NOTD - Glitter Ombre

Yes you read it right... ANOTHER nail of the day! I think I'm becoming a little obsessed.

I have to give Sprinkleofglitter (Blog link here) all credit for this design as I did see her YouTube video (link here) and the magpie in me just couldn't resist giving it a whirl!


It turned out a bit lumpy as the Essie polish I used as a base colour was so thin it needed 4 coats. I also think the glitter polish is too dense to make this look work. Will definitely be trying again with more suitable polishes.

NOTD - Peridot Dupe

If you are a regular reader, you may remember my post on Chanel's Peridot nail polish (here). Thanks to a post by Fleur de Force (here) I bought the perfect dupe from Topshop called Hidden Treasure at a fraction of the price. The quality of this polish doesn't reflect the price either, I've had this colour on for 3 days and no sign of chipping just yet. 


So without further a do, my quick nail of the day:

In artificial light

In natural light

Until next time guys!

Valentines Day NOTD

Happy Valentines Day to you all, just wanted to drop in with a quick nail of the day for the occasion.

On my fingers I have Essie's Jelly Apple and on my thumbs I have Essie's Hard To Get. The little heart gems are from a nail decoration kit by Broadway Nails (here). I used the Seche Vite top coat to finish it all off.


Hope you all get spoiled rotten with chocolates and flowers. 

Rainbow Connection

Good evening lovelies.
I know I have raved about OPI's Rainbow Connection but I have yet to give you a NOTD.
So this is exactly what this is!
It took me about 3 coats to create this 'solid' glitter affect and I had to use 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat, as I'm a stickler for smooth nails. Does anyone else have that strange, almost fear of nails catching on their clothes, be it a chipped nail or glitter polish? It is literally like nails down a chalkboard to me.


Without further ado I give you... Rainbow Connection...

Isn't it beautiful? I feel very Christmassy with this polish on and have been given plenty of compliments, which we all know is the sign of a good nail polish.

What nail polish is making you feel Christmassy? I am, as always, on the lookout for more!

Sparkles

As the cold, dark nights roll in I'm starting to give in to winter. I did put up a bit of a fight at first, as did the weather (anyone not from the UK we had sunshine and 29c weather last weekend). I think what might have pushed me over the edge was All I Want For Christmas turning up on my iPod when I had it on shuffle. I'm not gonna lie, I left it on and had a little christmassy jig!

Anyway, so with winter comes glitter and sparkly things and as a magpie, these are two things I am drawn to. I only accidentally dropped in at Sally's Beauty supplies and spied the new China Glaze "Metro" collection. I have to say I found the collection quite underwhelming except "CG In The City" which I had to have. It's a glitter polish which seems to be mainly silver but I think I see some purple glitter in it as well.

I also saw in the bargain bin they had OPI "The Colour To Watch" from last Autumn's Swiss Collection and I thought the two would go so well together... So that's only what i've bloomin' well gone and done!

(L-R- China Glaze "CG In The City", OPI "The Colour To Watch")



(The two together...)

From the swatches I've seen I would definitely say "CG In The City" needs something under it as it's quite thin and doesn't seem to be a polish you can build into a solid glitter.
Hope you like it :)