Goodbye ... ?

Hello, everyone. I would like to do a quick post to let you know that I will not be continuing this blog. Due to it falling in to disuse I have decided to start a new blog! My new nail art blog is Candy-Coated Nails  candy-coatednails.blogspot.com  . I have also started a craft blog, Candy-Coated Craft  candy-coatedcraft.blospot.com  . I hope you will have a look at them and follow. Thankyou very much. For the final time ...

T

Haul Part 2! MUA Nail Constellation and Rimmel London Lycra Pro Matte Finish

 

   Firstly, I would like to apologise for the huge delay in writing this! You can find the first part of this post here   http://turquoisetalons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/haul-part-1-mua-fur-effect-nails.html .

   The second item I bought was a bottle of metallic beads for nail art by MUA called Nail Constellation. It is available in different colours named after starsigns, I got Scorpio which includes gold, green, purple and red metallic beads.

 

 

   The third and final item I bought was a matte topcoat by Rimmel London called Matte Finish. I was interested in buying a matte topcoat after seeing some contrasting nail art designs.

 

 

 

 T

 

Haul Part 1! MUA Fur-Effect Nails.

   On Saturday I went shopping and visited Superdrug. Whilst I was there I bought a few nail products which I will share with you, firstly starting with the one I am most excited about.

    After seeing some really interesting textured nail art using flocking powder I was keen to buy some. Luckily, a friend told me that MUA sold a similar product. Fur-Effect Nails comes in 1.5g pots which are available in 5 colours: a light pink called Fluffy Puff, a fuschia pink called Fuzzy Fluff, an indigo called Fluffy Bobbin, a purple called Fluff and Cuddles and a blue called BooBoo Fluff (my favourite of the names). Only three of the colours were available in the shop when I visited: the light pink, the indigo and the blue. I decided to get the indigo, Fluffy Bobbin.

 

 

 

   Inside the pot is a sifter lid and under that is the fluff which you can see some of in the lid in the photo above. I haven't tried it yet but I hope to soon and will share the results with you.

 

   I plan to post about the other two products I bought soon.

 T



Leopard Print Nails

   On Friday I tried a very popular nail design for the first time. I have seen many varieties of leopard print nails before in different colours, sizes and much more. Because it was my first time I decided to stick to the traditional colours. This is what I did.

   I followed a technique I saw in a tutorial by the youtuber cutepolish which you can see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Oz6-53eyI .

   The polishes I used were the Basecoat, Topcoat and Nail Hardener by Barry M which I used for my basecoat and topcoat, a Mirror Mirror gold nail varnish for my base colour, a brown beautyuk nail polish called Posh Puddle for the spots and a Mirror Mirror black nail art pen for the outlining.

   Leopard print is a very versatile and easy design which I reccommend you try.

 T

Simple but Sparkly

 + review for Barry M Silvery Lilac

  I have been wanting to try some nail varnishes I received for my birthday just over a month ago and have finally found the chance to use one of them.

 

   I used a Barry M nail paint called Silvery Lilac that I was given by a friend. It is a lovely metallic colour that covers the nail well in two coats and has a nice sparkle from the tiny pieces of glitter in it. It has lasted well and even though I painted them on Tuesday there are only small chips at the ends of my nails. I used the Barry M Basecoat, Topcoat and Nail Hardener as a basecoat and topcoat. To add a little bit of extra sparkle to this I added a small nail art gem near the cuticle of my ring fingers to create a very simple but effective look.

 

 

   So far I really recommend this nail polish, especially because Barry M is a very affordable brand. Currently I would give it a 5 out of 5. I haven't tried removing it yet though and that can be difficult for glittery polishes. Luckily the glitter in this is extremely fine so it shouldn't be too difficult.

 T