30 December 2014

2014: Nail Art Top 10 - My Picks

So we have seen the top five nail art posts which were most popular on the blog but I think it is nice to look back and to see my choices and how they differ from those. These are in no particular order:

Black Holo Snowflakes
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Gradient Holo Dotticure
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Wedding Guest Nails
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Patchwork Nails
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Nightmare Before Christmas
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Fingerprint Nails
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Holographic Chevrons 
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It's Me, Mario!
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Black Holo Clouds
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Frozen's Olaf 
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28 December 2014

2014: Top Five Nail Posts!

If you want to know what the top 5 nail posts were for 2013 then you can see those here, and also 2012,

So these are the top five most viewed nail art designs I have done during 2014. I think it is very interesting to see which you, the viewers like the most and how they differ from my favourites;

Number Five - Purple Glitter Dotticure
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Number Four - Peach Flames
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Number Three - Skyline
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Number Two - Pink Ruffles
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Number One - Green Trees
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Thank you to everyone who subscribed, stayed subscribed, commented and liked elsewhere!

All the best for 2015!

27 December 2014

Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store - BP16

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Born Pretty Store recently came out with their own range of stamping plates, I managed to get a couple of these in a special 1p sale. Having not tried any of there plates before I was interested in seeing if they actually stamped, and they do.

These plates come with a branded backing which means the edges not sharp.

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I used Kleancolor Metallic Sapphire to stamp with and as you can see I didn't have problems with any of the images other than the rock the wolf is standing on. This plate has quite a lot going on, 6 single images and 3 full nail images.

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I really like the longer image, I think it will make sunset designs so much easier. Both of the zebra images are cute too.

Once I have used this plate you will be able to see all of them by clicking here.

I also have a 10% off code for the website which you can use if you want to;



$2.99 - BPS

   

26 December 2014

Nails: Icy Cold

Winter in Northern England is always cold, and pretty much always dark. Now we are officially in to winter I thought it would be good to do some icy cold nails, they were very sparkly;

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Base Polishes: Barry M - Matt White, Barry M - Blue Moon
Holographic Polish: Kleancolor - Blue Holo 135, Models Own - Juicy Jules

24 December 2014

23 December 2014

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Top Three!

These are the top polishes of 2014, if you want to see what won in 2013 then you can here, and if you are really interested you can see what won in 2012 here.


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Leighton Denny - Opaque Elegance // Barry M - Silver Foil Effect // A England - Encore Margot

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Claire's - Dizzy // Nails Inc - Optic Wave // Jacava - Red Velvet 

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OPI - Do You Have This Color in Stock-Holm? // W7 - Twilight // OPI - Alcatraz Rocks

  
Nails Inc - New York Noir

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From the top ten polishes I chose my top three;


3) OPI - Do You Have This Color In Stock-Holm? - This purple is a gorgeous cream finish polish, it looks vibrant in the bottle but translates to the nails quite a bit darker. 


2) Nails Inc - New York Noir - This polish is a one coat black cream finish polish. It is great to wear alone, or as a base. I also found that I could use this to stamp with. Something which I have gotten a lot of use from during 2014.


1) W7 - Twilight - Meaning that Twilight is my favorite nail polish of 2014, I did struggle to choose between this and the black however the black wasn't special enough to win. This is a purple to navy (with a slight lean to pink) glass flecked duochrome polish, which works on it's own or over a dark base. I liked this polish so much I used it to create a 'dragons egg'. It is dark and magical and that is what I really like.