5 October 2015

Halloween Nails: Evil Pumpkins

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Base Polish: ELF - Mango Madness
Accent Polish: Leighton Denny - Just Perfect
Accent Polish: Yes Love - K036

Stamping Polish: MoYou Nails - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plates: A37, Bundle Monster H06

3 October 2015

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 410 (BM410)

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This stamping plate is from the forth Bundle Monster set, the first CYO (create your own). It is backed with branded lining to stop it from being sharp, comes covered with a blue cellophane sticker which you have to peel off before use.

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On BM410 there are four full nail images and two smaller ones. I think the herring bone is my favourite design. All of the designs were trickier to work with but working quickly helps a lot.

You can see all of the designs I have used this plate in here, and some of those are below:

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2 October 2015

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Hobbies

Today is the beginning of a new 52 week challenge here are mine but you can see all of the rest here. The first prompt was hobbies and where better to begin on a nail blog with some nail polish nails;

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Base Polishes: Barry M - Bikini, China Glaze - Grape Pop
Stamping Polish: MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black, Essence - Stamp Me White
Stamping Plate: BPS 29

1 October 2015

Swatch: Sally Hansen - Copper Penny

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Colour: Copper
Finish: Glitter in Clear Base
Opacity: Four Coats Shown, but I would use it over a base
Brush Type: Flat and Wide
How Much? 14.7ml

30 September 2015

Review: OPI - Avoplex Nail and Cuticle Replenishing Oil

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I like to use a cuticle oil 2 or 3 times a day around my cuticles and underneath the nail length. I had been using Leighton Denny's Slick Tips. I use a cuticle oil to help my cuticles be moisturised as well as to help my nails to be able to bend, the ideal is strong nails but nails which can bend somewhat without breaking.

Avoplex smells fresh and clean, I'd like to say it smells of cucumber but it doesn't say in the ingredients it has this in.

The texture of this is thicker than slick tips, feels quite silicone like although it doesn't list this as in the ingredients.

It sinks in to the skin quickly and doesn't leave a sticky or oily residue. I also find this doesn't aggravate my eyes if I get it near them, not that I would recommend putting it in your eye but for accident prone people like me it does happen.

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Avoplex contains vitamin E, avocado, sunflower, sesame and kukui nut oils.