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Tips Please

25th April 2011

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Belated Happy Easter to everyone! I’ve had a such a great weekend, I really don’t want it to end but unfortunately it’s back to reality tomorrow. I’m back home from Uni at the moment so I saw plenty of my good school friends on Saturday night and spent Sunday and today with family. Now I really have to knuckle down and study for my upcoming exams before I get a nice big break for the Summer.

Konad Plate: M35

Base Colour: Carla Di Roma – Grape Wine

Konad Colour: GOSH – Metallic Purple

Top Coat of NYC

I posted a make-up look on my other blog today. When I went to see Sucker Punch last week I couldn’t stop staring at the make-up so I decided to try out Baby Doll’s look. It’s a picture heavy post so I didn’t feel like it would fit here!! Click here or on the picture to see the post.

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BK Matte Pureple

21st April 2011

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I have some great news guys! I was one of the winning 25 in the Bundle Monster competition. I want to thank every single one of you that voted for me, I really couldn’t have done it without you. If, like me, you love yourself a bit of internet drama, there was some controversy on Bundle Monster’s facebook page when one of the girls who didn’t place in the top 25 got on her high horse and started complaining about the competition, even going as far as to single out another innocent girl’s entry like a playground bully then continue to talk herself in to a deep hole. I must admit, I did put my two cents in because I just couldn’t sit there and watch her going on like an intolerable toddler.

This polish is another of Born Pretty‘s new matte polishes called Pureple. No, that’s not a typo, it really is pure-ple.

Again, I’m super impressed with this polish. The colour is a pinky lavender soufflé with a lovely frosty finish that I haven’t really seen in matte polishes before. And there’s not a single brush stroke in sight.

I didn’t get a great picture of it with the top coat but I can assure you it looks absolutely gorgeous. ‘Twinkly’ is the word I would use to describe the way it looks with a glossy top coat – somewhere between a glitter and holographic. I just love it.

The design is from Konad Plate M64 stamped with Nails Inc. Victoria and finished with a top coat of NYC.

You can buy the polish here and as I mentioned before, postage is free worldwide so I really recommend you take a look at Born Pretty Store if you’re in need of any nail supplies.

Previously: BK Smoky Grey Black

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Sitting, Waiting, Swishing

19th April 2011

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I want to thank everyone for the amazing response I had to my recent EOTD post. You all seemed to like it so I’m looking forward to doing more in the future. You also reminded me that it’s my blog so I should basically post what I want which is something I sometimes forget and I then start worrying about the fact that I’m not a nail art machine when there’s no reason to get all stressed out about it!

I don’t really have much of an opinion on these nails and I wasn’t even going to post this because I really can’t make up my mind about them. I don’t dislike the mani but I’m not in love with it either! I think it’s kind of ‘pretty’ but just not something I’m used to seeing on my nails, it’s a strange feeling!

Base Colour: Glo Baby Glo from Primark – Fondant

Stripe Colours: BYS in Glittering Purple and Rimmel I ♥ Lasting Finish in Azure

I used a striping brush to paint on the ‘swishes’

Have you voted for me in the Bundle Monster competition today? I hate shamelessly nagging and pestering you all but it would be really lovely if you could click over to the competition and give me a thumbs up! Just click here or here. Thanks!!

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BK Matte Smoky Grey Black

18th April 2011

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Jessica from Born Pretty Store got in contact with me recently to tell me about some new polishes that she had in stock. They’re Matte so I immediately jumped at the chance to review them. I have a long standing love affair with matte nails though I don’t actually own many polishes that are matte, I always just use a matte top coat to get ‘the look’. The name on the bottle is BK, which I’ve never heard of before.

I was pleasantly surprised at the high quality and finish of this polish, especially since it’s such a low price. The brush is narrow and flat which made it really easy to apply the polish neatly. It was opaque in two coats but, as I do with all dark colours, I added another for maximum colour intensity. I love that it’s full of tiny silver flecks which give a great depth to the polish, as opposed to it being a flat old grey.

Manglaze Fuggen Ugly came to mind when I saw this polish on my nails. I don’t own Fuggen Ugly myself but I looked at a few swatches and to my eyes it seems like a really close match.

I added the bluebell design from Konad M54 using GOSH Metallic Purple and finished it off with a top coat of NYC. I definitely prefer this polish matte. The silver speckle is really muted with a glossy top coat.

You can buy this shade from Born Pretty Store here. Shipping is free worldwide! How amazing is that? And all the products are so cheap. I actually just ordered a few of the Konad copies which are only $1.55 each at the moment because I really want to see how they compare to real Konad plates.

I have to add one thing about Born Pretty which is that the website is kind of a nuisance to navigate and can be hard to understand in some places (example) but I think this is just down to some bad translation. For the prices of the stuff, I’m not really going to complain!

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Lady Luck I Need You Now

13th April 2011

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Jamie Woon – Lady Luck

Plate: Bundle Monster BM21

Base Colour: Barry M Cyan Blue

Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Amber Chrome

Top Coat of NYC

I’m gonna ask you all for a massive favour today…

You might have heard about the competition that Bundle Monster are running on their Facebook page. Contestants were asked to submit a photo of their nails decorated with Bundle Monster products and the 25 entrants with the most votes from the public will win a set of their new plates.

The picture above is a sneak peek of the mani I entered into the competition. I would really appreciate if you could click over to the competition here or here to take a quick look at my entry and see if you think I’m deserving of your vote. It’s a really simple thumbs up system for voting.

You can vote for each entry once per day. So you can bet I’m gonna be nagging you every time I post until the competition is over haha.

Thank You 🙂

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Starlight

7th April 2011

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What an eventful week I’ve had! I had a great night out on Saturday with my friends and managed to wake up bright and early on Sunday morning to catch a train home to surprise my Mum for Mother’s Day. I came back to my house on Tuesday afternoon and spent the evening relaxing.

I was looking forward to a fun packed Wednesday. I’d planned an afternoon in the park while the sun had his hat on and was looking forward to either another night out or a trip to the cinema but it all went downhill on my way home from uni. If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know all about my woes!

As I was walking home I tripped on some uneven ground and reeeeallly hurt my ankle. At first I thought it wasn’t that bad and that I’d be able to hobble home but then I looked down and it had already swollen a lot (picture of the swelling here if you like injuries and whatnot!). I called my friends to come and rescue me and we got a lift to the hospital where we spent the rest of the afternoon. I had an x-ray and luckily it isn’t a break, just a bad sprain, so they sent me home with crutches and some information about caring for a sprained ankle. I’ve spent practically every hour since then stuck in bed with my foot propped up and I’m starting to get cabin fever! It will be a long while until I take my ability to walk for granted again. Everything is such a hassle with only the one leg functioning properly.