Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

Today I've got this weeks arrivals to show you.

Color4Nails recently stocked some of the Limited Edition Polish Con polishes and I picked three up.

I also had some Rainbow Connection UK mail this week.

From Left to Right is Ever After 'Fall in Love', Top Shelf Lacquer 'Hot Toddy', Different Dimension 'Whatchu Talkin' Bout Willis', ILNP 'Alexander' & Picture Polish 'Gala' & 'Rose'.

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Emily de Molly 'Pending Perfection' Swatch & Review

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Today I have an absolute stunner from Emily de Molly to show you.

'Pending Perfection' was part of the Emily de Molly 4 year anniversary trio but is now also available on it's own due to popular demand. And I can see why everyone (including me) wanted to get their hands on this beauty!

'Pending Perfection' is a beautiful bright mint creme polish with red to gold duochrome shimmer. I love how prominent the shimmer is, The formula was great, just be careful when going over a spot as it tended to drag a little, thin coats are best. This was two coats and dried really quickly!

I've accented this mani with some stamping. I've not had a lot of stamping mojo lately but hopefully I'll get it back soon! I used my Uber Chic Beauty 9-02 plate for the super pretty floral design. I stamped with Color Alike 'Mars' Stamping polish and my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Stamper. 'Mars' really complimented the shimmer in 'Pending Perfection'. Everything worked really well. No stamping struggles here! All topped off with HK Girl top coat.

This really is such a beautiful polish. I love how bright it is and the shimmer is perfect. 

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

The Walking Dead Season 7 Nails with Delush Polish 'Poisoned Vine'

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So today is the day. After a very very very long wait of wondering and discussing, the Season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead is nearly upon us! I've had to avoid all social media and news websites today to avoid spoilers from the US airing yesterday. I'm relieved the premiere is here but so scared and sad that we're going to loose someone. I really must get better at detaching myself from fictional characters (like that's ever going to happen!).

Obviously I had to do some Nails befitting for The Walking Dead's return! I really love these!

I used heaps of stuff for these. Read on for the details!

So first of all I used the stunning 'Poisoned Vine' by Delush Polish as my base. This gorgeous blackened red needed just two coats. It dried super fast and had a great formula that was very self levelling. (Excellent for the pre The Walking Dead premiere excitement shakes!) It's such a beautiful vampy polish that I was sad to be covering it with stamping.

For my walker hand prints on my thumb I used my Color Club 'Splatter' stamping plate and stamped with Color Alike 'Kind of White' Stamping Polish and my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Stamper. I know a lot of people have had trouble with the new Color Club plates. I had hoped to use my clear stamper with this design but it just wouldn't pick the image up. The Jumbo Stamper worked perfectly though.

For my Lucille leftovers on my pointer finger I used all the same tools as my thumb and then sponged on some blood stains with a make up sponge and Color Alike Stamping polish 'Red Dragon'. 

For my middle finger I used my Creative Shop No.35 stamping plate and stamped with Color Alike 'Kind of White' Stamping Polish and my Fab Ur Nails Clear Stamper. I was super impressed with this plate as the image is very detailed but everything worked great.

For Lucille on my ring finger I used my Sugar Bubbles 001 stamping plate and stamped with Color Alike 'Silver King' Stamping Polish and my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Stamper. I then sponged on some blood stains with a make up sponge and Color Alike Stamping polish 'Red Dragon'. 

For my Walker arms on my little finger I used my Uber Chic 'Zombie Love' stamping plate and stamped with Color Alike 'Kind of White' Stamping Polish and my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Stamper. 

I used the latex barrier Zap from Rainbow Connection UK to help with clean up.

This was my first time using a lot of these products. I wanted to mention the Color Alike 'Kind of White' stamping polish specifically. I knew I was playing with stamping fire using a white over a dark red base as I figured as soon as I applied my HK Girl top coat everything would get a bit smudged and the stamping lines wouldn't be as crisp. I braced myself but nothing of the sort occurred. There was no smudging whatsoever! Stamping goals achieved! Applause for Color Alike!

I really enjoyed doing some proper nail art for these and think I will definitely try to do more stamping than I have been. I think its just finding the time and energy at the moment.

I'm so so so excited for tonight! I think Negan is going to bring us a lot of heartache though! I hope you love these nails as much as I do! Apart from the UberChic plate this is all available from Rainbow Connection UK!

It's nearly time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

Today I've got this weeks Nail Mail Haul to show you! 

My Femme Fatale Cosmetics order arrived this week with all the new goodies released this month plus some other polishes.

From Dusk till Dawn Trio by Blogger De Briz

Just Like A Dream Trio by Blogger The Polishing Life

Nord-Pas-De-Calais Trio by Blogger Very Emily

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale 'After Dark', 'Ray of Golden Sunshine', 'Red Sundown', 'Dropping Through Sky', 'End of the Storm (Thermal)', 'Interstella Burst', Cote d'Opale', 'La Sirene' & 'Pinces de Crabe'

Femme Fatale Anniversary Trio

Femme Fatale COTM's

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale 'La Scala', 'Penrose', 'Rapallo', 'Cabin Fever' & 'The Overlook', Emily de Molly 'A Peony For Your Thoughts (A Femme Fatale Cosmetics Store Exclusive)', Liquid Sky Lacquer 'Smokey Leaves' & Scofflaw Polish 'Moriarty'.

I also had some Nail Mail from Rainbow Connection UK this week.

From Left to Right is ILNP 'The Harpist', Picture Polish 'Bluebird' & 'Mossy', Painted Polish 'Black Cat Boogie (An RC Store Exclusive)', Cirque Colors 'Karma Sutra' (I got this in a destash not from RC), 'Garnet' & 'Morganite'.

I also picked up some more stamping supplies from Rainbow Connection UK as well.

From Left to Right is Color Alike Stamping Polish 'Cashmere Coat', 'Chesnut', 'Cozy Blanket', 'Falling Leaf', 'Mysterious Fog', 'Rainy Mood', 'Kind of Black' & 'Kind of White'.

I also picked up another Color Club stamping plate 'Splatter'.

As always I love all my new pretties!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

I've got a beautiful haul to show you today!

This week I received a rather large order from Rainbow Connection UK!

I picked up a few of my picks from the latest ILNP and Colors By Llarowe collections.

From Left to Right is ILNP 'Chocolate Slate', 'Clever Girl', 'Extra Credit' & 'Sitting Fireside' & Colors by Llarowe 'Brighter Days', 'Empty Heart', 'Ray of Sunshine' & 'The Journey Begins'.

I also brought my first Painted Polish & Delush Polish to try out. How stunning are these colours!

I also picked up a couple of OPI's in a destash this week including a back up of my favourite 'My Boyfriend Scales Walls'.

From Left to Right is Painted Polish 'Crunk On Copper', 'Holo Blackout' & 'Harvest Moon & Hayrides', Delush Polish 'Gentle Lion' & 'Poisoned Vine' & OPI 'My Boyfriend Scales Walls' & 'Skull & Glossbones'.

This is definitely one of my favourite hauls of late. All the autumnal colours are simply beautiful and the neons are so much brighter than the pictures show and I love the shimmer in them. I'm excited to try out the new brands to me as well. 'Poisoned Vine' especially took me by surprise, the depth and colour is stunning. I've got lots of different finishes all in one haul as well!

Have you got any favourites?

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx