Thursday's Talons ft Pretty Butterflies

Currently listening to: Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5

Good morning girls!

Today I'd like to show you a manicure I did featuring a kind-of franken:

I was looking at my polish collection when I saw this pink jelly Essence polish and realised that I hardly ever wear it because it is so sheer, requires about four thick coats for me to actually like looking at it on my nails and takes ages to dry, even with a speed dry topcoat.

So I decided to add some Essence Julia glitter to see if that would make the polish more finger-friendly.

I used three coats to get this result and I know the glitter isn't that prevalent but I like this.

I then stamped using various butterfly images and Konad Special Polish in pink and Essence Pink Hibiscus. On my accent finger I used Barry M Nail Effects in silver.

What do you think girls? Are you fans of jelly polishes?

Bye for now,
Laura

Tuesday's Talons ft Freehanded Flowers

Currently watching: Top Gear

Good morning lovely ladies,

Today I have two firsts for you: my first attempt at free-handing flowers (fail) and my first showing of this golden polish by Polish company MV/Editt Cosmetics:

I've had this polish for about two years but I don't think I'd ever tried it before today. I have mixed feelings about it and can't decided whether I like the colour or not.

I must have been feeling creative when I painted my nails as I decided to use my dotting tool to freehand some flowers using Essence Just in Case for the petals and Natural Collection Raspberry for the centres.

I think I'll stick to my flower image plates in future. Free-handing is hard!

Bye for now,
Laura

Sunday's Simple NOTD

Currently watching: Keeping the Faith

Good afternoon dear readers,

Today I'd like to show you the last in my collection of the Boots 17 magnetized nail polishes:

This is my third polish from the range and now that I know how to use the magnet, application is really easy. I only needed to use one coat of polish per nail so as well as being easy, this was also a quick manicure.

Of course you know me, I rarely leave my nails without some nail art but instead of stamping, I decided to apply some nail stickers:

(The sticker film is not at all obvious in real life)

I really like this manicure and I think this blue polish is my favourite from the Boots 17 magnetized collection. What do you think girls?

Bye for now,
Laura

Friday's Fingers

Currently watching: One Tree Hill

Hi girls! My fortnight of working 7.30am - 6.30pm is finally over so now I can get back to regular blogging! Yay :-)

Today I'd like to show you the manicure I'm currently wearing:

Please take into consideration the fact that I did this manicure at about 6.30 this morning ;-) Bearing that in mind, it looks like spring is finally on its way as I was actually able to take decent photos in daylight before going to work!

Anyway, on to the manicure itself. During the week I'd seen a Disney-themed manicure here on The Nail Network blog featuring Sinful Colors Cinderella and I really liked it so decided to do a direct copy.

Unfortunately I don't have the Cinderella polish so I used Barry M Blue Moon as my substitute which has a lot less shimmer in it.

I then stamped the shoe image using Konad Special Polish in white and Bundle Monster plate BM213.

It was the first time I'd used this image so I'm pleased that I was finally inspired to. It was easy to stamp as well.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,
Laura

Tuesday's Talons

Currently reading: Game of Thrones

Good evening girls!

I hope you are all well and enjoying the start of your week. This evening I'd like to show you the manicure I'm currently sporting, featuring a franken I made:

I used an old white polish as a base and added some glitter and purple polishes. I haven't made many frankens but when I do, I tend to start with old polishes that I never wear on their own. This means they tend to be thick and do not apply well. This was apparent on two of my nails (index and middle finger on my left hand).

I decided to stamp using Kiko 332 and a floral image from Bundle Monster plate BM221.

I really like the way these two colours go together and I always love a floral manicure.

What do you think of this manicure?

Bye for now,
Laura

Sunday's Swatch ft Nails Inc Victoria

Currently watching: Kevin Bridges: What's the Story?

Hello girls,

Today I'd like to show you a swatch of Nails Inc Victoria:

I got this at some point last year I believe, when it was a free gift with Glamour magazine. Normally Nails Inc polishes retail at around £10, which I wouldn't pay.

In the bottle this polish looks like a very dark blood red. On my nails, it appears dark brown although depending on the light it can have a slight red glow to it.

The red also shows through at the sides, where I haven't managed to exactly line up my second coat of polish with my first.

Ignore the nail wear. These photos were taken on day three.

What do you think girls? Is this a shade you would wear?

Bye for now,
Laura

Thursday's Talons

Currently listening to: A Team by Ed Sheeran

Good morning ladies,

How's your week been so far? Looking forward to the weekend rolling around? Today I'd like to show you a manicure I did last weekend featuring GOSH Holographic:

There was no sun to bring out the holographic-ness of this polish when I took these photos but even indoors you can see it's a pretty special polish :-)

Application is awful but let's not talk about that today as I'm sure I've covered it before ;-)

I then decided to add some fun nail jewels, which is why this had to be a weekend manicure. As much as I love nail jewels, they are not practical for everyday wear at all and it upsets me to look down at my nails and discover yet another jewel has become loose and vanished.

They're great for a short while though :-)

Are you a fan of nail jewels?

Bye for now,
Laura