Nail Mail Monday

Hello!

Today I've got some Nail Mail to show you,

I picked up these pretties from Rainbow Connection UK last week.

From Left to Rights is Picture Polish 'Free' & 'Mermaid' & Illyrian Polish 'Charming'.

I also picked up this Creative Shop stamping plate. Such fun designs!

I couldn't resist the new UberChic Unicorn stamping plate from Nail Artisan. So cute!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday

Hello,

Today I've got lots of Femme Fatale Store exclusives to show you and a haul from Rainbow Connection UK.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale Store exclusives for Shiro Cosmetics 'Crystalline Cage' & 'Dreaming Awake', Rainbow Connection UK 'Fontanne' & 'Hyacinth Wisp (Thermal), Nailland 'Golden Age' & 'Sea Shepard' & Beauty so Fly 'Insidious'.

I also picked up some of the polishes missing from my collection in some destashes!

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale 'Embercrush', 'Andromeda (Thermal)' & 'Moonweave'

My Rainbow Connection UK Haul was packed with Holo this week!

From Left to Right is ILNP 'Aria', 'The Magician' (Over Black) & 'Rosewater', Painted Polish '2017' & 'Haute Parisian Nights' & Superchic Lacquer 'Powder Burn'

I love all my new pretties!

Thanks for visiting,

Have a lovely day,

Helen xx

Nail Mail Monday

Hello,

Femme Fatale goodies for today's Nail Mail Monday.

These are the new gorgeous Rainbow Connection UK store exclusives.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale 'Odelette (Thermal)' & 'Laverna'

These are the new stunning Hypnotic Polish store exclusives.

From Left to Right is Femme Fatale 'Pearl Droplets' & 'Rockpool Whorl '

Femme Fatale can do no wrong. These are so beautiful!

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 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

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

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

Hello!

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