ILNP Haul, Ultrachrome Goodness!

I have finally bought some ILNP!
I don't own any ILNP and they had a sale recently to make room for their new bottles so I thought I had better take advantage of that!
I got 7 polishes, 5 from the ultrachrome range and 2 holographics.

To see what I scored and my initial opinion, please join me after the jump! 

piCture pOlish Badass Review and Swatches

Hello my dears! How are we all today? In my part of the UK it is very bright and warm today!
Today I have piCture pOlish Badass to show you today. This polish has a unique formula and finish and is so lush!

The formula for this is fantastic. You could literally do one thicker coat and it would cover completely although I used two thin coats and no topcoat for my photos. This polish is smooth without topcoat, the glitter doesn't make the polish bumpy at all! 

Look at this glitter!!! In the sun or direct light this polish really comes into its own.  This is not just any black polish! 

You can buy this polish and others from piCture pOlish 

Yume Lacquer Rainbow Heart Review, Swatches and Nail Art!

PRESS SAMPLE 
Today I have my last Yume Lacquer to show you. I have saved my favourite polish until last.

Rainbow Heart is described as "A medium rosy pink with a slight golden shimmer and holographic microglitter" on Yumelacquer.com and I couldn't have  described it better myself, LOL. It is part of the Moon Defender Collection and is inspired by Sailor Moon. 

This polish isn't unlike Pink Lady, you can see my review HERE, but I would say the main difference is that Pink Lady is verging on neon but this is much more of a rosy muted pink shade. I absolutely adore it! 

These photos show two thick coats with top coat.

Direct Sunlight 

To read my full review and see a million other photos (okay not literally a million) please join me after the page jump.

Jade Holografico Stamping Nail Art

Hello my dears!
I wanted to make the most of the sunshine and use Jade Holografico Fascinio Violeta one last time before the sun says "goodbye" for the winter.

I am really loving stamping at the mo and it great as I seem to have no time right now! How can I be so busy but achieve pretty much nothing!?

Direct Sunlight. 

To see what I used and some more photos please join me after the jump! 

Tami Beauty Gleneagles Glamour Swatch and Review

press sample

Hello my lovelies!

Today we have a beautiful indie polish from Scottish brand Tami Beauty. Tami Beauty currently has one collection, aptly named the Scottish Showcase collection and it features three polishes. Today I have Gleneagles Glamour to show you!

For tons of pictures and a full review please click READ MORE :)

Picture Polish Pirouette

I won this polish in a giveaway run by Sally Magpies a while ago and have only just got round to trying it! You can read another post about it here 

It is described as a Bijou Holo and is a collaboration shade with Tenshi No Hana, a french blogger.

This polish really comes alive in the sun! Oh mama, you can see that scattered holo! Its a dusty pink and the formulations is AAMAZING!
I apologize that the pics are not to my usual standard. We have a poorly little boy.

Please note I found it hard to photograph this. The picture MOST true to the shade is the bottle pic!

I could have worn this as a one coater if I was in a rush and its sooo smooth! Theres NO glitter! Also it was quite shiny without a topcoat. My pictures show it without topcoat (except for the artwork nail).

I didn't think I would like this as its pink and a tad girly but I really love it!

If you are in the UK you can purchase it from Sally Magpies or there are various other stockist available, you can check them HERE 

Fantasy Unicorn Nail Art

This has got to be the cutest, most girly nail art I have ever done!

I used some nail vinyl stencils from She Sells Seashells for the unicorn. I know I have been doing loads of reviews for Nail Stickrs recently but of course they are not the only supplier and they do different stencils too. She Sells Sea Shells is also based in the UK.
They were easy to use and I got a great result too! I used Konad stamping polish in white to do them as it covers better than other whites.

You also get the cut outs left in the middle so they can be used as stickers :) 

I used Zoya Robyn, Unnamed Color Club Glitter, Essie Cascade Cool and Zoya Mira

I used Essie Cascade Cool as the base. Its such a powdery sweet pink. I really love it. Then used a sponge to splodge on the two +Zoya Nail Polish. Topped off with the Color Club glitter.
I hate that they don't label half the Color Clubs! I think its all the ones that come in sets that remain unnamed.

The metal charms are from eBay. I think I payed like £1 for a wheel with loads of different designs.

What do you think of my unicorn fantasy nails? I LOVE them!

I think I may be turning into an actual girly girl! HELP!

You can browse and buy various stencils and other nail art items from She Sells Seashells HERE




*some of these products were provided as a press sample for my honest review*

Polished By KPT Blue Is Beautiful Thermal

Oh how I love thermals and this is no exception. I think KPT thermals are some of the best as they are super reactive and the changes in colour are noticeable.

I own three KPT thermals and today i thought I would show you all Blue is Beautiful. Not the most imaginative name but its the polish that really counts!

I do tend to fine thermals are a bit thicker than normal polishes but I have read that that is to do with the amount of pigment needed to create a thermal.

On with the polish.....

I used three thin coats for the photos below

When COLD this polish is a deep blue. The glitter is a micro holo type glitter. The glitter is noticeable in its cold and warm state. It is very jam packed with glitter!

 This is a deep and jelly type of polish. The glitter builds up depth.

In its TRANSITION state the nails go from a very light and sheer glittery blue to the deep blue pictured above. It creates a lovely gradient effect.

In its WARM state the polish is quite sheer and you can see your nail line. As you all know I do not like a VNL but this polish is so so beautiful I'm almost able to ignore it. 

Almost.

I know I do say this a lot but I really really love this polish. Its colour change is very noticeable and I think that's a must when it comes to thermals. I mean if you cant really tell its changed then whats the point?!

This was also smooth on the nail so one coat of top coat was all that was needed.

What do you think of thermals? Do you own any?

Picture Polish Badass!

A long freaking time ago I won a lovely giveaway hosted by Sally Magpies with polishes donated by Picture Polish. 

I won three polishes from their new Bijo holo range. Pirouette, Hussy and Badass.  Picture Polish describe Bijo holo as a "small & delicate 5 free holographic formulation"

All the polishes I won are part of a collabaration. Badass was made in colab with Shelly aka Sassy Shelly from sassyshelly.com

My pictures do shit all justice. This has like a bajillion tiny holo glitter specs in it. 

I had no idea what art to do with this so I thought I would give it some zebra stripes! 

The formula in this polish is fantastic. I used two coats but if you really wanted I recon you could get away with one. 

This is spangly and glitzy and right up my street! What do you think of this? Would you wear it?

I am REALLY behind on all my reviews and stuff since having the flu so please please bare with me they will all be done as soon as possible!

Sorbet Seams Coffee and Flowers

Today I have another new to me indie brand Sorbet Seams. 

Sorbet Seams are based in Belgium and run by Sally Meyvis

Firstly I LOVE the brands name and the bottle, Oh the bottle is so sexy! 

How can a polish bottle be sexy....? 

Well just LOOK at them

 For Lovers in a Rush and Coffee and Flowers

I would be so happy to have a whole shelf full of these.

I cant stop looking at them

Well anyway...... 

Today we have Coffee and Flowers. A beautiful polish with purple holo squares, silver and pink holo hexes and smaller silvery brown? circles.

This is a polish topper, that means it is designed to go over another colour. 

I chose yellow.

Why? I have no idea. I really like purple and yellow together. 

This is like super sunny and happy. 

Which is great as the weather is total pants.

macro bottle shot

 I love how this is so happy. I feel Coffee and Flowers would look good over a wide range of colours. Maybe a pretty purple fade!?

I layered this over Barry M's Limited edition yellow that in turn is layered off Barry M matte white. 

I did have to fish for glitter a bit for this, I suppose that's because the pieces are quite big so they sink. This is 3 thin coats with 1 coats of Seche Vite but i feel two coats of top coat would be better next time to make it 100% smooth. 

What do you think of this topper? Sorbet Seams is available to buy HERE oh and on another plus side delivery took like a week! fast!


**this polish was sent to me for my HONEST review, please see my disclaimer page for more info**

Reverse Waterfall Nail Art

I have to start off by saying YAY!!! 

My Facebook blew up today and I have gone from 182 like to 305!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because of this I will be doing a GIVEAWAY soon!

Anyway.......

Here is a twist on a waterfall mani. I first saw this type of mani over at The Nailasaurus. 

I used Zoya Perrie as the base. Not really my colour if I am honest as I don't think it goes with my skin tone?

I then used Color Club Fashion Addict to fade some holo in from the tips. 

To do the waterfall type effect I used some of my new Stripers. I believe they are also by Color Club. 

The sripers are actually really good, plus they are bloody cheap! 

So what do you think? 

Oh and if you want to pop over to facebook and give me a "Like" you can HERE

Winner of HPB Giveaway

On New Years Eve I received the BEST email ever!

I had won 3rd prize in the Hobby Polish Bloggers Winter Giveaway !

I got the email at like 11pm so rang in the new year in a fantastic mood!!

Last New Years Eve my son was admitted to hospital and it was a very stressful and upsetting time and the rest of the year didn't seem to go much better.

Hopefully this is a sign of things to come in 2014!!

I had a choice of a $100 voucher for Llarowe, Ninja polish or a paypal transfer of the money.

I choice Paypal transfer as I had my eye on some polishes from TNBL.

Here is what I spent my winnings on.....

After a LOT of research I found these beautiful Color Clubs! They are Holos but are not part of the holo hues collection so work out at like £3 from TNBL!

Here is (In no particular order) Fashion Addict, Revvolution, Worth The Risque and Wild At Heart.

I saw these and couldn't resist them really. I didn't get black or white as I already have some from the Born Pretty Store but on reflection I should have bought new ones as the ones from the Born Pretty Store are crap.

I also bought a few top and base coats (not pictured)

I had a massive problem ordering from TNBL as it just wouldn't go through but somebody talked to me the whole time online, for around 4 hours, no joke!

As an apology for their site not liking me they gave me a free Color Club polish and bumped my shipping up so I would get them the next day (I ordered at nearly 6pm!)

I thought that was really good customer service as i have had problems with other sites and they don't seem to care. Way to go TNBL!

These are really good stripers. Stay tuned for a nail art with some of this stuff soon.....

What do you think of my choices? What would you buy if you won $100 (about 58 GBP)

New Years Nails! Only 11 Days Late!!

I apologise! 

my laptop died AGAIN! so was off being repaired. 

I do often wonder if people notice I have gone lol I'm sure some of you do :D 

So here are the nails I wore on New Years Eve.

I wore these for a very uneventful night in!

 As you know I have 2 young boys so I don't get out much at all now a days. 

This is Storm by Zoya. 

It is superbly superb! 

It has holo glitter scattered in a black base. 

2 coats in the ^above^ pic

I used a Moyou plate from the Festive collection for the gold streamers. I wanted to use the designs with "Happy New Year" and a clock on but they are just so bloody huge. I couldn't get them to fit on my nails at all. Its annoying when you buy a plate and can only use like 1 design :( 

I'm not quite sure what possessed me to put a blue bow on this Hahahah. I don't like it at all now I'm looking back at it. 

I hope you had a fab new years and 2014 is treating you well so far! 

First Christmas Nails!! Snowflake Stickers

This is my first Christmas post EVER!! 

I have been sent these lovely snowflake stickers from Sparkly Nails to try out!

They are a bumpy 3D texture, spongy almost LOL! 

They come in various sizes and look fab with Color Clubs Otherworldly! 

Otherwordly is a bright blue jelly with holo glitter. Unfortunately you cant really tell its holo glitter on the nail but you can in the bottle. It basically just looks like silver glitter. 

Still pretty though! 

 The stickers can be purchased HERE 

**one or more of the items featured here have been sent to me for my HONEST review. Please see my disclaimer for more details**

Jade Holo with Stars

A polish that shares my name?! 

Get in my collection you sexy beast!!

Okay so pink isn't usually my thing and I am still unsure as to whether I would wear it on a regular basis but it is gorgeous! 

This is Jade Delirio Rosa. Two coats with topcoat. 

I used a Cheeky stamping plate for the design. I didn't want to leave it plain but also didn't want to go mental. 

Also trying out new photo techniques *again* what do you think??

So my lovelies, do you love a linear holo? 

Femme Fatale Swatches Part 1....

Hello all! 

I hope you are all having a great week so far! I feel like I have not posted in a really long time but it actually wasn't that long ago lol! 

My grandfather has built me even more shelves today so I am in need of more polishes to fill them up! If you all want to see my bits and bobs (behave) Ill be doing a small post on my updated stash soon!

I have two gorgeous polishes from Femme Fatale for you today! There are two more swatches on the way very soon.

Femme Fatale are an artisan cosmetic and nail polish company from Brisbane, Australia. 

They also now stock a wide range of other indie nail brands such as Enchanted and HARE. 

Both of these sets of pics are taken with the flash on as the light in my flat is bloody awful! Dont worry though they are colour correct etc! I wouldnt bring ya duff pics LOL! 

First up is a Sea Pony. A beautiful purple jelly cream (crelly). This polish features many different sizes of hex glitter. 

I used three coats to build this up and you could still kind of see the smile line, only very slightly though. It has a good amount of glitter and the formula is really nice. I have done this with no undies, but I think next time I use it I will try it on top of another colour, just to see what its like. 

Next up I have a beautiful linear holo called Burning Dusk. This is a darkish plum with a blue shimmer. who doesn't love a holo?! This is three thin coats with no topcoat. 

I am totally in love with this shade. it is dark but the blue shimmer really lifts the purple tone up. 

The coverage it really good and the formula is great. This is my fave of these two, I'm a fool for a holo. 

You can view these and other polishes, both by Femme Fatale and others, on their website HERE

Stay tuned for part two coming soon......

*some of these products were sent to me for an HONEST review. The views on this product are COMPLETELY my own.

Butterfly Lace Nail Art

Today I have some nail art, Yay! 

I have been using stamping quite a bit recently but I want to start getting back into hand painting nail art again. 

I have been super busy with another project recently so I haven't had much time for my own nails. So here's an easy one for me today, ease me back in :) 

This design actually started off being a tribal but I changed my mind lol! 

This is OPI's Vant To Bite My Neck? and Sick Lacquers Butterfly Effect. 

The glitter really sparkles against the dark purple. 

The formula of Vant To Bite My Neck? is really good, pretty much a one coater. Its a dark plum purple. Love this shade, I think it will be used a lot this winter. 

Butterfly effect has slices, circles ,diamonds and hex holographic glitter suspended in a clear base. It even has cute little butterflies in! I took a singular butterfly and place on my accent nail. 

The white "lace" is acrylic paint. I find it covers darker colours better than using nail polish. 

So what do you think? Are you ready to embraced the autumn/winter shades?