Hare Supernova Springs

Wow, thank you all for the views on yesterday's post and hello to my new readers!

Hope you are all having a nice weekend and your weather is not as bad as mine, we have snow! I thought it was supposed to be spring.... oh well.

Today I have one of my favourite indies to show you, Hare Polish. I got into Hare quite late in the day when I got this one in a grab bag from Llarowe, I've since bought quite a few Hare's and this one sat in the drawer unloved so I thought it's time it had it's day.

Hare Supernova Springs is from the Planet Springtime and is described as emerald glitters in a dark jelly base. I think the base is actually almost a very dark dusty purple colour but it is quite difficult to see in the photo's here. The glitters in this really sparkle to make a really quite pretty polish.

For this swatch I used 3 coats of Supernova Springs on it's own. The formula was great and it wasn't overly gritty, in fact one coat of HK Girl topcoat smoothed everything out.

If you want to check out Hare polish you can find them at Llarowe here and Hare Polish's own Etsy store here. They also have a blog where you can see the collection and restock information here.

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Illamasqua Pink Raindrops

Happy Friday everyone!!!!

I've been busy this week getting all my pictures and files sorted on my new Mac so I'm sorted to do some more posting from now on.

I also got the Duri Rejuvacote I ordered and I'm loving it so far. I'll be updating with how I'm getting on with it but at the moment my nails are feeling great, I'm really looking forward to Wednesday because clinics stop for a few weeks over Easter and I'll be able to wear polish every day, well for a little while at least. I have SO much to show you.... I just need some sunshine and some time!

OK, well today I have something exciting. Illamasqua's new Pink Raindrops. I'm sure I don't need to tell you about the hype surrounding Illamasqua Raindrops, the grey jelly with flakes (blog post here) which was re-released a few weeks ago? Well, Illamasqua have obviously been paying attention to what we like because they released this pink version when they hit 10,000 likes on Facebook. Of course, I had to order it immediately.

And here it is.

For these swatches I used 2 coats of Pink Raindrops and a coat of HK Girl topcoat. I would say that the formula on the pink version is quite different to the original grey, it is actually almost opaque in one coat where as the grey version is very jelly like and needs at least 3 coats. I was a bit disappointed it wasn't a jelly because, going on the original Raindrops I thought it would be and that's what i was looking forward to but the formula is good and if you don't like doing multiple coats then you'll probably really like this one.

So, what do I think? I like it but I don't know if I love it.... yes it's pretty but it's maybe a little too subtle for me most of the time, I'd say it would be very wedding or work appropriate though, or just great if you want something pretty and girly without lots of colour and bling. Myself, I'm resisting putting a glitter over the top and just trying to enjoy those little flakies. It does have a little hint of iridescence which doesn't show in these pictures but you can see in it real life and in the bottle, if we had some sunshine it would be more easily visible, oh well, just another excuse to wear it another day!

What do you think??

Tiny flakies!!

Can you see that iridescence? It does show on the nail a little to give the polish a little glow.

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Jade Diamond Twist

Happy Monday to my lovely readers!

I'm so sorry my posts have been a bit sporadic recently, to tell the truth I've just been completely exhausted since I got back from my trip. I mean like, can't keep awake past 8pm kind of tired. I don't know what's been wrong with me but I had a really nice and restful weekend so I'm feeling a bit better now.

Also, I've just got a MacBook Pro when I'm used to a PC and it's kicking my butt! I feel like I can't do anything on it, it's a big learning curve I wasn't quite expecting! Anyway, I have all my pictures and documents loaded to it now so hopefully I'm on the up now. Anyone else have this problem? How long will it take for me to get used to it??

Anyway, enough of the chat and some time for photo's of nails!

This mani I wore for St Patrick's Day yesterday. I fully meant to do some nail art with a pot of gold and a rainbow but alas that didn't materialise and the polish is easily gorgeous enough on stand on it's own 2 feet!

I was lucky enough to receive this beauty from my friend Tracy who is part of my birthday club. Jade Twist is one of the Jade Diamond collection. It is described as a blue /Turquoise duo-chrome, I have to say that in the bottle it did look green which is why I chose it. On the nail it really did have a nice duo-chrome going on, flashes of purple and the glass fleck finish is just stunning. I really liked it on it's own and I can't wait to try the others I have, I think I need the whole collection.

For this mani I used 3 coats of Jade Twist and a coat of HK Girl topcoat. I thought this would be a stainer but when i took it off last night nothing, such a bonus.

Enjoy!

Just because I haven't posted any pics of Miagi lately i thought I'd share. This is what I was up to last week, luckily I have a little companion who is more than happy to keep me company!

Lynnderella Do You See What I See?

Happy weekend everyone!

It's Sunday night and I've got that feeling again.... It's been a rough week and I've been trying to get over my jet lag and get my new Mac Book Pro set up. I think I succeeded with the jet lag but not so much with the laptop situation. I hate IT issues, I've got help coming on Wednesday so wish me luck!

Anyway, on to the mani.... This weekend has been really cold and grey and I just wanted something bright to cheer me up. I got my OPI Euro collection a few weeks ago and I wanted to try them out so I chose OPI Suzi's Hungry Again! which is a bright pinky coral creme. Application was great as you would expect and I used 2 coats for this mani.

To add a little bling I did an easy glitter gradient using Lynnderella Do You See What I See from the 2012 Christmas collection. I love the colour clash, it really shows off both polishes and feels really summery, now all I need is the sunshine rather than the snow we're predicted tomorrow!

It kinda reminds me of watermelon.........

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Illamasqua Raindrops

Finally a post!!

Sorry I've been MIA, I've been away on a work trip to Chicago and then a little vacation in California to see family, I meant to organise some sceduled posts but time flew by and you know how it is.....

Anyway, I have had a nice little break and I have a TON of things to show you now I'm back. While I was away I totally meant to take pictures of my nails so I could post them when I got back, but you know what happened? I didn't take any pictures and I hardly had enough time to change my polish at all, it was kinda nice to have a little rest and just polish my nails for me without worrying about having to be perfect. Anyway, enough of that.... I've nubbinised my nails as one had a split so today I'm going to show you something I wore before going away, yes it is the infamous Illamasqua Raindrops!

I've been really on the fence about this polish. To be honest before it's re-release it really wasn't on my radar at all but as usual the hype made me want it. I went to Selfridges to check it out but they were sold out and by luck I got to borrow it from a dear polish friend and she allowed me to swatch it.

Illamasqua Raindrops is a pale grey jelly with tiny flakies, for this swatch I did 3 coats topped with a layer of HK girl. So, do I like it? Yes, it's very soft and delicate without being boring, do I love it? No, probably not, if it weren't for all the hype I probably would have overlooked it to be honest.

One thing I am excited for is the release of Illamasqua Pink Raindrops which should be happening very soon, now that I believe will be stunning. Make sure you keep an eye out on the Illamasqua facebook page for updates.

I'll be back on the weekend to hopefully show you some things from my recent USA Haul, until then, enjoy!

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