NOTD piCture pOlish - Krytonite

Quick post from me, life has been manic to say the least! This is one of my recent favourite polishes! 

Based on the flawless application, amazing wear and frankly awesomeness of this polish I have already acquired two more piCture pOlish polishes and will be getting more once I have moved (hence my lack of posting!)

Kryptonite is available from Llarowe and also through Sally Magpies the ONLY place currently selling Indies in the UK!

NOTD 2 True - Shade 6

When I went on a little drug store haul I knew I wanted to go to Superdrug, they hold a few lines that are always on special offer!

Including 2True, of course I was drawn to the Crystal nail polish and got 3 of them for £5, bargain!

This has a noticable duo chrome effect, flashing between orange and pink

I really liked the colour but the application was a bubbly nightmare!

Can you see the shift?

I didn't have the same issues with bubbling with the other 2 shades I got and didn't shake the bottle, so wouldn't be put off buying more if my local Superdrug EVER get more colours in stock!

2True is available from Superdrug stores for £1.99 each or 3 for £5 and are a real bargain!

NOTD Sea Lore - Ariel

Ever bought a polish just for the name? I have a few! This one I got because my sister is a Little Mermaid fangirl! So much so that I donated my first purchase of this to her and had to get myself another one!

I loved this polish, a light green shimmery base, purple and green hex and red square glitter! Gorgeous!

I layered this over a black to prolong the mani underneath as I had no time to remove it! Next time I would use a similar basecoat to the green in this. Having said that this is two coats using the dabble method of glitter application and you can't see much black poking through!

Although this is a glitter polish, it is not a total glitter bomb as I know some people aren't as keen as me!

Sea Lore is available from here

Pretty & Polished Heavy Metal collection

Good afternoon :) 

As you may know by now I love indie polishes, so it will come as no surprise that when offered the chance to buy some and review them before release (well would have been had I not been in the UK!) then you can guess my answer!

Today is the Heavy Metal collection by Pretty & Polished. Name had me first being a heavy metaller :)

First up is House Of Brick, a pinky red shimmer. Unlike some shimmers by a well known brand, these shimmers are full coverage! 

The shimmer really is eyecatching and this is 2 coats so fully opaque, impressive!

This went on like a dream, easily some of the best to apply and the below pictures were quite rushed and yet they were perfect!

This started off as my favourite from the collection......

Origins and Endings is a cool, greyed out dark green. This is again a 2 coater

I adore this and think it really suits my cool skin tone

Again, the shimmer is crazy and doesn't need undies!

But for me I think this is the star of the collection!

Romance is Dead, bit apt for me at the moment :D

For some reason this looks patchy but I think it was the light on the insane shimmer!

I used two coats again and instantly fell in love!

Overall I am really impressed with these, the shimmer and colour payoff are amazing. Having purchased shimmers before and having to use them as layering (hello, £10 and no coverage?!) polishes these are great and well worth a purchase!

Pretty & Polished is available from Chels Website here and her Etsy shop here

Go forth and buy!

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!

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!

NOTD Girly Bits - Into The Night

Happy Weekend! I was so pleased it was Saturday today, this week the kids went back after half term and it honestly feels like they have been back a month! The school run is exhausting, roll on Christmas holidays!

Today I have another Indie for you all. Painting my nails has become a slight chore in that it takes me forever to choose what to wear from my ever growing collection! Think I need to exert some control on myself :/

This here is the gorgeous Into The Night!

This for me was a layering polish as I don't like visible nail line so I used it over Nails Inc London Nights for a truly dark night look.

The fact my 6 year old daughter declared my nails awesome and cool after seeing my new paint job says a lot as if a polish isn't wow then she doesn't care to comment!

I used two coats of London Nights and two coats of Into The Night and it reminds me of stars and fireworks! Micro glitter holo yuminess making this such a wonderful polish that I think will be used many times this winter!

Slight blur in the next two pictures to show the beautiful colours!

Be still my beating heart!

Into The Night was one of my many purchases from Llarowe but is not in stock anymore! You gotta be quick to buy from there but oh my, it is always well worth it!