Saturday 20 October 2012

NOTD - Boots 17 Holographic

Happy Saturday peeps! Had a super busy week of shopping, poorly daughter, her Halloween disco at school and general out and aboutness! 

Day of rest today (and washing :( ) so what better to do than blog?!

So we all know holo polishes are big news, I have the original Gosh Holo   but am amassing a collection of indies now and they piddle all over it!

So how does a high street holo compare?



Erm, well it doesn't! I mean it really really just doesn't!

Excuse the little finger, didn't like this enough to start over!


This is a linear holo, and even in the sunlight it was hard to really tell that it was a holo :( 


My camera struggled with this, although there wasn't really much to pick up!


Inside, and even now sitting in front of my window this looks just like a plain old silver/white polish on my nails!


If this is your first holo purchase then maybe you will love it and the plus side is that it is a million easier to apply than the Gosh one but still a good idea to use a sticky base, a coat of this, a topcoat and a final layer of this so as not to dull the holo


This is available from Boots stores for £3.99 but in all honesty pay the extra £1 and get the recently re-released Gosh version from Superdrug stores!

I will be doing some more holo posts soon as I have just got some from Models Own that look gorgeous!

Are you a holo fan?

Sunday 14 October 2012

NOTD A-England Tristam

Hello everyone! Lazy sunday here today, what better day to do a blog post!

Today's nail post has been waiting in my to do file for so long but is a much loved polish of mine so time to give it some love now!

This is a more blue version of my beautiful Lady Of The Lake and is an ultimate dark tone for Autumn/Winter



Inside it is a beautiful deep blue with what looks like silver shimmer running through it


But in direct sunlight you can see it is in fact teeny tiny scattered holo!


These are some of the easiest polishes to apply, 2 coats to full opacity and finishes to a high gloss though I do always use a topcoat. Wear was also amazing, 5+ days with no chipping!


I love A-England polishes and am currently after the Gothic collection but since my complete polish splurge this month I am holding back......


For now!

A-England polishes are available direct here or here  for customers in the US!

Well worth giving a go if you haven't yet!