New Years nails - 2016

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Another year is nearly over and I'm celebrating with a New Years Eve style mani...what else would I do on my nails?! In the nail art word we've seen many new things this year like holo pigment, chrome pigment, stamping with diamantes but my favourite invention of the year is the clear jumbo stamper! Today's mani wouldn't have been possible without it.

Uber Chic collection 12 - Nail-Artisan review

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Woohoo it's Friday and I'm really glad this week is over!! It's been a bit of a stressful one but hopefully things will be back to normal now :) I recently received Uber Chic collection 12 from Nail-Artisan and I was super excited about this set. Read on to find out why!

Model's Own Soft Pop watermarble - Uber Chic stamping

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I am loving the Models Own Soft Pop collection, especially for watermarbling. I met Rebecca from Baby Mama Nails last month and we had cocktails and then decided to go shopping! So we ended up in a Models Own Bottle shop and I got the full Soft Pop collection :)

Paris In Love Uber Chic - Nail-artisan review

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I did this mani in what feels like forever ago! It's just taken me this long to post it but I don't know why as I loved it. Maybe I just wanted to keep it to myself for a bit longer! I was sent the gorgeous Paris in Love plate by Alex from Nail-Artisan to show you guys.

Nail-Artisan review - Uber Chic Halloween 02, Who gives a hoot and Lovely leaves

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Today's post was mean to be a 40 GNAI mani, but I've had to reschedule that for this weekend as there are new Uber Chic plates tonight! I am super stoked about these and luckily I've had the week off work so when the plates arrived with me yesterday from Nail-Artisan, I stayed up late to get a mani done with each plate. There are a few surprises on these plates too!

Willy Wonka Inspired nails - Tribute to Gene Wilder

Come with me, And you'll be, In a world of pure imagination..... This week we heard the sad new that another legend has been taken from this Earth. Gene Wilder sadly passed away and I just had to pay tribute to him. I don't know many of his films but there is one that was a massive part of my childhood, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. 

Rainbow Roses - Pretty Serious and Uber chic

There has been a few incidents reported on the news this week that are truly horrendous. One of them was the terrible shooting in Orlando. I did these nails on Sunday and didn't actually hear about the sad new until Monday. It seems I live under a rock these days. I wasn't going to share this mani yet but there's a group of us on Facebook, Rainbow Pride Nails, and we are sharing our rainbow nails to pay tribute to those affected by the shooting.

Simply Nailogical inspired holo galaxy mani

Hope you all had a great weekend. I went to a BBQ on Saturday as it was my partner's brother's 40th birthday! It was a lovely day with all the family and the rain held off until we had finished the BBQ. Lucky or what! I took part in a group theme by Dressed Up In Polish recently which was a Galaxy theme. I had never done a galaxy mani before so I went for it and I'm super impressed with what I did!

Neon Gradient with China Glaze and Uber Chic

I really am digging the new Lite Brites collection from China Glaze! So much so that I bought another polish from the collection recently and then used them all in this mani.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas Pink and Lilac

So I went a bit wrong with this week's 40 Great Nail Art ideas post. I actually did this weeks mani twice! I stamped first time using a lilac stamping polish but for some reason didn't think about what my pattern prompt was and stamped something random. When I realised my pattern should have been chevrons, I re-did my mani and completely forgot the colour theme and stamped using a polish with Violet in the name! I think over this base it works as a shade of lilac as it's such a bright pink.

French Mani - CBL The Devil Wears Polish and Crystal Clear Stamper

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I totally forgot that yesterday was my second year blogiversary! I've been so busy at home that it just slipped my mind. I just want to say a quick thank you to all of you who keep coming back and reading my posts :) it means a lot. I wish I could do some form of giveaway for you but funds won't currently allow it. 

Anyway back to today's post. The lovely Alex from Nail-Artisan sent me her Crystal Clear stamper to review along with Apipila plate P6 so I could show you how easy it is to do a french mani with this stamper.

Femme Fatale - Grandfather of the Desert - Uber Chic stamping

I got some Rainbow Connection vouchers for Christmas and I decided to buy a few colours that I wouldn't normally go for, and gold is one of them. This is a beaut of a polish!