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Blogmas Day 2 - My Favourite Festive Nail Polishes

Hey beaut's!

Welcome to blogmas day two! I'm really embracing Christmasy nails at the moment so I thought it would be the perfect time to share with you all my favourite nail polishes that I always whip back out for the festive season!
Firstly I have my Ciate nail polish in the shade Sand Dune, this is such a stunning true gold shade that goes on super smoothly, dries very quick and wears really well, I tend to use this as more of an accent nail shade on my thumb and ring finger. Next up is probably my favourite nail polish for the festive season out of all the polishes in this post and that is Barry M's Red Glitter. Red Glitter is made up of tiny red specs of glitter that are suspended in a transparent liquid so you do need to layer up a couple of coats for full opacity and let me tell you it's totally worth the couple of coats because it's the most sparkly, Christmassy red glitter that you'll ever set your eyes on. My next pick is again from Barry M but this time it's their Molten Metal nail paint in the shade Copper Mine, this is a gorgeous copper-toned polish which is crammed with multi-tonal shimmer that catches the light beautifully, I use this one again for accent nails however it looks lovely all over the nails too. My favourite Christmas red shade that contains no glitter or shimmer is the China Glaze nail polish in Tip Your Hat, it such a glamours red and super festive. I sometimes like to top Tip Your Hat  with my next pick which is Essie's Summit Of Style, this one an antique goldish/bronzish glitter top coat which contains large hex shaped glitters and smaller flecks that are suspended in a clear base, it's the perfect sparkly top coat for the festive season. Finally I have Barry M's Gelly Hi Shine nail paint in Sparkling Ruby, this one is a gorgeous red glitter shade that has a subtle golden shimmer effect running through it, such a festive shade.

All of the nail polishes above apply like a dream without any bubbling or streaking and last a good amount of time on the nails, if I had to pick a favourite brand of nail polish that I featured in this post I'd have to go for Barry M, I honestly don't think you can beat them for the price and the quality can you, their polishes really are amazing and theres so much shade choice too isn't there!

What are your favourite nail polishes to wear during Christmas beaut's? I'd love to know!

nopin

Rent Your Nail Polish? Coloristiq Review + Free Trail ♥

Hey beaut's!

I have something pretty amazing to share with you all today, a nail polish rental service! Yes you did read that correctly he he, thanks to the amazing Coloristiq* we can now rent some beautiful nail polishes every month, woohoo the days of dried up and unused nail polish are now over! 
So your probably wondering how this genius invention works... Well each month you get the option to choose three nail polishes from the hundreds that are available on the Coloristiq website. They have a wide variety of nail polishes and shades to choose from by salon quality brands such as OPI, Essie, China Glaze and Morgan Taylor, which you can add to your Coloristiq Wish List. Then each month the three nail polishes on your Wish List will be delivered to you through your door by post, for you to use for 30 days, allowing you three paintings per bottle. Yes, that means nine applications per month, for an amazing £14.49! Once the month is up all you have to do is simply repackage the polishes, stick the return label included on the top of the box and pop it into your nearest postbox, theres no extra postage cost or queueing up for hours in your post office, its that easy and convenient. 

The three nail polishes I received are all full size China Glaze polishes which where actually released just in time for Christmas last year, I love the fact that Coloristiq have all the current and new collections, its great. The first shade I got was 'Tip Your Hat' which is a gorgeous and glamous red creme shade, next I got 'Out Like A Light' which is a dark steel grey creme and lastly I got 'Chillin' With My Snow-mies' which would work amazingly as a top coat over the other two polishes, it contains small, medium and large matte white hex glitters which are suspended in a clear base, it gives the illusion of snowflakes on your nails which is so pretty for this time of year. 

Overall I think this a pretty amazing idea, you get three full size, high end nail polish shades that you've chosen yourself so you know you will like the shades, theres nothing worse than getting random colours that you might not like which you see happen alot with other beauty subscription boxes, and you get to use them as much or as little as you'd like for 30 days, it's just brilliant! And don't worry, each bottle of nail polish will be cleaned by the Coloristiq team when it arrives back with them and before it is dispatched to the next Coloristiq subscriber, meaning the bottles will always be in perfect condition on their arrival.

If you would like to get your first box for free (who doesn't like a freebie he he), all you have to do is place your order as normal then email info@coloristiq.com and mention the promo code Hayley1 and they will manually refund your first month. 

What do you think of the nail polish renting idea beaut's?? I'd love to know!

nopin

China Glaze | Loft-Y-Ambitions Review


Hey girlie's!!!

I seem to go nail polish crazy in the Autumn, and I just cant seem to resist a good berry tone shade, so say hello to China Glaze Loft-Y-Ambitions*.


Loft-Y-Ambitions* is a gorgeous deep, Burgundy shade perfect for this time of year, it also has ever so slight micro shimmers running through it that are only really visible in the bottle and not on the nails. You may notice this shade is very similar to Short & Sassy but without Short & Sassy's strong metallic sheen. Loft-Y-Ambitions applies really well without any bubbling or streaks and needed 2 coats to be completely opaque. The only downside to this polish is how darn fast it chipped, I used a standard topcoat and it was only on my nails 2 days before they could of done with completely re doing, I would definitely recommend a very good/strong top coat with this polish otherwise I'll think you'll be disappointed with its lasting power.

Overall I adore Loft-Y-Ambitions gorgeous autumnal colour but its lasting power really lets it down for me. I will just have to remember to apply a really good top coat when I use this shade again.

You can buy Loft-Y-Ambitions for £8.95 from beautychamber.co.uk, they have lots of other China Glaze polish shades to choose from including some sale polishes from just £5.00, what a bargain and great for stocking fillers for Christmas.

Have you tried Loft-Y-Ambitions before??? What did you think??? I'd love to know beaut's.

Hayley

NOTD | China Glaze Short & Sassy


Hey girlie's!!!

I've been really into painting my nails at the moment, I do love my nails looking all pretty, so today I'm back with another Nail of the Day post featuring a gorgeous China Glaze* polish. I wanted to go for something Autumnal that included my favourite Wine/Burgundy colour, so here's what I opted for....

Short & Sassy*

Firstly how quirky is the name of this polish, I love it!!!! I don't know about you but I'm a sucker for cute polish names, they always lure me in ha ha. Short & Sassy is a gorgeous deep vampy Burgundy/Cranberry shade that has a lovely metallic shimmery sheen running through it, it applies and covers really well without any bubbling or streaking and was completely opaque after just one coat, I opted for two coats as I wanted as much lasting time as possible. I found that Short & Sassy dried relatively quick, it seemed to be completely dry within a matter of minutes and considering this isn't a fast drying nail polish I thought that was excellent. As for lasting power... Short & Sassy lasted 3ish days before I noticed a chip on just 1 of my nails, I did use a cheapish top coat so I would definitly recommend using a good/strong top coat with Short & Sassy for extra lasting power.

Overall I love Short & Sassy, its the perfect Autumn/Winter shade and will also look super pretty for evenings out and any upcoming Christmas parties that are fast approaching.

You can buy Short & Sassy for £8.95 from beautychamber.co.uk, they have lots of other China Glaze polish shades to choose from including some sale polishes from just £5.00, what a bargain and great for stocking fillers for Christmas too.

I hope you enjoyed another NOTD post girlie's!!! Let me know if you own Short & Sassy and if you have any China Glaze must have shades that I need to try, please do let me know!!!

Hayley