Lilly Pulitzer Butterfly Nails

Hello there guys!! Happy almost April oh my goodness that is terrifying how did this happen?? I have some scary exams coming up but keeping a cool head and working hard is key. Now I just have to work hard... Haha well anyway I was looking up some pictures on Google and I came across this Lilly Pulitzer Butterfly design and I loved it, also I just happened to have a blue base so this had to be done.

Ok I LOVE this design!! All the colour and the blue (which looks spectacular with topcoat, that blue shimmer is just wow). Butterflies are cute, and I like that I went away from the wings (though I do really like those designs). I just think this is pretty and I like pretty things :) But yeah I think the wings of these butterflies are really sweet, and I didn't know what I was doing!! :P I definitely want to do more Lilly Pulitzer designs, they are so quirky and colourful so I love them!!

I started with a white base for the butterflies trying to make the wings different for each butterfly. Then I tried to put specific colours to each section but alas it looked weird with a white outline. Of course this called for me to add a black outline. It looked better but still weird. But the little white spots on the wings really saved it, they kind of combined the existing colours and in my humble opinion I think it looks awesome. I did have to do looks of little fixes of the wings and the body, but once fixed I loved it.

Blue base: Essie - Lots of Lux
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White (as base) and Barry M - Matt White (for spots)
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Red: Essie - E-Nuff Is E-Nuff
Sparkly Red: OPI - Jinx
Yellow: Ciate - Loop The Loop
Green: Max Factor - Cool Jade
Dark Green: OPI - Jade Is The New Black
Blue: Nails Inc - Baker Street
Pink: Barry M - Fuchsia

Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day!! :)

Blue Nails: Essie - Lots of Lux

Hey there guys!! Happy Friday!! You know I love blue polish. I really thought I could say no to this, but haha as my life goes I failed and I bought it. The hint of purple in the light made me unable to say no. But yeah no regrets this polish is so stunning.

Now I've always loved textures but this one is special. Lots of Lux is a sparkly blue texture with gold, green, purple, hint of red and blue shimmer. The shimmer is incredible but unfortunately not as prominent as I'd like it. I'd also like if the polish was less dull and more bright. But you can't have everything and this is already mad pretty so I really can't ask for much more. And this is even more amazing with topcoat, I have the polish with topcoat with nail art which I'll show soon. The blue shimmer just pops and the blue is a lil darker (yet brighter) and looks incredible.

Lots of Lux came from last year's Winter Holiday collection, um Encrusted Treasures. I didn't like the name of the collection, and most of the polishes in that collection were misses for me. Especially the gross black texture, that's not how you do a textured polish. But really those polishes weren't so nice. This was a winner though, at least the collection had a redeeming factor. 

I used 2 coats, but legit 1 thick coat and you would've been sorted. This polish is so opaque!! I just wanted more sparkles and my coats weren't particularly thick. The Essie brush was also so perfect for my nails, I agree with this. But really, perfect formula here. There was also no staining issues. The below picture is probably the best depiction of how great this polish is and even then it's not getting it all. 

THE AMAZING SHIMMER THAT I CAN'T DEAL WITH AND MY CAMERA CAN'T CAPTURE IT ALL

Thank you for reading and I hope you have a wonderful day!! :)

Pick 'N' Mix: Going mawd on the town

Hey there guys. This post is going to be a lil' different. Yes I still have skittles as the title suggests but "going mawd" on the town happened. And ok for the first time ever I went to town with no nail polish on (I was really busy), so I was able to use the testers. So I tried various polishes, so some of the polishes shown here are not owned by me (though I kind of wish they were, I didn't end up buying all them). So this post might be a bit less detailed, and a little more fun. I did go a bit "mawd" (<-- this is strange slang I use for bant, tis weird I know).

I looooovvvvvvvve this selection of nail polish, and while some didn't go home with me. Others did, yeah budday. I'll highlight the ones I own, expect posts about them.
I'm in love with the combo on my thumb, Topshop - Pipe Dream with Claire's - Fluffy. Pipe Dream is a seafoam blue/green with a golden flake kind of shimmer with iridescent glitter and it's gorgeous. Topshop has done a bunch of polishes with the golden flake shimmer and iridescent glitter in different colours and I'm very tempted. I have a beautiful white glitter nail polish, I LOVE white glitter, definitely one of my favourites and Claire's have upped their game like nobody's business and I'm so impressed. Bad for me though cause I need all their polishes. The moment I saw the white glitter online I knew I was done. I <3 the big hexes. It was perfect as well because I only got to do 2 coats of Pipe Dream and it was NOT enough, but Fluffy masked the lack of coats. 3 coats probably would've been enough, it built well.

On my index I have Topshop - Carnival. A really pretty light orange. 2 coats.
On my middle fingernail there's Topshop - Wide Awake. Another pretty light orange but with peachy tones and I loved it. I'm looking for a Chanel June/China Glaze/Sun Of A Peach kind of colour (the Chanel is NEVER happening) or some kind of dupe. I haven't found it yet. Wide Awake was 1 coat!! The formula was brill. And it goes without saying but Topshop makes some good polish. I need more Topshop polish in my life.
Haha bonus story!! When using the Topshop polish there's no tables so I crouched on the floor and used a bin as a table while people looked at me haha. How else was I going to do 2 coats? :P I really have no shame.

On my ring there's Essie - Lots Of Lux. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BABY!! I told myself I didn't need it, but when I saw it in real life I couldn't say no. From first polish it was love. The multicoloured shimmer (which I definitely will be going in depth in) was so mesmerising. And 1 coat. YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT ONE COAT o.O
And finally on my pinky I have H&M - Blue My Mind. My friends went to H&M and obviously you can't leave me with nail polish for too long and it was in the sale section so it was £1. No mistakes could be made for a colour like that. It's a light cobalt blue and I love it. It was 2 slightly runny coats.

Well I ramble, but I hope you liked the lil' stories, if you didn't read them, you should!! Find out about my lack of shame, really there's no shame for me. Haha thank you for "reading" and I hope you have a nice day!!! :)