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27 April 2014

Dandelion Me Lucky

I have made a beautiful and soft manicure for today. It features a new stamping plate from Bornprettystore, a new polish: Barry M Silk - Meadow, and an old polish: Essie - Turquoise and Caicos.

I received the stamping plate as a part of the "lucky bag" from Bornprettystore, by following the link you can read more about my haul from Bornprettystore. Stamping plate is called SE20.  I feel a little bad about using this plate, as it does not exist anywhere on the Bornprettystore site. Maybe it has been discontinued or something. How knows.

SE20

The back of the plate. 
The plate has no backing, but I cut out a piece of cardboard and gave it one. It had really sharp edges and  I cut my finger when getting the plate out of the envelope.

Now that we have all seen the plate, let's move on to the nails

I started out with 3 coats of Essie - Turquoise & Caicos, then I added one coat of Barry M - Silk - Meadow, on all but one nail to create an accent. 

ESSIE -  Turquoise & Caicos

ESSIE -  Turquoise & Caicos

ESSIE -  Turquoise & Caicos

ESSIE -  Turquoise & Caicos and  Barry M - Silk - Meadow 

ESSIE -  Turquoise & Caicos and  Barry M - Silk - Meadow 

Stamped using Bornprettystore SE20 with Sinful Color - Snow Me White

Stamped using Bornprettystore SE20 with Sinful Color - Snow Me White

Stamped using Bornprettystore SE20 with Sinful Color - Snow Me White

Fun fact: Dandelions are often a symbol of happy unions and good fortune. 

Spring is definitely here, this manicure shows that even I am starting to feel it.
What do you think, let me know in the comment box below.

22 April 2014

My little Boots Haul

There is always one of those 3 for 2 offers running around, and this time I wanted to take advantage of the offer on Boots (UK). Basically anything in the makeup isle at Boots was on this offer. In terms of hauling, this is just a little one.

I  have been eyeing the Gelly Collection for a while, and purchased Barry M - Watermelon a while back, this time I bought a bunch of others from the collection, as well as some of the Silk Collection.

From the Gelly Collection
Barry M - Blueberry
Barry M - Dragon
Barry M - Lychee
Barry M - Plum

From the Silk Collection
Barry M - Meadow
Barry M - Blossom



I might go back and purchase more from these collections, but will see how they work for me first, this specially goes for the Silk Collection. I'm in love with how awesome Barry M - Watermelon was, so hoping the rest of the Gelly's are as awesome. Will systematically work my way through these polishes as the days come, so watch this space for some swatches and nail art with them.

I want to add some more white to Barry M - Lychee, I think that would be the perfect background for paper/newspaper manicures. If I do, there will be a franken post about it.

As you can see, I also bought another Nail Rock, I have quite the selection of these now, so I might have to try them out at one point, just waiting for the perfect moment. Well... it's like they say. There is no such thing as a perfect moment, you have to create it.

Hope you enjoyed my little haul. I will be back tomorrow with some swatches for you ladies.