Hello everyone!
My name’s Lisa and my blog is Happy Nails ( http://happynailsuk.blogspot.com/ ). I’m a UK polisher, brand new to blogging but firmly addicted to colour and sparkle. I am so happy to be guest posting!
In my post I’ll show you polish from one of my favourite UK brands, 17 by Boots. I love it because a) it’s cheap, and b) it has a really vibrant range of colours. I will be painting my nails blue with a cheeky bit of nail art thrown in at the end ;-)
These are the polishes I’ll be using:
On the left we have the lovely Ruby Gem, a rich and creamy crimson; in the middle, Mini Skirt, a bright solid white; and, on the right, the polish I’ll be mainly painting with here: True Blue, a solid, fairly dark primary blue.
After a base coat of Sally Hansen’s Double Duty (I only bought this a couple of days ago so can’t give a full opinion, but it’s worked really well for me so far), I painted 2 coats of True Blue. I think it’s a fab ‘wardrobe staple’ colour but it is noticeably darker on the nail than it is in the bottle, as you can see in my pic:
After a base coat of Sally Hansen’s Double Duty (I only bought this a couple of days ago so can’t give a full opinion, but it’s worked really well for me so far), I painted 2 coats of True Blue. I think it’s a fab ‘wardrobe staple’ colour but it is noticeably darker on the nail than it is in the bottle, as you can see in my pic:
(Excuse my messy painting! It’ll be evened out just fine in the top coat.)
After being patient for once and letting my nails dry fully, I got painting on my ring finger with Mini Skirt and then Ruby Gem, borrowing the skinny brush from a nail art polish for the details. And this is what I ended up with...
A patriotic salute from the UK blogger! *‘God Save the Queen’ plays in the background*
The above Union Jack flag is about as steady as my hand can get, and so I’m fairly proud! The sparkle on the rest of my nails is from a prized polish in my collection, INM’s Northern Lights silver holo glitter top coat. Here it is:
The above Union Jack flag is about as steady as my hand can get, and so I’m fairly proud! The sparkle on the rest of my nails is from a prized polish in my collection, INM’s Northern Lights silver holo glitter top coat. Here it is:
I ordered this online as holos are seemingly nonexistent in UK shops (especially if you live in the dreary North-East of England like I do!). As a sparkle addict this polish drives me wild; holos are like catnip to me! On this Union Jack mani it represents the most British of institutions... rain XD
Here I will wave goodbye with my nails sparkling. Thanks so much Amanda for letting me post!
Hugs,
Lisa from Happy Nails xx
Ahh, it feels so British in here ;) Thank you for the lovely post, Lisa! I really have to start practicing my freehand nail art!
xoxo,
Amanda
2 comments:
love it!
Thank you! Lisa is great :)
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