Replacement!

Look what came today...

...replacement for yesterday's mess! Have to say ASOS have redeemed themselves with their customer service and fast delivery, shame the packaging was still a little inadequate and the risk of breakages still very high. They need to start securing them so they're not tumbling around in a large box or wrap them individually so that if one breaks it doesn't ruin the others!

Can you guess what I got?!

Disaster!!

Look at this mess that arrived from ASOS...

Limited Edition!

Here's a mani inspired by a design on a limited edition bottle of Boots No. 7 nail polish.


For my first attempt at a 'splatter' design I don't think it went too badly.

I used:

Astor Lacque Deluxe - VIP white
Boots No. 7 Stay Perfect - Totally Teal
Noots No. 7 Stay Perfect - Sugar (limited edition)
OPI - Suzi says feng shui
Seche Vite _ Dry Fast Top Coat
Very small dotting tool

My hands and cuticles are so dry at the moment (they don't look too bad in the photos because I drowned them in cuticle oil) because I'm on clinical placement but hopefully they'll recover during the summer holidays!! Two more week woohooo

Silver Holographics Comparison

I thought I'd do a quick comparison for you of all the silver holographic polishes I own.

Direct sunlight

Direct sunlight
Index: M&S- Rainbow, reviewed this in an earlier post. Easy to apply even without special base coat.
Middle: Sally Hansen Nail Prisms - Diamond - particles very fine, polish quite sheer so you will need a zillion coats. I expected more punch from this polish. Doesn't dry fast or well, has weird rubbery squishy feel like it's not dried properly. Can easily leave a mark.
Ring: China Glaze - OMG - Pain to apply without base coat but very holographic
Little finger: GOSH - Holographic - Best of the bunch but need base coat for best application. Dries fast to give foil finish. Need I say more (unless you want me to).
Thumb: Milani - HD - Quite chunky particles, more inline with CG Kaleidoscope polishes. Dries with that rubbery squishy feel like SH.

Indirect sunlight SH has a more gold tone to the silver, the rest are your typical silver. I think the silver is really ugly when it's not all holographic.

Availability: GOSH fix base and holographic can still be found in some Superdrug stores, not ones in big cities though. China Glaze OMG and Sally Hansen Diamond available on eBay at silly prices. M&S(UK) and Milani (US) still widely available.

Attempt number one

I had a quick go at doing the Mondrian mani, what do you think?
I have never used nail stripers before so my lines are a bit wobbly but I'm happy with the results. Perhaps someone would be kind enough to tell me how I get perfect lines?