Reborn nails

And just like that, another Sunday at work successfully conquered! 💅
I’m leaving you some evidence here of today’s gel manicures, BIAB sets, and those gorgeous pedicures.
Today was a bit of an unusual one...
I started the day with my lovely Rita and her fabulous pedicure, while putting the world to rights and discussing animals and just how ridiculously sensitive they are.
Then came my faithful mini-me, Roxi. And honestly, this is how people are, ladies and gents... I booked her in earlier than the usual 4-week mark because I had absolutely no space left later on. Her response?
"Fine, I’ll come earlier, but only if you do whatever design I want and don’t complain about it."
I swallowed hard but accepted my fate.
So all day I was preparing myself for some absolutely unhinged design. A bizarre French manicure. Ombre. Glitter explosions. Some sort of Pinterest crime scene.
And what did she ask for?
Nolia base and black dots.
BLACK. DOTS.
I nearly passed out.
Honestly, someone gives you complete creative freedom, tells you to go wild, live your best life... and you choose dots?!
But to be fair, we're basically the same person when it comes to personality, so I completely understand the indecision. 😂😂😂
I said personality, mind you... because physically we look like a hyperactive little bichon frisé standing next to a lion.
Me? Short, slightly overfed, brunette.
Her? Tall, blonde, blue-eyed.
Basically designed specifically to annoy me.
So I don't want to hear anyone ever again saying I don't give you enough freedom to choose your own nail designs. Apparently, when I do, you all choose dots anyway.
Then I saw Paula, and we had an absolutely brilliant laugh while I did her manicure and pedicure. I won't tell you what we talked about because we'd probably end up featured in a criminal investigation.
Anyway, today's conclusions are:
✔ Children are lovely... once they turn 18.
✔ Pets are one of the greatest things on this earth.
✔ Charles still hasn't called me, even though at this point even my dad has admitted I was clearly adopted and rescued from behind a bin somewhere.
And that's all for today's agenda.
Work is officially finished for the next two days. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

And here we have a few of the manicures I’ve done over the last few days — a lovely mix of BIAB manicures and gel manicures. 💅✨
All in all, it’s been a pretty good week. We’ve laughed, we’ve had a good giggle, and we’ve even squeezed in a bit of therapy... although, if I’m honest, this time I was the one receiving it. 😅
It seems all my ships have sunk at once lately, so I ended up pouring my heart out to Alina. Poor woman. She arrived glowing with positivity, as she always does, and within five minutes I was having a dramatic moan about absolutely everything. One problem, then another, then another for good measure. 😂
But as they say, every good therapist needs a therapist of their own. I’m convinced that after she left my salon, she immediately booked herself an appointment with a psychologist because I completely scrambled her brain. 🤣🤣🤣
Anyway, I’ve still got another mountain of work tomorrow. An actual mountain. But when Monday and Tuesday arrive and I’m finally off... then the fun begins! Try and stop me. 💃✨
I absolutely adore you all, and if I’m not completely exhausted tomorrow evening, I’ll try to post tomorrow’s work as well so we can finish the week in proper celebratory fashion.
Lots of love to you all! ❤️😘💅✨

Right then, ladies, sending you so many kisses you won’t know where to look! 😘😂
I’ve been absolutely snowed under with work lately — somehow even worse than usual. So, seeing as I managed to finish a bit earlier today, I thought I’d drop a few random photos of the pedicures I’ve done over the past few days.
There’s been a bit of everything: gel pedicures, Pro Pedicures done at lightning speed, and about a hundred others that never made it to the camera roll. Sadly, I don’t always get the luxury of a whole five minutes between appointments to play photographer. Please try not to kill me.
As for the new pedicure chair (which I’ve been testing for about two months now), I genuinely cannot work out how I survived without it. My back no longer sounds like a packet of crisps being crushed every time I stand up. Honestly, it’s the closest thing to a miracle I’ve experienced outside of finding matching socks straight out of the tumble dryer.
I swear, this chair has been an absolute gift from the heavens. The only thing left to find out is whether it’s as comfy for you lot as it is for me. Fingers crossed! ❤️✨
Anyway, enjoy the random foot content.

And here's proof that I do pedicures too. 😂😂
I always find it hilarious when I get messages on Facebook or Instagram asking, "Do you do pedicures as well?"
Well... here I am, alive and pedicuring. 😏
I offer both gel pedicures and Pro Pedicures, from the simple "just make them look pretty" kind to the seriously complex cases that need a bit more love and attention.
And honestly? The really challenging feet are my favourites. 😈 They keep me on my toes (quite literally) and give me the chance to put my skills to the test.
So yes, if your feet are perfectly behaved, you're welcome. If they're a bit of a project... you're even more welcome. 😂💅🦶✨

Love you all and send you the biggest kisses! 😘💕
Officially, my two days off start now! 🎉
For the next 48 hours, I fully intend not to touch my phone, check my diary, reply to messages, move appointments around, or think about work whatsoever.
Now, we all know that's about as realistic as a quiet house with children in it... but a girl can dream. 😂😂
So I'm signing off with the best of intentions, a cup of something nice, and a level of optimism that can only be described as delusional. 😌✨
Have a lovely weekend, and thank you all for keeping me busy, supporting my little business, and generally being wonderful. ❤️
Lots of love and massive kisses to you all! 😘😘😘💕💅✨

Girls, sending you all massive kisses! 😘
This week has been absolute carnage. Between work and the kids being off on half-term, I've barely had a moment to remember my own name.
Up until now, working from home with the kids around has been manageable. This week, however, completely broke me. One after another they've had respiratory bugs, tummy bugs... honestly, it felt like I was starring in some low-budget horror film all week. 🙄😂
At this point, tomorrow they could wake up with a temperature of 70°C and I'd still be marching them off to school. (Only joking... mostly. 😂😂)
Anyway, just popping in to prove I'm still alive and haven't been swallowed whole by motherhood and germs. Despite the chaos, I've actually been super busy!
I didn't manage to photograph every set from this week... because of course I didn't. 🤦🏼‍♀️ But here are a few gel manicures and some BIAB beauties I've managed to capture. 💅✨

And the last chosen set for today is Hayley’s manicure 💅✨
I’ve still got an entire mountain of photos left to post… but honestly, exhaustion has finally caught up with me and tomorrow morning I’m back to work at the crack of doom 😂
At this point I genuinely don’t know whether I’m still considered self-employed… or just a slave employed by myself LTD 🤣
The way I work lately, I’ve basically become a guest in my own house 😂🏠
With Hayley we laughed, gossiped, solved life’s mysteries, and naturally — trimmed cuticles, added fresh BIAB layers and finished everything off with some cute little polka dots ✨
Sending you all massive kisses and I’ll see you tomorrow evening with more nail magic and more stories from the salon circus 😂💖

Here we have the absolutely gorgeous manicure for Amy H 💅✨
Right, I’ve been meaning to say this for ages… this girl has the most ridiculously contagious laugh I’ve ever heard in my life 😂
Honestly, you could be clinically dead, hear Amy laughing, and suddenly forget you’ve died. That’s how powerful it is 🤣
It’s genuinely one of those laughs that makes every single disaster in life disappear for five minutes. I adore making her laugh purely because I immediately forget all my own problems when she does 😂🖤
Anyway… back to the nails before I get emotional.
We went for another BIAB set with proper summery colours ☀️✨ Mainly because I wasn’t entirely convinced the British weather would cooperate, but I thought at least the nails should match the month we’re supposedly in… even if the sky clearly disagrees 🙄🌦️

Fiona simply cannot deal with light colours… exactly like me 😂
You can’t go around with dark humour, questionable morals and a slightly evil soul while wearing pale pink nails. Absolutely not. Let’s not be ridiculous 🤣💅
We are fully committed bad girls — we don’t play games.
So naturally we went for a BIAB manicure with a base as black as my soul, topped with a bit of blue sparkle… because if we’re going to be evil, at least let us shimmer while doing it ✨💙🖤

These 2 photos come as a package deal… because Alina and Roxi also arrived as a package deal 😂💅
And honestly, I simply do not have the emotional strength left to write two separate posts about the exact same chaos, so here we are 🤣
Basically, these two beautiful girls took advantage of my soft little emotional heart and had apparently planned to use their appointments to organise their holiday together like sensible adults…
And me? What did I do?
I talked. And talked. And told stories. And we laughed. Then got offended together. Then laughed again. Until absolutely no holiday plans were made whatsoever 😂
Somehow we also managed to struggle enormously with deciding how “simple” the nails should be… because apparently the shade of simple is actually deeply complicated 🙄✨
Either way, I loved the atmosphere so much… but I swear on my nail files I am NOT booking them together again anytime soon 😂

Right then… let’s see if any of you can guess whose nails these are — clearly created for the sole purpose of getting revenge on all the idiots in our lives 😂💅
You’ll NEVER guess that this is Leisa’s manicure. Not in a thousand years. And before you even try — no, I’m not giving clues either 🤣
Every time we meet, she spends the first hour rapid-firing the latest 4 weeks of chaos from her life at me… then it’s my turn to unload my weekly disasters… and afterwards we basically score each other’s trauma to decide who’s had it worse 😂
This time the result was officially 1–0 to her.
Her story was so traumatic it actually made mine look peaceful for once 🤣😭