Ciate Mini Mani Month in

Another lovely colour from Ciate - This is Glass Slipper used as an accent nail, along with No7 Stay Perfect Sing the Blues. I couldn't face a whole 10 nails worth of glitter (it has to be very special for that!) so I went with an accent. This glitter is a bit thin for application on it's own but was fine in one coat over another polish.

Just enough sparkle :) This is two coats of Sing the Blues and Seche Vite (of which I desperately need a new bottle - mental note)

What do you think?

Boots No7 Cheeky Chops and Models Own Mirrorball Hot Stuff

Two very different styles to show you tonight! The first is bright and summery:

This is Boots No7 Cheeky Chops with Models Own Mirrorball in Hot Stuff on the ring finger and Nails Inc Culford Gardens dots! I'm a big fan of the Boots No7 polishes, particularly when I've got one of the £5 No7 vouchers Boots give out so often! This colour is bright and lovely, and nice in two coats.


Next up is what I'm wearing right now. A much darker mani, but with added sparkle. I was hoping for a starry sky effect, but it doesn't beat my favourite Galaxy nails (HERE):

 

These ones are Barry M Navy with Revlon Stunning pieces picked out and put on separately! I also dotted white first to make the 'stars' stand out! I really love this blue polish, it's so shiny even before topcoat.


Which are your favourite?

Galaxy Nails Take Three!

Tonight I did Galaxy nails for the third time! I love doing them, and this time I used a lot more colour than I have before!

 

I used a lot of colours. Most of them can be found here: Galaxy Nails Take One, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments!

Calvin Klein Electric Blue, Technic Mermaid...and The Dark Knight Rises...

 A couple of lovely blues to show you today! These are two polishes that my husband bought for me last weekend!

First up is Calvin Klein Electric Blue (I didn't even know Calvin Klein did polish...) It's a gorgeous colour, so bright:

This is two coats of the Electric Blue, with one coat of Seche Vite topcoat.


Next is a combination - this is two coats of Boots No7 Sing the Blues with two coats of Technic in Mermaid, with two coats of Seche Vite on top. I wore this to work today and about ten people commented on it! It really is mermaidy! (Yeah that's a word. Now.)

As always, it's virtually impossible to get a good picture of this sort of polish. It just makes the camera go mental.


The rest of my week was spent working, as ever, and seeing The Dark Knight Rises. It's one of the best films I've ever seen. Good enough that I had to mention it here! 


What do you think?

Exposed in Rock Chick

In between pole practice and work, I wanted to try another of my new Exposed polishes tonight - and I'm glad I picked this one! It's lovely, though I have got a soft spot for purple polish...

 Erm...excuse my messy desk.

Bit blurry to show the sparkle

 

Because this is such a lovely colour, I decided to be sensible and layer it so I didn't waste any! So, this is layered over a very similar tone of purple, a Boots No7 colour.

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Boots No7 Vivid Violet (2 coats)
• Exposed in Rock Chick (2 coats)
• Seche Vite topcoat

I couldn't decide whether to add more glitter (of another colour) to this, but in the end I've left it alone...maybe tomorrow...

What do you think?

Galaxy Nails again!

This is my second go at galaxy style nails, and they came out pretty much the same...so this is just a quick picture post! My original post can be found HERE!

My favourite polishes...Nails Inc, Boots No7, Butter London and more!

Tonight on Instagram I was tagged to photograph my favourite polishes - I enjoyed doing it so thought I'd post it here too!

My Instagram account is @shepaintshernails
Webstagram: HERE

In fancy Instagram fashion!

My favourite polishes are:

Top Row L-R: Nails Inc Beaumont Street, Heddon Street, Victoria, Boots No7 Stay Perfect Tangy. 

Middle Row L-R: Butter London The Black Knight, Nails Inc Culford Gardens, Max Factor Fantasy Fire, Essie Matte About You topcoat. 

Bottom Row L-R: Boots No7 Betty Blues, Sing the Blues, Max Factor Dazzling Blue, Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Disco Diva.


I could have picked so many more! What are your favourite polishes?

Butter London The Black Knight, Boots No7 Beautifully Black

Here are tonight's nails. I have been longing for this polish for so long now...and it is so beautiful. It's Butter London's 'The Black Knight' - now known to me as 'The Most Difficult Polish To Photograph In The World Ever'.


First, I painted my nails with two coats of Boots No7 Beautifully Black - mainly because The Black Knight is so lovely I didn't want to waste a drop. I imagine it would be opaque in a couple of coats, maybe three, but I gave it a head start with two coats of this lovely black:

Now for The Black Knight. This honestly is one of the most beautiful polishes I own - but is equally almost impossible to photograph in artificial light. I'm hoping to get a sunshine photograph for you to see tomorrow! Until then:

A lovely blurry picture so you can see the sparkly goodness!

Instagram filtered bonus picture!

It is such a lovely polish - there are loads of colours that literally twinkle. I wish I could show you better!! It is genuinely (and this seems rare) as beautiful on the nail as it is in the bottle.


What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Boots No7 Beautifully Black (2 coats)
• Butter London The Black Knight (2 coats)
• Seche Vite topcoat

I bought this polish from the Butter London website, and it shipped quite quickly (despite the name, these polishes are made in the U.S.

What do you think of this polish? Would you like to see a sunshine photo?

Boots No7 Vivid Violet, Konad M71

I felt like stamping tonight...Here's what I went for:

Then I added Konad M71 in Lilac:

The Konaded pictures don't show up the richness of the purple like in the before Konad pictures, but it's still there.

 What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Boots No7 Stay Perfect in Vivid Violet(3 coats)
• Konad M71 with Konad Special Polish in Lilac
• Seche Vite topcoat

I really do like these Boots No7 polishes a lot. I want so many of the colours!


What do you think?

Boots No7 Tangy, Nails Inc Beaumont Street

I just wanted to quickly show you the colours I've been wearing the last two days! It's been sunny and lovely, so I've gone for simple bright manicures.

Yesterday, I wore Nails Inc Beaumont Street, it's a lovely bright pink creme that I've shown you here before, I absolutely love this colour. Here are yesterday's pictures:

A whole hand picture!

Then today I went for a new polish I bought in Boots yesterday - It's Boots No7 in Tangy (great name!) I'm a big fan of this range, they're very pigmented and easy to use. I like the fact that I can use the £5 No7 voucher that Boots do and get these polishes for £2 each even more!

 I even managed to get a daylight picture or two of this polish:

Daylight!!!

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Day 1: Nails Inc Beaumont Street (2 coats) Day 2: Boots No7 Tangy (2 coats)
• Seche Vite topcoat

That's all for today, just simple easy block colours. I love them both. What do you think?

Polka Konad! Boots No7 Betty Blues Konad M79

Tonight's nails are Polka Dot! I used a dark blue polish - Boots No7 Betty Blues, though it looks black in pictures it's a midnight blue. I love polka dots!

This is Betty Blues, though it looks black here!

Here's what I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Boots No7 Betty Blues (two coats)
• Konad M79 Polka Dots
• Konad Special White polish (I'm running out, argh!)
• Seche Vite topcoat

I've got into the habit of watching a film from my LOVEFiLM package (sign up with my referral here) while I paint my nails recently, it's been great. Tonight's film was 'An Education'. I really liked it. Carey Mulligan is so sweet. If only I could be so chic...

What do you think?

EDIT: Also, I forgot to mention - my husband and I are moving house on Tuesday! I absolutely can't wait...but it means that we might not have broadband for a few days...I'll be back blogging as soon as I can!