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    Swatch, Uncategorised

    H+M New Moon Swatch. This is a Flakie.

    This is a polish I picked up in H+M. I spend a lot of time admiring the polishes in H+M but have never bought one before. I really like the look of some of their blues, although I couldn’t tell you the names of the ones I’m picturing!
    Anyway, I spotted this little gem which was in a different bottle to the standard H+M polishes. It’s smaller and round. I spent ages just staring at it trying to figure out what I was actually looking at because it’s gold and has the sparkle of glitter, but the pieces are distinctly flake like. Then I saw that the polish was only £1.50 so definitely worth a try and whatever it turned out to be, I’d have fun trying it!

    Well it turns out that it is a flakie, a very pretty flakie. There’s no duochromy colour changing tricksyness here, it’s purely gold which I prefer. When I don’t really know how to describe polishes, I just make up words and hope that you’ll know what I mean!
    By the way, it’s called New Moon!
    I dug out my much neglected extension tube (which is the cheap alternative to a macro lens) for some major close ups of this beauty.

    I swatched one coat of H+M New Moon over A-England Lancelot and Cult Nails Time Traveler on the ring finger. I added one top coat of Essence Better Than Gel thanks to Bregje who sent me a few bottles from Europe after my cry for top coat help!

    I was so impressed by this polish that I went straight back to H+M the next day to pick up a few bottles for a quick giveaway!
    I have two bottles to give away and all you have to do to be in with a chance to win is follow this blog in some form and fill out the Rafflecopter below. If you don’t already follow me somewhere, your options are all in the sidebar near the top. 

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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Black on Black

    I passed a matte black Lotus on the road today and immediately knew that these would be my nails tonight! I totally forgot I had this matte black polish until I saw that car and since I’ve never done a glossy on matte mani I thought I’d give it a go. 

    I used Urban Outfitters Matte Black as a base coat and then took my striping brush and dipped it in to some NYC top coat for the glossy details.

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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Why Are You Copying Yourself?

    It’s true. I’ve completely plagiarised myself. This mani is very nearly an exact copy of one that I did just 3 weeks ago. What can I say? I love black and I love glequins and I just got dayum love this style of manicure!!

    I didn’t use a base colour, just a base coat of OPI Nail Envy. I used a W7 Black and a striping brush to create the chevrons at the base of my nail, then filled in the rest of the space using the brush straight from the bottle.
    To make the glequins stick, I painted on a coat of clear polish and attached them while it was still tacky using a toothpick dipped in said clear polish to make it tacky.
    Finally, I added a few top coats and it was all good to go!

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    Stamping, Studs, Uncategorised

    Best of the Bundle

    The Houndstooth design is by far my favourite from the most recent set of Bundle Monster plates. There aren’t a lot of patterns in the 2012 Bundle that really stand out to me but this is one of them. And it stands at the front! I love those stamping patterns that are so seamless, you can’t tell which colour is the base and which was stamped on. I was going to leave it open for interpretation but I’ve totally given myself away with the black accent finger!
    Bundle Monster BM223 and Studs

    Bundle Monster BM223 and Studs

    Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster BM322
    Barry M Gold Foil and W7 Black
    Square Studs from Born Pretty Store
    Top Coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast

    Bundle Monster BM223 and Studs

    Bundle Monster BM223 and Studs

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    Glitter, Uncategorised

    Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

    I found out today that I made it on to the shortlist for the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2012! It really is all thanks to you guys. Thank you to everyone that put in a nomination for me, I love you all so much! I’m even getting a little teary eyed writing this *le cry*!
    If you would like to vote for me, you can do so on the Cosmo website and I’m in the Established Beauty Blog category. I’m not getting my hopes up for the win but I’m really overjoyed just to be on the list! I say this all the time (and I still find it hard to fully articulate my feelings on the subject) but when I started this blog I never imagined it would evolve in to the one you’re reading today but I’m so glad that it has. To be receiving such recognition for doing something that I love is just overwhelming. Once again, thank you!
    Today’s nail art is something I’ve had in mind for a long time, well the basic premise anyway. I knew I wanted to do naked half-moons but I didn’t know how I would dress them up. As hard as I try, I can’t shake this glequin obsession so I’m just going to keep rolling with it!
    Half Moon and Glitter by The Nailasaurus

    Half Moon and Glitter by The Nailasaurus
    I did not use a ‘base colour’. I just used my base coat (Cult Nails Get It On) and waited for that to dry before using some hole reinforcers to mark of the half moons at the base of my nails. I painted a coat of W7 Black on each nail and quickly removed the hole reinforcers. I used a striping brush with W7 Black to neaten up any mistakes and let it all dry.
    To attach the glequins, I painted on a coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast and used a sticky toothpick to place them while that was still tacky.
    Finally, I added another coat of wicked fast and that was that!
    Stuff I used:

    Half Moon and Glitter by The Nailasaurus

    Half Moon and Glitter by The Nailasaurus

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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Blink 182 Nail Art! What’s My Age Again?

    I went to see one of my favourite bands EVER in Cardiff last night! BLINK 182! Needless to say, they were amazing and definitely worth the two year wait! Travis Barker’s drum solos were just epic and he didn’t miss a beat or even break a sweat.
    On stage, Tom said something about it being 30 years this year since they started ‘playing songs about growing up’ and it just reminded me that I’m an adult now and I’m not really growing up any more. Well I’m 21 so maybe I still have a few years of reckless abandon left! But every time I listen to their music, I’m reminded of being a teenager and going through those things they sing about and I just love them for being the soundtrack to my youth. 
    The nail art is based on some of their album covers – Neighborhoods, Enema of the State, Greatest Hits, Self-Titled/Untitled and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.
    It would be really amazing if they saw these nails so if you have the time and inclination, I would love if you could tweet a link to @markhoppus or @travisbarker or @tomdelonge or heck, even all three of them!
    To make it easy for you, here’s a short link I prepared earlier! http://bit.ly/M3ndLZ
    Blink 182 Freehand Nail Art

    Blink 182 Freehand Nail Art
     More pictures after the jump!

    Blink 182 Freehand Nail Art

    I used a small striping brush to freehand all the details. My base colours are Barry M White and W7 Black. The small black and white details were done with acrylic paint but I used polish everything else.

    Blink 182 Freehand Nail Art
    Blink 182 Freehand Nail Art
    Blink 182 Freehand Nail Art

    Blink 182 Freehand Nail Art

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