Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Houndstooth, Orange, Red, Yellow

Base Polishes: Sally Hansen - First Kiss, ELF - Light Red, La Femme - Ultra Gold
Stamping Polish: MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 223

GOT: Flowers

For today's challenge I used No.7's Beautifully Black from October 2011, Sally Hansen's First Kiss from April 2012, Maybelline Colorshow Cool Blue from July 2013 and Color Club's Almost Famous from April 2012. Along with W7 Black.

Polishes Used:
No.7 - Beautifully Black
Sally Hansen - First Kiss
Maybelline Colorshow - Cool Blue
Color Club - Almost Famous
W7 Black

GOT: Tropical

I wanted to use this floral pattern but the stamping polish didn't seem to work properly. I used Barry M's Matt White from at least May 2012 and Sally Hansen First Kiss from April 2012.

Base Polish: Barry M - Matt White
Stamping Polish: Sally Hansen First Kiss
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 306

Stamping Plate: QA52

This stamping plate is pretty much Psy of Gangnam Style and Korean pop sensation. I thought it made for a comical bit of stamping personally.

Base Polish: Barry M - Matt White

Glitter Polish: Kleancolor - Kiss Goodnight 171

Stamping Polish: W7 - Black

Stamping Plate: QA52 and Cheeky 031

The stamping plate itself came with a protective peel off sticker on both sides of the plate.

 

The images stamped relatively well, and even on the deeper images you don't need to use any difficult techniques. As you can see below the images stamped well, the only concern I have is with the whole body Psy, and Psy with arms crossed his face seems to look odd.

Nails: Polka Dots and Bows

Base Polishes: Sally Hansen - Delphinium and First Kiss, Revlon - Cloud, ELF - Mint Cream, W7 - Sheer Lemon.
Nail Tattoos: Fake Tattoos

Nails: Top 5 Spring Polishes 2013

Although there may be snow on the ground I still believe that spring is in the air, even if it is just on my nails. So I had a look through my polish stash and these are my top five spring time nail polishes, and I am quite liking this 'spring time skittle' manicure I have going on.

W7 - Sheer Lemon // Sally Hansen - First Kiss // Sally Hansen - Delphinium // Revlon - Cloud // ELF - Mint Cream

Sunday Stamping: Spring Flowers

Now that the spring equinox has happened it now means that it is officially spring here in the UK. The challenge set this week was 'Spring Flowers'.

Sally Hansen - First Kiss
W7 - Black
Bundle Monster BM306

Nails: Spring Dotticure

Base Polish: Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud
Dotting Polishes: 
W7 - Sheer Lemon
Sally Hansen - First Kiss
Franken - Angels Delight

Nail Polish: Battle of the Pastels

Collection 2000 - French Tip White, W7 - Polar White, Barry M - Matte White, Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud, Revlon - Cloud, W7 - Sheer Lemon, Angels Delight, Sally Hansen - First Kiss, ELF - Innocent, Eyeko - Rain, Eyeko - Vintage, ELF - Mint, ELF - Lilac, Sally Hansen - Delphinium 

So first round we have to get 14 polishes down to just four. Me being me I don't particularly have a preference for light polishes! I adore Sally Hansen's Lavender Cloud, it is opaque in two coats and is perfect for those winter nail designs.

However I seem over the past year to have used an awful lot of ELF's Innocent and that is why it is making it through to the next round.

The winner of the battle is Barry M's Matte White, and while I have used a lot of Innocent Matte White wins (just) because it is good for stamping as well as a base for nail designs!

Halloween Challenge: Trick or Treat!

First challenge from the Crumpet's Halloween 2012 Nail Challenge.

Thought I would go for a orange water marble, only my third attempt and there is a few dodgy bits but still looks quite 'trick or treat' I think.

Color Club: Wham Pow!
Sally Hansen: First Kiss

52 Week Challenge - Week 26 - Pastel

Pastel is the challenge for this week;

Base Polish: Sally Hansen - First Kiss
Mint Dots: ELF - Mint Cream
Lilac Dots: Sally Hansen - Delphinium
 Dots: W7 - Sheer Lemon
Orange Polish: Collection 2000 - Hip Hop
Strawberry Polish: Miss Sporty - Red Tango
Stamping Plate: M55

Swatch: Sally Hansen - First Kiss

Finish: Creme

Opacity: Three

Lasting Power: After three days it was still going strong

Brush Type: Flattened and very wide

How Much: 14.7ml