Jade Sparkle!

It's official. I love it when boots have 3 for 2 on make-up! I ventured into the Ipswich branch on Friday and came away with 6 new nail polishes! I originally wanted the Barry M pink crackle and a Models Own polish, but when I saw the 3 for 2 I think I went a bit crazy.. I got 3 Models Own polishes, Jade Stone, Blooboo and Juicy Jules. 



I wanted to get more but I figured that I love all of the pastel ones so I might as well buy the set on the website! Jade Stone is very similar to my Barry M Mint Green, but the polish itself is so creamy it covers completely in two coats to a lovely even consistency! Even though I have a similar colour I am very pleased that I picked this one up! Blooboo I just couldn't put down once I had picked it up, the colour is so pretty and the subtle blue shimmer within gives it a lustrous quality! I adore this colour and I can't wait to use it! I got Juicy Jules because I am such a sucker for holographic glitters.. and I am so pleased that I chose to get it! The glitter particles are so densely packed inside that one application over a base colour gives an amazing glitter finish! It's truly beautiful and I can't stop staring at it in the sunshine!

I got my Barry M pink crackle and figured that I might as well pick up another 2 of their colours for an extra £2.99! I got Shocking Pink and Pink Flamingo. The former my friend Carrie got for her birthday and it's a really bright hot pink that almost glows! The latter I have had my eye on for a while, it's a lovely pink with a slightly orangey tone to it. Considering I don't really do pink it's quite something for me to come away with 3 new pink polishes! 


I saw my best friend Laura that night at her sister Beth's flat. I showed Beth my new polishes and did her nails for her! She adores pink so I did a Shocking Pink base with the pink crackle over the top and pink glitter to finish! I think it looks really good and she absolutely loves it! 

I really wanted to try out my new Models Own polishes, so I did a base coat in Jade Stone and covered it in a coat of Juicy Jules. It is stunning. Really. I was thinking about painting flowers on top but I love it so much that I didn't want to cover any of the glitter! It's going to be really hard for me to resist putting a coat of Juicy Jules over every polish that I use from now on! I am so hooked on Models Own now. How did I live without this brand before? I'm back at uni now and the Winchester Boots doesn't stock it so I have a feeling I will be making use of the website an awful lot!

Anyway, you should totally go to boots whilst the 3 for 2 is on and grab yourself some Models Own polishes! 3 for £10 is an absolute steal given the quality and colours of these polishes. You will not regret it!


-Leisha.

Crackle Top Coat!

So I once again left it too late to do my nail polish before going out so I had to take it with me haha! It's becoming quite a regular occurrence for me to be sat doing my nails in the pub before heading out to the rock night at Liquid! Anyway, there I was, in the pub with my nail polish trying not to become too engrossed as to lose my place in the conversation with my friends.


The design I chose was pretty simple. I had dug out my Barry M black crackle top coat and chosen a nice glittery red, No7 Cherry Tang, for the base colour. The polish pretty much did the job for me! It was pretty lazy nail art compared to usual but I didn't have enough time to really go to town with them! I didn't get the red as evenly covered as I would have liked, mostly because of the poor quality of light within the public drinking establishment but they look pretty good considering! I did manage to smudge them a bit when picking up my bag as it was time to leave, but never mind.. They look good and I've had lots of comments on them!

Barry M also have other shades of crackle polish out, and Models Own are releasing lots of colours very soon (as mentioned in a previous post) so I am excited to get my hands on other colours to try! This particular polish dries to a matt finish which is a nice contrast with the shine of the red beneath! I haven't used a clear top coat because I'm happy to preserve the different textures.

Anyway, there we are! Red and black crackle nail art! Ta da!

-Leisha

Previous Nail Art!

Well OK so I realised that I hadn't actually put up any of the pictures of my nail art up on here.. I posted a few pics on FB so you might have seen them before, but I figured it would be nice to put some one here too! =) So here is the nail art that I have done so far! There are more too but These will do for now, I may put more up later! Hope you like!

So what do you think?

-Leisha

Models Own - Golden Peach

I do so love my little brother lol we were in boots and I noticed the Models Own stand with its brightly coloured nail polishy goodness all lit up and displayed nicely.. and he said that he would buy me one providing that I could choose it within two minutes. Now, I am utterly useless with decision making at the best of times but when it comes to nail polish it can take me hours to choose so two minutes was pushing it a bit! I did narrow down my selection to three or four and after panicking a little bit decided on a gorgeous shimmery shade called Golden Peach. Oh boy am I glad I chose this colour! I was so excited about trying it out that I was a bit hasty in removing the deep teal colour that I had on and made my fingers blue. I scrubbed them but the colour wouldn't come off so I had to wait -.- lol.. patience is a virtue right? So the next day, after dreams of peach nail colour, I set about making my fingers pretty! My base coat of choice at the moment is one that I picked up in poundland, it's GOSH vitamin booster, it goes on nice and smoothly and I don't feel bad about using lots of it because, hey, it was only £1! 

The peach colour itself is amazing, it has golden yellow flecks in it but they are small and create a sheen that is very visible in all lights! These pictures were taken a week after application and up until just now when I bashed my finger accidentally had absolutely no chips in them! This has to be one of the longest lasting polishes that I own! I applied two coats and forgot to put a top coat on even! So it's not like I even tried to protect the colour!

So yeah I'm just going to rave about the quality of this product for a bit! At £5 my brother thought I was crazy.. and maybe I am a little bit, but you really do get what you pay for! The number of times that I have been disappointed with a polish that I have spent maybe £3 on and hasn't lasted or applied very well.. but Models Own really seem to know what they're playing at! I like this colour so much that I even painted my toes to match =D And having chipped them just now I think that I'll reapply the same colour on my fingers! This is something that I *never* do! I always change my nail colour! I guess this polish is a winner!

-Leisha.