Cirque Colors 'Halcyon' Swatch & Review

Hello!,

Today I have the super popular Cirque Colors 'Halcyon' to show you,

I've worn this many times before but not in a full mani, When Cirque said it was returning this year I braved a full mani as I could buy a back up bottle of this gem! 

'Halcyon' is a stunning rose gold metallic flakie polish. This is just 2 super easy coats and HK Girl Top Coat.

The formula is fab and this polish brings me such joy whenever I wear it. It's stunning!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

I've got this weeks haul to show you today.

First up my Rainbow Connection UK order.

From Left to Right Illyrian Polish 'Demogorgon', 'Eleven', 'Gold Lion', 'Love Gun' & 'The Upside Down', Cirque Colors 'Ambrosia' & 'Idyllic' & Painted Polish 'Feasts & Football' & 'Parades & Pumpkin Pie'.

I also got the new Uber Chic 'Christmas 02' and 'Who Gives a Hoot' Stamping Plates from Nail Artisan UK.

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 & Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Heart Wound' Comparison

Hello,

Just a short post from me today,

This week I received some Nail Mail from Rainbow Connection UK. 

From Left to Right is Cirque Colors 'High Roller' & Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Heart Wound'.

I recently wrote a post about Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Loves Wound'. You can read it here.

This is the updated comparison to include 'Heart Wound'.

From Left to Right is 'Heart Wound', 'Loves Wound' Faded, Unfaded & Reformulated.

'Heart Wound' definitely seems more coral leaning probably because it's faded more as Australia is much hotter than the UK. I'm glad I decided to pick it up.

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Cirque Colors 'Sin City' & Helios' Nail Art

Hello,

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

1 Year Blogiversary !!!!

Hello!

Tuesday marked my 1 year Blogiversary! The year has flown by and as I'm about to click publish on my 89th post I can look back and know that I've definitely learnt a lot this year from the blogiverse I now cohabit with all the other amazing bloggers. I really feel like I'm progressing with my pictures & content and am excited for the next year!

To celebrate I've gathered together my top 5 most liked Instagram manis since I've started blogging.

Number 5 is my ILNP 'Ski Lodge' mani with stamping. I really loved these nails and you can't go wrong with ILNP!

Number 4 is my The Walking Dead nails from this years Walker Stalker Con. I'm so glad you all loved these as much as I did. Is it October yet!?

Number 3 is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Saturnalia'. I'm so glad Femme made it into the Top 5 as they're definitely my favourite brand!

Number 2 is my mermaid nails featuring Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Jewels from the Deep' . I think this is my personal favourite mani from the year and definitely my favourite photo this year. 

Number 1 is my Colors by Llarowe 'Lotus' & Cirque Colors 'Halcyon' Nail Art mani. I love these two polishes together and this definitely marked a nail vinyl break through!

 I'd love to know which mani / blog post you liked the most this year! Let me know in the comments!

Thank you so much to everyone that reads my blog and leaves me likes and comments all across social media! It still boggles my mind that anyone would spend the time to look at my work in my little space on the internet!

As always thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

I've got lots of gorgeous polishes to show you today.

I've had two lots of Nail Mail from Rainbow Connection UK this week.

First up is this very summery selection including my picks from the new Cirque Colors Vice Collection 2016.

From Left to Right is Colors by Llarowe 'Everyday is Special' (RC Store Exclusive, it has a gorgeous pink shimmer that I couldn't pick up here) 'Hillbilly Harlot' & Cirque Colors 'Electric Daisy', 'Plastik' & ' Sin City'  

I also picked up the new smaller Fab Ur Nails Brush after the success of my larger one. Can't wait to start using this for the smaller detail clean ups! Also how amazing is the new Rainbow Connection UK business card! 

My second parcel contained some much sought after polishes. Rainbow Connection UK also have a monthly Indie polish box called Paint the Rainbow UK which has some amazing polishes and makers each month. Because my collection is so huge I always find I have polishes already similar to some of them and so can't justify buying the box for one polish etc... This week Annette split up the left over boxes from this year and sold the extra polishes for charity! I was super excited and managed to nab these three I'd been super sad to not get my hands on. 

From Left to Right is Colors by Llarowe 'Cherry Blossoms', Emily de Molly 'Goodie two shoes?' & Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Pierrot' 

I also had a big surprise this weekend when my ILNP order arrived! I was brought an ILNP voucher for Christmas and finally got to use it for my picks from the ILNP Summer 2016 collection plus some other ILNP I'd been after for a while.

I adore the ILNP packaging so thought I'd include some pictures!

From Left to Right is ILNP 'Lilac Bridges', 'Private Cabana', 'Pucker Up', 'That Other Girl', 'The Boulevard', 'Cameo', 'Champagne Blush', 'Flower Girl', 'Hush' & 'Showtime'.

I can't wait to use these. Have you got any favourites? All of these polishes are available from Rainbow Connection UK. I normally get my ILNP from Rainbow Connection UK but didn't this time around because I had my voucher to spend!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx