Back – sorry for the long dissapearance

I have been really busy with Uni recently and haven’t had time to blog.  Im going to do my best to catch up as I have some fabulous new polishes I want to show you all

 

I will be posting soon!

Gosh Holo, Spotted Vs Crackle

Ok, so any of you who read my blog on a regular basis know that im a little bit obsessed with holographic polishes.  The Layla polishes are fab and I finally managed to get my hands on a bottle of GOSH Holographic hero aka Gosh 549.  Well what can I say about this little beauty, Sparkly is the first thing that pops in to my head followed by pretty and in the sun there’s a definite “OOOOOHHHH” factor.

early morning sun

Please ignore the colours either side

I have found it to be fairly hard to photograph at its best but i will keep trying!

Supposedly this is a nightmare for applying and staying power but this is what i did,  1 coat perfect formula gel, 1 coat of Nails inc Floral street,  2 coats of GOSH and 1 coat of Nails inc Kensington caviar top coat.

I decided after a day of wear that I would see what OPI spotted was like over the top.  After doing one hand I wasnt sure, so did the other hand in Nails inc black crackle Camden

Spotted

Crackle on my rarely seen right hand lol

I still can’t decide which I prefer!

 

Enjoy

 

Pink and blue print nails

Having had 2 whole days of sunshine this week I decided to finally do a summery nail design.  Bright and bold like the mens Hawaiian shirts (although far more tasteful).

I have also been looking for a reason to use the gorgeous “the mall” polish from nails inc and thought that it would be a good contrast with “notting hill gate” also from nails inc.  I used bundle monster plate 221 for the flower print.

taken at night with room lighting but no flash and before proper tidy up

daylight

Please excuse the damaged cuticle!
Also used perfect formula gel as a basecoat and kensington caviar top coat.

 

Enjoy

OPI Spotted over neon

OPI spotted – a polish that is limited to central Europe and is selling on eBay for mega bucks!  A friend of mine ordered from sephora France and added one for me to her order.

What is all the fuss about?  well its a special effects polish that spots , like oil on water, rather than crackles.

The application is slightly tricky at first, I tried several times and I found the trick is to apply sparingly but not so sparingly that the brush drags and not to move it round too much.  The spots appear almost immediately.

I will be trying this over more polishes as soon as I have a spare hour or so.  I have noticed that the base polish has to be completely dry though or it will crack underneath.

I will be reporting back soon on how it looks over other colours and how it wears (have only used it on wheels so far).

Enjoy

S

I hold my hands up

I will admit, My name is Sian and I have a nail polish addiction.  After finally finishing my decorating at home I have got back to painting my nails.  I also decided that I would tidy the drawers on my Helmer (polish storage device) and this is my collection of nails inc polishes

As you can see there is pretty much every colour of the rainbow and a few more too.  Glitters, Special effects, Crackles, Overglazes and the odd magnetic or 2 in there too.  A few colours that I can pick out as favorites would be Notting Hill Gate, the vauderville overglaze, diamond nail jewelery and Electric Lane which looks good over almost everything.

 

Next drawer and more posts coming soon

 

Enjoy

Nail Art

I recently found a nail art course at a local college and decided to follow my polishaholic side and enrol on it.  This 2 day level 2 course was fab.  As well as learning the basics of manicuring we also learnt hand and arm massage and various different techniques for nail art, using brushes, dotting tools, foils and gems.

This is a selection of designs i came up with on the 1st day of the course.  please bear in mind that the selection of base colours was limited and these were first attempts!

Interestingly the designs were all done in acrylic paint not nail polish.

I think i shocked the tutor when i revealed just how many polishes i actually own.  (oops)

 

I have a set of brushes so the next step is to aquire some paints so I can practice on real people!

 

Enjoy

Sprinkles Nails

Nails Inc have recently released four new sprinkles polishes (found on www.nailsinc.com) and after seeing them as a special treat for the members of our “nail group” at a meet in Birmingham a little while ago (thank you V for organising it – you know who you are) I knew I was going to want them.

After a friend spotted dupes of 2 of these on nailpolishdirect.co.uk by W7 I decided to try these 1st.

from left to right, Salt and pepper, Lava Flow and Mosaic.

I couldn’t decide what to wear so currently have Lava flow on my left hand and salt and pepper on the right.  Mosaic will be the next to try, as it reminds me of outdoor swimming pools and the sun reflecting off the sea.  Maybe im just dreaming about sunny weather to make up for the fact that we havent had any yet.

As an additional note, it’s the 1st time I have ordered from www.nailpolishdirect.co.uk and I will definitely use them again, delivery was super quick and on the W7 polishes was free!

Enjoy