This week’s 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge calls for a water marble and/or your most precious polish. I have only just done a water marble, so I used my most precious polish, Chanel Kaleidoscope, with geometric stamping added. Chanel Kaleidoscope is my most precious polish because it’s the one that is probably worth the […] Read more
This week’s special offer Nella Milano nail polish is Peach Schnapps, a delicate and soft pale peach. It comes from the Lorescen collection, a collection of four nudes. Nude polish is (once again) very on trend this autumn, so it’s a great time to be showcasing this polish. It was opaque enough for my liking […] Read more
I’ve combined the two 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge prompts this week, for a red, blue and purple water marble manicure. I used Nella Milano polishes, which water marbled really well. They spread easily in the water and didn’t split or disperse when I dragged through them. I used The Rubinator (red), True Blue […] Read more
On the Nella Milano website, the polish on special offer this week is Fiery Flamenco. Its precise shade is difficult to pin down. It seems to be almost exactly in the middle of red and pink. The name doesn’t help much: flamenco dancers wear mainly – but not exclusively – red dresses. But, they’re often […] Read more
This navy blue with silver geometric stamping manicure for the 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge is a bit of a cop out. The two prompts are TV and free choice. TV sounded too hard for me. I could only think that I would be needing to freehand something intricate. So free choice was easier. […] Read more
The idea for this red and gold Chinese pattern manicure came to me quite randomly. I was wearing red – Nella Milano Scarlet Heat – and wanted to extend the manicure with some stamping. Thinking it would look good with gold stamping, I was reminded of the Bundle Monster Around The World “China” plate, Shanghai […] Read more
Nella Milano Summersby is the colour of the week and is the current special offer polish on the Nella Milano website. It’s part of the Tyrian collection, a collection of four lilac and purple shades, including two that I have previously swatched: A Royal Affair and Lady Lavender. (Vintage Violet is the fourth polish. I […] Read more
These pink and white stamped floral tips mean just one thing … yet more pink on the blog! I need to start getting into some autumnal and winter colours to neutralise the pinkness of my recent posts! I was already wearing Nella Milano Cheery Bon Bon and it was wearing well, so I decided to […] Read more
The themes for this week’s 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge are tweed and pale pink. I have done enough pink manicures recently, so I chose to do some grey tweed nails. To me, tweed is brown and smells of urine. (Yes, really! Google it!) But of course there are other types of tweed besides […] Read more
Nella Milano Cheery Bon Bon is this week’s special offer Nella Milano polish. It’s a deep but bright pink that leans slightly to cherry or raspberry. Just the name cheers me up – it’s cheery, as is the polish colour. It’s a really fabulous statement colour that would look great any time of year but […] Read more