OPI IN MY SANTA SUIT & OPI PURE

Hey guys, I've had a rubbish weekend and so I'm going to paint my nails with my new Illamasqua Destiny, which I got from some awesome people who I extremely grateful to :)

Ok so for today I'm showing you a lovely, simple combination I wore recently. I started off with two coats of OPI In My Santa Suit (which is gorgeous) and then topped it off with one coat of OPI Pure, an 18K white gold and silver top coat which I got in a swap with the lovely Sarah. This looked so luxurious and regal, me likey :)

Ok, guys enjoy the rest of your weekend and I hope you all have a lovely Monday :) 

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MATTE & GLOSSY SPLATTER NAILS

Hi everyone, I'm so tired so this will be a really short post.

I love how shimmers look when they are mattified and of course I also love them when they are glossy :)

So for these nails I started with 2 coat of Smolder by Orly, I then applied a matte top coat on all the nails except the accent nail and used a regular top coat and straw to create the glossy splatter. On the accent nail I did the opposite, so I applied a coat of regular top coat ad used the matte top coat by OPI for the splatter. 

and that's a wrap, see you tomorrow :)

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EVANORA INSPIRED NAILS

Hey guys, I'm so tired today, really glad that today is over and tomorrow is Friday yaay!

So since we got Sky Movies (which is about 7 months ago now, haha) I've been watching lots of movies, well when I can. Recently I watched Oz The Great and Powerful (what an awesome movie) and caught myself concentrating on Evanora's nails a bit too much, which is what inspired these nails!

I started off with 1 coat of Essie Good As Gold and then I used black acrylic paint to draw the triangle shape and fill in the rest of the nail and then applied one coat of OPI Matte Top Coat before applying these gorgeous emerald green triangles (which I want as earrings) which the lovely Sarah sent me as a gift from her store here which I definitely recommend you check out!

 I love these so so much! I think all the colours work really together and I love the rhinestones so much and I just adore the matte look of it all :)

You can find the rhinestones here and whilst you're there make sure you check out the rest of Sarah's store because there are a lot of awesome products for really affordable prices!

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OPI MUIR MUIR ON THE WALL

Hi guys, happy Wednesday :) Sorry I haven't posted this week but it's been a bit busy!

So this is a polish that I initially ignored when it was released but twoards the end of last year I saw it featuring in numerous 'top polishes of 2013' and so I googled for swatches and wow! How did I ignore this? 

It's definitely a beautiful nail polish but one of my favourites? I'm not so sure! I used two coats below. It is a gorgeous plum colour with loads of duochrome shimmer with show green and bronze! I couldn't really get the green to show in any of the pictures, but it's definitely there :)

Ok, so that's all for today, see you soon hopefully :)

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PINK & PURPLE GLITTER PLACEMENT GRADIENT NAILS

Hey guys, I hope you've all had a lovely weekend :) I love Sunday evenings, they're the most relaxing part of the week, I'm watching Modern Family, editing photos and getting posts ready with a big hot mug of yummy coffee :) 

I am in love with todays nails! I bought some more glitter recently and when I got them I decided to try a gradient glitter placement using the pink and the purple and I think they turned out great! They are so sparkly and I think the colours blend together really nicely :) I did need about 3 coats of top coat on this but it was totally worth it! You can see quite a few bubbles but they weren't noticable irl!

 I forgot to mention the base coat is Orly Pure Porcelain. I love this so much and I'll definitely be doing more gradient glitter placements :) Have a lovely week my friends and I'll catch you in the next post ! 

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HOT PINK HOLOGRAPHIC GLITTER PLACEMENT NAILS

Hey guys, how's your weekend going? I have spent the day cleaning and whilst my mind is now uncluttered and happy my body is tired :( Just can't win! 

Anyway today I'm showing you another glitter placement mani with this awesome type of holographic glitter that I have just fallen in love with! (you can see other designs I've created using this type of holographic glitter here, here, here, here, here and here. 

I wasn't sure what base colour to pair this hot pink glitter with so I asked on instagram and I got lots of lovely suggestions and decided to go with a navy blue in the form of Sally Hansen Thinking Of Blue. I like this combination but I don't think I love it, I'll have to use these glequins over a lime green next time, now I bet that would look awesome :)

Ok, so that's it for today, as soon as I click publish I'm heading into bed, take care guys :)

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OPI KISS ME AT MIDNIGHT

Hey guys, I'm so happy it's Friday :) My brain is feeling a little cluttered right now which I think may be something to do with the fact that my room and wardrobe and shoe closet is a mess, some major organising is required me thinks!

So when the OPI Christmas 2013 collection came out I was really excited when I saw swatches of Kiss Me At Midnight and the numerous descriptions which likened the colour to Nails Inc Bakers Street. When I went to pick this up in store it didn't look promising but I thought it would dry brighter and bluer and well it didn't and so this did let me down :( I'd describe this as more of a periwinkle blue colour. 

However this is still a lovely polish, you guys know I don't like texture so when I wear this it'll be drowned in at least 3 layers of topcoat!

Here I've applied 1 coat of Gelous and 1 coat of Essence Better Than Gel Sealer. 

So that's the end of todays post, I will hopefully see you tomorrow with a clutter free mind and room ;) Enjoy your Friday night guys 

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