ROSE NAILS

Hi everybody, how are you? I've spent the past 3 days working on an essay which is drawing the life out of me! I also have my besties wedding this weekend and my outfit still isn't ready! 

Today I have some rose nails to share with you. I used a tutorial to paint on the rose which I saw on instagram (and I can't remember whose tutorial it was) I wasn't sure what to do as a backgroud, eventually I decided to try out a circular gradient using Zoya Ling* and Models Own Baby Blues, this was the first time I tried a circular gradient and I think it turned out ok! 

I then painted on the rose on the middle finger and to tie the rest of the nails in I added a few rose petals on the other nails and I fell in love. 

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BUTTER LONDON JASPER COMPARISON

Hi guys, I was going to do a 2012 favourites post but after compiling my list I've realised I haven't even blogged about half of my favourite polishes *blushing* I am such a bad blogger! 

Anyway when I got Jasper I went to my stash and pulled out what looked like possible dupes and I was pleasantly surprised.

 I've compared Jasper to Models Own Lemon Meringue and Barry M Pale Yellow. 

On my middle finger and pinky we have Jasper, ring finger is Lemon Meringue and the pointer finger is Pale Yellow. All are 3 coats 

As you can see they aren't dupes!

Lemon Meringue is less yellow, lighter and looks a little chalky 

Pale Yellow is a Jelly/Creme and is very shiny and looks squishy, colour wise it's more egg yolk colour compared to the others

So this is a unique colour in stash and I'm rather choosy about my yellow polishes and I'm happy to report I love this one, it's a welcome addition to the stash :)

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WISHING YOU ALL A MERRY ...

Final Christmas look of 2012 :)

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SNOWY CHRISTMAS GRADIENT

Hi everyone, hope your all good :)

The inspiration for today's nails came from the gradient image on the BM-301 plate ! So I painted on 2 coats of Models Own Baby Blues and I used w7 white to stamp on the gradient which looked good but when I painted on the wavy tips to look like snow on the ground the falling snow looked way too subtle in comparison so I stamped over it again, it's  still subtle but I like it :) Oh yeah and then I dotted on 2 dots to make the snowman and done ! 

I'm not sure if it looks like it's snowing but I really like it, hope you guys do too :) 

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NEON PINK HOT STUFF !!

I'm not happy, I've been waiting for agess for my new phone to come but it's not here yet, my mum and dad got theirs yesterday and I didn't, boo! I'm also becoming ill, I've been sneezing non stop for the past 10 minutes and it's really cold here too : ( Anyway enough complaining here is my mani which I love, it was just one of those random mani's which aren't planned. It's extremely bright, neon and in your face ! 

To start off there's 2 coats of China Glaze Shocking pink (neon), then I stamped on a fishnet design thing with BM-315 and W7 Black, and finally I topped it all off with one coat of Models Own Hot Stuff

Well, what do you think, I'm not really sure it suits my skin tone but I still like it : )

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MODELS OWN HEDKANDI SANDWICH

I got the Hedkandi collection from asos on sale and this is the first mani I've done with them ! Yeah they sat in the untrieds for ages, oops ! 

Anyway this is 2 coats of Balearic Cool (which is quite thin and my bottle has a rubbish formula and it all seperates in the bottle but not like normal polish it has like lumps in it and it's streaky, but a really nice colour!)  Then one coat of Ibiza Mix and topped off with a 3rd coat of Balearic Cool! 

What do you guys think? If I'm honest I don't love it, it's ok(ish)

Anyway's take care and I have some more Models Own for you tomorrow : )

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MODELS OWN MIRRORBALLS - STRIPED

How's your weekend been guys, mine has been pretty boring (but sometimes boring is good right) 

So today I have another mani which features all 5 Models Own Mirrorball polishes. 

This is 2 coats of Essence Got a Secret and then I just painted alternate stripes using the different Mirrorballs, I can't remember which polishes I used where but it's a really random pattern so you can just do whatever you want really. 

It was really quite easy to do but the brush on my bottle of Hot Stuff was horrible, wonky and bristles in every direction which did make it a bit difficult. 

So guys enjoy the rest of your Sunday and I'll talk to you again soon : )

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MODELS OWN - ALL 5 MIRRORBALLS LAYERED

I'm really sorry guys that I haven't posted in a while, my laptop broke last week and so I've given it to a friend to fix but I have no idea when I'll get it back, so in the meantime I'm using my brother's little netbook which I don't really like and it also means I can't edit my photo's. Anywho today I spent nearly 3 hours editing photo's, I'm still not chuffed with them but it's the best I can do with what I have !

Anyway so this mani is 2 coats of Essence Got a Secret and then 1 coat of each of the 5 mirrorball polishes (Freak Out, Boogie Nights, Hot Stuff, Dancing Queen, Disco Inferno) 

This was a really glittery mani, so blingy! They actually looked like little mirrorballs, I wish I could have taken a picture in the sunlight because it was blinding !

I have yet to use these separately actually, but I'm pretty sure they won't disappoint. Have you guys picked these up yet?

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PASTEL WATERCOLOUR NAILS

So do you remember the watercolour trend which used acetone from earlier this year? If not then check this out. Well I wanted to try it out but I didn't have any acetone : o ! So when I got some about a month ago I decided it was time, I tried to create like an early sunset effect which didn't really work out so turned into this mani you see right here ! 

I started off with one coat of Models Own Baby blues and then I used Barry M Pale Pink and Berry Ice and then Models own Lemon Meringue and the middle finger kind of looks like a sky and the others just look random but kinda cool ; )

So have you guys tried this technique and do you love it ?

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GLADE SOFT PETALS NAILS

So these nails were inspired by the petals on a glade aerosol, they looked so delicate and pretty I had to try it on my nails.

I used Barry M pale pink as a base and then I used Barry M Shocking pink on a sponge and sponged it round the edges, then I sponged a little bit of Models Own Lemon Meringue to sponge it into a little half moon shape at the tip. 

It looked so delicate and cute irl, I really really liked it ; ) I hope you guys do too 

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RATHER LARGE HAUL !

So I bought quite a bit of nail polish in the past 2 weeks, maybe too much ; / but oh well they're all pretty right, ok so I won't waste any time and I'll just get straight into it 

Gosh, L-R, 549 Holographic hero x3, Galaxy

Models own - hedkandi set, L-R , Hedonist, Beach Party, Ibiza Mix, Balearic Cool, Disco Heaven

From a blog sale : )

 L-R, Sally Hansen - Showgirl Chic and Lady Luck, Ninja Polish - Sticks & Stones

Close up of sticks & stones (my first B&W glitter !)

More Blog Sale polishes 

L-R, Essie - Ruby Slippers, the original gosh 549, Butter London - Rosie Lee, Models Own - Lemon Meringue, Unnamed Illamasqua 

L-R, BYS, grey jelly, Glow in the dark  

And now this is just something amazing - these are my first Sally hansen prisms ! These were £1 from the poundshop and I squealed when I saw them ! 

Not sure of the names I have some research to do, if anyone knows the names then please help me out in the comments : ) Thankyou 

The holo's 

The rest are all duochromes/multichromes

L-R , Amber Ruby ( I finally got it : D), Bronze Ruby

Oops, I forgot about these ! 

Colour club back to the boho collection from T K Maxx (sooo happy I got this : )

Sinful - Xtreme (really bright neon pink!)

Mini Max Factor polishes ( I can't remember the names now !)

Well, that's the end of the haul ! Maybe a bit excessive, but oh well they're all pretty : ) Do you have any of these polishes ? Have you picked up any awesome polishes recently?

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