Nails Inc Westminster and Dollish Polish Inconceivable

If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I am a big Dollish Polish fan, this has to be the maddest glitter polish that I have ever seen and I LOVE it!

Nails Inc Westminster

Dollish Polish Inconceivable

Two coats, although it was virtually opaque in one.   A beautiful purple creme,  no topcoat and look how glossy it dries!

This polish is absolutely packed full of glitter!

This polish is described on the Dollish website as:

Featuring over 50 different glitters,(53 to be exact, inconceivable!) This is the ULTIMATE topper with Squares, Hexagons, and Circle glitters in every colors of the rainbow, and everything in between, giving you a completely different look with each use. This topper really is inconceivable!

This is one coat of Inconceivable - yes, you read that correctly one coat!

Taken in artificial light with Seche Vite topcoat.

It is very hard to capture how sparkly the glitters are!

Natural light.

Natural light.

This polish is just mad! I couldn't stop looking at my nails!

You can buy Inconceivable here for $10.00 and they ship to the UK.

Nails Inc Englands Lane and Dollish Polish Crystal Empire

I love, love, love this polish combination!

Dollish Polish Crystal Empire

Nails Inc Englands Lane

One coat of Nails Inc Englands Lane

Consistency was perfect as with all Nails Inc polishes I have tried, fast drying time and dries lovely and glossy.  There is no topcoat in the pic above.

This has to be the one of the most amazing polishes I own!

It is part of the Cartoon collection and inspired by My Little Pony - 

The Crystal Empire, a mystical kingdom that mysteriously vanished years ago and now has returned and in need protecting! 

 This magical polish is chunk full of Stars, Moons circle & square glitters in shades of Pink, Purple, Fuchsia, Turquoise, and White all in a clear base.

This is one coat of Crystal Empire in artificial light

This is one coat of Crystal Empire in artificial light with a topcoat of Seche Vite

This was taken in natural light

As you can see my mani perfectly matched my drink in the sunshine!

What do you think? Love it as much as I do?

Nails Inc Prince Albert Road Review and Swatches

Nails Inc Prince Albert Road* is part of the OMG! collection, you can buy the three polishes from Look Fantastic for £18.75 that is a saving of £14.25 on RRP.


This OMG! Collection from Nails Inc brings you a selection of three shimmering nail varnishes, each one boasting seductive glistening colour. This set compiles fabulous glittery shades complete in vibrant colours, an absolute must have to brighten up your nails this season. This incredible bargain collection is sure to help you tantalise your fingertips, and paint your nails in style.

This OMG! Collection includes:

Waterloo Place (10ml) - Pink

Prince Albert Road (10ml) - Blue

Regents Park Road (10ml) - Turquoise

This is one coat of Prince Albert Road

It is described as blue on the Look Fantastic website but I would definitely say it's purple!

One coat provided complete coverage.  Application is easy as the polish is the perfect consistency and has a very fast drying time.

Again this is one coat with no topcoat.

The polish contains tiny silver flecks which give it it a lovely shimmer, almost foil like finish.

I topped my ring finger with China Glaze Glitter All the Way!

I forget how much I like Nails Inc polishes, they always apply so nicely and dry quickly!  This is a stunning colour and I'm tempted to pick up the whole set!

I have a giveaway on at the moment as it's my blogs first birthday this month, you can enter here.

Glossybox Free Box Offer Review!

This month Glossybox had a promotional code - buy the Valentines box and get a bestselling box from 2012 for free! Too good an offer to pass up so Hubby got me the boxes as part of my Valentines present.  Here is the review of the Valentines Glossybox that I received link.

The free box had the normal baby pink packaging

I was made up when I opened the box!

It's the November 2012 box which as I had already cancelled my Glossybox subscription by then means that all the contents are completely new to me.

Dr Jart+ Water Fuse Beauty Balm

This is a 15ml sample, 50ml retails for £18.00 here making the sample worth £5.40.

I have heard good things about this BB cream so I'm really happy to get this sample, I wore it to work on Friday and was really happy with the coverage and application.  The colour is probably a touch too dark for my pale skin but will be perfect once the snow stops and the sun starts shining!

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant

This is a 13g sample, 75g retails for £31.00 here making the sample worth £5.37.

Again I was really happy to get this item, I have also read great reviews on this and I love dermalogica products.  13g is a fab sample size as it is a powder so you actually get quite a lot of product.

Crabtree & Evelyn Himalayan Blue Ultra-Moisturising Hand Therapy

This is a 25g tube and 100g retails for £13.40 here making the sample worth £3.35.

 Nourishing macadamia nut oil, a potent vitamin C & E complex, and soothing tea, ginger and champaca extracts make for gorgeous-looking hands, while myrrh extracts take care of nails.

It smells gorgeous! It sinks in very easily and doesn't leave a greasy residue.  Perfect handbag size too.

Alison Claire Mango Body Butter

This is 50ml sample, 200ml retails for £15.00 here making the sample worth £3.75.

This is a natural product that contains organic ingredients, it smells lovely so I'm looking forward to trying it out.  I'm trying to moisturise a lot at the moment to minimise the dreaded pregnancy stretch marks so this will definitely come in handy!

Nails Inc Caviar Topcoat

A 4ml sample. 10ml retails for £12.00 here making the sample worth £4.80.

I have never tried this topcoat as I usually use Seche Vite but this claims it leaves nails touch dry in 45 seconds so can't wait to try it out.

I absolutely love this Glossybox! It is the best box I have had in ages!

It made up for the Valentines box not being this best and I would have happily paid full price for this free box.

Did you take advantage of this offer?  Did you get the same free box?

Nails Inc Sprinkles Dupes W7

I've been eyeing up getting one or two of the Nails Inc Sprinkles range which retail at £11 each on their website when I saw these W7 polishes for £1.99 each and free delivery at Nail Polish Direct.

W7 Mosaic - a dupe for Nails Inc Pudding Lane 

A light blue base with navy blue and gold glitter

One Coat

Two Coats

Two coats

W7 Lava Flow - this isn't a dupe for any of the colours in the Nails Inc range but I thought for £1.99 I'd try it!

A white base with red and black glitters.

One Coat

Two Coats

Two Coats 

W7 Salt n Pepper a dupe for Nails Inc Sugar House Lane.

A white base with matte black glitter.

One Coat

Two Coats

Two Coats

At £1.99 a polish I didn't have very high expectations but these polishes are BRILLIANT!


The consistency is great, opaque in two coats and I probably could have got away with one coat with Mosaic. They dry very quickly but do feel a bit gritty so you would need a topcoat.
My favourite is Salt n Pepper - its really unusual and I don't have anything at all like this in my collection.

A big thumbs up from me!

Thank you to Zoe over at Obsessive Compulsive Nails for the swatches that first made me NEED these polishes and for the Facebook page Nail Polish Show Offs for posting the link to Nail Polish Direct - its not a website I have purchased from before, but with polishes this cheap and free superfast delivery I will definitely be buying from them again in the future!

Aprils Beauty Budget Challenge - Week 3

I'm a bit scared this week! I know I have bought quite a few things and I haven't totted up how much I have spent!

I started the week with a budget of 61p due to my overspend in Week 2. I made £78 on eBay this week (woohooo) plus I have listed some more items that end next week.

First up a mini haul from MUA at Superdrug, I did the banking for work this week and couldn't resist popping into Superdrug to see what they had.  These are the first MUA items that I have bought.

Lipsticks in shades 6 and 12. £1 each.

Eye Primer £2.50 with a free eyeshadow! So I picked up the shade Pearl. Extreme mascara in Black £2 and a brunette eyebrow pencil for £1. Total cost £7.50

Nails Inc in Connaught Square and Park Lane. £11.00 inc postage from eBay.

OPI minis in L-R Planks a Lot, French Quarter for your thoughts, Strawberry Margarita, My Address is Hollywood.  £6.76 inc postage from eBay

Erm more sparkles! Models Own polishes in Juicy Jules and Ibiza Mix. £8.

Beneefit Smokin' Eyes kit - received in a swap that was included in last weeks spends.

Plus

£31.95 on my TK Maxx Haul

and

I eventually gave into temptation and signed up to the first Lux Box, they had an offer for £2.50 off the first box so it came to £10.45

Gees spent a lot this week...let me just add it all up.

£67.71! Get in! I have £10.90 left over!

Although I did list the items on eBay to pay off a bit of my credit card and not to spend on more stuff!

Going to try really hard to stick to the £10 budget for the final week, plus will not spend any money I make this week or the £10.90 left over from this week and will pay it off my credit card like a good girl :)

Nail Polish Water Marbling - First Attempt!

Happy Easter! I've had chocolate for breakfast and lunch today and I now feel a bit sick and I'm craving salad (thats a first!) hope you are having a lovely day.

Yesterday I got a text from my best friend Vicki asking me to come round for a girly night of nail painting, she had been watching some online tutorials on water marbling and thought it would be fun to give it a go.  Now I am not creative in the slightest and whenever I have tried to do any nail art in the past I have always messed it up, so I didn't hold out too much hope but thought it would be great to have a go.

You will need:
A glass/tub of water
An orange stick/pin for swirling the varnish
An orange stick for "collecting" the varnish from the water
A selection of nail polish
Masking tape
Some kitchen towel!
Vodka and cranberry and some chocolate caramel bunnies (optional)


Firstly I painted my nails with Models Own Pro Polish in Lavender Blue 036 (sorry for the pic quality, it was night-time the lighting was poor and my camera is rubbish!). 

Then I choose three colours that I thought would look nice together, L-R Mellow Yellow 027, Yas-Mint 048 and Matt Purple 018

Then time to tape up the skin around your fingers - Vicki had done a practise run in the day using sellotape and said it was a bit too sticky so I took around a roll of masking tape. Thanks to Vics' hubby for taping up our fingers! I was a bit distracted by the vodka and cranberry....

Then I dropped onto the surface of the water one drop of purple, then mint then yellow then repeated. Don't put the nail polish onto the water, let it drop from the brush.  I kept the lids unscrewed as you have to work quite quickly before the polish starts to set.

Then using an orange stick/pin make the varnish into whatever pattern you want. I just swirled mine around!

Then place your nail straight into the water through the polish, keep your finger in the water and use the orange stick to collect any varnish from the surface of the water.  Use a swirling technique, like you are making a candy floss :)

My very first attempt! I did this finger so that my nail was placed vertically through the varnish and into the water.

I did these slightly differently by putting my nail in horizontally and I think this worked much better.

My first hand before I tidied it up - the polish looks quite thick but it isn't its just the picture.

These are dry without a topcoat - I'm quite pleased with my first attempt :)

These pics are Vicki's fabulous attempt - they look gorgeous!

She did try and put a bit of OPI Rainbow Connection into the mix but it didn't work, so she just used the three colours above.

 

I then changed the colours for my right hand and used the same purple as the left hand plus Nails Inc in Shoreditch and used two drops of each colour.  I like this combination a lot more than my left hand, it looks really pretty.

 Couldn't resist sneaking this pic in! These are Vicki's Lalaloopsy's!

I am pleased with my first attempt, you could spend hours doing this with different colours and patterns.

Inspired anyone to give it a go?