Nail Polish Direct Haul, China Glaze at 20% Off... WINNING!

Ive been shopping, finally! Well online shopping but it still counts.
Nail Polish is a UK online nail polish retailer that stock all the good brands, they now even sell some gels.
There is a code for 20% off all China Glaze polishes so of course I had to make the most of it. These actually came in two deliveries as I bought some then decided I needed more.

Join me after the jump for all the names and details of the code!

Foil Squiggle Nail Art

I have wanted to try foils for so long so when Effect Beauty offered to send me some I jumped at the chance!
 I wanted to have a play and not, for now, go for the full nail foil coverage.

The foil comes rolled up in a plastic pot so its great for storage in ye olde Helmer. The actual sheet of foil is really long, I could do this nail art about 20 times I think! Obviously you would use more foil if you were doing a full nail.

This was really really hard to capture! 

I used a dotting tool to add the foil glue onto the nail in a random squiggly pattern. Then waited until the glue went from white to see through. I then placed and pressed the foil onto the nail and pulled it off. And this was what I was left with!!

In love with this, it catches the light and reminds me of a very exotic fish tail or something ha ha.

I used Mentality Polish Scoundrel. A black with a minute shimmer.

This foil and others are available from Effect Beauty and you can get 10% off with the code LACQUER :)

some of these products were sent to me for my honest review

Artistic Brush Strokes Nail Art

Effect Beauty has sent me a ton a goodies to play with and share with you all and today we have a very simple nail art using one of their nail art brushes and their silver Mylar flakes. 

Today I wanted to show you all a nail art that can be done using a flat brush. I usually save these for clean up brushes but I wanted to try out something different this time. 

I used 3 different coloured acrylic paints. 

The paints I used are just a cheap set from The Works. If you don't use acrylic paints then please look into them and give them a try. I used to struggle with nail art until I started using paints. They cover better and I personally think more is achievable with them. 

ON TO THE NAILS......

The brushes seemed alot nicer quality than the cheap ones on eBay. They are softer and I can wait to try more of them out! 

They come in a set of 5. 

The Mylar Flakes come in a bag of 5g but going by the tiny amount I use for this, that's going to last a LOOONNNGG time! 

I used the brush to "scrub" the colour onto the nail. 

Do not overload the acrylic paint on the brush. It needs to have like minimal paint on the bristles. 

I then placed Mylar onto one corner using topcoat to stick it. It reminds me of a mermaid! 

I used an unnamed light greeny blue Color Club polish for the base. The glitter polish is Laugh Myself Lily by KBShimmer, matted. 

I really like this nail art. It really does remind me of the sea or mermaids, Its so easily achieved too.

Effect Beauty have been very kind and they are offering all Life In Lacquer readers 10% off on their website. Just use code LACQUER at checkout. 

This code should be valid from 02/05/2014

CLICK HERE to be taken to Effect Beauty :) 

**these items were sent to me for my honest review. This are my own opinions**

Sandcastles By TarasTalons

 

 My indie polish arrived today. I hate waiting for things and it was so annoying having to wait over the bank holiday!

This colour is a polish made by TarasTalons, the company was featured by me in a previous post. Life In Lacquer also has an exclusive discount for 20% off with no minimum spend!

This is three coats with a topcoat. I did find that it wasn't as smooth going on as some polishes but the top coat sorted that out and this colour is lovely!
I even got a compliment in the shop today and I never do! Which is strange when you think about all the designs I usually have!

I think this is a pretty polish and I really love having a polish which is a limited edition so I know that I am one of the only people in the world to have this shade!!