tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77346079692447046202024-02-02T09:49:36.930+00:00Bathelen's NailsA simple blog about my favourite thing - Nail Polish! Pretty polishes, nail art and bargain hauls, you'll find it all here in the Bathelen Cave! Bathelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277389743031198339noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734607969244704620.post-80211517347054981172015-07-28T16:50:00.001+01:002015-07-28T16:50:12.633+01:00Picture Polish Lagoon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'll be honest, I lemminged this polish for a long time, it just looked like that rare shade of light turquoise I have wanted to experience since I got into nail polish. It wasn't. I had about five minutes of disappointment and disbelief before I began to appreciate how gorgeous Lagoon really is. It's more of a blue jelly than a green on the unofficial turquoise scale with solid glitters as well as Picture Polish's glorious holographic scatter glitter which just makes it as sparkly as the Lagoons it is named after. It was opaque in two coats but I gave it three for luck, and wear time was a little over a week. I love how these scatter glitter jellies don't chip.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've tried to capture it's sparkle in the sun so excuse dodgy window shots, but go ahead and enjoy! </span></div>
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there was a Harry Potter collection by Above the Curve that was as shiny as
this I almost cried with excitement and proceeded to buy my favourites for me
and for several of my friends for Christmas and birthday presents! I found it
all very, VERY exciting. </span></span><br />
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Probably my favourite of the collection, this is a classic Gryffindor-inspired maroon
with gold flecks, nicely matching the house colours and a very warm polish to
wear. It was very easy to apply, not too thick and it flowed nicely onto the
nail. It is long lasting too! I wore this for around a week because I liked it
so much and there was nothing more than some wear and tear, not a chip in
sight! I then topped it up with the glitters from my NYK1 post <a href="http://bathelennails.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/glitters.html" target="_blank">here</a>. So I was
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The magic (intended) happens when light
hits it. Look at all that holo goodness! It is so sparkly with every imaginable
colour, I could have photographed it for days and no two pictures would have
been the same. It is so eye catching, and doesn’t even need much sunlight to
glow like this. For all that glitter it is still quite smooth, no bumps on the
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this gem of a polish. Above the Curve – you have done justice to my favourite
franchise so THANK YOU! </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I have several manis to show you, all of which using loose glitters by <a href="http://www.nyk1.com/" target="_blank">NYK1 Sercrets</a>. These glitters come in a pack of 12 different colours and currently retail at £7.95.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This has been my first proper foray into the world of loose glitters, and as you can see there were varying results! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The website suggests that the glitters can be applied with a brush,sprinkled on with fingers or you could dip your nail into the pot. I never tried the last suggestion,I think that would lead to a total lack of control, but it could work for you. Best way to learn how to apply glitter is to experiment!!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you can see from the pics, applying with the brush did not work for me!! It was utter chaos with glitter everywhere and such a huge amount of glitter on my nails it had a 3D spiky effect like frost had grown on my nails. Every time I tried to fix it, I ended up moving the nail polish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I applied over black, using the blue glitter and actually the green one was the clear glitter which has lovely bright holo particles in and which my camera picked up as green. I didn't bother with clean up as I made such a mess I took it off immediately! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blogger error: I used too hard a brush, with too much glitter, on nail polish that was still wet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First I took some pictures to show how nice and fine the glitters are. They are so soft to the touch! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was my Christmas manicure, and I applied over China Glaze <i>Meet Me Under The Stars </i>from the Christmas 2014 collection.<i> </i>This polish has been described as 'galaxy in a bottle' and rightly so, it's a lovely blackfull of glitters, easy to wear and perfect for glam parties. It was easy to apply in two coats and last a lot longer than other China Glaze polishes have with me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used the red and green glitters for a festive effect (yes I know it's now January, my bad) and applied once the polish was dry - lesson learnt! I stuck it down by applying a light dab of the polish on the tips of my nails then dabbing the glitter on with a fingertip. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I tried this 3 colour gradient over Above the Curve <i>Gryffindor </i>(review to follow shortly) and chose the purple, deep pink and light pink, although the light pink photographs rather more silvery than it was in person. I used a french manicure template sticker to get straighter lines, applying a clear coat on the exposed area before lightly applying the glitter again with my fingers. I like how effective the finished article was, but it was so simple and really quick to do! I'd definitely recommend this technique to people who are a bit shy of nail art but want eye catching party nails! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall I can't compare these glitters to other loose glitters as I've not had much experience with them, however I can say that (with a bot of practise!) these are easy to use and the variety of colours helps create good effects. They seem good quality to me and I loved the feel of them, they were really light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I'm the first to admit that I don't actually like this particular 'holiday', I struggle to get into dressing up and I hate horror films! So a scary themed party is not exactly my idea of fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">However this year I am going dressed as Fionna the Human for Halloween! Fans of Adventure Time will know what this means, but for those of you who haven't seen the show, it's a cartoon on the Cartoon Network channel about a load of colourful characters who have essentially evolved from the items which survived the end of the world as we know it. Cheerful huh? Finn is the last of the human race, and Fionna is his female counterpart in a series of character written fan fiction in the show. I've probably confused you now, so on to the nails!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Each nail represents a different character, from thumb to pinkie it's B-Mo, Jake the dog, Finn the Human, Lumpy Space Princess and Gunther the Evil Penguin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">I started by doing the base colour for each nail, again in that order I used China Glaze Towel Boy Toy, a yellow from George @ Asda, China Glaze White on White, a purple from George, and China Glaze Liquid Leather. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">For the details I used a combination of dotting tools and a striping brush.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Once dry I topped it all off with a coat of Seche to seal them, and then a coat of OPI Matte to make them really pop! I think the matte really helps the whole cartoon character aspect. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Unfortunately I didn't seal my thumb first (learnt from my mistake!) so B-Mo's poor face is all smudged :( </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Hope you like these, I'd love to see what you all have done for Halloween so feel free to leave me a link and I'll check them out! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was approached recently by OMG Nail Strips and asked to review some of their nail decals. Firstly, I was just happy to be asked! Secondly, once I had a look at their website I decided there were definitely some designs there that would appeal me. So I agreed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I’ll be honest; I have never ever used nail strips before. I love painting my nails and creating designs and have never been drawn into the world of decals. However some of these designs are so fabulous I would never be able to replicate them, and who am I to shy away from trying new things! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">From OMG Nail Strips you receive 14 strips (2 sets of 7 different sizes) for $7.99 and currently you can receive 5 for $25 with coupon code "5pack" or 10 for $45 with the coupon code "10pack".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To begin with, the pack suggests you soak your nails in warm water then moisturise. I didn’t do this, I just applied them right on top of my nail envy I already had on. I guess this only really makes a difference to wear time, as they claim they last for up to 10 days, so they probably won’t last that long for me! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I found that the variety of size was surprisingly good – I’ve always thought my nails were the wrong shape for nail strips but I was wrong! Four I could fit perfectly to my nails, for my middle finger I did to trim slightly with nail scissors as the sizes remaining were all too wide or too narrow. Awkward middle finger being awkward! As long as the edges fit right down the sides of the nail it should be fine.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Once you’ve ensured that the strips are the right width for your nail you feel off the clear top layer, then carefully remove the backing. This can be quite fiddly, and be careful not to roll the sticker back on itself (which I did. A lot.) as they are really sticky! Place the top of the strip right down against the cuticles and smooth out.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You should be left with a lot of excess at the tip. To get rid of this you simply take a nail file, hold it so the blade is horizontal, flat against the nail, and gently file at the strip until it comes away. You can also use this technique around the sides of the nail if you’ve overlapped onto your finger. (which I did. A lot. You can see a trend here can’t you!)</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I was quite surprised by how much I like having these on my nails! They took around 40 mins to apply, which isn’t much more than me painting my nails – less than if I try nail art! – so I can definitely see the appeal in using nail strips. Although they were rather fiddly they weren’t too difficult to use, not more so than a dotting tool or a striper brush! I think that although I’m a polish girl at heart it will never hurt to have a few of OMG’s fab designs in my stash – I’m very much looking forward to trying out my Christmas themed strips *spoiler!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">OMG Nail strips are available at </span></span><a href="http://www.omgnailstrips.com/nail-polish-strips"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.omgnailstrips.com/nail-polish-strips</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"> or you can check out other pics and reviews on their facebook page </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/omgnailstrips">http://www.facebook.com/omgnailstrips</a></span></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is the gloriously cheap and cheerful Pink Volt by Maybelline, part of the Megawatt Superstay Gel polish. It’s not every day you find such an intense pink. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This polish is thick in the best kind of way, easy to work with and applies easily with the wide brush. It is super pigmented so you could easily wear with one coat. I gave it two but only because I’m fussy and could still sort of see nail line if I held it up against the light. They aren’t kidding when they call it Megawatt Gel either, I’ve never personally had gel nails, but this has an almost cartoonish level of shine, a permanent white reflection of shine down every nail which didn’t fade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pink Volt fairly held it’s own in the wear and tear category too, lasting a full week (I only removed it because I’m impatient and wanted to try something new) and I only re-tipped one nail because it’s a weak nail and bent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To summarise, I was very impressed with this polish, perhaps coming from such a massive brand like Maybelline I shouldn’t be so surprised but when I got it on 3 for 2 in Boots it hardly broke the bank to add a heavily pigmented, hard wearing super-pink to my collection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just a little picture-heavy warning for you, but how else to review such a pretty holo polish!! I don't often wear holo polishes as I find when not in direct sunlight they can be, well, boring! This was not the case with Gravity! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I should go back to the beginning. Moyra UK is a Eurpoean brand who sell lovely polishes for incredibly reasonable prices! They are just starting up, so why not head over to their facebook page and give them a like https://www.facebook.com/moyrauk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> In May, they very kindly got in touch with the British Nail Bloggers offering us a special discount (with no obligation to review, I should point out). As I've not been too hot on my blogging lately I have only got around to showing you this now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gravity is a dusty pink holo polish which has the look of a shimmering glitter in the shade and full blown holo in even a small amount of sunlight - which is all we get in Scotland! When the holo kicks in it picks up every colour on the spectrum and throws all kinds of crazy shapes! Check out the pictures below if you don't believe me ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Barry M textured polishes are pretty decent, as long as you give each coat a minute or two to dry it applies very easily without being too sharp around the edges once dried. Princess had a rather gritty finish, instead of the smoother but lumpy finishes. (I know those two words together makes little sense, hopefully you know what I mean!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Princess reminds me more of the Zoya pixie dusts as it is just so sparkly, packed full of golden glitter. It is definitely aptly named, the girly pink with gold shimmer is perfect for the little princess in all of us! It shines gold even without direct sunlight too which is always a plus. fitting with Barry M's usual standards the quality was high and the wear was long, I probably wore this a week with no problems to report. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did think this would be a bit of a dupe for OPI Pussy Galore, but it's a lot more special, instead of just pink with a small amount of shimmer Princess is as much gold as it is pink as I hope you can see from the pictures, and I'd definitely chose this budget option over the OPI.</span></div>
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Bathelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277389743031198339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734607969244704620.post-18216887404338516552014-08-22T09:00:00.000+01:002014-08-22T09:00:00.478+01:00Lizzie by piCture pOlish<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the beautiful Lizzie by piCture pOlish. There are
not enough pictures to capture the beauty of this polish. Based on everyone’s
favourite classic heroine, Lizzie Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, I was
already pretty excited about this polish (call me sad but I love polish based
on my favourite things) but once I applied it I fell in love.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lizzie is a surprise holo, and with a little help from PP’s
signature formula it sparkles in every light. In case you haven’t tried a
piCture pOlish before (or seen me rave about how wonderful they are) they have
a formula for glitter polishes which doesn’t actually contain glitter
particles! This means that it applies smoothly on the nail and removes super
easily. It also has the effect of making the polish look really deep, like a
pool of glitter. With Lizzie, when it catches the sunlight it comes alive with
all the colours of the rainbow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The wear on this was amazing, I’ve been wearing Lizzie for nine+
days and although there is a little of understandable tip wear there has been
zero chipping, I am very impressed. This is another thing that makes PP worth
buying, they are a little expensive to get here in the UK, usually around
£11.50 each from Sally Magpie, but when you get such a great formula which
lasts well over a week I see no cause for complaint! Lizzie was a rare treat to
myself and worth every penny!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently the British Nail Bloggers have been running Colour
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more on this polish to come shortly on the blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the nail art I decided to do this sort of half flower
shape that I’ve seen in my hours of trawling through Google images, and I was
amazed to discover that it is a lot easier than it looks! My flowers may not be
as refined or elaborate as some but I did them in five minutes with very little
issue, so these are a perfect way to spice up a mani as well as looking quite
impressive!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Technique:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used a short, square tip nail art brush with China Glaze
Jungle Queen from the On Safari collection and drew three, rough triangle-like
shapes started at the edge of my nail. I then used a Barry M nail art pen in
black to neaten up the edges, making them a bit more petal shaped and with the
flicky tips. The white was using a Models Own nail art striper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will definitely be trying this technique again with
different colours and maybe a load of glitter! I’d also love to see if any of
you have tried it for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See below for the other British Nail Bloggers contributions
to purple week :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Emily over at NailsXO has organised this great competition where we each create a nail art based on a country taking part in this year's football world cup! I got France :) I'll admit I wasn't feeling hugely imaginative but I like the simplicity of my Allez Les Bleu 'French' mani, French tips done in the colours of the French flag. I used OPI Red lights ahead ... where?, China Glaze white on white and Bettina nail enamel indigo with Models Own gold nail art pen.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I did this a while back and I thought it was really cute! I did a basic french mani with a MeMeMe that I forget the name of and Essie Sugar Daddy, then I drew a straight line along the nail line with a Barry M Nail art pen, then drew in the little bows. Added some gold Nail Inc Lanesbourough place to liven up the other nails and there we go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the second time OPI have worked with the Muppets and I just think it is genius. The last collection was about celebrating the vibrancy and colours of the Muppets but this one is a little more muted and not so obviously Muppet based, other than OPI's usual plot based names. Although I think it's a great idea nothing majorly stood out for me in this collection, there were one or two I thought were interesting, and there are some glitters which are pretty, but the one I chose to start with is Chillin Like A Villian (fab name).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seduce is a love mid blue - reminded me a bit of blue jeans! It's packed full of silver and red glitters and holo particles which makes it a bit more interesting, but without the sunlight it didn't really stand out. It was really frustrating because when I was indoors you could still see the colours and it was so full of potential but I just never got the chance to see it really shine (literally!). The pictures below do show all the different colours but I just could not get the holo glow! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Moving on to the nail art - To all my European readers it was Eurovision weekend! To all my American readers - off to Google with you. I was having a few girls over to watch the show so I threw on some last minute nail art - free handed a Union Jack for TeamUK and used a BarryM nail art pen for the writing. did any of you do any Eurovision nail art? I'd love to see it! </span></div>
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Bathelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277389743031198339noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734607969244704620.post-42501231629462613832014-05-07T12:30:00.000+01:002014-05-07T12:30:00.620+01:00piCture pOlish Shocked! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I mentioned in a previous post I'm not usually a wearer of pink, give me a blue, green or grey any-day, but a few polishes have recently drawn me to the Bright Side, one of them being Barry M <a href="http://bathelennails.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/bathelen-returns-celebrating-50-years.html" target="_blank">Birthday</a> as reviewed the other day, the other is the simply stunning piCture pOlish Shocked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am a huge picture polish fan however there is no way I can afford to make a habit of buying these! So this was a major treat. My wish list is almost entirely made up of picture polishes :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shocked was designed in collaboration with a nail and beauty blogger, which is another reason I am such a fan, I love the fact that they reach out to and work with bloggers. But enough of my love for the brand, now for my love for the polish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This polish is a lovely jelly pink full of holo glitters which applies in smooth thin coats, three used in the pictures below. I just love the almost transparent finish, which may sound funny but it reminds of stained glass. The jelly finish is so jelly-like that even after having this mani on for a good few days it still looked wet and squishy! I adore this polish, it is smooth and classy but the holo brings it alive and keeps it exciting, I wore this for an entire week and never got fed up of it! It isn't quite hot pink either, it's a lot more toned down, making it easier to wear for any occassion. Can I sing this polish's praises enough?! I'll leave it at that for now :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi all, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy May Day! Hope those of you living in the UK are enjoying the long weekend. As for me, I plan to do absolutely nothing and enjoy</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> it. Today I have</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> a little bit of nail art for you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had been wearing a mani of Pillow Talk from Rimmel's new Rita Ora collection (review to follow shortly) when Emma from NailsXO gave me the inspiration to try out Mermaid scales nail art. She posted a really simple nail art tutorial which I just had to try (see <a href="http://www.nailsxo.com/2014/04/30/mermaidfish-scale-nail-art-tutorial/" target="_blank">HERE</a>). Mine is maybe not the neatest but still pretty effective I think, especially for a first time! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used No 17 Holo polish to draw little crescent moon shapes with a dotting tool until I covered the entire nail. The glitter is Mermaid from Barry M's new Aquarium collection, one coat gives the coverage seen below with big green, blue and gold flakes. I thought there was a pretty decent amount of glitter coverage in that one coat and the colours are lovely. Also pretty convenient that I had a polish called Mermaid when doing Mermaid scales nail art! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you like it, and swing by Nailsxo for a nosy at her nail art - it's really something! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So it's been a while!! But Bathelen is back. Nearly six months since my last blog post but I am working now to get back into the blogging frame of mind. I've missed it! Thank you to all my followers who are still here, Hello to any new ones who have dropped in along the way, and major apologies for bailing for the last six months! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway, back with a bright pink BANG to celebrate 50 Years of Superdrug. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This polish is Limited Edition and only avaliable in Superdrug stores - when I was in it was 3 for 2 so no excuse not to drop by and pick this up (and a few extra treats too :P) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So for those of you that don't know I am a member of the British Nail Blogger's group - we are a smallish group of bloggers who share ideas, promote local indies and UK brands and generally support each other and our blogs. Recently the lovely Sally from Sally Magpies helped us to organise a limited edition indie polish to promote our group and general British-ness and so I introduce to you - Drool Britannia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The polish - designed by Lilypad Laquers - was created using ideas we discussed on the Facebook page and is a clear base (almost blue tinted) glitter bomb full of fine blue glitters, larger blue glitters and large red and white glequins to represent the UK flag. Now I know some of the ladies involved in the creation of this polish weren't hugely fond </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">of the finish but I ADORE it. I genuinely think it's one of the more beautiful polishes I've ever worn! It's incredibly eye catching and I had so many people notice it and compliment it - which is always a nice feeling! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wore this over Sinful Colours Secret Admirer - a shimmery black - and other than a bit of peeling with the larger glitters which were nearer the tip of the nail there were no problems with application or wearing time. I used one thick coat and one thin coat to ensure even distribution. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed wearing it and we enjoyed designing it. Bx</span></div>
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Bathelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12277389743031198339noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734607969244704620.post-35249801425002561172013-10-27T18:37:00.001+00:002013-10-27T18:37:29.591+00:00What's Lurking In The Dark?? <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Woooooooh! It's Halloween week this week and The British Nail Bloggers have got a wee treat in the form of themed nail art - organised by the lovely Kerrie at Pish Posh Polish!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've missed the last few days (although I plan to go back and do a Vampire themed nail art at some point!!) but today's theme is titled 'what's lurking in the dark??'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My nail art for this is dead simple - for most my nails I used Orly R.I.P from the Flash Glam FX collection which I found for a fiver in TK Maxx earlier on today. I thought it was not only appropriately titled for a Halloween nail art but it made for an effective background to my simple statement nail. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I layered R.I.P over Liquid Leather by China Glaze, which I also used as the base for the statement nail. I then made creepy eyes peeking out of the dark with dotting tools and China Glaze White Out (China Glaze is my go to for basic colours like black and white and they never let me down pigment or performance wise!) I really love the indie like scattered glitter of the Orly polish and love how perfectly warm and Halloween-y the colours are - I imagine it'd be really versatile layered over a brighter colour come summer though! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you enjoy my first Halloween nails :) Bx</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So recently I read about Model's Own's new collection Velvet Goth and I went straight to Boots to buy a few of the collection. Now I'm a bit of a closet goth - I love black clothes, black eye makeup, any rock music and my hair red but I can't bring myself to fully delve into a world of monochrome. When I was younger I was a proper emo kid with dark clothes and dyed black hair but nowadays I'm a velvet goth at heart! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first of the collection I bought is Absinthe. Now I LOVE Absinthe. I mean it's pretty disgusting but so much fun! I'm the same way for tequila, gotta love feeling like you're breathing fire(!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway - away from irresponsible drinking this polish - as well as the rest of the polishes in this collection - has a matte finish and is packed full of glitter! It's a brilliant emerald green with black through it and although I usually love a matte finish I found this polish was just so much more special with a top coat over it (see the bottom photo in the sun for full glittery glory, it really comes to life under the sun!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It applied to opaque in two coats, three tops, but I found it a tad lumpy to spread over the nail. It was also a nightmare to remove! But I reckon it's worth it for a few days of blinding glitter - fair to say I will be collection more of the Velvet Goth polishes! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So as I wrote in a previous post (<a href="http://bathelennails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/nail-art-based-on-my-lgd-little-green.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>) I have recently started taking my nail art inspiration from clothing - I find matching my nails to my dress a great way to try out new styles and keeps me on my toes nail art wise to stop me from getting boring! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These nails I based on a dress that I wore to the opening evening of my partner's work office opening night. The dress I found in Oasis and I am so in love with it, it's a silky soft fabric and so flattering! To match the nails I treated myself to one of Barry M's Hi Shine Gelly polishes in Lychee which is a beige nude colour, which is really not a colour I would usually wear however it matches the dress PERFECTLY! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was a really simple nail art - just one coat of Lychee, which applies almost opaquely in that one coat - I then used the sellotape trick to do an angled tip with I Herd That by China Glaze. To then match the skirt of the dress I did a simple leopard print with Teetotal by Butter London, a chocolately brown, and Liquid Leather by China Glaze.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll apologise now for the bad pics and the messy cuticles - I took the pictures straight after I put on the nail art and never got a chance to take pics in the daylight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I want to show off some nail art I did to match a dress I had bought to wear to my friend's engagement party. First - the dress. It's a gorgeous little green number COVERED in spangles, sequins and beads which I found in the sale in Topshop for only £15! I am not usually one to wear this sort of thing but I had lost a bit of weight when I bought it and thought it was fabulous - it took a bit of confidence to wear it but what a boost once I had it on - I had so many compliments! So I wanted my nails to match this shiny wonder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The green of the dress almost perfectly matches one of my favourite polishes - Orly <a href="http://bathelennails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/orly-coachella-dweller-and-half-moons.html" target="_blank">Coachella Dweller</a> which I first showcased on the blog back in April. Unfortunately the websites I used to bag my Orly from have all upped their prices so I am now Orly-less, which is such a shame as after trying this polish they were fast becoming one of my favourite brands. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To try and recreate the dress I decide I didn't to cover two nails with a coat of Orly Halo which is always a good match with this green, and on my thumb I attempted to copy some of the design with some studs a colleague found in Poundland and gave to me because everyone knows about my obsession with nails! (so thoughtful!) Having never worked with these before, I've only ever used studs a few times and even then only a couple to jazz it up, I did find this VERY tricky! But I think it was effective. I didn't want to overdo it and clash with the dress so I thought studs on one finger would be enough :) I did have rather stubby nails at the time as they are not back to full strength yet so I like to think it would look even better with my usual longer nails! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This particular polish is the cutely named Daisy Darling - a clear-ish base FULL of tiny pink glitter and bit pink sequins. I wouldn't usually like this baby pink sort of colour but teamed with the black I loved it. This black is Sinful Colours Secret Admirer which is no ordinary black, this is more of a graphite and is absolutely stunning as it is chock a block with silver shimmer making look better than a clear starry night. I think it's the perfect base for a polish like this - hope you agree! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel like this is becoming a habit but once again apologies for the continued quietness on the Bathelen Front! It's all very exciting at home just now as my partner and I have been searching for our first house!! No luck yet but it's keeping us busy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On to the nails. Today I have for you two of OPI's Mariah Carey polishes which I think were out last Autumn but I could be wrong. I snagged these too recently from a lovely lass on a Facebook page I'm in which allows us nail junkies to buy, sell and swap our polishes. these polishes came out just as I was seriously getting into nail polish brands and were OPI's first delve into the magical world of textured polish - which it's no secret I'm a huuuge fan of! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up is The Impossible. This is a gorgeous almost-red which is pink enough to be warming instead of harsh which some reds can be (especially on me - hate that because I love reds!). The glitter is subtle and as you can see on the bottle (but not on my nail!) it has a few stars scattered through as well. I LOVE the idea of the stars but I just couldn't get them on the nail! Hopefully after a few more uses the stars will be more evenly distributed, but this is my only nark about this polish. It's everything an OPI Liquid Sand should be - an easy three coats, applies evenly without trying and once dried will last a good few days abuse without even thinking about chipping! I always turn to a liquid sand if I need a polish to last! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next is the stunning Get your number. I am a massive fan of <a href="http://bathelennails.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/opi-liquid-sand-tiffany-case.html" target="_blank">Tiffany Case</a> from the OPI Bond Girls collection from earlier this year but I wasn't a fan of the major finger staining - also I didn't want another dupe, so I am pleased to report that not only does this one NOT stain but that it is a much deeper blue which is scattered with pink/purple glitters which really make it something special. Again this was a perfect example of OPI goodness easy to apply and loong lasting! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To do this I had a base of Get Your Number, put four small squares of tape on each corner leaving the cross, which I used OPI Solitaire to do a big white cross. I then used a small striping brush to do the red on the top. I was so please with the result, especially seeing as I hadn't done a nail art with textured polish before - it really is versatile! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hope you like it =) show your love or hate for this polish by commenting below - I love getting comments and I always reply .. eventually =P</span></div>
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