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Day 4: Green Nails

13th October 2011

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For today’s green nails I chose Barry M Mint Green! I’m a creme finish girl at heart and Barry M make THE most amazing cremes which is probably why they’re one of my favourite brands (it also helps that their polish costs a bargainous £2.95 a bottle!). Even though it needed 3 coats for opacity, it’s worth it for this beautiful creamy green.

Don’t forget to check out Cris and Rie‘s green nails today too!

3 Coats of Barry M Mint Green
Top Coat of NYC

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Day 3: Yellow Nails

12th October 2011

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When I think of nail polish colours, yellow is one of the last on my list and I know a lot of you guys will agree with me. It’s just not very flattering on most skin tones so most of the time it gets shoved to the back shelf.

I only have one yellow polish so choosing today’s colour was a doddle! I bought it a few months back because I always found myself needing yellow for a few of my freehand nail art ideas but the formula is horrid.

I had to paint a white base on to my nails before even thinking about applying the yellow because it’s watery and I’d need a good 4/5 coats for it to be anywhere near opaque.

George Buttercup Shine (2 coats over a white base)
Top Coat of NYC

Of course I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for some comedic nail art on this shockingly bright colour!
The thumb is the symbol for radioactivity and on my ring finger is the bio hazard sign.

Don’t forget to check out Cristina and Rie‘s Day 3 Yellow Nails too!

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Day 2: Orange Nails

11th October 2011

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Today marks the second day of the 31 Day Challenge and also my 400th blog post! Today’s criteria is ‘Orange Nails’. I can boast a total of 2 orange polishes in my collection and this is the most recent one I purchased. I really need to get some more because I looove wearing this orange. It’s from Miss Sporty and it doesn’t have a name, just a number – 323.

I used 3 coats of the unnamed Miss Sporty and a top coat of NYC.

I added a coat of Essie Matte About You and I absolutely love the result. It reminds me of orange sorbet ice cream. Yum!

Head over to see how Rie and Cristina are getting along with the challenge!

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Day 1: Red Nails

10th October 2011

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Welcome to my attempt at the 31 Day Challenge – a set list of 31 nail designs that I must complete and post here daily for the next month! Cristina from Let Them Have Polish, Rie from Nails and Noms and I are all starting the challenge today in the hope that we will be able to egg each other on and offer one another the encouragement I’m sure we’ll need at some point to post every single day for the whole month!

To see full details of the challenge, just click here to see the list of 31 Days worth of nail designs. I’ll also be keeping a check-list in the sidebar so you can see which challenges I’ve completed and which are still to come.

Day 1 is Red Nails so I had to wear my go-to red… Barry M Raspberry. It has a slight berry hint to it as you could guess from the name but still holds its own as a sophisticated, classic red.

Don’t forget to check out Cristina and Rie‘s take on today’s challenge too!

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No7, I Am Disappoint

18th September 2011

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Boots are running their £5 off No7 make-up when you spend £5 in store at the moment and since I always need hair dye or products, I take advantage and stock up while the offer is on so I get a few vouchers. I run right over to the No7 counter and pick out a nail varnish which then costs me just £2. Bargain!

I picked up Minty Fresh which is a lovely colour but an absolute nightmare to apply! The formula is not particularly thin but it drags and streaks like a byatch and needed 4 coats for opacity.

Here’s my step-by-step. You can see the extent of streakiness on the first picture. I would recommend you stay away from this polish at all costs! I’m tempted to throw it out because it’s so dang frustrating!

Anyway, on to the nail art… as if this mani couldn’t get any worse, the colouring on the bullion that I used came off completely and smudged all the way up my nail when I applied my top coat. I still love the little detail though!

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM212
Base Colour: No7 – Minty Fresh
Stamp Colour: NYC Glossies 243B
Top Coat of NYC
Bullion from Born Pretty Store
Gems from eBay

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Models Own Utopia and Purple Smash Up

15th June 2011

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It’s Pink Wednesday and after a few weeks since my last PW post I’m back with a brand new polish to show you!

I don’t have very many light colours in my stash at all, and even fewer are pastel shades. I decided to pick up this colour from Models Own since the summer is coming and I want to wear some brighter, more jolly colours on my nails! I wasn’t sure if I would like it but I really do and I’ve worn it quite a few times since I bought it.

The formula isn’t great on this polish which I can only describe as pasty. There was a lot of dragging and splotchiness but it’s such a pretty colour that I can put up with its pitfalls.

3 coats of Models Own Utopia
Top Coat of NYC

While I was in Boots I noticed a lone bottle of Purple Smash Up on the shelf so of course I grabbed it straight away. I was really surprised to see it as I didn’t know the colour ones were released yet, let alone that you could buy them in store – I thought you’d only be able to get them online – so I think I was just in the right time at the right place but I’m still puzzled as to why it was there because this was at least a week ago and as far as I’m aware, they only launched online five days ago.

I think the Models Own Smash Up polishes are the first decent crackles that are readily available here in the UK, especially now that there are quite a few colours to choose from with more on the way. The Barry M Nail Effects just don’t do it for me because the colours are so boring and basic.

3 coats of Models Own Utopia and NYC top coat
Coat of Models Own Purple Smash Up
2 top coats of NYC

If you enlarge the picture, you’ll see that this polish is metallic. There are tiny pieces of blue, purple and even pink glitter.

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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