Monday 24 December 2012

Christmas Stamping Fail

My Christmas mani of Cutex Red She Said base with white snowflakes (Bundle Monster Plate 323) was going so well.....until I put the top coat on and it dragged the stamped image across my nails.  Looks OK from a distance but with close up shots it looks pretty awful.  I conferred with fellow stampers and received great tips on applying the top coat, ie apply good dollop of top coat, make sure the brush doesn't touch the nail, don't drag the topcoat with the brush, wait a long while for the stamping polish to dry.  Practice will make perfect, just a shame I ruined it quicker than the time it took to do it.  To the pics......




Wet n Wild Sparked Glitter Polish

So I thought I'd have another go with glitter polish using a glue base.  I have a bottle of the white glue from a Rio Nail Art kit and used two coats after the base coat and before applying the glitter polish.  My mani lasted well albeit a bit of tip wear and had to touch it up, and because of using the glue I kept feeling my nails to see if the glitter polish would fall/peel off, it was so tempting just to pick it off.  It lasted 4 or so days and I eventually removed it as I got bored with it and yes it came off really easy, well easier than if I hadn't used the glue base.

So onto the polish & pics, I have for you today Wet n Wild Sparked, which I got from Las Vegas on holiday 2 years ago, for a couple of dollars, I wish we had such super cool polishes in the UK that were as good value.  And I'll deffo wear more glitter polish now I've sussed out the glue base.




Tuesday 4 December 2012

Polish Days - December Theme - Bring On The Bling - Barry M Ruby Glitter

Hi everyone!  The theme for Polly Polish's 7th Polish Day is 'Bring On The Bling' so that meant I just had to use my latest glitter top coat, Barry M Ruby Glitter, layered over Color Club Nomadic Nude, to the pics .....




If you want to see what other Bloggers did check out the links below, enjoy x






Monday 3 December 2012

31 Day Nail Art - Blue Nails

I'm a member of the Facebook Group British Nail Bloggers and Diva of The Teenage Shopaholic has organised for us (and anyone who wants to join) the infamous 31 Day Nail Art challenge which we are doing on a weekly basis rather than daily.

Day 4 - Blue Nails.  Yippee, I've been waiting to use my circular magnet again, and now I can - woop woo!  I've blogged about this polish before, see here, it's such a pretty colour pre-magnet. I love magnetics, it still amazes me every time!  To the pics.....








And don't forget to check out what Diva and Stephanie have created this week!



Monday 26 November 2012

31 Day Nail Art - Green Nails

I'm a member of the Facebook Group British Nail Bloggers and Diva of The Teenage Shopaholic has organised for us (and anyone who wants to join) the infamous 31 Day Nail Art challenge which we are doing on a weekly basis rather than daily.

Day 4 - Green Nails.  I've got loads of green polishes and I love them all, but don't really wear them, why is that???

Coming up is my newest green, a lovely duochrome green & gold which was given to me by my lovely blogging chum Stephanie of Never Mind Suzy.  And what makes me chuckle about this polish is that it's called 'Woo' which is my nick name - Wendy Woo!  Love it!  Onto the pics, as you can see depending on the lighting and angle the polish can look different colours......








And don't forget to check out what Diva and Stephanie have created this week!

Tuesday 20 November 2012

31 Day Nail Art - Yellow Nails

I'm a member of the Facebook Group British Nail Bloggers and Diva of The Teenage Shopaholic has organised for us (and anyone who wants to join) the infamous 31 Day Nail Art challenge which we are doing on a weekly basis rather than daily.

Day 3 - Yellow Nails.  I've got about 3 yellow nail polishes and they all look the same!  So I decided to go with Barry M as I received it in a swap and haven't yet used it so thought I'd give it a whirl.  Plain yellow on it's own is B.O.R.I.N.G!  So I blinged them up with a bit of glitter & shimmer.

My camera hasn't captured the super sparkliness at all, they are pretty blingtastic...... onto the pics.

I started of with Barry M Lemon Ice Cream, don't look too close as you'll see the cat hair!


 Ber-ling!
 Here's the bad boys I used, OPI Up Front & Personal, Nails Inc Chelsea Embankment, Barry M Lemon Ice Cream
  Oh, and I used those holey sticker things to do the ring finger mani effect!





And don't forget to check out what Diva and Stephanie have created this week!

Friday 16 November 2012

Polish Addict Indie Polishes

I've been incredibly lucky and won a fabulous giveaway prize from Lace & Lacquers 1000 Facebook Likes Giveaway, a set of 2 Polish Addict Indie polishes called 50 Shades of Grey & After the Rain.

Beautiful super sparkly gitters, my camera doesn't do them justice, they are incredible in real life.....to the pics.....

50 Shades of Grey





After The Rain, I have my very early work Christmas Party this weekend and this is quite apt!





You can check out more of Polish Addicts wonderful polishes here on Facebook or her Etsy Shop, and please whiz over to Lace & Lacquers cool blog too x

Wednesday 7 November 2012

The Lazy 15 Challenge - Dots

It's the third day of an exciting new challenge hosted by Totally Nailed called "The Lazy 15" named as such because we're too lazy to do a whole 31 days!

Today's challenge is dots, so here's my rainbow dots using mainly Nail Inc........


Here's the lovely Nails Inc Tower Street pre-dots

Please see below for fellow bloggers participating in this challenge, new joiners welcome!



Llama Nails A-Z Challenge - I is for Innisfree

The A-Z challenge is hosted by Llama Nails on Facebook. Llama Nails is a group of nail enthusiasts that share their love of polish, stamping and nail art in a fun, creative, and non-dramatic atmosphere. Join them! All are welcome! The only rule we have is no drama, save it for the llama!

Week 9 is for I and I have chosen Innisfree polishes.  I've seen these a lot on blogs and I love a jelly sammich.  I got them off Ebay and they were a reasonable price for 4 polishes to I caved in.   Only downside is that one of the 'yoghurt' polishes wasn't available so I was sent a replacement which wasn't a glitter polish, but never mind.

First up Number 85, 3 coats.


Number 84, 3 coats



Here's Innisfree 84 on the left and Revlon Whimsical on the right, both 2 coats, Innisfree has a slightly more blue base and more glitter, in my opinion Innisfree is the winner!



Number 81, 2 coats



No 91, an acid yellow with a slight green shimmer running through it which can be seen in the bottle but not on the nails.  This is the replacement and it has a slight fragrance to it.


My fave out of all of them.....number 85.


If you'd like to see some more blogs participating in this challenge, please check out the links below.