Nude Nails: Seventeen - Forever

Hello!! This is my final Seventeen polish to show you that was in the set my dear friend got for me for my birthday. It was a very nice set and haha if you couldn't tell I swatch in order of which one I want to try first. Normally I'm a best for last kind of gal but not with polish haha. Nudes are the most boring for me tbh but that doesn't mean they can't be nice and you know what this one is.

Soz my fingers are a bit green, was probably colouring or something lol

Forever is a light nude-y mushroom-y kind of jelly polish (I'm good at describing) and it'll be very nice for a nude base which is actually pretty great for nail art. I like that it's lighter than my other nudes too, it's softer and that.

I don't know why this is called Forever but we go with it. I think Seventeen are so on point right now, I think they did a brand redo like Collection did and they're super legit now. I got a lip gloss set from a friend for Christmas and the packaging is so nice!! But moreover the lip glosses are so pretty and the colour selection is bomb. So once again Seventeen are doing really good right now, they're definitely a brand to look into.

There's a nice shiny finish because of the jelly aspect, now we all know that jellies have slightly rubbish formulas but actually Forever is very good considering. I used 3 coats and it built so well, the first coat was super sheer but after another coat I knew we'd be fine.

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a great day!! :)

Mushroom Nails: Nails Inc - Porchester Square

Hi there folks!! Don't be confused by the title, unfortunately this ain't a nail art post. It's a little swatch of Nails Inc Porchester Square. Took me a while to get this swatched, I got this Christmas '12. I want to first apologise for my swatches, Porchester Square is a great polish but I used the mother of all bad topcoats and the bubbles were horrendous. I cannot even deal with that topcoat it's so bad T.T So I'm sorry for the bubbles, it's not Porchester Square's fault!!

Honestly I struggled to get this colour accurate, it's a darkish mushroom creme with pink tones. It's slightly darker in real life than in the pictures, and yeah more pink toned but not too much more. Porchester Square is one of my favourite neutral polishes, it's just a nice colour.

I do like a nice Nails Inc polish; but full sizes are steep. Now they have to very special Nails Incs (or free ones in a magazine!!). I tend to just get the minis in TK Maxx cause that's just the best way to get Nails Incs (I do not know the plural for this brand).

The formula is very great, it's so opaque it's ridiculous. I used 2 coats as my nails are a bit longer but it's so opaque that if I got a thicker coat I could've done 1 coat. It's easy to apply but it's a thicker kind of formula that is more viscous.

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

31DC2013: Day 1 - Red Nails

Hello there guys!! This is happening, the 31 day challenge, this is happening because I have poor discernment haha :/ I've done this before in June last year and I would've loved to do it then but I had a lot of exam craziness. So it's happening now, when most people do the challenge. But, I won't be painting everyday cause simply it's crazy and I don't think I'll have enough time. So this'll be a side project that could last for a while. For I'm excited all the prompts as they are always fun (almost always ;)).

Lovely picture from Chalkboard Nails

I guess if you want to see my last 31 Day Challenge, I have my recap post, I'm proud of what I painted last year but I'll definitely be working to get much better as I have been since. I'm already 1 up-ing myself (you'll see how this relates to this post) as my photography and nail care is MUCH better, seriously I'm sorry for my cuticles in the past, they were a mess.

Ok I ramble, for red nails this year I have some Mario Mushrooms (not 1 ups but they're related), the standard ones that make Mario bigger and give you an extra hit. I love Mario games, but I don't think this is new. 

This is a happy vibes manicure, whilst painting I thought it was going to turn out wrong. But hallelujah for that not happening!! Black outlines are everything, I'm an avid supporter.

I paired Berry Ice Cream and Indian Ocean and I can't believe I didn't notice this before but the pink shimmer from Indian Ocean on pale purple is SO GORGEOUS, I'd move my hand around just for that shimmer. In alternate lighting the shimmer looks goldish, I picked Indian Ocean cause as much as I wanted to use glitter I realised that I've paired pale purple with virtually every glitter I own so I should take a break from that haha. I've done a post on the combo before but I didn't take in the awesomeness and my pictures weren't very good.

Red: OPI - Dutch Tulips
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
Peach: w7 - Linen
Purple: Barry M - Berry Ice Cream and Models Own - Indian Ocean

Thank you very much for reading the beginning of this marathon and I hope you have a spectacular day!! :)