BARRY M CARDAMOM AND HOT PINK TRIANGLE GLITTER PLACEMENT

I know it's been a very long time, what should I say? Sorry!

I will be posting very occasionally probably and yeah I don't have the time or patience to watermark my pictures anymore so if you're planning on stealing them, please don't

Today's post features this gorgeous Barry M Gelly polish in the shade Cardamom, can I just say I love Cardamom and this colour is just gorgeous and unique in my shrinking stash(I believe) I love this polish so so much!

So I paired this with these amazing hot pink matte triangle glequins which I was gifted by my friend Sarah. (Yes my glitter placement is a hot mess, I'm out of practice!)

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ESSENCE ORCHID GRADIENT NAILS

Hi guys, Yaay it's Saturday (well nearly Sunday now!) :D 

Today I have some more gradient nails to show you and I absolutely love them! 

For these nails I used Essence Purple Sugar and Break Through to do the gradient, these colours just blended together so flawlessly and just looked so gorgeous together! 

I decided to take it one step further and add some glitter because I you know I always do, teehee! I used the lovely Maybelline Top Splatter (Precious Pearl in the US I believe)

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MAYBELLINE ACID WASH EFFECT TOP SPLATTER AKA PRECIOUS PEARL

Happy Weekend guys, what are your plans for this weekend?

So recently Maybelline have been releasing awesome collections like the ones I've swatched here and here and when I saw the Acid Wash collection I was ready to get them all but then when I saw them in the store they just didn't grab me! So I only picked up the Top Splatter. 

This same polish is from the Polished Jewels Collection in the US and is called Precious Pearl. Also I do believe this may be a dupe for the newly released Storm by Picture Polish. 

Click Read More to read my review and see all the swatches and macros :)

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UK BLACK AND WHITE GLITTER COMPARISON

Hi guys, I've managed to find myself with 10 spare minutes tonight so I thought I'd do a little post for you :)

As you may have seen the oh so famous black and white glitters are now popping up in UK stores which prompted me to do a little comparison for you. 

My middle finger I've used one coat of Ninja Polish Sticks n' Stones as a reference ($9.00 from Ninja Polish, currently out of stock)

My Index finger I've used one coat of Boots Seventeen Off The Wall Graffiti nail effects (£3.99 from Boots)

My ring finger I've used one coat of Claire's Black Mix glitter (£3.00 from Claire's)

My pinky finger I've used one coat of Maybelline Polka Dots Chalk Dust (no longer available in store but you can get it from eBay, price varies)

My base colour is Angelica nails Pillar Box Red* 

I'm not going to describe them with words, just scroll down and look at the macro pictures because they'll do a better job than I will!

My least favourite is the Seventeen one from Boots mainly because it's a bit clumpy and there's a bit too much going on! I love them all though and if you don't own any black and white glitters then go and get some because they're awesome. 

If you have any black and white glitters you've seen on the UK market that you would like to include here please leave a comment below or tweet me or email etc etc. 

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

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MATTE PERIWINKLE GLEQUIN TIPS

Hey guys, what are your plans for this weekend? I don't really any plans this weekend, I just have lots of work to do and nails to paint!

Ok, so today is another design I came up with using some gorgeous matte, periwinkle glequins* I received from The Glitter Shop. I decided to use them with Essie Bangle Jangle and used them at the tips to make a triangle shape thingy. 

They make me think of a grandma jumper, haha! But I like them none the less. 

The glequins are again of the great quality I've come to expect from The Glitter Shop and I really like this colour pairing too. You can buy these glequins from their eBay store here. 

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

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DICE NAILS

Hey guys, I'm so tired today, I'm falling asleep while typing this!

Anyway, I know some people complain that glitter placement takes too long so I've recently been doing some simple and easy glequin nails for you which don't take long to do either, honestly I think it took 15 minutes for me to do these nails!

 Today I've decided to use some matte white circle glequins to do some dice nails!

I applied two coats of my favourite red,  Kiko 238 and then used a bit of clear topcoat and placed the white glequins where I wanted them. 

Super simple, easy and fast to do and they make me think of Vegas too, haha :) 

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CLAIRE'S BLACK MIX GLITTER

Hi everyone, how are you all? Are you excited for christmas? So today I have another new polish I picked up from Claire's which would also make a lovely gift !

This is just called School Day I think but my bottle says Black Mix Glitter and it is a lovely black and white glitter. 

I've shown this over Zoya Bevin. The formula on this one is perfect, better than the Fluffy polish from Claire's which I showed you here. 

So you can buy this online from the Claire's website for £3 with 25% off or you can pick it up in your nearest store. This would make a lovely christmas present for anyone really (including yourself teehee) 

A black and white glitter is a must have in any polishaholics stash and this is a really good, inexpensive and easy to find choice for UK ladies :)

There are several black and white glitter polishes available in the uk now so I will be doing a comparison post very soon :)

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CLAIRE'S FLUFFY (CHEAP UK WHITE GLITTER TOPCOAT)

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FLORMAR 246 & ETUDE PINK PRISM SWEET BON BON

I saw this Etude polish in someones haul on Instagram, so one quick eBay search later it was on it's way to me!

Unfortunately, while I love it in the bottle, the formula is terrible, it's thick and gloopy and requires you to place the glitter yourself and I'm not a fan of this. Also there's an abundance of pink glitter and the blue and green pieces are quite sparse and they require quite a bit of fishing. 

I applied one very tricky coat over Flormar 246 which is a lovely nude crelly.

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GOSH HIGH SCHOOL FLIRT & GOLDEN ROSE JOLLY JEWELS 123

I hope your all enjoying your weekend guys, I'm not doing anything today but tomorrow we're all going on a day trip I think! What are you guys doing? 

Anyway today I have Gosh High School Flirt, which I showed you in yesterdays post, and I've topped this off with one coat of Golden Rose Jolly Jewels in 123, I picked this glitter up from Turkey. 

It's a very dense glitter and you only need one thin coat to get the effect you see on my nails below. It is a mix of black and white matter hex glitter and small slightly translucent white glitter which catch the light really beautifully!

I love black and white glitter so it's no surprise I love this glitter from Golden Rose!

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MAYBELLINE COLOR SHOW NAILS - POLKA DOT COLLECTION REVIEW & SWATCHES!

Hi guys, I'm super excited about what I have to show you today.

 A few people recently posted  pictures of these beauties on Facebook and I knew I needed them ! I am missing the pink one but I didn't really want that one but I may pick it up to review if I come across it in my travels! In the meantime you can see swatches of them here and here. 

Ok this is really picture heavy so I've inserted a jump, click more to read full reviews and see lots more photos of these beautiful polishes!

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LIME UP & WHIRLED AWAY

Hi guys, hope your having a nice weekend :) Today I have another polish from the China Glaze Cirque Du Soliel collection. This is Whirled Away, the matte black and white glitter top coat. 

In all the reviews that  read of this people had said it was a pain to apply and the white glitters were particularly difficult to get out; so when I got it I was prepared for the worst but thankfully it wasn't that bad ! 

 I was going to get Def Defying but I thought it might be a dupe for Essence Lime Up so I passed on it and this was the first combo I created with Whirled Away.

 For the accent nail I did a drag marble design with Lime Up and OPI A Grape Fit, it looked quite cool but then I applied Whirled Away and it kind of ruined it !

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CHINA GLAZE I'M WITH THE LIFEGUARD & GLITTER LAYERING

Happy Friday guys. I'm in a very good mood today, not sure why though!

 I've just spent the past hour glequining and I need a break so I thought I'd show you these nails I did a while ago; very bright and in your face ! 

So I completely skipped over the China Glaze Summer 2012 neon collection and got this shade by accident in the big lot I showed you in my previous haul and I fell in love with it, well mainly the shimmer in it! I'm thinking I need more of that collection now, hmm! 

Anyways if you would like to recreate this mani, then you'll need 2 coats of China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard, followed by 1 coat of China Glaze Glistening Snow for some sparkle and finally top it all off with one coat of the best glitter topper in the world ie. Ninja Polish Sticks n' Stones (or any of it's many many dupes!)

It was rather difficult capturing the true colour of these nails because when my camera saw neon it just refused to co-operate ! I tried to make it a bit more colour accurate whilst editing but that didn't really work and I've ended up with funny looking skin ! 

I'm With The Lifegaurd - Very neon and green, with gorgeous gorgeous shimmer which makes this shade a lot more wearable imo!

Ok, so that's all folks, have a lovely weekend and I'll see y'all soon ;)

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