Krackle Queen

This design started when I decided that I wanted to wear the same nail polish on my last day as I did to my job interview (christmas temp work) and painted all my nails with 3 coats of Rimmel Metal Rush in Pearly Queen, still LOVE it :) See the full post about this polish here.

I then just couldn't wait to try out one of my new polishes, my first Krackle top coat, it was a christmas gift from my mum. It is by a brand called toma, which I am unfamiliar with, called Krackle nail lacquer in TMK11 Mauve. I was only going to do one accent nail on each hand, but liked the effect so much I added another. I find that the purple colour of the krackle polish really complements the purple tones in the metal polish, but also contrasts well with it when it appears more golden.

Here are the photo's, again pearly queen has proved to be tricky to photograph well, but you get the idea :)

Really love how this has turned out, will definitely be using more crackle polishes in the future :)

Bye for now, S x

Christmas Glitter Nails

I know, I know, I have been a terrible blogger lately, what with lack of photoshop, christmas, winter sickness bug and my job I have been hard pushed to find time to blog. Rest assured that I still had time to paint and photograph my nails for you though, so they will appear in good time :)

First of all I thought I would show you the nails that I chose for christmas day. They stayed on a lot longer than that though, as there was so much glitter I put off removing them for a while! I had trouble deciding what to do for my christmas nails, but since I was working so many hours, and with my christmas preperations underway, I didn't have much time for fancy nail art. Eventually I decided on some super glittery nails, and figured I would face the consequences (nightmarish removal) later!

I ended up using a base colour of Models Own Indian Ocean, a sort of pale shimmery slightly holographic icy blue. I followed this with a layer of Radiance by Revlon, a stunning polish with chunky blue glitter, fine blue and silver glitter and green micro glitter. Next was Models Own in Snowflakes, a clear polish with flakes of a shiny silvery holographic type of glitter. Finally I added my Stargazer Red Glitter, to make it a little more festive, and finished with a top coat.

Now unfortunately these photo's don't quite do it justice, it was super shiny and sparkly and awesome in reality, totally worth the hassle of removing all that glitter! Anyway, here they are -

Aah I do miss them! That much glitter is only for special occasions though, until I buy some PVA glue to test out the peelable base coat theory that is :)

Blog you soon, honest ;) S x

I'm Back!

I'm sorry I've been quiet the last couple of weeks, I've been so busy with my new job and preparing for christmas my blog has had to take a back seat :( I have however been photographing all of my nail polishes between then and now, just have a lot of work to do sorting out all the pics!

Anyhow my christmas preparations are almost complete, and it is my day off today, so after doing my last bit of wrapping, I intend to sit down and compose blog posts for every mani I have worn in the last 2 weeks, so they are ready to post on days when I have been busy at work and don't feel like typing much!

In my job I'm only really allowed natural colour nail polish so unfortunately there isn't much mad nail art etc, however, it was a good excuse to buy some more nail polishes, yey :)

Hope everyone is feeling as festive as I am,

Blog you later, S x

Purple Puddings...?

So, I got a little bored of Purple Reign by itself, so decided to experiment with a bit of nail art. I just wanted to do a dripping design, but the colours I chose ended up looking quite christmassy! I think they look like little christmas tree baubles, but my boyfriend says they look like purple christmas puddings! I'll have to remember this one for nearer christmas, and do it again in christmas pudding colours :)

I used Constance Carroll Diamond Gloss in 248 Diamond over Rimmel Metal Rush in 80 Purple Reign and this is what I came up with -

I was trying to capture the different shades in the purple as well as the shininess of the silver :) I created this look using a large dotting tool for the tops of the nail and the ends of the drips, then connecting the 2 parts using a small dotting tool. It was an easy look to create, and I think it is quite cute and fun :) I am so pleased with this silver, it came from a bargain bucket at less than £1, and it is so shiny and really easy to work with.

If I remember closer to christmas, I will use this technique as a base for a christmas pudding design, should be fun!

Cherio for now, S x

Another Metal Rush

So, I was going out for a meal with my boyfriend and his friends from Ju Jitsu, and quickly decided it was a perfect excuse to try our the other Rimmel Metal Rush polish that I bought the other day, after how in love with Pearly Queen I was. This colour is 80 Purple Reign, it is beautiful, but I still prefer Pearly Queen!

This one is quite a bright purple with just a hint of gold, it doesn't have nearly as much variation in colour as Pearly Queen does, but it is still really shiny and pretty, and being a brighter colour, is ideal if you are going for a more striking look.

This is 2 coats, over base coat and hardener -

It's pretty huh? As with all Rimmel polishes I have used I was impressed with the ease of application, and how quickly it dried :) this is another one that is striking enough to wear as it is, and this is how I wore it out for dinner, It didn't receive as much interest/compliments as Pearly Queen did, but I still loved wearing it.

Bye for now, S x

My First Day

So, for my first day in my new job I wanted a subtle look again, I am so happy to once again be in a job that allows nail polish, that I don't want to push my luck with extravagant nail art and such like just yet!

Anyway, after a little while pondering, I eventually settled on one of the colours from the fcuk gift set I got for christmas last year. The colour is called Soft Pearl. In the bottle it just looks like a creamy peachy colour, pretty near the same colour as a peach yoghurt! I didn't think to take a photo of the bottle, sorry.

The best way I can describe how it looked on my nails is sort of like a french pink, but peach instead of pink. Just a really shiny finish with a hint of colour -

I think it is quite pretty, although the actual polish was not my favourite to use, it was quite sticky, and on a couple of nails strands from the brush got left behind. I had to use 2 thick coats, and it took forever to dry as well. I do like the finished look though, and I feel that this colour would be ideal for doing nail art over, if it wasn't so tedious to apply.

Until next time, S x

New Favourite Polish... (maybe)

So this post is about the Rimmel Metal Rush polish in 100 Pearly Queen. I was looking for something subtle yet eye catching to wear to my job interview on Tuesday, and thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try out Pearly Queen, and am happy to say that I absolutely LOVE it. It is so shimmery, with hints of silver, gold, pink and green, though I'm not sure if I managed to capture these at their best in the following photographs.

I have photographed what 1 coat, 2 coats and 3 coats of this polish look like, to show you that you can easily wear it any of these ways, with quite a different effect for each.

1 coat of this polish just gives a subtle shimmery look -

(This is over base coat and hardener) as you can see this does not provide an opaque finish, but it still adds a pretty, shimmery look if you only wanted a subtle look. Whilst I have not captured the full range of colours in the above photos, they are all still present even with one coat.

2 coats results in an almost opaque look -

I was happy with my nails just like this, but added a 3rd coat anyway just to see how it would look -

This nail polish is awesome, it looks different under different lighting, it looks really awesome in the dark under a street light or something, it's just so shiny! I loved it so much I didn't even want to do any nail art over it, and wore it until it started chipping. This nail polish was fast drying, easy to apply (I love the big brush in Rimmel polishes) and pretty hard wearing! It took 3 days before there were any noticeable chips!

All in all, very happy with this polish, and I'm sure I will be wearing it lots in the future, especially when I want really dazzling nails but don't have time to do nail art. Also, I GOT THE JOB!!

Blog you soon, S x