Spring Nails...

So, I added a few Spring shades to my ever growing nail polish collection, and I just couldn't decide which one to try first, so I tried them all!!

Products used...

O.P.I Nicki Minaj Nail Lacquer - Did It On 'Em

Nails Inc Nail Polish - Holland Park Avenue

Butter London Spring/Summer 2012 Collection 3 Free Nail Lacquer - Bossy Boots

Zoya Professional Lacquer - Kristen 

Let me know what you think! I'm loving these shades, my favourite is Zoya, Kristen, it applies really nicely with a gorgeous colour. 

Spotty Spotty!!

A little inspiration taken from the Irregular Choice shoes.... 

I managed to do the spots with a toothpick! They are not particularly even, but still, not bad for a first attempt ay! - Also please ignore the blob on my thumb... forgot to sort that out before the picture, d'oh! 

The red I used is L'Oréal 307 Target Red, and any French manicure white polish is fine for the little spots :-)

Essence Colour & Go Nail Polish - 60 Fateful Desire

Essence have added 28 new shades to their Colour & Go Nail Polish collection, making 56 in total so it is hard not to find a shade you like! The name, Colour & Go, is to reflect that the polish is fast drying, features a wide brush for fast application, and only needs one coat. I only disagree with the last statement. It is fast drying, the brush is perfectly wide making application very simple, but two coats is needed, well at least for shade 60 Fateful Desire, which I used. This could be due to the fact that it’s such a dark shade, and maybe the lighter shades only require one coat (who knows?!), but to be honest, the fact that it is fast drying and easy to apply means that applying two coats really isn’t a hassle. 

I always use a top coat, and with this I find it lasts around three to four days without chipping - but please note, I am lucky enough to own a dishwasher, so my little nails never go into the dishwater to do the washing up! ;-)

The pictures below are the shade is shot without me wearing a top coat.

Striped Nails

Here I’m wearing 17 Supreme Shine Nail Polish in shade Wave for the base colour, and Etos Nail Art in shade 005 used for the stripes. 17 Supreme Shine Nail Polish features a maxi brush, which is brilliant, it makes application fast and easy with one stroke. It needs two coats, but this isn’t a problem as it dries nice and quickly. This is my first attempt at "nail art" (as you can probably tell), but the Etos Nail Art has a small thin brush specially created to make it easy to apply different designs to the nails, and I love it!