For the glitter placement prompt for Twinsie Tuesday, I have some diamond glitter half moons, and a review of a new (to me) polish brand.

I’ll start with the polish first. This pastel blue is Ice Ice, Baby! from benecos. There are eighteen colours to choose from, and 6 of those are new, as part of the Spring/Summer 2016 collection. They come in round bottles of 9ml for £6.95 each. I’m never so keen on the larger round lids for handles, but I have to say that I love the benecos brush itself. It’s lovely and slim – think old-school Chanel. [Complete aside – why did you change your brushes, Chanel?]

The benecos polishes are vegan and 5-free. You can buy them from Whole Foods, selected outlets and online from benecos.co.uk. Ice Ice, Baby! is from the Spring/Summer 2016 collection of 6, complimentary colours. I’ll review 3 more in the coming days and weeks.

For the glitter placement, I have created some some diamond glitter half moons using glitter I got in a previous Ciaté advent calendar. It’s called Tinsel Trail and is a mini Ciaté polish bottle, full of blue and silver diamond glitters. Initially I tried to place the glitter horizontally in a line across the nail, but I was woeful and it was so crooked! So I removed that and tried something easier.

I ended up with a half moon design, which was not only easier, but also looked better (in my humble opinion).

Please take a look at all the other glitter placement manicures from the Twinsies this week:

• Alaina at The Little Canvas
• Alice at Nail Art in Wonderland
• Amanda at Amandalandish
• Amanda at Fashion Footing
• Amber at Nails Like Lace
• Chelsea at Nailed Blog
• ChiChi at I’m Just Me…ChiChi
• ​Lisa at The Polish Playground
• Marisa at Polish Obsession
• Marisa at Polish Those Nails
• Megan at A Beauty in the Business
• Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les
• Sara at The Call of Beauty
• Sarah at Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Lacquer
• Savannah at Addicted to Polish
• Sharon at Behind Green Eyes
• Steph at Lovestruck Lacquer