Models Own - Hayley's Comet - Swatch and Review

The moment I saw this polish on Twitter I went straight to the Models Own website and ordered it.

Then as soon as it arrived, I put it on my nails!

This is Models Owns newest addition to their duo-chrome collection, Beetle Juice.

It is a difficult shade to describe, to me it's copper with a green/gold duo-chrome shift, with the occasional, very subtle flash of blue/purple. The duo-chrome is more apparent in the bottle than it is on the nail which might be disappointing to some but I like that about this polish. In some lights the duo-chrome makes the colour look almost like a shimmery taupe/nude shade. 

Very pretty!

It's such a lovely Autumn shade for days when you just don't fancy wearing a dark colour on your nails, or if you're just not into the darker nail polish shades.

The application was lovely as you would expect from Models Own, you can see the odd brush stroke but I only noticed because I looked for it, which let's face it, no normal person would actually do!

I have two coats of Hayley's Comet with one coat of Seche Vite on in the photos. I could still see nail line in some lights but one more coat would sort that out if visible nail line is something that bothers you. We all have our pet peeves!

(Direct Sunlight)

I'm really quite taken with this polish, it's not like anything else in my collection, which is always a relief!

You can purchase this little beaut on the Models Own website HERE for £5, or if you like your duo-chromes and have not yet got any of the other Beetle Juice shades then I suggest you grab the box set HERE for £20, you won't regret it! I've also heard that some people have seen Hayley's Comet in their local Boots store also for £5.

♥ A ♥

Blue nails for World Autism Awareness Day

April 2nd was World Autism Awareness Day.
I wrote this post especially for that day however my card reader decided to die on me, leaving me once again with no photos!
I went out this morning a bought a new one and decided as it's a cause so close to my heart the post is better late than never so here it is.

I have a sister who is three years older than me. She has a type of Autism called Asperger Syndrome.
She is a wonderful person and an amazingly loving Auntie to my two children.
Growing up we shared a bedroom. Not exactly ideal for the average siblings but for me and my sister it was particularly difficult for so many reasons I'm not even going to go into on here. But the worst part of sharing a room was listening to her cry herself to sleep at night from the bullying she endured at school for being different. No one understood her. They thought she was 'weird' because she preferred to be alone and didn't interact with others the 'right' way. Teachers had so little knowledge of Asperger they didn't know how to deal with it, but they tried I have to give them that much.

My sister is much happier these days, she has learnt to cope better in social situations and has a good circle of friends who have all accepted who she is beautifully, they don't judge her and they do whatever they can to help her. Like I said she is such a loving Auntie, and she has a brilliant mind. I am constantly in awe of how quickly she can do mental arithmetic (something I am incredibly dire at!) and her memory for facts and dates is astounding!

I love my sister.

To show my support for World Autism Awareness Day I painted my nails blue to represent Light It Up Blue.

"Light It Up Blue, in its third year, is a unique global initiative to help raise awareness about the growing public health concern that is autism. Iconic landmarks around the world will light up blue to show their support."

I was going to do some nail art too but decided this alone was so beautiful.
I used Models Own Indian Ocean which is one of the new spring beetle juice shades they have recently released, I just put one coat over the top of Barry M Blue Moon, as they are both very sheer.
I'll do a more detailed post on these nails later with more photos for you.

A x