NOTD Hits - Poseidon

Special polish alert! And special it certainly is! I got this with my recent Llarowe order and being a huge holo fan I whipped off what was on my nails and put this stunner on!

This is the beautiful pale blue Poseidon holo polish in artificial light which will be coming in handy since the darker days are now here in the UK!

In day light the holo is more subtle but much much more pizazz than my 'high street' holo's!

I could sit and look at this all day, and er night, which I did here and took pictures in my bedside lamp light as I just couldn't get enough of it!

See? Amazing!

I also have this in a gorgeous deep green which I am going to try next!

This is just a fun photo, I decided to sort out my ever growing stash and this was the result of emptying all of my boxes! Believe it or not it has grown since and I am due another delivery soon. My love knows no bounds!

Poseidon is still available here http://shop.llarowe.com/collections/hits/products/poseidon and as it is a Brazilian brand they are hard to get in the UK but delivery from Llarowe is not hugely expensive but I defy you to buy just one polish! Prices are very reasonable once converted as well. 

I could purchase the whole lot from there if I could.......

Ooh sorry, daydreaming there! If you love holo's and polishes that are not easily found in shops then check out Llarowe, you won't regret it! 

NOTD Smitten Polish - You're Turning Violet, Violet

Since I got my first Indie polish a few weeks back I had a little splurge and thanks to a great website (more on that later) and a blog sale I have no amassed quite the collection!

This beauty is so lovely that at a pamper evening last night two of my friends were gutted I hadn't taken this along after seeing it on my nails!

This is a beautiful polish, a violet base with lovely micro holo glitter which my camera didn't pick up and the most gorgeous hex glitter that looks blue in some light and purple in others. 

I was fully expecting to need undies for this (a base of a similar colour) but was surprised to find this was a really dense colour and two coats was all I needed!

This was a greedy polish though and sucked up two coats of topcoat and still felt bumpy, but I love it so much that I don't care!

This is it in natural light, hard to come by now it is officially winter in the UK!

This is in artificial light and it really pops out the blue hex glitter!

Macro shot, yummy!

I purchased this from http://shop.llarowe.com/ and had to wait for delivery from the US, but boy it was worth it! Llarowe stock so many indie polishes and branded polishes we struggle to get here in the UK and prices are pretty reasonable once you convert it to GBP. 

I was so pleased with my order that I promptly placed another and will purchase again for sure! Some indie releases sell out really quickly but I managed to get lots and am due lots more!

Addict? Yes, I am not officially obsessed with indie and hard to find polishes so expect lots more to come!

This polish is still in stock http://shop.llarowe.com/collections/smitten-polish/products/smitten-polish-youre-turning-violet-violet

And now for something completely different!

But of course this is me, the nail polish addict so there had to feature some nail polish right?

Well here it is! I purchased these from Kate at Never Naked Nails  from her Etsy shop as I have seen nail polish jewellery before but wanted to purchase from someone I had interacted with and Etsy is a wonderful online shop!

This ring features silver glitter with a scattered holo glitter in it too, its certainly eye catching!

This one is possibly my favourite, a simple linear holo base in silver, which is what first set my pulse alight with regards to holo polishes! Had the holo on the polish in my pics been better then they would have been a great matching pair!

Finally is this little gem I got free as I ordered when Kate ran a promotion on Facebook and I love this too, I am a lover of silver jewellery and loved the base of this too, a grey micro glitter base with blue and pink larger glitter pieces, must hunt down this polish!

Nail polish jewellery is a fabulous idea and a great purchase for someone with an addiction to all things sparkly and polish related, that would be me then!

These were all under £5 and shipping was only a couple of pound, in fact my whole order only came to £11.81 for the three rings, amazing value!

Buy these beauties here http://www.etsy.com/search?q=never%20naked%20nails&view_type=gallery&ship_to=GB

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?

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!

NOTD - Black Mamba Samba

My last post showcased my first indie polish over a black base but thanks to the lovely black glitter I spotted I thought I would also use it over a white base!

The base of the polish is a sheer black so it changed the white to grey

You can see the beautiful smattering of matte black glitter here, never had a polish with matte glitter and can see why Jen from http://www.thepolishaholic.com/ loves it! Its unique and allows the holo particles to take centre stage!

I struggled to photograph the holo particles as the sun was sooo in and out (this is the UK afterall!) 

Ooh blurry really brings out the multi colouredness!

As you didn't see on this polish over black, this contains large matte black hex glitter, this did taco on two nails, but not enough to bother me and two coats of topcoat stopped it being annoying to touch!

I am really excited by this polish and hope to get my hands on some other Cool Waves polishes as indie brands are notoriously hard to get hold of! I was so in love with this polish that I promptly went on http://shop.llarowe.com/main.sc and placed a large order of polish that is so hard to get here!

Have you tried indie/franken polishes yet?

NOTD - My first Indie polish!

The lovely Kate from Never Naked Nails sent me this little gem to try when I offered to review the Cutie-cle oil and nearly wet myself as so many indie polishes are sold out so quickly and usually being US based I am in bed when they are released!

This is Black Mamba Samba from the Lush Lizard collection soon to be released by Cool Waves Laquer and is a riot of glitter, holo, hexes, and prettiness! I did try this on its own but I prefer it as a layering polish as I hate visible nail line!

This is it over OPI Suzi Skis The Pyrenees and shot in sunlight and also slightly blurry to really show the small holo particles

This also contained small flecks of matte black glitter which you can just see on my ring finger

Needless to say I couldn't stop staring at this and wore it until my tips wore away!

Even non blurry shots of this are so pretty, it reminded me of a night sky!

Ah, so dreamy!

Best shot I could get of this inside!

This also featured large matte black hex glitters but over black you cannot see these! Next post over white will show them off!

These polishes are not yet available but keep an eye on Never Naked Nails Facebook page to keep updated!

I am also waiting for something really special to show you guys that I have purchased from Kate recently and am awaiting delivery for!