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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Leighton Denny Razzmatazz

I went to TK Maxx the other day and just look what they had in!!

It was £7.99, I couldn't leave without it. I love TK Maxx for nail bargains, they had loads of OPI and Nails Inc too. I get drawn in every time...

So, anyway, tonight I tried the purple, Razzmatazz.

I layered it over my all time favourite purple, Exposed Mystic, as it's quite thin and I hate to waste it. This is two coats of Mystic and two of Razzmatazz. The colour is beautiful, with flecks of purple, red and black. It dried to a disappointingly matte finish but that's nothing that Nubar Diamont topcoat (my new love) couldn't fix. Basecoat was Nails Inc Kensington Caviar.


Which colour would you like to see swatched next? I love them all!


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Kinetics Nail Colors in So Coral

Tonight I have a lovely pink mani to show you. There was a time where I didn't like pink polish, but there are just so many gorgeous shades out there that I can't resist.


 This is Kinetics Nail Colors in So Coral:

Kinetics So Coral

Kinetics So Coral and Catwalk (review soon!)

Awful 'with flash' picture that shows off the lovely pink!

Now, I wouldn't necessarily say this was coral enough in colour to warrant the name, but it's a lovely pink. The kind that seems to go really well with all the navy blue and grey clothes that I wear. It goes on very smoothly, although I had to be careful to keep the coats nice and thin, and it was perfect in two coats. It's not the best in terms of self-levelling, but I have used polishes way more expensive that were much worse, and this is nothing that a good top coat doesn't help. In terms of formula, if you're familiar with Barry M Pink Flamingo, then this is similar (though this polish is perfect in two coats whereas Pink Flamingo takes three to four) The polish is also beautifully shiny before topcoat, which is really nice to see.

One of the best things about this polish was the brush, it's nice and thin - if you've read my blog before you'll probably have heard me whinging about those annoying 'one stroke' brushes. I have very small, narrow nail beds, and I loved the thin brush on this polish - it allows me to do three strokes of the brush without smearing polish everywhere. I definitely want to try more Kinetics colours.

Topcoat today was my brand new Nubar Diamont, which I love, and basecoat was Nails Inc Kensington Caviar.



Kinetics are at www.margaritabelska.com priced at £3.37 for 15ml (ex.vat) and I noticed that they've got a 'buy two get one free' offer on, which is useful, as there are almost too many colours to choose from.

Margarita Belska Nail School have kindly offered a 5% discount for all my readers - just enter code SAVE5VDBL at the checkout to save.


What do you think?




*press sample

Rimmel London 60 Seconds in Pompous

This is another of the polishes that I got given at Christmas!

It's actually surprisingly lovely. I say 'surprisingly' because the 60 Seconds polishes are often a bit thin for me, and I'm not keen on the big flat brush that they advertise as a good thing, haha. It's a very shiny, deep colour, and this was good in two coats. I like it.

Ooh, also, I finally decided to try a different topcoat. I've had enough of Seche Vite...it starts off so great, but about a week later it's so thick and gloopy. Not to mention the horrendous shrinkage it causes on most polishes. Anyway, I tweeted Kelly from Vampy Varnish (one of my favourite blogs ever!) and she kindly tweeted back and said her favourite is Nubar Diamont Seal and Shine. So I ordered some from BeautyBay.com, and I'll let you know how I get on!


What's your favourite topcoat?