This is the last of my Emily de Molly polishes that I bought back in June. I don’t always match my polish with the seasons, but I guess I do for the large part, and this one seemed too dark to wear in the lovely summer weather we had this year, so it has waited […] Read more
I bought L’Oréal Divine Indigo a year ago, which makes it one of my oldest untried polishes. What a mug I am! I so wish I had put it on before then, because it’s gorgeous. It’s a beautiful shade of purple, and it’s metallic-looking and super shiny. It is so reflective and smooth. I absolutely […] Read more
Believe it or not, this is the very first textured manicure I have worn. I only own a few textured polishes. I have the black and white Barry M sequin effects ones, which I swatched but didn’t like enough to keep on my nails. And I also own one of the OPI Liquid sand polishes, […] Read more
I had been wearing a glitter polish, and had used PVA glue as a base coat. As always seems to happen with me when I use PVA glue, one nail just pinged off randomly, and so I was unexpectedly left in need of creating a new manicure. The weather was due to be hot and […] Read more
I got this manicure all wrong! I thought it might be opaque in two or three coats, but it wasn’t, and so I ended up having to use FIVE coats. I should have checked my swatch wheel and would have seen that it would need a base coat. Never mind; I’ll know better next time. […] Read more
Autumn Weathers is a multi-coloured strand glitter in a clear base, produced by AJ of Nail Lacquer UK, a new indie polish maker I chose to wear it over a base of Sally Hansen Beige Blast and found that the best way to apply it was to dab it on, almost stipple it as if […] Read more
I wanted to try a spotted water marble, using some bright colours over a white base, but it just wasn’t working for me. I’m not sure what was wrong … the water temperature, the polishes I used, or the hairspray I used. But my polish wasn’t spreading well on the water and I couldn’t get […] Read more
Wow! What a beautiful polish this is. This is Conversation from SpaRitual’s about-to-be-launched Share collection for Autumn 2013. I don’t have anything at all like this in my collection. It’s described by SpaRitual as a rust shimmer, but I would say the colour is much more like a copper, and it’s not just a shimmer. […] Read more
While this glorious summer is still lasting, I’m making the most of all the wonderful sunshine we’re having this year in the UK by wearing lots of holographic and sparkly polishes. Over The Moon is from the Color Club Halo Hues 2013 collection, and it’s a perfect linear holo polish. Sometimes a top coat will […] Read more
Golden Apple is a light apple green, with a gold shimmer running through it. It’s made by AJ of Nail Lacquer UK, a relative newcomer to the British indie polish-making scene. Green is not typically a favourite colour of mine, but this one really suited me. It went on well and I used three coats. […] Read more