Monday 29 July 2013

Nails Inc Covent Garden and Royal Botanical Gardens

I hae for you all today 2 Nails Inc Polishes, the first is from the Summer Collection.

It is called Royal Botanical Gardens which looks like a pastel mint in the bottle but for some reason pulled a lot more like a pastel blue on me.

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

1 - nails inc royal botanical gardens

I then had tried wearing Covent Garden which is one of the Beaded Effect polishes, I found this quite think and difficult to apply after the first coat so thought it might be easier if I only had to do the one coat, I was right, so here is the above mani with 1 coat of Covent Garden and no top coat.

2 - nails inc covent garden over royal botanical gardens (1)
 
2 - nails inc covent garden over royal botanical gardens (2)
 
And just for reference here is 2 coats of Covent Garden alone, as I said it was tricky to apply and did require a little patience but I also quite like the extreme texture of the polish once it was dried in.
 
3 - nails inc covent garden  (1)
 
3 - nails inc covent garden  (2)

I have another of the beaded polishes here and am looking forward to trying it out and will of course let you all know how that goes. 

You can buy Nails Inc from the official site.

Thanks for looking <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review.

Thursday 25 July 2013

Barry M Sour Apple - Confetti

I have for you today a polish from the Barry M Confetti line, Sour Apple, which is a mixture of blue and yellow bar glitters in a clear base.

I know a lot of people are opposed to bar glitters as a general rule, but I generally like them in a glitter mix and loved this polish where all the glitters are bars.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of a-england Camelot, 1 of Sour Apple and 1 of the Shield.

barry m sour apple over a-england camelot  (1)
 
barry m sour apple over a-england camelot  (2)
 
barry m sour apple over a-england camelot  (3)
 
barry m sour apple over a-england camelot  (4)

I really liked this combo and imagine it would also look great over other colours but I love how the colours stand out over black.

Barry Ms can be purchased from the official site.

Thanks for looking <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review.

Wednesday 24 July 2013

2true Pro Aglala & Artemis Metallic and Marine & Cassis Candy

Today I have for you 2 polishes from the 2true Pro Metallic line, Aglala and Artemis.  And also 2 polishes from the Candy line, Marine and Cassis.

First we have 1 coat of the Knight and 1 coat of Aglala and 1 of the Shield.  Coverage was great with this polish, even with 1 coat. 

On my ring finger I used the Marine Candy beads as an accent.  I poured the beads into a tray and rolled my finger over them when the top coat was still wet.  I then placed a few with my fingers if there was any big gaps.  There are still a few little gaps but with more practice I should be able to do better.

2true aglala and marine (1)
 
2true aglala and marine (2)
 
2true aglala and marine (3)
 
2true aglala and marine (4)
 
2true aglala and marine (5)

Then we have 1 coat of the Knight and 1 coat of Artemis and 1 of the Shield.  On my ring finger I used the Cassis Candy beads as an accent. 

2true artemis and cassis (1)
 
2true artemis and cassis (2)
 
2true artemis and cassis (3)
 
2true artemis and cassis (4)
 
2true artemis and cassis (5)
 
This was my first experience with 2true Pro polishes and I was really impressed.
 
You can buy 2true Pro and also lots of other 2true polishes from Superdrug.
 
Thanks for looking <3
 
Some of the polishes in this post were sent to me for review.

Tuesday 23 July 2013

a-england Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) and Silly Lily Polish Love Bug

I have for you today another of the polishes from the a-england Burne-Jones Dream collection.

This polish is Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) which is cranberry holographic polish.  Application was as we have all come to know and love from a-england, effortless and you could have also gotten away with just one coat but I generally always do two as a matter of course.

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

a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty) (1)
 
a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty) (2)
 
a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty) (3)
 
a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty) (4)

I then topped this polish with a little pretty I have from Silly Lily polishes called Love Bug.  This polish is made up of different colours of hearts and black and gold dots.  I loved this one for how fun it is and it also makes a great pair with Briar Rose.  Given the nature of this polish with the larger hearts, they came out of the bottle surprisingly easily and required little manipulation to go were I wanted them to on the nail.

This is the above mani with 1 coat of Love Bug and 1 of the Shield.

silly lily love bug over a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty)  (1)
 
silly lily love bug over a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty)  (2)
 
silly lily love bug over a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty)  (3)
 
silly lily love bug over a-england briar rose (sleeping beauty)  (4)
 
I loved wearing both of these polishes and think the go great together.
 
You can buy a-england from the official site if you are in the UK, Llarowe ships worldwide or you can also find a list of all of the a-england distributors on their website.
 
Silly Lily Polishes can be purchased on Etsy.
 
Thanks for looking <3
 
Some of the polishes in this post were sent to me for review.

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Nails Inc Camden Lock and Portobello Place Graffiti

I showed you 2 of the 4 Nails Inc Graffiti line a while ago and since I had a pretty bad break recently I am back into archive pictures for a while.

Here we have Camden Lock (which seems now to be called Old Street on the Nails Inc site) but this is the rainbow graffiti and really could be worn over any colour.  I decided to put 1 coat over 2 coats of Holland Park Avenue which is a taupe polish.

NI Graffiti Camden Lock over Holland Park Avenue  (1)

NI Graffiti Camden Lock over Holland Park Avenue  (2)
 
And last but not least we have Portobello Place which is described as the navy graffiti and this is 1 coat over 2 coats of Oxford.
 
NI Graffiti Portobello Place over Oxford (1)  

NI Graffiti Portobello Place over Oxford (2)
 
The Graffiti polishes can still be purchased from the Nails Inc site, have you picked up any for your collection yet?
 
Thanks for looking <3
 
Some products in this post were sent to me for review.

Thursday 4 July 2013

Nails Inc Piccadilly Arcade - Nail Jewellery

As promised here is the last of the polishes from the collection of 4 Nails Inc Jewellery collection.

Again I will show you it over light and dark shades.

First we have Brewer Street which is a lime yellowy green and 1 coat of Piccadilly Arcade which is the emerald jewellery.

3 NI Brewer Street

3 NI Picadilly Arcade over Brewer Street (1)

3 NI Picadilly Arcade over Brewer Street (2)

Then we have Fitzhardinge Street which is a dark forrest green and 1 coat of Piccadilly Arcade.

4 NI Fitzhardinge Street

4 NI Picadilly Arcade over Fitzhardinge Street (1)

4 NI Picadilly Arcade over Fitzhardinge Street (2)
 
You can buy Nails Inc polishes from the official site, and the jewellery ones are still available there too.
 
Thanks for looking <3

Wednesday 3 July 2013

Nails Inc Royal Arcade - Nail Jewellery

I have for you all today some pictures that have been sitting in my archive for a while, I have shown you the other 2 Nails Inc Jewellery polishes before but here is the first of the last 2 from the collection.

As with the previous posts I have shown you each colour over a light and a dark shade so I will do the same here.

First we have Marco Polo House which is a dark ink blue polish and 1 coat of Royal Arcade which is the sapphire jewellery.

1 NI Marco Polo House

1 NI Royal Arcade over Marco Polo House (1)

1 NI Royal Arcade over Marco Polo House (2)

Then we have Queensgate Terrace which is a cornflower blue polish and again 1 coat of Royal Arcade.

2 NI Queensgate Terrace

2 NI Royal Arcade over Queensgate Terrace  (1)

2 NI Royal Arcade over Queensgate Terrace  (2)
 
I was going to show you the last two polishes in the one post but decided that would be too picture heavy so will try and get the next one up tomorrow.

You can buy Nails Inc polishes from the official site, and the jewellery ones are still available there too.
 
Thanks for looking <3

Tuesday 2 July 2013

I Love Nail Polish Babes in Toyland and Matthew Peri

I have for you today two I Love Nail Polish polishes that have been sitting in my archive folder requiring editing and the post written for sometime, but when I got an email today about ILNP End Of Life Polishes sale and seen these two were in it I knew I had to show you then before they were gone.

First we have Babes in Toyland which is made up of green, pink, blue and gold glitters in a clear base.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 3 of Enchanted Polish Magical Mystery Tour, 1 of Babes in Toyland and 1 of the Shield.

i love nail polish Babes in Toyland over enchanted polish Magical Mystery Tour (1)

i love nail polish Babes in Toyland over enchanted polish Magical Mystery tour (2)

i love nail polish Babes in Toyland over enchanted polish Magical Mystery tour (3)

i love nail polish Babes in Toyland over enchanted polish Magical Mystery tour (4)

i love nail polish Babes in Toyland over enchanted polish Magical Mystery tour (5)
 
Next we have Matthew Peri which is made up of Periwinkle, gunmetal and Navy glitters in a clear base.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Nails Inc Upper Brook Street, 1 of Matthew Peri and 1 of the Shield.
 

i love nail polish Matthew Peri over nails inc Upper Brook Street (1)
 
i love nail polish Matthew Peri over nails inc Upper Brook Street (2)

i love nail polish Matthew Peri over nails inc Upper Brook Street (3)

i love nail polish Matthew Peri over nails inc Upper Brook Street (4)
 
I am so glad I have these 2 polishes in my collection and ILNP has so many other great glitter toppers, and also not to mention their great looking holos and chromes, jellies and cremes.
 
Thanks for looking and I hope you can pick up some great polishes in their sale, here is the link and they also do Ultra Minis of their colours if you want to try out some others but not commit to a full bottle.
 
Some products in this post were sent to me for review.