Chanel Bel-Argus swatches

Hey, at first I thought I'd be coming here and typing a bad review of this gorgeous polish, when I applied it, it was lumpy and streaky however I had only done one coat and I was in a bad mood so I was blaming the polish lol!! I did the second layer today and everything was perfect :).
As I was applying it I thought that it looked similar to Opi Swimsuit but Chanel is darker and with a purple duochrome but they are in the same blue sparkly pretty family, cousins I'd say ;). The duochrome didn't come across in the photos at all, in real life it is evident but only slightly and in certain lights but it's so pretty just as a blue!

So shiny and reflective, I haven't edited these photos, it's that multidimensional all on it's own babbbbby ;).

As lovely as it is you know I can't leave it alone, I'm currently doing some nail art with it whilst watching Sherlock (the tv series with Cumberbatch...mmmmmm) I don't know what I'll watch when I've finished that, I've just gone though all 6 series of doctor who, then both series of Luther...which returns like next week wooohoooo. Heheheh.

See you soon! Let me know what you think of this: worth the pricetag??

Green jungle / tropical nail art

Hi y'all!

Tropical prints are obviously in fashion at the moment, even Beth on Corro was rocking a tropical ensemble ;) but yeah I can see the attraction; if you can't go to the rainforest/beach bring it to you and it sure makes you feel a lot happier (espesh when the weather is soooo shocking).

I used Illamasqua Radium (swatches here) as the base for this as it's nice and vibrant! I'm going to go ahead and say it; I am in the love with these nails!! Heheheh

If you have an aversion to knees then you might not like a couple of my pictures...

See it wasn't that bad :P hahahha

Polishes used for this mani, R-L: China Glaze I'm with the lifeguard, Dior Amazonia, Dior Waterlily (I still haven't worn this!!) Essie Going Incognito

Another knee shot coming up but it's a closeup of the nails

That is a little banana on my middle finger :P I liked doing these as it's about layering to make a scene which is something I've never really done before. I just used my little paintbrush to do everything. A trick I have picked up when doing little details such as the pointed ends of the skinny leaves is to try and get it as small as you can and then use the background colour to go over the line and make it thinner from the outside, it is so much easier to do it like that!

I'm not sure how long I'll keep these on, despite my love for them, as my nails grow super quick so manis look scruffy on me pretty quickly due to growth! :( but I got my second HEX order yesterday, so much cutenesssss! I can't wait to use them and show you :)

Have a good weekend!

Flossgloss Neon nacho negative space nail art

Hello, I hope everyone is well on this lovely day!

I have the final flossgloss polish today :( boo but hopefully I might get some more for my birthday ;).
So Neon nacho is the most appropriate name I ever saw, this seriously looks like that weird nacho cheese that comes out of nozzle in America! I had the displeasure of trying some when I was in New York....I wasn't impressed, it just tasted of warm runny stuff lol but anyway this polish is shamazing!

I chose to do a negative space mani for two reasons, 1. They look awesome and 2. The dry time is a lot quicker when you are only painting two bits :p.

 

 

Tom said upon seeing these: "you going to a rave??!" lol but he did actually like them hahaha I think it's because they're very bright :p. I'm not sure who was the first to do the negative space mani but i thank them for the good idea :D.

 

I think I experienced the infamous side effect of seche Vite whilst doing this main though, it shrunk the edges of my moons and the base of the tip line :( so I had to re do the edges boooo.

 

Looking at these does make me hungry for some cheese mmmmmmmm stringy cheese.

They were easy to do, I just used a white nail art pen to outline my natural curves ;) and then filled them in with the brush from a the white polish that I used. Then I just used the brush from nacho to go over the top!

 

I'm currently doing some summery nail art so I'll be posting Fri/sat  

Chanel Azure swatches

Hey, sorry I didn't manage to get this post out this weekend like I wanted to but I just couldn't get the photos to look right!

Butttt I've given my blog a makeover again...I like it more however there is one thing; instead of saying "continue reading" it says "continue lendo" lol I don't know how to change it but I imagine everyone knows what it means :P.
Also I'm now on tumblr, I like the way you view all images together so feel free to follow me on there using the button on the right. :)

Azure is as beautiful as it looks in the bottle but it sticks to my ridges like no other! I didn't have the patience to do more than two coats so I kinda just got over it, but it kind of detracts from the beauty of the  polish. No complaints about the formula or brushstrokes. It gives a lovely metallic finish in soft lighting or the shade, whilst in direct sunlight it sparkles.  

In this photograph you can see the colour change, more blue on the left and greeny on the right

At other times it looks an even deeper blue, it's just gorgeous!

I was planning on doing some nail art over the top of this but my nail pen was dead so I couldn't but I now have a new one and I've just made another order with HEX nail jewelry so when that arrives I might have to put this on again and so my intended nail art :).

I did have other photos but the duochrome makes my nails look seriously wonky and deformed hhahahahah so these will have to do for now. Pam over at Polish police has gorgeous swatches of Azure and Bel-Argus that I would recommend viewing for some real eyegasms ;).

3D rose bush nail art

Hey lovelies, me again! :)

Today, as promised is some nail art, which you may remember reading, I said I was enamoured with and that is still true...I was totally inspired by the roses that I received in my diy nails lucky dip bag and so I decided to paint some roses and then contrast those with the 3D roses.
This is one of those rare occasions where the finished product looks how you imagined it or maybe even better than you thought! I was so happy with these once I had finished them :p.
I went with Gosh Highschool Flirt (swatches here) as a nice neutral base which could handle the colours of the various flowers.

I painted the flowers on and then I stuck the roses down with nail glue and then I did the leaves to make sure they looked right alongside the roses. I must admit that after my other rose nail art I felt pretty confident that I'd be able to just whack these out but I had to redo the first few that I did until I got back into the swing of it :p infact my left hand took about 2 hours whilst my right only took 55 minutes! And that's with mixing the colours and dropping the glued flowers onto my legs and fingers...bahahaha.

Hey this time I actually had real biscuits at hand ;)

I used a lot of polish for this mani, Flossgloss perf, kiko featured heavily for the green and darker purple, models own Lilac Dream, China Glaze ...Lifeguard for the leaves and then black and white by Barry m for mixing and highlights. I went over everything with seche Vite and nothing wanted to come off until I wanted them to, a few flowers refused to be removed so I was forced to piggle them off!
I loved wearing these, so pretty and cute too, received a few compliments on these, I do enjoy peoples faces when I tell them that I paint them myself hehehehe but who doesn't enjoy that :p.
That's what I like about doing roses; if you get them right then they look impressive, more impressive than they actually are (but shussssh don't tell the muggles that!) ;)

I hope you're all having a good week! See you soon

Chanel nailmail

Hey!

So those babies I was telling you about arrived...they are amazzzzzing! Obviously the title gives it away, I bought Azure and Bel-Argus! Was you ever in any doubt that I would be able to resist them though :p

Too much pretttttttty for one picture so here are some more ;)

 

 

You know I am putting one of these on as I type this ;) but you won't be seeing it until later in the week! Weeee

 

Today was the first day of my placement, it went so quick, I was in the studio all day and now my hands smell :p lol

 

I'm posting some nail art that I think you'll love tomorrow, so be sure to come back :)

 

 

 

Illamasqua Raindrops swatches

Hey, so finally I have managed to wear and love the legend that is Raindrops! You know how it is, you buy something due to the hype and then you are scared to actually wear it in case it disappoints you (case in point for me was Chanel Frenzy...but that's a long time ago now) however I am thankful to say that Raindrops did not let me down :).

I did three coats and it was opaque which surprised me as I was expecting it to be more sheer, I'm glad it wasn't, vnl on my claws ain't attractive, so yeah three quick and easy coats (I<3 you illamasqua).

So lovely right? Delicate and pretty and sparkly in the sun, but not like a crazy glitter, I'm going to say work appropriate ;). It was a joy to wear and a joy to remove hahhahahaha.
Just a short and sweet post today, I've got something more exciting lined up for the next couple of posts! Nail art that I luuuuurve and some beautiful new polishes :D so ciao for now, you'll be hearing from me sooooon :) have a great weekend! I'll be at the seaside before I start my work placement on Monday, exciting and scary lol!