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?

Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Nail Art with Boots No7 Sing The Blues

For tonight's nails, I tried something I've not done before!

Boots No7 Sing The Blues

Boots No7 Sing The Blues with Jessica Cosmetics Disco Diva

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Boots No7 Sing The Blues (2 coats)
• Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Duo in Disco Diva (3 coats)
• Seche Vite before the holo coat
• Sticky tape to mask off the nail!

I started with the blue basecoat, and topcoat, then when it was completely dry (I mean do something else for at least 30 minutes dry) I masked off the line with sticky tape. Just clear, plain old sellotape. I painted three coats of the holo polish with not a lot of time between coats and then peeled off the tape carefully as soon as I could.

Don't use a topcoat as it will wreck the holo effect! It's also important to peel off the tape as soon as you can. That's it. I'd like to try more complicated designs once I've got the hang of this method.

What do you think?

Oh and one more thing - do these nails remind anyone else of Red Bull? No? Just me then...

Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Duo with Nail Pop Catsuit - Frosty Nails!

Here is the manicure I did today! A couple of lovely people over on my Facebook page She Paints Her Nails suggested that I do snowflake nails to match the weather, but I have quite recently had snowflake nails, so I had a think and decided to do frosty nails instead!


I'll apologise now for the picture heavy post, I couldn't choose just a few...

Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Duo with Nail Pop Catsuit tips!

A peep of snow topped surroundings...

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle basecoat
• Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Duo in Retro Revival base
• Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Duo in Disco Diva (3 coats)
• Nail Pop in Catsuit (sponged on tips)
• Seche Vite topcoat on tips 

What do you think? I think they go nicely with this snowy weather. I can't wait for all those lovely summer manicures I can create, though...

Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Chic Duo, Seche Vite topcoat

I decided to give the Jessica Cosmetics Hologram Chic Duo a try last night.

When I first started painting, I thought "Oh...this is just a plain silver polish, nothing is really happe-WAIT! Oh my god it's amazing!" Seriously, it's beautiful. As it begins to dry it just gets more and more holographic:

Lovely, right?

What I used:

• Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle Basecoat
• Retro Revival (from the Hologram Chic Duo, one coat)
• Disco Diva (three coats)

It's recommended that you don't use a topcoat with this holographic polish, as it will ruin the shine, so I didn't. It felt weird not adding one. I really love this polish. It goes on very smoothly and starts to change almost immediately from a flat silver into what you see. The pictures don't do it justice at all!

UK readers, I purchased this Duo from http://www.gerrardinternational.com/ - it arrived in 2 days!


Also, this arrived today:

I've been wanting to try Seche Vite topcoat for ages, and found a good deal on the Beauty Bay website - £14.99 for two bottles. Looking forward to giving it a go.


Does anyone have any ideas for my next manicure?