ORLY HIGH ON HOPE

Happy Wednesday everyone! So we are halfway through the week yaay, hasn't it gone fast? I'm sorry I've been a bit quite but I just haven't really had time to get a post up but I'm having the night off tonight so I knew I had to blog! 

So today I have a swatch of a gorgeous Orly polish! I remember wanting this when I first saw it but never got round to getting it so I was really happy to find this in T K Maxx for £2.99! 

It's a gorgeous blue with duochrome shimmer/flakes in it! Such a gorgeous combination! 

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GOSH STARDUST COLLECTION AW 14

Hey guys, I'm sorry for being a bit quiet here recently. I've been a bit busy and now I'm not feeling well, haha! But hey ho, never mind, today I have the new Autumn Collection from Gosh. 

They have a textured sticker on the lid so when I got these I thought they were texture polishes and my heart sunk a tiny bit but when I tried them out I was happy to see there's no texture in sight! 

There's a lot of pictures so grab a beverage of your choice and enjoy :)

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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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COLOR CLUB THE UPTOWN

Hi guys, I'm sorry I've not really been posting as frequently recently, I haven't said anything but I started university last month! I don't share a lot of personal details publicly on my blog for various reasons which is why I've kept quite, but anyway that's what's been taking up a lot of my time recently and also I have to keep my nails short and I can't have them polished for when I go on clinics which is why I haven't painted my nails in a while! Can you guess what I'm studying? (hint: you need to be good with your hands!) 

Anyway a great thing about my uni is that everything is so close by and so going to T K Maxx is no longer a separate trip out, anyway last time I was there I didn't intend to buy anything but I ended up leaving with the new Color Club Fall duo set which included this gorgeous flakie polish and East Austin. 

I applied 2 coats, a third coat would have deepened the colour but I was happy with the way it looked at 2 so I left it there and applied one coat of topcoat. 

It's so gorgeous I highly recommend that if you see this do not hesitate to buy it ! I got loads of compliments on my nails when I wore this and I'm sure you will too :) 

Have you bought this yet?

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KIKO FLAKIE GRADIENT

I am so glad it's Friday, it has been a really crazy busy day today and I'm so glad I don't have anything to do tomorrow! So, this morning I had to go into town for some stuff, I ended up walking around for about 4 hours in a pair of boots which completely destroyed my feet, and I hardly bought anything! Then I had to go to work and it was really busy today and then when I got home I had half an hour to get ready and then I headed out one of friends wedding (well it's not actually the wedding day today, because it's an Asian wedding, it takes place over 3 days) I couldn't even wear my gorgeous heels :( 

Anywho I got home about an hour ago and am so glad to put my feet up, ouch! So let's get onto the nails, here's a quick flakie gradient I did a while ago, this is two coats of Kiko 335 and then I used Zoya Chloe for the gradient. It was quite a subtle effect in real life and it looks a bit brighter in these photos than in real life.

So what do you guys think about flakie gradients? 

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BUTTERFLY STAMPING NAILS

I got home about 10 mins ago from a work Christmas dinner, and I'm really tired (it's been a long day). 
 I had to post because I have so much to show you before Christmas so I can't miss a day ! 
Anways these nails I did a while ago for a stamping contest, that was when my internet was messing up and after brainstorming and doing the design for 3 hours the internet died and didn't come back on until the next day by which it was too late ! 
Anyway for the background I did a swirly tye die effect with black and blue, then I stamped on the butterfly image from BM-205 plate, but instead of using one solid colour I painted on Barry M Gold foil, a mini metallic pink Revlon and Barry M Silver foil in vertical stripes across the image and then stamped ! The gold kind of missed the nail in some places but hey, I'm still learning ; )

Sorry for the blurry pic but it shows the stamping better 

Then I topped it all off with 1 coat of Essence Waking up in Vegas 

Ok, guys I'm really tired so I'll leave it here and speak to you guys tomorrow : )

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CHANEL ROSE INSOLENT & DIAMOND GRADIENT TIPS ; )

This is a mani from the vault I'm still cooking up my next mani for you guys lol, this mani was from when I  was on a real pink high a while ago and this was waiting in my untrieds 

This was 2 coats,  I think a 3rd may have been needed on some nails, but oh well  

Then I used my new Colour Club Covered In Diamonds (well it was new back then) and brushed some on to make it look like a gradient

It looked awesome in the shade ; )

and here's Rose Insolent on it's own (this picture is the most colour accurate)

I looove covered in diamonds soo bad : ) Do you? 

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ZOYA TRU & CHLOE

What can  I say ? This purple is amazeballs ! I just with the shimmer was more noticeable on the nail, I'm not sure if I got a dud bottle because all I swatches I saw had loads of shimmer ! 

Anyways it's still gorgeous and the flakey is nice too, different ! : )

Sorry I don't really talk a lot in these recent posts, I'm feeling a tad down but I'm sure it'll pass soon, take care ladies and I'll talk to you all soon : )

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XTREME BLUE & GREEN LAYERING

I'm still not feeling any better so I won't say a lot here

This is the final result, scroll down to see how I achieved it ! : )

2 coats of an unnamed dark blue jelly/creme from Jessica and one coat of Blue Addicted from Essence ( which I loooooovvvveee I need me more bottles ! )

Then 1 coat of Finger paints Motley

Then finally one coat of Pure Ice Heartbreaker 

These pictures really bring out the green shimmer but there was also strong blue shimmer which the camera didn't pick up here ! 

Ok, take care I'll talk to you all soon : )

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