HOLO STRIP GLITTER PLACEMENT

Hey guys, how are you all? I hope you've had a nice day :) 

Today I spent the day eating, food shopping, watching rubbish tv and making a small dent in the enormous amount of work I have to do! 

Ok, so remember when I got a lovely package of glitter from The Glitter Shop a few months back, yeah well it included a pot of gorgeous silver holographic strip glitter*. I've never ordered strip glitter before because I've never been sure of how to use it and it's rather fiddly, so when I got this I saw it as a bit of a challenge and well, this is what I came up with!

I started off with 2 coats of Sparitual Circle Of Life* and then placed the individual glitter strands and cut some of the strands down to fit the edges of the nails before applying 2 coats of topcoat. The glitter pieces did stick up a bit at the edges which drove me a bit crazy but I really liked the end result and the glitter was nowhere near as tricky to use as I initially thought!

You can buy this glitter from The Glitter Shop eBay store here. It is £1.99 for a 3ml pot, which is filled to the brim so I don't think you'll ever use it all up! 

Have you ever used strip glitter for glitter placement nails before? Do you like how these turned out?

*These products were sent to me for my honest review. See my disclosure policy for more details

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SPA RITUAL CIRCLE OF LIFE & ESSENCE GLISTEN UP

Hey folks, so I have a really long weekend this week, starting today hehe! 

So today I have a simple layering combo I wore a while ago. It started off with 2 coats of the lovely Spa Ritual Circle of Life and then I topped it off with one coat of Essence Glisten Up, which is totally gorgeous and unfortunately discontinued, I do have a spare one though if anyone is looking for one! Glisten Up has gorgeous green/blue shimmer, silver glitter and gorgeous small blue/green flakies. I topped everything off with one coat of NYC Turbo Dry topcoat. 

This was super gorgeous and I loved it so much!

*Some of the products in this post were sent to me for my review. See my disclosure policy for more details

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SHIMMER SPAM PART 1

Hey y'all , how are you doing? My weekend has started today, woop woop!! 

So today I have some Shimmer spam for you. When I first saw Shimmer polishes I was a bit skeptical because the glitter was fine and they weren't like the other indies available, when I actually got them though i loved them, they are all so unique and beautiful so I'm really excited to be sharing them with you. 

Each glitter has so much going on it it'll take me forever to list all the different types and colours of glitter in each. 

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SPARITUAL OPTICAL ILLUSION & CIRCLE OF LIFE SWATCHES

Hi guys, this should have gone up last week but last week was crazy busy ! Anyway today I've got some lovely polishes from a brand which is new to me. So today I'm showing you some Sparitual polishes, I've seen their polishes dotted around the blogosphere but never actually tried them until very recently. I have two to show you today so there's quite few pictures. 

First up is Circle of Life (which immediately makes me want to burst out into the song lol) It's a gorgeous electric blue which we've seen lots of recently, it's in the same colour range as Nails Inc Baker Street (which I don't own so can't compare).

The formula was nice and only required two coats to be opaque, I don't know what it is but I just didn't find the application as smooth as I was expecting, don't get me wrong it applied nicely and wasn't a problem at all but it didn't glide on, I mean I had to put in a little effort to get a nice shape around the cuticle. 

It was really glossy without topcoat as well, I didn't apply one in the photos.

So the other polish I have to show you is Optical Illusion, which may be a dupe for China Glaze Zombie Zest! It's not a pretty colour, it's like a swampy slimy green, but it's loaded with gorgeous fleck which flash green and a bit of gold. There is quite a strong teal duochrome in the bottle which isn't as visible on the nail. 

This is on the sheer side and in the photos I used 3/4 coats, at 3 coats there was still some visible nail line.

The formula for this is perfect though and each coat dries quickly. 

Ok, so overall both polishes are beautiful, they may not be the most original colours but that doesn't stop them being gorgeous. The formula is lovely, the brush is just right and the rubber cap looks great but is also helpful when applying the polish. 

Would I recommend these? Yes I would! 

Optical Illusion is £9.75 and Circle of Life is currently on sale for only £5, and they're both available here for those of you in the uk. 

*The products in this post were sent to me for my review. See my disclosure policy for more details

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