Friday, 10 February 2012

NOTD - Color Club Diamond Drops

Hey lovelies!

Today I am recycling my previous mani (please see previous post for more info). Two coats of Revlon's Royal, one coat of OPI's "Servin Up Sparkle" followed by another coat of Revlon's "Royal" creating a jelly sandwich. To recycle my jelly sandwich mani I used two coats of Color Club's "Diamond Drops" from their new "Blossoming" collection. Diamond Drops is a clear base polish packed full of shards of holographic flakes. Against a dark base this polish creates instant party nails! I am excited to try this out over a black base next!

What do you think?

Monday, 6 February 2012

50 Follower Giveaway CLOSED - Winner Announcement and New look Blog

Hello Lovelies!

Just a quick note to announce and congratulate the winner of the Giveaway chosen at random by Rafflecopter.

And the WINNER is "Jessica de Gijsel - No.763". I have contacted Jessica and she has responded with a lovely email. I will be sending the package out to her later this week. Enjoy Jessica and congratulations!

A great big thank you to all of you for entering and for following - look out for another giveaway coming soon!

In the meantime, as some of you may have noticed my blog has undergone a makeover with the help of the lovely Jamie over at www.nailsadored.com - Thank you Jamie, I love it! Hope you all like it too!

Sunday, 5 February 2012

NOTD - Revlon Royal Jelly Sandwich

Hello lovelies!

On Monday I decided to take on the PAA Monday Challenge theme "Jelly Sandwich".

For my jelly sandwich mani I firstly used two coats of Revlon's Top Speed "Royal" a cobalt royal blue jelly. The drying time was very quick and I had no issues with application. Royal was opaque in just two coats. For the sandwich filling I used OPI's "Servin' Up Sparkle" which is a clear based polish packed with micro and large holographic hexagon glitters. For the top sandwich layer I again used Royal which resulted in quite a subtle glitter jelly sandwich which I really like.

What do you think?

Friday, 3 February 2012

BeautyUK Review - Cafe Culture No.63 Nail Polish

Hello lovelies

Today I have the second of three reviews and swatches of some Beauty UK polishes that were kindly sent to me by Beauty UK. Beauty UK are a family run business that sell cosmetics and nail polishes which are available to purchase from their online store www.beautyukcosmetics.co.uk (where they also ship internationally) and they are also available in Superdrug stores. The polishes retail at £1.99 each for a 9ml bottle.

Please see my previous post for my review of "Urban Jungle" nail polish.

The second polish I tried out was Beauty UK Glam Nails "Cafe Culture No.63". Had I saw this colour in the shop I most certainly would not have purchased it due to the subtle shimmer peeping through the bottle - I am not a huge fan of shimmers and that being the only reason. However, I decided to give this the chance of adorning my nails for the day and much to my surprise it was another winner for me! The polish is a pretty pale peachy beige creme with extremely subtle iridescent shimmer of blue (gives an opal effect).

As per my previous review the bottle size is 9ml and so the brush understandably is fairly small to work with but I managed ok. The formula was good and the first layer applied quite fair and so with the second layer I decided to apply a heavier coat to achieve full opacity.

Overall I I have been won over with this polish as originally I disliked it in the bottle but on my nails I love it. I haven't been able to stop looking at my nails. This is probably the closest nude beige colour I have to my skintone in my stash and I am such a big fan of neutral shades so it's definitely a keeper! The shimmer is so subtle but looks beautiful in the sunlight whereas out of the sun the polish just looks like a plain creme finish.

What do you think? x

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

BeautyUK Urban Jungle - Review and Swatches

Hello lovelies!

Today I have the first of three reviews and swatches of some Glam Nails polishes that were kindly sent to me by Beauty UK. Beauty UK are a family run business that sell cosmetics and nail polishes which are available to purchase from their online store www.beautyukcosmetics.co.uk (where they also ship internationally) and they are also available in Superdrug stores. The polishes retail at £1.99 for a 9ml bottle.

The first polish I tried was Beauty UK Glam Nails "Urban Jungle". When I first saw this polish I immediately thought that it was definitely not one I would have purchased as it wasn't normally a colour I would choose to wear. The polish is a perfect dusty khaki green creme. Due to this colour being so out of the norm for me I was intrigued to try this one out first.

The bottle size is 9ml and so the brush understandably is fairly small to work with but I managed ok. The formula was good and the first layer applied well but did require another coat for full coverage. The dry time was fast and the overall appearance was very glossy even without a topcoat.

Overall I am super impressed with this fab military chic polish and I actually am quite in love with it!

What do you think? x