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JENsations Purple Rein Swatch

28th September 2012

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I don’t know if everyone’s realised, but nearly all of my blog posts have a ‘cut’. This just means that there’s more pictures and normally a description of the polish and technique used in the manicure to see if you follow the link at the end that says ‘click here to see more…’. I’m not trying to trick you, it just makes the page load quicker if I don’t have all the pictures on the front page!

Today I have another swatch of a JENsations polish. I often find glitter toppers a bit tricky to apply, I always end up with buckets of clear polish piled on to my nails and no glitter in sight! For chunkier glitter like this, I’ve started painting it on to a sponge, waiting a few seconds for most of the clear polish to sink in to the sponge and then dabbing on the glitter. So far, it’s worked very well for me!

These swatches are a ‘dabbing’ of JENsations Purple Rein* over two coats of A-England Guinevere and topped with two coats of Essence Better Than Gel Nails.

You can buy Purple Rein from Jen’s Etsy shop. Each bottle is $8.00 or approximately £5 plus shipping.

*This item was sent to me for review. All opinions are my own. See my disclaimer for more information.

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Gradient, Stamping, Studs, Uncategorised

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16th August 2012

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These are the nails I will be wearing to The Nails Show on Saturday, provided they haven’t chipped/fallen off/been picked off by then because I might not get a chance to redo them before the event. Although it’s not like I’m gonna be short of nail supplies where I’m going!
I know that lots of you are going to the event and I can’t wait to meet you if you are gonna be there! I’m not exhibitioning in case some of you thought that’s why I was going. I’m just gonna be a regular Joe strolling around so if you see me, come say hi! I’ll try to wear something distinctive and I’ll tweet what I look like so I’m kinda easy to spot!

I wanted to do some of my designs that people have responded to best and that really marked milestones in this blog I’m kind of best known for; my studded nail, the gradient and now glequin honeycomb.

The base colour is A-England Galahad and I used Barry M Gold Foil for the gradient and stamping (Bundle Monster BM322).

My thumb is a ‘Nebula Nail’ and the extra polishes are Barry M White, Nail Pop Glamrock, A-England Saint George and NYC Starry Silver Glitter.

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Gradient, Uncategorised

Greendient?

13th August 2012

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Helloooo!! I feel like today marks some momentous return! I got back from my camping holiday on Friday but only had time in between for one quick post on Saturday because I’ve just been super busy with… um… I don’t know what. I’m one of those people that is just never bored. I’m always doing something even when I’m doing nothing, if you know what I mean?!

I finally had some time for a ‘proper manicure’ this evening and, despite getting very distracted watching Wilfred, managed to put it in to a blog post!

I created the gradient following my tutorial, using Cult Nails Manipulative as a base and A-England Saint George to add the fade. I finished off with two coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

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Stamping, Uncategorised

Testing, Testing…

27th June 2012

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My 2012 Bundle Monster plates came yesterday so as you can imagine, it was a very exciting day here! I didn’t actually get a chance to play with them until the evening though and even then I forgot to take pictures so you’re seeing a day old mani in the pictures – please ignore any chipping!

I was lucky enough to win them in the Bundle Monster nail art competition which is becoming something of an annual tradition! But after months of anticipation, the plates are finally available to buy on Amazon.com and the Bundle Monster website. I haven’t spotted them on Amazon.co.uk just yet. If you’re in the UK, I’m pretty sure you can still buy them from Amazon.com but there is a shipping charge and they’ll take a little while to get here. I’m sure they’ll pop up on the UK site soon though.

I went a bit crazy and just tested out some of the first designs that caught my eye. The plates I’ve used here are BM322, BM317 and BM306.

The base colour is A-England Galahad* and I stamped with No7 Poolside Blue.

UPDATE! The plates are now available on Amazon.co.uk!

*Items marked with an asterisk were sent for consideration. See my disclaimer for more info.

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Black and Greydient

10th June 2012

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Sorry for my short absence. Two days doesn’t seem like much but I get really fidgety and on edge when I haven’t blogged for a few days! I ended up having one of those weekends that makes you look forward to the week! Nothing seemed to go quite right for me and tonight is the first chance I’ve had to chill out and paint my nails.
I wasn’t sure how it would work, trying to create a gradient with a creme and a holographic polish, but I proved that it could be done with my Purple Skittle mani from a few days ago and I really love the combo. I’ve nearly exhausted every colour scheme for gradients so I abandoned colours altogether today and went monochrome!

The base colour is Rimmel Grey Matter and I added A-England Bridal Veil to create the gradient following this gradient nail art tutorial.

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Cult Nails Vicious Skittle Art

8th June 2012

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I think I know why I’ve been completely obsessed with mix and matching my manis recently. I realised it’s just an excuse for every nail to be an accent nail! I like to just paint on a base colour and rummage through my supplies until I get ideas. Today’s center piece is Cult Nails Vicious which is one of my absolute favourite purple polishes.

Top to bottom:
Holographic Glequins from Born Pretty Store
Max Factor Fantasy Fire
Gradient Nail with A-England Princess Tears (tutorial here)
Double french tip with GOSH Metallic Purple

Here’s a close up of the Max Factor Fantasy Fire with the light coming from two different angles. You can see the way it flashes from gold-red to copper-green. Gooorgeous!

Here’s my best Chalkboard Nails pose! Can I pull it off with Sarah’s prowess or shall I stick to the bottle poses?

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4000 Follower Giveaway! Day 2: A-England

5th June 2012

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For Day 2 of my 4000 follower giveaway, you guys have the chance to win a selection of 6 polishes from A-England! A-England is an indie, British nail polish brand and one of my absolute favourites. Time and time again, I’m astounded by the quality and just the pure amazing-ness of these polishes!

Up for grabs today is my pick from the Mythicals and a few Legend collections! They’re mostly Purple and Blue tones but those of you who have been reading for a while will know I can never resist a nice regal shade on my nails! You can click on the name of each shade under the pictures to see my swatches.

L-R: Lancelot, Dragon, Galahad, Saint George, Elaine, Princess Tears

The Legend: L-R Princess Tears, St George, Dragon (Holographics)

The Mythicals: L-R Lancelot, Galahad, Elaine (Cremes)

You can buy all of these polishes from A-England.co.uk with free worldwide shipping.

Click ‘Read More’ to enter!

Rules of the Giveaway

You must be following this blog via Google Friend Connect.
If you aren’t already, you can follow using the gadget in the sidebar or the button below.

How to Enter

All you have to do to enter is fill out the Rafflecopter form at the end of this post. There are a total of 5 possible entries to be earned. The first two fields are mandatory and for filling them out, you will receive two entries. The other three are optional but obviously the more entries you have, the higher your chance of winning.
Thank you and good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

My apologies to the entrants who had trouble entering their email addresses. Thank you for pointing out the problem – it should now be fixed!

This giveaway will end at 12.01am (EST) on Tuesday June 26th 2012.
It is open worldwide.

The prize for this giveaway was donated by A-England. Please see my disclaimer for more information.

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