Off-Beat

I wore this to the House of Rush launch party, I loved the mix of sparkle against the sturdiness of the blazer and tartan scarf, both courtesy of my sister. I also think the manicure I had whilst there perfectly compliments the outfit and is a great shade for the upcoming festivities, Wrapped in Rubies by Essie.

Modern Vintage

Bright Future

Today I got up, brushed my hair and got on with life.

The Advent Giveaway: Behind Door 4...

...is a Butter nail polish.

It's icy out there and this blue is the perfect wintry accompaniment to your nails, or save it until summer and it would look great with a tan!  To enter you must a, be a follower via GFC and b, tweet "I've entered the #toelleandback Advent Giveaway" along with the link. (International entrants welcome and you are allowed to win more than once!)

The winner of Garnier's UltraLiftPro-x Re-plumping and Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream from yesterdays Advent Giveaway is Pink Julep!  Email me at toelleandback@yahoo.co.uk with your address and I will get this sent out early this week.

Oh the weather outside is frightful but my nails will be so delightful...

I'm starting to regret spending my "new winter coat" money on two L'Oreal advent calendars.  The weather hasn't quite turned yet but there is definitely an icier chill in the air, for my walk home from the station in the evening.  England, apparently, from Thursday onwards is set to look a little like this...



My sister and I Feb 2009

I may freeze to death with the "arctic winds" that are being threatened but whilst doing so I shall have the most perfect frost effect nails to match!

I used two coats of each of these two polishes...

To create this look...



To me, it screams frosted mint, which many a colleague has chuckled at me for.  The sparkle adds a snow globe quality to the metallic green, that is very much reminiscent of that Bath and Body Works snow globe, peppermint lipbalm I blogged about a few days back. 

I may not have a coat but style wise, I am more than ever prepared for the wintry week ahead.  Now if only they were scented too!