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November 15, 2012

a england - Beauty Never Fails & a england - Holy Grail

a england Beauty Never Fails + a england Holy Grail
a england Beauty Never Fails + a england Holy Grail
I always get very excited when I find new nail polishes from a england in the mail! Today I'm wearing two new shades, Beauty Never Fails (a black base with gold and olive green coloured flecks) and the revamped version of Holy Grail (a mesmerizing gold coloured foil). I wanted to combine these two sparkly polishes on my nails and I think it turned out really well! The formula of Beauty Never Fails and Holy Grail is excellent; both polishes are easy to apply in two coats. I used tape to create the "V" shapes.

a england nail polishes are available on the a england website.

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November 10, 2012

Flash Blacked Agra

Herome Agra + Layla Flash Black + Bundle Monster BM-205
The base colour I used for today's mani is Agra from Herôme. Agra is a dark greyish green coloured polish with a creme finish. Beautiful colour, it applies nicely in two coats. Now I finally got my hands on a couple of Layla Hologram Effect polishes, woohoo! Thanks for the tip, Meghan! ^_^ I was curious if these awesome prismatic polishes would work as stamping polishes. Well, they do. And it looks great! Everyone should try stamping with a prismatic polish some time, the effect is really mesmerizing. I used plate BM-205 and Layla - Flash Black to create the colourful pattern.
Herome Agra + Layla Flash Black + Bundle Monster BM-205
This picture is a bit overexposed, but I love how you can see the rainbow sparkles from Flash Black. ♥

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November 6, 2012

Zoya - Shivon

Zoya Shivon + Bundle Monster BM-314
Zoya Shivon + Bundle Monster BM-314
Shivon is one of the first polishes I ordered online; this means it's one of my oldest nail polishes. Call me crazy, but I never felt like I hád to try it. Till today! Isn't it beautiful? The gold shimmer in this berry/burgundy shade is so intense.. it blew my mind. The formula was good. Two coats looked ok, but I ended up applying three to intensify the base colour. I added the lovely swirly stamp with Bundle Monster plate BM-314 and China Glaze - 2030.
Zoya Shivon + Bundle Monster BM-314 (close-up)
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October 31, 2012

Rainbow Sprinkled Free Hugs

Essence Free Hugs + JENsations Rainbow Sprinkles
I can't tell you how much I've missed my polished nails and blogging about it! The eczema on my fingers is not entirely gone, but it looks and feels much better. Thanks for all the sweet comments on my previous post. ♥
JENsations Rainbow Sprinkles
Today I'm showing you Rainbow Sprinkles, a super gorgeous glitter topper from JENsations. I love it so much, look how cheery and colourful! For this mani I dabbed the glitter only on the tips. The base colour I'm wearing is Free Hugs from Essence; I had to use three coats to get an even surface. Free Hugs has a deeper pink tone in real life.
Essence Free Hugs + JENsations Rainbow Sprinkles (close-up)
You can find Rainbow Sprinkles in Jen's Etsy shop for $8,00 (10 ml).

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October 15, 2012

Taking a Break + a england Tess D'Urbervilles

a england Tess D'Urbervilles (bottle)
I hoped to post earlier, but at the moment I have a bad case of dyshidrotic eczema on most of my fingers. I can wear nail polish, but using nail polish remover hurts like hell and worsens the eczema. So I have to take a little break from polishing (and thus posting, bluh). Hope to be back soon of course! I have a lot of inspiration and beautiful nail polishes to show you. The last polish I wore was Tess D'Urbervilles, one of a england's Gothic Beauties. I love wearing black and this is black with something extra: beautiful emerald flecks. Absolutely amazing! Love the formula, too. This is two coats plus top coat.
a england Tess D'Urbervilles
The Gothic Beauties are available now on the a england website (£9.00 for 13 ml).

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October 8, 2012

Vacation Pictures Sicily

It was hard to make a nice selection, but here they are. Enjoy! :)
The Cathedral of Siracusa

October 3, 2012

Back to Blog!

China Glaze For Audrey
Hi lovely reader! I'm back from Sicilia. :D My husband and I had such a great time.. we did a lot, saw a lot (ate a lot ^^) and took a ton of pictures. During my vacation I wore For Audrey from China Glaze on my nails. I couldn't have chosen a better polish, it's an amazing colour and the wear time was really great (I took the above picture after nine (!) days). In the background you can see a folding screen from one of the apartments we rented with Audrey Hepburns face on it. How's that for a coincidence!

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p.s. At the moment I'm sorting through my vacation pictures, let me know if you want to see a selection. :)