tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477148205776582302024-03-13T17:17:44.283+00:00Alice in LacquerlandConfessions of a polish-a-holic……Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247714820577658230.post-89330459420677642042013-06-17T15:02:00.000+01:002013-06-17T16:18:31.656+01:00All That Glitters<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hey guys,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">These are some nails I was rocking at Christmas- <strong>OPI Big Apple Red</strong> and <strong>Milani Gold Jewel </strong>in a glitter gradient. They are quite Christmassy, but I would totally wear them at any point in the year! I did have to apply a top coat of Gelous and two thick layers of Seche Vite, as the glitter hexes were a bit scratchy. Perfect party nails!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And here's a bonus shot of Christmas Eve in the pub - I did my BFF's nails as an extra Christmas present! Mine are the <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/candy-canes.html" target="_blank">candy canes</a>, the Father Christmas bellies belong to Sarah, Carys had the French tips and Al had the glitter gradient. We so cool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These nails are from before Christmas (so only six months overdue....ahem) but I had to share them because I just loved them so much</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. My nails were super long back then - I'm currently growing out my nubbins, or trying to! I do love them longer, I'm much more inclined to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">experiment</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> with nail art when I've got a bigger canvas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I used<b> Revlon White</b> as the base, and let them dry over night (I try to always do this when using tape in manicures) then cut Sellotape to various sizes - a feat in itself, you end up with tiny shreds of it all over the bloody place. Then I popped the tape on and applied <b>China Glaze's Ruby Pumps</b>, and used tweezers to instantly peel the tape off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've got one other Christmas manicure lurking in the minnows to put up as well...it's not overtly Christmassy so hopefully I won't be judged too badly *hides*</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247714820577658230.post-7907695744510510272013-06-15T00:31:00.002+01:002013-06-16T20:27:15.810+01:00Summer Gradient<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hi friends!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well it's been a while. I've been a bit awol - sorry to anyone that's noticed or missed me! I'm a bit besotted with gradients at the moment, we've had a whole WEEK of sun in Wales (almost unheard of amidst the constant rain) and I seized upon the chance to get a bit summery with my nails.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> This is <b>Essie Orange, It's Obvious</b> and <b>Boots No.7 Me! Me! Me!</b> I did a base layer of white nail polish before sponging, to make the colours pop more, and added a topcoat of Seche Vite to smooth it all out. It's not as obvious as the <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tequila-sunrise-gradients.html" target="_blank">previous gradient</a> I've done, but the similar colours merge really well and help it look a lot smoother.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I can't wait to do a few more bright gradient combos...I might even get around to uploading them this year haha! ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">I've got the last of my 2true review posts today- I'l be sharing three of the Crystal Couture polishes with you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Let's start with my favourite from the Crystals- <strong><u>Rio</u></strong>. This golden polish is such a beautiful colour, it's very similar to OPI 'Goldeneye' from the recent Skyfall collection- a very luxurious foil effect. Two normal coats and it's totaly rich and opaque. I loved the application on this, the polish was very easy to control and looked amazing. This is with one coat of Seche Vite just to smooth it out, and stamped with my Konad Q plate. Slyly sneaking in some Christmas with the gold and white birdie combo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next up - <strong><u>Ibiza.</u></strong> This is a purple foil with flecks of blue. Out of all the polishes, this grabbed me the least, and is probably the only one I wouldn't buy for myself. It was quite streaky, and dragged quite badly when I painted the second coat (as you can probably see in the pictures). I built up three coats, but I would definitely layer this over a purple base polish in the future, I'm sure that would help with the dragging and the streaking. It's also not as shiny as I would like- this pics are with two coats of Seche Vite and it's still a bit too matte.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And lastly, here's <strong><u>St. Tropez.</u></strong> After struggling with Ibiza, I decided to layer this polish over <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/2true-review-new-season-nails.html" target="_blank">2true Soft Grey</a>, and it made all the difference. This is two coats, and it was much easier to apply. The colour is lovely, and there's so many facets to the shimmer, you can see gold, orange, blue and brown when it catches the light. I dotted on some gold polka dots and it really brought the gold base out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well that's all folks! Overall, I think this is a really solid collection- good base colours with a fantastic formula, dense glitters, and a few luxurious foils. I would definitely recommend them if you're looking for something a bit different on a budget.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Continuing from on from my </span><a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/2true-review-new-season-nails.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">last post</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> (reviewing the 2true New Season nail polishes), I've got the third polish from the Glitterati to show you. I had to give this polish its own post, as it's such a beautiful creation I felt it deserved the extra attention! It's a jelly glitter in a deep blue base, and it's packed with flat glitters that give it so much depth when layered. The below pictures are three coats, and a layer of Seche Vite to smooth out the glitter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Application was easier than some glitters, but a tiny bit fiddly when trying to get a smooth cuticle curve- if you're OCD about a neat outline at the top of your nail like I am, I would recommend layering it over another similar coloured polish, as it will be a lot more controllable. I really wanted to show it off though, so I just layered it over a clear base coat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I recently got sent some polishes from 2true to review- they're launching 9 new shades on December 5th exclusively in Superdrug, just in time for the party season! They sent me 8 out of the 9, so I'll be spreading them over three posts to avoid photo spamming you all. As always, I'll mix the swatches up with a bit of nail art to keep it a bit more interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">They're split into three groups- Crystal Couture, Glitterati and Chic Neutals. I have to say, I was so pleasantly surprised with the formula of these polishes. The Chic Neutrals were </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">in-between a creme and a jelly, and they applied like an absolute dream, and were totally opaque in two perfect shiny coats. All the glitters were packed with large and small hexes and tiny </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">iridescent sparkles, so you really get a decent bang for your buck.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First up- <b><u>Mushroom and Sapphire.</u></b> This is two coats of Mushroom and one thick coat of Sapphire, topped with a coat of Seche Vite. Whereas Mushroom was effortless to apply, Sapphire was a bit more difficult as it was a tiny bit gloopy. However, with glitter this dense, it's a small price to pay as you get so much from each coat.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I did the triangle shape by putting a piece of sellotape over my (thoroughly dried) base coat and painting the glitter polish over it, and peeling it off whilst the polish was still wet. Very easy way to make your nails stand out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Next up: <u><b>Soft Grey and Fairy Dust</b>.</u> I absolutely LOVE pink and grey together (as you can see <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/grink-me-up.html" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/tapes-and-polkas.html" target="_blank">here</a>) so when I saw these two polishes I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Glitter gradients are my fave party nails- easy, sparkly and perfect for parties. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Today I've got a beautiful indie polish to share with you-<strong> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/candylacquer" target="_blank">Candy Lacquer</a> White Wedding</strong>. I was feeling a bit prematurely Christmassy, so I used <strong>Butter London Knees Up</strong> as a base and layered one coat of White Wedding over it. My nails looks like a Christmas decoration!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was going to do some stamping or nail art over the top, but I just loved the red and the white together so much I decided to keep it simple! I'm seriously looking forward to some more Christmassy designs- counting the days until my annual candy cane nails!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bit of a nautical one here, I've wanted to do a sailor manicure for a while and I've been meaning to use my anchor stamp for ages. I didn't come out very well over the blue, so I touched it up with a bit of acrylic red paint (which has freaked my camera out a bit and made it look pink)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I initially wanted to do an anchor on every nail, but it literally took me an hour to do two as they were so fiddly, so there was no way I was going to waste the rest of my 20s painting the rest!</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247714820577658230.post-89653994997826026572012-11-24T11:26:00.002+00:002012-11-24T12:27:05.839+00:00Stripey Polkas<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, bit of random nail art today...I love the idea of the stripes and polkas, but I feel like they turned out as lazy butterflies...very, very lazy butterflies! This is <strong>Barry M Pink Flamingo</strong> (one of my all time favourite pinks)<strong> </strong>with <strong>Wet n Wild Black Creme</strong> striped over it. The white polka dots are <strong>Revlon White</strong>. It was really easy to do- I used striping tape over Pink Flamingo and painted the black on, then taped diagonally across the nail and did the same thing. And my trusty dotting tool for the polkas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of the best things about blogging is meeting some amazing people from all over the world- one of my fave swap buddies is the lovely <a href="http://appleloveslacquer.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Whitney</a>. She sent me a surprise package full of polish goodies the other day, as well as some American treats (my obsession with Hersheys knows no bounds!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My favourite from the parcel was<b> Taffy</b> by <b>Rainbow Polish,</b> a lovely indie with grey, pink and white glitters suspended in a clear base. I layered it over <b>OPI Sweet Heart </b>and to make it a bit edgier added some black french tips with <b>Wet n Wild Black Creme,</b> topped off with a coat of Seche Vite.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> The application was a dream- this is just one coat of Taffy, and I pushed it around really easily to get the glitter to go where I wanted it to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And here's Taffy by itself. I hate that it's pitch black outside by 5pm, it makes it so hard to get decent pictures in natural light!</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247714820577658230.post-36412734216158263512012-11-06T21:05:00.001+00:002013-06-16T20:32:12.599+01:00Grink Me Up<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I don't know where the outline manicure originated, but I'm going to hop on the bandwagon and get involved. I've been struggling with inspiration lately since my nails got nubbinised due to a few breaks, I'm missing them being long :( But I saw someone post a cloud version of this design somewhere and loved it. And on the plus side of the nubbin, it means nail art takes half the time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: center;">Clearly, my obsession with pink and grey is still going strong.</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"> I recently did a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;"><a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/tapes-and-polkas.html" target="_blank">taped polka dot</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-align: center;">manicure using these exact same polishes (<b>Asda Sherbert Fizz</b> and <b>Rimmel Grey Matte</b>r) and I just loved the combination of the soft pink with the grey. It's an unusually sophisticated palette for my chavvy tastes but sometimes you've got to crack sumfink classy out, innit.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247714820577658230.post-48245404640161815172012-11-05T20:18:00.002+00:002012-11-05T20:18:43.249+00:009 Days of Shimmer - Day 9, Sophie & Roses<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">'Sophie' is a pinky glitter with purple, red and gold pieces. The glitter cocktail is very similar to <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/9-days-of-shimmer-day-7-melissa-leopard.html" target="_blank">Melissa</a>, but with a pink base instead of a purple one. It's layered over OPI Be A Dahlia Won't You? which is one of my all time <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/cheeky-dahlia-hearts.html" target="_blank">favourite pinks</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've been loving the stamping over the glitter lately, so I blobbed on OPI Party in my Cabana and then used Konad Special polish to stamp the white roses. The plate is Cheeky CH13.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Today I have my favourite polish from the Shimmer collection to share! It wasn't my favourite from looking at the bottles, but once it was on my nails Oh. My. God. Holographic glitter. Tiny glitter particles of every colour, with a silver shimmery base. Amazeballs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I used <b>Wet n Wild Black Creme</b> as the underwear, two coats of Vanessa and two coats of Poshe. There might be a tiiiiny bit of picture spam going on here, but it's just so amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love the green sheen on the picture above, every angle makes this polish look different! I decided to pop some stripes over the top with some more <b>Black Creme</b>- and unbelievably, there was actually two minutes of sun the day I took pics so I managed to capture the amazing holo aspect of the glitter in sunlight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hands down my fave polish in this series!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So...I've been absent for a while! Huge apologies to anyone who's noticed- I've had a really bad month, mainly with illness, my dog getting spayed, and also the traumatic death of my laptop. It's untimely death resulted in me losing ALL of my pictures....ever! It was totally soul-destroying, but I've since picked myself up and re-done most of the manicures I lost. Hopefully the rest of my pictures are salvageable somehow. And I learned my lesson- BACK UP EVERYTHING! I am an idiot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Then I thought I'd bling it out a bit with some stamping, and used <strong>Barry M Gold Foil</strong> and my <strong>Konad plate M57 </strong>for the leopard. The gold looked soooo good with the purples and pinks! I felt like I was wearing expensive wrapping paper on my nails.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When I first saw this polish in the bottle, I thought 'yeah, pretty I guess,' and that was it- I wasn't blown away. BUT. I was totally wrong to be 'meh'- how awesome is this glitterbomb?! I had no idea what to wear as underwear for it, so I thought I'd stick with something totally neutral so all the different colours would stand out. Cult Nails Mazo is a lovely nude colour with a hint of gold shimmer, which suited it perfectly. I wouldn't even know what colour category to put Airriann in- brown? Gold? It's completely multi-coloured. Look at the close up bottle shot in the picture below- epic glitter going on right there. Hexes, squares, iridescent, red, blue, gold, orange, green- this polish is sheer art. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Sorry about the copious picture spam there, I'm just in love with this polish. Every angle makes it look a different colour. I wasn't sure if I wanted to even add anything to it, I felt like I was wearing jewellery on my nails! But I got out my dotting tool and added a few pretty little polkas in H&M's Golden Treasure, which really brought out the gold.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'm so excited about today's polish. This is one of the most beautiful glitters I've ever worn, it's simply stupendous. Karina is purply, pink, red and black glittery goodness with holographic particles- the depth is insane, you can see from the pictures how many facets there are to this polish. Application was so perfect, and the shine was so high on it I feel like it should be classed as a glitter jelly. The pictures below aren't 100% colour accurate (which is really pissing me off) as the colour is slightly more vibrant than it looks. I layered it over China Glaze Ruby Pumps and used two topcoats of Poshe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> I got so many comments on this polish, it was a real eye-catcher. The girl who served me at Boots asked me if my polish was OPI- I tried to explain about Etsy and indie polish, but I was met with the blank stare of a Nuggle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I wanted to do some simple art, and I thought some pearl hearts would suit the pink. I used some tiny pearls from a craft shop, painted a clear top coat on the patches I wanted to stick them to</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, and then before it dried plopped them in place. I put another layer of Poshe on to secure them- and man they are SECURE, these babies aren't going anywhere!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">I'm definitely going to re-create the pearl effect with some other designs, so simple but pretty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Four more polishes to go in my Shimmer series! Tomorrow I'll be showing one of the more unusual glitters. See you then!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I got so excited when I saw there was a polish called Alice (super sad, I know). I was even more excited when I saw how gorgeous it was- different sized silver holographic glitter with silver stars scattered in the mix! I've layered it over Color Club What a Drag and it was opaque in two coats. There's three coats of Poshe as well, as the stars were a bit bumpy. Application was very easy, the glitter dispersed really well and wasn't clumpy. I did have to fish for the stars quite a bit, and I wish they were a different colour as they're not obvious at all on the nail, they merge into the glitter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've never really been into stamping over glitter before, but my <a href="http://alice-in-lacquerland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/9-days-of-shimmer-day-2-liana-stars.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;">star stamp over Liana</span></a> looked so lovely it's kick started a new obsession! The stamp is from the new Bundle Monster set (plate BM-323) and the white is Konad Special polish. I thought the white flowers looked like snowflakes and gave it a very winter-y vibe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Phew, almost halfway through my epic glitter swatch-a-thon! Tomorrow I've got one of my favourites from Shimmer - Karina!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Today I'm sharing Shimmer's Carmen polish, a lovely burnt orange gold stuffed with subtle, tiny multi-coloured glitters. Application on this was slightly harder to manage as it was so jam packed with glitter, which made it difficult to get a smooth cuticle curve. I layered it over Butter London Knees Up to give it an Autumn feel- I love the red peeking around the edges! There's two topcoats of Poshe on this mani and one coat of Gelous- this glitter has serious munchies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As I already had a glitter party going on, I thought to myself "What could better this?" And the answer was obvious- MORE GLITTER. I used Milani Red Flash and Purple Gleam over striping tape to create the lines, two lovely glitters that I acquired in a swap from the lovely Whitney from <a href="http://appledropme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Apple Drops</span></a>. They ended up looking like Christmas presents...and seeing as I had my first Christmas assault yesterday (a random gift magazine in the post) I guess it only seems apt!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> These are some heavy duty bling. There's three coats of glitter, one of Gelous, and FOUR layers of Poshe on these babies....they seriously weigh about a pound each!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Today I'm sharing Liana, a dark blue glitter (which really reminds of me of denim!) There's so much going on here- the tiny iridescent glitters have a holographic quality to them that really makes this polish pop. There's gold, purple, blue, red- I find a new glitter every time I look at it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I used Calvin Klein Electric Blue as underwear, but the same as yesterday's polish, the glitter applies so opaque that you can't even see it. There's also two coats of Poshe to make it extra shiny. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">I thought that a bit of stamping would look amazing over the blue, so I used Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and the star plate CH5 from Cheeky. And WOW, I am so in love with the end result, the silver brings out the tiny shimmers really well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Stay tuned for tomorrow's post....something very glitzy and gold!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I recently got my grubby little mitts on a selection of ridiculously beautiful indie polishes by Shimmer. Seeing as we all love a bit of indie eye candy, I thought I'd do a themed post selection and share each and every polish with you! They really are so gorgeous they deserve individual attention. Each post will have swatches, and a bit of nail art too cause I get itchy nails!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I actually squealed when I saw this polish. It's a clear glitter base with a mixture of tiny hexes of green, gold, red, dark blue and light blue mixed with even teenier iridescent colours scattered throughout. The artistry involved in this polish (and all the Shimmer polishes) has blown me away, there's so many facets! I layered it over OPI Catch Me In Your Net, but two coats applies so opaque that you can't even see the base coat. Two top coats of Poshe for a really shiny finish. Also, lovely application, which surprised me for such a thick polish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I instantly thought 'mermaid' when I saw this polish- which coincides perfectly with this week's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/purplecrumpetfairy/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Crumpet's Nail Tarts</span></a> Mermaid themed challenge - so I thought I'd add a bit of a fish scale effect with Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and my Bundle Monster plate BM-209</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visit Shimmer' website </span><a href="http://www.shimmyshimmer.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">here</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sorry I've been MIA for the last week- I've been away with work (some god forsaken field in the middle of Wales again) but only one more exhibition left, whoo! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Sadly my nails did not survive a week of lugging boxes around...I had an unfortunate disagreement with a plastic lid and snapped off my index nail! Therefore I have been forced to nubbinise my claws. Although, on the plus side it means I can rock some cute polka dots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">I put the pink on first, then once it was dry taped off half my nail and applied the grey, then dotted on reverse coloured polka dots with a dotting tool. Simple, quick, easy- my kind of nail art. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Did these over Jubilee weekend but never got round to blogging about them. I think I got a bit sick of being British to be honest- what with the wedding, the Jubilee, Wimbledon, I ODed a bit on the whole patriotism thing. But I am loving the Olympics so I thought I'd get back in the game!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These looked a lot better in person than in pictures, boo. This is my favoured technique- I always try and use tape where I can because a) I'm lazy and b) they make nice crisp lines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My red polish was a tiny bit gloopy and quickly became a NIGHTmare to work with. Next time I'll use an OPI or an Essie, as they're slightly more watery and easier to apply.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Also, I have been informed that a Union Jack is in fact only a Jack when it's on the side of a ship. Otherwise it's a plain old Union flag. Trivia of the day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So...I'm not really sure what's going on with this manicure today. It's a sort of British themed splodge fest. A Splodge-icure?! I was trying to think outside the box with some Team GB nail art. Maybe I should just stick to something Union-y. I do like the way it looks like a pretentious modern art canvas though.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">They kind of look like suns...or possibly an alien foetus. Broad spectrum there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've been loving the sharp look of a tape mani lately- there's something soothing about having really neat lines on your nails! (which probably makes me sound like an OCD weirdo). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I wanted my nails to look like ice cream, and they kind of do...the multicoloured glitters remind me of hundreds and thousands! This mani is Amy's Nail Boutique- Woodsie's Wish with NARS Kutki applied over striping tape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">This white polish I'm wearing is from </span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AmysNailBoutique" target="_blank">Amy's Nail Boutique</a> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> - I love how she's always got polish stocked in her Etsy store! I got a few polishes from her and I was really impressed with how quickly they came all the way to the UK.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As a cheeky little bonus shot, here's Woodsie's Wish before the topcoat (sorry for crap phone pic). Application was a liiiittle bit goopy, but I LOVE the way the glitter buries itself in the polish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've really gotten into my indie polish lately. Got quite a decent collection going on now- I'll think I'll do a stash post of them if you guys would be interested in seeing it?! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">xXx</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247714820577658230.post-7088075698236941222012-07-26T14:19:00.000+01:002012-07-26T14:19:00.994+01:00Stripey Flowers<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love these nails- they look like some sort of vintage tablecloth! I finally got to use my new Models Own polish Jade Stone, which is a beautiful pastel green- very similar to Barry M Mint Green, but slightly lighter. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I used:</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Revlon White</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Models Own Beth's Blue</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Models Own Jade Stone</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Striping tape</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">OPI Party in my Cabana (for the roses)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Barry M Spring Green (for the leaves)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Seche Vite</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Models Own do some absolutely gorgeous pastel shades, I want them aaaaaall *must-own-all-pastels*</span><br />
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