14 November 2014

Swatch: Kleancolor - Kiss Goodbye 171

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Colour: Holographic glitter (pink, silver, blue) in clear base
Finish: Holographic
Opacity: The photo is two coats over ELF Chocolate, difficult to reach a full opacity without being too many thick coats.
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 15ml
Other: This polish has a very potent smell.

13 November 2014

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Wild Animals, Yellow

Today's nails are supposed to be a giraffe print, as that incorporates both the yellow and wild animal prompts.

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Base Polish: Collection 2000 - Sherbet Lemon
Stamping Polish: ELF - Chocolate
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 313

11 November 2014

Review: 4mm White Star Nail Accessories

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These are listed on the Born Pretty Store as "4mm Hollow Out Pentagon Matt Glitter Powder Sheets Tips Nail Art Decoration". They come in 12 different colours, and these are the white ones.

You get a small pot of 4mm stars, I would guess at 60-100 individual stars. They have been punched through to leave a hollowed outline. There were a couple of these punched out pieces in the pot which I am sure will come in useful for other nail looks.

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The stars are quite ridged and won't bend to the curve of your nail, they do stick out a bit. So this may be good to know if you are a picker. For me though they weren't annoying with two coats of top coat to help seal them down.

To use them I did my nails and let them dry, to attach them I used a dab of clear polish and then using tweezers I picked up a star and placed it where I wanted it to be. You could use nail glue for this to stick it down, for a securer attachment. Afterwards I sealed them in with a thick topcoat.

First I used them alone;

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Base Polish: Stargazer - Navy

Another way I used them was to add something to some stamped nails;

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Base Polish: ELF - Plum
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster 21, Konad Q1
Stamping Polish: Barry M - Silver Foil Effect

And the third way I used the was as an accent to a simple black and white dotticure;

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Base Polish: Essence - Black is Back
Dot Polish: Barry M - Matt White

These are from BornPrettyStore, you can see some of there new products here and what is most popular here.



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8 November 2014

Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 313 (BM313)

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This stamping plate is from the third Bundle Monster set, from 2012. It is backed with branded lining to stop it from being sharp. This is useful, without it it is easy to slice open your fingers and palms which I have been known to do accidentally in the past with other stamping plates.

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On this stamping plate there are two full nail images, and four single images. All of these stamped well, the only one I struggled with was the filled in top left image. I haven't actually used any of these images in nail art, I really need to! When I do though you will be able to see all of the designs here.

7 November 2014

Swatch: W7 - Boogie Nights

I got given this one by my sister, thank you!

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Colour: Blue Glitter in a blue base
Finish: Standard Sized Glitter
Opacity: The photo shows two coats, because the base is tinted blue this works as a stand alone glitter polish rather than just being a layering glitter
Brush Type: Standard
How Much? 15ml