Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Morning Glory' and Cirque Colors 'Cerrillos'

Hello and Happy Easter!

My manis are steadily moving into Spring colours now and today I have a very bright set of nails to show you.

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Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Morning Glory' was a COTM for January 2016. I think it's still available from some stockists but you'll have to be quick! It's a beautiful pastel pistachio green with turquoise shimmer in the famous Femme Fatale duo finish. I love the silky effect these polishes have. This was three easy coats though most people could get away with two. I'm not going to lie, I nearly didn't get this as I didn't think it would suit me but I knew I'd get that 'not buying nail polish' regret. (That's a thing right?!) and I'm very glad I have it as it ended up looking very pretty, the shimmer is beautiful.

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Natural Daylight with Flash (mmmm the holo!)

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I paired it with Cirque Colors 'Cerrillos' which is a gorgeous rainbowy turquoise holo. This was just two coats. The formula of all Cirque polishes are always so perfect! Super creamy and easy to control. I picked this as it went well with the turquoise shimmer from 'Morning Glory'.

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For the stamping I used Hehe Stamping plate Fairytale 001. I stamped with Cirque Colors 'Cerrillos' as the formula is so opaque I didn't have any trouble using it for stamping. I used my Fab Ur Nails Clear Jelly Stamper for stamping as I needed to control the placement of the image. I've wanted to use this image for ages and now I have the Clear stamper to help with getting it straight I was able to. I'm still getting used to this technique of looking down the stamper onto the nail. Sometimes I forget and use it like a normal stamper and hence why some of the designs look a bit wonky! Very much user error! It picked up very well and I was still happy with how these turned out. All topped off with HK Girl top coat.

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What do you think of the colour combo? Are you getting into the swing of the spring palette yet?

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

ILNP 'Ski Lodge' and 'Empire' featuring Hehe Stamping

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Still no Nail Mail (Double Boo!) but today I do have some beautiful ILNP polishes to show you.

 

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Indoor Lighting, With Flash

ILNP 'Ski Lodge' is a gorgeous forest green. This is part of the ILNP Winter 2015 collection. It has so much depth and is so sparkly. It really is like having a forest on your nails, you know those gorgeous pine ones you see in pictures with mist and snowy backdrops. This was three easy coats.

Indoor Lighting, With Flash

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I paired it with ILNP 'Empire' as an accent nail. ILNP 'Ski Lodge' has some gold micro flakes in it so this was immediately what I reached for. This is part of the ILNP Holiday 2015 collection and also has the ILNP Precious Metals finish which I just can't get enough of. It's a beautiful pale gold with silver flakies and holo. This was so sparkly as well. This was just three easy coats.

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Indoor Lighting

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For my stamping I used Hehe Stamping plate 005 from the Superheroes plus collection. I really like these geometric lines and felt it wasn't so much that it would take away from the beautiful 'Ski Lodge'. I used my Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Stamper and Coloralike 'Golden Queen' Stamping polish to stamp with. This was my first time with 'Golden Queen' and it was perfection!

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Indoor Lighting, With Flash

It was all topped off with HK Girl Top Coat. These nails were so sparkly I kept finding myself staring at them. ILNP really do make some amazing polishes! What do you think?

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Mermaid Nails featuring Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Jewels from the Deep'

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I have my first Mermaid nails to show you today! This is a nail art I've always wanted to try and when I reached for Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Jewels from the Deep' I knew today would be the day!

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'Jewels from the Deep' is a gorgeous mix of blue, teal, turquoise and green flakies and green microglitter in a tinted blue shimmer base. (So Complex!) It creates this gorgeous sea on your nails and the name is so fitting! It's from the Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Midsummer Nights Dream' collection. It has a gorgeous green to blue shift in different lighting thanks to the flakies. It's simply beautiful. This was three easy coats.

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Indoor Lighting with Flash

For my mermaid nail art I used Hehe stamping plate 005 from their core collection for the scale design. I stamped with Color Alike 'Silver King' stamping polish. I purchased this recently along with all the other Color Alike stamping polishes through the Etsy shop 'B. Loves Plates'. They have a huge range of the Color Alike stamping polishes as well as their own stamping plates and stampers. Well worth a look! As my first try with these stamping polishes I was super impressed. I'm looking forward to trying out the rest of my purchases and stamping in more than black and white! Hooray!  

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Indoor Lighting with Flash

I used my new Fab Ur Nails Clear Jelly Stamper to stamp with as I wanted my Scales to be straight. I was so happy with how these turned out and hopefully this will be the end of my wonky stamping! I did a mini review of the stamper in my Nail Mail Monday post here. As you can see the results were fantastic. It picked up really well and I didn't have any issues.

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Natural Daylight with Flash

I then added some studs that I purchased from Emily de Molly. Hayley does a whole host of different studs and ships them worldwide. I used some clear polish to stick them on. This is all topped off with HK Girl Top Coat. I am so impressed that I didn't loose one stud in the whole week plus I wore these.

I hope you love these as much as I do! What do you think of the new shorties by the way? Let me know in the comments!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Snowflake Nails featuring Cirque Colors 'Halcyon'

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Today I have one of the most beautiful polishes I own to date to show you. As many of you will know I have a big weakness for rose gold. So when I first laid eyes on Cirque Colors 'Halcyon' I knew I had to have it. It's a beautiful rose gold foil with perfect formula and coverage. For my accent nails I used just two coats. As it's winter (and during this time I become obsessed with snowflake manis!) I decided to test out it's stamping abilities as well with some snowflake stamping designs. It's such a perfect polish for Christmas time!

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For my white base I used Fancy Gloss 'Snow Queen'. This was two coats. It was my first time using it and although it was super good for coverage for a white creme it was a little on the thick side so I may add some thinner in the future. I'm not super neat when it comes to doing my nails so much cleaning was required as the formula was a bit tricky! Still a fantastic white creme for a base though as the opacity is excellent.

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Indoor Lighting with Flash

For the stamping I used a mixture of designs from MoYou London 'Festive 03' which is a plate dedicated to snowflakes (LOVE!) and Hehe Stamping Plate 'Fairytale 003' from their latest fairytale collection. The Hehe snowflake designs are so beautiful and elegant on this plate. I used my Fab Ur Nails Stamper and 'Halcyon' to stamp with. It stamped very well considering it's a foil.

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Indoor Lighting with Flash

I also topped the whole design off with ILNP 'My Private Rainbow (X)' from their latest Winter collection. I can see myself using it for every mani I do now! It's so pretty and adds a beautiful subtle sparkle that really topped the mani off. I also topped it all off with HK Girl Top Coat.

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I love love love these nails. The Snowflakes were super hard to photograph but take my word for it that they were super pretty!

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I got my Cirque Colors 'Halcyon' from Rainbow Connection UK. It's Limited Edition so be speedy if you want to get this gorgeous polish. I may have to get a back up bottle!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Firework Nails

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Today I've got some Firework Nails to show you that I did to celebrate Bonfire night here in the UK. I really love this time of year. I went to a Firework display on Sunday and was inspired to create these nails. All the pictures were taken indoors with flash as the sun doesn't want to come out and play very much at the moment!

I used ILNP 'Missed Calls' for my base. This is a black Ultraholo and is so sparkly! I only needed two easy coats. 

For the stamping I used MoYou London Festive plate 05 and Hehe stamping plate 049. Both are really good quality and I didn't have any problems with them. I used various firework patterns from each plate to make the mani a bit more random and interesting.

For the stamping I used all of the Models Own Colour Chrome collection. These polishes are so great for stamping as they are super opaque. They dry fairly fast so that's the only thing to keep in mind. I didn't find I had to rush though.

I also used various Virtuous polish polishes from their Women of Valor and Paradise collection for the second layer of stamping. Again these are super opaque and really great for stamping. They are now discontinued but I think Rainbow Connection UK may still have a few left in the sale! I love the bright colours.

I used my Creative shop stamper as usual and added a coat of HK Girl top coat to add gloss.

I really like how these turned out. I was also very happy with how well all the polishes stamped as I really didn't have any problems with the whole process which is rare for me while doing a full stamping mani. Progress!

Here's a macro of my thumbs, I think these are my favourite out of the whole mani.

I really like my pointer on this hand as well.

These are a couple of pictures from the display I went to at the weekend!

Do you enjoy this time of year or are you already missing the sunshine?

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day and a safe Bonfire night!

Helen xx

'Arrow' & 'The Flash' Nails using 'Picture Polish' & 'Models Own'

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Today I'm back with some themed nails for the return of DC's 'Arrow' & 'The Flash' to our TV Screens. I binged on these this summer and am now all caught up and ready for the next seasons! I do love a superhero TV Show / Film / Anything!

I used a mixture of Models Own and Picture Polish polishes for these and some stamping plates. More info below!

We have had no sun these past couple of days so all these pictures are indoor lighting with 'Flash'......!

'The Flash'.

This is Picture Polish 'O'hara' with Models Own Hypergel 'Red Lustre' on the stamped nails. Both three easy coats. Both were lovely formulas and I love the scatter holo in 'O'hara'.

I stamped with my Creative shop stamper and used 'BK Matte White' polish from the born pretty store. I used MoYou London stamping plate 'Sci Fi 08' for the atoms and free handed the Flash symbol with 'BK Matte White' and Avon Metallics 'Gold Leaf'. I also filled in the atom middles with the same gold. 

The atoms were to symbolise 'Star Labs' who help the Flash to ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM! 

MoYou London make really great stamping plates; and sooooo many designs, if you haven't already, check them out.

'Arrow'.

This is Picture Polish 'Kryptonite' with Models Own Hypergel 'Ebony Green' on the stamped nails. Both two easy coats. Again with the scatter holo. So pretty!

I stamped with my Creative shop stamper and used 'BK Matte White' polish from the born pretty store. I used MoYou London stamping plate 'Sci Fi 06' for the binary code and Hehe stamping plate 'Superhero 006' for the arrows, I dry brushed some Avon Metallics 'Platinum Petal' under the binary and used it to add silver heads to the arrows as well. 

The Binary was to symbolise the lovely Felicity who is the Arrow's computer whizz! 

Hehe stamping plates are also really good plates and they have a lovely Superhero collection as well as some Studio Ghibli plates and recently a Fairytale collection. They have plus size and normal round plates so there's something for everyone!

I used HK Girl topcoat and Zap from Rainbow Connection UK for easy clean up after stamping.

Are there any TV shows your looking forward to this Autumn? I have so many to watch!! My next mani I expect will be The Walking Dead themed! (Be still my beating heart !!!!)

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx