My stash (Picture heavy!)

Hello, by popular demand, I spent some time yesterday photographing my stash. Now this is only about half of it, the other half is at home so I'll have to photograph them when I get home in Easter!
As I don't have that many here with me I figured I would divide them into brands and do them like that. 

All names will go L-R and bold names are ones which I have swatched, they won't be linked but you can simply search the name in my blog to find it.

First up is my precious Dior rainbow :D

 

Forget me not, Riviera, Lucky, Bitter Orange, Gold Nugget, Waterlily, Saint Tropez, Nirvana and Amazonia

 

 Blue Boy and Graphite

 



Monogamous, Nomad and Stance I need more Illamasqua, I love all these!

Sweets Way,Pudding Lane, Baker Street, Chester Terrace, Park Crescent, Chelsea, Holland Park Avenue, Fenchurch Street and Hampstead Gardens which I intend to swatch tomorrow for you :)

Nude, Vivid Purple, Pink??, Black, Blueberry Ice cream, Blue?? and Blue Plum

Gold Foil, Boots Xmas LE (currently on my toes), Gold Glitter, Gold Mine, Yellow Topaz Glitter and Silver Diamonds

Riveting, I'm with the Lifeguard, Westside Warrior and Swimsuit....nailed it! 

Sand Tropez, Little Black Dress, Going Incognito, Gemma and Saint George

The Hungry Asian - Sea Creature, Funky Fingers - Tinsel Town and Sand and Stillettos, Androgynie, Fowl Play, Unknown (Urban Outfitters), Sneeze Breeze (Seriously need to wear this!!) and Vote for purple

Kiko 338, Kiko 332, Kiko 346, Holographic, Intense Plum and Fantasy Fire. 

Phew! Like I said this is only about half my collection, I could only bring as many could fit into my box so that's why the rest are being neglected at home :P. If you like to see a swatch of any of the colours please let me know!

And this is how I store them and my nail art stuff, not the usual way lol

I feel kind of bad for just shoving them all in there but I ain't got time to arrange them by brand and colour! Hahah. Ain't nobody got time for that ;)

So there you go my half stash! My uni stash haha, I have a hankering for Taylor by Shimmer as I saw A Polish Addict's swatch and just fell in love!

Like I said if you wish to see a colour swatched then comment :)

Zoya Zuza Swatches (finally)

It's Zuza time ;). 
The sun is lovely and perfect for Zuza to come out and play on my nails, I said I'd wear it today and that I am....obviously. I've taken my pictures outside as I could get them colour accurate and it's so sunny! Lol can't be inside when it's like that, it only happens once a year ;). 

Don't you just feel like you could swim in this? I am totally taking it on holiday with me, it's such a lovely colour, turquoise/aqua/greeeeeny blue whateves it's just beautiful :). I know it's been on every single blog but you have to see it to realise why. It was a pleasure to apply and dried pretty quickly. I didn't use a topcoat for these photos as it doesn't need it :) I feel like I'm on a foil hype lol but next time I'll hopefully have some nail art for you. 
All I can say about this is that I love it and thanks so much Lizzy! Can't wait to see Indigo Illusion now ;) 

Nail mail time :)

Lizzy and I did a swap just last week and I got mine yesterday! I couldn't believe it arrived before hers has :( We arranged for her to send me 3 polishes but she sneaked in a forth :P 

Hello Kitty from Texas :) hehehe

China Glaze Cha cha cha and I'm with the lifeguard, Zoya Myrta and Zuza. Myrta was the surprise as she knew how much I loved it when I saw her swatch it :) she's a sweetie! 
I cannot wait to swatch them, I just know that I'll be taking Zuza and Dior Saint-Tropez on holiday with me, they are perfect pool colours :).


So look out for any of these over the next few days, thanks again Lizzy, you da best :D hope yu get yours soon!

Jil Sander inspired Paisley Nail art

Ever since I saw her new gorgeous Paisley print clothing in Elle I knew I would have to do a mani inspired by it! I love me some paisley, you an get lost when drawing it and when you add more than one colour it looks so good! I only did the paisley as accent nails as I was limited on time plus I think it would have been a bit much to have this on all 10 nails lol. 
I started with Zoya Dannii which the lovely Anna sent me :) I'm sure you've all seen Dannii before but incase you haven't it's a purple foil with silver, red and coppery shimmer which create a warm glow when under bright light. It was opaque in one coat but I did two to get the full effect. And two nails of a Sally Hansen French white, which somehow I managed to get opaque in two coats! 

Then I added a coat of my new fav Seche Vite to make sure I had a perfectly smooth and dry surface, which is the key thing when doing freehand designs with a pen, you do not want to just drag the tacky polish of the nail with the nib! I've done that before and it's not pretty. I used the pink, yellow and purple nail supreme pens, I love them! Here's the final result. 

Left hand

Showing off - my right hand ;) you can see the faults though!

The original print by Jil Sander was pink, blue and green but I chose these colours as I prefer them and my blue pen is having a serious blob attack at the moment :P. I'm pretty happy with these, everyone who has seen them asked if they were transfers/wraps so that's a good sign. The only thing I don't like is using Dannii on the rest of my nails, it looks okay in the pictures but IRL it looks less good, I wanted the purple to pick out the purple in the design but instead it makes it fade away almost lol! Or maybe I'm just being dramatic :P. 

Also if you don't follow Nails Inc on Facebook you really have to, that's how I found out about the Jubilee Lucky Dip deal; 6 randomly selected full size polishes for £15!!!!!!!! Can you believe that?! This deal is available until 5th June but only if stocks last that long, which I doubt, so if you haven't already take advantage! Sorry all my non UK readers for the jelly you will feel at this amazing deal lol 

Hope you enjoyed 

Nail Mail x3!

Hey today was my final critque of this year and it went really well :) my tutors really liked my photographs so I'm happy and to top it all off I had 3 packages waiting for me when I got back to halls wooo! 


First up is my precious Dior Waterlily from ebay....it didn't come in its box though :( that made me really sad lol 

Second is my swap with the lovely Anna! Look how amazingly she wrapped everything! Gah so much effort :) 

 Love this paper so much! 

Back row, L-R: Sinful Colors Hazard, China Glaze Riveting, Zoya Gemma & Danii, Claire's Candy Shop
Front Row, L-R: Orly Oui, Ma Cherie, Androgynie
I can't believe I got Gemma! It's like she read my mind :D and Danni looks amaze too, I just love Zoya! 


Finally I received my order from Kiko cosmetics 

Back Row L-R: 254 Wine Red Microglitter, 364 Dark Crimson, 358 Peach Rose, 356 Melon, 355 Canary Yellow.

Front Row, L-R: 345 Jade Green, 346 Olive Drab, 338 Light Lavander, 332 Dark Violet, 202 Violet Transparent 

These were £2.50 each and you have to spend £25 minimum to order so these were bargains! I have quickly dabbed these onto paper and they all appear to be heavily pigmented and have a big brush which I was not expecting for the price! I can't wait to swatch them and then wear them as full manis, I have a few ideas in mind :) I think Melon looks great for summer! 

all of the above = awesome Nail Mail!! 

Thanks again Anna your package was soooo good! I can't wait to swap with you again :D I have saved that lovely paper, it's currently on my inspiration board :) 


What do you guys think to these polishes? Which are you looking forward to seeing? 

Zoya Phoebe plus Nubar Polka Dots

So as you can probably tell from the title, Phoebe didn't last long on her own, today was the second day of wear and there was already noticeable tip wear and I felt that it had lost a bit of its matte effect as to my eyes it appeared to be more shiny and satiny but that may have been wishful thinking but nonetheless I took a picture with one nail repainted to show the differences (that may or may not be there) :P It's my index that is repainted...could you tell?

With my new revelation that it had faded etc I touched up the tips and then added the Polka Dots :) these are so fun I alternated nails to show you the difference between the two polka dots, enlarge to see the pale white dots 

As you can see the black Polka Dots were a lot more willing to come out than the White Polka Dots, I really had to fish them out and still only managed to get a few out :( these are both using one coat. But I love the way they look when they are layered together the white is kind of opalesque in my eyes and I love the little sprinkles of black and white fine glitter :)  Phoebe looks pretty when glossy, I like this combo a lot :)

This is what I'm wearing at the moment but I'm not sure how long it will last but I do have loads of work to do so it might stand the test of time ;).

I tried some combinations on my nail wheel, I layered the White Polka Dots over OPI Stranger Tides and it looks quite nice and subtle and it brings out the duochrome nature of the sprinkles from the white polka dots, I might try it one day soon after I have tried a gradient mani :). 

What do you think to the Polka Dots? 

Zoya Phoebe Swatches

Good afternoon :) Yesterday I put Zoya Phoebe on in order to cheer me up and to distract from the constant rain that most of England is suffering with, April showers and all that *sigh*. Anyway this is one of the polishes that Bethany sent me and I couldn't wait to wear it, it's so pretty! 

This is two coats over two coats of base coat (to try and smooth out my ridges ;)) It went on so smoothly and obviously dried super quick! I didn't find any problems with the application, it was perfect :). I really like it, it's so bright but not garish and it is a perfect summer colour, it also is working on making this weather feel less miserable especially when paired with my equally bright pink jumper :D

So summery! I think they match pretty well :P. I have decided to challenge myself to wear this polish for as long as I can, I guess it's kind of a wear test as obviously I can't put a topcoat on to protect it but the main reason for doing this is because I used to wear the same polish until it was completely chipped! But now I change like everyday two days, so I want to slow down, I'm not sure I can though so this will be a good test. I plan to put Nubar Polka Dots on top later in the week for a refresh, I'll keep you updated on wear and my will to go on ;)

Also I'm kind of fooling myself thinking that I might like the pink from this mini collection as the matte makes it okay but I know I would hate it...I just want to like pink nails!  LOL

Hope you all enjoyed! Seeyou soon 

Zoya Yara Swatches and Review

Hey, so tonight I am reviewing Yara from Zoya's Smoke and Mirrors collection, this is my chosen mani to go to London with, good choice I think ;). Yesterday I had Neeka on and oh my she came off so easily! I was expecting pain because of the tiny glitter particles but no it was smooth sailing, if only every removal was as easy.
Don't forget to click to enlarge

All photos taken without flash just artificial lighting, two coats and no topcoat. 

Looook at that gold!! 

All of these pictures are accurate in terms of colour and texture of the lovely Yara, it went on like Neeka....i.e. a dream *sigh* so smoooth and could have been opaque with one coat and she dried so quickly, I am amazed by Zoya, I need more shame I have literally no money :'(. 

I love this colour, green and gold shimmery olive, dusty gorgeous perfection in a bottle! I feel elegant wearing it, I just know people will also heart this colour, yay another gorgeous green.

There's nothing more to say other than if you haven't got this, what are you doing?! Go out and get it, NOW :). 

I got more nail mail today as well, Essie Limited addiction and Little Brown Dress, I know I am going to wear LA for Vday it looks to be a lush red. I am not going to be able to post tomorrow, sat or sunday but I will be back on monday! I hope Yara sees me through this weekend of galleries, shopping and eating, I'll let you know. 

I hope you all have a great weekend, seeyou soon!

Zoya Neeka Swatches and Review

I had a plan, it was a good plan it was to wear Neeka today and then replace it with the stunning Order of the Garter by A-England (they arrived yesterday eeeek) however I have done something terrible....I cut my nails too short, I can't stand it. Whilst I'm typing this I can actually feel the keys on my fingers in a place that I have never felt before D: . The last time I had them this short was when I was 13 and did trampolining and Tae Kwon Do where my instructors had to bring nail clippers in and threaten to cut them to the bone unless I cut them to a reasonable length (hahahhah). But yes I went too far with the clippers so I don't want to put OotG on my horrible short nails :'(. 


Anyway about Neeka, it is a gorgeous nail varnish and it goes on so smoothly with one thick coat it is basically opaque, I did two anyway to bring out the loverly gold, pink and green (in my opinion) shimmery particles. It dried within minutes!! Every review I've read refered to that as an average drying time! I must be realllly patient because I'm used to having to wait at least 15 minutes for perfect non smudgy dryness but this was dry within minutes, amazing! 


I had trouble photographing it but eventually I got the actual colour on film as it were :)

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Like I said these are colour accurate yay :)

Just one to show you the green sparkles I was talking about :P

The more I look at my nails the more I realise that I do love this colour, I should because it's three of my favourite nail polish things in one: it's dark, purple and shimmery. At first I wasn't feeling it but that was because of how short my nails are but this polish is coming into its own despite the fact that it is a miserable day outside, and everyone knows how dark polishes make your nails look longer. So yeah she was worth the two week wait :) but I still hate my little finger on my right hand it is way shorter than the rest :(. 

If you like purple, dark and shimmery like me go get this polish! This is with a topcoat of models own 3 in 1 . 

Nail mail!

Hiya 

Yesterday was the longest day of my life. Ever. It was my photography assessment so everyone in my group had an hour to hang their work in the studio then we were meant to split into two groups and have separate critques but no we stayed together and I ended up standing up for approx 8 hours :| my back was killling :(. But when I got back I had a parcel waiting for me :D and it was my 6 polishes from Lithuania!! Yay. 

I haven't tried any yet (I know, I know!) but I took a picture of them looking all pretty and sparkly :) and hopefully I will get chance to try one on tonight, I'm thinking Zoya Neeka. It will be my first Zoya polish everrrr, so I'm looking forward to wearing it heheh. 

So this is just a quick post to let you know what's happening in ma crazy life, some of my photography is going to be exhibited in a gallery next week until March so I need to mount it etc today so that is why I might not have time to do my nails :( plus the laundry needs doing :( :(.  Buuuut this week is going to be exciting for me wooo! 

Here are my pretties 

China Glaze 108 degrees, OPI Take the stage, Zoya Neeka and Yara, Essie Going Incognito and OPI Stranger Tides

Sorry if I have gone on a bit too much about me and not enough about nail varnish but I'm sure you want to know why I no post pictures ;). 

Seeyou later hopefully with new nail varnish on :)

Lust list and purchases

Hi, I have no new pictures today as I don't want to take off my tartan mani just yet :) so I thought I would tell you what polishes I am lusting over and what I have just bought hehehe I've been naughty! 
What I am reallly lusting over at the moment are: 
OPI, 
Wooden Shoe like to Know and I don't give a Rotterdam.
Essie, 
 Navigate her, 
Zoya, 
Skylar, Lotus, Jem, Dree
      Also i feel I need just one Holo in my life but no English brands that I can find do them!! What's wrong with this country?! 
      I gave in and bought two A-England nail varnishes from The Legends collection, I bought St George and Order of the Garter, i nearly bought The Dragon but I thought I'd try something a bit different with the blue. 
      My favourite colours of nail varnish are green and purple as you can tell from my lust list :P
When I started this blog I told you that I had just bought my first non UK brand nail polishes but I failed to tell you what they were so I'm going to tell you now:
      I got China Glaze 108 Degrees, Essie Going Incognito, OPI Stranger Tides and Take the Stage, Zoya Neeka and Yara. They should arrive this friday but I'm going to London for the weekend so I won't get them till Monday :(. My Legends should arrive mid week to friday, hopefully midweek :D. 


I can't buy any more polishes till I get my bursary or I sell some stuff on ebay! 
I will post on Tuesday with a new design +/ swatches :) till then Goodbye :)