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Barry M Molten Metal Swatches

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Hello Again, Today on my blog I have swatches of the 5 new Barry M Molten Metal polishes. I never tried the original 4 which were released last year but I decided I liked the look of these so would give them a try. I got them on 2 for £7 from Boots but they are also available from Superdrug (I will leave links below) Barry M are probably my favourite high street brand and I like a lot of their finishes and different effects. What I also loved about these are the big, flat brushes because I really find they help get an even coat across the nail in minimal brush strokes. As with all the Barry M polishes I have tried I couldn't find any fault with the formula - they applied like a dream, I'd forgotten just how much I like them if I'm honest - they are just as amazing as some of my favourite indie brands. So the swatches - Blue Glacier - Well you must know me and blues by now and this one has definitely got the thumbs up from me! I think the name sums it up perfect

Creative Shop Plate 66 Swatches and Neon Unicorn Tutorial

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Hello Lovelies, I hope you have all had an amazing Easter Weekend with your friends and families and got treated to lots of Easter Eggs! Today I have swatches of one of the new Creative Shop plates I recently brought from Rainbow Connection and has I loved one of the images so much I have a quick tutorial on how I created the accent nail for my recent manicure. **I will leave all links at the end** So this is the plate I got and it has some really cute images on it I love the Creative Plates because they are full of such unique and quirky images, they have so much detail and are really well etched. The image sizes are a really good size too which means if you have long nails these plates would be fine for you. For the Swatches I used - 2 in 1 Embellished Clear Stamper Painted Polish - Midnight Mischief I was so happy with how well the images from this plate picked up - I used my usual gentle scrape with a firm scraper and rolled the stamper over the image,

Colors By Llarowe POTM Jan-Apr Swatches

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Hi Everyone, I hope you are having a good weekend? So as I sat down to write this post I was thinking just how long it has been since I wrote a swatch post - then I decided that was a stupid thought because I had taken a break from blogging so I haven't written any for a while! Anyway I cant believe it's already April which means we have had 1 third of this years Colors By Llarowe Polish of the Month. For those of you unfamiliar with this the amazing Leah-Ann of CBL creates a limited edition polish that is released on the 1st day of every month. I have collected these since they started but I thought I would share swatches of the 1st 4 from this year. Just from looking at these in the bottle you can see how gorgeous and unique they are - Leah-Ann really does create the most amazing polishes and that is why CBL are hands down my favourite Indie brand. I have taken 2 pictures for each polish 1 under my normal lamp and a 2nd out in the sunshine. So lets have a

Review of new Rainbow Connection Crystal Stamper

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Hello all my lovely nail friends, I am back...I am still struggling with my health and off work but I'm trying to get myself back and with that trying to find my nail passion again so I thought blogging again would be a good place to start. I have also made some changes to my Facebook page as I'm still not working it is my swatch and review page at present, I am also attempting short video tutorials and will hopefully be venturing into YouTube soon!!! So today's post is a review of the new 2 in 1 Crystal Embellished stamper the lovely Annette from Rainbow Connection sent me. This stamper has 2 large stamping heads with see through barrels and can be stacked for easy storage, it has a lid to protect the stamping head and crystals in the bottom. Each head is different 1 is domed and firmer while the other is flatter and slightly squishier (I prefer this one) although it is not as squishy as my all time favourite!! As with my previous reviews I chose to swa