Mrs Cross' Nail Shop How Romantic Collection Swatch & Review

Mrs Cross' Nail Shop is a new up and coming UK based indie brand. The nail polishes are 5 free and hand made by Leanne. Her Etsy and eBay shops sell her nail polishes as well as other nail art supplies (beautiful glitters!!).

This is the How Romantic Collection. It consists of 5 nail polishes. Each colour represents a different romantic trait. It includes 3 pearly shimmers, 1 glitter and 1 cream with subtle shimmer.

The whole set is currently available for £26.00, and individually they cost £5.90 for a 10ml bottle.






First up is Intense Romantic.

This is a stunning deep shimmery berry red. In the bottle it looked like it would have a frosty finish, but it's all shimmers so no brush strokes!

More info and swatches after the jump! 

Little Lost Ones Swatch & Review

I received some polishes from Little Lost Ones. This is a relatively new UK based indie brand run by the lovely Ria. They just celebrated their 1 year anniversary and this new collection is perfection!

The polishes are 3 and 5 free. The are £6 for 10ml on her Etsy page.

I LOVE the name and her map of Europe logo. I love travelling so I feel like this is right up my street! This collection consists of 4 cremes and 1 glitter topper. They all dry incredibly quick!

Check our Ria's Etsy page for more beautiful glitters. I've already decided I want to place an order ;).


More info and swatches after the jump!

Kester Black Review & Swatches (part 1)

My all time favourite nail polish brand Kester Black is FINALLY offering international shipping! Kester Black is an Australia indie brand and I fell in love with them when I was living in Melbourne. But when I moved back to the UK, I was unable to purchase any of the new collections and it was sad. Plus I didn't want to use any of my Kester Blacks because I was worried of wasting them or finishing them and never being able to buy new ones. It was sad.

Last week they posted online that they are offering international shipping so I instantly placed an order. I received my polishes within a week! Incredible. Anyway that haul is coming up soon, but first I wanted to do a little (long) brand review.

I swatched 12 colours. I wanted to start off with 5... then 7... then 10... and then I decided I wanted a bit of every collection so it ended up coming to 12.... I am actually planning on swatching all of my Kester Black nail polishes in the same way, so I'm sure they'll be a part 2 (or part 10) coming up soon!

Kester Black is a Non Toxic, 5 free, Vegan, Cruelty Free brand that's proudly Australian made and committed to supporting local businesses. They use sustainable production methods including using recycled materials. The colours are high shine and chip resistant. Does that not sound like the best brand ever?!

Since I started collecting Kester Black nail polishes the brand has slightly changed. The front of the bottles has changed: The red colour is the old bottle design and Blush is the new bottle design. The brushes have also changed. They started off with very skinny round brushes like the US Essie's, and now they have very wide brushes like the European Essie's. The flat wide brushes cover my nail in 1-2 brush strokes so it really is an easy application.

More info and swatches after the jump!

The Body Shop Nail Polishes

The Body Shop has come out with a range of 24 new nail polishes to add to their make-up range called the Colour Crush Nails range.. The new polishes are colourful, inspired by nature, 100% vegan and 5 free! I picked up three, which seems to be my go to number! They cost £5 so very affordable, but only contain 6.8ml, compared to OPI's which have 15ml. The bottoms remind me of the Clinque nail varnishes, skinny and round with silver lids.

It has thicker brushes, which make the application incredibly easy. I covered my nails with 2 brush strokes!

First up is Rosy Cheeks, a beautiful pink toned coral. This is the first polish I picked up, it just stood out to me for some reason!

The formula was amazing. It applied so easy, no streaks at all. I used two coats for the swatch and dried with an amazing shine.

The second colour is Minty Amour a bright turquoise.

I used two easy coats for the swatch and it again dried with the most incredible shine.

The third colour is A Grape Affair. Of course I had to pick up a purple... This is a great medium warm toned purple. Does that make sense?? I think this is my favourite from the three.

Again 2 coats for the swatch and a super glossy finish.


What do you think of the new Colour Crush Nails range from The Body Shop? Will you be picking up any of their polishes?
xx Elaine