Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

I've got my latest Femme Fatale beauties to show you today plus some goodies from RC & Polish Molish.

My latest Femme Fatale Haul consists of their new 'Little Mermaid' Collection, The 'Beauty & the Beast Valentine's trio' and the COTM's.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale 'Among Daughters of Air', 'An Immortal Soul', 'Built with Shipwrecked Bones', 'Dominion of the Sea Witch', 'Glittering Draught', 'Pride Must Suffer Pain (Thermal)', 'Stars of Heaven Falling', 'The Fallen Statue' & 'The Mermaid's Tail'.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale 'Frost Quake', 'Icicle Vale', 'Castle of the Beast', 'Promise of a Rose', 'Pure of Heart' & 'We're all just Stardust'.

More Goodies!

From Left to Right is Illyrian Polish 'Fire Pixie Dust', Femme Fatale 'Azurehunter', Girly Bits 'I Am Calm!', 'Emily de Molly 'LE 47' & Looks Can Kill', Femme Fatale HHC Exclusives 'Doll Face' & 'Love Bug' & COTM 'Firecracker'.

From Left to Right is Ginger Polish 'Cherry Wine', 'Morning After Party' & 'Tenderly', Painted Polish 'Boogie with the Beast' & Pretty Serious 'Cherry Bomb', 'Enchanting Evergreen' & 'Wicked Wasteland'.

Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see more of!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday - Rainbow Connection UK Haul

Hello!

Today I've got lots of goodies from Rainbow Connection UK to show you.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Sandcrawler', 'Night and Silence' and 'Blue within blue eyes' and ILNP 'Rolling Hills', 'Bulletproof Symphony' and 'Mayfield'

From Left to Right is Pretty Serious 'Sugar Cakes', Colors by Llarowe 'Pretty in Pink', 'Grace-full polish 'Vlad III' and Cirque Colors 'Mint Chip', 'Acid Wash', 'Astra', 'Himalayan Pink' and 'Sani'.

I also brought the new Jumbo Fab Ur Nails Clear stamper. I was a big fan of the Fab Ur Nails Clear Stamper so when I heard they were bringing out a jumbo version I was really excited.

It's fairly firm compared to the original Fab Ur Nails Jumbo Stamper but it's still got a bit of give as you can see above. It's the same firmness as the original clear stamper so I think I'll get on with it fine. 

As you can see it's a really good diameter and definitely big enough even for my talons! Once I've given it a proper test I'll post up a review. 

I also purchased the new Color Alike 'Spring Break' Stamping Polish collection.

From Left to Right is 'Iced Coffee', 'Lemonade', 'Mint', 'Blue Sky', 'Lavender' and 'Sweetheart'

Last but not least I also picked up the new Bundle Monster 'Festival' Collection. Here's the Image taken from the website for a good view of the images. Plus a couple of other plates because of the cute dog images!

I'm excited to get stuck into this haul. Especially all my new stamping paraphernalia! Anything you'd particularly like to see first?

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday & Fab Ur Nails Clean Up Brush Review

Hello!

I've got another haul of Nail Mail to show you today. Enjoy!

My first haul was from my frequented polish sanctuary Rainbow Connection UK.

From Left to Right is Colors by Llarowe 'Helen', 'Pink Lady Stamping Polish' and 'On the Wings of Eagles' and Pretty Serious 'All that Remains' and 'Princess Plutonium'.

The Colors by Llarowe polishes 'Helen' and 'On the Wings of Eagles' are part of the Spring 2016 collection dedicated to Helen who is battling Cancer. Although I don't know Helen personally we are both Rainbow Connection UK frequenters and often interact on Facebook etc... She is always so positive and I was so pleased when Colors by Llarowe announced this collection dedicated to her and her wonderful spirit and love of all things PINK! A portion of the money for these polishes is going to Helen's charity. I've put the lovely words from Leah Ann LaRowe below and the link to Helen's charity. I love it when indie polish makers work with charities.

'There are times in life that we find a person who inspires us.  even though i have never met helen as she lives an ocean away, she is my hero.  i always thought life was just a means to an end and that life was a painful journey with rich rewards at the end.  i was wrong.  helen has shown me that i need to treasure each and every moment here on earth and to live as if tomorrow will never come.  helen finds joy in the smallest moments and even in adversity.  she is and has been battling an illness with grace, dignity and a zest for life i have not seen before.  she reminds me that there are challenges in life that show us what is really important and how to meet those challenges head on and never give up.  my outlook on life has changed dramatically just from knowing this wonderful lady who is as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.  thank god for you helen, it is an honor to be called your friend.  this collection was inspired by your spirit, your heart and your wonderful soul.'

https://www.willowfoundation.org.uk/donate 

I also got the new Fab Ur Nails Clean Up brush with my RC Order this week. 

I tried it out on my last mani and it is excellent. The brush is angled which is really good for working around your nail and the bristles aren't too rigid or too soft so the pressure from the bristles is just right to take off the polish that has gone outside the nail and leaving the nail polish on the nail in place. I've had various clean up brushes this year but none have been great and I kept finding myself going back to an old nail art brush that was very small and less than ideal. This brush is a good size and hopefully it will last well. I'll give you an update in about a month to see how it's fairing with the acetone! So far so good!

I also had my Hypnotic Polish order arrive this week. They're based in the Netherlands and the shipping was super fast. I just got the standard option to the UK which was a good price!

I just had to take a picture of this beautiful packaging!

All these polishes are Hypnotic Store Exclusives. From Left to Right (in the swatch stick picture; cannot believe I muddled them up between pictures, there's only 3!) is Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Ambrosial', 'Emily de Molly 'Chiffon' and 'Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Paramour'. 

More pretties for my collection. Anything you like the look of for a full mani in the next few weeks? Let me know!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday Returns

Hello!

I've finally got some Nail Mail to show you. And quite a lot of it at that!

I've been on the hunt for a back up of my Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Fatal Attraction' for ages now (featured here) and finally I found a bottle at Ninja Polish. Ninja Polish is an indie polish brand from the US that also stocks some other indie polish brands. They're currently doing a lot of clearance of old stock with grab bag offers and lots of old 'vintage' Femme Fatale shades. They did a 5 bottle grab bag offer so I picked up these 5 beauties. Shipping is international and mine shipped super fast. Check the site out here.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Cosmetics - 'Winter Hyacinth', 'Fatal Attraction', 'Mirror of Dawn', 'Ruby Hare' and 'Wickerman Embers'. Beautiful!

Emily de Molly did one of their yearly samples sales this month and I snagged a couple of the gorgeous LE polishes that Hayley made. I also picked up Fancy Sauce which I love.

From Left to Right is Emily de Molly - 'Fancy Sauce', 'LE30' and 'LE24'.

I also got lots of Rainbow Connection UK nail mail this week. Here are the pretties.

From Left to Right is Esmaltes da kelly -  'Fox Fur', 'Haltere', 'Carina' and 'Andromeda'

These are all super holographic and one coaters that stamp beautifully!

From Left to Right is Glam Polish 'Forbode' and 'Hostile', Pretty Serious 'Toxic Tiara', Femme Fatale Cosmetics 'Chrysoprase', Grace-full Polish 'Uluru' and the new Colors by Llarowe Rainbow Connection UK exclusive 'Did the Penny Drop?'

I hope you like these. Any favourites you'd like to see a full mani of? Let me know in the comments!

Hopefully Nail Mail Mondays are now back on schedule! 

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx