Nail Art: Green Half and Half

Green Polish | Barry M - Jalapeno

Teal Polish | Barry M - Guava

Striping Tape

  

Topic Tuesday: Favourite Stamping Tools

My go to stamper is a XL Squishy Jelly one, picks up the image and gets in on to my nails easily even with my strong C curved nails.

I use a grabber tool with a cotton ball to clean off my plates without melting my polish off.

Stamping polishes I like at the moment is Beauty Big Bang 002 and MoYou Special Nail Polish in White which are opaque and stamp well.

Finally because of the jelly stamper I use a lint roller to clean it off as acetone would melt the material.

  

Nail Art: Pink Abstract Roses

Base Polish | Barry M - Peanut Butter

Pink Polish | Champneys - Pink

Matte Polish | Barry M - Matte Top Coat

Stamping Polish | Beauty Big Bang 02

Stamping Plate | Konad M65

  

Stamping Plate: MoYou 430

I've had this plate since 2017 but hadn't gotten around to reviewing it until now.

The plate is square and backed with thick white hard plastic. It has seven word images and 15 other images. The images stamped across fine, even the finer image I used in the second set of nails below.

[Love Nails]

[Love Bird Nails]

  

Nail Polish Swatch: Tonic Polish - Peacock Parade

Another Friday swatch today with a Tonic Polish. Peacock Parade is super shifty, has three times the amount of pigments than other Tonic Polishes. I also think this may be a dupe for the long discontinued Nubar Peacock Feathers which was on my wish list for years.

[Indoors, No Flash]

Colour | Blue, Purple, Green

Finish | Multichrome

Opacity | Three Coats

Brush Type | Flat and Wide

How Much | 15ml

Purchased From | Rainbow Connection

Five Free + Cruelty Free

No sunlight photos as there was no sunlight here while I wore it!

[Natural Daylight, No Flash]

[Indoors, Flash]

  

Review: Wild - Refillable Natural Deodorant

Bought myself some refillable deodorant to try out, I have a 20% off code if you want to give it a go as well (here). Wanted to do a review because I couldn't find many online when I was looking it up. I've been using Wild Natural Deodorant for a year now.

I got the scents
Mint Fresh
Orange Zest
Bergamot Rituals

All three scents smell quite like essential oils, I couldn't smell anything specific from all three of them especially when wearing them.

I have been wanting to incorporate more reusable items in to my life, less single use plastics and products in general. The process started in 2007, so definitely a journey!

Wild is a 100% natural deodorant, vegan and cruelty free, paraben and aluminium free.

The idea is you have a case which comes in different colours and then you buy refills once you've used it up. The refills themselves come in cardboard which can be recycled.

Wild is more of a soft bar type of deodorant, similar to dry deodorant sticks.

Does it work?

I have found that using this deodorant is very similar to my old Sure Aquastick, of the scents I have used I couldn't smell any of them on me once applied. However I also don't smell, I've used this product for a year and throughout the four seasons I found it worked well. 

What about staining?
Apparently it is the aluminium that stains lighter clothes so this doesn't do that, but I don't wear light colours so can't comment on it staining white.

What about white marks?
I only wear black and so can comment on this one! I have found doing two swipes on each armpit is enough so I don't smell but it also as far as I have noticed left any white marks on my clothes.

Would I recommend it?

If you are used to the format of a dry stick rather than a traditional roll on then the switch to this is very easy. They keep bringing new scents out too to try something different. I have recommended it to friends, I think it's an easy swap to something more environmentally friendly.