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    Bubblegum Pink Stamping

    10th October 2013
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    Back at the start of September, I did some stamping using one of the Models Own Ice Neon polishes and I was surprised at how well the neon worked for stamping. I wanted to try with another from the collection today so I went with the bright pink – Bubblegum!
    Once again, this polish exceeded my expectations and I’m really happy with this girly mani. I had to add some glitter to make it super girly!

    My base colour is W7 Baby Pink and I stamped on the design from Bundle Monster Plate BM210 using Models Own Bubblegum.
    The glitter on my ring finger is Aphrodite Lacquers Flirty and I topped it all with a coat of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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    Aphrodite Lacquers: Ever Unhappy and Romance Never Dies Swatches

    12th May 2013
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    There’s a new indie collection in town. Aphrodite Lacquers have just released a beautiful new collection, True Love and Heartbreak, which is made up of 6 Glitter Jellies and 3 Glitter Top Coats. I’ve got two of the polishes swatched for you today, one jelly and one glitter topper.
    They’re all available from the Aphrodite Lacquers Etsy store for $9/bottle.

    Ever Unhappy is a plum pink jelly sandwich in a bottle. I used 3 coats here with a top coat to smooth it all over. It’s quite thick in consistency but applies smoothly with a good distribution of glitter.
    The glitters are various sized hexes and squares and I’m in love with the bluey purple iridescent glitters which completely hide away until they catch the light and start sparkling.

    This is one coat (seriously, one coat!) of Romance Never Dies over Barry M Blue Grape. There’s so much bling packed in to this bottle! The clear base is full of blue, silver and holographic shimmer with squares and hexes in matte white, silver and the same iridescent blue that makes Ever Unhappy so special.

    If you want to see the rest of the collection, check out the Aphrodite Lacquers Facebook page. You can buy the polishes from Aphrodite Lacquers on Etsy.

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    Happy St George’s Day!

    23rd April 2013
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    I actually didn’t know it was Saint George’s day until kinda late in the day! Saint George is the national saint of England and I actually live and work in Wales so I think I can be forgiven, right? Here’s a fun fact for you, my younger brother is called George. Anyway, on to the nails!
    I used Rimmel Heart on Fire and Barry M White as my base colours.
    On my thumb and ring finger, I used two coats of Aphrodite Lacquers Smolder. My index finger has a coat of Sonnetarium Snowfall and my pinkie finger has Sally Hansen Cha-Ching sponged on to the tip.
    I used a nail art brush with Rimmel Heart on Fire to draw Saint George’s cross on my middle finger and topped everything off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly. 

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    Aphrodite Lacquers Swatches: Auction, Supernova and Margarita

    24th November 2012
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    This is the first weekend for months where I have absolutely no plans so I’ve had a pretty lazy Saturday. So far today I’ve worked my way through the entire first series of Workaholics, picked up where I left off on Homeland, dyed my hair and painted my nails about 7 times! I consider that quite a day, especially for a weekend!
    Today I’ve got swatches of some polishes from Aphrodite Lacquers*. These polishes have been sitting on my desk for swatching for weeks now but with the 31 Day Challenge going on, I haven’t had much time for swatching. With the quick break I’m taking from it this weekend I finally had time to sit down and test out these beauties.
    Auction is a pearly white base packed with blue square glitter and small black hexes. I’ve used 3 coats straight on to my naked nail except on my ring finger where I used two coats of Sally Hansen Ion under 3 coats of Auction. There are two coats of Seche Vite top coat on every nail.

    Supernova is definitely my favourite of the three. It’s pink purple and silver hexes in a black jelly base. I used three coats for drama but two will give you full coverage. I used two coats of Seche Vite top coat.
    Margarita is a beautiful green glitter polish somewhere between lime green and bottle green. It contains green hexes, slightly smaller blue hexes and silver glitter in a green jelly base. For this swatch I used two coats of NYC High Line Green as a base and then three coats of Margarita, except on my index finger which is just 3 coats of Margarita. Using a green base has given a slightly brighter result but the polish looks just as great on its own. Two top coats of Seche Vite.

    You can buy Aphrodite Lacquers from Rebecca’s Etsy Shop for $8 plus shipping.

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    31 Day Challenge Take 2! Day 1: Red Nails

    10th October 2012
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    Welcome to the 31 Day Challenge. Today I’m feeling very excited at the prospect but ask me 3 weeks in and I might not be feeling wuite so positive about the whole experience! I can’t decide whether to integrate nail art in to the first 6 days of the challenge (which are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Violet) because the rest of the challenge is so nail art heavy, so I think I’ll take it a day at a time and see where the colours take me!
    Today’s pretty glitter comes courtesy of Aphrodite Lacquers•. The shade is smoulder and it’s a red jelly polish packed with fine, shimmery glitter and some slightly larger red and light pink pieces. I used two coats of Smolder over two coats of Cult Nails Quench apart from on my ring finger, which I believe is know as the ‘reverse accent’. I topped it all with with two coats of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Advanced.

    You can buy Smolder from Rebecca’s Etsy shop for $8.00 plus shipping.

    Pop over to Let Them Have Polish! and Nails and Noms to see what my fellow challengers have come up with today!

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

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