As we get closer to Valentine’s, it’s no surprise that this week’s theme in the FingerFood’s Theme Weeks challenge is hearts. I’m doing the Week Of Love Valentine’s challenge starting tomorrow too, so there are going to be lots of red, pink and lovey-dovey manicures coming up! The pink nails are three coats of Rimmel […] Read more
Today I have a new polish from SpaRitual‘s Spring 2014 collection, Explore. Uncharted is a bright cerise (SpaRitual describes it as a fuchsia) with a subtle blue shimmer and it’s just gorgeous. It’s bright and cheerful and perfect for chasing away the misery of winter and all the rain we’ve been having in the UK […] Read more
I have another Laquerdaisical polish on today. This is Purple Phase, a thermal, colour-changing polish that goes from blue/grey when warm to dark purple when cold. The formula was again quite thick, and tended to drag if you went over the same spot, so I had to ensure I did the manicure carefully. Some thinner […] Read more
It’s dots today in the Golden Oldie Thursday (GOT) Polish Challenge. I was going to recreate my lovely dotted manicure that I did back last September and I pulled out some different colours to try out. But I couldn’t find a colour scheme that went well together at all. Then I spied some Ciaté polishes […] Read more
I was only really just about getting into indie polishes when the Royal Mail started destroying incoming nail polish parcels. At that stage, I think I’d only ordered from abroad once or twice. That was some time ago now, and since then I’ve been ogling lots of gorgeous polishes that I want from the US, […] Read more
I only received one nail polish for Christmas [ahhhh], but it was a good one! It was a Chanel. So this is Chanel April, part of the Spring 2012 collection, Harmonie De Printemps. I really don’t know quite how to describe the colour of this. It’s not red, not pink, not plum. So what is […] Read more
This week in the FingerFood’s Theme Weeks challenge we’re doing geometric nails. I saw a fabulous picture on Pinterest of a funky coat (image further down), and that became my inspiration for this manicure. After applying a base of two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White, I used hole reinforcer stickers so I could […] Read more
Today, my second challenge of the year starts. This is the Golden Oldie Thursday (GOT) Polish Challenge, another Crumpet’s Nail Tarts challenge. The idea is to use loved but rarely used polishes that are more than a year old. I’m definitely going to use polishes that I’ve had for a year or more, but I […] Read more
Back at the end of October, when I had my foot operated on to remove a cyst, I had to remove all my nail polish. When I had recovered a little, I was desperate to get some colour back on my nails. I chose an untried bright pink – to cheer me up. I haven’t […] Read more
I was really stumped about what to do when it came to this toys prompt for the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge. Then, I was listening to Absolute Radio, and on Christian O’Connell’s breakfast show, he was saying he was having trouble getting his daughter a Furby Boom, as everywhere was sold out. I […] Read more