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Monday Mani : Guava Goodness

So this week sticking to my love of blue shade nail polishes, I have painted my nails with a more turquoise blue nail polish.

I have used Barry M Gelly in Guava for this look.

Now I've had this colour for a while, and have used it once or twice in the past but strangely enough, I really did not like it and re painted my nails the next day. I wanted to try this colour again now the days are brighter and low and behold, I really realllly like it.

I don't know if it is due to the up in weather or maybe my hands have changed.

It has a lovely application to it also. I used 2 coats and it was streak line free with a thicker gelly like finish, which I am all into.

This is definitely one of the colours I will revisit for the summer months. I may even try a lil summin' summin' on them too in the future.

Are there any nail polish shades you prefer for summer?

Sneaky Peeky Snippets : 09.06.14 - 22.06.14

Hello all.

Welcome back.

These past two weeks have been pretty calm. The weather has been so much better which is lovely. However we suspect bubba may suffer from hay-fever, so we shall be going to the doctors just to check things out, as you do.

Cai has so many teeth already, but over the last month or so, the teething has been very bothersome for him. He is trying to chew on any and everything, so we will be getting him a teething soother ring or something along those lines as *hangs head in shame* I lost his previous ones.

Our past two weeks have contained the following:

Our Prince is 18 Months Old

Our baby is now 18 months - 1 and a half years old, I just cannot deal. Where does the time go?

I thought I would do a full update on Cai every 6 months or so, to document the changes and it will be something nice for us to look back at. I get super emotional as he grows, I literally cry when I sort through his clothes once he outgrows them.

So here is the 18 month update on our little prince.

Monday Mani : Nearly Nude

I am currently on the hunt for a lovely nude shade. I find Rimmel's nude shades more suitable for me. I love Barry M Gelly in Lychee but always find I cannot apply it smoothly. It's either too thick or streaky which is not cute and then results in chips 2 days later.

So while I'm on the hunt, I wanted to add a little something to my nearly nude nails.

I used Rimmel Lycra Pro in 365 Beige Style with P.S Love Nail Pen in Pink. For my index fingers I used Barry M Gelly in Lychee with P.S Love Nail Pen in White.

Don't you just hate it when you paint your nails at night and then sleep on them. Urrrgh the bed and pillow imprint = rookie mistake.

Are there any Nude nail polishes you would recommend?

Kiddy Time

I have grown up with my friend Ayesha from primary school.

We used to talk to each other for hours on end with our wishes for our lives.

The man. The car. The travels. The career.
Most importantly the kids, motherhood, names, what we thought they would look like, things we wanted to do with them, to name a few.

Father's Day Follow-Up

This is just a small post to let you guys know how Mal's day went this Father's Day.

Mal doesn't celebrate Father's Day so to not over plague him with Father's Day celebratory bits, I tried to keep things respectfully small.

I try to let him know I appreciate him everyday, but I am a sucker for doing something a little bit special on specific days.

So this year in keeping with our small day of appreciation, Cai and I got him 2 little bits.

The Boots Event That Never Was

I was umming and ahhing on whether to put up this post, as there is not much to report, annnd it is not the most positive review of a Boots Parenting Club Event. Nevertheless, I have to honest and thought, why not just share my experience.

I had signed up to Boots Parenting Club when pregnant and was impressed with what they offer to parents to be and parents of children up to 2 years old.

Monday Mani : Silk

My manis have been lasting even less than usual recently.

However I am guilty of not wearing my Marigold's (yellow gloves if you didn't know) when washing up :(.
My goodness the damage this can do is just ridic.

So this week trying to be a good girl I painted my nails without a design and just kept it plain and simple, in the hopes that this would make my mani last longer.

I have used the Barry M Silk Nail Effects in Mist.

This is a gorgeous light baby blue colour and has quite a muted shimmer to it - the Silk effect I'm guessing.

All in all I'm quite happy with the colour. I do love blue nails and usually tend to stick to the Barry M Gelly or standard nail paint for this.

As I now am sporting a rounded nail shape I'm wanting to try out more classic and pastel colours. Pastel pastel pastel - trend for this year ey.

I'm really wanting to try these Barry M Silk polishes in Blossom and Pearl, so keep your eyes peeled for a future post as they are YUM!
xx

Do you tend to wear any gloves when washing dishes?

Sneaky Peeky Snippets : 25.05.14 - 08.06.14

Hey hey hey.

I thought it would be a nice feature to add a small fortnightly family catch up on Mellies Corner. Children grow so fast and no two weeks are the same even though much of what we do might be.

We take so many pictures daily so this is also the place where I will add some random pics of our weeks too. I will be posting a week ahead to make sure I catch you guys up properly- no slapdash-edness here.

So here we go, these past two weeks have contained:

Happy Father's Day

Today is Father's Day and I just wanted to wish the all the daddies out there a

Happy Father's Day!

To the special daddies in my life:

Mummy Problems

Yesterday was a difficult day.

We had a friend round with his son and all started so well.

Cai loves kids and is so excited to play with them.

However he will also sometimes really TEST the boundaries, 'showing off' you could call it around others.

His testing today resulted in 10+ solid minutes of crying, TANTRUMS, having to be held on my lap while he wanted to fight to be free, snot running, all while mummy was trying to entertain and not look too flustered. Which carried on until bath time. Just a mess.

I know it can always be worse, but I do get embarrassed and a lil frustrated when my lil one acts up especially in front of people. He is normally so well behaved and yes he is still little but I know he understands a lot. He knows majority of the time what he should and shouldn't do - he gives you the eyes when going to do something naughty, but I do not want this behaviour to become a regular occurrence. He needs to know alongside with my love for him and my softish nature...mummy is boss.

I find he also listens to his dad so much better these days, which is not fun when you're the one with baby for the majority of the day. Is it a guy thing? But hey ho I will get it together. Just one of these parenting hurdles.

Some days being a mummy is tough!

Learning and finding a way to discipline your child can be difficult!

I know that I am only at the beginning of the journey with Cai and when I am older and he is taller, bigger, older I will look back and know ..... It was so worth. Water off a ducks back and all that :).

My baby boy I love you dearly.

But bare with me too as mummy is also trying to find her way.

How beautiful are you.

Thank you Auntie Gem for my outfit.

Are there any behaviours you find difficult from your little one?

Baby Summer Wishlist : H&M Edit

Good old confused British weather.

Now I am not a lover of HOT weather especially in the UK. After it goes past 25 degrees ..... I'm not interested and thankfully my hubby is the same.

However there is nothing I love more than thinking up all the outfits I'd love to dress Cairo in.

Monday Mani : Orange Fever

Here we are again.

Another week, another mani.

I have a love/hate relationship with orange nail polish, it's not a colour I tend to wear often.

When I do go for an orange nail polish, I usually tend to stick to neon orange shades as I feel they look better with my skin tone. However I wanted to give a more muted down orange shade a try .... again.

I used Barry M Satsuma & Barry M Jewel Glitter in Yellow Topaz to create this bottom glitter 'gradient' effect.

At first I was not sure at all of this look as I had painted them at night time and my 'gradient' did not look as amazing as it was in my head. However after sleeping on them, I don't really mind them. I think that by adding some form of design to the nail improves the overall orange colour for me.

So here they are.

If anyone has any recommendations for a nice orange nail colour please feel free to comment and let me know.

Do you have any nail polish colours you tend to steer away from?

Last Minute Father's Day Gift Ideas

Father's Day Sunday 15th June 2014.

With Father's Day fast approaching and as a sometimes last minute person, I thought I would share some possible gift ideas for the daddies in our lives.

Phenomenal Woman

I thought I would do a small post on the late, great, Maya Angelou who passed away May 28th 2014.

Monday Mani

As I am now a mummy, my nail polish does not last or stay chip resistant for long AT ALL. I'm lucky if I get 3 days wear out of them, so I usually tend to paint them twice a week especially if I have something special going on.

I've always enjoyed painting my nails however I am no nail or manicure expert, I just paint them and hope for the best. But I thought it would be nice to feature my nails of the week on Mellies Corner.

I used Barry M Nail Paint in Cyan Blue and Greenberry, with Primark P.S Love Nail Pens in White and Pink to get this look.

Hope you like them, and any tips or tricks are always welcome.

What do you do to help maintain your manis?

Welcome!

Welcome one,

Welcome all.

I am Mel and this is my corner of the net, hence the name Mellies Corner. Cheesy I know but watchagundo lol.

I had originally started blogging when pregnant with my little prince. However becoming a new mummy, through the newborn and first months stages; I really couldn't get my thoughts together to blog.

Becoming a mum has completely changed my life and making this blog is something I have been putting off for over a year (what a great way to document motherhood).
But I am happily, finally here.

I have so much to say, so many thoughts, so why not put it out there to share with others.

I also think it's such a great way for family and friends to keep up with the goings on in our little family, as I am always mentally updating & talking to people.

So I hope you all do enjoy the snippets of myself, my family, fashion, nails, news related bits, a real mish mash of things I'm passionate about. They say a woman's mind is more tangled than Charlotte's web - I think lol.

I will hopefully have a new blog post every
Sunday, Monday & Thursday morning, so do keep your eyes peeled.

Check out our About Us section where you get to meet my family too.

Any comments or thoughts are always welcome.

Happy reading.

Thank youuu

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Get To Know Me - The Mummy Tag

Hey hey hey everyone.

So I was mulling over what my first official blog post should be, and what better way than to give you a bit of an insight into my life as a mummy.
So here is the Mummy Tag avec Mellies Corner :).

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