Born Pretty Foil Review

Hi all.

Hope you've all had a good weekend, I've had a pretty decent one so far, and I'm planning on doing a massive spring clean of my clothes and shoes this evening so I'm sure I'll be feeling marvelous when there's less clutter.

Today I have my first ever experience with nail foils. I was contacted recently by the Born Pretty Store and I decided It was time to finally try nail foils. I was sent numbers 76, and 1, and these can be found here, there's so many designs to choose from though, so good luck trying to pick!

Now, I'm not saying I'll never try foils again, but I had such a hard time with the timing of waiting for the polish to be tacky, but not too wet.  Trying to get the holographic part of the foils to show through was also quite a tough task, and although the nails below were my second attempt at using foils (the first attempt at these was so bad I didn't even take pictures), you can still only see the holo part on the ring finger.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Barry M - Blackberry

Foils: Born Pretty Store

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

So although I struggled with these, and really struggled with the other colour I tried I love the effect nail foils can give.

If you're interested in any of these foils, or any other products the Born Pretty Store offer use coupon code DS5X31 for 10% off.

**These nail foils were sent to me for review**

Teal to Pink Holographic Gradient and Stamping

Hi all,

So I've managed to recover some more photographs from one of my memory cards (laptop is still broken) So hopefully I will get them in the right order and start posting more frequently.

Today I have something I did, maybe even back in June! This mani is a holographic gradient using Kiko - Jewel Pink and Jade - Energy and then I stamped with  BYS - Black Satin using Bundle Monster BM319.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Kiko - Jewel Pink & Jade - Energy

Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Image Plate: Bundle Monster - BM319

Top Coat: Sally Hansen - Advanced Hard As Nails 

Well I will be back in the next couple of days to show you some really cute Halloween nail stickers I wore a couple of weeks back from Nailtopia.

Happy Monday!

Jade Holographic - Mystic Gold & Lemons

Hi all. Happy Monday.

I can safely say I am going to power through this week at work knowing I have a three day weekend thanks to a bank holiday ^-^ Anddd I've just gotten my Viva Mexico Cheeky plate in the post so hopefully the long weekend will mean I'll get to test it out. Expect Mexican themed nails for the foreseeable! Well, when I catch up with my backlog of photos.

Today I have some pretty simple nails to show you guys, and also some swatches of the gorgeous Mystic Gold. Which has become quite the favourite of mine along with Energy.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Jade Holographic - Mystic Gold

Stamping Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM308

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's some swatches of the beautiful Mystic Gold

Shade

Well thats all from me today :]

Jade Holographic - Energy & Haul Gifts from Susana

Hi all.

Shorty short post today as it's my birthday and I have a lot to sort out, and dinner to get ready for. Hopefully after this busy three day week at work I'll be back to posting at least once a week.

I have a lot a lot of products to review that I haven't even gotten around to using yet, so hopefully I'll find some time this week to try a few of them out. Why does time just slip away :(?

Anyways - little rant over, I have Jade Holographic - Energy swatches for you today, and a pic of the polishes Susana most recently sent me. What a sweetheart!

Above is with a flash, and below is taken in overcast light. Sadly the sun wasn't playing out when it was time to take pictures. This is three really thin coats over a base coat of CND - Stickey.

And here are the polishes Susana sent me, so excited to try the gold holographic polish!

That's all for now, I'll be back in a couple of days :]

Barry M - Black Multi Glitter & Gosh - Holographic Hero Plastic Wrap Nails

Hi all, Tuesday yay!

Some simple nails for you lot today. I feel like I've not really been doing much stamping recently, and I've not had time for the Sunday challenges over at Adventures In Stamping so I've been loving easy to-do bases, with the hopes I get to stamp over before I get any tip wear. Usually I just end up wearing these plain-ish nails for most of the week.

I started with two coats of Barry M - Black Multi Glitter, which is still a favourite of mine, and then painted on Gosh - Holographic Hero to a scrunched up ball of clingfilm/saran wrap, and dabbed the nails. I love how it gives a foil effect.

The glitter in Black Multi Glitter would have shown it's face more If I'd added a top coat.


Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Barry M - Black Multi Glitter
Other Colour: Gosh - Holographic Hero

I think the contrast of the black with the holo made it seem brighter. I may try this again with various holographic colours over a dark base.

Hope you've all had a good day so far. I'm just tucking into some noodles on my lunch break. Nom!

Lovely Plugly Custom Plugs Take Two

Hi all!

No nails today, as I don't have any photos ready, but I do however have some pretty pretty plugs for you to gaze upon.

Some of you may remember a review I did for a company called Lovely Plugly, for those of you who don't remember this is the post I'm talking about.

So after wearing these plugs solid for a couple of months payday came around and I really had the urge to buy some more plugs. I decided to buy Alien Skin Small Furry Creatures, which are similar to my first pair of plugs from Lovely Plugly in the way they're made and also some Custom Glitter Plugs with Black Holographic Glitter and Deep Green Iridescent glitter combo.

First up to show are Small Furry Creatures Plugs

How beautiful! I love how I've wore them for a couple of weeks straight when I first got them, and I still look at the pictures in awe.

Next are the Custom Glitter Plugs:

Such pretty depth!

And as a cheeky little bonus the back of these are even sparkly and pretty!

I'll be back Friday with some Pimp'n nails I promise, but for now I hope you enjoyed checking out my latest pretties.

Holographic Dollars

Hi all.

Today I have some nails for you that I was very excited to do, and I loved wearing these. These are a base of Gosh - Holographic Hero stamped with Konad - Pop Green using Cheeky CH55. So simple, but they were nice and bold. I felt so gangster with these.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Gosh - Holographic Hero

Stamping Colour: Konad Special Polish - Pop Green

Image plate: Cheeky CH55

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And a blurry shot for good the strange reflective look.

I wore these before It started getting light enough in the mornings for me to take photos. As much as I don't like the heat, I'm beyond looking forward to real daylight for photo taking!

Hope you're all having a good Tuesday so far. I'll be tucking into some lunch right about when this posts :]

Kiko - Light Grape & Sally Hansen - Purple Diamond With Stamping

Hi all.

Hope you're having a good Tuesday. This was going to be a scheduled post but i'm off work today as I'm feeling icky :( So i'm snug in bed watching the snow coming down :]

On a happier note.. I have holographic goodness for you today! First up is the stamping and then I'll show you the swatches. No sun shots i'm afraid, so just lots of blurry photos trying to capture the holo with only a flash!

Base coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Kiko - Light Grape

Holo: Sally Hansen - Purple Diamond

Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin

Image Plate: Dashica Big SpD-A

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

 

Above is one coat of Sally Hansen - Purple Diamond over two coats of Kiko - Light Grape.

How pretty is Light Grape?!

But yeah, I hope you're having a great day :]

The Polish Bar - Satellite Swatches

Hi all! Happy Tuesday!

So as I mentioned a few posts back I recently won two Indie polishes from My Nail Graffiti and here's the first swatch. Satellite is quite possibly the most amazing polish I own. I love the mix of glitters, I love the formula. It's just love in a bottle. These pics don't do it justice.

I wore this to go watch some fireworks on Bonfire Night, on the 5th of November. Yes that's how far behind I am with everything! But yeah, when it's on your nails you can't help but just keep staring :P

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: W7 - Black

Glitter: The Polish Bar - Satellite

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

 

Sparkle Sparkle!

Lovely Plugly Custom Plug Review

Hi all! Happy Saturday!

Boy do I have a treat for you lot tonight! 

I was recently contacted by Lovely Plugly Custom Plugs about reviewing a pair of their plugs, and needless to say I squealed in delight and jumped at the chance! I've wanted to buy some plugs from this company for quite some time now, and when I got the email from CJ I actually had several designs bookmarked for my Christmas list, although that didn't help me decide any quicker!

Lovely Plugly is run by one ex-IT contractor, and a tattooist, so customer service is very important to them. I think the greatest thing about this company (obviously apart from their amazingly pretty plugs) is that they take custom orders, and are always open to new suggestions. They also a great range of earring studs in most of the plug designs. 

Another thing I love about their website is how easy it is to create your plugs. You simply find a design you like, choose the size and style from a drop down, click on your preferred choice of colours, and choose how you want to front of your plug to look from four options.

Now, onto the plugs I chose!

Here's the beauty in my ear.

I chose Alien Skin - Psychedelic Breakfast and ordered them in 10mm double flare, with a glass domed front. I can't even express how happy I am with these. I thought they would be heavier, and something about the quality just really agrees with my body.

I usually wear silicone tunnels with little plugs in them, as they are comfortable, and don't make my ears sore. But when I wear different material, steel especially, I can only wear them for about 3 days before I notice my ears feeling a bit uncomfortable. These bad boys have been in my ears for over two weeks now, I've taken them out as I would my silicone plugs to clean them, but I've had no problems at all. I think it's because the little steel eyelet is filled with a lightweight resin, and is then topped with the slightly heavier glass, and just the quality in general.

Here's some more shots! Even though these don't even do them justice. I've had so, so many compliments on these.

 

 

 

 

I still can't fully get over how gorgeous these are, I honestly have glanced in the mirror 50% more in the last two weeks just to see them sparkle, especially at work, where the crazy bright lighting makes them ah-mah-zing!

Here's how my little package arrived:

Adorable right? They also sent me a necklace as I think they're venturing into other jewellery and are trying out ideas. This piece is a little bit big for me, but all is forgiven because of how effin amazing it looks. I think i'd buy pretty much anything with this sort of effect.

For polish lovers with stretched ears.. you're going to be in heaven, go check them out! So much glittah! But don't forget they do really pretty stud earrings too.

My bank account is going to suffer greatly from my future adventures with this company *Buy alllll the plugs!* I've already got 3 more designs bookmarked =3

Thanks again to CJ at Lovely Plugly Custom Plugs for sending these for review consideration.

Green Flakie Argyle

Hi all!

Quick post today, another mani from at least a month back now, this lack of daylight is starting to really annoy me! Also the flakies, and Diamond Drops looked so much better in proper sunlight, but there was literally not a sprinkle around when I had my camera near by.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Kiko - 296 - Meadow Green

Flakies; Catrice - C04 - Shake It! Flakie It!

Rainbow Shards: Color Club - Diamond Drops

Stamp Colour: Konad Special White

Image Plate: Konad M60

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

I probably could have done with two coats of Catrice - Shake It! Flake It! I would have used two if I wasn't going to add Color Club - Diamond Drops, and then stamp too.

So above is two coats of Kiko - Meadow Green. Not really much to say on this, the formula was amazing, which is a running theme with every single Kiko i've ever tried. The colour's glossy and bright and evens out on the nail so nicely.

That's all from me today! Happy Thursday :]

Kiko - Jewel Pink Holo & Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - TealyFast Stamping

Hi all!

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone's having a good one! I'll be at work when this posts, but I'm feeling a lot better than I was on Sunday :] I still feel achey, and my bruises are crazy (all from falling down the stairs) but I'm feeling a lot better after quite a nice Sunday night ^-^

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Kiko - Jewel Pink - 402

Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Tealy Fast

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM 314

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

I'd like to take this time to thank Susana for sending this in our latest swap. I love it so much; and I'm not much of a pink fan! I also NEVER wear pink on my toes, yet this was on them pretty much solidly for months!

 

So pretty! I also really love the formula on this type of holographic polish. Dries so nicely. I did find that the holo effect almost was more prominent after a top coat.