Gimme Glitter: Orly - Ridiculously Regal

Hi there folks!! Hope you're having a nice day and if not hopefully it'll get better. My bezzie also gave me this polish and I was excited that it was Orly, I really Orly, I like the polishes they make. And I never realised that TK Maxx was selling full-sized Orlys, you used to only be able to get minis from Boots. Clearly this opens up a whole new polish world for me.This is glitter, I love all the glitter, glitter is always a good thing.

Ridiculously Regal is a plum small and medium hex glitter in a clear base. Just saying I like the name, both words are ones I like. I've mentioned I hate the colour plum but I really really like this glitter, probably because it sparkles. Also I love the teal and plum combo it looks fab. Just want to say that the glitter looks a hint more purple in real life, but not that much more.

This polish was from Orly's Flash Glam FX collection that I really really liked, if I can get more, I WILL!! Consisted of 22 glitter polishes, quite clearly it was made for me. I have another from the collection, Go Deeper which again I really liked. I like putting my Orly glitters together, they look pretty.

The polish was very glitter packed, as you can tell but not particularly in the good way. It was an all or nothing kind of glitter polish. When I was applying and got the bottle, the base and the glitter had separated and the top 1/4 of the polish was all clear base.
I had to shake it up then apply, so the thumb is 1 coat as the glitter kind of exploded. The other four nails have 3 pretty well distributed coats, that's why those four nails are shinier than the thumb, they had more clear base. The glitter migrated to the tips and I had to manipulate it quite a bit but that's quite standard and it wasn't very bad. But you know I like the glitter packed look so this all worked in my favour.

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

Neon + Christmas Pop Art

Hello there fine folks!! The week is winding down and it's almost Christmas!!! :D :D :D I never knew December would be so crazy, hopefully I'll get to keep you up to date. I love pop art and I love all things neon, unfortunately combined it's not the hottest combo but it's still quite nice. I might try to do something better another time.

Ok first things first the neon glitter over mint green is messed up, it worked last time cause the base wasn't so pink but it is and neon glitter (with mild pink base) over mint green looks grey. And it's gross. So never again. Also it was bubble city and super thick. But I really the pop art elements painted, I just love the polka dot effect thing, that's ma fav. Pop art is just so awesome, and I quite like the Christmas colours over the neon but the grey base is something I am not a fan of. But no matter what neon glitter is simply beautiful.

The white turned yellow over the green once I added topcoat, it was weird I'm not sure what happened. I really like the Jinx polka dots and by the way all the colours in this manicure are much brighter in real life. I did my normal painting style, with pens and toothpicks and polish brushes.

Bright Jade: Barry M - Greenberry
Shimmery Red: OPI - Jinx
Green: Rimmel - Block Your Green!
Red: M&S - Poppy
Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White and Barry M - Matt White
Neon glitter and base: Lush Lacquer (or Polish Me Silly) - Clowning Around and China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint

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

Textured Heart-shaped Leopard Print (with a Christmas theme)

Hello there!! You know I love a leopard print and I did a proper Christmas one with textured polish cause I have a few and I love the textured trend. I really hope it lasts cause I loooovvvvvvveeeeeeeee the sparkly ones.

Textured polishes are fabulous and this look is so fun. The heart shaped leopard spots are cute and easy to do. I used almost every textured polish I own and a green. Jinx is just the greatest and I like how Jinx looks different over the green. Also I can't wait to try the black texture by itself just cause of that amazing green shimmer. The blue nail was a bit of an accent I like having a double accent, it's cool, and doubly cool when the colours work together.

I like the extra space left cause normally I clutter my leopard prints but it's nice to see the base colours. I used the polish brush for the spots and a bobby pin for the black. Oh yeah I topcoated this look but it didn't really take away the texture look.

Green: Rimmel - Block Your Green!
This has the most gorgeous hidden shimmer (which isn't too hidden) and Block Your Green! will definitely be showing up more.
Red: OPI - Jinx
Blue: OPI - Get Your Number
Purple: OPI - My Current Crush
Black: M&S - Petrol

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

Poinsettia Nail Art

Hi there guys!! Happy weekend once again!! I thought once my exams were over I'd be a free woman but it seems the opposite has happened and I'm busier than before :/ Thankfully I have the weekend to catch up on things but really I should be watching movies everyday and not having to revise for tests and preparing powerpoints :/ I know that sounds very silly but surely the lead up to Christmas should be more relaxed, which is a reason I haven't got as many posts up as I've wanted to. I did get to decorate our tree today which was very nice.
I have poinsettia nail art today and it's one of my favourite floral nail art that I've ever done :)

I think the difference this time was the fact I outlined with the corresponding colours instead of black. Now I love a black outline (you probably could tell) but this change was lovely, personally I'm very proud of this and I think it's quite pretty. Also all the petals were proportioned which is very important to me. It just worked and for my floral nail art can be a bit of a unknown factor for me.

I wasn't sure at all how this was going to turn out and yays for it working but it was random and not controlled. I did a "gradient" but the colours were too close together for it to show up. And not like it was a good gradient anyway, it was going to be covered up. Then I did the red petals and I was just hoping they were the same size and did the same for the leaves.
I tried the Deborah Lippmann topcoat again and it leaves a manicure very smooth but there's the chance of smudging (thankfully there's only a little bit here), I've decided when there's no exposed white or black in the design I'll use this topcoat (cause my Color Club one is slowly running out :().

Base (from moon to tip): M&S - Champagne, The Face Shop - GL112, M&S - Golden Sands sealed with China Glaze - Luxe and Lush
Red petals: Essie - E-Nuff Is E-Nuff and OPI - Jinx (I love Jinx :))
Red outline: Barry M - Raspberry
Green: Illamasqua - Nomad (my favourite green polish, just saying)
Dark Green: Rimmel - Block Your Green!
Mustard Yellow: Topshop - Naked

Thank you very much for reading and I hope you have a fantastic weekend!!! :)

The Psychedelic Stars in the Bright Sky

Hi there guys!! It's nice when things actually work your way, actually I'll link a song that I'm in love with that I feel is relevant and it's an amazing song. Anyway I have some crazy star nail art, cause I love stars and I don't give them enough love.

I love the way stars look, they just look great. I wanted a wavy connected across all the nails kind of look and it was kind of achieved. I also like the pairings of the colours of the stars (well that was wordy). Just a cute little look :)
I was also trying a new polish, which I have to say I was very underwhelmed with, you probably won't be seeing it again as I don't really like it.

Base: Deborah Lippmann - Lady Sings The Blues and Rimmel - Disco Ball
And a wild Deborah Lippmann appears, I promised myself I would never buy a Deborah Lippmann polish cause they are extortionately expensive and I don't think the colours are all that special. But TK Maxx was offering me 4 Deborah Lippmann polishes for £12, 1 Deborah Lippmann polish costs £18 and it's a pretty great deal. But I'm giving the others away as presents cause they don't really tickle my fancy (what a strange phrase). Disco Ball really made the polish look better, I liked the glitter in Lady Sings The Blues (also I like the name of the polish) but it wasn't very apparent and what I liked least was how dark it was. I like dark blue but it was pretty much black and I'm just not a fan, so don't expect to see this one again haha :P
Purple: OPI - My Current Crush
Light Purple: Illamasqua - Jo'Mina
Silver: w7 - Silver Mirror and Nails Inc - Abbey Road
White: Lovely Me:Ex - White and Barry M - Lady
Teal: Barry M - Guava
Blue: Rimmel - Azure Blue
Green: Rimmel - Block Your Green!
Light Green: Barry M - Greenberry

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

Misfit Dog + Bear Plushie Nail Art

Hi there guys!! I have the day off school today which is potentially one of the most beautiful things ever. Since my exams are over I'm trying to watch as many movies as possible and again it's beautiful and I love it, currently I've watched Ballet Shoes (one of my favourite movies EVER, seriously it makes me the happiest and I love the setting of the film), Singin' In The Rain and Finding Nemo.
Today I have my first kind of Christmas design, I painted the dog(? or maybe an elephant) from The Island Of Misfit Toys (I owned that DVD) and a random bear, which I realised looked liked Lotso Huggin' Bear from Toy Story 3, whom was also a misfit.

Switched to my lounge light which I realise I actually quite like when I can get my pictures in focus (though it doesn't show half how pretty the colours are here) 

When I'd first finished I didn't like it, which is something standard of me, when I feel like I could've painted MUCH cuter it's standard cause cuteness is everything :P But after a while I thought it was ok, they are quite cute. Though the dogs don't really look like dogs, but I can look past that haha.
I especially like the polishes which were new after a shopping trip (Christmas shopping :D I'm pretty sorted for the presents I'm giving), I adore that shade of light pink especially with the HOLOGRAPHIC GLITTER, I WANT TO PUT IT OVER EVERYTHING. Holographic glitter is also everything. And the white textured polish which I think is very reminiscent of shimmering snow, me gusta mucho (that spanish could be totally wrong, mi espanol es no bueno).
On another note I got the Deborah Lippmann Addicted To Speed topcoat in a set and I tested it out on my thumb. You can't really see it in the photos but it smudged and it wasn't pretty, obviously for all the other nails I switched back to my perfect Color Club topcoat.

Pale Pink and holographic glitter: Barry M - Dragon Fruit and Barry M - Superdrug Xmas Limited Edition 2013 E

Dragon Fruit has the most grogeous hidden shimmer and I love it, hoping to get an accurate swatch picture soon. And you better believe I got the Superdrug Limited Edition, I love them and you know that, and this one is no different, pink holographic glitter? Yes please.

White: Lovely Me:Ex - White and Barry M - Matt White (and still it smudges with the Deborah Lippmann topcoat -_-)

Black: Lovely Me:Ex - Black

Red: OPI - Jinx

Blue: Essie - Bikini So Teeny

Textured White: Barry M - Lady

Dark Pink: Color Club - Wing Fling

Light Pink: Orly - Basket Case

Green (which totally looks blue): Rimmel - Block Your Green!

Thanks for reading, I hope to get to watching a movie soon and I hope you have a great day!!! :)

Teal Nails: Barry M - Guava

Hello there you, happy weekend!! Today I have a swatch, a polish from a dear friend. I surprisingly don't have all that many teal polishes, I guess I just move to the blue or green party. But somewhere in between is always good for me :)

This here is Barry M Guava from the Summer Gelly collection. I AM IN LOVE WITH IT!! I just adore the colour it's sooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful, but also a pain to photograph. My camera hates green (-_-) and give it teal and it's whole other issue. I had to colour correct with my limited editing skillz but I'm glad I got it pretty accurate. I refused to show you a blue polish for this.
Guava is a more leaning on blue light teal and it's just gorgeous, I'm such a big fan of this polish.

The Barry M Gellies are fabulous (as are Barry M polishes, I just looooovvvvvve Barry M), the summer collection this year was pretty great. I might get Blue Grape just so I have a guilt free Baker Street that I can use ALL the time. And just look how shiny this is, and this is sin topcoat, it's pretty spectacular. I looked up what a guava looks like and this is not the colour of a guava, but this doesn't bother me.

2 flawless coats, this was actually opaque in 1 coat, I did two cause of habit and my nails are pretty long. But even so 1 coat was pretty much perfect. It glided and was so opaque and these are so fantastic, how can formula be so great? But I think this one chips quite easily, but throw your topcoat on and everything should be fine.

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