22 April 2013

Review: ELF - Nail Polish Set - Beautifully Bright

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Finally ELF has some new nail polish colours which aren't variants of pink! This collection is called Beautifully Bright and that is exactly what it is, bright and perfect for wearing this spring / summer.

First up we have a orange / peach colour called Party Peach. This is two coats which covered perfectly, I can see a very subtle glass flecked shimmer in there but it is very subtle. ELF do have two other polishes of a similar colour family, Mango Madness and Fire Coral. You can now purchase this polish as a single polish.

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The second polish is a yellow, cream polish, which was certainly missing from ELF's range. This is two coats and it looked fine to my eye but under the harsh photo flash it does look slightly streaky, but I imagine another thin coat would solve that.
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And finally we have Teal Blue which is also available in a full sized bottle. Again this is two coats and it seems enough for the full effect. This is a cream polish. I did a post about this in a full sized bottle recently here.

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All polishes are smaller 6ml, than the standard 10ml ELF polish. However they are really easy to use and the brush doesn't actually seem smaller or more complex to work with. I actually think it could be the same size brush as in the standard sized bottles.

21 April 2013

Sunday Stamping: Earth Day

Earth Day 2013 is actually tomorrow, however the challenge was to do nails inspired by earth day. I did these using the cling film / saran wrap method and stamped between the layers, although it has came up quite subtle.

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Base Polish:
Barry M - Retro Blue
La Femme - Mint Cream

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 312
Stamping Polish: Primark - Glo Baby Glo

20 April 2013

Swatch: ELF - Teal Blue

Really pretty polish, more of a mint cream though than a teal blue.

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Colour: Minty green
Finish: Cream
Opacity: Two coats
How Much: 10ml
Price: £2.50

18 April 2013

Tri-Colour Nail Challenge: Pink, Orange and Turquoise #2

This is the second month of a new nail challenge, you are set three colours and you select three polishes to represent each colour. Four days, four different manicures using said polishes. I ended up doing this for the second challenge:

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These are the three polishes which are to be used for these challenges. Expect to see three more for this month. ELF's Gum Pink, La Femme's Ultra Gold and Collection 2000's Electric Dreams.

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17 April 2013

Time Period Challenge: Ancient Rome

The nails I have attempted to do really don't do ancient Rome justice. I kept failing every attempt at this and this was the fourth attempt at something. I did want to do the roman wall but I just couldn't get it right. Anyhow this is supposed to be Caesars laurel wreath, some grapes and the roman shield.

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Base Polish: ELF - Innocent
Stamping Plate: M71

16 April 2013

Tri-Colour Nail Challenge: Pink, Orange and Turquoise #1

This is the second month of a new nail challenge, you are set three colours and you select three polishes to represent each colour. Four days, four different manicures using said polishes. I ended up doing this for the first challenge:

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These are the three polishes which are to be used for these challenges. Expect to see three more for this month. ELF's Gum Pink, La Femme's Ultra Gold and Collection 2000's Electric Dreams.

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