MiliManicure

Hey girlies!

I think I'm finally getting the hang of nail stamping but haven't quite perfected it yet so bear with me guys :)
For this manicure I used OPI Cajun Shrimp, which is a really nice dark pinky/red shade and then I used Cheeky plate CH7 and a black polish to stamp with. I added a final touch by applying a thin coat of OPI Liquid Sand - The Impossible (Mariah Carey collection) to add some volume and shimmer to it. I have not used a top coat for this look but if you wish to you can.

After two coats of OPI - Cajun Shrimp

After stamping and one coat of OPI The Impossible.

Flash shot to capture the glitter and sparkle.

Look how pretty the glitter is.

From left to right: Seche Vite - Top Coat, OPI Nail Envy - Base coat, OPI - Cajun Shrimp, OPI - The Impossible, LA Colors - Black Velvet. Thank you for stopping by and reading :) xox

Hey everyone!

I know it's been forever since I last blogged but I'm BACK! :D It's been one crazy busy summer and I hope you've all made the most of the sunshine! To be honest, I've just been pure lazy to blog..sorry! :(
     The manicure I want to share with you all today is one of my favourite summer shades; a gorgeous turquoise colour from the Barry M Gelly collection. It's called Guava and I did this mani for when I went away on holiday. I hope you'll love it as much as I do :)

After two coats of application.

Close up to capture the shine (no top coat).

'Get your Number' is one of the four polishes featured in the OPI Mariah Carey Liquid Sand Collection. I know I'm late in getting this but I was lucky enough to win the bid on ebay and got it for an amazing £3.99. This is the first time I've used textured polish and I must say this is my favourite one out of the four (maybe because my favourite colour is blue!) It's extremely sparkly with chunkier glitter bits making it super fun for summer and the sandy effect is pretty cool too! You definitely need a minimum of two coats to see the brightness of the colour and to get the best textured finish.

Two coats (no top coat). Nails are shorter since one of them chipped :(

Flash shot to capture the sparkle.

OPI Nail Envy - Base Coat and OPI - Get Your Number.

Hey lovelies! Hope you're all spending some quality time with your dads today! :)
Today I want to share a very pretty summer shade; it's by Sinful Colors called Island Coral. They have a great collection and what's even better is that they're only £1.99! I've applied two even coats here for an opaque coverage. Hope you like it as much as I do!

From left to right: OPI Nail Envy - Base Coat, Sinful Colors - Island Coral, Seche Vite - Top Coat.

Since it finally felt like summer in London last week, I saw some amazing evening sunsets and just couldn't resist doing a bright sunset inspired gradient manicure. I chose to use the colours yellow, orange and pink for the gradient and used white as a base colour to allow the colours to stand out. I spiced it up a little by adding some black zebra stripes on top. (If you've never done a gradient manicure before then check out a few videos on youtube, it's really easy even for first timers!)

The finished look - I added the top coat straight after I finished sponging for a smoother gradient and also to avoid smudging the black lines after.

Two coats of sponging finished with a top coat.

Hey guys!

Today I wanted to share a polish I got from the Nails Inc. lucky dip - it's called Gatwick and it's a matte red (even the bottle is matte, how cool!!). I love a matte finish polish but the only downfall is that it won't stay for long since you can't apply a top coat to it, and if you use hand cream regularly then it will slowly lessen the matte finish over time. It dries very quickly and two coats is enough to get an even, smooth coverage since the colour is well pigmented. It's simple and classy.. you can't go wrong!

OPI Nail Envy - Base coat, Nails inc. matte - Gatwick.

Jelly polishes are high in trend at the moment, so Maybelline have introduced a brand new limited edition; color show polka dots collection to the UK. Rain Forest Canopy is my latest purchase and it is a deep teal jelly based colour in which various sizes of black and white matte hex glitter chunks are suspended within. They are priced at £2.99 each but are currently part of the 3 for 2 promotion at Superdrug. The collection consists of four polishes in total: Chalk dust, Shooting stars, Rain forest canopy and Speckled pink.