Floral Nail Art Tutorial - Monthly Challenge

My second bestie twin nails this month was with the lovely Mo from @prettyquirkyuk. She's another UK based nail polish lover and I've wanted to do something with her for ages!

The theme was flowers so we plucked some inspiration from a design by @furiousfiler. We kept to the same colour theme, black and white as a background and purple/pink/green/teal flowers. We also added a glittery accent nail!

I have a tutorial for these on my YouTube channel! 

I started off by painting all my nails white, apart from my ring finger.

I then used a small dotting tool and just applied some polkadots. I used the larger end of the dotting tool and applied random blogs of colour onto my nails by the cuticles.

I mixed white with the colour of the blog, eg. I applied a blue blob to my nail, then I mixed that same blue polish with white polish to get a lighter shade of blue.

I then went in with a detail brush from Born Pretty Store and swirled the two shades together.

It seems so weird when I'm writing it, but when you see the video it'll all make sense!

For the glitter nail I applied 3 different glitters onto a sponge. I basically just did a gradient, but applied the glitters to random parts of the sponge.

Again the video will make so much more sense!!

I finished everything off with a topcoat.

Check out the video here!

xx Elaine

Schools Out Trio by Danglefoot Polish Swatch & Review

I recently bought the Schools Out Trio from Danglefoot Polish. The 5ml trio costs only £10.50 and it comes with 3 nail polishes and some extra goodies.

Along with the set I also bought a 5ml bottle of Let's Talk Glitter and a cuticle oil in the scent Sweet Pea and Apple. Both of which I'll review at a later date.

First of all I LOVE the packaging on the Schools Out Trio. It came wrapped up in that pretty blue and white cloth and everything was wrapped up separately to make sure nothing was going to break. It had the three nail polishes, a star shaped soap, a little tiny sample size of a cuticle oil (I'm not sure which fragrance but it smells like something chocolatey I think?) some sweeties and a little business card.

For swatches & review keep reading! 

Danglefoot Polish Magpie Collection Swatches & Review

Today I have two Danglefoot Polish nail polishes to show you. These are both from the Magpie collection, which consists of 7 gorgeous glitter polishes. Danglefoot Polish is a UK indie brand that's 5 free and cruelty free.

First up is Love You Berry Much. This is a purple blue crelly polish filled with scattered holographic glitter.

In indoor lighting it looked purple, but in daylight (and daylight bulbs) it looked like a bright blue.

The formula was a little on the thick side, but for that reason it was also very opaque. I applied 2 coats for the swatch, but it was almost fully opaque in just 1 coat.

The polish is beautiful on its own, but when it hits the sun (or a flash) it becomes even more special. The holo is very apparent and makes the polish even more unique.

It dried to a little bit of a textured finish, so I did apply a top coat for the swatches.

The second colour is the bright purple holographic micro glitter in a clear base called Grape Expectations.

It's a very warm toned purple glitter which makes it different from my other purple glitters.

It's a very densely packed polish and I used 3 coats for the swatch. It was a little bit thick because it's so densely packed, but it wasn't an issue.

Again, this polish is packed with holo... and it's incredible. You don't need to be in the sun (or flash) to see the holo, it's always there no matter how horribly cloudy it is outside!

As most glitters, this dried to a textured finish so I applied 1 coat of fast drying top coat.

I paired it with Essie Go Ginza.

What do you think of these two glitters? I honestly don't know which one I prefer, they're both so different and so stunning. I know I'll definitely be getting a lot of wear out of these in the spring/summer.

Danglefoot Polish Digital Dreams Collection Swatch & Review

I think I'm at that stage in my nail polish addiction where I own every single main stream colour (twice) so it's time to move onto the indie world!

I have slowly been getting more and more into indie brands because they have such unique colour and glitter combinations. They do incredible glitter combinations with all sorts of different glitters, and make cream polishes so creamy that they only require one coat... and everything in between!

Today I am reviewing nail polishes by the UK indie brand Danglefoot Polish created by Hayley.  All Dangefoot Polishes are 5 free, cruelty free and handmade. They have anything ranging from creme polishes, crelly polishes with glitters, glitter polishes and holographics. The mini bottles of 5ml retail for £3.10 and the full size bottles of 12ml are £5.50.

This collection is called Digital Dreams and consists of 5 polishes: 1 creme, 2 glitters in a clear base and 2 glitters in a jelly base.

More info and swatches after the jump!