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

Saturday's Stamping

Hello girls,

Just wanted to let you know that I'm guest blogging over at Aimee's Nails today with this manicure:

More pics are on her blog so please have a look!

Bye for now,
Laura

Friday's Framed Fingers

Currently watching: The Apprentice UK

Good morning dear readers!

I'm quite excited about today's post as it features a new type of manicure for me. But before I show you my efforts, let's start with my base colour, Kiko 346:

I absolutely love this colour yet this is only the second time I've worn it after purchasing it last spring!

I'm not sure how to describe the shade although the pictures are quite accurate. Green agate maybe? Dark green jade?

Now we get to the framing :-) I'm sure there's plenty of potential here for colourful and creative designs but as this was my first time I wanted to keep things simple. I used my dotting tool to place dots of Barry M Silver Foil around the edges of my nails.

I then decided to stamp a butterfly in each frame using Konad plate m36.

What do you think girls? Is this a trend you like?

Bye for now,
Laura

Thursday's Talons

Currently watching: Requiem for a Dream

Good morning girls!

I have to start by thanking you all for the lovely comments on my previous manicure, they really meant a lot to me. Today's manicure is nowhere near as interesting but I hope you like it anyway.

I used Pink Hibiscus by Essence as my base. It's a great shade, full of shimmer and sparkle, but while it was drying I bumped my nails at least five times so I needed something to cover up all the dents. The best polishes for a rescue operation like this are crackle polishes and glitter topcoats. I didn't want to have to deal with glitter removal so I chose Barry M crackle polish in pink.

What do you think girls? Are you still using crackle polishes or have you moved on to magnetic polishes?

Bye for now,
Laura

Short Spring NOTD

Currently watching: The Apprentice UK

Good morning girls and welcome to the weekend :-)

On Thursday night I decided to cut my nails as they were making it difficult for me to type, text and tap my PIN into keypads. Unfortunately I lost control of my left hand when cutting the nails on my right hand so I ended up with shorter nails than I had planned. Never mind though, they will grow back! And I think short nails are on trend now anyway. Possibly.

I thought I'd bring out a real spring-time manicure as we've been seeing a lot of sunshine this week:

I used Nails Inc Spitalfields as my base.

I then used my dotting tool to make small flowers using Essence Groovy (teal) and Essence Pink Hibiscus.

[Please ignore the white marks on my skin, I don't know what they were]

What do you think girls? I actually received a few compliments on this manicure and quite liked it myself. It's simply but very easy to create.

Bye for now,
Laura