Pandora's Nails

Cult Nails Toxic Seaweed over Illamasqua Smash

2012-03-16T21:01:00.000Z

Today I have for you all a stunning limited edition polish from Cult Nails. I have been meaning to try these polishes for a while but when I seen the beauty that was Toxic Seaweed and noticed it was limited, I wasn't risking missing out on it like Clairvoyant.

Anyway, Cult Nails is a brand that was started by the lovely Maria that runs the blog R3 Daily and Toxic Seaweed is part of one the newer collections, Let's Get Nekkid.

Toxic Seaweed is a green jelly polish, with a generous helping of green and silver square glitter running through it, and also flakies to sweeten the mix.

So without further chatting from me, here is my previous mani of Illasmasqua Smash with 2 coats of Toxic Seaweed and 1 coat of the Shield.

Wow, what a stunning polish! I loved it over the lighter green but thanks to Jeanette of The Swatchaholic and this post, I need to wear it again, over a dark green and matte <3

You can buy Cult Nails from their official store here and polishes are $10 each. And if that wasn't good enough, Maria is doing an amazing $5 sale on 7th April as a celebration for reaching 5k facebook likes, please see this post for the rules about this sale. I need to pick out my next purchases.....

Thanks for looking <3

Andrea Fulerton Emma with Sparkle Shine Overcoat

2012-03-14T17:19:00.001Z

Today I have for you another of the Andrea Fulerton Popping Pastels colours, which this time is a very pretty lilac polish.

Again as with Jade there was no application issues and the polish is shown here with 1 coat of the Knight 2 of Emma and no top coat.

And again here is Emma with 2 coats of the Sparkle Shine Ovecoat and 1 coat of the Shield. The Overcoat shimmer is still pretty subtle but I love the little extra something it brings to the polish.

I really love this shade of purple, and I do think the Overcoat is a quick and easy way to liven up a pretty pastel spring manicure.

Andrea Fulerton polishes can be bought from Superdrug or Amazon are cost £4.99 for the polish and the same for the Overcoat.

Thanks for looking <3

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

Nails Inc Neon and Nude Collection - The Nudes

2012-03-12T18:37:00.000Z

I have for you all today the first half of the Nails Inc Neon and Nude Collection, the Nude polishes. I decided to split it up so not to have too many pictures in the one post.

This collection is a set of 6 mini Nails Inc polishes, 3 neon and 3 nude. I will show you each of the Nudes on their own here, but they can also be mixed and matched with the Neons for a completely different look.

All polishes were photographed using 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

First we have Porchester Square, a muted mushroom polish.

Then we have Cadogan Square, a classic camel polish.

And lastly we have Jermyn Street, a perfect taupe polish.

I think I might be warming to nude type colours as I actually liked wearing all of these, especially Porchester Square.

Have any of you picked up this collection? If not you can head to the Nails Inc site here and grab it for £22.

So thats the Nude part of this collection, and I will try and get the Neon part up shortly.

Thanks for looking <3

This product was sent to me for review.

a-england Ascalon

2012-03-10T16:51:00.000Z

I have for you today another stunning polish from the a-england Legend collection.

Ascalon is a mainly grey polish but it also has flashes of lavender which make it a real beauty to look at, and just like the previous Legends I have shown you, it is also a holographic polish.

I had originally worn and photographed this one when my nails were shorter but decided I would wear again now my nails are a little longer, as if I really needed to make an excuse to wear it again.

So here is 1 coat of the Knight, and 2 of Ascalon with no top coat to show you how shiny is even without this.

I think it is honestly safe to say that you all know what I am going to say here, I love this polish!

Have any of you picked up this one? If not and you want to get your hands on it you can buy it directly from a-england here for £9 with free Worldwide shipping, or you can also get it from Llarowe here.

Thanks for looking <3

This product was sent to me for review.

Illamasqua Smash

2012-03-07T18:32:00.000Z

Today I have for you all a lovely bright green from Illamasqua, Smash.

This was another one of the Illamasqua polishes I had been dying for, and was so happy that I managed to get it in their sale.

For such a bright colour, this polish was still very pigmented and I was able to get full unstreaky coverage in 2 coats.

So here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Smash and no top coat (as I then layered another pretty over this one, but that is for another post.....)

This polish can still be bought from the Illamasqua site here, priced at £13.50.

Even if you don't want to buy this particular polish, you should head to Illamasqua today to check out the pre-order of their new Collection, Human Fundamentalism, all of the pieces in this new collection look great, especially the 2 new polish colours, great for Spring/Summer!

Thanks for looking <3

Andrea Fulerton Jade with Sparkle Shine Overcoat

2012-03-05T19:08:00.002Z

I have for you all today a pretty polish from the Andrea Fulerton Spring Pastels Collection, a mint green called Jade.

Like the other Andrea Fulerton polishes I have tried so far, application was easy and smooth. And coverage was opaque in 2 coats.

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

I then added Andrea Fulertons Sparkle Shine Overcoat which is a clear top coat polish with micro glitter running through it, which gives a subtle but stunning shimmer to any polish, and I thought it worked perfectly with this pastel type colour.

The Overcoat was pretty smooth after drying so there might not be a need for an additional top coat if you don't want to wear one, but after putting 2 coats of the Sparkle Shine Overcoat on top of the above mani, I then added 1 coat of the Shield to seal it all in.

I love this kind of shade, I think it is perfect for Spring and the micro glitter is the Overcoat is a great addition as it adds a little something else to the plain creme polish, but doesn't take away from the actual colour.

Andrea Fulerton polishes can be bought from Superdrug or Amazon are cost £4.99 for the polish and the same for the Overcoat.

Thanks for looking <3

The polishes in this post were sent to me for review.

a-england Princess Tears

2012-03-03T10:28:00.000Z

Today I have for you another of the a-england Legend polishes, Princess Tears.

This polish is mainly lilac in colour but has a greyish tone to it too which makes it even more stunning, the holo in this polish is also pretty strong. So all things considered, I love this polish!!

Here this beauty is with 1 coat of the Knight and 2 of the polish, with no top coat. As usual with a-england polish the application was smooth and easy.

You can purchase a-england polishes directly from the a-england site here where they are £9 with free worldwide shipping. Or you can also buy them from Llarowe here, who is the official US a-england stockist.

Thank you for looking <3

This product was sent to me for review.

Illamasqua Eclipse

2012-02-29T20:40:00.001Z

This polish is one of the Illamasqua pretties I had my eye on for a while, so I was super happy when I managed to pick it up in the sale about Christmas time.

This is one of the polishes that was designed by the winner of a contest Illamasqua held in 2010 which gave people the opportunity to design their dream polish, the others were Raindrops (shown here) and Shrapnel which I also nabbed in the sale and will show you another time.

Eclipse is a metallicy navy blue, and is shown here with 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Eclipse and 1 of the Shield. The last picture shows how it looks in a lower light.

Unfortunately, none of the polishes from this competition are readily available, but the brand new Illamasqua site has some other beauties just waiting to be bought.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

Ozotic 533 over a-england Camelot

2012-02-28T17:36:00.000Z

Today I have for you another of the stunning 'mish mash' polishes from Ozotic which are multichrome linear holos!

533 shifts from mainly purple and blue, to bronze and has hints of green too.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Camelot 2 of 533 and 1 of the Shield - and apologies for the yoyo-ing nail length, this is another mani a wore a while back but haven't had a chance to post yet.

This pretty (and a lot of others) can be bought from Llarowe here.

The Ozotic polish was sent to me for review.

Nails Inc Baker Street

2012-02-27T18:22:00.001Z

Today I have for you all an absolutely stunning blue from Nails Inc, anyone who has been here before probably knows I love a good blue but this one is just wow!

My Nails are much longer in this post as I only received Baker Street on Friday but I had to let this one skip the queue of swatches cos I love it so much. And I also must say, out of all the polishes I have worn to work, this one received the most compliments.

So without further yapping here is 1 coat if the Knight, 2 of Baker Street and 1 of the Shield.

I don't know about you but I love this polish, have any of you picked it up yet, if not you can get it from the official Nails Inc site for £11.

If this is how Nails Inc start their Spring collection, I cannot wait to see what else they have lined up. I know there are another few great looking brights on the site already.

Thanks for looking <3

This product was sent to me for review.

Dollish Polish Nice Scrunchy, Heather

2012-02-26T18:40:00.000Z

Today I have for you another pretty from Dollish Polish, Nice Scrunchy, Heather.

Now this was the polish that first jumped at me from Dollys Esty store and said 'Buy Me!!' Heathers has got to be one of my all time favourite films so even if this polish wasn't a stunning red holo, I might have had to buy it anyway.

I wore this a while ago so my nails are quite short in the pictures but I sometimes love how red looks on shorter nails.

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

Don't you just love it?!

Thanks for looking and please pay Dolly a little visit at her Etsy store or her Facebook Page to find this and so many other pretties. I really need to get my next order in with her but my want list just keeps getting longer and longer......

Nails Inc Holland Park Avenue and Hampstead Gardens

2012-02-20T20:21:00.001Z

Today I have for you all two very lovely polishes from Nails Inc, Holland Park Avenue and Hampstead Gardens. These two polishes were part of the Nails Inc New Year Collection, and were designed with the 'strong neutrals' trend in mind.

Firstly I will show you Holland Park Avenue which is a rich chocolaty taupe.

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

Next we have Hampstead Gardens which is a honey mustard coloured neutral polish.

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

Some of you may be surprised to hear this, but I actually really loved both of these colours on me, I think I am much more of a fan of these stronger neutral colours rather than the ones designed for 'mannequin hands' as for some reason, I never liked that look on me.

These colours are great as they are neutral enough to go with a lot of things but at the same time, still allow your nails to stand out.

Both of these polishes can be bought on the Nails Inc website for £11 each.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

These products were sent to me for review.

a-england Bridal Veil

2012-02-18T14:24:00.002Z

Hello everyone!! Oh how I have missed you all!!

I cannot apologise enough for my extra long absence but today is the first day I have really been feeling up to doing a post, being ill and creative at the same time do not mix, haha.

But wow, you have all been keeping my blog feeling loved while I have been gone, **waves hi to all my new followers** and my pageviews that I was so excited about getting to 20,000 at the new year, are now over the 40,000 mark!! I don't even know what to say!!

So without further whittering on from me, here is the beauty I have for you today, a-england Bridal Veil from the new Legend collection.

Bridal Veil is a black scattered holo and is extremely opaque, 1 coat would be fine for complete coverage if you were tidy enough.

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

Wow, I love this one, but you all know that already, the Legend collection is an amazing set of polishes, each one just as stunning as the last.

I hope you all like this too and I hope to be back to normal posting very soon <3 <3

This polish can be purchased from the official a-england site for £9 with free worldwide shipping here and you can also buy from Llarowe here (and yes that is little old me on the Llarowe site, thanks Leah Ann <3 xx)

This product was sent to me for review.

a-england Dragon

2012-01-27T17:00:00.003Z

Today I have for you another stunning polish from the a-england Legend collection

Dragon is a striking green, with flashes of gold, as well as a stunning scattered holo running through it.

This one really deserves its namesake, the green is like Dragon scales, and the gold flash makes me think of Dragon eyes.

Anyway, here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Dragon and no top coat.

I love this one, but I seem to love all of this collection so I wasn't expecting this one to be any different, Adina has created some stunning polishes here and I cannot wait to show you the others.

Thanks for looking <3

This product was sent to me for review.

Dollish Polish My Little Buttercup

2012-01-26T17:00:00.003Z

I have for you all today another pretty from Dollish Polish.

This polish is based around the song performed in The Three Amigos.

My Little Buttercup is a great tribute to this song, it is a shimmery bright yellow polish which also has some larger pieces of holo glitter through it.

Application was great on this one, and coverage was opaque with 2 coats, which I was happy with as I know yellows can be a bit fussy at time.

So here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of My Little Buttercup and 1 of the Shield.

Unfortunately, I did not see this one in Dollys store when I was looking earlier, however there are still many amazing polishes there to be drooled over, I think when I next make a purchase from Dolly, it is going to be difficult to decide which to get.....

Thanks for looking <3

Illamasqua Prism over a-england King Arthur

2012-01-25T17:00:00.001Z

Today I have for you a layering combo I loved, I got Prism in a quad from Illamasqua as part of my Christmas, I have yet to try it alone but will show you it at some point for sure, will probably do a post on the quad actually.

Prism is a sheer iridescent blue, and would be great for layering over many different polishes I can imagine, but I was already wearing a-england King Arthur (shown alone here) and decided to try Prism over this, and I am so glad I did. The blue flash from Prism shows up so well, even in lower light (the last picture shows this) but as it is fairly sheer, the grey of King Arthur is still quite visible.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of King Arthur, 1 of Prism and 1 of the Shield.

Thanks for looking <3

Ozotic 507 over a-england Camelot

2012-01-24T17:00:00.002Z

Today I have for you a stunning Ozotic multichrome from Llarowe.

507 is an amazing multichrome that shifts from mossy/khaki green to an almost golden yellow, at certain times there are also hints of blue.

Again I layered this one over black to get a more extreme colour shift.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Camelot, 2 of 507 and 1 of the Shield.

I love the colour shift in this one! My mum did get me Chanel Peridot for Christmas, but I haven't tried it yet, but when I do I will be interested to see how close it is to this one.

Thanks for looking <3

The Ozotic polish was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Shape Shifter over a-england Avalon

2012-01-23T17:00:00.001Z

Today I have for you my last Lynnderella from the parcel I got from Llarowe, it is a sad day but hopefully it will not be the last Lynnderella post forever.

As far as I can tell from the Lynnderella site, Shape Shifter is from the First Edition collection and is described here:

Multiple sizes of silver holographic hexagons and squares, micro glitter, plus hearts, stars, diamonds, crescent moons, flowers, butterflies and bars in a clear base. Challenging application due to shifting shapes.

This is a very striking polish due to the amount of holo in it, but was also a bit tricky to apply due to some of the larger glitter pieces. Some slight repositioning was required for the much larger bits, I only managed to get a Heart and a Moon from the Shapes in this mani but when I previously wore this I also got a Diamond, a Star and a Flower (as well as a Heart and Moon). I love that each time you wear this polish it will be different.

I decided to layer it over a-england Avalon, so here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Avalon, 2 of Shape Shifter and 1 of the Shield.

Before I go, here is a quick picture I managed to find from the first time I wore this polish that shows some of the other shapes. Its not a great picture but for some reason it seems to be the only one on my computer of this mani, not sure what happened there. If I remember rightly this was 1 coat of the Knight, 3 coats of Ozotic 506, 2 of Shape Shifter and no top coat

Thanks for looking <3

The Lynnderella and Ozotic polish was sent to me for review.

Nails Inc A Listers Collection

2012-01-22T10:32:00.001Z

Today I have for you a lovely new collection from Nails Inc, A Listers.

This collection is 4 polishes each which have a different finish, Covent Ballet Garden - shimmer finish, Ledbury Road - metallic finish, Mayfair - iridescent finish - and Lower Sloane Street - a creme finish.

I have shown you them all today with 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of each polish and 1 of the Shield.

First here is here is Covent Ballet Garden, a light grey polish with a gold shimmer running through it.

Next we have Ledbury Road, a metallic taupe polish.

Then we have Mayfair which is a Iridescent white polish, it has an almost pearly look to it.

Lastly we have Lower Sloane Street which is a soft toffee polish.

I really like this collection, my favourite is Covent Garden Ballet as the shimmer through it is just stunning.

Do you have a favourite from this collection?

This collection can be purchased directly from the Nails Inc site, here.

This product was sent to me for review.

a-england Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes)

2012-01-21T18:59:00.001Z

Here is something I know you have all been waiting for, my first post on the new a-england Legend collection.

It was such a hard decision on which to post first, but for some reason, Princess Sabra was just calling to me tonight when I was looking through pictures.

Princess Sabra is also known as Tristam Eyes, and I think Adina based the colour of this polish on the beautiful eyes of Tristam the kitty. It is a greenish gold colour with a stunning scattered holo effect, which actually looks almost linear at times.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight and 2 of the polish, I didn't do a top coat to show you how shiny these polishes are alone.

Wow, apologies for the abundance of pictures, but I could not narrow this one down.

I hope you like this one and I am going to try and space my Legend posts out a bit so I don't use them all at once, but I cannot wait to show you each and every one of them as they are all stunning <3

These are not on the a-england site yet but can be ordered by emailing hello@a-england.co.uk

Thanks for looking.

This product was sent to me for review.

My Guest Post at Refined and Polished.....

2012-01-20T16:58:00.000Z

The always wonderful Refined and Polished has little old me guesting on her site today.

My post there features a-england and Nails Inc..... and here is how the mani started.....

To see where it progressed from there, head on over to Refined and Polished......

a-england The Legend Collection

2012-01-18T22:41:00.000Z

I have something very special for you today, my beautiful new a-england collection, The Legend.

I unfortunately never got the chance to even try any of these on tonight, but will try and get posts for each up soon.

But to keep you going for now, here is a bottle shot of the full collection and some single shots too....

In this order we have:

Order of the Garter, Ascalon, Saint George, Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes), Princess Tears, Bridal Veil and Dragon.

Order of the Garter

Ascalon

Saint George

Princess Sabra (Tristam Eyes)

Princess Tears

Bridal Veil

Dragon

You can click on these pictures to make them bigger to see the pretties in more detail.

Can't wait to try these out and Thank You to Adina for bringing us this stunning collection.

You can still order at the moment by emailing hello@a-england.co.uk but these will hopefully be on the a-england site soon. You can also still pick up The Mythicals from the a-england site too....

Thanks for looking <3

Ozotic 506 over a-england Camelot

2012-01-17T17:14:00.000Z

I have for you today another of the stunning Ozotic Multichromes from the amazing Llarowe.

506 is a multichrome that shifts from blue to purple, with hints of green. I didn't see much of the green shift, but the blue to purple shift is amazing, and there is a great blue and purple sparkle through this one too.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Camelot, 2 of 506 and 1 of the Shield.

Thanks for looking <3

This Ozotic polish was sent to me for review.

Nails Inc Metallic Pastels

2012-01-16T17:00:00.001Z

This was a set I got on QVC about a month ago, I was drawn to them right away as I love Metallic polishes and the idea of Pastel Metallics was great.

There are all very easy to apply and if you could probably get away with only one coat as they are very pigmented, but all the photos here were taken with 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

First we have Chesterfield Street, which is a metallic blue.

Next we have Lancashire Court which is a metallic copper, but looked quite pinky on me too.

Then we have Mount Row which is a metallic lilac.

Lastly we have Waverton Street which is a metallic gold.

I am happy with all these polishes and am so glad I got this set, the gold was the one I was a little unsure about, as I have a few other golds from Nails Inc already. I would need to compare them and see how close they are but I don't think I have an exact duplicate. I would have loved a mint green metallic in its place I think.

I, of course, love the blue, but I actually think the lilac is my favourite of the four.

Which is your favourite? xx

Ozotic 531 over a-england Lancelot

2012-01-15T13:00:00.001Z

I have for you today one of the lovely 'Mish Mash' polishes in the Ozotic line, which is also from the lovely Llarowe.

These polishes are two kinds of awesome, they are Multichrome and Holographic. 531 shifts from a burgundy red, to copper with hints of purple and green too, but is also a linear holo at the same time.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Lancelot, 2 of 531 and 1 of the Shield.

This polish can be bought from Llarowe, unfortunately, it is out of stock at the time of writing this post but according to the site a new Ozotic shipment is due in on the 18th January.

Thanks for looking xx

This polish was sent to me for review.

Illamasqua Ruthless and Untold

2012-01-14T10:33:00.000Z

This is a set my friend Fi got me for Christmas. It is one of Illamasquas Festive Duos and contains Ruthless and Untold.

Ruthless is a bright scarlet red polish. As with all of the other Illamasqua polishes I have tried so far, application was easy and smooth.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, and 2 of Ruthless.

Now here is the above mani with 1 coat of Untold over it, which is a pure red glitter. In these pictures there seem to be hints of orange but this seems to be something funny my camera was doing mixed with the lighting, no matter how I took the picture.

Thanks to Fi for this gorgeous set and thank you all for looking xx

Dollish Polish Drop. Your. Sword.

2012-01-13T13:00:00.006Z

I have for you today a beautiful polish I purchased on Etsy from the lovely Dolly of Dolish Polish.

Now first of all, I will start by saying Etsy is going to be my downfall, there are so many talented people on there selling custom franken polishes, Dollish Polish and Nerd Lacquer were the two that caught my eye the most.

I eventually settled on 6 Dollish Polishes (although I can see more of these and also Nerd Lacquer in my future) as I liked the idea of the mini bottles as I never use a full one anyway and also all Dollys polishes are based on films, and many of these are my favourites, one in particular was a tie breaker.....but more on that coming at a later date.

I got the polishes back in December, these arrived in about 2 weeks if I remember rightly, and this was of course with them coming from America during the festive season so I was very happy with this. They came securely wrapped in bubble wrap and tied in a little organza bag (3 polishes per bag).

Now onto the first one I want to show you, called Drop. Your. Sword. and it is inspired by Buttercups wedding dress in the Princess Bride. I loved this film as a kid, and still love it as an adult so this one was a must have in my first order. Drop. Your. Sword. is a pale blue shimmer with 2 different sizes of gold hex glitter....... inconceivable (sorry had to say that at some point during this post!)

The larger Hex glitter was a little stubborn coming out of the bottle, but a bit more shaking before use might remedy this. But otherwise application was smooth and easy.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Drop. Your. Sword. and 1 of the Shield.

I love this polish! I love the inspiration for it and I love the finished product. Dolly, I will be back for more pretties from you in the future for sure!

This polish can be purchased from the Dolish Polish Etsy store here and the mini (5ml) I bought was about £2.50 (if I remember rightly after conversion) I was stalking the store recently for my next purchase and noticed there are also now 15ml bottles of most colours available.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

Lynnderella Ruby Red Ruby over a-england Lancelot

2012-01-12T13:00:00.000Z

I am loving these Lynnderella polishes so much right now, and I hope you all are too. I am so happy with all the ones I got from Llarowe and Ruby Red Ruby is no exception.

Here is the description of this polish:

From last year’s holiday collection. Looks like foil candy wrappers. Multiple sizes of red hexagons and squares in a sheer red base. One or two coats over your favourite red is the easiest way to wear her

I decided not to follow the advice given here, I am sure it would be stunning over a Red (might need to try it with Perceval...) but I really wanted to wear this one over Lancelot.

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

I love this combo, the blackened red base of Lancelot is just stunning with the ruby red of the Lynnderella.

As always, thanks for looking <3

The Lynnderella polish was sent to me for review.

Nails Inc Kensington Palace

2012-01-11T13:00:00.006Z

I have a little treat you for all today, a beautiful Raspberry Magnetic polish from Nails Inc.

I am sure you are all familiar with the concept of the Magnetic polishes already, but basically you paint all nails with one coat of the polish and then one nail at a time, do a second coat and hold the magnet over it to create the effect. I found with the Nails Inc Magnet, the design starts to show on the nails almost instantly but I held it over each nail for a few seconds before moving on to the next one.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Kensington Palace and no top coat (since I forgot to do it for the photos)

I will point out that the first time I wore this polish I noticed the design streaking a bit once top coat was applied but I think I put my top coat on too soon as the second time I wore this polish (this time) I added top coat after the pictures were taken and I did not notice the same streaking. So you may want to wait a bit before adding top coat with the Magnetic polishes.

This product will be available on the Nails Inc website from the week commencing 23rd January.

Thanks for looking lovelies <3

This polish was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Funny Money and Illamasqua Rampage

2012-01-10T13:00:00.001Z

Today I have for you another stunning Lynnderella polish from the sweet Llarowe.

This one is called Funny Money and is from the collection which is also called Funny Money, and here is the description of this below:

The original Funny Money was created in Fall 2009 as an antidote to horrible messages about economic conditions. It contained bar and micro glitters in a blackened green base and bergamot essential oil. Bergamot is thought to promote prosperity and offer protection from negative influences—it smells like sweet orange rind with a green note. The 2011 version is full of green glitters and recycled glitter bits (from Halloween and other lacquers) in a blackened green base and also has bergamot essential oil. Bring on the Prosperity!

I had a bit of a dilemma deciding what to layer this over, and then remembered Illamasqua Rampage, a dark forest green jelly (seen alone here)

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Rampage, 2 of Funny Money and 1 of the Shield

Thanks for looking and I hope you are enjoying these Lynnderella polishes, as I still have a few more to show you. <3

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

Paul & Joe Kitten Claws (Spring 2012 Collection)

2012-01-09T13:00:00.000Z

Today I have for you a fairly strange occurrence for me, a neutral polish, a palette cleanser you could call it.

This polish is called Kitten Claws and is from the Paul & Joe Spring 2012 collection. There are 3 polishes in this collection and also a few other make up products based around the theme of Cats.

This theme is based around the designer, Sophie Albou's, love of cats so all of the products and names, are feline based. The products are also a celebration of Paul & Joe's 10th Anniversary. If you go to the Paul & Joe site here and click on the link to the Spring 2012 collection you will be able to see images of the other products. The lipsticks and blusher sticks are so cute and I may even be afraid to use them if I had them and ruin the pretty kitties.

Anyway, here is the polish I have for you, it is a soft neutral pink. This was the first Paul & Joe nail polish I had tried, I was very pleased with the application, it was opaque in 2 smooth coats. I was also surprised to find that once the polish has been painted on, it has a slight a floral scent to it.

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

I am not really a big fan of neutral type polishes on me, or pinks really for that matter, but this is a pretty polish but I think next time I wear it I might try to spice it up with some holo or glitter, but that is probably just me, for anyone that likes this kind of colour I imagine this would be just fine on its own.

Oh and one last thing, look at the cute box the polish comes in.......

Some items from the collection can be bought from ASOS but as far as I can tell the full collection is Limited Edition and can only be purchased from stores in London (Fenwick and Harrods).

This product was sent to me for review.

Ozotic 520 and a-england Lancelot

2012-01-07T16:42:00.003Z

I want to start this post by saying a big thank you to you all for your kind words and well wishes, it has meant so much to me that you cared enough to leave even a few sweet words. I still have a lot going on and won't be back 'full time' for a little while yet but I had some pretties already photographed and sitting in my archive that I thought I would take a minute to show you.

I am still not up for saying a lot but I think this pretty multichrome from Llarowe speaks for itself. Here is 2 coats of Ozotic 520 over a-england Lancelot.

The Ozotic was sent to me for review.

I'm sorry.....

2012-01-02T13:56:00.000Z

I am so sorry to have to let you all down like this, but I need to take a little time away from the blog etc, it may just be a few days or so, but possibly longer. I have some personal issues going on that need my attention and I have to let them be my priority just now.

I hope you all understand and I will be back as soon as I can.

<3 xx

Lynnderella Love Potion No99 and a-england Guinevere

2012-01-02T00:25:00.002Z

Happy New Year everyone!! Hope you had a great time!

I wanted to start this post by saying Thank You to you all for your support in 2011, it has been great to hear positive comments and hear your opinions on the pretties I show you. I have met so many great people through blogging who are very special to me and won't go through the whole naming names things as I would be here all night, but you know who you all are.

Further to that, 2011 ended on a great note for my blog, I am probably quite bad at noticing and acknowledging numbers on here but I had seen recently my total page views was in the 19k range and had decided it would be nice to get to 20k for the new year, I didn't share this with anyone as I didn't want people to visit just to get the views up. So the count down to 20k was more exciting to me than the one to the bells, haha, and just as midnight came, I hit 20,002 pageviews, so thank you all <3 <3

Anyway, today (a bit later than usual so I apologise for that) I have for you another lovely Lynnderella polish from the even lovelier Llarowe.

Here is Love Potion No99, which as far as I can tell is also from the Halloween collection and is described here:

Purple, violet and fuchsia hexagons and squares in a cool violet base. Multiple sizes and violet holographic micro glitter.

Again as this has a coloured base, it could be worn alone, but I decided to layer it with a-england Guinevere. As the Love Potion No99 base is quite purple, you can't really see the colour of Guinevere at all, but I feel it provided a good base for this combo.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Guinevere, 2 of Love Potion No99 and 1 of the Shield.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

The Lynnderella polish was sent to me for review.

Lynnderella Cauldron Drippings over a-england Camelot

2011-12-31T18:17:00.001Z

Happy New Years Eve everyone!

Today I have for you another Lynnderella polish from Llarowe, not really NYE themed as it is from the Halloween collection but hey, it is pretty so I am sure you will forgive me.

Cauldron Drippings is described here:

The first random glitter: every bottle is intentionally different. But basically oranges in an sparkling orange base, plus whatever happens to be in the cauldron at the moment. Does not contain eye of newt, graveyard dirt or possum particulate matter. Updated blend from the original Halloween 2010 version has new orange base.

As the base has a slight orange tint to it, Camelot is not as black as it usually is but I am still really happy with this combo, it is a winner for Halloween for sure.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Camelot, 2 of Cauldron Drippings (thin coats) and 1 of the Shield. This made this mani mostly smooth, apart from a few pieces of bar glitter that curled up but it didn't bother me too much.

As always, thanks for looking and I wish you all the best in 2012 <3 xx

The Lynderella polish was sent to me for review.

Illamasqua DWS and Illamasqua Raindrops

2011-12-30T17:34:00.000Z

I have for you today a little cool down from all the glitter, you'll probably need it as I have a lot more to come!!

The first polish I will show you is Illamasqua DWS, a mid grey creme polish which I got a little while ago but have not had the pleasure of wearing yet.

Application was great and not streaky at all, two coats were more than enough for complete coverage.

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

I then decided since I hadn't worn Raindrops yet I would layer it over DWS to see what it was like.

Raindrops is sheer light grey polish with a jelly finish but also has pretty little silver flecks running through it.

This is 2 coats of Raindrops over the over DWS mani and 1 coat of the Shield.

I really liked this one and will show you Raindrops alone at somepoint too.

For reference here is both bottles next to each other which shows that DWS is the darker of the two.

Thanks for looking <3

Lynnderella Thank Blue over a-england Excalibur

2011-12-29T17:00:00.007Z

Yey, another swatch post! Sorry for the little absence ladies but I am back now and have another lovely Lynnderella polish from Llarowe to show you.

This time we have Thank Blue which is also from the Funny Money collection and is described here,

Thank Blue! has turquoise hexagons and squares with turquoise holographic hexagons, squares and aqua hexagons in a sparkling turquoise blue base.

As most of the Lynnderella polishes I have tried so far, they would be ok to wear alone but I am thinking I might show you them all over another polish and then alone at somepoint too, means I get two posts for each, tee hee!

I decided to layer Thank Blue over Excalibur as I was going for that icy wintery look, I think I worked how I wanted....

Oh and one thing I will point out before I get to the pictures is Santa was good to me and got me a new camera for Christmas so *hopefully* this will mean better pictures for you guys once I get used to using it that is......

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Excalibur, 2 (thin) coats of Thank Blue and 1 thick coat of the Shield. Again all pics can be enlarged to see the detail of the different glitters.

I hope you like this polish, and the pictures taken by my lovely new camera, which can do proper macro shots, how exciting.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

The Lynnderella polish was sent to me for review.

Pandora's Stash - Color Club

2011-12-28T17:00:00.001Z

Today I have for you my Color Club sets, which I am kind of ashamed to admit that I have only used the Starry Temptress top coat from, need to get swatching these at somepoint.....

I do apologise for not taking these out to photograph, I might do this while swatching and add the photos at a later date.

But anyway, here they are and the name of each collection is in the bottom left hand corner of each case.

Thanks for looking and I will try and get a new swatch post up for you all tomorrow <3 <3 xx

Pandora's Stash - Nails Inc: Non Cremes (Part Two)

2011-12-27T17:00:00.000Z

Here is the second half of my Nails Inc 'non cremes' again all pictures can be enlarged and names are under the bottle shots.

Pandora's Stash - Nails Inc: Non Cremes (Part One)

2011-12-26T17:00:00.000Z

Another stash post for you all, I have called this post my Nails Inc Non Cremes for lack of a better (and short) way to describe it, this is basically the first half of my shimmers, micro glitters, foils, duochromes etc etc. Names are photographed underneath the bottle shots for reference.

I also apologise as I have not sorted these into colour groups yet so they are a bit all over the place.

Thanks for looking <3 xx

Lynnderella Change and a-england Perceval

2011-12-25T17:00:00.020Z

Happy Christmas everyone!! I hope Santa was good to you all....

I have a few things to say before I start this post, and the first is, please don't be too sad when you see my *super* short nails, I had a little break two days before Christmas, and I don't even know how it happened, my peter pointer on my left hand decided to crack in a diagonal from the tip to near enough the nail bed, so there was no saving it, and I like my nails to be all the same length so they all got filed down but, and my previous mani was ruined...... but *bright side* this mani was my way of cheering myself up.

Following from that, I have for you something very special......... my first Lynnderella!!! These polishes had been on my radar for a while but I tried not to look at them too much as Lynn sold them on her blog, they were gone in lightning speed, and also she did not ship internationally, so I kept them in the sidelines as not to make myself too sad that I couldn't get them.

Then the ever wonderful, multi tasking Llarowe decided she didn't have quite enough to do (joke Leah Ann :p), and made the decision to start selling Lynnderellas in December. The first, and second I believe, shipments of these were gone in a microsecond, but she should be getting more in January, so keep an eye on her Facebook for the announcement of this......

As you may or may not know, Leah Ann held a swatching contest recently, where 11 ladies would be selected to carry a 'job' out, which would be swatching and reviewing all the existing and new lines Llarowe carried, or will carry,........... sounds unreal, I know, which is why I could not believe when I was chosen as one of the finalists, never mind one of the 11 official swatchers as there were many many entries.

I was chosen for a-england, Ozotic and Lynderella polishes, and I have said it before but I will say it again, thank you, thank you, thank you to Leah Ann for this opportunity, she has no idea just how much it means to me to be chosen, and I am sure the others feel the same.

Anyway, I blame the festive season for all my gushing, so before I go off again, back to the polish.......

I was still looking for something to tie in with my Mums Christmas theme of red and gold, so when I looked at the Lynderella polishes Leah Ann had sent me, Change seemed a great choice.

Change is from the Funny Money Collection and is described below -

Change. is about more than the coins under the sofa cushions. Change is gold, silver, pewter, copper, bronze glitter with flecks of holographic gold with multi-coloured accents in a very sparkly gold base.

For my red, I decided to stick with Perceval, so here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Perceval, 1 of Change and 1 thickish coat of the Shield (which I am pleased to report made this polish smooth and shiny)

I would suggest clicking on these pictures to enlarge them so you get the full glory of all the different colours, sizes and shapes of glitter in Change.

I will bring Change out again to show you alone at some point too, as it looks amazing after a few layers but how do you like it over Perceval, it certainly fit the theme I was going for.......

Thank you for looking <3

The Lynnderella polish was sent to me for review.

a-england Holy Grail, Perceval and Merlin

2011-12-24T17:00:00.008Z

Wow whee! I cannot believe it is Christmas Eve already, hope everyone is feeling festive by now......

Before I start I would like to say a big Happy Birthday to my lovely friend Fi, you have seen the Illamasqua polishes she has 'let' me borrow on here before and I think she is actually my only friend who I see in 'real life' who reads my blog so I hope she has an amazing birthday and gets spoiled <3

Anyway, back to why you are all here, nail polish!!

I have for you today my first attempt at nails to match my Mums red and gold Christmas theme. Of course a-englands were the first ones I thought of for red (Perceval) and gold (Hold Grail) but I decided Christmas also needed glitter so Merlin was picked too. I wanted to try some kind of combo with them that I hadn't tried before, I was originally going to try a half moon mani, but decided on Ruffian at the last minute as thought it might be easier for me to freehand.

My idea for this didn't work just as I had hoped but I loved the colour combo so thought you guys would want to see, and if I try it again I will try to remember to take photos at each stage to show you.

I started with 1 coat of the Knight, then 1 coat of Holy Grail all over the whole nail, after this had dried I done 1 coat of Perceval but started up a bit further than the cuticle, but still (tried) to follow the same shape, then the same with 1 coat of Merlin and then a coat of the Shield to finish it all off.

And here was the end result.....

So the lines aren't as neat as I would have liked but I do like how the colours go together........what are your thoughts on this? Yay or nay??

Thanks for looking <3 xxx

Illamasqua Phallic

2011-12-23T17:00:00.001Z

Now this is an Illamasqua polish that I love, it drew me in as soon as I seen it, I love blue (like you didn't notice already :p) and shimmers so this was a win win for me before I even got it on my nails.

But amazingly enough I loved it even more once I did get it, Phallic is a deep midnight blue but it also has a lighter blue shimmer through it. Application was hassle free, same as all the other Illamasqua polishes I have tried to date.

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

Thank you for looking and I may even have some festive nails coming up over the next couple of days, we go to my Mums on Boxing Day for dinner and her Christmas themed colours are, as always, red and gold, I wonder what I can do with these two colours......xxx

Urban Decay Graffiti

2011-12-22T17:00:00.001Z

Today I have for you a lovely polish, that is sadly no longer available through Urban Decay, but you can normally come across it on ebay, as I did. I always have an eye on ebay for ones I don't have as I love the older Urban Decay polishes, I have no idea why they stopped making them as I have never tried one I don't like and the colours are amazing. I have 9 (I think) in my collection but have only shown you one before now but will try and remedy that.

Anyway, today I have for you Urban Decay Graffiti, it is a baby blue polish with an amazing lilac duochrome shift. It goes on pretty sheer at first but I was able to build it up with 3 coats, I need to try layering this one at some point as I think the purple shift would show up even stronger this way.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 3 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

Thank you for looking <3 xx

Nails Inc Heavy {Holo} Metals Collection

2011-12-21T17:00:00.004Z

I have already shown you the Heavy Metals collection alone, but here they are again and they are now made holo thanks to Nails Inc Electric Lane holographic top coat, which creates a scattered holo effect.

I got my Electric Lane a few weeks ago but had not had a chance to use it yet, and when I was wearing the Heavy Metals I thought the holo over the metallic might have a nice contrast.

All pictures were taken using 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the Heavy Metal, 1 of Electric Lane and 1 of the Shield.

First here is Downing Street.

Next we have Old Park Lane.

Lastly we have Regent Street.

I love the effect Electric Lane creates, the scattered holo particles create a rainbow of colours even in lower lighting.

The Heavy Metals collection and the Electric Lane top coat can both be purchased from the Nails Inc website.

Thank you for looking. xx

The Heavy Metals Collection was sent to me for review, Electric Lane was purchased by me.

Glitter Gal Black Sparkle

2011-12-20T17:00:00.002Z

This is a polish I have had for a little while, I got this in my first package from the wonderful Leah Ann of Llarowe and I have worn this at least once since I got it, but for some reason did not photograph it for a post.

Anyway, Black Sparkle is from the Glitter Gal line but is a scattered holographic rather than a linear. The holo particles in this are also irregular shaped so creates a unique look. Application of this polish was great and even with the sparkles, it is smooth even without top coat. This polish is also very opaque and 1 coat would suffice for full coverage.

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

This polish can be bought from Llarowe on her official shop and you should also drop by her official Facebook page to see some other wonderful swatches and chat with Leah Ann and all the other great ladies there xx

This product was sent to me for review.

Nails Inc Glitterati Collection

2011-12-19T17:00:00.002Z

I have for you today the Nails Inc Glitterati collection, which is a set of 3 glitter polishes, and you would be sure to have party ready nails with these.

First here is Hatton Garden, which is described on the Nails Inc website as a classic silver glitter, but it is much more than that, it is a silver holo glitter and contains large and small glitter particles in a clear base.

Hatton Garden was opaque in two coats but due to the large glitter pieces, it was not completely smooth after 1 coat of top coat, it wasn't gritty, just bumpy. Application was good on this polish, the two coats were done as normal and did not require the glitter to be repositioned for even coverage.

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

Next here is London Bridge, which is described on the Nails Inc website as vibrant magenta glitter, which is correct but like Hatton Garden, it has small and large glitter particles. The difference was that London Bridge seems to be suspended in a sort of coloured base, looks kind of navy blue to me.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield (again, 1 coat of top coat was enough to make it not gritty but still bumpy)

And last but not least we have Chelsea Embankment, which as per the Nails Inc website is a classic gold glitter. I do have a mini of this polish already in my collection, but I must admit I have not had a chance to use it yet, but now I am wondering why.

This is an excellent glitter polish, it is small gold glitter particles in a clear base and is super opaque, two coats was more than enough for even coverage with usual application. This polish was still ever so slightly gritty after top coat.

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

Out of interest, I decided to see how these polishes would work for layering, as they are all fairly opaque. So here is 1 coat of each over a black, I chose Serena from the Gossip Girl set.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Serena, 1 of the glitter and 1 of the Shield.

As you can see, with Hatton Garden and London Bridge you can still see some of the black showing through, but not much, and Chelsea Embankment is so opaque, almost no black is visable.

This collection can be purchased for £25 on the official Nails Inc website.

Thank you for looking and I hope you like this collection of glitters, I know I do <3 xx

This collection was sent to me for review.

Illamasqua Rare

2011-12-18T13:00:00.003Z

Ok, this is for sure the brightest polish I own, and quite possibly the brightest I have ever seen. It actually looks slightly more highlighter yellow than I could capture with my camera, but the poor thing did the best it could.

This is Illamasqua Rare, the application of this polish was excellent, in my experience neons polishes, and also some yellows for that matter, can be tricky and can have issues with being streaky and so thin you need a lot of coats to get the coverage you want but I did not have any of these issues with Rare, two easy coats and you have what you see here.

So this is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield. As with most neon type colours, Rare dries with a semi matte finish but was glossy as ever with 1 coat of top coat.

I know, not very festive with just one week to Christmas but I just had to show you this one, thanks for looking <3

Nails Inc Heavy Metals Collection

2011-12-17T13:00:00.002Z

Today I have for you the Nails Inc Heavy Metals Collection, which features 3 colours with a liquid metal finish but are extremely glossy at the same time.

All polishes were super opaque, if I had been careful when doing my first coat, I could have stopped there, but all pictures were taken with 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

First we have Downing Street, which is a metallic blue, and may very well be my favourite of the collection.

Next we have Old Park Lane, which is a metallic antique rose.

And last but certainly not least we have Regent Street, a metallic purple.

This collection can be bought from the official Nails Inc website for £25, it is out of stock at the time of writing this but if you keep an eye on the Nails Inc Facebook page it is normally announced there when a sought out item is available again.

Thank you for looking <3

This collection was sent to me for review.

Pandora's Stash - Kleancolors

2011-12-16T17:00:00.001Z

Here are my Kleancolor polishes, all pictures can be enlarged and names will be added at a later date.

Nails Inc Holly Place and Noel Street

2011-12-15T22:14:00.001Z

Hi everyone! I'm back, and how I have missed you all......

I have two very festively named polishes to show you today, which in my opinion would be especially ideal for the party season as they are so sparkly.

Firstly, here is Nails Inc Holly Place which is a dusky pink and silver glitter. The glitter particles in the polish are very fine and the coverage was great. I was able to get the polish completely opaque in 2 coats and there was no issues with application.

With Holly Place I used 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield. With just one coat of top coat the polish was still slightly gritty to touch, but only ever so slightly.

Now we have Noel Street which is the same fine glitter but this time is gold and silver, and again there was no issues with application.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Noel Street and 2 of the Shield, which was enough for a completely smooth finish.

Thank you for looking and being so patient with waiting for my return. I still have some stash posts scheduled so will leave them to go live for you but I will also try and fit some of my other swatches in between as I have so many new pretties that I am dying to show you.

Both of these polishes can be bought from the Nails Inc site and cost £11 each.

These products were sent to me for review.

Pandora's Stash - Nails Inc: Cremes (Part Two)

2011-12-14T17:00:00.002Z

Here is the second half of my Nails Inc Cremes. All pictures can be enlarged. The names of the bottles have been photographed below but I will come back and add more text later.

Mini bottles.

Pandora's Stash - Nails Inc: Cremes (Part One)

2011-12-13T17:00:00.005Z

Here is the first half of my Nails Inc Creme collection. I have photographed the bottom of each bottle to show you the names of the polish but I will come back and add more text later. All pictures can also be englaged.

Pandora's Stash - Nubar

2011-12-11T17:00:00.000Z

Here are the Nubars from my collection, again all pictures can be enlarged and names will be added at a later date.

Pandora's Stash - Nails Inc: Glitters

2011-12-09T17:00:00.002Z

I have split the Nails Inc up into groups as I have so many, so here are the glitters.

Again all pictures can be enlarged and names will be added at a later date.

Pandora's Stash - a-england

2011-12-07T17:00:00.004Z

Since my hand hasn't healed fully I have some stash posts for you instead of swatches.

I will just be putting the pictures up and will come back and name them all for you once I can type fully. All pictures can be enlarged for more detail.

Here is my complete a-england collection (minus the Knight and the Shield as I forgot to photograph them before.)

And close ups........

Update for you......

2011-12-06T21:27:00.000Z

Hello all,

I still have all of your lovely comments and messages to reply to but its just a quick message just now, was back at physio today and hand isn't healing as fast as I had hoped.

Don't worry, I have exercises to do but it is probably going to be (at least) another week before can get more swatch posts up, but I have some Collection posts in the archive so I will do a short post for these to keep you going.

Apologies for this ladies, I miss you all and cannot wait to be back to normal (not to mention the fact I have had naked nails since the 20th November!!)

xxx

Illamasqua Hemlock

2011-12-05T17:00:00.005Z

Today I have for you the last of my scheduled posts. At the initial appointment I was told at least two weeks until I could use my hand properly so I hope those timescales are correct and I have scheduled enough to keep you all going until I am able to type again. If not I will try and think up something else to keep you all entertained.....

Here is Illamasqua Hemlock, it is part of the collection released alongside Illamasquas first scent, Freak. My friend bought the Freak box set with the perfume, an eyeshadow, a lipgloss and a nail polish, Hemlock so as always I swiftly 'borrowed' Hemlock from her to try out, as a good friend, I have to test polishes out for her first.

Hemlock is such a pretty polish, it is a creamy looking polish which a stunning green duochrome flash to it. It is quite sheer and is great for layering but I will show you it alone first as it also looks nice this way.

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

Now I knew I wanted to layer Hemlock next so decided to layer it over a green, and Illamasquas Rampage seemed the obvious choice.

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

Thank you for looking and your patience with me and my scheduled posts, I hope they all worked properly and I cannot wait to get back chatting with you all properly.

Illamasqua Rampage was sent to me for review.

Ozotic 529

2011-12-03T17:00:00.001Z

Today I have for you one of the Ozotic Elytra polishes, this one is shade 529 and came from the wonderful Llarowe.

This is a multichrome glitter polish that shifts from blue to purple to orange. It is very sheer as I think it is designed for layering but first I will show you 529 alone.

This is 3 coats and it still was not opaque but I do quite like the look of this as you can still see the colour shift. As usual the base was 1 coat of the Knight and 1 coat of the Shield over the top. Even with all the glitter it was smooth with just one coat of top coat.

Now here is 529 layered over another polish, I chose a-england Elaine as the base.

Here is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Elaine, 2 of 529 and 1 of the Shield.

I think 529 would have looked great over most bases but I absolutely love the way it looks over Elaine.

Thanks for looking xx

The Ozotic polish was sent to me for review.

Nubar Purple Beach

2011-12-01T17:00:00.000Z

Here is another of the Nubar duochromes, I haven't shown you any of these in a while and this is a great one to come back with, in my opinion.

Purple Beach is an amazing duochrome, it shifts from purple to green, and shows a few shades of each.

I have tried to capture all of the shifts so I apologise in advance for the abundance of pictures.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Purple Beach and 1 of the Shield.

Thank you for looking as always <3 xx

Illamasqua Baptiste

2011-11-29T17:00:00.003Z

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

2011-11-27T17:00:00.000Z

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

2011-11-25T17:00:00.000Z

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

2011-11-23T17:00:00.000Z

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

2011-11-21T17:00:00.006Z

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

2011-11-20T11:15:00.001Z

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

2011-11-17T21:35:00.000Z

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

2011-11-16T15:13:00.002Z

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.

Nubar Jeans Collection - Faded (Polka Dot) Jeans

2011-11-15T10:09:00.001Z

Today I have for you the first polish from the Nubar Jeans Collection, Faded Jeans.

I was originally just going to do a post with all 3 of the Jeans polishes but decided each one deserved its own and it gave me an excuse to use my Polka Dot polishes again......

I think Faded is my favourite of the Jeans, it is a gorgeous pale, icy looking blue which also has a subtle light blue shimmer running through it, I wish all 3 of the Jeans had this shimmer as it is what really makes Faded the standout of the collection.

First I will show you Faded alone. This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and no top coat.

Then I used the Polka Dot collection, also by Nubar, you can see these over black and white here but here I have layered them over Faded 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.

White did not show up very well on Faded, but I really liked it with the Black and there is something I absolutely love about wearing both together.

I will get the others from the Jeans Collection up shortly so you can decide about which you like best. Thanks for looking <3

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

Hits Hefesto

2011-11-13T13:45:00.000Z

Today I have for you another holographic polish, can you tell I am really loving these right now.

The one I have picked for today is Hits Hefesto which is a silver linear holo polish, which is designed as a top coat but also looks so pretty alone, so firstly I will show you it that way.

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

Now, as Hefesto was designed as a top coat, I decided to layer it over a silver to see the effect, I chose a-england Excalibur and was so happy with the result.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 coat of Excalibur, 1 coat of Hefesto and 1 coat of the Shield.

Would it be wrong to want to wear Hefesto over every polish from now on??? It is just so pretty <3

Again the polish can be bought from the wonderful Llarowe, so check her website out or even go on Facebook to see some lovely pictures of all the polishes Leah Ann has available.

The Hits polish was sent to me for review, all other items purchased by me.

Glitter Gal Lizard Belly with Ozotic 505 and Hits Hefesto

2011-11-12T11:26:00.000Z

Today I have some more awesome polishes from Llarowe. This is another layering with a Glitter Gal and an Ozotic.

This time I chose Lizard Belly, which I have previously shown you alone here so I will go straight to the pictures of it with Ozotic 505 over it.

505 is another of the Ozotic Multichromes and shifts from purple to blue to green. I will try and get a post up soon showing you 505 and 504 just by themselves but for now here is 505 over Lizard Belly.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 1 of Lizard Belly, 1 of 505 and 1 coat of the Shield.

I am seriously loving these layerings, although, I did notice as I was uploading pictures, none of these show the green shift, oh well, I guess I will just have to wear this again to try and capture it for you......

I then decided to use Hits Hefesto - which I have not shown you alone yet but this will be coming up soon - for a tape mani, I used some craft scissors to cut the tape in a wavy line and put 1 coat of Hits Hefesto in the middle of the nail using the tape as a guide. I then added another coat of the Shield.

Thank you all for looking. <3

And before I go I need to give a big massive thank you to Leah Ann of Llarowe for picking me as one of her 11 Official Swatchers. I know it was hard work for her to go through all the entries and narrow the choices down so I was shocked when I was one of the finalists never mind one of the winners!

I am so excited to be a part of this and it is such an honour to be chosen. Leah Ann does sell some beauties on her website and I am beyond happy that I will be able to share these with you all.

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

Glitter Gal Blue 3D Holo and Ozotic 504

2011-11-09T18:42:00.001Z

I have for you today two more amazing polishes from Llarowe, the first is Glitter Gal Holo Blue - light blue linear holo - and the other is Ozotic 504 - multichrome that shifts from royal purple to royal blue and also looked a burgundy colour too.

First I will show you the Glitter Gal Holo Blue alone, application was great and the holo finish was just stunning.

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and no top coat.

I absolutely love this polish by itself, I love blues anyway but when you add a linear holo effect to it, stunning!!

But.... I decided to try one of the Ozotic multichromes over this, as the Ozotics are fairly sheer it seemed easier to layer to get the desired effect rather than do a lot of coats, I will probably try it alone at somepoint, and if I do, I will be sure to show you.

Here is 2 coats of 504 over the above mani. I felt two coats was enough to still let the holo come through, but also show the awesome colour shift. I then used 1 coat of the Shield over this.

Apologies for all the pictures, but I think I managed to capture all the shifts.

Thanks for looking and please feel free to leave me a comment <3 xx

These products were sent to me for review.

Nails Inc Gossip Girl - Lily

2011-11-08T17:06:00.001Z

Today I have for you the last of the Gossip Girl collaborations from Nails Inc, Lily. See here for the Blair set and here for Serena. I am quite sad actually that there are only the 3 of these as would love some more of the Overglazes as these 3 have been stunning.

Here is a picture of the Lily set.

Lily is a very dark black/plum base, coverage was great with 1 coat, and could have possibly just been left at that but here is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 coats of Lily and no top coat.

And now for the Overglaze, which is called High Society in this set. It is described as a red/green overglaze on the Nails Inc website but to be honest I did not see much red in this, mostly green (a couple of different shades) and gold, and a very slight hit of blue sometimes at the sides but no red. That does not, however, change how much I like this polish, as the fact there isn't red makes me like it more (more info coming up on this soon).

For now here is the above mani with 1 coat of Overglaze and 1 coat of the Shield.

I love this collection too and still cannot decide which is my favourite so I am so glad I have all 3.

Now back to why the lack of red is a good thing, I am sure when many people (me included) seen the description for this Overglaze, it sounded an awful lot like Nubar 2010, which I have shown you before here and matte here, I was so happy that when I actually tried them together they are not that similar at all.

High Society has a lot more of the green/gold flakies where as 2010 does show green but the main colours are red and orange. I would also say the flakes in the Nails Inc polish are larger than the Nubar. Here is a quick comparison picture for you to see, this is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Lily and 1 coat of High Society on pointer and ring fingers and 1 coat of 2010 on middle and pinkie fingers, with 1 coat of the Shield over all.

Thanks for looking and I hope you have liked these collections.

The Nails Inc product was sent to me for review, the Nubar was purchased by me.