Free Nails Inc Swatches - Glamour Dec 2012 Issue

Nails Inc are back again as a freebie in Glamour Mag this month!

There are four colours to choose from Glamour Glitter, St James, Motcomb Street and Elizabeth Street.

I have swatched them all for you, after the jump!

Polish Days - Sentimental

It's Polish Days time again and this months theme was Sentimental.

This one was easy for me. It could only be Nails Inc Montrose Place.

It is a gorgeous, blue toned, iridescent hot pink with a blue/purple flash.

I picked this polish for three reasons.

1. This is one of the first Nails Inc polishes I bought. I bought it in a pack of four from TKMaxx and it sparked the beginning of my nail polish obsession.

2. I wore this polish to my first dress fitting for my wedding dress. I remember standing very still in my dress chatting to the shop assistant about my nail polish, whilst the seamstress pulled and pinned. 

3. It was also the polish I wore for my Hen Do.

I didn't want to just do a plain swatch so I added some rhinestones and a peony accent nail as they were the main flower in my wedding bouquet, and as the polish brings back some happy wedding planning memories I thought it would be quite fitting.

The polishes used on the ring finger were - 

Barry M Matt White.

Barry M Shocking Pink mixed with Matt White for the various shades of pink.

♥ A ♥

Makeup Savvy 15 Day Nail Challenge - Day 4 - Galaxy

It's day 4 of the Makeup Savvy 15 Day Nail Challenge and I am really enjoying it!

Todays challenge was Galaxy Nails, another nail trend I was yet to try. Every time I saw another amazing galaxy nail on Pinterest, YouTube or Blogs I just thought I would end up in a blobby mess of glitter and colour. But I cannot tell you enough how easy these are to do!

I started off with one coat of Barry M Black Multi Glitter, then I tore small chunks off a kitchen sponge and used a White polish to sponge on the general shape I wanted for each 'Galaxy'.

Then on my Index and Ring fingers I sponged on Missguided Misslead and Nails Inc New Burlington Place. On the Thumb and Pinky I used Barry M Berry Ice Cream and Accessorize Purple Dream, then lastly for the Middle finger I used Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream, Navy and Models Own Aqua Violet from the Beetle Juice collection.

Once all that was dry I used my smallest dotting tool and White polish to do some clusters of small starts then a slightly larger dotting tool to do a few larger stars, then with a fine nail art brush I picked one larger star on each nail to be my shining star and added some starburst lines. Then finally I used a tiny bit of China Glaze Fairy Dust and sponged it on to fill in some of the gaps.

A lot of different colours I know but only a tiny bit of each was used and it was so quick to do!

I am so pleased with how these turned out and an added bonus, even Mr GT stopped, put down the Xbox controller and said 'They are awesome' then went back to his game.

Now that's a compliment!

♥ A ♥ 

Makeup Savvy 15 Day Nail Challenge - Day 3 - Chic

Day 3 of the Makeup Savvy Nail Challenge is Chic nails.

My first thought was to do a Shabby Chic design but I changed my mind as I wanted to try something I have never done before.

So I decided on Chic Grey Chevrons!

I used the tape method for this design and let me tell you if I never see a roll of tape again it will be too soon! I got in a right mess.

Most frustrating manicure ever. It honestly took FOUR attempts just to get my Ring and Pinky fingers right and they are still wonky.

But I don't care they can stay that way.

For this I used two coats of Nails Inc Charlotte Street for the base which I got in a pack from TK Maxx a while ago. Then I used GOSH Silver and Avon Matte in Grey Cement for the chevrons.

I want to try more tape manicures because despite the wonkiness I really like how this turned out, but there has got to be something easier to use than sellotape!

♥ A ♥