I’ve not done a reverse glitter gradient before – I’ve only ever done a gradient at the tips end. To my Chanel Malice manicure, I firstly added some red glitter: Ciaté Enchanted Rose. It was one of the special edition polishes that came in last year’s advent calendar. It was gloopy as anything and I […] Read more
At one of the stands at the Professional Beauty Show at ExCeL back in February (can’t remember which stand) I saw some foil nail remover wraps. They were for removing gel nails, but for those of us who don’t use gel polish, I thought they might be good for removing glitter nail polish. When I […] Read more
I did these nails for a little girl I see at my son’s cricket training most weeks. She’s fascinated by my nails – most people aren’t, so I am grateful for her interest – and she asked me to do something different for this week’s training, not just a plain colour. But, she wasn’t there […] Read more
I own 11 different pillar box/London bus plain reds. Four of these I’ve not yet tried. But so far, L’Oreal Rouge Cancan and Revlon All Fired Up have been my favourites. Rimmel Double Decker Red doesn’t quite beat either of those for me. It’s a lovely colour and the application of the polish is great, […] Read more
I love red nail varnish. In fact I love red. Currently, I have a matching red handbag, red scarf, and red leather gloves (which I bought way before the Mr Selfridge TV show popularised them … get me being ahead of a trend for a change!) And throughout the winter so far, my nails have […] Read more
I didn’t manage to get around to doing a kitchen sink manicure last Saturday. So here’s it is now … a couple of days late. I was already wearing Chanel Blue Boy, and had added the leopard spots accent nail. But as I wasn’t entirely happy with the leopard nail, I went over the inside […] Read more
Some of my lovely Twitter friends are doing an Everything But The Kitchen Sink Manicure challenge. The challenge is fairly straightforward: on Saturdays in January you do your nails in an “everything but the kitchen sink” fashion. That basically means that you do a mismatched manicure where all (or nearly all) the nails are different. If you want to see […] Read more
I received nail mail from MUA the other day and was excited to try it out. Apart from some polishes, I also ordered some of their new “Fur-Effects Nails” products. These are little pots of flocking powder – and they’re great value at only £2. It’s really easy to apply. First you just use a […] Read more
Here’s a list of all the nail polish and gel polish I own. I have 1,111 polishes. If I’ve blogged about a nail polish, I’ve linked to the post(s). You can also click on the brand names to find manicures using nail polishes from that brand. 2True Aglaia Aphrodite Arete Artemis Athena Christy Crystal Shade […] Read more
We’re going to friends tonight for drinks, then coming home for a nice meal (before probably dozing on the sofa to Hootenanny and then being woken by the fireworks at midnight!). And tomorrow we are out for a meal with some other friends. So I want to do some New Year’s nails, but I’m not […] Read more