OPI Muppets Most Wanted Collection - 'I Love Applause' and 'Let's Do Anything We Want'

Greetings fair readers, how are you??!

It has been a while, hasn't it? I took a well needed sabbatical from Blogger, but I didn't stop painting nails.

Over the last few months I have been privy to experiences I could only have dreamed of. I've had ups, I've had downs, but I am happy to say that I return to my trusty readership with a new zest for life...and polish. Needless to say, I am a little late to the party with some of my nail art and reviews, but please stay tuned because I have A LOT to show you over the coming posts.

First, I'll return to my good old beauty blogger roots - a swatch (hazzah!).

OPI's Muppets Most Wanted Collection (2 of 8)
'I Love Applause' is a beautiful pale creme polish. No shimmer, just a yummy pink, reminiscent of my favourite childhood dessert - Angel Delight.

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'Let's Do Anything We Want' is a clear jelly stuffed with pink and white glitter particles, with some chunky white squares chucked in for good measure.

Totally worth layering, wouldn't you say?

What can I say? The combination works and it's perfect for a Summer time pedicure. Fingers crossed that the weather in good old Blighty (slang for Britain) stays nice and dry for us!

I will be back again with a few more polishes in this collection, but in the interim, thanks for reading!

xx

Products sent to me for my consideration

Estee Lauder inspiration

Oh. My. Goodness.

Weeks without posting here on my blog. Absolutely appalling.

Without further ado, I present to you...

 Some Estee Lauder inspired nail art! That's right. I've been completely and utterly neglectful and have failed to provide my lovely readers with regular updates and nail-candy.

These nails are actually modelled on a cosmetics bag that was being given away as part of a promotion in Debenhams recently.  The black is acrylic paint and the rest is all nail polish. Check out the Swarovksi Elements Crystals too *wags fingers* - does the shine hurt your eyes much? I pushed the stones into tacky polish and then dabbed around the edges with clear polish to set them. As I knew that this manicure wasn't one I was going to be wearing for too long, I didn't bother with gel top coat. As I'm doing a lot more manicure work nowadays, I tend to slather all of my manicures in a Gelish top coat.

 One more picture before I go!

Thanks for reading - have a good week.

xx

Jacava swatches

Hi everyone.

Tonight I have some Jacava swatches for you.

This is 'Damson Delight' - a dark red jelly polish...to which I added a few hand painted designs.

 'Marrakesh Nights' - this is a purple with a pink and blue shimmer.

 Last, but not least - 'Passion'. 

Personally, I think Damson Delight is my favourite out of the three although the other two are beautiful colours too. The formula is smooth and does not streak when applied. Have you tried any Jacava polishes?

xx

Pink nails, glitter tips.

Hi everyone.

Here's a manicure that I was wearing a few days ago which incorporates two of my most favourite things - the colour pink and glitter!

Yes, I sat down and painstakingly added each individual glitter hexagon piece with love. 

The top picture is far more accurate in terms of colour. Alas, it doesn't have a name and the polish has a particularly strong smell...but it does look very nice. 

The polish and glitter came from this kit by Colour Couture* and retails at £9.99, available from Semichem.co.uk , which I don't think is a bad price for the amount of items you actually get. There are also instructions on the box for how to create a french manicure with the sticky guides that are provided - perfect for someone who is new to nail art or who wouldn't know where to buy. Although I generally don't enjoy these sorts of 'kits', due to my desire for more well-known cosmetics brands, this might make a nice Christmas present nonetheless. If you are having a 'Secret Santa' game in your office at work, the price isn't bad at all.

Thanks for reading!

xx

*Item sent to me for my consideration

Boutique Nails

Okay, so I've finally downloaded an app which will allow me to blog (with pictures) on the go, straight from my phone. I'm really, REALLY hoping this will work, because I would prefer to blog in real time as opposed to whenever I have five minutes to off-load a backlog of posts.

Here goes...

Here are a few pictures of nail set that I painted recently:

I now have a little on-line shop ( boutiquenails.bigcartel.com ) where I'm selling my hand painted nail sets and a few rings. I add new items regularly so feel free to visit and peruse. If you have any questions, ask down below! Have a look here at EpiphannieA wearing my 'Rhino' nail set (and please follow her blog because she's AWESOME...and has a better camera than I *sniff*)

Another picture of a pink neon set.

Whilst I know a lot of you are perfect polishers already, there are a lot of ladies who prefer to have someone polish their nails for them. Some people also prefer the convenience of press-on nails. If you think you know someone who would like a set as a gift, please visit the site and contact me. 

There's a 22% discount on orders, for two weeks, to coincide with what was my second blogger anniversary...in October (shakes head)! Just use the code: TWOYEARS

Let me know what you think?


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Models Own - Hot Stuff and Japonesque

Hi everyone,

This month has been Breast Cancer Awareness month and there have been a lot of pink manicures floating around. I think it would be a bit depressing for me to highlight the statistics of the amount of women, families, friends etc who have been affected by cancer so I won't.

Here is my pink ribbon offering:

 Models Own 'Hot Stuff' over Sinful Colors 'Beautiful Girl'.

Look at that glitter!

 

I created the ribbon out of acrylic paint. My camera just did not want to capture the beauty of this pink polish, or my ribbon. Meh.

I received this Japonesque Manicure Set a while back but didn't get around to posting about it. It's such a beautiful pearl pink and a portion of the sale price will be donated to Breast Cancer Research.

 All the tools you'll need for a good manicure...you just need this and a tube of cuticle oil!

I love this Japonesque kit because it's perfect for home use (my husband loves the cuticle nippers) and it's suave enough to take on set too. I won't be taking this to any set though. When I worked at London Fashion Week, someone nicked my acetone pump bottle!

I do have some more Japonesque goodies to show you, so please bear with me.

Thanks for reading folks.

xx

Barry M's Burgandy Croc

  Every time I look at my picture folders, I find pictures that I haven't posted!

 Here's one I totally forgot about (after wearing it for one day). Barry M's Burgandy Croc over pink.

My thumbnail is actually an acrylic sculpt.

I know all these crackles and crocs are slightly played out now, but I do still like them. Meh, so sue me ;)

xx

Pink 'n Gems

Hey everyone.  I'm sorry for the recent lack of posts, I've just been so busy and so tired after work; my blog has taken a back seat :-(

I was having a look at my nail art magazine recently and noticed that a lot of the manicures in it used pearls and jewels.  I thought I'd do my own jewel encrusted manicure.

I used Rimmel's Ethereal as a base, sponged OPI's And This Little Piggy

 I used nail glue to stick on some gems and pearls and also used a few from this sheet of stickers...which is looking pretty sparse at the moment.

This wasn't my best manicure and I felt a bit weirded out with the texture at times (okay so that might be odd, but aren't we all? I mean, my husband gets the heebie geebies at the sight of Oak tree bark!) I wouldn't say it was practical, but it was fun whilst it lasted.  I actually wore it for three days, hence the tip wear.


xx