Golden Nails

I wanted to do some festive nails, Easter Week is almost here. I was struggling with coming up with something to do for a long long time. I got distracted over and over again. Reviews on Youtube, blogs, music, the list was endless on distractions today. The weather was fantastic as well.
I wasn't gonna let myself be beaten.

I decided on using some of the foils I bought at TGR in Norway while I was on my Christmas holiday.
I have already used one of them, and you can see that by clicking here, and here. 
The foil came in a set of 4 and it cost NOK 10 (£1). They don't require foil glue or anything, just a sticky surface. so polish your nails with the base colour you want, wait until it goes tacky and apply the foil. Easy as that.
For the record of all things foil. I used Gina Tricot Basecoat and Topcoat for this manicure, like last time.

This one was a bit tricky, since I had chosen a matte polish as my base colour. Matte polishes dries quicker than ordinary polishes, so the timing was very difficult. I gave it a couple of tries, and nailed it eventually. 

I used two coats of Revlon - Matte - 032 Emerald City, then applied the foil, and finished the look of with applying one coat of Models Own - Dancing Queen. 

I bought the whole collection ages ago, and I think I have only used one of them so far. Very sad, and I am a very bad blogger for it. They are SO pretty to look at, so can't give them away/sell, even though they are still in their protective plastic ... still..

Taken indoor

Nail Wraps from Primark Review

Last week I posted about some nail wraps I had bought at Primark for a pound. You can see my pound-haul here.  One of my readers; Jemma from London Varnish, asked me to try the nail wraps

Let's see if we can satisfy the curiosity.

I started my manicure using three coats of Models Own - Golden Green Beetle Juice. It has to be applied in thin coats, or it ends up pooling, and never dries. So allow it to dry well between each coat.

Then I took out the nail wraps. Diamond shaped silver rhinestones in clear polish. It comes in 10 different size  2 wraps ea. and is for toes as well as your finger tips. Looking at the sizes most people will find something that fits them, and unless you got three times longer nails than me, you should be able to do quite a few manicures with this set. If you do have three times longer nails then me, this set will work for one full manicure. Either way, its good value for the money.

The wraps comes on wax paper, and the wraps themselves are jelly consistence, easy to take of and stick back on. Since they are jelly consistence they can be stretched a little bit, enough so that there will be no wrinkling if you have curved nails etc. but be easy with them, if you tug to hard they will break. I had one that broke, but when all the pieces got on the nail you couldn't even see it. Cut the leftovers, and file of any edges. No topcoat needed.

Posing with my new Dorothy Perkins shoes 

Posing with my new Dorothy Perkins shoes.

To sum this up, I would say I am very pleased with this product, I had a better experience with these wraps, that with any other brand-wraps I have tried. I could have been down to the jelly base, as the others I have tried was stiffer. I had no problems with lifting on these, they stayed put for two days until I had to redo my manicure, and that was not because of chipping or anything, just because I can't stand having the same manicure on days on end. 

I will get some back-ups of these wraps. 

Let me know what you think in the comments below. 

Green of Envy

I needed something green, for my manicure today. Specially after seeing Mishka's Favorite Green post.

I settled for Sinful Colors - Exotic Green, and added some sparkles with Dancing Queen - Models Own, and finished it all off with some polkadots with Bobbing for Baubles - Essie. 

I am very pleased with Exotic Green. Drying time, and application was like a dream. Just the way it's suppose to be. I hear it's a dupe with China Glaze - Starboard, which was why I picked it with me, when I saw it on the display at Boots.

Indoor

Outdoor

Sparkles all the way!!

I'm on a little holiday in Norway at the moment, so blogging have been sparse the last two weeks. I'm back in England on Monday, and will do my nails as soon as I land. I am expecting nail mail, and nail art supplies a plenty in my mailbox, so you girls are in for a treat (!!)

Can't wait to see it all. 

So excited!

Daddy you're Hot Stuff!

I am still in the mood for girly manicures, and pink is the girly-est thing I know, so that's the color I will use.
I have been eyeing Models Own - Hot Stuff for a while, and wanted to implement it in this.
Seeing the result, I am very pleased in how it turned out.

I did not do step by step pictures for this manicure. It was made on a whim, and I wasn't expecting it to turn out well, so didn't bother to stop and take pictures.

For this manicure I used:
ESSIE - Sugar Daddy
Max Factor - Sunny Pink
Models Own - Hot Stuff
2 pink 2-way striper/pens (no-name brand)

First I used a coat of Sugar Daddy all over the nail. I dabbed on Sunny Pink on the top of my nails to remove the VNL, and add some shine. I used the stripers to make random lines to make it all go together. I was trying to mimic the swirls seen on galaxy-nails, just with pinks.

Since I was going to watch Star Wars that day, I added some Hot Stuff from Models Own, as if I just blew Death Star to smithereens.

Beth's Blue Flowers

For this manicure I used Beth's Blue from Models Own.
I got it a few months ago, but haven't gotten around to try it yet.

It was about time.

The lady that worked at Models Own BottleShop, London told me to get this color, as it was one of her favorites. I cant say I'm impressed with it, specially not for someones favorite ... I think the color is just a bit off, for my skintone. Maybe that's why I don't like it?

I took some rhinestones i had on my desk, from a previous manicure, and looked at the other rhinestones in the set, and decided to go with some flowers today.

Rhinestones bought from Bundlemonster.

And I added a stem and a leaf with a striper from my striping set that I got from Ebay. 

Come Autumn, Come

Its Fridays!
And that means its time for Cheeky Girls Challenge, starring myself, and Mishka from Lacquer or Leave Her!
Today We are using Cheeky plate CH 33, since its the third week of the challenge.

We picked out the leaf stamp from it, and this is what I created.

I started out with two coats of Jade Stone from Models Own. One of the polishes I got while I was in the UK. I visited the Bottleshop in London. <3
If you get the chance ... GO THERE!
Its lovely.
Kiko store, and Top Shop on the other side of the hall. Everything a girl can dream of.

So pretty. But it makes me wonder if its a dupe, or just closely related to Savina - Royalty, China Glaze - For Audrey, ESSIE - Turquoise & Caicos.. Will have to check that out.

Its Friday, so I added some sparkles. I used Northern Light -INM, two coats.

Very pretty, isn't it? I bumped it on the camera, so its a bit messed up, but I don't mind, cause we are going to stamp over it. For this I wanted to see how good FNUG would stamp. 

Very pretty, don't you think? I wasn't sure if I should stop here, or not. But I was too eager to try filling between the lines. I feel that my freehand is getting better. I will post my Depression Awareness mani tomorrow, and you will see what I mean. 

What do you think?

Don't forget to head over to Mishka, to see what see did with CH 33. 

Movember - Breast Cancer Awareness

I decided I wanted to do a Breast Cancer Awareness - manicure.

I don't have any personal experience with breast cancer, but my family has a history of Endometrical Cancer. 

When I was in the UK, I picked up a few different pinks, cause I didn't really have that many from before. One of the ones I picked up was Barry M - Fuchsia.

I didn't want to go all Fuchsia, so I picked up my NYX Matte Baby Pink. 

I actually did two slightly different manicures, see the second at the bottom of this post.

(If you notice some smurf-colors on my fingers, it's just cause the food color-bottle exploded on me)

Then I picked up a dotting tool to make the bow. 

I wasn't sure about leaving it like this, so I picked up my Models Own - Mystic Mauve.

Which version did you like the best?

Dupe or no dupe: L'oreal 406 - Burgundy Diva vs. Models Own - Magenta Pearl

Welcome to this segment, for dupe or no dupe.

Nah.
As you know, I bought a huge bunch for polishes while in the UK, and when I got back home, I found out that 4 polishes looked like some of the ones I had before.

They where:
1. L'oreal 404 - Scarlet Vamp vs. Models Own - Red Red Wine
2. L'oreal 406 - Burgundy Diva vs. Models Own - Magenta Pearl
3. H&M Coral vs. Miss Sporty 452
4. 17 - Midnight Sapphire vs. Misa - A Sin Worth Commiting


So lets take a look at nr. 2. Burgundy Diva, and Magenta Pearl.

On this picture, you can actually tell that they are not a dupe, but in sunlight, they did look the same. 

Wearing, from R to L:

L'oreal Burgundy Diva, Models Own Magenta Pearl, L'oreal Burgundy Diva,  Models Own Magenta Pearl

L'oreal Burgundy Diva is a one coat color, with a C-brush. Easy to apply.
Models Own Magenta Pearl is a thin polish, great for layering. I used three coats on the picture, and it darkens ever so slightly for each coat.

Since it wasn't a dupe I though it would be a nice thing to do some nail art over it, to make it up.

I used Barry M - 302 - Fushia.