Pretty & Polished Cuttlefish

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Helly the lemming slayer strikes again! This polish has been on my wishlist ever since it came out last spring, and I finally got my grubby little mits on it and straight on the nails it went! Cuttlefish is a thermal glitter polishes that changes from a mid-teal blue when cold to a lighter teal/aqua when warm, with green and blue glitter added in the mix. I just love how more glitter is revealed when the polish is warm, like it's come out of hibernation! I used two coats, and then two of topcoat because it is a little thick and bumpy, but I had no problems with application. The accent finger is Sinful Colors Snow Me White stamped with MoYou Sailor 04 and Color Club Perfect Mol-ten. LOVED this manicure. I wore it to Ikea and kept bumping into things because I couldn't stop looking to see if it had morphed! And because I'm a klutz...

Such prettyness! I want MOAR thermals!

Hx

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GOT polish? Dots!

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For today's Golden Oldie Tuesday I used two polishes from the depth of my stash, Catrice Dirty Berry and and GOSH Holographic Hero. The theme was dots, and I tried to create sort of dotty swirls but either my dots were too big or my nails are too small and they just ended up looking a bit random. But hey, it's holo, that makes everything better, right? And I even got some sunshine to quickly snap some pics. Dirty Berry has my name written all over it - dusty purple with subtle holo running through. This challenge is really making me feel guilty about all the unloved favourites I have! I will buy less this year, I will buy less this year...

Swirly dots? Sort of... Green next week, and I've got (another) beauty planned!

Hx

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Where does the glitter go?

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I have another Lacquerdaisical beauty for you today, Where the Glitter FlaminGoes! Where the Glitter Flamingoes is a mix of pink, blue and gold micro glitter in a pink jelly base. You could llayer this up on its own, but it would need quite a few coats, so to get the best out of the pretty glitter I used two coats over Barry M Pomegranate Gelly, and really loved the result. It isn't rough at all like some glitters can be, not thick or gloopy and application was great. One coat of topcoat was all it needed and it dried super fast.

Blurry glitter! Super sparkly :)

I had to add some stamping! I was after a floral design, but they were all a bit delicate to stand up to the glitter (will have to rectify that, more plates please!) so I went for this damask from Messy Mansion.

I've not used a glitter like this in a while, and I really enjoyed it. Where the Glitter FlaminGoes is available from Lacquerdaisical at £2.50 for 5ml or £6 for 15ml. Go and check out her other pretties!

Hx

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Tri-Polish Tuesday - red, orange and yellow #4 - glassy gradient

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Last TPC of the month, so the last with these colours and to be honest I'm glad! These are not my colours! Yellow is the colour polish I have the least of, and coming up with ideas has been a struggle. I'm looking forward to next months colours, pink, grey and brown, but until then here's my last January effort.

I used completely different polishes this time around - all glass fleck - in a pretty gradient which I then stamped over. I used Color Club Daisy Does It (yellow) as the base, and then sponged Zoya Tanzy (orange) and Barielle Elle's Spell (red) to make the gradient. The stamps are from BM208, and I think it looks like stained glass. I'd love to do this again with different colours from the Color Club Take Wing collection.

I'm excited because I'm getting a hair cut today! It's badly needed after the summer purple ombre I had has gone green and left my hair in poor condition. It's going to be quite a change so if you're interested, look out on my Instagram!

Hx

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More Lacquerdaisical! Load of Pollocks and Sakuralige!

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Today I have more beautiful Lacquerdaisical polishes to show you, this time two glitters. You know I'm a sucker for glitter in a milky base, so these two were right up my polish alley! First up, Load of Pollocks, which is Alexia's most popular polish - and I can see why. There are tonnes of white based glitter polish, but none quite like this. The glitters are all different shapes and sizes, and colours - red, blue, yellow, black and green at the very least- primary colours rather than the usual pastels. I used two coats over a white base for these swatches, as it is a crelly finish and I didn't want to waste my precious bottle!

I can totally see why this is a best seller! I can't wait to wear this in the spring, it's such a happy polish!

Just as beautiful, if not more, is Sakuralige. I love the name of this one, I can just imagine an exploded cherry blossom on my nails! Sakuralige has a pink crelly base with lots of different shaped and sized glitters in shades of pink and purple. Now, this one contains bar glitters, which usually are not my cup of tea at all. Gah! Hairy nails! I hear you cry! Well, no, actually. The bar glitters are the shorter, fatter type and are just sprinkled sparsely enough that you know they're there but do not look "hairy" at all and do nothing but add to the beauty of the polish. This is not glitter for the sake of glitter. My swatch shows two coats over one of OPI Steady As She Rose, again just to spare you the visible nail line without using too much of the precious polish!

It's such a pretty, delicate polish I could wear it forever! Ok, I'm a polish addict so that's not going to happen but you get the idea!

Lacquerdaisical polishes are available from their Facebook page, and Alexia just previewed a holo and duochrome polish last night that look totally amazing so go and have a look!

Hx

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Palate Cleanser of the Week - Sally Hansen Kinetic Copper

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Much like I still love me a crackle polish, I still really love the magnetic nail trend. Despite running this little mini series I do find myself itching to jazz up a manicure rather than leaving it plain, and magnetic polish fits the bill when I can't be bothered to get the stamping gear out, or my inspiration is lacking. This polish is just too pretty, copper shimmer that looks like tigers eye when the magnetic affect is applied (and it's one of the best ones I've used - I had no trouble with application at all.) Here is two coats, with no topcoat and I wore it without issues for two days.

I'm not sure the Sally Hansen magnetics ever came to the UK, but I picked this up at good old Poundland, and they had a few colours available. Quick!

Hx

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Lacquerdaisical Violets Solves Everything

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Following on from my epicly long post introducing Lacquerdaisical's thermal polishes here, today I am sharing their awesome glow in the dark, textured polish - Violets Solves Everything. Yes, you read that right, glow in the dark, and textured. AND purple. AND awesome! Violets Solves Everything is a purple textured polish with violet shimmer that almost gives it a metallic sheen. The finish is gritty but not rough - I find some textured polish seems a bit too scratchy but this isn't the case here. Of course, if you're not a texture fan a couple of coats of topcoat smooths it all out, but I chose to wear it plain.

The glow in the dark aspect works best if you charge it in sunlight or under a black light - seeing as this is England and January sunlight wasn't an option, but I did have a brainwave and used my LED gel lamp to "charge" it, and almost blinded myself! I wasn't expecting it to glow quite so much! The glow lasted a good five minutes after charging just for a few seconds and is easily the brightest glow in the dark polish I've ever tried.

The texture of this was fairly thick, but as long as you leave a little extra drying time in between coats you shouldn't have a problem and it doesn't take long to dry, like most textured polish. I think this is a really unique polish in the indie scene, and I've not seen anything else remotely like it!

Lacquerdaisical polishes are available to purchase in the UK from their Facebook page for just £2.50 for 5ml or £6 for 15. Bargain!

Hx

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