Review and Swatches : Orly Hot Shots

I got these beauties from Buyapowa. If you're not familiar with the concept, basically, the more people buy a certain product, the cheaper it gets. It's genius!


This set was £16 (with additional £1 delivery charge) down from £26.75. Bargain. It's one of Orly's Mani Mini's range. All the polishes are 5.4ml and there was an Orly Nail Defense Protein Enriched Strengthener included with the set which is a full size 18ml.


Here come some shots of the polishes - 

Colours from left to right - Hottie, Hook Up, Holla, Blue Collar.

Protein Enriched Strengthener

Such fabulous bright, spring colours to bring a smile to your face! Especially 'cos it's raining today :(

Hottie

Hottie - A hot pink creme. I'm not sure if you can really tell in the photo's that it is kinda orange towards the tips of my nails?! Weird. I do really like this colour though. Two coats.

Hook Up 

Hook Up - A yellow shimmer. This one's a bit sheer, so took three coats. I LOVE the finish of this one.

Holla

Holla - Orange creme. Not super bright, a little bit on the red side. Makes me think of fire! Two coats.

Blue Collar

Blue Collar - Glorious turquoise creme. Just have nothing else to say! Two coats.

I used the nail strengthener as a base and top coat, and it's super nice. Quick drying and good formula. The colours have a great formula and settle on the nail really well. The finish is nice and smooth, no patchy-ness! 

Overall, I'd like to share that I like Orly. Very much!

Hope you enjoy!

See you next time,

WN x

Award Season : Oscar's

Sunday the 26th will be the night of the 84th annual Academy Awards! And, more importantly it will see the end of my award season series. I've had a lot of fun doing this series and I hope you've enjoyed them all too :)


Without further ado, here come the Oscar nails - 

Award anyone? ;)

I used 17 Fast Finish Nail Polish in Knockout Red, NARS Kismet, Barry M 320 Gold Foil and 47 Black.

- Start with your basecoats. Especially if you're using this specific red 'cos it stains like a mofo!

-  Next I used the NARS gold to make a kinda spot-light effect in the background

- Then, the gold foil to paint the award, and a bit more NARS to add a little detail. The idea is to make the award more real than just a flat shape!

- Lastly, I added the black across the bottom just to add that finishing touch

- Top coat to seal it all in.

I'm looking forward to the awards, and ofcourse the E! red carpet coverage :)

Hope you enjoy these nails, and have a fabulous weekend!

See you next week....

WN x

Red Sky At Night

Apparently it's a good thing!


We had the most beautiful red night sky, and I thought that the colours were so pretty. So I put 'em on my nails :)


Like here - 

I used four colours for the background, Bourjois So Laque in 39 Jaune Trendy, Nails Inc in Ibiza Orange, Avon Color trend in Cherry Choc and Barry M 115 Red Black. I also used Barry M 47 Black for the clouds.

- Start with your basecoats

- Then two coats of the Bourjois yellow

- Next I used a cosmetic sponge to add the orange and the reds, fading from light to dark

- To finish the design, I used a small nail art brush and the black to paint the silhouetted clouds

- Top coat to end.

As usual with the sponging, I made a right mess! But don't forget we can always use a cotton bud in nail polish remover to clean up :)


I'm liking how these came out, and I hope you enjoy them!


See you Friday.........


WN x

A Glitter Fade

I'll give you two guesses as to the nature of today's blog.....


I got one of the Miss Sporty Transformer Top Coats in Sparkle Touch. It is ridiculous! So many colours! I'm like a Magpie honestly, anything shiny and I'm all over it.


Here is a photo of the polish - 

There's all kinds of glitters in here, blue, pink, green, red, silver........so good :)

Here are some nails - 

I used Barry M 47 Black as the base, but really any black will do! I thought it'd be the best way of showcasing this amazing polish! 

- Start with your basecoats

- Two coats of the black

- Next just layer up the glitter gradually concentrating more and more towards the tip of the nail

- I used two top coats to make the surface really smooth.

I'm loving this polish. It gives an amazing effect layered over a base colour. It'll work with loads of colours too as there's such a massive range of glitters packed in there.

Not bad for £1.99!!

Hope you enjoy :)

See you soon,

WN x

Review : Cult Nails

The thing I love most about blogging, is that I get introduced to so many brands that I've never heard of before. From big to little, I love making new discoveries! One of my favourites, by far, has got to be Cult Nails. An independent, the brain-child of blogger Maria at R3daily.com. 


Cult nails recently celebrated it''s 1st birthday :D And as a treat, all postage was free all over the world! As Cult is only available from the U.S at the mo, I jumped at the chance and bought three - 

From left to right - Let Me Fly, Awakening, Iconic.

All swatches are without top and base coats.

Let Me Fly

Let Me Fly is a beautiful Sky blue with little silver glitter particles. I hate removing glitter polishes, but this was so easy and came off nearly almost as easily as a creme! Love it. Three coats.

Awakening

Awakening is a hypnotising inky blue creme. I don't really have much to say about this colour, apart from that, for me, it's a special one. Three coats.

Iconic

Iconic is a deep berry pink/red with teeny gold glitter particles and flakies. Er, so it's beautiful. It's a gift that keeps on giving :) Two coats.

These polishes glide on like a dream, and the finish is just incredible. They feel like a top end luxury polish to wear. I would absolutely recommend Cult Nails to anyone. Polishes are priced at $10 USD each, which comes out at about £8 GPB. You can get them at cultnails.com.

In summary, me like.

See ya Friday!

WN x

Award Season : Grammy's

The Grammy's were on last night (or for me v. early this morning!). So, here come some musical nails - 

These were super easy. Basecoats, two coats of BarryM 66 Matt White and Bundle Monster Stamping Plate 207 using 47 Black. And obviously top coat!

Not my best, but hey, it was my first try!!

Unfortunately the awards were overshadowed by the shocking and untimely death of Whitney Houston. Such sad news, the loss of one of the last few legends of our time. I think the awards gave fitting tribute to her, and my thoughts are with her family.

I'll see you all Wednesday,


WN x