My Christmas Nails

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Just a quick post. I hope you all had a pleasant festive season if you did. This is the polish I wore for Christmas Day, Freckles Polish Good G-wreath.

3 coats of delicious green jelly with plenty of glitter. Including circles!

You can buy Freckles polish here.

Suede Christmas Trees

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This is the third and final festive manicure I've done this year. I do have some Christmassy polish that I'm hoping to wear over the next couple of days, so you may see some of them. Then everything can get back to normal!

My base is Revlon Emerald City, I believe the first suede/matte polish I ever owned. It's so beautiful I can't even describe - the colour and formula are just perfect. Of course I had to leave this manicure without topcoat to retain the gorgeousness!

I stamped with Mentality Dapper and the Happy Holiday Cheeky jumbo plate. I feel like I've given these stamps fair usage this year, especially as fitting them on my nails is a little difficult. For these Christmas manicures I chose images I could tilt a little so I could fit them on at an angle!

Candy Cane Nails

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Another Christmas themed manicure?! No I'm not getting carried away with the festive spirit. It's just that one of my holiday themed plates (in this case one of the Cheeky jumbo plates) happens to have some rather cute Christmas stamps that are a little difficult to use any other time of the year.

Candy canes, for example. I do actually like candy canes because I like peppermint! So here are my candy cane nails.

Super simple but quite cute. Konad Red and the aforementioned Cheeky plate over Sally Hansen Ivory Skull.

Red And Gold Snowflakes

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Here's something you don't see much of on this blog - Christmas themed nails!

I'm not the most Christmassy person ever (shocker) so I don't tend to wear festive nails much. Something dark and moody with a bit of gold is what I tend to wear for the majority of December.

However, I have several stamps that just never get used, and I feel a little bad for them. OK, I have a lot of stamps that don't get used. But you can only really use some of them at certain times of the year. So here is the first of several festively themed manicures!

Snowflakes in red and gold - pretty Christmassy!

My base is the beautiful Butter London Knees Up. Butter London has definitely been one of my favourite brands this year - I've been obsessed with them and my collection has exploded in 2014 from around 5 to around 50!

I stamped with the Happy Holiday Cheeky plate and Barry M Gold Foil.

A2Z Series - H Is For Holographic

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Sneaking in only slightly late this week. Technically these should have been posted yesterday but I'm only a day out!

This week the prompt is Holographic. I love holo polish but I often have problems getting good pictures. Unless the sun is shining.

Unbelievably, the sun was shining! I had to do holographic nails for a challenge, and the sun came out so that I could get photos. In December. Incredibly lucky!

So here are my Holographic nails.

Lots of picture because sunshine!! A holographic gradient using Color Club Kismet, Eternal Beauty and Beyond. Full credit for the inspiration goes to the lovely Nail Lacquer UK.

And a quick indoor shot to show the gradient (and sickening lack of holo!).



You can catch up with all the manicures from the series here.

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Icy Gradient

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Posting two days in a row?! I know. Just go with it.

Today I have some nails inspired by all the freezing cold weather I've been...enjoying lately.

A cold blue gradient of Barry M Gellys - Elderberry, Blueberry and Blue Grape, with some China Glaze Glistening Snow for some extra frosty looking tips. This is pretty much what my fingers feel like some mornings!

A2Z Series - G For Gold

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Late again. I'm giving up making excuses. I'm getting all the nails done in plenty of time, I'm just struggling to write about them. I would quite like to just post some pictures and then put 'ta da!' and just run away at the moment.

So on that note here are my Gold nails.

I was kind of hoping G was going to be for Gothic so I managed to inject a little bit into this manicure. I'm not normally the biggest fan of the skittle (I kind of prefer my nails to match) but I couldn't decide on a gold or even a style and that is when a skittle comes in very handy! I'll mention again how strange it is that I love gold polish but nothing else gold. I'm currently attempting to try some gold jewellery but I still much prefer silver.

As you may notice my left thumb nail is looking a little...short. Well hold a moments silence because it broke.

Fortunately my left thumb was all warmed up as a substitute. Here it is with 3 coats of OPI Goldeneye, one of my favourite golds. The sparkle and the shade are both just glorious.

On the nails that survived we have W7 Black and Freckles Polish Anne Teak, which isn't quite as gold as some golds but still falls within the category. I was just itching to use it again - this polish has shot right up my list of favourite polishes!

On the black nails we have the classic gold crucifix and gold leaf combo. On Anne Teak I stamped with Konad Black and MoYou Gothic 05 for some subtle black tips.


Looks like I did have things to say about this manicure! I did quite like it.

You can catch up with all the manicures in this series here.

And so on to next weeks. Which is sitting ready. Let's see how late I am with it!

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A2Z Series F For Fashion

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Late late late again with this weeks (last weeks) prompt, and for no good reason. I had the nails done and ready, but I couldn't post them on Thursday, and then I just kept putting it off!


This week the prompt is Fashion, something I know sooo much about! However I recently purchased a cardigan. I'm not normally a cardigan wearer, but I bought this one specifically because I knew I could match my nails to it. That's the sign of a real polish addict there!

My Fashion nails.

And my cardigan.

I used OPI Rendezvous In My Boudoir, again. Officially my favourite red of the moment! I stamped with Konad Black and MoYou Pro 07


You can catch up on all the manicures from this series here

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A2Z Series - E For Elegant

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So these nails are rather late. They should have been posted last Thursday. I don't even have a good excuse, the pictures have been sitting ready to be used, I just haven't really got around to blogging them.

Better late than never? Hopefully!


My Elegant nails.

I went for a jelly stampwich, because I think the muted stamped look is rather elegant!

The jelly is OPI Catch The Garter, a peachy neutral. I used two coats either side of my stamping with Konad White and MoYou Gothic 07. I even included an accent nail of OPI Pure. I would have liked to only put one coat of CTG over it, but the base was kind of yellowed so it needed two and became very subtle.

Please also excuse the tip wear - I wore these nails for work. I didn't take pictures before work because I was so confident in my polish (it's OPI after all!) but I do have a little bit of wear. Typical!


You can view all the manicures from this challenge here.

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UK Indies - Freckles Polish Prank Call And Christmas Collection

*These products were provided for review*

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Today I have a rather picture heavy post, with four polishes from Freckles Polish that will be released this Friday (the 28th).

There are two new collections being released. The Christmas polishes are coming, but first two polishes from the Prank Call collection. They all have amusing names (think Bart Simpson prank calling Moe), and so I assumed they would be full of glitter and bright colours, fun polishes to match the names.

A2Z Series - D For Dark

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Once again, I haven't been around much this week. However I am still keeping up with this challenge, which is certainly something. I even have next week's nails done and ready.

I'm posting late again, not because I didn't get these done in time,but because I didn't get in yesterday until late and I really couldn't find the effort to get them posted. I should plan better and my posts prepped on a Wednesday, but organisation isn't my strong point!

There has been a tremendous amount of effort from the other ladies in this challenge - I just went with something fairly simple, and dark and moody.

I started with a base of OPI Rendezvous In My Boudoir, definitely my favourite red at the moment. I went for one of my favourite moody, gothic looks, a black and red vertical gradient. I did intend to add some black stamping, but by the time I got round to it it was already time to take them off.


You can take a look at all the manicures from all the prompts here.

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A2Z Series - C For Copycat

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I'm two days late with these nails. I haven't really been feeling up to it lately, in fact I haven't blogged all week. However these nails are done so I may as well post them. Hopefully I'll continue to take part  next week.


For my copycat nails I was inspired by this lovely pop art print.

You can keep up to date with all the series here.

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Lynnderella - Mercury's Rainbow

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I have another Lynn swatch today - nothing better than a bit of glitter to cheer up a Sunday!

Two coats of Mercury's Rainbow over Barry M Grey. It has quite a dark grey base, but I definitely still needed undies.

This polish is like holographic chain mail! The colours look a little light and pastel here for some reason, but in real life they're very bright and colourful. Perfect for staring at my nails while I wiggle my fingers!


I'm also seriously in love with this bottle shot. I just keep staring at it.

I want to swim in it!

UK Indies - Flash Nails Tropical Storm

*This product was provided for review*

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Today I've got a lovely little polish from Flash Nails. This indie brand reopened last month, and has a really cute and tempting mix of glitter crellies and glitter toppers.

Tropical Storm is perfect for the grey weather we've been having here lately. It has a soft grey base to match all the clouds, with a sprinkling of glitter to cheer it all up!

This is two coats over Butter London Billy No Mates.

The crelly base is a little sheer - you could maybe get full coverage with three coats. However my nails are pretty stained at the moment, and I didn't want to alter this pretty grey - how shameful would that have been?! I also enjoyed a chance to use BNM - I've had a huge crush on Butter London this year, and this was one of the polishes that started it off. 

The formula on Tropical Storm is very good, it went on the nail very easily and the glitter dispersal was effort-free. I really like the colour combination, it reminds me a little of flowers and I love how they pop in this warm soft grey. If only we could get a little glitter in the clouds!

You can buy Flash Nails polish here, and keep up to date on Facebook.