Embroidered Cardigan - Charity Shop, £4.99

Floral Spring Playsuit - River Island, Gift

Brown Tan Leather Belt - Primark, £1

Long Chained Blue Stone Necklace - New Look, £3

Earrings - Topshop, Gift - RRP £16.50

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This was the cake my Uncle made me, he designed the whole thing. It's truly beautiful, my Mum was so overwhelmed by how pretty it was that she actually cried. It was on a bed on fake cream rose petals (that I've kept to add to my shabby chic Bird Cage in my bedroom) - the inside had a bit of a lemon theme going on. Lemon buttercream, lemon curd, lemon cake. Nevertheless, it was stunning.

And that my friends, concludes my birthday blog post!

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