Colors by Llarowe Candy is Dandy

Today we have something a little different for Pandora's nails, a really girly polish.

This is described on the Llarowe site as a lavender orchid - which to me says it would be a pale purpley/pink shade - and seems to look more on the pink than the purple side on me but that may just be my skin tone etc.

This is one coat of the Knight, 3 of the polish (as it is a crelly kind of base, it takes a little extra coat to be completely opaque) and no topcoat in these pictures but I did add little stickers (from ebay, which you can see in the last picture) to this mani - as if the pink wasn't girly enough already, ha.

Colors by Llarowe polishes can be purchased from the official site, Harlow and Co and Rainbow Connection.

Thanks for looking <3

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Colors by Llarowe Licorice and Polish Under The Influence (PUI)

Wow two posts in one day, been a while since that happened.

I wanted to show off this little beauty that I wore a good while back and I remembered I had it in my archive when I have been showing off some of the other CbL jellies the last couple of days.

Licorice is a black jelly and looks so shiny and squishy.  This is 1 coat of the Knight and 2 of the polish.

I then wanted to do a kind of jelly sandwich with Licorice and Polish Under The Influence (PUI) but I have left my ring finger with just one coat of PUI over Licorice so you can see what it looks like alone. too.

And to try and show you it a bit better.

PUI is such a little complex polish anyway but I though the shimmer of the glitters and the flakies showed through great under Licorice too.

As always, CbLs can be purchased from the official site, Harlow and Co and Rainbow Connection.

Licorice is available on the official site but I didn't see PUI on there at this time.

Thanks for looking <3

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Colors by Llarowe Smokin' In The Boys Room & Aliens and Outlaws

Today we have another post of some of the CbL Summer polishes, I can't believe how long it has taken me to show you some of them, I promise not to be so belated with the fall collection once it reaches me.

The first one I will show you is Smokin' In The Boys Room, which is another of the jelly polishes from the collection, it is a grey jelly and this is 1 coat of the Knight and 3 of the polish.

I then added some little stickers that I picked up from ebay in a bulk lot at least 5 years ago or something, so I have no memory of the seller/price etc...sorry.

I then decided to top it with 2 coats of Aliens & Outlaws which has a silver holo base with holo and black glitters running through - but I let the stickers still show.  I have actually worn this one before alone and loved it so happily wore it again to show you all.

As always, CbLs can be purchased from the official site, Harlow and Co and Rainbow Connection.

Oh and I should add here that both of these CbL polishes are on the site at the time of writing this, but this is the last re-stock for both, so if you like them...don't miss out :D 

Thanks for looking <3

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

Colors by Llarowe Blue Jeans and Beauty Queens & Alternate Universe (aka my Zelda Nails...)

I have a little post for you today showing off two of the Summer CbL polishes, which when I started doing them I thought it was just random doodles, but when looking at them again I realised my playing of Zelda on my DS seems to have rubbed off on my subconscious....

I started off with a base of 1 coat of the Knight then 3 coats of CbL Blue Jeans and Beauty Queens, this is one of the jellish polishes from the collection but builds up really nicely with a few coats.

I then decided to do some 'random' dotting with CbL Alternate Universe and then drew round them with my Andrea Fulerton Dot and Flick tool in black.

Only when looking at them this way, I realised I had been drawing dots that sort of looked like the islands from my Zelda DS map....

Okay they are not exact or anything, but really reminded me of them, oh well, guess that shows what I have been doing with some of my spare time, ha.

As always, Colors by Llarowe polishes can be purchased from the official site, Harlow and Co and Rainbow Connection.

Thanks for looking <3

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

HJ Manicure - Subzero and Vamp (and an appearance by Colors by Llarowe)

I have for you all a post about a brand that is new to me and I think fairly new in general, HJ Manicure.

HJ Manicure is a nail care range, created by Helen J and based in London.  HJ Manicure is a non-toxic nail care brand.  The polishes are 15ml and come in a core range of 16 colours, with 4 new shades and a Dual Top and Base coat being added to the range for A/W 2014.

At this point there are 4 collections which are:

HOLIDAY - vibrant shades

CLASSIC - 'must have shades' (bright red, deep red and burgundy to coral, baby pink and hot pink)

NUDE - natural/nude shades

HJ SIGNATURE - consisting of Helen’s favourite Autumn/Winter shades and our best selling polishes. Including ‘Subzero’ ‘Midnight Sky’ ‘Vamp’ and ‘Alpine Green’.

I have 2 polishes to show you today, which fall into the HJ Signature collection, Subzero and Vamp.

Each are 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and no topcoat.  Application on both of these polishes was great and I really like the rectangle bottle they come in.

First we have Subzero, which is a grey creme.

Then we have Vamp which is a deep red.

Now I really liked both of these shades, and I feel they would look great at any time of year, but especially this season.

As much as I liked them alone, I can't help but layer when I wear a creme polish.

Firstly here is Subzero again with 1 coat of Colours by Llarowe Opals & Lace

And then Vamp with 1 coat dapped on of Colors by Llarowe I'm Seeing Spots.  This one was kind of a big of a fail as I did not anticipate that the black 'spots' would not be seen very well at all on such a dark base..you can tell I've been away for a while ;)

HJ Manicure polishes can be purchased from the website where you can have a look at these polish and also the rest of the collections and find out a bit more about the polish line.

Colors by Llarowe as always can be purchased from the official site, Harlow and Co and Rainbow Connection.

Thanks for looking <3

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

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 - Soccer Mom

Today brings another of the Llarowe Summer collection.  I hope you are enjoying these ones, Leah Ann always chooses such great polishes for her collections.

The one I am showing you today is Soccer Mom and is a baby blue polish with scattered holo.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and no top coat.

I do love me a blue, and this one is no exception.

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

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Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 Jellies - Summer...Finally! and Strawberry Wine

I have for you today a little idea that randomly came to me while I was dusting off my lava lamp in my spare (or polish) room.

I hadn't used the jellys from the CbL Summer collection yet and I thought that a jelly would be a great way to create a lava lamp type effect.  Now bear with me, cause if you have been here before you know I am not that great with art on my nails, but I was actually happy with this one.

Firstly I done 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Summer....Finally - which is a neon pink jelly - and then I used the normal brush and a dotting tool and done the 'lava' with a-england Lancelot and then 1 more coat of Summer...Finally to finish it off.

I then wanted to make this even brighter so I added 1 coat of Strawberry Wine - a reddened magenta jelly - over the top and one coat of the Shield just to finish it all off.

I was so happy with this mani turned out as it actually was the same as how it looked in my head, haha, and I liked it even more so when I added Summer Wine on top as red is just a tad more me than pink is.

I would love your comments on this one....

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 Glitters - Independence Day, Purple Is My Crack, Mystery & Mayhem and Beautiful Disaster

Firstly I will start off by apologising for my little absence, I had borrowed a fancy camera from my step dad and I don't think he anticipated how many pictures I was going to take and the battery pack died, and I had no charger.  And then I eventually got the charger and was busy with a couple of birthdays I have in June, one being my own, haha.

But anyway, to start back I thought I would continue with showing you some more of the Summer 2014 CbL polishes.  I am loving this collection and am actually being a tad adventurous - well for me - with how I am wearing these.  It means that you may not get to see a colour as a straight swatch but you will get to see my attempts at art....

Now attempts is a great word here as this mani seemed like a great idea in my head and it was okay when I finished it but I just was not 100% happy with it.  So firstly I will show you the colours alone, then I will show you the other mani.

Now I have just swatched these one on each finger.  In order these are Independence Day (royal blue jelly base with holo glitters) Purple Is My Crack (purple jelly base with holo glitters) Mystery & Mayhem (teal jelly base with holo glitters) and last but not least Beautiful Disaster which is a little different from the others I am showing you today as it is a clear base with various holo and micro glitters, but still pretty dense and can be worn alone as you see.  All are 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and 1 of the Shield.

Now you can see just how pretty these colours are alone, now I will show you what I tried to do with them.

I had an idea in my head about doing a kind of dotticure with these over a white base.  I started with 1 coat of the Knight and then 2 of Nails Inc Floral Street.  I then just used the normal polish brush and did dots of Independence Day, Purple Is My Crack and Mystery & Mayhem and then as Beautiful Disaster had a clear base I tried to kind of just fill in the white that was left. Then 1 coat of the Shield to top it all off.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this mani, fail or not?  And if it is a fail, do you still want to see them?

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 - Chillin' In Paradise

We have another double whammy of posts tonight, which ends with another CbL from the Summer Collection.

This one is Chillin' In Paradise and is a light tiffany aqua/blue polish and the holo in this one is simply amazing!!

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

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 - Final Fantasy

So I am trying to make up for the lack of posts this week so you can have two in one night :)

My second polish I wanted to show you is Colors by Llarowe Final Fantasy which is from the Summer Collection.

This is such a great polish!  It has both of the things that the summer sunshine shows off so well, linear holo and shimmer!  Final Fantasy is a charcoal taupe polish with a strong pink shimmer.

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

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colour by Llarowe Summer 2014 - Read My Lips, More New Colors, Frenzy and Liquor is Quicker

Today I have 3 of the crelly polishes to show you from the CbL Summer collection.  I was initially going to show you these just as normal swatches but when I was painting my nails last night I felt like doing something different.

As I said above, these polishes are described as crellys which means they are somewhere between a creme and a jelly polish.  The colours I am showing are:

- Read My Lips, More New Colors which is a neon orange polish.  Now this one is so bright in real life but seems a little less so in my pictures.
- Frenzy which is a neon pink polish (with purple undertones)
- and Liquor is Quicker which is a bluey purple (or blurple) polish.

I started with a based of 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of Nails Inc Floral Street (which is a stark white) and then first painted a chunk of the nail with Read My Lips, then the chunk next to it with Frenzy and lastly the chunk at the top with Liquor.  As I do not have the steadiest hand, my colours sometimes overlapped so to tidy it up - and also to act as a great contrast with the brightness of the bases - I drew lines to separate the colours with the Sally Hansen Black Dot and Flick tool and then a coat of the Shield to seal it all in.

Now as I said it is so much brighter when you actually see the polish but you get the idea from the pictures.  These colours will be amazing for Summer - if it actually ever comes to stay here.

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 - When Doves Cry

Today we have another lovely linear holo polish from the CbL Summer collection.

This one is When Doves Cry which is a dove grey linear holo.

For a light colour the coverage on this one was great, this is 1 coat of the Knight and 2 of the polish with no topcoat.

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 - Holiday Road

Today we have an amazing shimmer polish from the CbL Summer collection.

Holiday Road has a lime green neon jelly base with a strong red/gold shimmer running throughout.

I don't know about you all but I love polishes with a good strong shimmer and this polish is no exception.

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

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking  <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 - Sweet Revenge

Today I have another stunning little polish from the CbL Summer collection.

This once is Sweet Revenge and is a deep teal linear holographic polish.

I know most people think summer means brights, but I actually love dark complex colous in summer too, any sun we do get shows off the holo amazingly!

This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and no topcoat.  This one was very pigmented and you could easily get away with just 1 coat.

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking as always <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 - Connie's Nosy Neighbour

Here we are with my first solo post on the CbL new collection, Summer 2014.

Now I hope you are all sitting comfortably as there are lot of polishes to show from this collection, I believe there are 35 in total, Leah Ann sure goes all out with her collections, and I am sure not one of us really complains as each of them are always stunning,

The first one I am showing you is Connie's Nosy Neighbour, again it was luck of the draw which got shown first as I couldn't decide!  This polish is just like the nextdoor neighbour to Connie, You Saucy Minx from the Spring Collection.  The Nosy Neighbour however, has a royal blue base with a stunning pink shimmer.  This is 1 coat of the Knight, 2 of the polish and no topcoat.

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

Thanks so much for looking as always <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review

Colors By Llarowe Summer 2014 - Nice Melons and My Own Private Paradise - with some MoYou Stamping

Today I have a double whammy of new arrivals for you.

Yesterday I got an amazing parcel with some of the new Colors by Llarowe Summer 2014 polishes and had to get trying them straight away.  I also got some more Cadillacquer polishes and my very first stamping kit so yesterday was a great day <3

I will be showing you all of the above of the next little while but first I wanted to show you what I actually have on my nails.  Last night I did my nails with one of the new CbL polishes, Nice Melons which is a neon peach.orange linear holographic polish, I then painted CbL My Own Private Paradise in a diagonal over the top.  This polish is a softened neon hot pinky orchid linear holographic polish.  I forgot to take pictures of this alone on my big camera but did take a quick shot and put it in Instagram last night.

I then decided tonight to try my hands with the stamping.  Now I have always been so intrigued by stamping and wanted to try it out but did not really know where to start etc so when I was contacted by the manufacturers of MoYou Nails, I jumped at the chance to try them out.

Firstly here is a picture of the kit I received.

I picked plate 105 which has bows and hearts on it, and decided to start out slow with one of the simple heart designs, the one on the bottom right here.

For those who aren't familiar with stamping (like me....) you remove the film over the designs then paint the polish - in the case I used the MoYou Special Black polish - over the design you want to use.  You then use the scraper to remove the polish not in the design area and then place the stamper over this and then press onto the nail.

Et voila!  I was so impressed with how easy it was to use and how well the design transferred for me.

So this is my first little heart stamping attempt over 2 amazing new CbL polishes.  I don't want to take this off but have so many new polishes to try out.....

I am so unbelievably impressed with firstly, how these base colours look together, and also with how pretty the little hearts turned out.

You will be seeing so many more of the new CbL polishes on here over the coming weeks and I'm sure this won't be the last stamping I do either.

Keep an eye on the Llarowe facebook, the CbL facebook and the Llarowe site for news about the next re-stock of the Summer polishes as this is the best way to hear these being announced.  CbL polishes can also be purchased from the Harlow & Co site and again check facebook to find out when you can pick these up.

The MoYou plates and polishes can be purchased from the site here and you can follow them on facebook too.

Thanks so much for looking as always <3

Some products in this post were sent to me for review