B Nailed To Perfection

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!

Moo Moo Signatures - The Legend of Moon Goddess swatches and review.

I have a beautiful new collection by Moo Moo Signatures to share with you today! The above 5 polishes are from The Legend of Moon Goddess collection and they were kindly sent to me to swatch by Alex from Nail-Artisan. There is a story behind this collection and some of the polishes. They are based on one of the legends for Mid-Autumn/Mooncake Festival which is celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese.

26 GNAI - Halloween in the wrong colours

I'm not much of Halloween lover and I never really go all out with my nails but this weeks 26 GNAI was Halloween in the wrong colours and it was so much fun doing this! I wanted something easy and simple so I went for pastel sparkly ghosts.

Virago Varnish - Swatches, Review and nail art

Another week is here and I back at work yesterday. I don't mind though as it's nice to be back into a routine, although I did enjoy having lots of free time to do my nails! Today I have a new to me indie to share with you, thanks to Alex from Nail-Artisan. She is the UK stockist for Virago Varnish and let me tell you...I am impressed with these! They are 5 free, cruelty free and vegan friendly. Ready for the swatches?

Pro-belle Beauty Texture polishes - Swatches, nail art and review

Anyone like textured polishes?! If that's a yes then you're going to love today's post! I was recently contact by the guys at Pro-belle Beauty to see if I would like to try their Textured nail polishes. Pro-belle Beauty are a US based company but they will ship pretty much to anywhere in the world. They sell a wide range of nail treatments, tools and polishes. Pro-belle Beauty sent me all ten of their textured polishes so I could swatch a few and then create some nail art with others.

The Edge Annika Nail Polish - Swatches, review and nail art

The lovely guys down at The Edge Nails contacted me again to see if I would do another review for them. Click here to see my previous review which was more gel polish. Today's post is about their new range of nail polish called Annika. They sent me four colours to try out and I even did a nail art look with a few of them!

Uber Chic Far East 02 plate - Nail-Artisan review

I've gone all oriental for today's post with a classic red and gold stamping using the Uber Chic Far East 02 plate sent by Alex from Nail-Artisan for review. The Edge also sent me some of their Annika polishes to try and I'll have a full post of them on Wednesday.

26 GNAI - Blue and silver - Uber Chic Far East

Yey the nail art challenge is back but this time it's 26 Great Nail art ideas! I managed to rope a few more bloggers/instagrammers into this challenge so hope you're ready to see lots of cool manis. The prompts are a bit easier to follow this time and have a lot of room for interpretation which I think is great. Today's prompt is blue and silver. I was sent the Uber Chic Far East 02 plate to review by Alex from Nail-Artisan and as soon as I saw the little bird images I wanted it on my nail in blue...don't ask me why lol I just did!

Glitter Baby Nails swatches, review and nail art

I have some polishes to share with you from a new UK indie, Glitter Baby Nails. Emily, who owns the shop, sent me these four polishes to swatch and review. Her polishes are 5 free, cruelty free and vegan friendly which is brilliant! I was really impressed with them so keep reading for swatches and nail art!

Collection 2 Step Solar Gel Polsihes swatches and review

Monday is here already! You may be thinking this is not a normal day for me to post as I usually just do Tuesdays and Fridays. I'm going to change my schedule a little bit and post three times a week and then twice a week and alternate it like that. This is because I am starting another nail art challenge which will occur every other Friday. I'm sure you guys won't mine extra posts here and there :)

On to today's post and I have some 2 Step Solar Shine Gel Nail Polish by Collection to share with you. This is actually regular polish but it has a high shine finish and is meant to replicate the look of gel polish.

Uber Chic Succulents and Great Outdoors - Nail-Artisan review

So that's another working week over! Feels like it's been a hard slog to get to Friday don't you think? If there's any mistakes in this post, it's because I was half asleep when I wrote it :/ . I have a double plate review for you today and it's some items from the lovely Alex at Nail-Artisan. This post contains two mini Uber chic plates. Succulents and Great Outdoors.

Meebox Pumpkin Spice review and nail art

Over in America at this time of the year everyone goes crazy for Pumpkin Spice lattes so it's very fitting that Meebox has gone with Pumpkin Spice for Octobers theme! In this box there are some awesome goodies as you can see. Three nail polishes, a stamping plate and a clear stamper and scraper set. I was very excited when I opened it and saw a Bundle Monster Clear Monocle stamper as I've after a stamper like this for a while now.

40 GNAI - Earth Tones - Tartan - Nicole Diary review

So today is my last 40 GNAI post. I've really enjoyed this challenge over the last year as it's made me try things I wouldn't normally do. Hopefully there will be a new one starting soon but we'll see! Today's post is very Autumnal with earth colours and I had to chose from a few different patterns and I went with tartan. I went through a bit of a tartan phase last year and I still love it! This prompt gave me the perfect opportunity to show you plate ND112 from Nicole Diary.

Candy Coat gel polish review plus nail art

Hey guys. I hope you are well. The weather has taken a turn this week and it's feeling more autumnal but I have some brights ans holo on the blog today...because that's how I roll! Candy Coat are a fun online gel polish company that specialise in gorgeous bright candy coloured gel polish, hence the name. They have over 320 colours available and offer a few different buying options. They have Pick 'n' Mix, Colour box and Subscription box. For my review I chose 3 colours from the Pink 'n' Mix menu and they also included a base coat, a top coat and a super shiny no wipe top coat.

Model's Own Soft Pop watermarble - Uber Chic stamping

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 :)

Uber Chic Collection 11 - Nail-Artisan review

Well this weekend was a busy one! I had a few things to do on Saturday and then on Sunday I attended PB North in Manchester! It was fun and interesting and I have lots of pics to share with you all...but for today I have another Uber Chic review. Alex from Nail-Artisan sent me collection 11 to review recently. This collection has some gorgeous images, but I wouldn't expect anything else from Uber Chic.

40 GNAI - Red, yellow and green - Half and half - Nicole Diary review

Today I have my penultimate post of 40 Great Nail Art Ideas and I will be so sad when it ends in a few weeks time! I have teamed this post with a review of a stamping plate that was sent to me by Nicole Diary. The colour prompt was red, yellow and green and my pattern was half and half.

Guest post on A Certain Becca's blog!

Hey guys! I've done a guest post for the lovely A Certain Becca. Go check it out if you want to see more :)

13.9.16

Professional Beauty North - September 2016

Hey guys! Today's post is going to be different from the norm. I am visiting Professional Beauty North on Sunday in Manchester so I thought I would write up a quick post just explaining what it's all about. PB North is one of the largest beauty showcases in the north. It is host to over 500 brands and also two additional shows, Salon North and Aesthetic Medicine. They also have a lot of seminars but I haven't actually booked in on any. It is spread over Sunday the 18th and Monday the 19th of September.

Into The Wild - Jessica swatches and review

*Press sample

Summer is slowly fading away, the leaves are turning orange and colder mornings are here. So you know what that means in the nail polish world?! New Autumn/Winter collections! The lovely guys at Gerrard International informed me of their new Jessica polish collection, Into the Wild. It consist of 6 beautiful new shades that are just made for the colder seasons.

Paris In Love Uber Chic - Nail-artisan review

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.

40 GNAI - Peach and Lemon - Gradient

This week's instalment of 40 GNAI is a bit delayed due to my Uber Chic review that I had to post on Friday. If you haven't checked it out then I seriously think you should! anyway, back to the task at hand! This week's theme was peach or lemon and I had to do a gradient. So I actually used both colours and did a stamping gradient over a gradient.

*Picture heavy

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.

BPS Review - Chameleon nail polish

I have a quick Born Pretty Store review for you guys today and it's of this gorgeous chameleon nail polish with holo glitter in it! This is number 31 on the website.

Mandala Love Uber Chic - Nail-Artisan review

Yey it's Friday and I have no work now for a week :D so looking forward to a nice break. I'm not actually going on holiday, just having a few days out and no doubt doing jobs around the house! I have a review for you today of the beautiful Uber Chic Mandala Love plate that was sent to me by the lovely Alex for Nail-Artisan.

Uber Chic Wild West 2 - Nail-Artisan review

Do you love the Wild west? Tribal? Native America? Yes I hear you say?! Well you will love the new Wild West 02 plate from Uber Chic. Nail-Artisan sent me this beautiful plate for review so I could create some manis for you guys.

40 GNAI - Orange - Geometric

Hey guys. I've had one of those weeks this week so I'm glad it's finally Friday. Hope yours has been ok! Another quick post from 40 GNAI and today it's orange and geometric.

L.U.S.H Nails swatches and review

I love to hear about UK indies so I was over the moon when Eirene of L.U.S.H Nails asked me to swatch and review some of her polishes. L.U.S.H Nails is a new UK indie polish maker and her polishes are cruelty free and 5 free so they don't contain the 5 harmful chemical found in everyday nail polish. There are over 100 polishes available with lots of different finishes. Let's get into the swatches!

Wings RockNailStar vinyls - Nail-Artisan review

It has been such a nice change to play with nail vinyls! The third and final RockNailStar vinyl pack that Alex from Nail-Artisan sent me was Wings. For this post I decided to use the vinyls in two different ways just to show you that you can use them differently.

Tropics RockNailStar vinyls - Nail-Artisan review

I have another pack of RockStarNail vinyls, sent to me by Nail-Artisan, to show you guys today. Tropics is a bigger pack than the heraldry one so it has more variety. It's full of leaves and fruit type designs!

40 GNAI - silver and yellow fluid lines

It's finally Friday and I have a quick 40 GNAI post to show you today. The colour theme was silver and yellow I had to do fluid lines. I am rubbish at free hand so luckily I found a stamping image that could work.

Heraldry RockNailStar Vinyls - Nail-Artisan review

Today's post is something a little bit different for me. I don't venture much into nail vinyls as usually I don't get on with them but when Alex from Nail-Artisan asked me if I would like to try some RockNailStar Vinyls I thought I'd give them a go.

Uber Chic collection 9 - Nail-Artisan review

I have another Uber Chic review for you today guys. If you missed it on Friday, I showed you a mani from the brand new OP Art Magic plate. Click here to check it out if you missed it as it is one cool plate. Collection 9 was sent to me for review by Nail-Artisan and It consists of 3 separate plates with some wonderful images on each plate.

Uber Chic OP Art Magic - Nail-Artisan reivew

OMG guys?! Uber Chic have a brand new plate out! The OP Art Magic plate was sent to me for review by Nail-Artisan and it is amazing. This plate has some pretty cool optical illusion images but I know what I am really excited about... all the images for us holosexuals! I had to of course do a mani right away and include holo. It would be rude not to! (sorry for all the ! I am just so pumped about this plate :D )

Bestie twin nails with @Theonenailqueen - Uber Chic review

Hey guys. Hope your week is going ok so far, half way there already! I have another Nail-Artisan review for you but it's also a bestie twin nails mani with my lovely find Sam (aka The one nail queen). We both used the Fabulous Feathers plate from Uber Chic and this plate certainly is fabulous!

Beach mani with Uber Chic Nautical plate - Nail-Artisan review

Hey guys. Hope you are well today and have recovered from the Monday blues. Last week I had a few days off work and went to the seaside so of course I had to do a beach themed mani. I really love how this design came out! I used the Uber Chic Nautical plate, sent to me by Nail-Artisan, which I did a little review of on Friday.

40 GNAI - Nude + colour - Fish braid- Uber chic Nautical review

Another Friday and another 40 Great nail art ideas post. This weeks prompt for me was a fish braid design! I've never done one of these before and I've always wanted to try but I didn't really think the original type fish braid would work with nude. So I went for the stencil version and decided to make it harder for myself as I didn't actually have any stencils! I attempted to make the design from straight line vinyls. I don't think I did too bad did I?

Moo Moo Signatures - Rainbow flowers bath collection - swatches and review.

Happy hump day! Hope you've had a great week so far guys...it has been hot hasn't it?! I had a lovely few days off. I went to the seaside on Monday to visit my grandparents and then spent yesterday and today relaxing mainly. Back at work for me tomorrow but only two days and then it's the weekend again..yey! Alex from Nail-Artisan sent me the Moo Moo Signatures Rainbow flowers bath collection for review. I did a watermarble with them first but now I have the full swatches and a review to share with you.

Marianne Nails Butterflies with EDK Holos

I have switched up my posting schedule this week as I have lots to show you lately and I wanted to do this post today! Some of you may have noticed a few changes around here the last couple of days...I have a new blog design and my own domain! I felt like I needed to do a mani to celebrate this milestone for me and my blog.

Fruity mani - Parrot Polish and Uber chic

The lovely Alex from Nail-Artisan sent me some awesome goodies to review. In this post I am featuring Uber Chic plate 9-2 from collection 9 and the Parrot Polish cool summer neon collection.

Meebox - Splash!

Wow wow wow Meebox has knocked it out of the ball park this month guys! Meebox are a monthly nail polish subscription box and they have featured on my blog a few times. Here and here. Last month we all found out that the theme for this month was Splash! and it was a full UK Indie takeover. There was a lot of speculation about who the indie would be and all the guesses were unanimous and of course correct- A England.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Pink and Aqua - Fan Brush

Yey it's Friday!!! I think that's how most of my Friday post start haha! I'm back with another challenge from 40 Great Nail Art Ideas and this week I had to use a fan brush with pink and aqua.

Jesscia Nails - Phenom swatches and review

*Press samples

Hey guys hope you are all well today! The weekend seems so long ago now :( I spent most of it wallpapering and painting. I did go out Saturday night with the other half to Frankie and Bennys! Last minute date night so that was nice. I have a few polishes to show you today from Jessica Nails UK new collection, Jessica Phenom. They were sent to me for review by Gerrard International. Jessica Phenom is a new way to get a gel look mani than lasts longer but without the use of an LED or UV lamp. There are 30 colours in the range and the Finale top coat. I was sent three new colours to review along with the top coat.

Watermable with Moo Moo Signatures

I did a watermarble...OMG! Alex from Nail-Artisan sent me the full Rainbow Flowers Bath Collection by Moo Moo Signatures to review and I needed to watermarble with them to see how well they work. These stunning polishes are made by a lovely lady called Mei Mei and they are pastel neons. Don't you just love the little cow logo?! I'll keep the rest of this post short and sweet as I recorded a how to video on this mani, which I will link at the end.

Blogsquad Collection - 'Ard as Nails swatches and review

*Picture heavy

I have an epic post for you today guys and it's picture heavy. These polishes are from the new Blogsquad collection by 'Ard as Nails and they are just so stunning it was hard to narrow the amount of pictures down! The Blogsquad collection consists of 5 scatted holographic polishes that are all opaque in two coats, nearly one for some. 'Ard as Nails, by Soap Dodger, have been shut for a while but they will reopen this Friday with a new look website so make sure you check them out.

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Coral and White - Embellishments

Happy Friday guys! I'm back with yet another instalment of 40 Great Nail Art Ideas and this weeks colour prompt is coral and white. For my pattern prompt I had to use something 3d or embellishments. I don't really use any embellishments but I found a few things in my stash!

Diabolical Nail Varnish - Firebox.com swatches and review