Different Dimension Love To Hate You

Hi guys

Today I'm wearing Different Dimension Love To Hate You.Love To Hate You is a jam packed glitter topper filled with small white and purple circle glitters as well as larger circle glitters, squares, stars, diamonds and hearts. The pictures show one coat of Love To Hate You over Nails Inc Colville Mews. I didn't need to redip my brush to get more glitter or fish for the larger glitters although I did have to manipulate the polish on my nails to make sure I got even coverage. The circle glitters really catch the light and this topper is very pretty. This is my first polish by Different Dimension and I'm sure it won't be my last.Which Different Dimension polishes do you think I need to add to my collection?

Bye for now, Louise x

Glisten and Glow Youngwildandpolished collaboration polishes

Hi guys

I recently ordered the 4 polishes in the Glisten and Glow Youngwildandpolished collaboration. They arrived within a week from the USA which I was pleased about.

For this mani I am wearing two of the polishes from this collaboration - Topaz's Cabin on my pointer and pinky nails and Dukeberry on my middle and ring nails. Topaz's Cabin is a mid to dark grey cream and Dukeberry is a dusky dark purple.

The polishes applied in 2 easy coats and I'm also wearing base and top coat.

Do you guys have this collection? Which is your favourite polish?

Best wishes, Lou x

Picture Polish collaboration with Brit Nails - Unicorn

Hi guys

Happy new year! I hope you all had a fab Christmas.

I recently placed an order with Rainbow Connection using money I received for Christmas. I treated myself to 3 polishes including the stunning Unicorn which is a polish from Picture Polish made in collaboration with Brit Nails.

Unicorn is a turquoise crelly base with pink and silver glitter running through it and a pink sheen.

In my photos I am wearing Sally Hansen base coat, 2 coats of Unicorn, another coat or Sally Hansen base coat and a coat of Sally Hansen Insta Dri top coat. Adding a coat of base coat before top coat may seem a little odd but I discovered this tip from Polishedways on YouTube to help manis last longer. So far it is working because I wore this mani for 5 full days and before I got a chip. I type for a living and usually this causes both tip wear and chipping!

Do any of you guys have any other tips for making your manis last? If so, I'd love to read them below. If you try Polishedways' tip let her know how you get on.

I hope you love this polish as much as I do, it's even prettier in real life.

Until next time, Lou x

A catch up!

Hey guys

Sorry it's been a long time since I last posted.

Here are some of the manis I've worn since then!

If you want any details as to what I used please just ask.

I hope you guys are well and are looking forward to Christmas and new year

Love Lou x x

OPI The Impossible x

Hey guys.

This is the first of the mini liquid sands that I tried.  I surprised myself because I was sure I'd want to try the purple one first!

Anyhoo, this is a real beauty. It looked as though it had a lot of depth although I preferred the look of it after I applied top coat. I just like shiny nails best.

Do you guys prefer liquid sands with or without top coat?

Love Lou x x

Nails Inc Royal Botanical Gardens with Porchester Square x

Hey guys

I wore Royal Botanical Gardens alone for a day or so and it was lovely but I felt it needed something more so I did a tape mani with Porchester Square which is a classic neutral shade.

This combo looked very classy if I do say so myself.

What do you guys think?

Love Lou x x

Layla Purple Illusion x

Hey guys.

I've been wearing Layla Purple Illusion since Saturday night after applying it over NFU Oh aqua base. 

I've tried Layla holographic polishes in the past and was very disappointed in the wear time. With the aqua base I have one chipping, yay!

I am wearing one coat of base, which took a while to dry, two coats of polish and one coat of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar top coat.

I love holos and am delighted I got the aqua base which gives it a longer wear time.

Do you guys have any other tips for making holos longer lasting?

Love Lou x

Jindie Nails Candy Land ♡

Hi guys

I've been lusting after this beauty since I first saw it appear on my Instagram feed although I can't remember the name of the lucky lady who had it!

Finally this beauty became mine this week after I stalked Jindie Nails Facebook page waiting for details of her next restock! When I applied it for the first time I was quite disappointed as even with four coats and plenty of shaking and tipping the bottle upside down between coats I had hardly any glitter on my nails.  I persevered and two coats and plenty of fishing later it looked how I'd expected it to look!

The first picture shows how it looked after four coats. The other pictures show how it looked after six coats! You even get to see my right hand because it looked equally pretty!

Anyhoo, formula aside this beauty is just that. I love how some of the neon glitter is a little muted by the layers of almost sheer creamy white polish.

One of the ladies on the All Things Nails page on Facebook kindly contacted Jen of Jindie Nails on my behalf and told her of the problems I'd encountered when applying this beauty.  Jen is kindly sending me a replacement bottle! There really are some fab people in the nail polish community!

I'll either update this post when my new bottle of Candy Land arrives or write a second blog post depending on how I feel at the time!

Do any of you ladies own this beauty? Was she easier to apply for you?  Feel free to post links to any blog posts you have done about this beauty.  I love seeing pictures of it.

Love Lou x

Edit - 8 April 2013

Hey guys

My replacement bottle of this beauty arrived a couple of weeks ago and it's fab. The distribution of glitter was much more  than in the previous bottle. Here are some pictures of the few times I've worn it since getting it.

Love Lou x

Nails Inc Great Pulteney Street

Hey guys

This is the third pokish from the Nails Inc Naturally Beautiful collection on QVC.

It's a light coffee colour that the powers that be describe as 'taupe'.

Again, this has got the easy to use consistency that you expect from Nails Inc.

This is 2 coats with base and top coats.

You'll see from my earlier two posts that the other two polishes from this set chipped within a day of wearing them and I thought it was because my Seche Vite top coat applied quite thickly because it needs to be thinned out. I made a point of only applying a thin coat of Seche Vite to this mani and *touch wood* it has lasted all day without chipping. Phew! I really didn't want to think that Nails Inc's standards were slipping.

Luckily Seche Restore is on its way to me and I can thin my top coat soon.

Love Lou x

Ps. I had to use a filter to capture the true colour! X

Nails Inc Sheraton Street

Hey guys

This is the second polish from the Nails Inc Naturally Beautiful collection on QVC.

It's a gorgeous light duck egg blue and was very easy to apply.

This is 2 coats with base and top coats. Again this polish didn't last as long as I've come to expect from Nails Inc but again my Seche Vite top coat applied quite thickly so I'm still blaming that!

Again this was a pain in the butt to get an accurate picture of but this is pretty close.

What do you think of this colour?

Love Lou x

Nails Inc Northumberland Avenue

Hey guys

I've been lusting after the Nails Inc Naturally Beautiful collection on QVC for a while now so thought I'd treat myself with some pennies I was lucky enough to get for Christmas.

As you can probably guess from the name they are 'natural' colours but they aren't all what you'd probably expect.

There are four beauties in this set. I'll be posting about two others in separate posts.

The first one I tried was Northumberland Avenue which is a lovely mid shade of khaki. This was easy to apply and the picture shows two coats of colour with base and top coats.

I found that this mani didn't last a full day but I'm putting that down to the fact that my Seche Vite top coat applied quite thickly because it needs thinning. Luckily I've got Seche Restore winging its way to me.

I love this colour and wilk definitely wear it often.

Do you have this set or is it on your wishlist?

Have you noticed that it chips easier than other Nails Inc polishes or do you agree that it's down to the top coat?

Love Lou x

Ps. Another thing I noticed is that this is a complete pain in the butt to get an accurate picture of! X

Nails Inc Lowndes Square with Nails Inc Burlington Arcade Nail Jewellery

Hey guys
I've already typed this post up once but it didn't save! So enjoy the pics for now and I'll do the blurby bit again another time!
Do you guys find that Blogger on your phones plays up or have any tips to make it happen less often?
Louise x

Nails Inc Bury Walk... again!

Hey guys
I know I've posted about this beauty before but I don't think I'll ever get over how pretty it is or how difficult it is to get an accurate picture of!
Anyhoo, here are my recent attempts to capture it's beauty for you to see.
I think this is definitely one you'll have to see in real life to really appreciate it's shimmery beauty.
Do any of you know any tips that I could use to get a better picture of this shy pretty?
Louise x

Layla Flash Black

Hey guys
This is a beauty I tried to blog about a few days ago but my phone decided not to play ball!
Although this is a gorgeous polish it didn't last long without chipping!
Do any of you guys know how I can make my holo pretties last longer?
Louise x