China Glaze Your Present Required

Hi everyone, welcome to Monday.  Today I have a really fun glitter polish to share with you.  This polish looks like an indie to me, but it's actually made by China Glaze.  China Glaze Your Present Required ended up being the only polish I picked up from the holiday collection.  

I wanted to do a little something different so I chose to do an accent nail with this swatch.  For the actual swatch nails I ended up doing one coat of China Glaze Your Present Required over Essie Licorice, a plain black.  For my accent nail, I started with OPI Lucky Lucky Lavender, did a freehand stripe with OPI Keeping Suzi at Bay, and did an accent dot with Butter London The Full Monty, a light gold.  

I really loved the glitter combination in this polish.  The mix is light purple, copper, white, blue, and silver glitter in a clear base.  There are also large white hex glitters, which you can see on my pinky nail.  There was something really pretty about this color combination.  I already plan on wearing it for my birthday in January :)  The formula was great, not too thick or thin, and no digging for glitters.

What do you think of this polish?  Did you pick this one up?

Pocket Money Polishes: Glitter Babies Fever

 *Press Sample

Hi everyone!  I hope your weekend is going well :)  Today I have a new-to-me indie brand called Pocket Money Polishes which produces polishes called Glitter Babies.  Cute right?  Today I have one of the original Glitter Babies to share with you and it is perfect for the upcoming holiday season.

This polish is called Fever and it is a glitter topper that is a mix of small red glitter, square silver holographic glitter, and large red circle glitter in a clear base.  For my base I used Zoya Seraphina which is a shimmery silver polish.  The formula on this polish was perfect.  The base was a great consistency, not too thick or thin, and the best part was not having to fish for glitter.  I used one regular coat plus topcoat for all the photos.  I loved this combination and thought it was perfect for the holidays and winter. 

Look at this macro....I loved how many circle glitters were in the bottle.  This made it super easy to get even the big glitters out.

Overall I was really impressed with my first encounter with Pocket Money Polishes and their super cute Glitter Babies.  Let me know what you think of this polish in comments :)  You can find Glitter Babies here and on their Facebook here.   As a special bonus, my readers can receive 10% off your first order with the code "PMPUSA10".  All you have to do is place the code in the comment box!

*This polish was sent to me for review in exchange for my honest review and opinion.

Christmas Nail Art. Festive Nail Stencils, Holly, Snow Flake, Snow Man & Christmas Tree.

Deck Your Nails With Boughs of Holly! Fa la la la la la la la la!

It's the end of November and Christmas is just around the corner. It's time to plan ahead and think about how we can decorate our little pinkies in the customary seasonal and festive theme. Something perhaps to compliment those chunky jumpers and fake antlers in the back of the wardrobe?

Well we may just be able to help you out with our selection of Christmas Nail Art Stencils by SmartNails.

The winter themed nail art collection consists of four festive designs. There is a Snow Flake, Holly, A Snowman and even a Christmas Tree. 

Snow Flake Nail Art Stencils N059

Snow Man Nail Art Stencils NDS0003

Christmas Holly Nail Art Stencils NDS0005

Christmas Tree Nail Art Stencil NDS0004

These Christmas Nail Art Stencils Offer Excellent Value For Money

These nifty Christmas nail art stencils are inexpensive and very effective. They are designed to be used with normal nail polish so you can easily utilise your existing polish collection which is perfect for home nail art lovers. Why not collect the set?

Compatible With Regular Nail Polish & CND Shellac & NSI Polish Pro

However these nail stencils are also compatible with CND Shellac and NSI Polish Pro. So if you have a nail business and you offer CND Shellac or Polish Pro they a perfect seasonal up-sell for your regular Shellac nail clients.

Christmas Nail Art Stencil Competition

Fancy winning a set of 15 SmartNail Stencil Sets worth £35? Then 'The Nail Art Company' is challenging all nail art lovers to come up with some original nail art designs. The only condition is you have to incorporate any of these four winter nail art stencil designs.

The stencils are available from our nail art shop at www.thenailartcompany.co.uk and are just £1.95 each. We have placed a link for each of the stencils underneath each image.

It's easy to enter

Email clear images of your work involving any of these nail art stencils to us. Our email is on the contacts page at the top of our blog. You can add to your designs using other nail art techniques and materials. Include your full name, address and permission to publish your work. 

We will publish all the designs here on our nail art blog. Everyone that submits an image will get published and a mention. We will select a winner on the 23rd of December 2013.

We look forward to receiving your entries and checking out your Christmas nail art designs. Good Luck!