Tuesday's Talons ft Yes Love

Currently watching: Titanic

Good evening girls,

I hope you are well and enjoying the start of your week.

This evening I'd like to show you some swatches of the grey Yes Love polish I recently acquired:

It's not often I'm surprised by a polish but I was certainly surprised by this polish. Firstly, on account of how dark it is compared to how it looks in the bottle and secondly, because it dries matte.

I don't think it's very flattering on me but I'll probably save it for stamping.

Since I wasn't too pleased with the way this polish looked on its own, I decided to add some Boots 17 heart stickers. That was a mistake.

I then added a layer of Barry M Pink Iridescent. Also a mistake.

What do you think girls? Would you have been pleased with this manicure or, like me, would you have removed it straight after taking these photos? ;-)

Bye for now,
Laura

Saturday's Star Stamping

Currently reading: The Hunger Games

Good morning girls!

I had a bad week nail-wise, hence the lack of posts, but towards the end of the week I finally did a manicure that I liked enough to show you! Here are the polishes I used:

Yes Love 477, Natural Collection Hibiscus, MUA 20, MUA 15, Asos Blake

I decide to do a pink skittle look although unfortunately the differences in the pink polishes weren't very distinct.

On the bright side, because it was a subtle manicure it was appropriate for work ;-)

The Yes Love polish (used on my thumb) is from the collection my uncle brought back from Spain. I really like this polish, especially as it's a jelly.

I then stamped stars on my nails yesterday (dress down day at work) using Barry M Silver Foil and Bundle Monster plate BM05. I need to use this plate more often!

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,
Laura

Sunday's Shopping (and news for UK readers)

Currently watching: The Voice

Hi girls!

Happy Easter!

Just a short post from me today.

My uncle was recently on holiday in Spain and I felt like updating my nail polish collection so I asked him to bring me back some cheap nail polish from the Asian bazaars over there. Here's what he came back with:

I will show you these in greater detail when I swatch them but I think he chose well; I can see myself using all of these :-)

I also bought some new nail art supplies myself as when I was in the shop Bodycare I noticed these nail art stripers which I have never before seen in the UK:

Each set of three was £1.99 so I thought they were worth trying. Bodycare isn't a shop I often go in but I was really surprised by their range of nail art supplies. Not only did they have these, they also had stickers and nail foils. Plus...in the Technic range of nail polish I spotted a holographic silver nail polish for £1.99! I didn't buy it as I already have GOSH holographic but I thought any ladies in the UK who can't find GOSH holographic, or who don't want to pay £5, may want to investigate this Technic version. I didn't look at it closely so I din't know how good it will be but if you end up buying it do let me know what you think of it!

Bye for now,
Laura

Saturday's Shooting Stars NOTD

Currently listening to: Video Games by Lana Del Ray

Good evening ladies!

Following the success of my previous manicure, I decided to do another one using Barry M Pink Irridescent :-) Here's what I started with:

I started with Essence Very Berry and layered Pink Irridescent over it.

I liked this so much I even decided it would be appropriate for work ;-)

The only problem was that I had a lot of tip wear after less than a day so I stamped a Bundle Monster star image over it using Barry M Foil Effects in silver:

The stamping worked better on some nails than on others but oh well. I find that unless I use a topcoat over my stamping, the stamping gradually rubs off during the day. When I stamped I couldn't be bothered with the smell of China Glaze Fast Forward so I simply layered another layer of glitter on top to protect the stamping :-)

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,
Laura

Thursday's Talons: A Transformation

Currently listening to: Right Here by HeyHiHello

Good morning lovely ladies!

So, remember the other day I showed you Beauty UK's Soft Lilac and you were all kind enough to let me know how much you loved it? Well I decided to transform it with Max Factor Fantasy Fire:

This mainly came about because I messed up some stamping and when I was removing that I discovered I could remove the stamping while leaving most of the lilac polish in decent condition.

I couldn't leave it as it was though so I chose to cover it up with two coats of Fantasy Fire.

I absolutely love this polish, it is so mesmerising. I couldn't help but glance at my nails every so often while I was at work ;-)

I still felt tempted to add something extra though so the next day I added a coat of Barry M Pink Iridescent. The changing colours of the glitter coat really gave this manicure a magical air, one which I really loved.

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,
Laura

Tuesday's Talons ft Soft Lilac

Currently listening to: Polish Girl by Neon Indian

Hello girls!

Today I have a lovely soft lilac polish to show you from Beauty UK:

I can't remember when I bought this Soft Lilac shade but I'm pretty sure it was at least a year ago.

It's not a polish I wear often but it's one I really like and think I could get away with wearing at work :-)

These pictures show two coats of polish. I didn't have any problems with application.

Thinking all lilacs must be the same, I thought it would be very similar to Barry M's Berry Ice Cream but as you can see, the two polishes are quite different. Soft Lilac is a much more muted shade of lilac which leans towards grey whereas Berry Ice Cream is brighter.

Both polishes are lovely though and great colours to use for spring manicures :-)

What do you think girls? How many lilacs do you have in your collection?

Bye for now,
Laura

Sunday's Swatch ft Turquoise Chic

Currently watching: The Big Bang Theory

Good afternoon lovely ladies,

Today I'd like to show you a franken I made called Turquoise Chic:

I used a nude jelly called Cotton Candy by Essence and added various blue polishes to create this shade.

I didn't have time to stamp so I added a layer of Essence Julia for some glitz :-)

This wasn't the original shade I was aiming to create and when I first applied it I was disappointed as I thought it looked the same as MUA Shade 5 and Eyeko Vintage Polish but actually it's less green than those two shades:

What do you think girls?

Bye for now,
Laura