Halloweenie with Charlie's Nail Art!

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We're well and truly into Autumn now, with this week seeing me digging out the boys woolly hats to replace their sun ones (and me putting on my winter coat for the first time this year resulting in a spider crawling out of the hood and making it's way down my face...eek!). I know to many of you, Halloween nails should be reserved for a few days running up to the event, but I received these glow in the dark gems from Charlie's Nail Art to review, and they just screamed halloween to me! Feeling inspired, I created these slimy nails using the gems as eyes and lumps of slime (which delighted my 7 year old!). The gems were really versatile; I turned them into eyeballs just with a dot of black polish, and they even glowed through a green jelly polish (Sinful Colors Irish Green). They need a little charge in sunlight to glow, but I was surprised that they actually needed very little and were glowing straight out of the envelope! They cost just 99p for 100 and come in white or pink.

Have these inspired you for halloween? Check out Charlie's Nail Art for more spooky nail art goodies, I'm particularly loving the cute pumpkin decals!

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Kiweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Today I have another glow in the dark beauty from Lacquerdaisical to share with you! Or more specifically, the Alexia of Lacquerdaisical's hubby, who is the mastermind behind Kiweeeeee! Kiweeeeee has a pale green jelly base which glows in the dark (squee!) with hex glitters in black white and yellow, just like a kiwi. Random fact about me, I am allergic to kiwis and even though I love them they make my tongue swell up and my throat close, which is not a good look! At least I can wear them on my nails ;) I wore two coats of Kiweeeeee over an opaque pale green cream, and stamped some kiwi-esque circles on my accent finger (I could have sworn I had a kiwi stamping plate, but I don't. I would have bet my first born on it...good job I didn't!) The formula is a little thick and can drag on the second coat, but just leave an extra minute between coats and you're good to go. It dries semi-matte, but nothing topcoat can't solve and the glitters are perfectly smooth and not at all thirsty.

Now the best bit! To 'charge' Kiweeeeee's glow in the dark pigment you just need some sunlight, but I used my LED lamp once it was dark out so I could get a good glowing photograph! Look at it glow! I love how it really makes the glitters pop!

Lacquerdaisical Kiweeeeee (and all of their other polishes) are available to buy from the Facebook page and their brand spanking new Big Cartel shop! Prices start at just £2.50 for the mini sizes and there are some really lovely, original polishes - duochromes, glitter, holos, textures - all you could ever want from an indie polish brand!

Hx

The product featured 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.

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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

The product featured 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.

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