Nail Polish Advent Calendar - Avon Coral Reef - Dec 7th

December 7th, we're almost a third of way through the wait! (If you're a saddo like me).

This is a bit of a Punchy Colour, as a general rule I am all the wrong shades of Pale to rock!

But it is a Very Jolly ...

Nail Polish Advent Calendar - Avon Pink - Dec 5th

A little late with this post (but did you honestly expect any better from me?) But this is window 3, Dec 5th!

(As you can see we have a breaker on the way Ring Finger!)

It's a baby pink which I am always dubious about but....

Nail Polish Advent Calendar - Avon Sea Breeze - Dec 3rd

So the polish I got yesterday was Sea Breeze from the Nailwear Pro+ collection.

It's a pastel green, not quite mint but would look great as a background colour for some pattern stamping.

Keep reading to see how it went...

Avon Radiant Rose Stardust Review & Swatch

Soon party season will be upon us and Avon have launched a new range of varnies called Stardust. Their are about 7 different colours and this swatch shows 2 coata of Radiant Rose which is the pink colour!

So it's a glittery texture with a nice punchy colour. This might sound a bit odd but I think this varnish looks better on shorter nails (I really don't like textures on long nails, looks a bit odd for some reason.)

Read on for more...

Avon Dazzle Pink Gel Review

So earlier this year Avon launched a series of Gel varnishes, I have inherited this colour from one of the ladies at work as she didn't like the colour and I have also purchased the bright red.

FIRST layer of application was fine but a little patchy as most pale colours are, keep reading to see the end result... 

Avon Opal Top Coat - Advanced Swatches

Last week I decided I needed to do a wider range of "Swatches" for the Opal Top Coat from Avon so here it is!

Dark & Moody...



Pastel and Bright...

Natural & Neutral...

This was last weeks:

What do you think it looks best on?

What do you want to see it against?

Lots of love,

Z 

Barry M Aquarium Collection - Pacific and Mediterranean Review

I'm not normally a shiny girl but I saw these colours on another blog I was mesmerised so ofc I had to do my own review.

There are the three coats, it was still a little patchy on the second hence the third.

Love them both. I think I have too many polishes!

Invouge Liquid Metal Effect

 So this was another polish from my Invogue set.

I actually love Teally/turquoise/green and blue colours, I like a lot of colours and this is no exception.

I think it looks beautiful, rich and very shiney indeed.

 

 

I was a bit of a naughty girl and didn't Prep my Nails Before This Manicure (as in file/buff/smooth) and it has shown my natural ridges - so something to be mindful of but this goes for most shiney varnishes x

 

 

I also did the overnight test again to see if there as any chipping...

 

 

There were a few bits but not like with the suede and with this effect I'm pretty sure a normal topcoat would do the trick.

 

Have you used invogue before? What are your thoughts x

Invouge Suede Matte Effect & Christmas Goodies

This is quick review of one of my Christmas Polishes.

The Application was really easy and it seems to Dry Very Quickly, I did a second coat as it seemed a bit a little bit gappy with one layer.

Under the Sea.... Where it's just you and.... Barry M Teal - Review!

Ahhh I love this Teal from Barry M, sort of reminds me of Ariel from Little Mermaid.

 

 

This was after 2 coats, using Konad White Special Polish and my MoYou plate.

 

Review of Barry M Grey - Seriously Underrated

Grey is such an Underrated Colour, so it's not the most fun or the most Barbie etc. but it's great for this time of year - even if it's just for the nail art detail. It's dark but soft and fairly neutral.

 

The first coat was a lot Less Patchy than the other Barry M's I picked up this weekend, but everything looks better with 2 coats...

Barry M Swatch - Cosmo Berry - Mmmmm....

Before you say anything... I know I need a Light Box, I have asked for one for Christmas, only like 54 days to go or something.

 

Anyway this is Barry M Cosmo Berry 1 layer:

This first layer was a bit patchy after using the thick Essie Brushes it was weird to use a thinner brush!

 



Poundland Stamping Kit Review - Bargain!!!

So earlier today I had to nip into Poundland for Operation Christmas Child and I spotted a wide variety of nail things I wanted to buy but settled for these two...

 

Stamping plate and 3d bling (best way I could think of describing it)!

 

Here is the review of the Stamping Kit...

Essies After School Boy Blazer

I picked this out as the new posh midnight blue for my polish collection and it's darker than expected.

It's black with a tone of blue but a bit darker than I was expecting.
My application is 2 layers, it had a few bobbles in, not sure why... I think I'm gunna try it out on some falsies!

Hate to say I'm not as sold on this as I am on Jam n Jelly and I do love a dark blue. Do you have any suggestions?

Love n Peace
.\/..

Essie Essie Essie - Jam N Jelly Review

OK so while there was the 3 for 2 Offer on at SuperDrug I got myself a couple of Essie Polishes and the rest went into The Awesome Christmas Clutch (Go enter if you haven't already!).

 

 

This is Jam n Jelly. It's a New Fave of mine. Although it was a Tough Choice picking out of all the pinks that Essie have...

Catch Up & Blog Plans

Hello Everyone!

Hope everyone is well, apologies if you have made effort to visit recently as I know their has been a lack of posting I just started a new job and then have been on holiday which consisted of building lots of IKEA furniture with my boyfriend and a weekend away in Devon which was soooo nice!

Anyway enough of the mushy stuff... 

Models Own Fruit Pastel Review: Strawberry Tart and Grape Juice *Scented Polishes*

So if you couldn't tell from my Barbie on a Budget last week I was Mega Excited about these scented nail polishes... they were the bargain buy of the week 2 for £8... Which might not be the cheapest but did I mention... THEY'RE SCENTED!!!

 

 

I have never used Models Own before so was also interested to find out what their polishes were like...

Tehehe: Barry M Buys & Review

I <3 Barry M

It's that simple, I'm that sad.

 

Sorry to post the pic again but if you didn't see the Bad Boys I picked up Last Week:

 

 

Budget Review: Miss Sporty Goth Me Up

Yesterday I posted a review of the Beetle Wings and Glossy Tech polish from the Miss sporty collection. Today I'm talking about the Goth Me Up. I saw this and was quite intrigued, not my normal sort of thing but I wanted to try it out!

I decided to try it on a couple of of colours so I started off with a coat of Miss Sporty Beetle Wings and 34 Hoola Hoop from Collection 2000...

Budget Review: Miss Sporty Beetle Wings & Glossy Tech

Following on from my last post I managed to fit in time for a quick mani (but not time to post it haha), I'm going to a barbeque tonight so quite glad as I didn't get chance to touch my nails this weekend! I tried out the Metal Flip Beetle Wings and Glossy Tech Varnishes, keep reading to see how we got on...