Another Pound Shop Purchase - H.C.M.J

Hello there!

How has your week been? Mine has been kinda rubbish, but that's how the cookie crumbles I guess sometimes. Less of the negativity...more about polish!

Today I have one of my pound shop purchases, a H.C.M.J no name glitter. Bottles look like an OPI impostor but they had some interesting colours so I thought I'd give them a go. This a a dark red, almost maroon colour glitter suspended in a clear polish base. I started off with two coats of NYC - Battery Park Purple ( a dark purple creme) and used two coats of the H.C.M.J polish over the top.

(In direct sunlight)

In shade

Close-up

As you can see from the shade pics, there are odd silver bits of glitter in the polish as well. Don't know if that's intentional or not, although it doesn't really bother me much. Drying time was good, although it was a stinker, smelt mostly of chemicals. Still not bad for £1 :-)

Anyone tried this brand?

Tee Dee xx

NOTD - Nails Inc Garrick Street

Hello Everyone

It was such a lovely day here in London today. Can't believe how warm it has been, but It's getting harder to take swatch pics as we are losing the light. I don't have a posh light box, I use my garden :-) I had to use the window sill to get the last bit of today's sunshine. Today I have for you Nails Inc - Garrick Street. A blue/purple/green duochrome. Absolutely stunning and super glossy.

I got this off ebay. So glad I did, it's gorgeous. The formula was good on this too. This is 2 coats. Can you tell I like duochromes just a little bit :-)

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

OPI - Movin' Out

Hello there ladies

Woo I've had to time complete a post! I have a gorgeous old OPI polish today from the 2003 Holiday on Broadway Collection - Movin' Out. It's a sheer pink based duochrome/multichrome which looks gorgeous over a dark colour. I layered it over good old faithful Rimmel Black 60 Seconds. The is 2 coats of Movin' Out, although I used 1 coat on my pinky to show the different effect this wonderful polish can achieve. I'm sure you've seen it already, so no harm in showing it again :-)

How gorgeous is this polish! Every colour you get from this beauty. I actually think I prefer only 1 coat. I got this bad boy at my infamous nail shop. So glad that little place exists. This makes me want to hunt down some of the other OPI oldies and duochromes. I seriously want OPI's Glacier Bay Blues.

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

Gosh Nail Glitter Paillettes Pour Ongles - 05 Ruby Red

Hi ya everyone!

Hope your week is going well. I'm getting very excited as I'm off to Torquay today, ahhh the English Riviera! Can't wait. I booked it through the £9.50 Sun holidays. Ha ha! Cheap and Cheerful. Today I have my experiment with Gosh's new nail glitter Ruby Red. I picked up one the other week from Superdrugs. Decided on Rimmel's 60 Seconds Deliciously Dark, a dark plum/black polish and then used the glitter on my nail tips.

I know, it looks a blooming mess! I got it everywhere! ha ha. I reckon that I could do a better job a second time round. I used a topcoat over this, but I don't think I was supposed to. The glitter was pretty though. I really wanted the charcoal/black glitter but they had sold out. Cost £3.99 a pot. I used a minimal amount for this mani really, I have loads left.

P.s My car is okay!!. Got it back yesterday. Phew. It still needs a new clutch, but that can wait a week or two! So happy.

Will you be getting any of these glitter pots? Have a wonderful weekend!

Tee Dee xx

Topshop - Adornment

Hi All!

Okay, this is the third consecutive purple polish post and I'm sorry if you don't likey the purples, but I'm quite fond of purple.

Today I have for your the pics I took using Adornment from Topshop, one of the polishes I swatched in last weeks post (here). I started off with a purple polish for a base and decided on Me Me Me - Wild. I then used 2 coats of Topshop's Adornment over the top.

With Flash

Now I know this is hardly Nfu.Oh #51 but Topshop I salute you for trying! Adornment is a lovely polish in its own right. I reckon this would look lovely over pink shades too.

Enjoy folks

Tee Dee xx

Revlon - Facets of Fucshia

Hello Everyone!

Nearly September! Gosh where has this year gone!? I swear I can hear Jingle Bells already. Today I have for you Revlon's new shade - Facets of Fuchsia. Apparently a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Bad Romance. Haven't a clue on this as I'm a polish pauper and I can't afford it :-) Facets of Fuchsia is a purple based jelly containing silver regular and hexagonal glitter. The glitter looks fuchsia because of the purple jelly. A glamorous polish, perfect for the fall/winter season and dare I say it...office Xmas parties :-S

Started off with a base of Rimmel Black 60 seconds and used 2 coats of Facets of Fuchsia. I tried Facets of Fuchsia on its own and got opacity in 4 coats, but it ended up a pretty thick mani. No topcoat used. Purchased from Boots in store for £4.29 although I used my loyalty points and got it for free.

Am I being too premature about Christmas? or like me can you feel the frosty chill of Santa breathing down your neck (I do actually like Christmas though!)

Tee Dee xx

China Glaze - Flying Dragon

Hi Peoples

How are you all? I'm so happy it's a bank holiday this weekend! Not that I'm doing much ha ha! Today I have for you China Glaze - Flying Dragon. Now, a lot of web posts appear to moan about this polish, but I think its a great colour. Yes it dries quickly and yes it's not a brimming over the top glitter. But it's unusual and it stands out. Flying Dragon is a neon purple matte polish containing blue and purple glitter. I don't understand why folks can not accept this polish for what it is. Matte, Glitter, Neon. Simples.

And here is Flying Dragon with some topcoat slapped on (literally slapped on, most my pics were unusable because of my slap dash application tut tut).

Now this polish looks a lot better than it does here. There's much more better images on the net. So check it out. 2 coats and 1 coat topcoat. I had no problems in application although some have reported that it's slightly runny and can bleed into the cuticles.

Hope you have a wonderful bank holiday Monday!

Tee Dee xx

Topshop Polish Box Set

Hello Everyone!

Today I have for you a Topshop polish box set which my beloved got me a couple of weeks back. I'd been on at him about this set for ages, long enough to bug him so much that he bought it for me! :-) The box set contains 4 polishes, Beyond The Sea, Daredevil, Paint It On and limited polish Adornment.

Paint It On

A yummy raspberry red/pink polish. Only needed 2 coats.

Beyond The Sea

Gorgeous Teal Creme. Needed three coats. Looks slightly more green in the bottle, but when applied looks more blue.

Daredevil

Deliciously dark cherry red glitter polish. Vampy and Glossy. This is 3 coats. Started to rain when I took these (darn you British weather!)

Adornment

A purple sheer based jelly containing flakies! This was my favourite out of the collection! You can see that it's a bit too sheer on it's own. 4 coats and still a visible nail line. I'm going to use this baby for layering.

All of the polishes I liked in this collection. All applied well with Daredevil giving me slight problems, no biggy ones though. Application brush was good on all of these and drying time not too bad. A really good collection Topshop! Available for £15.00 in store and online. Looked online today and it appears they have released some new polishes. Country Bumpkin I want you!

Like any of these colours?

Tee Dee xx

Not a Bieber fan but...

Howdy Everyone

Today I have a swatch of one of the Justin Bieber polishes from Nicole by OPI - One Less Lonely Glitter. Now I'm not a Bieber fan but I saw this in Claire's Accessories and I thought "I'll give it a go". One Less Lonely Glitter is a translucent polish containing irregular light purple glitter. I think this was 4 coats although 3 had enough coverage. I was just being extra.

[BLING]

I know sound effect descriptions are not needed, but you get my point. This polish was definitely blinging on the nail. I liked it and I thought I wouldn't. The application brush was a bit funky. It's supposed to be a 'New/Nouveau Perfect Stroke Brush' but in reality it was a huge stubby brush that was designed for people who have fingers like a big toe. Polish price was on the hefty side, I think over £8.00 (can't exactly remember?) but OPI is not a cheap brand so I wasn't expecting a low price tag.

Any Bieber fans out there? Tried any of the Nicole by OPI polishes?

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx