TarasTalons Announcement Plus Swatches and Reviews!!

Hello Lacquer-roonies!

I am very lucky to be reviewing two new polishes today and announcing a new product in Taras shop!

Okay so as you all may know I am a big fan of TarasTalons polishes and also of Tara herself! She is a UK indie polish maker and I have done posts on Tara and her fab polishes before. Find them 

HERE, HERE HERE and HERE!!

As of TODAY TarasTalons will be offering 5ml bottles in her Etsy shop!! 

She also now sells "Lucky Bags" and "Pick N Mix" (better than sweets!!) 

Lucky Bags are four random polishes and cost £14.40 for 10ml and £10.00 for 5ml! 

That works out at £3.20 a polish for 10ml!! Bargain!!

Pick n Mix are four polishes of your choice for £20.00 for 10ml bottles and £13.60 for 5ml. 

Both of these bags offer huge savings on the normal selling price of a single bottle.

With these bags it makes it even easier to now own your own handmade polishes at bargain prices! Or you could even gift them to a loved one (or yourself LOL) 

AND DON'T FORGET TO USE MY EXCLUSIVE 20% OFF CODE 

LIFEINLACQUER20 

(No minimum spend)

To Promote this launch Tara has sent me 2 lovely one off polishes for review, they are both in the new 5ml size. 

Heres a bottle shot...

First up we have Life in Polish...

The only way i can describe this polish is a dusky pinky purple jelly effect! Here it is with 3 thin coats and topcoat.  

The glitter gets beautifully sandwiched between the layers of colour. 

Holo glitter with Silvery pink hexs.... YUM!

The other polish is called I'm Jades Polish. 

love that it's named after me :P

So the first thing I noticed was how thick this polish was. When you apply it you only need one coat and it is a bit tricky to apply. 

I thought it was going to turn out to be a textured polish but when it dried it dried flatter. I then floated 2 coats of top coat and oh wow! 

The depth of colour and glitter is amazing. Its hard to tell in the pic but it has lovely purple glitter in it too. 

Because of the thickness, caused by the high content of glitter, the cuticles and side walls are not as neat as usual. 

But the depth of colour and the way it shines (i cant stop looking at it) makes up for the thickness IMO. 

**One little hint for very dense polishes,  apply one layer of topcoat and then wait until nearly dry, then lightly press your finger on the polish to help it lay flat. You will be left with finger prints but don't worry as one more coat of topcoat should sort this**

          All of TarasTalons polishes are one of a kinds (except the first collection)

Taras polishes are in high demand so get them while you can!!

You can buy all her polishes HERE

Also please do check out her BLOG as it contains loads of pretty nail arts :)

and as Tara would say 

GET NAILED :P

x

My Life In Lacquer, My Custom Polish!

 

 Today I received my own custom made indie polish by TarasTalons!!

I have been waiting by my front door for this polish and I am so happy with the result. 

I really wanted a bright glitter and I knew I wanted lots of different sizes of glitter. 

 I really like the coverage of this polish but I think it would be easier to apply with a wider brush,but Tara doesn't usually make polish with such big pieces so i cant expect her to stock a new bottle just for me :P 

This has a FANTASTIC amount of glitter in and this is only ONE slightly thicker coat of polish!

 I did want the base clear but the pink neon hex glitter did turn the suspension base slightly pink, Although i actually really like the base colour and i cant see it makes a huge noticeable difference:P

 I wanted to show the glitter over black and white and over a few differnt colours and I just love them all! 

It would work really well as just a feature nail or even as a whole mani. Very summery and bright and i think this is also very on trend as i have seen a lot of neon's and glitters this year!

I chose to call this "My Life in Lacquer" as I wanted a polish and a name very personal to me and theres nothing more personal than a blog (well maybe a couple things, *wink*)

 I think my fave out of these is the blue or the green. I love an excuse to have multi coloured nails though!! 

I used Barry M Matte White and Black for the first pics 

I used Barry M Bright Purple,Lemon Ice Cream, Blueberry Ice Cream and Sinful Colors Pistache. 

All these pics have ONE thicker coat of My Life In Lacquer over 2 Coats of underneath colour. No top coat.

If you are also looking to own a custom designed polish by yourself or an original UK made indie polish then please check out TarasTalons HERE. 

You can also you the exclusive Life in Lacquer discount code for 20% off any order. 

Enter Code lifeinlacquer20 at checkout :)

so what do you guys think? 

Is there a colour combination you prefer?

Design Your Own Indie Polish With TarasTalons

Hi everyone, sorry for the lack of nail art Ive been very poorly this week :( 

I was browsing TarasTalons Etsy Shop and found that she was now offering a custom polish! 

So basically you email her with what your looking for and maybe email her some pictures of a swatch you like and she will design a polish just for you! 

You can even name your creation and TaDa! You will be the owner of your very own custom, one of a kind polish! 

A must have for any nail addict! It would even be a great gift idea for any one who loves nail polish! 

I can see it now "Here you are, Ive had this made just for you!" Id swoon after anyone with that gift offering!! If your reading this Hubby, take note!! 

And to make the offer even more sweet you can use the Life In Lacquer discount code lifeinlacquer20 to receive 20% off your order (no minimum order!) 

So you can get your very own unique polish for under a tenner, postage included! 

Go and check it out HERE

Ive ordered one myself so keep your peepers peeled for a swatch when its made!!

How to Make Your Own Nail Decals, Simples!

 

 

Well then Lacquer Lovers have you ever had problems with placement of individual konad stamps? Or have you ever wanted to premake some hand painted decals for another time or for a friend?

 

Here's a new way of getting them perfect!

 

I'm feeling like a nail genius today!

 

Okay so here it goes....

First you need to fine something that the nail polish will remove easily from. I chose a Nail Form. nail forms are used in acrylic nail sculpting.

^This is a nail form^

 

 

Then i used my Lumos Top Coat and placed a thick coat over the top of the form

Leave this to dry. I left to dry over night as I had forgotten about it... Oopsies :)

 

Then loosen it from the nail form.

 

^This is the nail polish "film" That you have made to stamp on to^

 

 

Stamp into the Nail Polish "film"

Cut to size

Then place onto your nails and topcoat over

 

TADA!

  EDIT: You could also use it to embed things like a pretty napkin or thin fabric by following all previous steps but just dont wait for the polish to dry on the form, add when its wet. Then add one more coat of clear polish ontop when dry.

Okay so its not perfect as you can see a slight line if you look really closely at the nail but I'm sure there are ways around this. This is my first attempt. You could try actually cutting around the image so there is no border?

You could also hand paint tour design instead of stamping using either acrylic paints or nail polish.

 

Give this a try and email me some pics and ill upload them for other to see on here :)