The fulerton files

SESSION NAIL TECHNICIAN ANDREA FULERTON IS ALL SET FO A HOT, FASHIONABLE SUMMER

Summer's here - and inspired by a spell of gorgeous weather I invested in a couple of fashionable, brightly coloured dresses, which I'm going to accompany with painted nails in OPI's I'm in the Mood from their Indian collection and Jessica's hot pink Soak up the Sun.

I'm hot to trot and ready to go - well, after I've run my Leighton Denny Foot File over my feet and blasted my cuticles with Ciaté's Hangover Cure, which is genius because there's no waiting around for it to work. Oh, and I mustn't forget to cover my feet and legs in Drench tanning lotion. I love it because it doesn't smell and can be applied to build colour gradually.

MODEL APPEAL

I've been involved with the House of Fraser department store's magazine shoots for a few years now, working on the fashion pages, either with full-length shots of the models, or close-ups of them holding handbags or jewels, or modelling footwear.

The store has stepped things up this year by using a world-famous model who will appeal to all age groups. She's Yasmin Le Bon - the wife of Simon Le Bon of

And yes, she is that gorgeous in the flesh. I did her manicure for the Samsonite suitcases campaign a couple of years back. She has beautiful 'everything' including natural nails that are blessed with great nail bed length - priceless.

You can tell she looks after herself. Her skin, hair and nails gleam, with what I call regular maintenance - be it de-fluff, facials or manicures. It could be that as she's in such constant demand as a model, she gets regular mini manicures as part of her job.

I used Ciaté's Too Sweet to Eat scrub and then filed her nails into shape, buffed with Star Nails glosser, base-coated with Jessica, and followed with a swift lick of Essie's A lot of Shekels - which was selected by the fashion stylist to 'go with everything'. I agree, it's warm enough for most skin tones - as well as lovely weather.

Look out for the images in the major weekly and monthly magazines.