Illamasqua Baptiste

Today we have Illasmasqua Baptiste, an absolutely stunning dark purple shimmer.

Under normal light the shimmer is not very apparent but under light it almost glows.  The third picture shows how it looks under dimmer light.  I absolutely love this polish and cannot wait to wear it again.  As with the other Illamasquas I have tried, application was great, smooth and opaque in 2 coats.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Baptiste and 1 of the Shield.

Thanks for looking xx

This product was sent to me for review.

Nails Inc Charlotte Street

Today we have Nails Inc Charlotte Street, I hope the scheduled posts are working as planned and you all are enjoying them.

Charlotte Street is a very light grey colour with a slight shimmer running through it which is subtle but lovely.  This is one of my older Nails Inc colours and I still love it as much as I did when I got it.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

Thanks for looking xx

Sally Hansen Navy Baby and Calypso Blue

I have for you today 2 polishes I picked up in Boots a few weeks ago, they are from the Sally Hansen line of 'Complete Salon Manicure' polishes.  These polishes are described as a complete manicure as they are '5 Products in 1 Bottle'  They advertise as not needing a Base Coat or Top Coat as they contain both of these alongside Growth Treatment, Hardener and Colour.

I only got the two of these as had never tried them before and even though I seen a few other colours I liked I thought I would get 2 to try first.

As always I went straight for the blues, a light and a dark one.  I love both of the colours on the nail but had a bit of a problem with application due to the brush.  It was rather wide and did not have a straight edge at the tip so this caused me a few issues when applying.  This seems to be the design of the brush as the website describes it as an 'exclusive double brush to cover the entire nail surface in 1 even stroke'

Even though the product does not require it, I never really go without a base coat so I still just done my nails the usual way.

Here is the first one I got, Navy Baby.  I absolutely love this polish as it is a very dark navy blue with a blue glowing shimmer running through it.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Navy Baby and 1 of the Shield.

Next I have for you Calypso Blue, which is a lighter blue colour with a shimmer running through it too.  I apologise in advance for the funky colour of my hands in these pictures, no matter how many different ways I tried to take the photo, these were the only ones that showed the actual colour of the polish, but made the colour of my hands funny.

Anyway, this is 1 coat of the Knight, 3 of Calypso Blue, and 1 of the Shield.

I would probably pick up some more of these polishes if the colour was great but the brush does put me off a little bit.  It may be fine for others, but it just wasn't really working for me, which I hate saying as I don't really like being negative about a brand but I also feel I should be honest with you guys.

Thanks for looking <3

Glitter Gal Frappe over a-england Guinevere

Today I have Glitter Gal Frappe for you again, but this time it is layered over a-england Guinevere.

I absolutely love how this combo turned out so figured it deserved its own post as I couldn't narrow down the pictures anyway.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Guinevere, 1 of Frappe and 1 of the Shield.

Thanks for looking <3

The Glitter Gal polish was sent to me for review.

Glitter Gal Frappe

Today I have for you another lovely Glitter Gal holo from the wonderful Llarowe.  This is also my first scheduled post so hopefully it will reach you all ok.

Frappe is a delicate pale pink linear holo and application was great again and opaque in 2 coats.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Frappe and 1 of the Shield.

I then decided to try and layer Frappe over another polish, I chose a-england Iseult as it is one of the few light pinks I own.  It did not have much of an effect on the overall look of Frappe but it did soften it a bit and meant I only had to use 1 coat over 1 coat of Iseult.  

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Iseult, 1 of Frappe and 1 of the Shield.

Thank you for looking and please feel free to leave me a comment and I will review them all once I am back to full typing abilities <3 xx

The Glitter Gal polish was sent to me for review.

Illamasqua Rampage

Today I have for you Illamasqua Rampage.

Rampage is an amazing dark forest green jelly polish, application was great and opaque in 2 coats.  I absolutely loved this colour in the bottle, but loved it so much more once I had it on.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

I love this on it own but I actually tried the below mani on my friend Fi and liked it so much I had to do it on me too.

This is Rampage with 1 coat of Nails Inc Privileged from the Blair Gossip Girl collection over it.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Rampage, 1 of Privileged and 1 of the Shield.

Due to the green base colour of Rampage, the green flakie in Privileged was most prominent but at certain angles the blue flash was amazing.

Just before you all go, I thought I should let you know I am going to get a minor op on my right hand tomorrow so may not be able to paint my nails or write new posts for a couple of weeks.  Not to worry though, I spent yesterday swatching and will spend today scheduling posts so you still have new ones to look at but I may not be able reply to comments/tweets/facebook messages for a while.  I hope you all understand and I will be back as soon as I can.

Thank you for looking <3 xx

The products in the post were sent to me for review.

Nubar Jeans Collection - Dark Wash (Polka Dot) Jeans

Today I have for you the third, and final, polish from the Nubar Jeans Collection, Dark Wash Jeans.  The others from the collection are Faded and Boyfriend.

Dark Wash Jeans is a dark blue polish which again was opaque in 2 coats.  Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and no top coat.

And again here is the above mani with the Polka Dot Collection layered on top, pointer 1 coat of Polka Dot White, middle Polka Dot Black and ring have both, all with 1 coat of the Shield to finish.

Hope you have enjoyed my Jeans Collection and thank you for looking <3 xx

The Polka Dot Collection was sent to me for review, the Jeans Collection was purchased by me.

Nubar Jeans Collection - Boyfriend (Polka Dot) Jeans

Today I have for you the second polish from the Nubar Jeans Collection, Boyfriend Jeans.  You can see Faded Jeans here, and Darkwash Jeans will be coming up soon.

It is a mid blue colour, kind of dusty looking, I really liked this one too.  It was easy to apply and opaque in 2 coats.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Boyfriend and no top coat.

Again I used the Polka Dot collection layered over Boyfriend Jeans.  On the pointer we have 1 layer of Polka Dot White, on the middle we have 1 layer of Polka Dot Black and on the ring we have 1 layer of each, and then one coat of the Shield over all.

I liked this one with the Dots over it, as the blue is very mid toned both sets of Dots show up very well.

The Polka Dot Collection was sent to me for review, the Jeans Collection was purchased by me.