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

Tuesday's Talons

Currently listening to: She Makes Me Wanna by JLS

Hello ladies,

Remember I recently said that although I have a folder of manicures I've seen on your blogs which I love and would like to attempt to recreate, I very rarely actually try to do them? Well today I tried:

The inspiration for this manicure came from Cutesville and you can see her original manicure here. Thanks for inspiring me :-)

I chose a different accent finger and my dots are unintentionally bigger but overall I was pleased with how this turned out. I used Barry M Matte White and MUA Shade 2 for this manicure as well as my dotting tool and Born Pretty Store image plate m59.

What do you think? Do you try to recreate manicures that you love too?

Bye for now,
Laura

Monday's Manicure (Nail Fail)

Currently listening to: Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5

Hello dear readers,

Yesterday I showed you a swatch of Kiko 338 and today I'd like to show you the nail art I subsequently added to that base:

As you can probably see, it didn't quite work out the way I had envisaged.

My first step was to stamp using Konad Special White and my new Born Pretty Store image plate m65.

[My favourite nail]

The diagonal lines didn't stamp too well so I decided to try and cover up my mistakes by stamping a floral image from the same plate using Konad Special Pink. I always use floral images to save a manicure but unfortunately my stamping polish smudged a lot and I made it even worse by applying my topcoat too soon.

I had no time to redo this manicure before going out for the day and I hate having bare nails so I was forced to wear this for a day before I was finally able to remove it. Although this effort was a nail fail, I'm looking forward to re-doing it properly soon as I liked the overall effect.

Do you ever stick with a nail fail and hope that you like it more as the day goes on or do you remove bad manicures as soon as possible?

Bye for now,
Laura

Sunday's Swatch ft Kiko 338

Currently watching: One Tree Hill

Good morning girls!

Just a quick post from me today to showcase one of my Kiko polishes, number 338:

I bought this in May and have only worn it a couple of times although looking at my nails I think it deserves more love.

This shade is hard to define as although it looks like a powder blue here, in other lights it takes on a much darker tone. I sometimes wonder if it could be a dupe for Models Own Beth's Blue but I'm not so sure, I think Beth's Blue is lighter. What do you think?

Bye for now,
Laura

Saturday's Stamping

Currently reading: Game of Thrones

Good morning lovely readers,

I hope your weekend has started well and have you have something enjoyable planned for the next couple of days :-) Today I'd like to show you a floral manicure I did recently:

My base was Hibiscus by Natural Collection.

I then stamped using Konad Special White and Mash plate m25.

Sometimes the image came out in the centre of my nail and sometimes at the side but the original plan was to have the flowers at the side ;-)

A very simply stamping manicure but one which I quite liked.

Bye for now,
Laura

Tuesday's Talons

Currently reading: The Girl Who Played with Fire

Hi girls!

Today I'd like to show you a rather bright and spring-like manicure I did recently:

My base colours were Barry M Blue Moon and All About Nails Honey Pink.

I then stamped using Bundle Monster plate BM224 and Barry M Pure Turquoise and Konad Special polish in pink.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I love this image!

Even if mistakes are made whilst stamping they're hardly noticeable with this stamp.

What do you think girls? Is it too early to be doing spring manicures?

Bye for now,
Laura