Triple purple glitter mani!

Hey, it's a beautiful morning here in Suffolk, I hope it's as lovely where you are :) today I have a polish feast for your eyes! I mean feast, there are going to be lots of pictures...
First I used two coats of the lovely shimmering purple goodness that is Regents Palace from Nails Inc. 

It is gorgeous, nothing new or ground breaking but I love it nonetheless I'm a sucker for these rich jewel tones. It went on really smooth and dried nice and quick. I wish I had kept this on for longer than half an hour :P. 

Next I layered one coat of Bow Street again Nails Inc as I thought the colours matched pretty perfectly so I would only need one coat, I was right but the base of Bow street is quite dark.

It dried semi matte so I had a hard time trying to capture the shine and colour, it would have looked lovely if I had put a topcoat on but I knew I still wanted one more layer so I didn't bother. The final layer is Facets of Fuchsia by Revlon, again I thought that Bow street and FoF looked to have the same colour glitter and base colour, perfect match right? 

So when I put Revlon on I thought I would have an awesome glitter party on my nails but I didn't realise that the base of Facets of Fuchsia was so dark and nearly opaque :(. It totally drowned out the other glitter even when I used the thinnest coat possible but I don't mind anymore as FoF is totally pretty :)

I only used one coat of this however I like it, on some nails (can't see it in the picture) you can definitely see the other glitters influence on the overall colour and shine, if that makes any sense?? It's like the other glitter is refusing to be dulled by the dark base of Revlon and it is shining through when the light hits it....okay lol

I topped this off with one thick coat of SH ID but some nails are still gritty but I don't mind as I know I am going to take it off soon as I have tipwear already, I only put this on 24hrs ago :(. 

I haven't worn glitter nails since christmas and just thinking of the removal is making me sad...

On another note, does anyone know if it is possible that a room diffuser that is meant to be cut grass, can set off Hayfever? This morning I woke up sneezing, itchy nose, puffy eyes and generally feeling like someone has sprayed pollen in my face :( hhaha! But seriously can they? 

I own Fantasy Fire....Finally!!

Yes, it's true I broke my no-buy. I literally had to. I was going to town to look in Debenhams as they are meant to be having 10% off all beauty, I think it might be online only :( anyhoo, I called in Boots just incase they had replenished the stocks of Max Factor and they had! I had to grab two bottles of FF and I saw another polish that really caught my eye as well Dazzling Blue, more on that in a minute, then I figured if I was breaking my no-buy I might as well look around the other brands, Revlon had some new shades finally but they had sold out off the DL dupe but they had one bottle of Facets of Fuchsia so I got that too and went to the till. The lady told me that if I bought one more Max Factor polish I could get a free gift so obviously I went back and got the last bottle of Prussian Blue. 


I'll show you pictures in a minute first though, I'm soooo annoyed :(. Dior Les Violets Hypnotiques were "released" in the UK yesterday....supposedly. I have been stalking Harrods website which is where they're meant to be, no sign. I asked the Dior lady in Debenhams who showed me the book for March and there were no polishes in there, she hadn't even heard of them!! It's always embarrassing when you know more than the person who works there :P. She showed me a promo picture for a polish to be released in May which looks to be in the same family as Nirvana but more blue. I went on Debenhams website, google shopping search NADA! I neeeeeed Shadow but I can't find it anywhere :(. 


And that is part of the reason why I broke my no-buy because that collection was meant to be my exception to the rule :( yes, I'm sulking now. I guess getting FF kind of makes up for it but I'm not allowed to wear any of the polishes that I bought today until I finish my untrieds grrrrr. 

Revlon Facets of Fuchsia, Max Factor Dazzling Blue, Fantasy Fire x2, Prussian Blue, Mini mascara, mini kohl eyeliner, Disco Pink and Intense Plum. From the mascara to Intense Plum were what I received in the nice bag as the free gift :)!

Total drool!!! 

I think this polish has been overshadowed by FF but look at it! It's completely gorgeous too. It looks similar to Indian Ocean (one of the new Models Own Beetlejuice Collection) it has such a pretty colour change, blue and green to purple at the edges, totally in love with it! Can't wait to wear it :) :). 

Part of me loves how cute and little they are but then at the same time it means less of the precious! ;). 

If you are interested in getting the free Max Factor gift from Boots only you have to spend over £15 in Max Factor, perfect excuse to stock up on FF :P. 

So I cannot wait to wear these beauties, however my sister shall be receiving the Disco Pink as it's really not my kind of colour, it's so much more hers as she is obsessed with pink nails forever *sigh* I hope she'll learn of the other beautiful colours that are out there :P. One day! 

I hope you have enjoyed my mini haul (you get it?? ;)) I know I'll be changing my nails tomorrow so I'll seeyou then!

Daisy Daisy give me your answer do

Hello again :)
I originally saw this design on Oooh Shinies' blog here and it is sooo cute! How could I not have a go myself, especially now I have dotting tools woo (best purchase ever!) here is my version :)

I used OPI Stranger Tides as the base and I dotted a white from a Sally H manicure set, I didn't know whether to leave it like that or not, I thought they looked like little flower beads that I used to buy as a kid to make bracelets from :P but I decided to make them into daises in the same way that Oooh Shinies did so here is the final mani

Man I love this so much :) The yellow I used was Revlon Sunshine Sparkle, these pictures are with a topcoat as well. 

I'm so glad I found this design, it was really easy to do and looks so cute! It reminds me of a daisy chain (again making them when I was a kid :P) it is so perfect for spring especially over my new favourite green :). Even my bf said he thought my nails looked pretty, which he has never said! It's a nice change as the designs I normally do aren't delicate and feminine like this one. 

You should really check out the original and her blog if you haven't already :). 

I hope you like it and that it brightens your day like it has mine! If you have dotting tools you have to try this :) 

See how many smiles I'm using heheh I'm just happy today. 

Revlon Plum Fizz

Hey, I was meant to post this last night but I was too tired. I am wearing my 9th polish from my untrieds that means I have worn 9 different polishes from last tuesday to today! Ha! Anyway, Plum Night is a lovely dark purple but it NEVER looks black IRL however as it's purple ofc my camera couldn't capture it right so it looks too greyed out :( I nearly didn't post these pictures because they don't do my final mani justice at all. 

This is two medium coats for opaque coverage, it took forever to dry :/ but it is a nice vampy shade of purple :). 

After that I added two coats of Revlon Grape Fizz which for the record, doesn't smell like grapes :( I only picked this up the other day...before my no-buy as I had never seen it on the Revlon stand before, I know it's not new to the US at least. Anyway I looove it, so sparkly and pretty and the smell ain't so bad the next day, it kept making me smile everytime I smelt it :). 
Pictures aren't too good, 

Erm yeah. I told you they weren't great, you can't really tell how lovely it looked :( after a night I was so bored with it, I decided to mattify, best decision ever! It took it to a new level of pretty. 

Everyone knows that glitters, flakies and flecks are just waiting to be mattified, they just look so awesome. 

With flash to show the inner glow

These two are with artificial light to try and get the colour accurate as possible.

Ugh I just love how velvety it looks when matte, it's larvely ;) I used Rimmel Pro matte top coat, I highly recommend that you try this out :) Grape Fizz really comes alive when layered over Plum Night it's a really good base for it IMO I just wish I had Facets of Fuchsia as well to put on top :P. 

I'm changing this today though, after lunch to OPI Stranger Tides so look out for that! 

Seeyou later