LA Girl Addict - Intoxicate

A very merry Xmas to you all!!

I haven't got a Christmas mani for you, tried a little stamping yesterday and it failed miserably! So I thought I would show the final polish out of the LA girl addict collection which I got from Cherry Culture - Intoxicate. My application was slightly sloppy on this one for some reason. I did try to be neat, honest. I just had one of them days when your really clumsy for no reason.


                                                                      Direct Sunlight

Shade

                                                                 Indoors with Flash

Eeek! sloppy application but swit swoo what a stunner of a polish! Intoxicate is a rich plum shade containing the same golden shimmer we've seen in the other two polishes I swatched here and here. The golden shimmer only really shows under artificial or direct sunlight. But look at that glow! AND nearly a one coater like the other two. These are currently still for sale on Cherry Culture online for $2.50 each (approx £1.60).

On another note, after seeing the upcoming Hunger Games Collection from China Glaze (google it if you haven't) I was like "Hunger Games? Huh? Who??" (Yes I'm light years behind everyone).  I've now bought the first book, and I'm currently at chapter 6. I'm liking it a lot although I keep on picturing Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Running Man for some reason?

Once again, enjoy your day tomorrow!!

Tee Dee xx

Asda Nail Polish? Huh?

Hello All

I thought I would share with you a interesting nail polish set I picked up in Asda. Yes Asda! Usually supermarket gift sets are rather pants, but this one caught my eye.

Baby's Breath over Rimmel Black



Sorry about my crappy pics. I'll try and get some of these shades swatched properly. The set contains 10 nail polish shades, including two holographic glitters, a pink polish containing white flakes and a iridescent green shimmer. It also contains cuticle remover and massage cream and nail files. Price? an economical £9.99!! The star of the show is Baby's breath it reminds me a lot of OPI Electric Eel.

Some of these polishes I think will be great for layering.

Found any good Xmas polish sets?

Tee Dee xx

Dollish Polish - Toxic Avenger

Hello Everyone

3 more sleeps til Christmas. I haven't wrapped one blooming present up! so behind tut tut. Today I have for you one of the frankens I purchased off Etsy from Dollish Polish - Toxic Avenger. Saw this on a couple of other blogs and it looked amazing. I wanted it so bad.

Shade

My pictures do this polish no justice, it's 1000 times better then what my pictures show. Toxic Avenger is a glass flecked duochrome holo!! Think Orly Space Cadet with some holo goodness. Toxic Avenger has that same blue jelly base. I paid $4.25 for 5mls (about £2.70). So wish the bottles were bigger...might have to stock up on this bad boy.


ALSO I won another giveaway!!! woo woo. I won Tokki and Oliver's Christmas Giveaway. Her prize was a mystery goody bag and it arrived yesterday! Look at the amazing prizes I got! I got my first Julep nail polish. I'm so very grateful to Tokki and Oliver, so check her blog out it's a great read!

That's all for now folks.

Tee Dee xx

Topshop News - New Crackle Collection and More

Hello All

Tophop have joined the crackle craze and have released 5 new crackle polishes.

WALLSTREET

SWEETHEART

CHAOS THEORY

GOLDIGGER

They also have a new addition to their Metallic Range

CRYSTAL CLOUDS

AND also two new Nail art pens

BARBARELLA

HUSTLE

All available from Topshop here. Nail polishes are £6.00 each and pens £6.50.

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

Beetle Larvae - A Scarab Spranken

Hello Nail poppers

Finally the sun came out for a split second this week for me to photograph the holo franken I created using Illamasqua - Scarab and MUA - Shade 7. I also used some Barry M - Red Black and some Nails Inc - Saville Row in this one as sometimes spectraflair can dilute a shade making it less vibrant.

Here it is...Beetle Larvae

Shade

Sunlight

Flash

Really pleased with this one, I think its quite christmassy too. More of a scattered holo in comparison to other sprankens I've made. Of course I could have used my holo topcoat over Scarab, but it wouldn't have been so fun :-)

Have a wonderful evening all!!

Tee Dee xx

LA Girl Addict - Disorder

Hello Everyone!!

I feel like its been ages since I wrote my last post...I was getting blogger withdrawal symptoms big time. I'm finally at home for the holidays (yay!) although last week was so crappy, but at least it will make me appreciate this week more.

Today I have the second of my LA Girl Addict collection - Disorder. I actually thought this was a khaki shade, but it's a murky grey. Still gorgeous.

Indoors - Artificial Light

With Flash

This was very nearly a 1 coater like Idol although the gold shimmer is much more prominent in Disorder, making it a warm grey. It does have a green tone so I wasn't totally mad thinking it was a dark khaki.

I wish I ordered more of this collection, I love the murky/dusky shades combined with the gold shimmer. I have one more to show you which I will hopefully get done this week.

Have a great week

Tee Dee xx

OPI - Blue Moon Lagoon

Hello Everyone

Well its mighty miserable weather at the mo, with record storms hitting the UK, I thought I would show you a polish which conjures up imagery of sun, sea and holidays, OPI - Blue Moon Lagoon.

This is 4 coats of Blue Moon Lagoon. Had no problems with application, although it is quite sheer could of done with another coat. All pics taken indoors under flash. Blue Moon Lagoon is a light turquoise holo. Really like this shade, I think it has calming and tranquil properties (waffling again).  On a serious note, it is a very subtle shade and very pretty. Can't remember how much I paid for this one? Although I'm sure it was under £7.00 on ebay.

And now, Blue Lagoon in the Bahamas...I'm so over the winter and cold weather already :-) Can I celebrate Christmas here please??

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Enjoy

Tee Dee xx