Holiday haul!

As promised guys, here's my South American haul - I was bad, very bad:) 

Holiday + birthday + engagement = muchas polish. 

 China Glaze for £8 a bottle - got to love that exchange rate:) L to R: Red Essence, Innocence, Secrets, Water You Waiting For.

 OPI polishes for about £9.50 - God bless duty free shopping in airports! 

Mod About You and Gold Shatter.

 Random Argentinian drugstore - unnamed, yummy glitters! Nommy nommy:) 

Another random Argentinian drugstore - oh well, if you will sell polish for £1.50, I will buy it! 

Revlon polish for £4? Okay! Whimsical and Hearts of Gold FX

Ooooops, nipped into another drugstore.........these worked out about £1 each - the fact that I only bought 2 was a miracle. And also enforced by my bf, who eventually manhandled me out the shop lol! 

And then...........it was my birthday, and my bf's lovely sister bought me these goodies - unbelievable:) 

A Konad stamping kit - flipping AMAZEBALLS! 

A small round up

I've died and gone to heaven:)

I'm home! I'm engaged! I'm loaded with South American polishes.............................

Hey guys,

Just a quickie to let you know that I am home after my epic holiday - the bags have been unpacked, the pile mountain of dirty clothes have been placed near the washing machine, the cats have been snuggled and my new polishes have been unwrapped:)

But most importantly, I am now engaged to my lovely boyfriend, now fiancée! In a cunningly orchestrated operation, he managed to totally surprise me by proposing when we were approaching Machu Picchu after a 4 day trek.

Of course I said yes:)

So now, I have a beautiful ring on my finger, a grin on my face and a spring in my step! 

I'll be back with details of my EPIC haul soon, but now I need to shower and sleep - it's been 28 hours since I woke up and headed to the airport, and I'm feeling grubby.........ewwwww. x x x

Accessorize Coraliscious with gold glitter Accent nail

Ahhhhhhhh, an oldie but a goody; strong colour with a glittery accent nail:)

IRL the Coraliscious is much more eye-catching - almost neon! The accent nail was a couple of coats of Models Own Ibiza Mix, a mix of blue/green and gold glitter, topped with Barry M Yellow Topaz Glitter, my newest rediscovery:)

P.s - still on my hols peeps, this is scheduled x

Barry M Yellow Topaz Glitter over Elizabeth Street

Hola - hope you guys are all doing well and enjoying some summer:)

So this combo was inspired by one of my lovely friends Jen. She has lovely nails, probably because she lets them go au natural most of the time. Anyhoo, at the her hen do the other day she asked me to paint a layer of Barry M Yellow Topaz Glitter over her bare nails. It looked stunning, and reminded me why I love this polish.

Now, there's no way I'd reveal my real nails, so I went with a base coat of Nails Inc Elizabeth Street, a very soft pink that goes on smoothly.

My goodness, how did I forget about this baby? Gold and holographic glitters in a variety of different sizes, amazing:) Soooooooo cute!

ps - this is a scheduled post, so please don't be offended if I don't reply to any comments.

From Warsaw with Love

(Scheduled) greetings from Peru, hope you're all well peeps:)

I have lined up today the lovely From Warsaw with Love by H&M - a lush purple with blue and red shimmer.

The photos don't do this justice - they also emphasise the slight bald patch at the bases that I missed (doh!) - but I really like this polish. It takes a while to dry but the shimmer (blue in some lights, red in others) is more visible IRL. Besides, who doesn't love a good purple? x

Did I Tell You - there's going to be Sunshine!

Hey guys, this is another glitter-tastic baby from my recent haul. 

This is the lovely Did I Tell You by H&M - my goodness, they're selling some stunners at the moment. I painted it (easily, no placing, good smooth application) over one of my older polishes, Sunshine by Rimmel.

 Ps - this is a scheduled post, so please don't be offended if I don't reply to any comments.

Models Own Hed Kandi Sunset Chillout swatch

There's a party on my nails, and everyone's invited!!!!

O.M.Flipping.G - this is, to paraphrase the Fresh Prince, DA BOMB!

 

BTW, if you're thinking, "gosh, Emma's never done a close up shot of a glitter polish before", that's because I haven't. I ONLY JUST realised my camera could do this. So yes, I am a total muppet:) Anyhoo, look at the baby; large blue hexes, orange, green and gold medium hexes, small purple squares, small pink, blue and green hexes, holographic bars............my god, it's stunning.

Because there are soooooooo many different glitters in here, it was tricky to match it, the best results I found were over In The Navy, another Models Own classic. Honestly, I love this glitter so much it's smashed it's way into my top 10! Happyness is glittery nails:)

Ps - this is a scheduled post, I'm on my hols, so please don't be offended if I don't reply to comments:) x