Born Pretty Store Chameleon Nail Polish review

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Hi everyone,

So for today's post I have a review of a nail polish from the Born Pretty Store. As soon as I saw this nail polish on their website I instantly knew I'd love it! - it combines 2 of my favourite colours - purple and blue!

This nail polish is a 'chameleon' nail polish as it changes colour in different light, shifting from different shades of purple and blue in different light.

Mint London Swatches Part 2

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Hi everyone,
My exams are finally over! I now have more time for blogging so I think I'm gonna spend this weekend painting my nails and catching up on all of the posts I've missed! Today I have 2 more polishes from Mint London to show you.

Clothes Show Live 2014

Hi everyone,

So today I thought I'd post about Clothes Show Live, which I was lucky to go to with my best friend yesterday! To be honest I was surprised how much I managed to restrict myself, nail-polish wise, but obviously there was some goody-bags which I couldn't resist!

So for those of you who haven't heard of Clothes Show Live before, it's basically a massive exhibition of clothes, make-up, haircare and other products which are all sold with discounted prices and lots of free gifts. It's at the NEC in Birmingham and is a yearly event every December. This was the second time I've been to Clothes Show now and I can definitely say it didn't disappoint! As you can see I didn't leave empty handed!:

Reverse Ombré Leopard Print

Hi everyone,
So for today's design I was inspired by the talented Sarah from My Mint Nails. Sarah actually did this design back in July and as soon as I saw it I put it on my list of nail designs to recreate! The design I'm talking about is a sort of reverse leopard with a gradient, which Sarah did with a summery pink/orange gradient, which you can see here. I decided to go for a cold colour scheme since were are coming up to winter now. 
Here's my design:

I used Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Models Own Apple Pie, Models Own HyperGel Turquoise Gloss, Rimmel Salon Pro Britpop and Avon Nailwear Pro in Licorice

Coloured Geometric Cut Out

Hi everyone,

So for today's design I actually added something to the cut out design I created on Monday (click here to read the post). Although I really liked the simplicity of the colour scheme I felt like the design needed more colour so I dug out my other 2 HyperGels and added them to the design!

Here's the finished look:

I used Models Own HyperGel Turquoise Gloss, Models Own HyperGel Sundress, Models Own Purple Glare and LA Colors Art Deco Nail Art Striper in Black

Geometric Cut Out

Hi everyone,
So for todays design I decided to attempt a cut out/negative space design. These are the style of nail art where you leave sections of your nail clear so that you can see your naked nail bed. I decided to combine this with a geometric design, here's what I came up with:

I used Models Own HyperGel in Turquoise Gloss and LA Colors Art Deco Nail Striper in Black

Models Own HyperGel Turquoise Gloss Swatch

Hi everyone,

So today I thought I'd show you a swatch of one of my newest Models Own Nail Polishes - Models Own HyperGel Turquoise Gloss. As you may know I took advantage of their 6 for £20 offer at on of their Bottleshops a few months ago and purchase my first ever HyperGels (you can read that post here)! When I went into the shop I already knew I needed this nail polish and the fact the sales assistant said it was their bestseller made me want to buy it even more!

This nail polish is a bright bold turquoise and it stands out too! I've been looking for a shade like this for a while so I was so happy when Models Own released it!

Dripping Blood

Hi everyone,
It's almost Halloween! So over this week I imagine a lot of you will be going out for various Halloween events for the build up to Halloween - I've already been to 2! Obviously for the Halloween events I went to I had to do my nails for the occasion!
Here's my design:

I used Nails Inc Luminous Red

Polish Party: Glitter & Gems

Hi everyone,

So today I'm going to show you the design I created for this months Polish Party theme - glitter and/or gems. Instead of just doing glitter nails or gem nails I decided to combine the two using my newest glitter polish - Models Own Southern Lights! 
Here's the design I created:

I used Ciate Ferris Wheel and Models Own Southern Lights 

Born Pretty Store Music Decals review

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Hi everyone,

So today I have a review of some decals from the Born Pretty Store. I always listen to music - I never leave the house without my iPod, so as soon as I saw these decals I knew I had to try them out!

Here is the design I created:

Lacquer Legion: Weird Science

Hi everyone,

So today I thought I'd show you my design for this months Lacquer Legion theme: Weird Science! If I'm honest when I first saw this prompt I wasn't going to talk part this month - I had no idea what to do! But then after I thought about it I decided to take the challenge and create a design!

Here's my design:

Blue swirls

Hi everyone,
So I'm currently on my summer holiday so I'm hoping (fingers crossed!) that this post has published! Today's nails don't really have a format- they are just really random, I didn't have a final outcome in mind ! I'm not quite sure what this design is but I  do like the colour combination!
Here's the design:

I used No7 Night Silver, Ciate Ferris Wheel and Barry M Nail Art Pen in White.

Holiday Nails

Hi everyone,

So today I'm going to show you the nails I am wearing for my summer holiday! I leave this weekend and of course I have to have my nails painted for the occasion! As soon as we booked our holiday I knew exactly what I was going to have on my nails -  a design I'd seen over at Nailed It NZ, a blog run by the insanely talented Jessie who is also training to be a nail tech!

How amazing is her design? 

Jessie actually did a tutorial for this design which you can see here and you can also see her original post with more photos of the design here. She also re-did this design as part of the 'Trip Down Nail Art Lane Challenge' and I loved it just as much as the first one that I took inspiration from both to create my holiday nails!

 Here's my recreation of Jessie's design:

Polish Party: Recreaction

Hi everyone,

So today's polish party theme is very exciting: Recreating the first design we ever published on our blogs! I've only been blogging for a year and a half but looking back at the photo of my first design I cannot believe how far I have come! This was the first design I ever created, I had somehow stumbled across WAH Nails and fell in love with their POW nails. I went out and bought a Models Own Nail Art Pen in Black and created this design. I was so happy with the outcome! Here's the design:  

You can read the original post here.

And here is my recreation:

Lacquer Legion - Fandom

Hi everyone,
It's Lacquer Legion time! This months theme is Fandom and I have to say I was really happy when I found out the theme! The only hard part was deciding which fandom to choose! In the end I decided to choose a few fandoms and show a different one on each of my nails.

Glitter Gradient

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Hi everyone,

So today I thought I'd attempt to do a glitter gradient. After seeing numerous stunning glitter gradients on Dahlia Nails I finally decided to give them a go. I've always loved glitter gradients but whenever I tried to do them they never turned out how I wanted to. I'm pretty happy with the glitter gradient I'm going to show you today as it the first successful one I have done!

Here's the design:

I used  Graffiti Nails Butterfly Pink* and Graffiti Nails Morning Mist*
For full swatches of both nail polish click here.

Mini Watermelon Nails

Hi everyone,
So first of all sorry it's been quiet on the blog for the last few days! I recently got a summer job - which I love - and things have just got so busy! I haven't had anytime to paint my nails recently and sadly I cannot wear nail polish at work either! 
Anyway today I have a day off and decided to create some summer nails. After seeing watermelon nails on Dahlia Nails, My Mint Nails, The Naily Mail, Nail Lacquer UK, The Nailasaurus & Roaring Nails' blogs I just knew I had to do my own version - they are just so cute!

Here's my design:

I used Ciate Ferris Wheel, NYC High Line Green, Barry M Coral, Barry M Nail Art Pen in White and Barry M Nail Art Pen in Black

Geometric accent nail

Hi everyone,
So today I've decided to show you a few of the nail art designs I created as possibilities to wear at my prom a few weeks ago. You can see the design I chose to wear on my nails here. I'm going to apologise in advance for the photos and clean up as I wasn't planning to post these - they were just quick little designs I came up with.
Here's the first design:

I used Barry M Gelly Coconut, No7 Night Silver, No7 So Simple and LA Colors Art Deco Nail Striper in Black.

Tour de France Nails

Hi everyone,
So for those of you who live in Europe (especially in France and the UK) you will know that today is actually the first stage of Le Tour de France. Le Tour de France is a cycling race which takes place in France, often departing from another country in Europe and ending in France. This year for the 101st edition the cycle race is actually beginning in England - in the NORTH not the South! Stage 1 of the race will be Leeds to Harrogate and so I'll actually get to watch the race because it goes through my hometown! To celebrate the occasion I decided to create some Tour de France nails:

I used Models Own Nail Art Pen in Black, Models Own Nail Art Pen in White, Models Own Nail Art Pen in Yellow, Models Own Nail Art Pen in Blue and  Nails Inc Luminous Red

Polish Party: Gradient Nails

Hi everyone,
So after a vote we all decided that this months Polish Party theme would be gradient. I love doing gradient designs because there are so many different colour combinations and the nail art possibilities are endless! I decided to keep the gradient simple and use summery colours because for the past week or so it has been really sunny here in England! Here's what I came up with:

I used  Nails Inc You're a Peach, Nails Inc Atomic and Nails Inc OMP!