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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 :)

Uber Chic Collection 11 - Nail-Artisan review

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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

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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 :)

xx

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

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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

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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.

40 GNAI - Peach and Lemon - Gradient

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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.

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. 

BPS Review - Chameleon nail polish

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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.