Ludurana Arco-Iris

Are you guys ready for another flakie? I know I'm a little late to the party with this but I couldn't afford or justify the cost of buying this on top of the postage I would have had to pay and... then Llarowe had that free shipping period at the end of last year and my bank balance dipped! I don't know much about the Ludurana brand itself apart from it's Brazilian, right?

Arco-Iris is a multi-coloured Flakie similar to HITS Lambada but a lot sparser and with less of the orange flakes. There seems to be an even mix of colours which I think makes it a lot less pukey. I'll do a side by side comparison if anyone wants one but what do you guys think of this?

(Forgot the bottle shots, will add later!)

OPI Ski Teal We Drop and 2 coats of Arco-Iris

Please excuse the deathly looking hand. It's -5 here at the mo! Hope it's warmer where you are!

My friend made me!

Just got back from Ikea :-S 

I know I said I didn't want one but it's only temporary! 

Now I need to put this together without breaking a nail

Nail Pop popping!

Happy Monday!

I've seen these Nail Pop polishes by LOOK Beauty on other UK nail blogs and have been wanting to try them since their release however I pretty much gave up hope of finding them after visiting several larger Superdrugs in London to no avail. I know they have them in Westfield Stratford but I refuse to go there again! So you can imagine my surprise when I saw them in the pokey store in Marble Arch! I picked up Kimono which is said to be very similar to Chanel's Peridot and Pearl Effect a lovely blue/purple flakie which I want to show you today.

OPI Siberian Nights and LOOK Beauty - Nail Pop Pearl Effect

The flakes shift from blue to purple but you do need to be in the right lighting conditions to witness this.  

I love it. I love it because it's very subtle.

The formula is so so. It dries quite slowly and you do need about 2-3 coats to get a decent coverage and to minimise bald spots. I still love it though.

That's all for now! xx

Minty glitter

Hi ladies hope you're all having a fab weekend. Yesterday I went to a forensic radiography study day which was fantastic. It was less radiography and more forensics with a lot more graphic imagery than I had been anticipating, thankfully though when it comes to guts and gore my stomach is quite strong but the imagery will definitely stay with me for a while! All the guess speakers (forensic archaeologist, anthropologist, odontologist, radiographer and chemist) were top of their field. Who knew there could be so much to learn about blue bottle flies! I totally want to visit a body farm! lol. Anyway I digress...

Today I want to show you Barry M mint green top with a glitter I bought from Claire's.

2 coats here

In my head I had envisaged a green version of DL Glitter in the air but as you can see it's not quite there. I didn't want to create a franken because the mint green is a bit too opaque and would hide all the glitter.

This nameless glitter contains a mix of large green, rose gold and gold hex pieces with small bits of gold. It's so delicate! The glitter topper does dry quite slowly and requires some strategic dabbing.

Do you like it? What have you been up to this weekend?

xx

Some midweek swatches

Models Own Pro - Green Envy

Green is definitely one of my favourite colours and when it's in a black jelly like this it's even more desirable. 2 coats, dries fast, great brush. LUSH. I then decided to put a layer of HITS Lambada over it

It's described as a "clear base with copper, red, green golden yellow, and turquoise flakie". Not sure about it to be honest. There's too much colour going on at once and it looks a bit garish. This may be due to the base I used so I'm willing to let this combo slide and try another coloured base at a later date.

OPI - Steady as she Rose

(Before I broke my nail!)

This image has been on my desktop for a while and thought I'd just slip it in. It needs no introduction. Perfect application and opaque in 2/3 coats. I can't quite remember!

That's it for now. Hope you're all having a nice week so far!