Cinderhellie Nails

Hi Everyone, Hope you are all having a good week? I got these polishes a week or so ago and I was very excited to swatch them and share them with you all. Now I'm sure there are a few things you have all learnt about me by now - I love indie polish, I'm a sucker for Colors by Llarowe and I have a serious live affair with blue polish! So when  Rainbow Connection  got the new CBL collection in and I saw the gorgeous blues I knew I needed some in my collection. I told myself I was only allowed 3 which for a polishoholic is just unheard of, but after a difficult few hours putting polish in my basket, changing my mind and taking them out and putting 3 more in I finally settles on these 3 Well when they arrived I was not disappointed with my choices however I was disappointed I only allowed myself 3 because if the rest of the collection is this pretty they need to be on my CBL shelf Now for those of you unfamiliar with CBL - where have you been?! Leah Ann the creator behi...

Happy Monday Lovelies, I hope you have all had a great bank holiday weekend? Mine hasn't quite gone to plan so I thought I would bring you this post on how I created my latest Gel Mani. I often like to use gel on my nails as I can then forget about them for a week or so and they still look perfect, I am fully qualified in gel polish application and as it's a treatment I offer my clients I have a huge range of colours  - If you would like to see more gel polish posts please let me know. Anyway I was very excited because last week I managed to get my hands on the amazing new Holo Pigment from Magpie Beauty . For those of you unfamiliar with magpie they have a fabulous line of glitters, dusts and pigments which my clients go crazy for. Now the new release of Aurora sold out so quickly but I managed to get one so knew I needed to use it. This is the pigment and a peek of my mani - how amazing is that pigment. I decided that I needed to have a bit of fun and create a ful...

Happy Friday Everyone, I'm desperately trying to work through lots of my untried products and swatches to bring you all more blog posts. The swatches I have for you this evening are some polishes I have had for a few weeks now and as with a lot of my new purchases got written in my swatch book and then put in the new and untried pile!! Well I have now put this right. ILNP (I Love Nail Polish) is a boutique nail lacquer from America and I got mine from UK indie stockist  Rainbow Connection , I chose to get 4 polishes from this collection, 2 nudes and 2 blues (obviously!) First up is Peachy Queen - This is a sheer soft peach with the most beautiful rainbow holographic sparkle - I couldn't get over how sparkly it was! its also shot through with micro gold flakes that gives it a really sophisticated look. In my opinion this is a really easy to wear polish so for day-to-day its perfect, its a stunning nude but the sparkle really sets it off. You can purchase this polis...

Hi Everyone, I'm going a little bit different with today's post and this is a guide to stamping plus my hints and tips. Now I'm not suggesting I am an expert stamper but I'm not too bad at it and I have tried a range of products so I have put this together for anyone that needs some help. For those of you that are new to stamping or have no idea what it is it is fantastic for adding intricate designs to your nail art without having to be artistic or good at freehand, it uses metal image plates and rubber stamps to transfer the images to the nail. There are loads of stamping brands around and several brands now create their own polish specifically for stamping. My stamping collection is bursting with plates from Moyou, Uberchic, Moyra, Bundle Monster and so many more and a range of stampers and polishes that it would take me forever to swatch/review and talk about them all so i'm just going to go through the basics. The tools you need to start stamping - We...

Hi Nail Buddies, Hope you are all having a good week. I have some swatches for you tonight from a brand that is relatively new to me! I actually cant believe I am so late to the party with this brand because there are some stunning polishes. Femme Fatale is a 3 free Australian indie brand and one thing I have noticed is they make some beautiful thermal polishes. I have 4 polishes to show you and they are all Rainbow Connection exclusives - 2 have been released quite recently and the other 2 were from earlier this year. First up is Wine and Dandy -  http://rainbow-connection.co.uk/collections/femme-fatale-cosmetics/products/wine-and-dandy-store-exclusive This is a deep aubergine purple with rainbow glitter particles, it is so sparkly and a great shade going into autumn/winter. Prim and Copper -  http://rainbow-connection.co.uk/collections/femme-fatale-cosmetics/products/prim-and-copper-store-exclusive This is more of a deep mauve shade with a gorgeous gold...