4 October 2014

Swatch: Leighton Denny - Be Unique

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Colour: Iridescent Brown
Finish: Shimmer
Opacity: 2 Coats over LD Supermodel
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 12ml

3 October 2014

Halloween Nails: October 31st

More Halloween nails, quite simple today.

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Base Polishes: Essence - Black is Back, Barry M - Mango
Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster H07

2 October 2014

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Teal Gradient

With Tri-Polish Tuesday and Golden Oldie Thursday nail challenges coming to an end there is a new challenge ready to take their places - Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge. Each week there is a colour and a prompt to follow, this challenge is being ran by Crumpet's Nail Tarts and is once a week for a year.

As the title suggests this weeks challenge is to do something teal and/or gradient:

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Base Polishes: Essence - Miss Universe 147, Barry M - Guava
Glitter Polish: Laquerlicious - Peacock Tail

1 October 2014

Halloween Nails: Zombie Hands

I thought I would do new Halloween themed nails every other day for all of October.

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Base Polish: Seventeen - Rock Hard Nail Effects - Black
Stamping Polish: Barry M - Silver Foil Effect
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster - H08

29 September 2014

Nails: Top 5 Autumn / Fall Polishes 2014

I did a post like this one last year, you can see it here if you are interested. Now that it is officially Autumn I thought I would share my top five polishes for this season.

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Barry M - Crush // Leighton Denny - Be Unique // ELF - Fire Coral // Barry M - Indigo // Miss Sporty - Rain Drop 470

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First I have Barry M's Matte Crush, which is a deep burgundy matte shade which also looks great with a shiny topcoat over the top.

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Then Leighton Denny's Be Unique which is a browny / rusty shimmer colour, you do need three coats to achieve opacity but it would also work layered over a red or an orange base.

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ELF's Fire Coral, is a mid-orange cream polish which is perfect for Halloween nails and of course orange is a prominent colour in nature throughout autumn.

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The deep purple is Barry M's Indigo, and is the perfect Cadbury purple. Very difficult to colour accurately photograph. The bottle shot and the photo of the skittle nails above aren't accurate, the photo below is much more true to life. It is a deep colour but not one which looks black and is easier to wear. I need to get a new bottle of this as I seem to be at the very end of this bottle.

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Lastly I chose Miss Sporty's Rain Drop which is a dark green, something a little different from a pure black polish. Lovely and creamy and deep and the brush is quite flat and wide.

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