Showing posts with label Best of British. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best of British. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 January 2013

New Techniques and Best of British!

There is s much snow.  So.  Much.  Snow.  This is terrible.  And more just keeps falling out of the sky.  I'm hoping for a miraculous temperature rise before my walk to work tomorrow morning..could happen right?

Anyhoo, first things first.  As of next week, I'll be attempting one new technique each week.  I've made a big list of techniques I've yet to try (although suggestions of things to add are still welcome!) and each week I'll randomly (literally randomly - I am sad enough to use a random number generator for this) select three from the list for you to choose between.  This week the three options are:

sugar spun manicure
velvet nails
jelly sandwich

So pop over to my Facebook page now to vote for which one you'd like to see me attempt first!

If you don't use Facebook, just leave a comment here with your vote, and I'll add it to the totals from the Facebook polls :)

And now to find out what all the lovely British Bloggers have been up to this week!


British Nail Bloggers

This week Lyndsay at Pie's Eyes has created a beautiful Feather Manicure using her stamping plates.

The 31 day challenge still going strong over at Emma's Little Corner with this watercolour mani and this stamping over a gradient.

Wendy at Wendy's Delights found a gem of a very old untried Saffron polish, which is super sparklicious!!

Sam at Polished Art was inspired by all the Christmas chocolate she's still munching away on to create this Ferrero Rocher manicure!

This week The Teenage Shopaholic has been... trying out furry nails! She swatched and reviewed MUA Fur Effects and was pleasantly surprised!

Susan at Lacquerland has been trying the 3 day oil & naked nail challenge here and was very happy with the results!

JustTalkNails has swatches of A Englands Dragon - one of the best scattered holo greens!

This week Nada tried her hands at some flocking; she couldn't resist her furry nails! Check it out!

Mimi tries her hand at tribal eye nails and LOVES them!

Simple Star Stamping this week for the ABC Challenge on Enigmatic Rambles.

Tara at TarasTalons took her basic flock mani up a notch! Check it out here :D  Why wait until Easter!

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been doing some nail art with incorporating her latest Lush Lacquer haul. This one's a blue fishtail manicure with Dreamsicle.... sparkles!

Ruth hasn't had the chance to post since New Year's, but why not look at her New Year nails until she has the time to do some more fun posts!

Steph at Never Mind Suzi is getting to grips with stamping after all - practice makes perfect.

Vic is finally back (and already has posts scheduled to the end of February, just in case she runs out). One of her faves from this week is Song of the Black Swan.

PrettyKittyClaws is trying out the new Enchanted Polish Care Bear collection with Daydream Surprise.  So sparkly and pretty!

Pish Posh and Polish's Kerrie has been working on her 31 day challenge this week, but a simple swatch of ORLY's It's Not Rocket Science is her favourite post of the week and may be her top green polish of all time!

Danielle created a purple skittle manicure using a-England and Zoya favourites over at Totally Nailed, and also swatched some new Zoya purchases this week!


Lou has been having lots of fun with Illamasqua polishes this week starting with the Raindrops reissue and then the lovely Glitterati.  This may be the beginning of a beautiful love affair.



What have you been wearing on your nails this week?

Sunday, 2 December 2012

Best of British

Hello everyone :)  I hope you're all enjoying a nice lazy Sunday.  I know I am...I got out of bed at 2:30pm and all I've done since then is drink coffee and do some Christmas shopping online.  Good times.  Planning to put the tree up this evening!  Assuming of course that I ever get off the sofa...

Anyhoo, let's have a look what everyone's been up to this week!

British Nail Bloggers

Emma uses her nails as a blank canvas and creates grafitti nails at Emma's Little Corner.

Wendy at Wendy's Delights is wearing a beautiful Green Polish she received as a gift from Never Mind Suzi, and used it for the 31 Day Nail Challenge.

Lyndsay has taken delivery of 2 new sets of Holiday Stamping Plates - the spookily themed HD01-HD05 and Christmas related HD06-HD10.  Check them out over at Pie's Eyes.

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been all about the stripes and polka dots this week.

This week The Teenage Shopaholic has been... feeling Christmassy! She went to Winter Wonderland and wore her snowy twinkling mani.

This week Alyssia of Rose Tint My Nails swatched Models Own Raspberry Crush that she got FREE from MORE! Magazine.  On top of that she takes on the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge!

Anna of Anna's Polish Addiction has posted her Nails Inc Glastonbury mani and is also having a mini Blog sale.

MissLanage has had a week of firsts at Lane's Laquers including MSMD Monday, Caviar Mani's & Sat-ART-day.

This week Phoenix Nails gave you all a sneak peek at her Ciate Mini Mani Month Advent Calendar.  Keep your eyes peeled each day as she shares what's behind each door.

Sam at Polished Art posted this easy-to-follow leopard print nail art tutorial. If you haven't tried this pattern yet, give it a go now!

Lou is back in the blogging groove and has a longtime HAREpolish lemming to show off.  Let's just say it's red and it has glitter!

Vic's been way too busy playing with the new Gelish Holiday Collection to do much blogging, but she has at least posted her 500 follower giveaway.

Jazz has been slacking this week, I promise to pick up next week! Glitter Infatuation. Glitter is appropriate no matter what the occasion!

Don't forget that tomorrow is the beginning of my Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge!  I'm really looking forward to seeing what all the participants come up with for the first prompt 'Rocking around the Christmas tree'.  I hope you are too!

Sunday, 25 November 2012

Best of British

Good afternoon!  Here's a quick round up of what the lovely British Bloggers have been up to this week.

British Nail Bloggers

Emma practises polka dots in this China Glaze dotticure at Emma's Little Corner.

Nada got her hands on Miss Sporty's new nail polishes Metal Flip Duochromes! Check out the swatches!

Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes has been playing with fire this week Max Factor's Fantasy Fire. It's fast becoming a Top 10 polish!

Jazz at Glitter Infatuation has been continuing the Lazy 15 Challenge, even if that means interpreting it in her own funny way. Glitter is appropriate no matter what the occasion!

Wendy over at Wendy's Delights has a Yellow Mani with Glitter for the 31 day Challenge!

Claire at Nuthin' But A Nail Thing has been fishscale manicuring it up - there is a tutorial too!

Rachel at Phoenix Nails has been getting all childish with a Disney mani for day 9 of the Lazy 15 challenge.

Vic's been experimenting with layering and has come up with a Swishy Junk Yard.

Sally of NailPron has found some new Speciallita polishes, and they look amazing.

Anna from Anna's Polish Addiction has tried Nails Inc Southwark from the most recent QVC Today's Special Value, and posted a rainbow mani and more pics of her stash.

Sam at Polished Art created this pretty half moon manicure using dried flowers!

Kerry at JustTalkNails has a swatch of Essie Smooth Sailing this week.

This week there was some Quilted Nail Art going on over at Enigmatic Rambles.

Hope you enjoyed!  What have you been wearing on your nails this week?

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Best of British

It's that time again!  Take a look at what all the British Bloggers have been up to this week!

British Nail Bloggers

Emma has been looking for dupes in her stash and found a perfect dupe of Nails Inc and Barry M in amongst the comparison posts at Emma's Little Corner.

Jazz has been continuing with the lazy 15 challange, Is she succeeding? Glitter is appropriate no matter what the occcasion.

Lyndsay over at Pie's Eyes has done another theme manicure, this time it's FIREWORKS to celebrate Guy Fawkes night on the 5th.

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been celebrating British Sausage Week with an English Breakfast Manicure. You gotta love the sausage!

This week The Teenage Shopaholic has been... supporting our troops! She created and wore her poppy mani in support of our armed forces.

Sam at Polished Art has posted FOUR manicures for the 31 Day Challenge this week, but here favourite is this paisley manicure inspired by the Welsh costume she had to wear when she was a kid!

Another first for Wendy at Wendy's Delights a gorgeous Gradient Mani. Have you tried anything new lately?

Phoenix Nails has another Lazy 15 mani.  It's a watermarble - have a look at how she got on.

Hannah at Doodle Nails has a James Bond inspired mani and a new haul! Check out the bargains here!

After all the excitement of Halloween. Northern Nails had a bit of a forced Hiatus (nail breakage). She managed to do a post for Polish days before the disaster stuck, check out her Movember Mani.

This week Enigmatic Rambles got her own dot com. Along with that she was supporting 'Eradiate H8', as bullying is wrong no matter what age.

I hope you enjoyed!  What have you worn on your nails this week?

Sunday, 28 October 2012

Best of British

British Nail Bloggers

Happy Sunday everyone!  I've just got back from my weekend in Liverpool with the boyfriend's family.  I had a lovely time - so good to see everyone again!  Anyhoo, since it's Sunday, it is of course time for a Best of British round up!

Emma's Quest for the Holy Grail continues with some unusually successful water-marbling and other foes to face including this triple colour striping mani at Emma's Little Corner.

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing is getting Halloween started early with a SPOOKY MANICURE! Aroooooooooooooooo!

Jazz at Glitter Infatuation has been having fun with the new W7 Glitters, Mosaic, Glitter Dazzle and Salt and Pepper! Glitter is appropriate no matter what the occasion.

Over at Pie's Eyes Lyndsay shows off her Good Food Show Theme Manicure which she wore last weekend.

Jo at Northern Nails is going to a Halloween party tonight and will be wearing this mani!

This week The Teenage Shopaholic has been... scaring herself silly! She was wearing China Glaze Midtown Magic to a horror movie marathon sleepover!

Sam at Polished Art is 'feeling the love tonight' with her Lion King inspired manicure for the 31 Day Challenge (yep, that's still going!).

Wendy at Wendy's Delights shows us her Green Glitter Nails for Llama Nails A-Z challenge.

PishPosh and Polish's Kerrie has been having fun with her new Brazilian polishes this week. Also she has been swatching Pretty and Polished Candy Corn. Is it orange? Is It Yellow? This mood changing polish is both!

Danielle has had a busy week this week so drafted in some help from Rachel at Phoenix Nails who created an awesome Halloween Mani for her Guest Post at Totally Nailed.

Enigmatic Rambles has been getting her freehand on this week with MEG and MOG do you remember them?

Kerry at JustTalkNails has done a manicure of Ghoulish Ghosts with a host of Barry M nail paints.

Laura at She Who Does Nails had a go at freehanding a pattern she found on Pinterest this week.

Carlyn has spent the week decorating so not many posts but friday she went nail polish crazy Nail Polish Haul Going to have fun swatching all these.

Vic's been playing with some of the Orly Fired Up collection for Fall and creating some Autumn Jewels.

Abi at Volatile Varnish experiemented with silver stamping over Gosh Holographic Hero and got some really cool results.

Rachel at Phoenix Nails wore it pink for Breast Cancer Campaign's Wear it Pink Day with a pretty Monarch Butterfly mani.

I shall have another Halloween manicure for you soon!  I just need to edit the photos!

Sunday, 21 October 2012

Best of British

Happy Sunday everyone!  The more observant of you will notice that I haven't made a British Nail Bloggers round up post for...er...a few weeks.  But I'm back to being organised this week!  So here's what all the lovely ladies have been up to this week.

British Nail Bloggers

Emma has started a Quest for the Holy Grail in honour of the retirement of the A-England shade she has rarely used and is now trying to use it in a personal Holy Grail challenge at Emma's Little Corner.

Mimi does freestyle funky halloween nails.

Lyndsay at Pie's Eyes has taken a delivery of some new Christmas themed HB image plates for stamping with and has been trying them out to see how they perform.

In need of distracting this week, Enigmatic Rambles' spent way too much time painting frog eyes on her nails for a Sat-ART-Day nail challenge.

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been doing some checkerboard themed manicures.  Pink, White and Black and a more spangly Blue, Black and White checkerboard mani.  Which do you prefer?

More Halloween spookiness over at Never Mind Suzi, Steph is playing with ZOMBIES.

Jo at Northern Nails has been entering a few competitions this week, from skulls to coming up with Taglines! She has also joined in with Pink October, with a lovely pink bead mani!

Polished Criminails has been busy showing us the OPI - Skyfall Collection this week in her Skyfall Swatch Series with an added insight to each of the corresponding James Bond films.

Vic's been carrying on with the Halloween theme but has also managed to fit in some non-Halloween related nail art. Her Frogs mani fits somewhere in between. Check out the cute pic of her two year old who insisted on getting frogs on his nails too!

Jazz has been continuing with her love/hate affair with frankens and has also been divulging in a little bit of halloween nail art! Frankens! Glitter is appropriate no matter what the occasion!

Ruth finally posted up her first fishtail attempt this week!

Carlyn has fallen in love with OPI Diva of Geneva, a gorgeous shimmering red, then added a rose stamping design.

Charlotte at Charlottes-nails has swatched a polish from Born Pretty Store for a review post this week.

Wendy from Wendy's Delights has been going round in circles with her new Circular Magnetic & Magnetic Polish and while your over at Wendy's Delights check out her Nail Foil for the Llama A-Z Challenge.

Kerrie from PishPosh and Polish has been on holiday this week. She decided to try out some Sally Hansen Nail Effect Wraps to create Denim Nails and loves the result!

Mimi tries her hand at freestyle nails Halloween and thinks they are really cool!

Danielle gives her first tutorial on Black velvet manicure at Totally Nailed.

This week, The Crumpet has done a series of posts for Depression Awareness.  Feel free to join in and share your story, or do a green mani in support.

Kerry at JustTalkNails has gone all out for Halloween with Daring Digits Trick or Treat a perfect Halloween glitter.

Here is a pastel green manicure with a glitzy difference for Abi's first post back at Volatile Varnish.

This week Sally of NailPron bared her soul with a green manicure and came out as an anxiety survivor, oh and she broke the news about the new Speciallita Hits Glitter World polishes.

Sunday, 23 September 2012

Best of British

Ah, what lovely weather today!  For those of you not in the UK...I'm joking.  It's horrendous out there.  But oh well!  Who needs sunshine when you can curl up with a hot chocolate and look through what all us British bloggers have been up to this week.

British Nail Bloggers

Wendy from Wendy's Delights is feeling purrrfect with her Blue Furry Mani with easy to apply nail stickers!

Emma tries her hand at dry drag and becomes The Girl Who Plays with Fire at Emma's Little Corner.

Helly at the Nail Newbie is showing British brand W7 some love by showcasing their gorgeous Lava Flow.

A little recreation of some Bee style nails, with actual stingers from New York Fashion Week, a Fred Butler Creation from Enigmatic Rambles.

Has twenty three days gone by already? Northern Nails' 30 Day Challenge is still going strong, the themes now are all full of inspiration!

Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes is back from her holiday and showing off her colourful Rainbow Manicure she created with her latest Kiko haul!

Sally of Nail Pron is talking about a nailmas Christmas challenge, adding to her stash and doing nails to match her mood.

Sam from Polished Art re-created an old nautical-themed manicure for day 12 of the 31 day challenge (19 to go!).

PishPosh and Polish is featuring Red and Black polishes on her blog this week. See them here! Which is your favourite?

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing is still continuing on with the 30 Day challenge and her favourite so far has been TRIBAL NAILS. What's been everyone else's favourite challenge?

Ruth goes overboard with the half moon effect to create an easy curved stripe look!

Want some inspiration for elegant nails? Lucy from Lucy's Stash did Lace & Roses nail art featuring OPI, Konad and A England.

Feeling the need for something pretty and super sparkly? PrettyKittyClaws has Smitten Polish You're Turning Violet, Violet blinging out her nails!

Vic's feeling a little behind with the times as she's only just done her first set of galaxy nails. She found a fabulously blinging star to go with them though.

Lou had a quiet week this week trying out her new Indie polishes from KBShimmer, which is quickly becoming her favourite polish brand.

Alexis at Glitter Tips tried some Autumn butterfly nail art.

Sarah Louise plays with her Image plates from MoYou / OMG Nails and creates a Crosses & Dot's manicure.

Despite being poorly, The Crumpet has kept up with the 31 Day Challenge and has even had time to launch a Zoya Giveaway - so make sure you enter!



Next week I'll have the next few instalments of the 31 day challenge for you, we've got animal print and flowers coming up!  I'll try to get a few more manicures up, but my boyfriend's coming down to join me in Kent tomorrow, so I apologise in advance if my blog is neglected for a few days!

Sunday, 16 September 2012

Best of British

It's that time of the week again to find out what all the lovely ladies in the British Nail Bloggers group have been up to this week :)

British Nail Bloggers

Helly at the Nail Newbie shows her nubs some love with Dollish Polish Expecto Patronum.

Wendy over at Wendy's Delights has won a Giveaway from The Hungry Asian and her prize Twenty Ten has been swatched here.  Also, go check out The Hungry Asian's blog and polishes available at Etsy. Going from one extreme to the other see Wendy's Summery Manicure using tape to create a simple & easy square design!

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been continuing on with the 30 Day Challenge with Rainbow Gradient Striped Manicure.

Emma at Emma's Little Corner has a little success after a frustrating week of failures PVA experiment Blue and Black gradient mani.

Ruth has some more fun with gradients this week, refusing to accept summer is over!

Lou once again is on a bit of a Chanel kick with one of the Fashion's Night Out Limited Editions.

Charlotte at Charlottes-nails has been busy with apples and glitter this week for the Fall into Autumn Challenge.

Its the end of the favourite things challenge for Steph, here's Steph's Day 10 Favourite Mani. Steph can't wait for the next challenge, will you be joining in the fun?

Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes drops in from her holiday in Spain to show off some NEW Holographic Polish from Kiko!

Putting her nubbins to good use this week, imPRESS - Press on Manicure false nails were put through there paces over on Enigmatic Rambles' blog.

PrettyKittyClaws put her Nails Inc Sprinkles to good use with a pretty Cupcake Mani.

Sam at Polished Art unleashed her inner geek with this physics-based rainbow manicure as part of the 31 Day Challenge.

Jo at Northern Nails has reached the half way point in the 30 day challenge this week was all about the nail art!

Nada has got her hands on her first set of Models Own nail polish and has swatched them! Check it out!

Laura at She Who Does Nails has been continuing the 30 Day Challenge and did a cool rainbow nails design using a dotting tool!

Polished Criminails sticks to the British theme this week by showing us 4 of the new BarryM Gelly Nail Paints in the shades Prickly Pear, Grapefruit, Satsuma & Pomegranate.

Kerry at JustTalkNails shows off the new Barry M Burgundy Croc effect teamed up with A Englands Iseult.

Vic has been on a major polishing spree this week (13 manis and counting) but she just can't decide whether she wants to show you delicate print or holo bling.


So that's it for this week's round up!  I'll be posting my next manicure for the 31 day challenge later on today!

Sunday, 9 September 2012

Best of British

It's that time of the week again for us to take a look at what all these lovely British bloggers have been up to this week :)

British Nail Bloggers

Lou is back from her holiday and is showing off her new Chanel Nail Polish in a rare glimpse of the British Sunshine.

Emma accidentally signed up to two nail challenges this month, so there will be lots of posts up on Imagination In Colour, including her Antique Nail Art post, amongst others!

Sam at Polished Art produced a special Teal Tuesdays manicure for Ovarian Cancer Awareness.

Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes went under cover this week with her Camouflage Manicure and liked it so much it stayed on most of the week, with the addition of a matte topcoat.

Claire from nuthin' but a nail thing is all over the 30 Day Challenge and kicked off Day One with a Ladybird Manicure to cover off "RED".

Ruth relives school and tries to 'do the math' with her Blackboard-inspired nails this week!

It's been a busy week over at Polished Criminails, so let's take a look back at the last 7 days of the 30 Day Challenge!

Jo decided to take on the 30 Day Challenge this Month and is having tons of fun painting her nails a different colour every day!

September is Polycystic Overy Syndrome (PCOS) awareness month what better way to raise awareness than a manicure! And that is just one of the manicures on Enigmatic Rambles' blog this week!

Wendy from Wendy's Delights has made her own Water Decals for the September Geometry-themed Polish Day.

Charlotte from Charlottes-nails tried out some crayon nail art for the start of the Fall Into Autumn Challenge.

Lucie from Lucy's Stash is experimenting with the 'ikat' pattern featuring Zoya Designer polishes! Check it out here!

Steph from Never Mind Suzi may be far away on her holidays, but she's still keeping us updated with her holiday nails.  Hope you're having a great holiday, Steph!

PrettyKittyClaws has had a blog makeover and did a Tape mani with the new KiKo holographics!

This week Nada turned 19 and to celebrate she did birthday nails! Enjoy this wonderfully simple manicure!

Laura at She Who Does Nails has been working on the 30 Day Challenge and particularly liked her piano nails!

The 31 Day Challenge started on The Crumpet this week, as did another awesome Giveaway featuring indie polishes.

Kerrie's 300 follower giveaway over at PishPosh and Polish is still running and while you are there you should check out her Geometric Nail Art.

Kerry does fimo for back to school with China Glaze Ruby Pumps!

Sarah Louise creates some cheeky Bactiera Monsters.  Don't forget to enter her 2000 follower giveaway =D - Good Luck xox

Vic has done her first leopard print mani but it's orange, blue and gold. Leopard print nails are her new favourite but she's on a mission to never use the 'normal' colours.

I hope you've all enjoyed the manicures this week!

Sunday, 2 September 2012

Best Of British

Happy Sunday my lovelies! This is a scheduled post, so as you're reading this I'm in the car on my way to Kent for my new job, aaargh!

Here's what all the lovely British bloggers have been up to this week :)

British Nail Bloggers

Lucy from Lucy's Stash shows how to do a perfect Fishtail Braid manicure.

The Nail Newbie tries a braided manicure too, but it is a peachy plait or a fishtail fail?

Emma's been feeling arty this week at Imagination In Colour, starting with a Purple Dotted Manicure and later a first attempt at 'brush marbling'!

Nada has been busy swatching the Orly Mineral FX Collection Fall 2011.  Sadly she's missing one of the polishes from the collection to make it complete!

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been rainbow gradienting it up!

Things have been looking a bit patchy over at Never Mind Suzi as Steph tries out some MUA polishes.

Wendy from Wendy's Delights has found W7 Magnetic Nail Polish at New Look in store & on line!

A simple nail tutorial for seaside nails perfect for the last weeks of summer 2012 over at Enigmatic Rambles.

Abi falls in love with A-England's Perceval and doesn't seem to realise its not autumn yet.

While reviewing some of her recent nail buys, Ruth also created a simple blue matte finish with some striking gold tips this week!

Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes discovers some great stamping polishes from the UK High Street and shows off her latest ColorClub purchases.

Jo at Northern nails has been Saran Wrap Mani featuring the new OPI Germany collection.

Rachel-Karina over at Polished Criminails gets ready to undergo the grueling giveaway featuring some holographic and great British Polishes!

Laura at She Who Does Nails has been trying out her new stamping plates and rhinestones with a Tiffany-esque floral manicure.

Charlotte at Charlottes-nails broke her laptop charger this week so has only posted one challenge post for the lazy days of summer challenge.

Sarah Louise plays with Laquistry's Placid on Acid over Nails Inc's Great Dover Street to create Sparkly Leaves!.  She also thought it would be a good thing to reorganise her polish stash...bad idea.

The Crumpet has been celebrating her birthday this week. You can see this purple ruffle mani as well as some of her favourite purples.

Alexis at Glitter Tips takes a step towards becoming the craziest cat lady by painting her cats portraits on her nails!

Vic at Glowstars.net has probably pushed her nail art obsession to the limit with her Carnival mani.

Sunday, 26 August 2012

Best of British

This week I joined a group of fellow British bloggers, who are all teaming up to support each other and possibly cry to each other about all the beautiful, cheap polishes Americans get that we can't...sob.  Each week there'll be a round up of what everyone's been up to on their blogs this week, so please do take a look if anything takes your fancy :)

British Nail Bloggers

The weather in the UK may have improved a little but not enough for Vic to justify running off to Cornwall to catch the surf. Instead she's made do with her Surfin' USA mani.

It's been KBShimmer Week this week at The Crumpet.  5 polishes, but which was her favourite ?

Laura has been trying out stamping for the first time this week and was particularly fond of her classy black and silver floral design.

PrettyKittyClaws has been making the most of the sunshine by copying The Crumpet with a Red Holo Dotticure featuring Ozotics 518.

Helly at the Nail Newbie got her holo on with a purple holo gradient featuring OPI DS Original!

Charlotte at Charlottes-nails has been catching up with the lazy days of summer challenge with a ruffle accent nail.

Alexis at Glitter Tips managed to overcome a nasty case of nail art block with a Black and Gold NOTD inspired by her jewellery collection.

Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing managed to get hold of some OPI Black Spotted and gave it a go over some bright NEONS.

Seeing as the British weather has been seasonably rainy, there has been a lack of barbaques this year. Unless it is in the form of nail art from Enigmatic Rambles.

Lou entered the Golden Jungle over at Painted Nails & Baking Scales, finding some new polish species to describe.

This week at Northern Nails there are Turtles in a Guest Post.  Also Jo has started a new series of posts called Mashups!

Emma's been busy swatching the new Barry M Burgundy Croc Effects over different colours on Imagination In Colour!

It's texture time in the BFF Challenge and Kerrie from PishPosh and Polish made great use of Heart-Shaped beads, but was it a success?

Ruth had some fun with pastel colours and created some colourful zebra nails using her new stampers!

Steph is showing off Peacock feathers in the (rare) sunshine.

It's been a special week for Allie and in celebration she's been wearing some Sea Green Glitter Birthday Nails.

Dimpal is absolutely loving these Fish Egg Nails.  She also did Nicole's Me+Blue Mani

Sarah Louise reviews LeaLaC's Stamping Plate XL - A. See the post for swatches and a manicure using her first Bettina Nail Polish.

Kerry starts the first of Nail Inc Sprinkle swatches with Sweets Way.