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    Calling All British Nail Bloggers

    I’m on a mission to find as many nail bloggers from the UK that I can. I really want to find some blogs with content more relevant to me. As much as I love drooling over swatches from the latest OPI, Essie, China Glaze etc. collections, it sucks that I can’t actually get hold of them at anywhere near a reasonable price.

    I’d love to see more info about brands that I can run in to Boots or Superdrug and throw in my basket. So if you are a nail blogger blogging about British polish or you know of any of blogs that do, I’d love it if you leave a link for me to visit in the comments.

    Rimmel Electric

    Plate: Bundle Monster BM208 and BM209
    Base Colour: Rimmel Wear Maxx Electric
    Stamp Colour: GOSH Metallic Blue
    Top Coat of NYC

    Got a dink which I didn’t even notice until I was looking through the pictures! 
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    Got Daisies?

    This is my favourite so far of all the ones I’ve done with the new Bundle Monster plates. I wasn’t sure how it would turn out when I decided to add a bit of extra detail by filling in the flowers. Sometimes, especially if I pick a bad colour, details like that can make things look overdone but this isn’t one of those times. 
    I wouldn’t expect that green/blue to compliment the purple shades as well as it does but it’s just one of those lucky combinations that works without even trying.

     

    Plate: Bundle Monster BM224
    Base Colour: Models Own Purple Grey
    Stamp Colour: GOSH Metallic Purple
    China Glaze Adore applied with a brush for the centres of the flowers
    Top Coat of NYC

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    Sevenhundredandfiftywhaaaaat?

    The Nailasaurus has 750 followers! That means giveaway time!
    As a big thank you to everyone that reads my little blog, I’ll be holding a small giveaway very soon which will include a few polishes I purchased myself and some gifts from an exciting sponsor. I’m behind on everything at the moment (*hangs head*) so it will be a while until I have the whole thing up and running because I’m still figuring out all the logistics since this will be a lot bigger than any giveaway I’ve held in the past.
    Thank you so much for reading!!

    Plate: Born Pretty M78
    Base Colour: No7 Betty Blues
    Konad Colour: GOSH Metallic Blue
    Top Coat of NYC

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    Lots o’ Layers

    Todays nails took a lot of time and planning! Last night I applied the base colour, stamp and a top coat. Then I waited until this morning to make sure the base was good and dry, before using some scotch tape to section off part of my nail and paint on a darker blue colour. I think it looks kind of like a persian rug but I did watch ‘Prince of Persia’ this week so perhaps I just have Persia on the brain!

    Plate: Bundle Monster BM222
    Base Colour: Barry M Cyan Blue
    Stamp Colour: GOSH Metallic Purple
    Rimmel Blue My Mind
    A stripe of GOSH Metallic Purple applied with a nail brush
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    Tips Please

    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 Smoky Grey Black

    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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    Starlight

    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.
    Plate: Bundle Monster – BM05
    Base Colour: Barry M Bright Purple
    Stamp Colour: GOSH Metallic Purple
    Models Own Juicy Jules in the center of the stars
    Top Coat of NYC
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