Best of British Round Up

It's that time again! October is nearly upon us, the Halloween designs are in full force, and my eldest is five next week. How did that happen! Anyway, let's see what we've been up to in Brit Nail Land this week :)

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Emma has had a week of using Barry M Gelly polishes and created her most favourite mani ever multi coloured spots and stripes over at Emma's Little Corner.

Nadal's penguin obsession is getting out of hand! the little minions are on her nails this week!!

This week on Pie's Eyes Lyndsay has used her new Cheeky stamping plates to create a Double Stamped Manicure plus there's a handy hint for stamping clean up too.

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing is continuing with the 30 Day Challenge (the end is in sight!) and did a Panda Bear Manicure inspired by the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

It's been HoloWeek at the Nail Newbie, featuring lots of holo goodness such as a GOSH Holographic Hero wear test, a some tribal nail art and this holo cloudicure with a-England Tristam.

This week has been Carlyn's very first week of blogging featuring some of her favourite stamping designs Pretty Stamping on Sapphire Such a stand out design.

Well today is the last day of the 30 Day Challenge! at Northern Nails but on the Bright side it is Jo's birthday tommorrow !.

Wendy from Wendy's Delights is having a cracking time with her Croc Effect nails by Barry M

As a collector of vodka bottles, a Smirnoff Vodka Manicure was in order on Enigmatic Rambles blog this week!

PishPosh and Polish's Kerrie is wearing shock horror! PINK this week!

Sally of Nail Pron has brightened up a sad week with the brightest green daisy doticure you have ever seen in your life.

PrettyKittyClaws is joined by a hare and a dog this week with the gorgeous Hare Dog Day Dream

Dimpal of Crazy Polishes has almost come to the end of the 30 days challenge and wearing this
Inspired by Supernatural Mani Inspired by Supernatural

Ruth has a new favourite polish that is purple and splarkly, yay!

Sarah Louise, creates a Ghostbuster Manicure Using Models Own and W7 Polishes

Charlotte has decided her stash needs some cleansing, so she's set up a blog sale with some great British brands

Kerry takes an adventure with GALAXY inspired nails.

Vic continues 30 days of untrieds with A Scream manicure inspired by art work

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See you next week! If you're a British Blogger and you want to join in, give me a shout :)

Hx

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Best of British Weekly Round Up

It's that time again! Can you believe September is nearly over? Let's have a look at what us British nailaholics have been up to this week..

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Wendy from Wendy's Delights is feeling purrrfect with her Blue Furry Mani with easy to apply nail stickers!
Emma tries her hand at dry drag and becomes The Girl Who Plays with Fire at Emma's Little Corner.
Helly at the Nail Newbie is showing British brand W7 some love by showcasing their gorgeous Lava Flow.
A little recreation of some Bee style nails, with actual stingers from New York Fashion Week, a Fred Butler Creation from Enigmatic Rambles.
Has twenty three days gone by already? Northern Nails' 30 Day Challenge is still going strong, the themes now are all full of inspiration!
Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes is back from her holiday and showing off her colourful Rainbow Manicure she created with her latest Kiko haul!
Sally of Nail Pron is talking about a nailmas Christmas challenge, adding to her stash and doing nails to match her mood.
Sam from Polished Art re-created an old nautical-themed manicure for day 12 of the 31 day challenge (19 to go!).
PishPosh and Polish is featuring Red and Black polishes on her blog this week. See them here! Which is your favourite?
Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing is still continuing on with the 30 Day challenge and her favourite so far has been TRIBAL NAILS. What's been everyone else's favourite challenge?
Ruth goes overboard with the half moon effect to create an easy curved stripe look!
Want some inspiration for elegant nails? Lucy from Lucy's Stash did Lace & Roses nail art featuring OPI, Konad and A England.
Feeling the need for something pretty and super sparkly? PrettyKittyClaws has Smitten Polish You're Turning Violet, Violet blinging out her nails!
Vic's feeling a little behind with the times as she's only just done her first set of galaxy nails. She found a fabulously blinging star to go with them though.
Lou had a quiet week this week trying out her new Indie polishes from KBShimmer which is quickly becoming her favourite polish brand
Alexis at Glitter Tips tried some Autumn butterfly nail art
Sarah Louise plays with her Image plates from MoYou / OMG Nails and creates a Crosses & Dot's Manicure
Despite being poorly, The Crumpet has kept up with the 31 Day Challenge and has even had time to launch a Zoya Giveaway - so make sure you enter!

Until next week...

Hx

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Best of British Weekly Round Up

It's that time again!

Helly at the Nail Newbie shows her nubs some love with Dollish Polish Expecto Patronum
Wendy over at Wendy's Delights has won a Giveaway from The Hungry Asian and her prize Twenty Ten has been swatched here, also go check out The Hungry Asian's blog and polishes available at Etsy. Going from one extreme to the other see Wendy's Summery Manicure using tape to create a simple & easy square design!

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been continuing on with the 30 Day Challenge with Rainbow Gradient Striped Manicure
Emma at Emma's Little Corner has a little success after a frustrating week of failures PVA experiment Blue and Black gradient mani
Ruth has some more fun with gradients this week, refusing to accept summer is over!
Lou once again is on a bit of a Chanel kick with one of the Fashion's Night Out Limited Editions
Charlotte at Charlottes-nails has been busy with apples and glitter this week for the Fall into Autumn Challenge.
Its the end of the favourite things challenge for Steph, here's Steph's Day 10 Favourite Mani. Steph can't wait for the next challenge, will you be joining in the fun?
Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes drops in from her holiday in Spain to show off some NEW Holographic Polish from Kiko!
Putting her nubbins to good use this week, imPRESS - Press on Manicure false nails were put through there paces over on Enigmatic Rambles' blog.
PrettyKittyClaws put her Nails Inc Sprinkles to good use with a pretty Cupcake Mani.
Sam at Polished Art unleashed her inner geek with this physics-based rainbow manicure as part of the 31 Day Challenge.
Jo at Northern Nails has reached the half way point in the 30 day challenge this week was all about the nail art!
Nada has got her hands on her first set of Models Own nail polish and has swatched them! check it out!
Laura at She Who Does Nails has been continuing the 30 Day Challenge and did a cool rainbow nails design using a dotting tool!



Polished Criminails sticks to the British theme this week by showing us 4 of the new BarryM Gelly Nail Paints in the shades Prickly Pear, Grapefruit, Satsuma & Pomegranate
Kerry at JustTalkNails shows off the new Barry M Burgundy Croc effect teamed up with A Englands Iseult
Vic has been on a major polishing spree this week (13 manis and counting) but she just can't decide whether she wants to show you delicate print or holo bling.

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Best of British Weekly Round Up 9th September

I didn't manage to add my link to this in time this week, my poorly laptop decided it wasn't going to connect to the internet without being plugged in to the router instead of wireless and by the time I'd sorted it it was too late! But it doesn't mean all the other British lovelies haven't been busy! Have a peek, and if you're a British nail blogger and you want to join in  next week, click the image at the bottom. Happy browsing!

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Lou is back from her holiday and is showing off her new Chanel Nail Polish in a rare glimpse of the British Sunshine
Emma accidentally signed up to two nail challenges this month, so there will be lots of posts up on Imagination In Colour, including herAntique Nail Art post, amongst others!
Sam at Polished Art produced a special Teal Tuesdays manicure for Ovarian Cancer Awareness.
Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes went under cover this week with her Camouflage Manicure and liked it so much it stayed on most of the week with the addition of a matte topcoat.
Claire from nuthin' but a nail thing is all over the 30 Day Challenge and kicked off Day One with a Ladybird Manicure to cover off "RED".
Ruth relives school and tries to 'do the math' with her Blackboard-inspired nails this week!
It's been a busy week over at Polished Criminails, so let's take a look back at the last 7 days of the 30 Day Challenge!
Jo decided to take on the 30 Day Challenge this Month and is having tons of fun painting her nails a different colour every day!
September is Polycystic Overy Syndrome (PCOS) awareness month what better way to raise awareness than a manicure! And that is just one of the manicures on Enigmatic Rambles' blog this week!
Wendy from Wendy's Delights has made her own Water Decals for the September Polish Day themed Geometry
Charlotte from Charlottes-nails tried out some crayon nail art for the start of the Fall Into autumn Challenge.
Lucie from Lucy's Stash is experimenting with the 'ikat' pattern featuring Zoya Designer polishes! Check it out here!
Steph from Never Mind Suzie may be far away on her holidays so here's her holiday nails hope you're having a great holiday Steph
PrettyKittyClaws has had a blog makeover and did a Tape mani with the new KiKo holographics!
This week Nada turned 19 and to celebrate she did birthday nails!!! Enjoy this wonderfully simple manicure!
Laura at She Who Does Nails has been working on the 30 Day Challenge and particularly liked her piano nails!
The 31 Day Challenge started on The Crumpet this week, as did another awesome Giveaway featuring indie polishes
Kerrie's 300 follower giveaway over at PishPosh and Polish is still running and while you are there you should check out her Geometric Nail Art
Kerry does fimo for back to school with China Glaze Ruby Pumps!!
Sarah Louise creates some cheeky Bactiera Monsters , don't forget to enter her 2000 follower giveaway =D - Good Luck xox
Vic has done her first leopard print mani but it's orange, blue and gold. Leopard print nails are her new favourite but she's on a mission to never use the 'normal' colours.

Hx

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Best of British Weekly Round Up!

Sunday again, and we're growing daily! Check out what us Brit Gals have been up to this week!

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The weather in the UK may have improved a little but not enough for Vic to justify running off to Cornwall to catch the surf. Instead she's made do with her Surfin' USA mani.

It's been KBShimmer Week this week at The Crumpet 5 polishes, but which was her favourite ?

Laura has been trying out stamping for the first time this week and was particularly fond of her classyblack and silver floral design.

PrettyKittyClaws has been making the most of the sunshine by copying The Crumpet with a Red Holo Dotticure. feautring Ozotics 518

Helly at the Nail Newbie got her holo on with a purple holo gradient featuring OPI DS Original!

Charlotte at Charlottes-nails has been catching up with the lazy days of summer challenge with a ruffle accent nail.

Alexis at Glitter Tips managed to overcome a nasty case of nail art block with a Black and Gold NOTD inspired by her jewellery collection.

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing managed to get hold of some OPI Black Spotted and gave it a go over some bright NEONS.

Seeing as the British weather has been seasonably rainy, there has been a lack of barbaques this year. Unless it is in the form of nail art from Enigmatic Rambles.

Lou entered the Golden Jungle over at Painted Nails & Baking Scales finding some new polish species to describe

This week at Northern Nails there are Turtles in a Guest Post , Also Jo has started a new series of posts called Mashups!

Emma's been busy swatching the newBarry M Burgundy Croc Effects over different colours on Imagination In Colour!

It's texture time in the BFF Challenge and Kerrie from PishPosh and Polish made great use of Heart-Shaped beads but was it a success?

Ruth had some fun with pastel colours and created some colourful zebra nails using her new stampers!

Steph is showing off. Peacock feathers in the (rare) sunshine.

It's been a special week for Allie and in celebration she's been wearing some Sea Green Glitter Birthday Nails.

Dimpal is absolutely loving these fish egg nails Fish Egg Nails she also did Nicole's Me+Blue Mani

Sarah Louise reviews LeaLaC's Stamping Plate XL - A See the post for swatches and a manicure using her first Bettina Nail Polish.

Sam at Polished Art kicked off the 31 Day Challenge with a red leopard print mani.

Kerry starts the first off Nail Inc Sprinkle swatches with Sweets Way.

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If you're a British Nail Blogger and you'd like to join in, clicky the piccy! (Drunk Helly is not drunk....)

Hx

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Best of British weekly round-up!

Time for this week's British Blogger Round-Up, we've all been very busy!

It's been a week of Themes over at The Crumpet - the new collection from 365 Days of Color and Red Week - which was your fave? Naturally Debbie wants to show everyone her Monkey See, Monkey Do mani: Britishness.

Vic got a little carried away with one of her Summer Challenge manis this week. Bumble bees suddenly takes on a whole new meaning. Perhaps you've already guessed...

Lou played with some of her polishes from a recent US Polish Swap and had a lot of fun!

Helly wears her heart on her nails with her Love Love mani featuring OPI Steady As She Rose.

Has Misha mastered the freehand acrylic paint flower on Enigmatic Rambles?

Abi celebrated her A-England haul with one of her favourite stamps at Volatile Varnish.

PrettyKittyClaws is feeling summery with a Summer Sunset Gradient and has been making room for more with a blog sale!

Emma put up her first giveaway of GOSH Golden Dragon after arriving back from a relaxing holiday!

Sarah played with some of her recent Tony Moly Glitter polishes and created a Strawberry Love Affair Manicure . Also check out her swatches for Tony Moly's GS10 - Pinky Star, GS08 - Milky Way & GS09 - Shooting Star

Jo has been real busy in the real World this week and has a rather empty blog Busy Busy but if you check back later today you may find a suprise post! ;) .

Steph showed us a few of her "favourite things" Also check out her attempt at some nail art =)

Kerrie over at PishPosh and Polish attempted Tribal Nailsas part of her Black and White Challenge this week and is happy with the result.

Charlotte from The Colour and The Sparkle has a review of some W7 fluorescent polishes.

Charlotte at Charlottes-nails has been swatching China glaze deviantly daringfrom her recent polish haul.

If you're a British blogger and you'd like to join in next week, click the image below and them them Helly sent you!

Stay tuned for an Adventures in Stamping post coming up!

Hx

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Best of British blog roundup

My first post today is something really exciting! At least I think it is! A group of British nail bloggers have gotten together to create this weekly roundup, and here is the first one! Have a peek, maybe find some new blogs to follow and enjoy!

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It's been a busy week over at The Crumpet, with tutorials, Time Capsules and the start of a great new series, A to Z of Polish, beginning with A is for England.

Lucie has been busy doing nail art again! Check out her Aquadelic summer nail art dotticure over at Lucy's Stash.

Charlotte at The Colour and The Sparkle shared her first themed manicure: GB Colours.

Lou continued her obsession with all things magnetic on Painted Nails and Baking Scales with Barry M Super Nova.

The Nail Newbie is ready (for her kids) to go back to school with an apple for the teacher.

Enigmatic Rambles took on another nail art challenge this week and dabbled with textured deck chair nails too!

PrettyKittyClaws has been to the Olympics with a British Braid Mani.

Kerrie has been having fun over at PishPosh and Polish creating a Jelly Sandwich manicure with the new HITS MTV polish, Pink Pop.

Jo over at Northern Nails is Rocking a new mani and Rocking the town with photographic evidence! Rock on dude!

Charlotte's been celebrating her 20th birthday in style this week over at Charlottes-Nails with pretty pink fingers for her birthday nails.

Vic at Glowstars.net is still trying to master one stroke painting and her Summer in the Hamptons mani shows that she is at least improving.

Rachel-Karina over at Polished Criminails is bringing a much needed pop of colour to brighten up the British summer with these edible shades from the Beauty UK Candy Collection.

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If you're a British nail blogger and you want to join in next week, get in touch! 

Hx

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