NOTD 2 True - Shade 4

Hello everyone! Today I have an excellent 'drug store' as in high street to you and me, bargain for you all.

I was immediately drawn to crystal polishes and got 3 all for the grand old price of £5! 

I blogged a gorgeous teal here and also love this shade.  

It is a real shimmery purple and danced in the lights but the shimmer was even visible in low light

For a high street polish the application was a dream and the wear was amazing! 

I keep looking for more of these polishes but they are forever sold out!

2 True polishes are available from most Superdrug stores and seem to always be on 3 for £5!

NOTD Pretty & Polished - Daddy's Girl

Happy New Year to my followers everywhere!

I had a lovely night with my mum and dad and we let Emmy stay up until the fireworks had finished on the tv :)

So I don't really have any resolutions, I never keep them but I have some plans for the new year that I hope to aspire to achieve!

So today I have another lovely indie for you, Pretty & Polished Daddy's Girl

It is a beautiful dusty blue with shiny teal and baby pink glitter and also what I think is hot pink matte glitter! It also includes some lovely pink hearts which I didn't realise until I applied this to my nail wheel!

I was expecting this to be too sheer to wear alone but this is two coats!

Can you see the hearts on my index and pinky fingers?!

This is my right hand hence the odd shot but this shows some more stars but they are quite subtle so might try this with a coat of OPI Nothin' Mousey About It!

I got 8 hearts on one mani without too much dipping and shaking! 

I used this with a coat of NPB Glitter food so can barely feel the hearts and they are very secure. Not sure what removal will be like but can't be any harder than full glitter bombs that I frequently wear!

Pretty & Polished have an Etsy Shop here and an online shop here and Glitter Food is available here

NOTD Dollish Polish - It's A Me Mario!

Happy New Years Eve! Any plans? My plans involve staying in! Weather is pretty horrendous and everywhere is expensive! My Sky+ box is currently recording a load of Friends episodes so might enjoy them with a bottle of fizz!

Anyhoo, today's nail features a polish I wasn't sure I would get my mitts on when it was released! As much as I love Llarowe I am not one of the crazy ones who wait for the release and go mad trying to buy! So when I had money and wanted to purchase I browsed the makes and saw THIS!

Dollish was the first Indie maker I heard of and I now have quite the collection!

This is an awesome polish, a clear base (I used Sally Hansen Ruby Rush for undies) with red, blue and turquoise hex glitters and some amazing holo stars! 

The stars were hit and miss. The stars on my ring and pinky fingers were ones I fished out and placed on so you can see them clearly. 

The ones on my index and middle fingers came out with no help so annoyingly for me got covered with the red and blue glitters!

This is my right hand, hence the rubbish photo! I managed to get at least one star on each nail, getting the stars out was simply a case of replacing the cap and turning over for a few seconds and a few dips and inspections of the brush!

I do not like the feel of glittery polishes so when Leah Ann from Llarowe offered to send me Glitter Food by Nail Pattern Boldness I said yes straight away and it is great! It dries to a satin finish so may do some matte mani's with it soon! Glitter literally sucks it up and makes a smooth base for topcoats!

Both Dollish Polish and Nail Pattern Boldness are available from Llarowe!

My Festive Mani!

Hello! Nearly time for the big day! Are you all ready? I am all set now and looking forward to it!

I know I said I was going to review some Butter London but forgot to take pictures before doing my festive mani! It also chipped when I was at a gig, first time I ever got a chip!

So anyway I received Color Clubs Insta-This! In my Jolie Box and had to use it, I know red is common for a festive mani but I like to be different!

Insta-This! Is an amazing blue polish that dried matte as it is neon based and covered fully in 2 coats, of course being Christmas I wanted to jazz it up a bit!

I used Andrea Fulerton Glitter Puff in a silver holographic, as I wanted to do the tips I deposited some in a pot, repainted my tips and dipped! 

It was great fun blowing off the excess and spreading glitter everywhere! 

When I applied a topcoat it distributed the glitter over my nails, an effect I liked so kept. To me it reminds me of falling snow in a night sky :)

I used a coat of Gelous topcoat then Seche Vite to make this heardwearing but also make the tips not feel so bumpy!

Insta-This! Is a special polish to mark the collaboration of Color Club and Birch Box so hard to find but Andrea Fulerton products are available in most Superdrug stores! 

Merry Christmas everyone! 

Butter London Kits in TK MAXX!!!

Hello! In the run up to Christmas it feels a bit frivolous to be spending on myself but since I have done all my shopping then why not eh!

I was perusing my local TK Maxx for any new OPI, Color Club or Leighton Denny when I looked round the nail stand and saw THESE-

I nearly fainted and grabbed them quick as Butter is hard to find in shops! Today I have the lip swatches for you and once I get my lips in better condition I shall do a post on these simply amazing glosses!

These are amazing and so glittery, couldn't feel it when it was on my hand when I rubbed it with my finger either. The glosses have a strong vanilla scent, which I prefer to flowery or honey.

Of the 3 Chancer is my favourite and I have the polish on my toes but hate my feet so will blog that when it is on my nails!

I will blog the varnish on their own as believe me they are so beautiful that they need the spotlight!

Lips and Tips Sets are currently available for £16 on the Butter London website well just the Christmas ones are £16. They are a value set worth £26 if you buy the two alone. I got my sets for just £9.99 hence why I was on them like a shot!

This has given me yet another reason to frequent my local store!

NOTD Never Naked Nail Lacquer - Turtle Tango

Hi everyone! Are we all nearly ready for Christmas? I am bar the tree but that goes up the day after my Dad's birthday so the 13th for us!

Today I have the second of the polishes sent to me by Kate from NNNL  this is Turtle Tango from the Lush Lizard line. I already tried Black Mamba Samba from the line and loved it so was looking forward to trying this!

Turtle Tango is a sheer layering polish, an orange shimmer base with green hex glitter with a few green holo hex glitters thrown in. 

I used two layers over a white polish (Barry M Matte White) and was really pleased with the way the green glitter spread over my nails. 

What I also loved (surprise surprise!) was the hidden holo in the micro shimmer base!

Due to the weather this took some coaxing out but I finally got a shot!

Now this is not a polish shot but Emmy wanted to help and insisted I take her picture, and what a lovely one it is :)

This is her helping me by sticking the polish bottle in shot!

Turtle Tango is beautiful and not like anything else I have in my stash and will be available in the new year from http://www.etsy.com/shop/NeverNakedNails

NOTD Never Naked Nail Lacquer - Into The Woods

Hello! Apologies for being MIA lately, been preparing for Christmas, out on the razz, dealing with poorly kids and a poorly me!

But enough of that! I was recently sent two polishes to test made by Kate from Never Naked Nails who also makes awesome nail polish jewellery and has branched into the Indie polish market.

This first polish is Into The Woods and is from the Country Collection and is an indie that doesn't need a base colour! Time saving for me!

It is a shimmering green with green hex glitter, I also spotted the odd holo hex glitter which pleased me!

The shimmer micro particles shine all different colours but thanks to the great British weather (as in not so great!) my camera struggled to pick it up but think you can just see it on the below photo!

On the first coat I really wasn't sure about this polish, and personally I used 3 coats as I hate visible nail line and once the 3rd coat was on I was in love! The large glitter hexes spread well on the nail and didn't bunch up or move the the tips which is a bug bear with glitter that isn't full coverage.

Something about this polish makes me think of Christmas, which is odd as it isn't really a Christmas tree green but it is also quite subtle on which after full on glitter nails last week has been quite nice. A lady serving me in Boots asked me where it was from which is always nice, especially when you know you are wearing something you can't just get on the high street!

Wear has been great! I painted these on Monday, took the pics two days later and now it is still holding on tight even after a day of having my hands in and out of water on Tuesday, most impressive. Do wish I had used this when my nails were still longer though, but then like my hair I always regret trimming my nails down!

Into The Woods will be available from the Never Naked Nail Lacquer store on Etsy in the new year, keep an eye out!