Colors by Llarowe 'Berries in the Snow' & Painted Polish 'Crunk on Copper' Swatch, Review & Nail Stamping

Hello!

Today I have a mani that I wore back in November for my Birthday to show you!

Colors by Llarowe 'Berries in the Snow' is a gorgeous plum holographic, The formula is amazing and this was just 2 easy coats.

For my accent nail I used Painted Polish 'Crunk on Copper' which is a stunning copper holographic microglitter. I used 1 layer and 1 sponged layer for full coverage. 

For the stamping on my pointer finger I used the Bundle Monster Festival Collection plate BMS307 with Fancy Gloss 'A penny for your thoughts' and my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Stamper. I topped it all off with HK Girl Top Coat.

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday

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Today I've got a few weeks worth of Nail Mail to show you!

First up is my order from Nail Polish Direct! I picked up THAT China Glaze and some A England's I'd been after for a while.

I've had so much mail from Rainbow Connection UK! (The Native War Paints, LE Emily de Molly & Femme Fatale I picked up from a destash)

From Left to Right is China Glaze 'Pearl Jammin'', A England 'In Robe & Crown', 'Let Me In' & 'Natasha's Dance', Colors By Llarowe November POTM 'Turning Leaves', Picture Polish 'Holo On Top' & 'Sisters' & Native War Paints 'Ugly Sweater Party'.

I've also brought a Light Box this week and these are the first pictures I've used it for. I think it's going to take me a while to find an angle and lighting set up I like but it's a big improvement on the dull lighting we are getting in the UK at the moment from the constant rain and dark mornings & nights! Any tips are much appreciated!

From Left to Right is Emily de Molly 'Before the Storm', 'From Out of Nowhere', 'Gazing Upwards', 'Melt Down', 'Sweet Jumps', 'All the Feelings', 'Emmy' & 'LE43', ILNP 'La Catedral', Femme Fatale 'Two Days Wrong' & Emily de Molly Stamping Polish 'Pink/Orange Duochrome'.

Last week it was my birthday and I asked for a big Picture Polish Haul as a present! All from Rainbow Connection!

From Left to Right is Picture Polish '2001', 'Alice', 'Chance', 'Copperfield', 'Holosphere', 'Meow', 'Merge', 'Mishap', 'Orchid', 'Remember', 'Salt Water', 'Spring', 'Story', 'Sunflower' & 'Trouble'.

I also picked up from Rainbow Connection UK this gorgeous Bundle Monster Stamping Plate Holder. It's currently holding my Bundle Monster, Emily de Molly XL, Sugar Bubbles, Delush Polish, Creative Shop & Hehe XL Stamping Plates! (Note - The older Hehe Superhero Stamping Plates are a bit wider and didn't fit)

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Cirque Colors 'Sin City' & Helios' Nail Art

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Today I have some Nail Art to show you using Cirque Colors 'Sin City' from the new Vice 2016 Collection & 'Helios'.

'Sin City' was such a difficult colour to photograph. It kept coming out orange so I've colour corrected it as best I can. 

This was just two coats of 'Sin City' and one coat of 'Helios' plus one sponged layer. Both formulas were excellent as I've come to expect from Cirque!

I stamped the chevron design using Bundle Monster Blogger Collaboration Plate 'BM-XL-201'. I used my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Clear Stamper to make sure the design went on straight and my new white Emily de Molly stamping polish. Everything worked really well. I topped it all off with HK Girl top coat.

I love how bright these nails are and they are perfect for summer!

What do you think? 

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Colors by Llarowe 'Helen' 'The Secret Life of Pets' Nails with Bundle Monster Stamping

Hello!

Sorry I've been absent this week. Life is very hectic at the moment and while uni is out for the summer I'm working 5 days a week so my usual Monday blog prep time isn't happening! Boo!

A couple of weeks ago I went to go and see the film 'The Secret Life of Pets'. As the owner of one very spoilt dog (who often gives her an inner monologue of my own creation) I thought I'd do some themed nails for the occasion.

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My base is Colors by Llarowe 'Helen' from the Spring 2016 Collection. It's a beautiful turquoise sky blue with pink to gold shimmer. This was just two easy coats and the formula was excellent.

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For the stamping I used Bundle Monster stamping plates BMS159 & BMS160 from the Fuzzy & Ferocious set. 

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I used my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo stamper and my Black Konad Stamping Polish. I topped it all off with HK Girl Top Coat which unfortunately smudged the design a little bit but nothing too drastic!    

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I really love these designs and will definitely do some more dog themed nails in the future!

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This is my dog Pixie, she obviously approves of these nails but would rather I was playing ball with her than painting them!

All these products except the Konad stamping polish are available at the wonderful Rainbow Connection UK!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

X Men Apocalypse Nails featuring ILNP 'First Class' & Foxy Paws Polish 'Black Hole Sun' PLUS Fab Ur Nails 'Clear Jumbo Stamper' Review & Clean Up Brush Update!

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Phew, that's a long title isn't it!? Lots of stuff to show you!

Today I've got my nails that I designed to celebrate the release of 'X Men Apocalypse' that I went to see last weekend. I really enjoyed the film. We've been spoiled this month with Superhero films, especially with Suicide Squad & Dr Strange still to come. (So much excite!!!!!) I also just finished watching Daredevil Season 2 which was so good and I loved the Punisher (though he was still Shane from The Walking Dead for me for the first few episodes)! Anyway onto the nails before I start geek rambling! (Very much a thing) Don't even get me started on this weeks Game of Thrones!!!! Oh my heart!

Thinking about the design I knew I wanted to incorporate the X from X men and also wanted a black & silver theme to match the X men chrome vibe they have going on at the moment. (and last time I did blue & yellow so thought I'd change it up a bit!)

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I love love love how these turned out!

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For my silver base polish I used ILNP 'First Class' (Obviously perfect for X men) which is a gorgeous holographic silver flakie polish from the ILNP Ultra Metallics collection. Application was very good and I used three coats.

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For my black base polish I used Foxy Paws Polish 'Black Hole Sun' which is a gorgeous black holographic polish. I love this formula and I needed just two super easy coats.

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For the X design I used the Bundle Monster blogger collaboration plate with elleandish 'BM-XL201'.

For the stamping I used Color Alike 'Silver King' & Konad Black Stamping Polish which both worked wonderfully. I also used my latex barrier 'Zap' from Rainbow Connection UK to speed up clean up.

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I also tried my Fab Ur Nails 'Clear Jumbo Stamper' for the first time so my X's came out straight. It worked perfectly! I used a rolling motion to pick up and then pressed the stamper directly down onto my nail for stamping the image while looking through the hollow holder and clear stamper head. Thanks to it being jumbo and fairly squishy compared to other clear stampers, when pressed directly down onto the nail it wrapped around my very curvy nail no problem and the image was perfect every time! A-MAZ-ING! I'm so pleased with this stamper and I'm getting the hang of looking through the stamper onto my nail now and knowing when to press etc...

I topped it all off with a coat of HK Girl top coat.

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I really think these nails looked so striking and all the tools worked wonderfully.

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I said here that I'd give you an update on my Fab Ur Nails Clean Up Brush after a few months. It's still just like new! So pleased with it!

Apart from the Foxy Paws Polish & Konad Stamping polish (which can be found on their own respective websites) all of this is available from Rainbow Connection UK!

What do you think? Have you seen X men yet? Did you like it? What are you geeking out over at the moment? (Nail Polish Included!) Let me know in the comments!

I'm also still unsure about the new picture size so please let me know what you think if you view my blog on the computer.

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx