Hey everyone! Today I have some very bright polka dot nails for you. I know polka dots have been done a million times, but I always like to come back to them now and again because there's something about them that just entices me. These nails were inspired entirely by these
wellies* - or 'rain boots'/'galoshes' (definitely didn't google that) from
Shop On My Go Go. I got mine in the post a few weeks ago and I absolutely love how warm and comfy they are. Also, now it's starting to snow (yay!) I can finally wear them without looking like a fool. As you can probably see, the nails don't exactly match the colouring of the wellies, but I wasn't at home and the only colours I had to hand were the
Butter LONDON Colour Clash collection, I'm sure you don't mind too much?
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way. Please see my disclosure policy
Hey everyone! I'm so excited to show you today's post, because I have a review of the absolutely gorgeous
Butter LONDON Colour Clash collection. It's been a few months since I reviewed any Butter London polishes, and I'd almost forgotten how consistently amazing they are. I must admit I'm surprised that this is an autumn/winter collection, as they're very bright and colourful, and would probably be more suited to a summer collection. Nevertheless, I must admit I'm glad for a bit of brightness in amongst all the browns of autumn. The full review will be after the jump otherwise it may end up a bit long!
First up we have
Giddy Kipper*, which is what can only be described as a 'blurple', or the more technical term, indigo. Unfortunately my camera failed to recognise that and decided it was just plain blue instead. Butter LONDON describe this as an 'opaque indigo shimmer', which works quite well, because in my mind shimmers aren't usually that opaque, and this certainly is. This was 2 very easy coats, no topcoat.
Next is Cake-Hole*, described by Butter London as 'an opaque, nearly neon pink crème'. However, I wouldn't say this is 'nearly neon' as it's definitely neon, as can be seen by the issues my camera had with focusing on its brightness! This was 2 easy coats (in that sense I guess it's very unlike a neon) and as you can see it dries almost matte, which I really like, but you can always add a topcoat if you prefer.
Next is
Cotton Buds*, and I'm just going to say it straight out, this is the best white
ever. Application is so easy, and it was completely opaque in just 2 coats. This is without topcoat. I love this so much!
Next we have
Wellies*, an amazingly bright green. This is described as a 'green grass creme' by Butter LONDON but I think it's probably a bit too yellow to be reminiscent of grass. This was 3 coats, but I was definitely being over-cautious, you could easily get away with 2.
Next is
Silly Billy*, an 'opaque, fire orange creme' as Butter London describes. I love this colour, but I found application to be a bit tricky. I definitely would not call this polish a creme, it's more like a jelly. This was 3 coats without topcoat
And last but certainly not least is
Pimms*. I saw a lot of yellows making an appearance in summer collections this year, and I'm certainly glad to see one in an autumn/winter collection too. I'm not a wearer of yellow polishes alone, but I'm certainly a fan of how they look. This was an incredibly easy 2 coats, without topcoat
Overall, I'm very impressed with this collection. The quality is excellent, and the colours are all absolutely amazing! What do you think? Let me know in the comments
Alice
Hey everyone! Today's post is another then and now post, but it's a little different. You may remember that a couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was the
featured artist for Scratch nail wraps this September, and one of the designs they chose to make in to wraps was my scrabble love nails, which for a very long time were my most popular nails ever. I therefore decided it would be quite cool to do a then and now post with the wraps, so it's not really a matter of skill comparison, just photography, but hopefully you still like it! As always the old design will be after the jump
I remember taking this photo, stood outside my college with a tonne of people wondering what on earth I was doing. I can never unsee the yellow lines in the background, and I'm sure you can't now either, and they've always ruined this photo for me. Along with the awful pose and skin!
As these
wraps are clear I started off with a base colour of Butter London - Cuppa, and then applied the wraps, and then I applied a coat of my trusty Seche Vite.
If you'd like to buy these wraps, or one of the other designs, you can find them
here throughout September. They're limited edition so get them whilst you can.
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
Hey everyone! Today I have another review for you (I have a
lot to get through), using the new
Orly Black MegaPixel FX polish*, but this time I've included a bit of nail art. I'm actually really proud of these nails and I kept them on for a whole 3 days! Hopefully you will like them as much as I do. There's quite a few pictures in this post so I'm going to put them after the jump.
First up: the nail art! These nails were inspired by some shoes Cherry Healey posted on her
Instagram, I screenshot them and when I was scrolling through my photos a couple of days later I saw them again and knew that I just had to recreate them, and I'm so happy with how they turned out. If you'd like I'm thinking about doing a tutorial for these nails, rather than explaining how I did them now, so let me know in the comments. The colours I used for the dogs were
Butter LONDON - Cuppa, MASH - White,
Butter LONDON - Cuppa mixed with a bit of MASH - Black for the grey, and black acrylic paint. Topped off with a coat of
Seche Vite.
The
MegaPixel FX collection was released for Spring 2013 and features 6 'textured' glitters, although this is the most textured of the bunch. However, unlike the rest, this polish comes to life with a coat of topcoat, as you'll see below.
This was 2 coats without topcoat and whilst it is textured it's not that textured. It's not uncomfortable and you could easily get away with wearing it just like this.
Then I added 1 coat of
Seche Vite topcoat, and I was in love. I've been lusting after Zoya - Storm for ages and I think I found the perfect replacement.
Of course I couldn't resist the temptation of nail art on such a blank (albeit pretty) canvas, and along came the dogs!
What do you think? Let me know in the comments.
If you like the look of Black MegaPixel you can find it
here with free shipping worldwide!
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! First of all I just wanted to announce that the giveaway winner has been chosen and contacted, and she has replied. Nail Girl's will announce her name on their Facebook page in the next few days I think. Anyway, I'm really sorry I didn't post last night, I was just too tired. I'm so happy to have a day off tomorrow! Day 5 will be tomorrow, and my very delayed 'which is best' for matte top coats will hopefully be Sunday so there's quite a bit coming up in the next few days.
Today's post is based on another
La Moda satchel, which has unfortunately sold out in this particular colour, but
this is similar for those who fancy it.
I decided to again mix the outside and the inside into one design, but it took me quite a while to work out how. This design was actually a bit of an accident because I had originally intended to post my nails fully with Cuppa but I forgot and painted them all with white and had to improvise! Nevertheless, I'm really happy with how it came out!
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own
Hey everyone! I'm not going to write much today because I have to be up in 6 hours for work. I'm beginning to regret this week's digital dozen, I've only just started a full time job and I'm struggling to find the time to post twice a week, let alone once a day for 5 days! But I shall soldier on ;)
Today's nails are based on
this* jumper from Romwe, who have kindly offered to sponsor a giveaway for my blog. More information on that at the end of the post, first up: the nails!
The jumper design is a simple gradient, and as I was in a rush I felt it best not to over-complicate that. However, I do quite like the look of the gradient alone, even if it seems a bit boring for my taste.
The colours are Butter LONDON - Cuppa and Essence - Stuck on You, topped off with a coat of Seche Vite.
As I only received this top yesterday, I didn't have time to take a picture of me wearing it or of it in full, so for a full picture see the website
here. I promise you it's worth the look! I absolutely love this jumper and I will certainly be wearing it a lot, especially as the British summer seems to have ended already
Now for the giveaway!
Romwe.com have kindly offered to give away
this dress and
this dress to one lucky reader. All you have to do is enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. It is open
internationally
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For those of you who cannot wait, or don't wear dresses, Romwe currently have a sale on back to school clothes
here, or you can visit their website
here
What do you think? Let me know in the comments!
Alice
Additionally, if you have time, I would super appreciate it if you could vote for me for 'Best New Beauty Blog' in the Cosmopolitan Blog Awards 2013
here
*Some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! I'm back with another week of digital dozen posts for you. I unfortunately missed July but hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this week's post. I've just started a new job though so I might dwindle later in the week but we shall see. I apologise in advance if that does happen!
So for the first day I'm bringing you some nails inspired by
this* gorgeous La Moda satchel. I'm going to put the rest of this post after the jump because it's going to be a pretty long on.
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| Inside of the satchel |
This design was inspired loosely by the inside of the satchel. I decided to do simplified butterflies on a yellow outlined background. I know the yellow polish I chose is a bit off the satchel colour, but in my 400+ polishes I couldn't find one that matched more. I clearly need to buy more polish!
To do this design I started off with a base of Barry M - Yellow, then I used
MASH - Black* for the outline, done with a thin brush, and for the butterflies. The white is acrylic paint. This was topped off with a coat of
Seche Vite, followed by a coat of
Butter LONDON Matte Top Coat.
I also did another design based on this bag, before I decided that I didn't particularly like it. However, as I spent the time doing it and editing it I thought I may as well show you it and you can decide for yourself!
For these nails I started with a base of Butter LONDON Cuppa, and Butter LONDON Jasper, and then I used striping tape and MASH - Black, which I also used alongside a thin brush for the butterflies.
Which design do you prefer? And what do you think of the bag? You can shop it
here.
Let me know in the comments!
Alice
Dont forget to check out my
giveaway, it only has 2 days left!
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but all opinions are entirely my own and were not influenced in any way
Hey everyone! Today I have a quick review of
Butter LONDON 'Marbs'* from Butter LONDON's new Summer Holiday 2013 collection. It's a lovely gold with a hint of silver in it as you shall see. I couldnt resist creating a bit of nail art for you too using my new
Orly Dotting Tool* and
Orly Striping Brush* that I received from
HQhair (a deceiving name considering they also sell nail products too).
I originally tried to create a design with dots and triangles together on the alternative nails but it looked overcrowded so I ended up redoing it. I used the
striping brush for the triangles and touched it up with the
dotting tool. For the ring and pointer finger I used striping tape. The black is China Glaze - Liquid Leather
For me the striper was too long to use as it was so I cut it down, but once I had it worked brilliantly.
This was just
one coat of
Marbs* with no top coat, it's ridiculously opaque and it looks brill!
What do you think? Will you be buying Marbs? You can get it
here on lookfantastic.com for £12 with free postage worldwide! You can also get the striper
here and the dotting tool
here on HQhair.com for £7 each, again with free shipping worldwide, and I'd definitely recommend them!
Also, my giveaway is now over so dont forget to check your emails to see if you've won!
Alice
*some of the products in this post were provided to me for review but my opinions were not influenced in any way
Rästikynsien esittely jatkukoon :p Tässä on siskolleni tekemä, pirteän ja kesäisen punainen, puolikuumani. Sisko tarvitsi erääseen tilaisuuteen näyttävät mutta yksinkertaiset kynnet ja päädyimme siis värissä punaiseen ja mallissa puolikuuhun, jossa "kuuosa" jätettiin läpikuultavan luonnolliseksi. Punaisten lakkojeni sävyjen vertailujen jälkeen siskoni päätyi ilokseni Butter Londonin Macbethiin. En siis ollut lakannut vielä kyseisellä uudella hankinnallani ja olin iloinen päästessäni testaamaan sitä :) Lakka ei tuottanut pettumystä, vaan olin kyllä tyytyväinen Butter Londonin levittyvyyteen ja peittävyyteen (kaksi kerrosta). Mitään ongelmia ei siis ilmennyt.
Aluslakan päällä läpikuultavana lakkana käytin näissä vaaleaa
essie allure* -lakkaa yhden kerroksen. Sen jälkeen lakkailin siis Macbethillä, jättäen pienet puolikuut ilman lakkaa kynsien tyviin. Ei niistä kyllä ihan niin tasaisen muotoisia tullut kuin olisin halunnut. :( Muille on huomattavasti vaikeampi tehdä lakkauksia kuin omiin kynsiin! Loppuksi lisäsin valkoiset kukkatarrat nimettömiin ja peukaloihin. Tarrojen valitseminen oli aika hankalaa, kun monet tarrat olivat liian suurikokoisia siskoni pikkuisiin kynsiin, nyt kun vielä tuo puolikuu vei kynsistä pintala-alaa. Mielestäni nämä valkoiset kukkaset olivat kuitenkin täydellinen loppusilaus näihin ja ne toivat lakkaukseen lisää ihanaa kesäisyyttä. Viimeistelin lakkauksen Seche Vitellä ja ainakin kynsien omistaja oli tyytyväinen lopputulokseen. :) Ei tullut otettua kuvaa kaikista kynsiin käytetyistä tarvikkeista, mutta tässäpä kuva lakkauksen päätähdestä eli Butter London Macbethistä.
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First up is Fruit Machine* which is a wonderful barbie pink. This was 2 easy coats with no top coat
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| Butter London - Fruit Machine |
Next up is
Jasper* which is a creamy lemon yellow. It seems that yellow is very much in this spring/summer because I've seen a lot of yellow polishes in recent collections, all of which have been great and this is no exception. This was 3 coats, but I could easily have got away with 2, I just messed up on the thumb and ring finger and wanted to do an extra coat. I never really used to like yellow polishes but I really really love this one
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| Butter LONDON - Jasper |
Next is
Kerfuffle* which is a lovely peach. I've actually not seen any peach colours in recent collections, but it's one of those colours that doesn't really need to be 'in', it just always looks great. I love this colour and I love this polish. This was 2
very easy coats with no top coat.
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| Butter LONDON - Kerfuffle |
Next is
Molly-Coddled*, a lovely lilac. This is very similar to Fruit Machine in the bottle and I was a bit skeptical about them including both in the collection, but on the nail they definitely look different. This was 2 coats, but I could actually have very easily got away with 1.
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| Butter LONDON - Molly Coddled |
Next is
Cuppa*, a creamy nude. This is not a very unique polish in terms of colour, but it certainly is in terms of quality. This was 2 coats, but I could have pretty easily got away with 1
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| Butter LONDON - Cuppa |
Finally is
Fiver* which is my absolutely favourite of the collection. I'm sure you all know my love of mints and light blues and this is no exception. I am totally and utterly in love with this polish. This was 2 coats with no topcoat.
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| Butter LONDON - Fiver |
Overall I'm in love with this collection, they all have an amazing formula and the colours are all perfect. I would definitely recommend getting at least a few of these if you havent already. You can get them on the
Butter LONDON website for £13, and they're certainly worth the price.
What do you think? Do you own/do you want to own any of these polishes?
Let me know in the comments!
Alice
*products in this post were provided to me for review but my opinions are entirely my own
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