Jaffa Fake comes from a new(ish) UK indie called Laquerdaisical, run by Alexia and sold through her Facebook page. She invited me to review some of her polishes and this is the first of three that I received. Jaffa Fake is a thermal colour-changing polish that’s orange when warm and chocolate brown when cold. I […] Read more
The lovely photographer who took the photo of me that you see on this site is also a qualified CND technician (CND being the people behind Shellac nails). She also uses CND Vinylux, which is like a normal polish, but which has a special top coat that cures gradually in natural light, a bit like […] Read more
For Day 26 of the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts 33 Day Challenge, the prompt is something from Pinterest. I have lots of other people’s manicures pinned that I want to someday recreate, as well as some general boards of patterns and colours that I like. I have a lovely abstract pattern pinned that I thought I […] Read more
Intellect is my second polish from the just launched SpaRitual Illuminate Christmas 2013 collection. The collection comprises six polishes that “borrow luminous colour from the master glassmakers of Italy. Cool electric hues reflect a rich heritage of craftsmanship. Iridescent shades catch and play with light. Recycled glass beads magnify vibrant colours.” Intellect is a sheer […] Read more
SpaRitual has launched six new polishes as part of its Illuminate collection for Christmas 2013. They are “infused with recycled glass to magnify colour” and they certainly look like glass. This is Intention, a red jelly polish, with gold and red glass flecks. I wasn’t entirely sure how to wear this as it’s quite sheer. […] 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
I really couldn’t work out if this polish is blue or lilac. Most blogs describe it as blue, and it does look blue in the daylight. But in the evening and in low light, it looks more lilac. Anyway, I’ve decided it’s probably blue. A cornflower blue with a very fine shimmer that is just […] Read more
I spent an age this morning trying to decide what to put on my nails. No amount of rooting through my bottles of untried polishes or scanning my swatch wheels could help me choose. Finally, I just decided to wear an old favourite. I’ve worn Sinful Colors Daddy’s Girl before, but haven’t blogged about it. […] 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
I have been quite remiss about using my A England polishes. I own ten of them, but have only worn three for a full manicure before. Even my much wanted Galahad still remains untried, despite me having bought it back in January. I have used A England Lady Of Shalott before, but only as part […] Read more