Lori - Deviant Potions

Here's another mani using a Deviant Potions creation, this time it was Lori's turn.

Lori is a stunning holographic top coat.

I used 1 of Lori over a coat over Sinful Colors Let's Talk. Then I taped out a design originally done by the uber talented Cassondra Faye and added a coat of black polish. And this was the result once the tape was removed.

My camera almost exploded trying to capture the stunning holo glow of these polishes together. Just beautiful!

Macro Shot

Chevron-y Wonderment!

Hidy Hi Campers!

This mani was my first successful Bestie Twin Nail collaberation. I worked with the lovely Maja and we did our take on a design originally by A Thousand Nails.

This mani was a total brain bender involving numerous coats of polish, quick dry top coat and 2 kinds of tape, but I kind love it because it was such hard work.

I used Barry M Matte White, OPI by Sephora Frankly I Don't Give A-dam and Sinful Colors Back to Black, with a random glitter topper over the white.

It's not perfect, but it's mine haha

Blood Spatter - Deviant Potions: Another Halloween Mani

Hola Chicas,

I am fully in the Halloween mood now and I'm also a massive The Walking Dead fan, so I was eagerly awaiting the UK premier of the new series.

I'd ordered a couple of polishes Deviant Potions "Walking Dead" collection and was hoping they'd arrive in time for the premier, and they did!

Blood Spatter is an off white crelly with different sized matte and holo red glitters. Formula was a dream to work with and I used 3 coats as my base for this dripping blood mani.

 

Right Hand

Left Hand

I wanted a dark, congealed blood effect rather than a bright fresh blood, and to achieve this is used Nails Inc Victoria, which is a luscious, deep purpley-red jelly.

Thumb

I used my double-ended dotting tool dipped in the polish to create the drips of blood.

I topped it all with a coat of HK Girl top coat, and Bob's your uncle!!!!

I had such fun doing this mani and got lots of comments on it, even the Hubs said he thought it was pretty cool, and that's unheard of lol.

Flushed - Ethereal Lacquer: Another mani for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Hi Everyone,

After experiencing an absolutely epic nail fail whilst attempting a twin nails mani with my new Instagram chica Maja (@majsran) I decided I needed a nice, simple mani. So I swatched one of my new purchases from Ethereal Lacquer which I purchased from Rainbow Connection UK.

This is Flushed.

Flushed is a sheer, soft pink polish with the most beautiful rose gold shimmer. This is 3 normal coats topped with 1 coat of HK Girl top coat.

For the feature nail I did a base of Barry M Silver Pink and then 2 thick coats of Flushed over 3 pieces of tape. I removed the tape, topped with 2 coats of HK Girl and added a little diamante purchased from the Born Pretty Store.

This mani is so feminine and pretty. A little more girlie than my usual style but perfect for my support of Breast Cancer Awareness during October.

Swirling Mist - Halloween Mani

Me again!

I'm on a roll today aren't I.

I love Halloween and I've been playing round with some ideas and looking for inspiration for manis that aren't the usual ghost/vamp/pumpkin type nail art.

As I was scrolling through my Instagram feed a few weeks ago I came across a stunning mani that I knew I had to try and recreate. This doesn't happen very often as I prefer to try to come up with my own designs, rather than out-and-out copying someone else's, but I fell in love instantly with this one by Chalkboardnails.

On a base of Sinful Colors Back to Black I used the acetone water colour method on Barry M Matte White to create the smoke effect. I'd never tried this method before so I used this tutorial on YouTube to see how to do it.

This is how my first attempt turned out. It reminds me of swirling mists or smoke.

 I love this so much and I'm so glad with how it turned out considering it was my first attempt! I can't wait to try the effect with different colour combinations.

HK Girl Top Coat

Hola chicas,

Like everyone in the nail community, I am constantly searching for the elusive perfect topcoat. It needs to be fast drying, long lasting and super shiny, it needs to smooth my glitters without taking 5 coats and not smudge my nail art. I'm not asking for much am I lol.

Well, I think I may have finally found my superstar. My little lovelies, I am pleased to introduce to you...HK Girl!

LOOK AT THAT SHINE!!!!

I am in love with this topcoat. Pictured here over Sinful Colors Back to Black, this is 1 coat only. I wore this with Haunt for 4 days and had no chips and no tip wear which was fantastic considering I cooked, cleaned and typed daily. It also smooths even the chunkiest of glitters. 

It's an indie polish produced by a lovely lady called Jill and she really has a stellar product on her hands. It is also available in several different sizes,  go check out her site Glisten & Glow for more information. UK Ladies, you can get your hands on HK Girl from Rainbow Connection UK, along with tons of other amazing indie polishes.

Haunt - Ethereal Lacquer

Hi All,

Ethereal Lacquer are an indie nail polish maker producing 3-free, vegan friendly polishes. I've been following them on Instagram for quite a while and have always lusted after their colours, but until recently they didn't ship to the UK so I just had to admire from a far. Then, in September, a fabulous indie polish distributor Rainbow Connection UK moved to the UK and opened up the world of indie polishes for me.

I purchased a couple of Ethereal Lacquers and today's review is of Haunt, a perfectly named polish for Halloween.

3 Coats - Warm

Haunt is a purple jellie with light blue flakies, blue shimmer and crushed pearls. It is a thermal polish that transitions from mid purple when warm to dark purple when cold. The change is quite subtle and my camera just refused to show the change.

This is such a beautiful polish, even without the colour change. The picture shows 3 coats topped with HK Girl top coat. The formula is really easy to work with, very sheer but easily buildable for depth, and it really is haunting.

Head on over to Ethereal Lacquer to have a look at their full range, including the newly released Wychwood Collection.