52 Week Pick 'n' Mix Challenge - Dark Green & Camo, and Red & Gold

Hiya lovelies!  So, it's still very quiet around here, but today I have 2 mani's to share with you.  I painted a mani for last weeks Pick 'n' Mix challenge prompt, but I didn't get around to posting it in time, so I figured I might as well post it along with my mani for this weeks prompt.........

A2Z - A is for Angles

 Hiya lovelies!  So, today sees the beginning of a brand new A-Z of Polish!  We have a whole host of lovely new ladies joining us this time around.  The wonderful Charlie did an really cool "meet the bloggers" post the other day if you'd like to have a look at who's joining in.  (see it here) It's a little different this time around too.  Whereas last time we had to find a polish starting with that letter, this time, we have one word assigned to each letter, and it's down to us to interpret that however we want.  Which is just awesomesauce..............

52 Week Pick 'n' Mix Challenge - 60's & Matte/Texture

Hello again lovelies!  Today I have my mani for this weeks 52 week pick 'n' mix challenge.  I've put both prompts into the same mani again this week, and those two prompts are 60's, and matte or texture.  Now, I know that tie dye is one of the most obviously 60's manis there is, but I haven't done one before, and I've wanted to for ages.......

52 Week Pick 'n' Mix Challenge

Hello again lovelies!  Just a super quick second post from me today, I'm just squeezing in this weeks pick 'n' mix challenge mani while there's still technically a couple of hours of the week left :p

Crumpet's Nail Tarts 52 Week Pick 'n' Mix Challenge

Hiya lovelies!  An exciting post today, as this is my first mani in a brand new challenge! It's the 52 Week Pick 'n' Mix Challenge, being run through the Crumpet's Nail Tarts facebook page.  (You can find us here if you'd like to join in).  As the name would suggest, the challenge runs for a total of 52 whole weeks.  Each week, there are 2 prompts; one is a colour prompt, and the other is a pattern, or style of nail art.  Each week, you can pick to do a separate mani for each prompt, one mani that combines both, just one of the prompts, or even sit it out altogether that week if you need to.  Debbie was trying really hard to find a way of allowing more freedom in this nail art challenge, while still keeping some form of structure, and boy oh boy did she find it.  I love the way this is being run, it's such a good idea!

A-Z of Polish: W is for.......Wendy

Hiya lovelies, and welcome to another letter in the A-Z of Polish.  We're up to W this week, and it just so happens that I received something in the post the other week which is perfect for today.  This is Shimmer Polish - Wendy, which is a beautiful mix of purple, copper and turquoise glitters in a clear base.

MoYou London Rainbow Contest - Purple

Hiya lovelies!  As promised, I'm back today to show you my purple mani for the MoYou London contest going on over on Instagram.  For purple day I decided to make some decals with MoYou Princess 13.......

Colour me Crazy - Pink

Hiya lovelies!  So, since I've been mostly absent for the last few weeks, I've fallen a bit behind on challenges I was participating in.  I'm not going to try and catch up on the prompts I've missed, but I am jumping back in as and when I can, starting with the British Nail Bloggers Colour me Crazy challenge.  This week we're on pink, and I did a pink and silver mosaic design......

A-Z of Polish - K is for Key Lime and Kiwi Bikini

 Hi guys, and welcome to another week of the A-Z of Polish series.  Can you believe we're on the 11th week already, 12th if you count the week we had off!  I think when we get to 14 I will do a little 1st half round up post :D  Back to this week though, our letter this week is K, and this is another letter I didn't have much for.  I only own five polishes starting with the letter K, but I managed to use two of them in this mani.....

Tri Polish Tuesdays

 Hi guys!  Since today is the start of a brand new month, I figured this would be a great time to jump back in to the Tri Polish Tuesdays challenge, which is run through The Crumpet's Nail Tarts facebook group.  For anyone who's not familiar with this challenge, the rules are as follows:
Each month there are 3 chosen colours, and every Tuesday we post a mani using these colours, plus the allowed extras; black, white, gold, silver and glitter toppers. At least one mani within the month must contain all 3 colours, while the others must contain at least two of the chosen colours.

A-Z of Polish - J is for...........Jealous Jupiter

*Products marked with an asterisk were provided in exchange for review.

Hi guys, sorry I didn't manage to get this post up yesterday, these early starts are killing me!  Luckily I only have to work a 6am-6pm tomorrow, then I'm free for 3 blissful days :D  Anyway, we've come to another week of the A-Z of Polish, and this week is the letter J........

Barry M Rose & Zebra Nail Art

Hi guys, happy Friday!  Today I have a mani to show you that was inspired by this gorgeous mani by one of my favourite bloggers - Sam from FingerFood Nails.  I've wanted to do my own version of that mani for ages, and when I was looking at some of the new releases I've picked up from Barry M recently, I saw the perfect colour combo............

A-Z of Polish - H is for Heddon Street

 Hi guys! As promised, I'm back with my "H" mani for the A-Z of Polish series.  This week we're also being joined by the lovely Rachael from Racho's Nail Love.  She was unable to blog when we started, but now she's back she's playing crazy catch up.  If you follow the link above to her blog, you can check out what she did for A, all the way through to H! And, as always for the A-Z of Polish, you can check out everyone's mani's by visiting the hub page here.
So, my H polish is something you rarely see on this blog - a Nails Inc polish!

The Neverending Pile Challenge - Untried Stamping Plate (+ catch up mani)

Hi guys, today I have 2 prompts from the Neverending Pile Challenge to share with you - today's untried stamping plate prompt, and the gradient prompt from last Wednesday.  It was supposed to be 3 mani's, but I seem to have lost the folder for the third one :(  So, lets start with today's mani first.  My untried stamping plate was PUEEN53 from the buffet set.  The whole plate is newspaper headlines, so a newspaper mani it was..................

A-Z of Polish - D is for..... Denim and Dimension X

 Hi guys, and welcome to another day of the A-Z of Polish weekly series.  Today's letter is 'D' and I didn't have anywhere near as much choice as I did for C, so today's mani is quite a simple one.  My 2 'D' polishes are Barry M - Denim, and Pretty Serious - Dimension X......

The Neverending Pile Challenge - Most Expensive

Hi guys, and welcome to another week of the neverending pile challenge.  Today's prompt is most expensive, so I picked the 2 priciest untrieds in my stash - A-England - Ophelia (£9) and MaxFactor - Fantasy Fire (£5).  I know £5 is not exactly expensive, but it is quite pricey for such a tiny bottle.  I don't even know how much is in it, I couldn't find it written on the bottle anywhere, but if I had to guess, I'd say no more than 6 or 7ml........

DIY Sheer Tints Review and Nail Art

Hi guys, you may remember a couple of weeks ago, I reviewed the OPI Sheer Tints (here), and in that post I said I was going to have a go at making my own.  Well, I did, 5 of them in fact, so lets see how they came out.
*Warning, this is a picture and word heavy post.

FingerFood's Theme Buffet - Delicious (White Jazzies/Snowies)

 Hi guys, and welcome to another edition of FingerFood's Theme Buffet.  The prompt for today is Delicious, and I decided to go retro and do white Jazzie's :D  They're called all sorts of names though: snowies, jazzies jazzles, disco discs, but essentially, they're a little disc of chocolate with colourful ball sprinkles on top.......

Quirk - Oopsie Daisy #4

Hi guys :)  Today I have a beautiful polish from the awesome UK Indie brand Quirk to show you.  This is from the Oopsie Daisies range, which are prototypes/polishes that didn't fit in with any collections/polishes that Kerrie can't make any more of for whatever reason, and this one is simply labelled Oopsie Daisy #4.  How sweet is the sticker with all the daisies on it!

Finger Food's Theme Buffet - Week 12 - Freestyle

Hi guys, and welcome to week 12 of FingerFood's Theme Buffet.  Today's prompt is freestyle, so I decided to do a glittery floral mani, inspired by this amazing one-stroke mani by Charlotte @ So You Beauty.