Thursday, 10 October 2013
Flip Flop Challenge
This is a round up of the Flip Flop Challenge! Just click on a picture below to see the full blogpost.
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Mica Moma Franken Kit
Helloooo!
I can't believe it's only Wednesday! Argh! I'm so tired, I can't wait for the weekend and a lie in.
Anyhoo, today I'm showing you a pretty darn exciting product. I recently came across Mica Moma. They sell a range of products for making your own cosmetics and bath products, INCLUDING NAIL POLISH. Yes indeedy ladies, suspension base and all, available in the UK!
In addition to selling everything you need to become an indie polish making maestro, they also sell this Indie/Franken Nail Polish Kit for those of us who just want a bit of a play. When I let them know how brilliant I thought this idea was, they very kindly offered to send me some products to review.
Here's what I got:
This is just a little sample of the franken kit. The actual kit contains a looooot more (details at the end of the post). There's suspension base, mixing balls, scoops, a funnel, pigments and glitters. Phew!
So I began by looking at all the pretty things and thinking 'umm...I have no idea how much pigment or glitter I'm supposed to use...'. Fortunately, there's a helpful video on micamoma.com that advises you to use 2 big scoops of pigment and 1 of glitter.
The bottles of suspension base were full to the brim, so I tipped a little out so I had room for all the pigments and glitters. First up I went for the blue pigment. I added a scoop of green glitter and one of those mini scoops of the copper glitter.
I'm not gonna lie, this was pretty darn exciting. And equally as messy (I'd recommend laying down some newspaper and ensuring your other half is out of the house so you can scrub all the polish off the bathroom sink before he sees!). The mixing balls are super big, so apparently you only need one. So one is what I used, and it mixed seriously easily. Like a few shakes and it was good to go. Seriously impressed. I'm thinking of buying a few of these to pop into some of my other polishes that settle (OPI Teenage Dream, I'm looking at you).
Anyhoo, I was very pleased with this, but felt it needed more glitter.
SO! Next up I went for the purple pigment, and this time added two big scoops of the copper glitter.
This is my favourite :D Packed full of glitter, and I think the colours are so pretty together. Apologies for the lobster hands, but this is colour accurate! Woohoo! I've finally beaten the camera.
All that suspension base that I tipped away, I actually tipped into an old empty bottle (because I'm not crazy) so I could make a third polish! This time I added equal amounts of blue and purple pigments, and a good helping of the magenta glitter. Check this beauty out...
How gorgeous is that colour? I just want to show everyone my masterpieces... I went into town with the purple polish on on Sunday and I so wanted someone to comment on my nails so I could tell them I made it lol. I'm such a child.
Right then, final thoughts. This was GREAT fun. I shall definitely be getting myself some more to play with. Oh I should also mention that these have sat untouched since Saturday night and they haven't settled in the slightest. Slight negative - the finish was a little bumpy, so I'd go for two coats of top coat.
And here are all the details! You can see the kit here. It costs £19.90 (plus £3.50 postage if you're in the UK) and that includes:
I can't believe it's only Wednesday! Argh! I'm so tired, I can't wait for the weekend and a lie in.
Anyhoo, today I'm showing you a pretty darn exciting product. I recently came across Mica Moma. They sell a range of products for making your own cosmetics and bath products, INCLUDING NAIL POLISH. Yes indeedy ladies, suspension base and all, available in the UK!
In addition to selling everything you need to become an indie polish making maestro, they also sell this Indie/Franken Nail Polish Kit for those of us who just want a bit of a play. When I let them know how brilliant I thought this idea was, they very kindly offered to send me some products to review.
Here's what I got:
This is just a little sample of the franken kit. The actual kit contains a looooot more (details at the end of the post). There's suspension base, mixing balls, scoops, a funnel, pigments and glitters. Phew!
So I began by looking at all the pretty things and thinking 'umm...I have no idea how much pigment or glitter I'm supposed to use...'. Fortunately, there's a helpful video on micamoma.com that advises you to use 2 big scoops of pigment and 1 of glitter.
The bottles of suspension base were full to the brim, so I tipped a little out so I had room for all the pigments and glitters. First up I went for the blue pigment. I added a scoop of green glitter and one of those mini scoops of the copper glitter.
I'm not gonna lie, this was pretty darn exciting. And equally as messy (I'd recommend laying down some newspaper and ensuring your other half is out of the house so you can scrub all the polish off the bathroom sink before he sees!). The mixing balls are super big, so apparently you only need one. So one is what I used, and it mixed seriously easily. Like a few shakes and it was good to go. Seriously impressed. I'm thinking of buying a few of these to pop into some of my other polishes that settle (OPI Teenage Dream, I'm looking at you).
Anyhoo, I was very pleased with this, but felt it needed more glitter.
SO! Next up I went for the purple pigment, and this time added two big scoops of the copper glitter.
This is my favourite :D Packed full of glitter, and I think the colours are so pretty together. Apologies for the lobster hands, but this is colour accurate! Woohoo! I've finally beaten the camera.
All that suspension base that I tipped away, I actually tipped into an old empty bottle (because I'm not crazy) so I could make a third polish! This time I added equal amounts of blue and purple pigments, and a good helping of the magenta glitter. Check this beauty out...
How gorgeous is that colour? I just want to show everyone my masterpieces... I went into town with the purple polish on on Sunday and I so wanted someone to comment on my nails so I could tell them I made it lol. I'm such a child.
Right then, final thoughts. This was GREAT fun. I shall definitely be getting myself some more to play with. Oh I should also mention that these have sat untouched since Saturday night and they haven't settled in the slightest. Slight negative - the finish was a little bumpy, so I'd go for two coats of top coat.
And here are all the details! You can see the kit here. It costs £19.90 (plus £3.50 postage if you're in the UK) and that includes:
3 x 15ml bottles of suspension base
3 x 10ml empty bottles
2 measuring spoons
Funnel
10 steel balls
5 x glitter
5 x mica
You can even choose which pigments and glitters you want if you have something in particular in mind that you'd like to make :) I think this would be great for Christmas presents as well. Now I just need to work out which members of my family don't read my blog so that it can be a surprise!
What do you think, is this something you'd be interested in? Let me know if you have any questions :)
Monday, 7 October 2013
Then and Now #1: Elephantastic
Hello all!
Firstly, sorry for all the seemingly random post on the weekend. I was tidying up my 'Reviews' tab, and it totally didn't occur to me that if you follow via Bloglovin' you'd have got an email with all those posts in! However, the Reviews tab is all finished and tidy now, so do take a look and let me know what you think of the new layout.
You'll also notice something new at the bottom of my posts! I've added some pretty buttons to allow you to easily share my posts. Please also let me know what you think about these, both in terms of how they look and functionality.
Anyhoo, on to the nails! Aaaages ago I said I was going to do a series of Then & Now posts. I've seen these on a few blogs, and I liked the idea of revisiting some of my old manicures and seeing if I could do any better now. However, due to being of the procrastinating nature that I am, I never got round to doing it. Until now! So, I present you my first then manicure...
I thought this was like proper awesome at the time. And to be fair, it did have googley eyes. This was actually the first ever manicure I posted on this blog! Aww... You can take a look at the original post here.
To be honest, I was a bit worried about doing this, because I was worried it would prove what I've suspected for a while...that my nail art is getting worse rather than better. Here goes...
Firstly, sorry for all the seemingly random post on the weekend. I was tidying up my 'Reviews' tab, and it totally didn't occur to me that if you follow via Bloglovin' you'd have got an email with all those posts in! However, the Reviews tab is all finished and tidy now, so do take a look and let me know what you think of the new layout.
You'll also notice something new at the bottom of my posts! I've added some pretty buttons to allow you to easily share my posts. Please also let me know what you think about these, both in terms of how they look and functionality.
Anyhoo, on to the nails! Aaaages ago I said I was going to do a series of Then & Now posts. I've seen these on a few blogs, and I liked the idea of revisiting some of my old manicures and seeing if I could do any better now. However, due to being of the procrastinating nature that I am, I never got round to doing it. Until now! So, I present you my first then manicure...
I thought this was like proper awesome at the time. And to be fair, it did have googley eyes. This was actually the first ever manicure I posted on this blog! Aww... You can take a look at the original post here.
To be honest, I was a bit worried about doing this, because I was worried it would prove what I've suspected for a while...that my nail art is getting worse rather than better. Here goes...
I went for a slightly different approach this time, but still with the googley eyes of course! I stuck with Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream for the base, but this time I used Barry M Grey, OPI Skull & Glossbones and a touch of OPI Sparrow Me The Drama for the elephant.
So what do you prefer, then or now?
Don't forget to pop over to my Facebook page HERE to vote for which manicure you'd like to see my recreate next week!
Saturday, 5 October 2013
Nailtopia
Nailtopia is a UK-based nail art store. They stock the biggest range of nail art stickers I've ever seen, along with all the other essentials like rhinestones, glitter and stripers.
Click on a link below to see the review of that product.
Click on a link below to see the review of that product.
Visit the Nailtopia website here: www.nailtopia.co.uk
BeautyUK Cosmetics
BeautyUK is a (unsurprisingly) British brand. Amongst their huge range of cosmetics, they produce high quality nail polishes at purse-friendly prices. These are available direct from their website or from Superdrug stores.
Posh Polish
Visit the BeautyUK Cosmetics website here: www.beautyukcosmetics.com
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