Untried Month - China Glaze Riveting

Helloo!

Last day of Untried Month, and I've got a beauty to show you! Riveting was the only polish I was interested in from the China Glaze Hunger Games Collection (although now I want Electrify and Luxe and Lush too...) and I was lucky enough to win it in a giveaway from my friend Ashley :) It really is a stunner! Glass flecked orange that I was happy with at one coat (although I noticed a bald patch in the photos...so perhaps two would have been a better idea.) I can't wait to get this on my toes!

China Glaze awesomeness. It really is Riveting - I can't stop staring at my nails!

Did you pick up any polish from the Hunger Games Collection? I haven't seen the film yet, but having read the books several times over I really really want to! Who wants to take me?

If you want to check out all my untried month posts, slap "untried month" in the search bar to the left!

Hx

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Untried Month - Nails Inc Heather Grey

Hi loves

This polish was a freebie (Nails Inc love their freebies) with Diet Coke quite a while ago now. At least two years ago anyway, but you can still catch it on evilbay. On me it's a nothingy colour. Just average. A bit meh. Another untried crossed off the list though!

Nothing more to say. I do love a freebie though!

Hx

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Untried Month - Neon and Nude

Hello :)

So apparently a big trend this season is the neon and nude manicure - a nude base with neon tips. Nails Inc have been championing it and I saw a Barry M advert with one of the models sporting neon tips over a nude base and decided I had to give it a go. The base here is Color Club Nomadic in Nude and the tips are (freehanded rather wobbily) in Barry M Shocking Pink. Not exactly a great look on nubbins but beggars can't be chosers...

Nomadic in Nude on it's own. Putty on me...but I like it!

Have you tried a neon and nude mani? Yay or nay?

Hx

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Untrieds Month - Petites Zodiac and Icing Lemme See Your Peacock

Hi!

More polishes from birthday clubbers/springsurprises/awesome swaps today! I broke a nail a few days ago so took them all to nubs, and to me, nothing suits nubbins better than purple. This pretty purple was sitting in my untrieds all unloved so I whipped it on and unloved it is no longer! Can you say pretty? I created an accent nail with this awesome Icing glitter - turquoise, green and purple hex glitter in a clear base. I loved it :) I was at the hospital with my son the day I wore it and all the nurses complimented me on it, which made my day a bit better!

I have so many untried purples, it's quite shamefull...
Hx

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Untried Moneth - Color Club Love Em/Leave Em and Earthy Angel

Maybe I should have called this Color Club Month...? Anyway, I got Earthy Angel from my PAA Spring Surprise and Love Em/Leave Em from Ebay after falling in love with the purple CC holo. I saw a stamped design like this in one of the FB groups I'm in (I'm sorry I can't remember who it was but please if it was you, shout at me and I'll give you credit!), but in silver, so in the spirit of untried month I gave it a go in nude and really love it. But the stamping was a pain in the arse. Ever have one of those days when it's just really hard work? I'd like to think my stamping has gotten better, but last night I just could not get this design to stamp well. Gah, never mind. I did 2 coats of Earthy Angel on all my fingers apart from the ring, which had 2 coats of Love Em/Leave Em. Perfect buttery coats of awesomesauce. Then I stamped the flower design from a BM plate and W&W Black Creme and dotted the centre of the flower with the contrasting colour. Cute and simple. Or it would have been if the stamping wasn't a pain. LeSigh.

Pre-stamp

Now I really badly want Revvvolution...

Hx

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Untried Month - Color Club New Bohemian and OPI Last Friday Night

Morning :)

I couldn't decide what I wanted to wear the other day. Actually, I wanted Whimsical but couldn't find it, so I threw a few untrieds into a box and got Mr NN to chose for me. He actually came up with a pretty good combo! Color Club New Bohemian (thanks to my spring surpise from PAA) and OPI Last Friday Night, which I got in a swap. This is what I came up with!

I might get Mr NN to chose more often!

Hx

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Untried Month - Revlon Whimsical

Morning!

I wanted this polish sooo badly, I entered every giveaway offering it that I could find and even tried frankening a dupe. So I cannot explain why it has taken me so long to try it when I got it from one of my lovely Birthday club ladies back in February. I am hanging my head in shame. Now I am wearing it, I never want to take it off though! Ok so I said that about the neon mani was wearing yesterday, and Color Club Wild at Heart that I wore last week....but I digress. Today I am wearing 2 coats of Whimsical over 2 coats of Barry M Blue Moon. In the pictures you can still see a wee bit of VNL but you can't tell in person. So pretty and delicate looking.

I'm wearing it plain at the moment, but I might have to adulterate it later...

Hx

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Untried Month - Color Club Wild At Heart

Morning!

Today's untried is Color Club Wild At Heart and it is gorgeous! I got this from one of my birthday club girls back in February and I have no idea why it's taken me this long to wear it. In the bottle it looks like a deep purple with silver speckle and if you didn't know better you might pass it up. Bt it has a secret holo that is just gorgeous! Granted, it's a shy holo, but get it in the right light and it shows how beautiful it is! I am celebrating today because I think it is the first time I have EVER worn a holo and had some sunshine to take pictures in! This was too perfect buttery coats but you could even get away with one if you're careful.

So pretty! I'm itching to stamp over it if it lasts the day...here's hoping it does I never want to take it off!

Are you joining me in untried month? here are some lovely ladies who are! Check them out :)

Alyssa B at http://www.fancyphalanges.blogspot.co.uk/

Alyssa C at http://polishjunkieninja.blogspot.co.uk

Ashley at http://onenailtoanother.blogspot.co.uk/
Kira at http://www.prettykittyclaws.blogspot.co.uk/
Lexi at http://finger-painted.blogspot.co.uk/

Nicole at http://notskindeep.onsugar.com/

Zoe at http://www.ocnpd.blogspot.co.uk/

Hx

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Adventures in stamping - design using 2 different stamps

Hi! This week's stamping Sunday challenge vote was a tie, so we could choose between stamping over a gradient or using two different stamps. Since I voted for using 2 different stamps and already had an idea in my head I went for that! I have seen this lace design a few times and wanted to try it out, even though the only suitable flowers I have are the cabbage roses from a few weeks ago...the lace element takes out the cabbagey-ness of it a bit though...I hope.

Continuing with untried month, I used 17 Lasting Fix Toasted Almond as the base, a champagne shimmer that has just a touch of dark silveryness about it to make me like it. I then stamped the fishnet design from BM209 and the rosey-cabbages from BM14 with Miss Sporty New Black, which in fact is a dark grey shimmer, and added a thin french tip. I used grey instead of black because I wanted it softer. The fishnet stamped more opaque than the roses so you can see it through them, but other than that I liked it :)

I either need smaller flowers or longer nails...

Check out the other lovely ladies taking part in untried month, and jump on the bandwagon too!

Alyssa B at http://www.fancyphalanges.blogspot.co.uk/

Alyssa C at http://polishjunkieninja.blogspot.co.uk

Ashley at http://onenailtoanother.blogspot.co.uk/
Kira at http://www.prettykittyclaws.blogspot.co.uk/
Lexi at http://finger-painted.blogspot.co.uk/

Nicole at http://notskindeep.onsugar.com/

Zoe at http://www.ocnpd.blogspot.co.uk/

Hx

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Let untried month begin! China Glaze Japanese Koi

Morning! I'm starting untried month off with this little beauty from China Glaze! I'm on a bit of a neon kick at the moment, and this bright bright red-toned orange didn't disappoint. In fact the only disappointing thing is, as usual, my photography skills, or lack thereof. But neons are hard to take pictures of, right? My nails kind of look like they're glowing. Please excuse the awkward hand positioning, I had to use my right hand for the photos and I'm losing a nail after having an infection (gross) and I was trying to spare you from the horror. Anyway, this was two coats, plus topcoat as it dries to a satin finish, being a neon. The formula on this one was great for a neon, I didn't use a white base coat, but if you did it would pop even more. Can't wait to use this on my toes.

Neon goodness! What neon collections would you recommend?

If you want to see my stash list, which shoes all my polishes and which are untried, click the tab at the top. I am also going to be on a no-buy for the monthi, apart from things I am already bidding on on ebay (oops) and for swaps. It's not too late to join in if you have an untried stash you'd like to scale down! Check out my lovely birthday club ladies who are joining me:

Alyssa B at http://www.fancyphalanges.blogspot.co.uk/

Alyssa C at http://polishjunkieninja.blogspot.co.uk

Ashley at http://onenailtoanother.blogspot.co.uk/

Nicole at http://notskindeep.onsugar.com/

Zoe at http://www.ocnpd.blogspot.co.uk/

Feel free to grab the logo, slap it on your blog and join in :)

Hx

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