Avon Mark Gel Shine Nail Enamels - Illuminate Me & Fan Girl

There are five new pearl shades from the Avon Mark Gel Shine range and today I’m sharing two of them with you - Illuminate Me and Fan Girl.  The pearl finish provides oodles of soft shimmer. 

First up Illuminate me, a pastel mermaid green, how scrummy is this colour!

Here's Illuminate Me under natural lighting, which gives a more accurate view of the shade

Next, Fan Girl, a soft and girly lilac, simply delicious!

 
Both dreamy and delicate shades, two coats for full coverage and applied excellently.

So, what did I do next with my mani?  I knew as soon as I saw the colour combo I felt something magical would happen…..

After painting my nails with Illuminate Me, I sponged the tips with Fan Girl to merge the colours 

But that wasn’t enough, I could hear the magic calling me, so I stamped my nails with Unicorns! (MoYou Nails round plate 301)

 
 
 
I wish you all a very Happy New Year and hope it’s as magical as Unicorn poop!

I’ve been informed by Avon that all their nail enamels are 5-Free (free of: Formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, formaldehyde resin, and camphor). 10ml bottle.

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Butterfly & Daisy Coloured Nail Stickers from Sparkly Nails

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Nail stickers are a quick, easy and mess free way of jazzing up your nails and creating unique designs.  These Butterfly Daisy Colour Nail Stickers are from Sparkly Nails.  All you have to do is peel off from the backing sheet, apply to your nails (tweezers are handy at this point) and seal with top coat.  The stickers are on a clear plastic sheet which is helpful for placement.  Simple, fun, effective and very easy to use.  I applied them over a pink and lilac gradient.
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The Butterfly Daisy Colour Nail Stickers are currently reduced to £1.20, super value when you think you can easily create a full mani or numerous accent manis with these stickers.  Available at Sparkly Nails who have an amazing range of nail art items; they offer a loyalty and an affiliate scheme, go sign up, I have, you may as well save as you spend!

You can also keep up with all the latest Sparkly Nails info on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Pinterest, and while your there check out their special Daily Deal! Sparkly Nails is a UK based company and ships worldwide. UK postage starts from £1.50 .

This product was sent to my for my honest review.

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Basic Tutorial for a Sponged Gradient using Avon Mark Gel Shine Nail Enamels

Welcome to an easy peasy tutorial showing you some basic nail art designs and effects, this week sponged gradient. Using two or more colours with a sponge to create a blended gradient, and as like the previous tutorial for french tips, it's a great way to revitalise an old mani.  My nails were already painted the berry shade.

Using a sponge, any sponge, bath, make up, kitchen (thrifty me uses a kitchen sponge, the one you buy in a pack of 20 with a scourer on one side), paint the nail polish in stripes, it doesn't matter if they overlay this will all add to the blending of the colours.

 Pat/dab onto your nails, it is messy and you'll need to clean up after.  Sponge one set of nails and repeat until you build up the depth of colour you want to achieve.

 Using nail polish remover and a make up brush I tidy up and remove the polish on my skin, I know Avon does a natty nail polish corrector pen which would be handy at this point.

 Apply top coat and the blended shades will merge together and you have a unique gradient mani in whatever colour combo you like.

 For this mani I used Avon Mark Gel Shine Very Berry & Purplicious

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Musical Notes Silver Metallic Stickers from Sparkly Nails

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Nail stickers are a quick, easy and mess free way of jazzing up your nails and creating unique designs.  These Silver Metallic Stickers are from Sparkly Nails.  Included in the pack are designs of clefs, notes, sharps, fermata and more.  All you have to do is peel off from the backing sheet, apply to your nails (tweezers are handy at this point) and seal with top coat.  Simple, fun, effective and very easy to use.
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The Silver Metallic Nail Stickers are currently £1.50, super value when you think you can easily create a full mani or numerous accent manis with these stickers.  Available at Sparkly Nails who have an amazing range of nail art items; they offer a loyalty and an affiliate scheme, go sign up, I have, you may as well save as you spend!

You can also keep up with all the latest Sparkly Nails info on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Pinterest, and while your there check out their special Daily Deal! Sparkly Nails is a UK based company and ships worldwide. UK postage starts from £1.50 .

This product was sent to my for my honest review.

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Dandelion Water Decals from Charlies Nail Art

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The days are becoming warmer and lighter for longer, we are well and truly into Spring.  And that means everything in the garden is coming to life and starting to grow....including weeds.  The Dandelion with its bright yellow flowers which turn into fluffy seed heads, a puff of wind and they fly into the air like little fairies.  Onto today's mani, using Dandelion Water Decals from Charlies Nail Art over a dusky pink and sky blue gradient base.  If you've not tried water decals before, give them a go, simply soak in a little water, remove from the backing paper, apply to your painted nails and seal with top coat - done!
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If you love water decals as much as me, why not join the Facebook group I've set up called Wonderful Water Decals.

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The 'Dandelion' water decals currently costs £1.00 and will cover 10 nails.  Available at Charlies Nail Art who have an huge range of nail art items.

You can also keep up with all the latest Charlies Nail Art info on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Google+ & LinkedIn. Charlies Nail Art is a UK based company and ships worldwide. UK postage starts from £1.25 and is FREE on UK orders over £15.

This product was sent to my for my honest review, have fun with your nails!

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Flower & Abstract Adhesive Nail Stickers from Nail Art UK

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I've another lovely pack of Flower & Abstract Nail Stickers from Nail Art UK to show you.  There are a whopping 90 individual stickers per pack, they'll keep you going for ages, and how about using them on your toes - oh yes!  Beautiful white flower & intricate abstract nail art stickers with clear rhinestones. Simple, fun & effective. Very easy to use and highly recommended. 

And before I leave you with the pics I have a discount code which gets you 10% off nail stickers, water decals and 3D nail decorations at Nail Art UK, simply use WENDY10 at checkout!
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The Flower & Abstract Nail Stickers currently cost £0.99, magnificent value when you think of the numerous manis & pedis you can decorate with these lovely stickers.  Available at Nail Art UK who have an amazing range of nail art items, please feel free to use my code WENDY10 at checkout which gets you 10% off nail stickers, water decals and 3D nail decorations!

You can also keep up with all the latest Nail Art UK info on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Pinterest.  Nail Art UK is a UK based company and ships worldwide. UK postage starts from £0.99 and is FREE on orders over £20.00.

This product was sent to my for my honest review.