Inspired by newspaper nails and map nails, I thought I’d try to see if I could make my own transfers (or decals or tattoos or whatever they are called). To my great surprise, it was a real success. This is a manicure in honour of one of my clients, whom I’m meeting with tomorrow. (Hope […] Read more
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
Chanel Malice was launched last year, for Christmas. I didn’t manage to get hold of a bottle and it became a long term lemming of mine. I had already bought two fairly close dupes: OPI Every Month Is Oktoberfest and Sally Hansen Wined Up – but they didn’t stop me wanting the Chanel. In about […] Read more
This is the second of the Yogurt Nails collection from The Face Shop that I bought recently. One of my readers, Leona, asked if I would swatch it. I don’t normally swatch my polishes; I just post about them when I’ve worn them. But I wasn’t too sure how long it might take me to […] Read more
It’s so frustrating looking at beautiful indie polishes that we can’t easily – or cheaply – get here in the UK. I’ve long been an admirer of Emily de Molly polishes, so I was thrilled to find out that Sally Magpies was going to be stocking them. It didn’t take me long to choose from […] 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 adore turquoise, and I love it on my nails too. It’s my favourite shade of blue. I feel like every single turquoise/aqua/light teal polish I buy is fantastic. I loved OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook and A England Galahad and Barry M Guava. But I think this one is the most perfect turquoise that […] Read more
I’m often a little disappointed by the colour of a Sally Hansen polish because the glass of the Complete Salon Manicure bottles is quite thick, meaning they appear lighter than they really are. That was the case with Anenome Of Mine. I love the colour in the bottle, but it’s a tad darker on the […] Read more
Inspired by the name of the summer 2013 collection – L’Été Papillon, meaning summer butterfly (or is it butterfly summer?) – I decided to try out some butterfly nails for the first time. After applying two coats of Azuré, I sponged on Bel-Argus towards the tips of my nails. I had thought that this lovely […] Read more
This is another of the Limited Edition polishes from the Chanel L’Été Papillon summer 2013 collection: Azuré. It’s a metallic duochrome that shifts from green to blue. Most of the time, it’s at the more teal / turquoise green end of the spectrum – for me anyway – but I can see the darker blue […] Read more