Palate Cleanser of the Week - Sally Hansen Kinetic Copper

Hello!

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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Adventures in Stamping - Shall I compare thee to an autumn day?

Hi! And what a lovely autumn day it is!

This week's adventures in stamping theme was autumn, and I don't think my manicure could get much more autumnal! I'm so pleased with how it came out, for once it was exactly how I pictured. I started with one coat of China Glaze Desert Sun, and then added random strokes of China Glaze Cranberry Splash, Avon Lucky Penny and Chanel Peridot. Once that was dry I stamped over it using Barry M Gold Foil and Gals Fairy GA35. Here is the result!

And here is the base before I stamped. super easy to do and minimal effort for a really effective result!

What do you think, autumnal enough? I love it and I'm torn between leaving it on another day and taking it off to get another couple of 33 day challenge manis (which starts tomorrow, eek!) done this evening...decisions decisions!

Hx

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It all started with a Big Bang!

Hi loves!

I'm a big Big Bang Theory fan, so when Dollish Polish release a BBT themed collection I oohed and ahed over them, my favourite being Penny...Penny...Penny... I'm just a sucker for a milky base! I was lucky enough to grab one in a blog sale and I was not disappointed. Penny...Penny...Penny... is a pale, milky warm nude base with copper shimmer and copper square and hex glitters. The formula was awesome, no fishing for glitters, no streaks or dragging - just two coats of amazeballs. I paired it here with Sally Hansen Shiny Penny and loved it so hard I didn't want to take it off.

Now I'm having a bad day today, so I'm going to sit in the corner and sing "Soft Kitty" to myself, and I'll leave you with this cuteness from my then 2 year old.

Hx

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Adventures In Stamping - Gold, Silver and Bronze

...on sad little nubbins :( My peels have gotten a lot worse recently, so I went for a cull. I suspect it's due to changing my polish remover, because my usual one was out of stock. I always suffer with my index fingers and thumbs peeling, and they never grow as well as my other nails. Even with them this short both of my index fingers and one thumb still have pretty bad peels, so I've decided to keep them short and try to grow them out. I actually like the shape they are now, so it's not so bad.

Anyway, this week's sunday stamping challenge was to use Gold, Silver and Bronze, and after GB's spectacular effort at the Olympics last night (apart from the football, we'll forget about that. Damn penalties...) I was inspired by the design of the medals. I painted my nails with Barry M Copper, Silver Foil and Gold Foil and stamped this liney pattern from BM316 with Konad Black Pearl. I waited until the morning to top coat it, and it still smudged. Well, actually it kinda bled...weird.

I think it kinda looks like the pattern on the medal, and the ribbon. Kinda, right?

And here are the sad little naked nubs. LeSigh. Will I ever have nice long nails? 

Hx

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