Models Own Indian Ocean, Barry M Berry Ice Cream, Avon Nailwear Pro in Midnight

Two different manis to show today! Totally different ones at that...


The first is Barry M Berry Ice Cream with Models Own Indian Ocean on top - Indian Ocean looks good on everything.

As always, it's hard to capture properly, but in the light it's absolutely lovely, and shimmers between pink and blue.

Next up is a beautiful polish that was given to me by my lovely friend Emma. Emma is my own Constant Reader, to borrow from my favourite author of all time, Stephen King (not that I would dream of comparing myself to him, the man is incredible, I just like the term. Ramble ramble.)

It's from Avon, and is part of the Nailwear Pro collection. The shade is 'Midnight'. It's a very dark, very vampy purple, and it goes on really smoothly. I was also surprised that it doesn't smell as bad as most polishes (not that it bothers me, nail polish smells like home, haha) and also that it dries very quickly. Thank you Emma!!

Avon claim it is "Nail enamel fortified with acrylic gel for strength" and I agree that it certainly has the shine of gel.

Two coats, Nails Inc Kensington Caviar base, Nubar Diamont topcoat

Awful picture, as usual, but hopefully you get the idea. It looks a tiny bit patchy here, but not in real life. I would like to try more Avon polishes if they are all as nice as this.

Edited to add: I just noticed that these are on sale at £2.50 on the Avon website HERE. Bargain! I might have to invest in a few shades...


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Nails Inc Brook Street

A nice bright pink tonight. I've become such a fan of pink, my 17 year old self would be cringing. I actually used to use black nail polish...

This is a rare daylight shot. I actually think the colour is much brighter and pinker in real life though. This is three coats, with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar basecoat and Nubar Diamont topcoat.


What do you think? Do you have a favourite shade of pink?

Leighton Denny Rampant Rose

This is another one of the colours from the Leighton Denny Little Black Dress pack.

I quite like it. To be honest, it's just a standard red. I love reds, probably more than any other colour, but since I have so many, it does take something special to really stand out. This one is perfectly pleasant though. The formula is a bit patchy, but two coats was fine. Topcoat is Nubar Diamont, basecoat is Nails Inc Kensington Caviar.


What's your favourite colour group?

Nails Inc Westminster

I haven't done anything more than just paint my nails in ages. Lazy, I know. So the other day I decided to try and do something a bit more interesting. Here's what I came up with:

Eh, I don't know. I suppose it's okay, I just blended lots of shades of purple with a piece of cosmetic sponge. They look a bit smoky I think. Base colour is Nails Inc Westminster and topcoat is Nubar Diamont. I also used a couple of Barry M purples.


What do you think? Do you like blendy, smoky, cloudy weird nails?

Leighton Denny Jailbird

Tonight, I used another Leighton Denny colour. I was thinking that it looked nice, that I quite fancied wearing green, so yep, started applying it...

It is beautiful. Italics and everything. I really, really like this colour. In the bottle it looks average, on the nail it's amazing. It's so pigmented that you could probably use just one coat (I used two, habit...)and it goes on extremely smoothly. This is the way that all polishes should be!

This is a mini bottle, by the way, my hands aren't ginormous

This is two coats of Jailbird, over Nails Inc Kensington Caviar basecoat, and Nubar Diamont topcoat. Lovely, right?! I really want to try more Leighton Denny polishes now, they're next on my list!


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