GOT polish? Valentines!

Morning!

This weeks Golden Oldie Thursday theme is Valentines, which fits nicely with my theme week! I based my idea on a cute design by Nicole at Nail Polish Wars and busted out the crackle polish! I started with a base of Essie Mojito Madness, then marbled it using the cling film/saran wrap method and Essie Bikini So Teeny (basically paint a coat of the polish over your original colour, then dab some off with scrunched up cling film). Once that was completely dry I painted a coat of Barry M black crackle on my ring finger and cut a stencil out of tape for the heart on my middle finger.

I think I should have used a purple instead of lilac, but otherwise I'm happy. And it was pretty simple too. Win win.

Hx

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Valetines Week - Love Letters

Hi,

Later post than usual from me as I am not well and feeling very low. But I wanted to keep up with the theme week, so I'm gonna make this quick. I've seen this design floating aroud but I have no idea who did it first, so if it was you let me know and I'll credit you. I started with Glitter Gal Light as a Feather as a base, then stamped the image from Bundle Monster 311 in Color Club Halo-graphic. This didn't show up so I stamped again with a-England Briar Rose. I like the double stamped effect, it almost makes it look distressed or vintage. The envelope was freehanded with Halo-graphic and sealed with a Briar Rose love heart.

I think I should have done the envelope the other way around, but other than that I liked it.

Tomorrow, the GOT polish challenge gets the Valentines treatment.

Hx

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Off-topic Tuesday - Hair today...

...gone tomorrow! That's right, I finally went for the chop! As much as I LOVED my red/purple ombre over the summer, my hair was not meant for bleaching and it left it in awful condition, faded super quickly and was really hard to care for. Add to that it went green when I tried to dye over it and Mr NN took to calling me Grotbags and I had to lop it off. So I did, and this is the result!

Before...

And after!

Bit different, no?! I am thrilled with it though! I asked the hair dresser for a side-swept crop with one side longer than the other and she just got it straight away and wet to work! A few days later I added a purple colour to hide my (fast multiplying) greys and cover the last few green-tinged ends, and I just love it. I'm still getting the hang of blow-drying it myself, but for a girl who usually just tips her head upside-down and blasts it with the dryer, I don't think I'm doing too bad!

I'll do a post in a few weeks on how I style it and what products I use, but for now, what do you think? Have you ever had a drastic chop?

Hx

Disclaimer - I suck at taking pictures of my own face. Sorry!

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Tri-Polish Tuesday - Pink, Brown and Grey #2 - Chocolate box!

Hi!

As it's Valentines week, I am going to try to fit my challenge posts into the theme too! I thought this design looked chocolate box-y and since reduced chocolate the day after v-day is probably the best part I thought it fitted! I used OPI Skull and Glossbones, China Glaze Dance Baby and Barry M Mocha, and the accent is a mix of OPI Pink Yet Lavender and a heart glitter polish I've had for yonks.

I need to work on my lines, they've been a bit wobbly lately!

Hx

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Valentine Week! Lacquerdaisical Elphaba's Downfall

Hi ladies and gents!

Valentines day is nearly upon us, so this week has been nominated Valentines week! Starting off with some simple nail art featuring the last of the Lacquerdaisical polishes I was sent to review, Elphaba's Downfall. Elphaba's Downfall is a red jelly packed with red micro glitter. It really looks like yummy glitter jam! I freehanded the heart tips on top of Barry M Lychee. Since I reshaped my nails into almonds I've had to change my approach to nail art a little bit, as not everything is suitable but this was perfect and super easy. I think the hearts would look great in gold over the nude base too.

I believe Elphaba's Downfall refers to Elphaba from Wicked and Dorothy's ruby slippers, although I've not seen Wicked so please correct me if I'm wrong Alexia! I adore musicals though and Wicked is top of my list - and currently on tour in Milton Keynes just a stone's throw from where I live. I am so gutted that I wont be able to go :( Anyway, this polish is definitely a ruby slipper polish, so if you are going to see Wicked on tour it would be perfect! You can find Laquerdaisical polishes on their Facebook page!

Hx

Laquerdaisical Elphaba's Downfall was a PR sample provided to me for free for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own and 100% honest. Please see my disclaimer in the tab above for further details. All other products featured were purchased myself.

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Loves Me, Loves Me Not?

Hi!

I haven't done a Stamping Sunday manicure for a few weeks and this week over at Adventures in Stamping we had two themes to chose from - Valentines day or Love and Hate. I did a bit of both, and I must say I'm rather pleased with my effort! I started with a base of OPI If You Moust You Moust - a mid-pink creme. I then stamped on love hearts (the little sweeties!) in pastel colours by mixing Konad White Polish with primary coloured polish. I have sooo many pastel polishes, but I didn't think any of them would stamp opaque enough. It was really easy to do, too - I just put a blob of the stamping polish on my plate, then a smaller blob of the colour polish and mixed them with a nail art brush before scraping and stamping as usual. The polishes I mixed were Orly Lucky Duck, Sinful Colors Amethyst, Nails Inc Notting Hill Carnival, Orly Shockwave and If You Moust You Moust again. The plate I used was Bundle Monster 421, which has two versions of the love hearts - the usual, lovely dovey ones (lover, cutie pie, crazy 4u etc) and not so lovey dovey ones, which I stamped on my right hand (stalker, go away, don't call me, dumped, and my personal favourite, not tonight!). Please excuse the lumpy thumbs, they both have patches that I'm struggling to get smooth.

I think the stamping on the "mean" side came out better, but I don't actually mind the miss-stamping because I think it looks like the real sweets. Or that's my excuse anyway...

I'm starting a little Valentines week tomorrow, so check back for that!

Hx

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It's So Fluffy, I'm Gonna Die!!!

Hi!

We're big Despicable Me fans in my house, and so I had to have Dollish Polish It's So Fluffy I'm Gonna Die for the name alone. Actually, I wasn't keen on the colour when I saw swatches so really I did just buy it for the name. That's bad, isn't it? Anyway, when it arrived I really did like it more than I thought I would, as it's much more complex than it seems. I had a bit of an indie fest for this manicure, pairing It's So Fluffy with Lacquerdaisical Unicorn Poo, and stamping a unicorn from Nailz Craze NC02. I actually think Unicorn Poo is the star of the show here - it's a glitter packed topper full of holo micro glitter, holo shards, bar glitter, hexes, stars and black hexes. I started with a base of OPI Pink Friday, then two coats of It's So Fluffy on pinkie and pointer, two coats of Unicorn Poo on ring finger and thumb, and stamped the unicorn on my middle finger with Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Speedy Sunburst.

It soooo pink! And if you haven't seen Despicable Me and don't get the unicorn/fluffy references, sort your self out and go and see it! Seriously, if grumpy Mr NN who usually only watches car shows and bloke things can stand watching it 20 thousand times since we got it on DVD at Christmas then you know it's good!

Hx

Laquerdaisical Unicorn Poo was a PR sample provided to me for free for review consideration. All opinions expressed are my own and 100% honest. Please see my disclaimer in the tab above for further details. All other products featured were purchased myself.

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