Green snowflake nails

So, it seems that it has been snowing all over the U.K except here in Surrey 😦 I love snow days and my three year old has been so excited in anticipation but no… none has arrived. So, instead, I thought I’d have a go at a snowy mani to get me into the Christmassy mood.

I used the following:

Green polish & stamping – Moyou London ‘Olive Tree‘

Glitter – Glam Polish ‘An unexpected Journey‘

White Flakes – Nails Inc ‘Kensington Church Street‘

White polish & stamping – Twinkled T ‘Glow Up‘

Stamping plates – Born Pretty ‘BP LOO8‘ & ‘BP LOO6‘

 

Do you have snow where you are?

Tonic Polish ‘Peacock Parade’ manicure

Hello, I am back again with more from my current favourite brand – Tonic Polish. Now this time they have outdone themselves once again and I love this even more than ‘Dragon Tears’ and that’s saying something! Unfortunately this colour ‘Peacock Parade’ isn’t available in the U.K. I had to purchase it through a group buy so I only had one chance to snag it and I’m so glad that I did.

It is a beautiful multi chrome which shifts from dark purple through navy, teal, aqua and green but when you are in the shade it also appears rusty and bronze! It took three coats to cover fully and considering that this stuff is like gold dust I was hesitant – but it was so worth it.

It did chip slightly after a couple of days, but that wouldn’t put me off using it again and again. I’m in love!

‘Summer Sprinkles’ Flower Nails

Light Pink – China Glaze ‘Diva Bridge’

Dark Pink – Leighton Denny ‘Pink Promenade’

Green – Essie ‘Navigate Her’

Lilac – Models Own ‘Lilac Sheen’

Grey – Models Own ‘Lunar Grey’

Yellow – Nails Inc ‘Spitalfields’

My all time favourite Nail Polish

Yes I own literally hundreds of polishes but this is just so beautiful that it hands down beats everything I own.

Tonic Polish – ‘Dragon Tears’

Made with a scattered holographic multitone pigment, the colour shifts through green, blue, purple, red & peach and even looks copper at some angles and also has a spattering of tiny silver holo micro glitter to finish off the look – not too many, just the perfect amount as to not dull the colour shift. The consistency is pretty thin so it flows on nicely and three coats result in a smooth, brushstroke free finish. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m pretty sure that it would look equally stunning over black or a dark colour to create a different look.

If you haven’t come across ‘Tonic’ before I highly recommend that you check them out they have such unusual shades you will fall in love. They haven’t been around all that long – I believe that they started trading last year but it is my belief that they are definitely ones to watch!

INTRODUCING WANDERLUST BY ZOYA

Press Release

It’s time to embark on a new adventure in Summer color with Zoya Wanderlust. Featuring an exciting assortment of full-coverage classic creams and hip accent shades to really rev up your Summer nail polish wardrobe.

ZOYA WANDERLUST – SUMMER 2017 NAIL POLISH 

• River (ZP898): a shimmering cobalt blue. 
• Lois (ZP903): a rich magenta violet cream. 
• Esty (ZP894): a muted fuchsia pink cream. 
• Byrdie (ZP893): a rich bubble gum pink cream. 
• Winnie (ZP895): a shimmering berry pink. 
• Mandy (ZP899): a soft watermelon pink cream. 
• Sonja (ZP892): a summery crimson red cream. 
• Journey (ZP900): a shimmering strawberry red.
• Cora (ZP896): a muted coral cream. 
• Sawyer (ZP897): a soft taffy orange cream. 
• Scout (ZP901): a shimmering moss green. 
• Arbor (ZP902): a rich olive green cream.

*10 FREE FORMULA: FORMULATED WITHOUT FORMALDEHYDE, FORMALDEHYDE RESIN,
DIBUTYL PHTHALATE, TOLUENE, CAMPHOR, TPHP, PARABENS, XYLENE, ETHYL TOSYLAMIDE and LEAD.

Masura Mint Breeze review

Today I have on Masura ‘Mint Breeze‘ from The Golden Collection.  This Russian polish is a truly magical scattered holographic jelly in a stunning mint green shade. I saw another blogger describe this as having the appearance of powdered precious stones and I couldn’t agree more. It covers in three layers and jelly nature allows the sparkles to shine through each layer, creating maximum ‘in your face’ sparkle!

ZOYA CHARMING COLLECTION – Spring 2017

Spring arrives with six new nail colors from Zoya including three fresh creams and three dewy micro-sparkles. All in the long-wearing two coat, full-coverage, 10FREE* formula nail polish lovers love.

Jordan (ZP886): a soft blossom pink cream

Abby (ZP887): a light lavender cream.

Tina (ZP888): a medium amethyst cream

Millie (ZP889): a dewy violet micro-sparkle

Lacey (ZP890): a light dewy green micro-sparkle

Amira (ZP891): a soft dewy blue micro-sparkle

 Available in the U.K from here

My Christmas Nails 2016

 

Pale green – Orly ‘Jealous Much’ & Gold – Nails Inc ‘Chelsea Embankment’

Born Pretty plate – BP-L006

Enchanted Collection from Zoya

Zoya have a new collection coming out soon – The Enchanted Collection. It is made up of four glittering Pixie Dust Mattes and two velvety colour flip metallics. Here are a few swatches of the colours available:

ELPHIE

Green pixie: A bewitching emerald green with a sugary green sparkle in the exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

OLIVERA

Green flip: A spellbinding color-flip metallic with an indigo base and a green and purple shift.

LORNA

Plum pixie: A luscious berry with a sugary sparkle in the exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

WAVERLY

Sapphire pixie: A brilliantly deep sapphire blue with blue sparkles in the exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

I don’t currently have a swatch of this colour, but if one comes available from Zoya, I shall edit this post. You can see it in the group bottle shots above & below.

ALICE

Periwinkle pixie: A captivating periwinkle with magenta and blue sparkles in the exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

SAINT

Periwinkle flip: A whimsical color-flip metallic with a periwinkle base and magenta shift.

Which of these do you think you will be adding to your collection? I’ve particularly got my eye on ‘Lorna’.

*10 FREE FORMULA: FORMULATED WITHOUT FORMALDEHYDE, FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, DIBUTYL PHTHALATE, TOLUENE, CAMPHOR, TPHP, PARABENS, XYLENE, ETHYL TOSYLAMIDE and LEAD.

Emily de Molly ‘Tread Lightly’

It’s been a while since I’ve had on my nails a real textured polish packed with holo and sparkle – Well today I have for you – Emily de Molly ‘Tread Lightly‘ a beautiful sea blue/green full of  varying sized silver & purple glitter dots & pink & purple smaller hex glitters. I love the way the glitters appear differently after each layer – I used three thin coats here and the crelly formula really helps it come to life.

It required a good couple of coats of top coat to even out the surface but was a fun polish to wear although I must say, although I love it in the bottle, it didn’t really suit me when I had it on.

You can buy it here

You can also see their other shades on the Facebook page here