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A-England Gothic Beauty: Jane Eyre Swatch

30th September 2012

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I’m so behind on all the nail news. I didn’t even know A-England have a new collection out – the Gothic Beauties. The collection contains 5 shades which are all black based with coloured shimmer and flecks, bar Dorian Gray which is a metallic-y pewter shade.

The hints of colour in these polishes are very pretty in the bottle but not so obvious once it’s on the nail. As a lover of black nail polish, this is of no concern to me! Jane Eyre is full of bronze and light pink flecks in a perfect black creme base. The swatches are two coats of Jane Eyre* with a top coat of Essence Better Than Gel Nails.

I stamped on a Red Angel design from plate RA109 using Sally Hansen Insta Dri in Quick Brick. This is definitely some of my favourite stamping ever! It’s very subtle but still striking and it looks very oriental. Definitely something I’m going to be trying with other colour combos.

You can buy Jane Eyre from the A-England website with free worldwide shipping!

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

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Purple Paradise Skittle Manicure

15th August 2012

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I haven’t been my usual unproductive self this evening. I’ve managed to book my coach to London on Saturday for The Nails Show, make a YouTube video AND paint this design on my nails! I’ve literally been dropping off to sleep all day in the most inconvenient places, so I was determined to get an early night but that idea went out the window as soon as I hit the internet!

This is my new W7 Purple Paradise that I was telling you about yesterday. Although it’s a brand new bottle, it’s not a new shade to me as I’ve been in love with it for years and this is my fourth bottle!

The leopard print from Bundle Monster Plate BM221 and the tribal print are Barry M Lilac Foil. For the gradient and heart design from Red Angel Plate RA114 I used A-England Princess Tears.
The holographic glequins are from Born Pretty Store and I used two top coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

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4000 Follower Giveaway! Day 3: Red Angel Stamping Plates

6th June 2012

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I’ve had an amaaazing response to this week’s giveaway bonanza so far! Thank you so much to everyone that has entered, followed, liked and shared. I know I say this all the time, but I wish I could give every one of you a big hug. If I didn’t have such amazing readers, I probably wouldn’t still be blogging today. THANK YOU!

Today’s giveaway is only open to UK Residents. I thought I’d put that out there now in case you don’t want to waste your time reading the rest of this post!

A lot of you will know the story with Red Angel. They made this set of stamping plates which was very popular among nail art fanatics and growing in popularity until they changed their shipping policy. Now they will only ship to the US so a lot of people that had intentions of buying a set never got the chance.

I’m very lucky to have a spare set which I’ve been saving for a special occasion such as this and I want to show some love to my fellow Brits by giving you the chance to get your hands on them! Also included in the prize is a set of 10 Striping Tape rolls.

Click ‘Read More’ to enter!

Rules of the Giveaway

This giveaway will end at 12.01am (EST) on Wednesday June 27th 2012.
It is open to UK residents only.

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 field is mandatory and for filling that out, you will receive one entry. The other four are optional and will each earn you +1 entry but obviously the more entries you have, the higher your chance of winning.
Thank you and good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

I’m aware that Red Angel ship exclusively to the United States and there are people in other countries that are also unable to buy these plates, but this giveaway is UK only.

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A-England Guinevere Swatch + Stamping

18th May 2012

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A-England is a brand I have buckets of admiration for. I’ve yet to find one of their polishes that disappoints and the brands creator, Adina, is one of the most inspiring women I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking to. Guinevere is from the Mythicals collection – a collection of sublime cremes – and this one’s no different. Look how creamy!! The colour is a slightly greyish lilac, it’s so pretty and neutral enough for work.

All swatches are 2 coats of A-England Guinevere* with a top coat of Cult Nails Wicked Fast.

Click ‘read more’ for more pictures and the nail art!

You can buy Guinevere from A-England.co.uk right here with free worldwide shipping!

Stamping Plate: Red Angel RA108
Base Colour: A-England Guinevere
Stamping Colour: Barry M Gold Foil
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* Items marked with an asterisk were sent for consideration. See my Disclaimer for more information

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Let’s Build a Frenzy

17th May 2012

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This Hard Candy polish was in an amazing package I received from the lovely Kim from A Polished Addiction. She was kind enough to send me a birthday package containing 10 polishes from the US and they’re all absolutely stunning. The package included my first Color Clubs, Hard Candys and my second and third OPI bottles!

Despite my addiction to nail art, I’m not much of a polish connoisseur. I’m sometimes aware of new collections coming out but generally speaking, I’m clueless when it comes to salon brands or anything that’s not sold here in the UK!

Stamping Plate: Red Angel RA119
Base Colour: Hard Candy Frenzy
Stamping Colour: W7 Black
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It’s Been a While

10th May 2012

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I just had a look through the pages of The Nailasaurus and it’s been nearly a whole month since I posted any stamping nail art. Crazy when you consider that’s the only thing I ever posted for at least the first year of its existence.

I love having my nubbins back. Whenever I have long(er) nails, or rather when I haven’t trimmed them for a while, there will come a day when I look at them and just think ‘You have got to go!’ and I just cut them down. When I was a kid, I always thought it would be really awesome to have long nails one day but now that I’ve been there and done that, I can safely say I prefer them short and square. After a trim, I always paint them black or some other very dark colour and find myself staring at them like they’re a new pair of shoes!

Stamping Plate: Red Angel RA102
Base Colour: Glo Baby Glo (from Primark) in Yes Cyan!
Stamping Colour: Barry M Gold Foil
Studs from Born Pretty Store
Top Coat of NYC

P.S. Voting is still open for the Bundle Monster Nail Art Contest. My entry can be found here and your votes are very very much appreciated. Thanks!

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Black and White Challenge Day 1: White base with Black

1st April 2012

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Welcome to the Black and White Challenge! I’m very excited to get another challenge underway as I had sooooo much fun with the 31 Day Challenge!
It’s much harder to come up with pretty Black and White combinations than I’d imagined! Today’s combination has created a very psychedelic result.

Stamping Plate: Red Angel RA106
Base Colour: Barry M Matt White
Stamping Colour: W7 Black
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Don’t forget to pop over to the other ladies’ blogs to see what they’ve come up with for Day 1!
Rie at Nails and Noms
Cris at Let Them Have Polish!
Esther at Fab Fingertips
Stephanie at Sincerely Stephanie
Emily at The Laquerologist

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