Topshop Smoke and Mirrors Nail Polish - Lady Marmalade

Howdy doody everyone

Hope your all having a swell Friday. Today I have one of Topshop's Smoke and Mirrors collection polishes - Lady Marmalade. Oooh lets sing it all together now 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir' in our best warble Christina Aguilera impersonation.

In Sunlight

In Shade

OMG hey sister go sister! How sexy is this! I love Lady Marmalade so much. I wasn't really bothered about this one when I bought it but it's such an unusual colour. Like egg yoke, but with a slightly mustard tone. This is 2 coats, it was really opaque in one, but I used 2 for good measure! Slight thick consistency but I'm always sloppy.  More swatches soon!

Tee Dee xx

Barry M News

Hello Folks

Some Barry M news

Ooh the hot tip for the must-have nail product is Barry M nail effects metallic foils in gold and silver, they are already a best seller since their launch in earlier this autumn.

BUT... never one to leave a trend unmined Barry M has created this exclusive Metallic Lilac just for Superdrug customers.

Available from December the lilac foil effect nail paint is just £3.99, but it’s limited

edition so nail lovers will have to be quick!

Enjoy

Tee Dee xx

Marks and Spencer Holo - Rainbow

Afternoon All!

Did you know that Marks and Spencers have a holo in their nail polish collection!? Well they do! It's part of their Perfection Long Wear Nail Lacquer collection. Meet Rainbow, a gorgeous alternative to Gosh Holographic.

COMPARISON TO GOSH HOLOGRAPHIC

This is very similar to Gosh's formula although easier to work with. This is 3 coats as it's quite sheer. Not as holographic as Gosh, not so linear and more subdued but still very pretty...less 'in your face' futuristic looking. Drying time wasn't great though, and it also chipped very easily. I suggest using a topcoat, even if it dulls the effect slightly.

Costs £7.50. On the expensive side, but it is Marks and Spencer's. In the famous words of the Commercial 'This is not just polish, this is Mark and Spencer's Polish'. Also available online here.

Have any of you ladies got this one?

Tee Dee xx

Autumn Giveaway including RARE OPI!!!! - NOW CLOSED

Hello Everyone!!

Well finally I have my giveaway!! I didn't have the patience to wait until I reach 100 followers, the suspense was just killing me!  Also, I have a a bit of University work to complete in the next couple of months and I wanted to do this before my life became too hectic!

So ladies to show my appreciation of your support, I have an Autumn Giveaway!! Hope you like what's on offer!

INCLUDING THIS BAD BOY!

OPI - At Your Quebec and Call (From OPI Canadian Fall Collection 2004)


SOME OF THE OTHER PRIZES

Prizes:

1 x OPI - At your Quebec and Call

1 x Andrea Fulerton Nail Polish - Mischa

1 x Pixi Nail Polish No7

1 x Rimmel Nail Polish - Hard Edged

1 x Andrea Fulerton Nail Tattoos

4 x Fate Nail Polishes

4 x mini W7 Nail Polishes (Fab Four)

3 x Eyeko Lipglosses

1 x L'Occitane Lavender Hand Cream (15ml)
1 x Make Up Academy (MUA) Professional Trio Eyeshadow (Smoke Screen)
2 x Pop Beauty Eyeshadow Trio (No3 Park Lane and No8 Belsize Park)
1 x Red-Green Colour Changing Topcoat (Optional see disclosure below)

So how do you enter to win all these goodies?

Cute-tickle Nails Autumn giveaway will be open Internationally and will run until Sunday 20th November until 22:00 (London GMT)

I will notify the winner via email. The winner will then have 48 hours to respond to the email with their address to ship the prizes.

If not, I will choose another winner.

The winner will be picked by Random.org. All prizes are new and have been purchased by me. The colour shifting topcoat contains MUA Clear Nail polish and Red-Green Colour Pigment. Please see Medical safety sheet HERE and Disclosure at the end of this post.

How to enter:

Mandatory Entry (must do all 3):

1) Be a follower on Google Friend Connect ( New followers are of course welcome)

2) Leave your email so I can contact you if you win

3) Fill in the enter form below, please note that people trying to enter via the comments box will not be counted.

Additional entries

1) Blog about my giveaway with a dedicated post and using the titled picture + 3 points

2) Add this giveaway to a giveaway page or side bar + 2 additional points.

3) Add Cute-tickle Nails to your Blog roll + 2 additional points.

4) Follow Cuteticklenails on Twitter + 2 additional points

(Total of 10 entries!)

Before you find out how to enter please note!!! I'm including a bottle of the colour changing pigment topcoat containing CAR PAINT PIGMENT. I will only send it to the winner if they are totally 100% happy to use it, I can't guarantee that it's safe to use or provide a list of ingredients but I do have a link the the Medical Safety Sheet above . Using this polish is entirely at your own risk and you take full responsibility of any consequential damages. The writer of this blog and site owners take no liability.

Phew that's the serious bit over!!

Good Luck Everyone!

Tee Dee xx

Colour Changing Topcoat Part Deux

Evening Peoples

Hope you've had a wonderful weekend. I had a mega shopping spree today, and bought a tonne of polish, including some Topshop Smoke and Mirrors polishes (bought 3 of them) woo hoo!

Here is another mani I created using the colour changing topcoat I made, this time over Color Club - Electronica, from the Dance To The Musique Collection 2008, a gorgeous deep purple shimmer containing micro glitter.

Electronica

And now 2 coats of my Colour Changing Topcoat

What do you think? I love how it transforms Electronica into something completely different! Hmmm I wonder what this would look like over a dark green...or navy blue?  The possibilities are endless!! I might stick a bottle of this in my upcoming giveaway. I was going to wait until I reached the 100 follower mark, but I'm just dying to start it! Hopefully I'll start it next week or something.

Thanks for reading!

Tee Dee xx

YSSY Nail Polish - Color 73

Hello Everyone!

Here is a lovely polish my sister picked up for me when she went to Spain on holiday a couple of months ago. It's great, when people go abroad, they don't bring back souvenirs for me, I get polish! Yssy - 73 made by Yesensy Cosmetics is a light powder blue polish containing silver shimmer. Marvelous.

Formula was really good on this although a little sheer, it needed three coats but applied smoothly. I was tempted to added flakies to this, but I resisted. I've got to learn to leave a good polish alone!

What do people bring back for you when they go on holiday?

Tee Dee xx

Liquorice Nails - Boots 17 Magnetic Nail Polish - Grey

Howdy folks

After showing you three Boots 17 Magnetic Nail polishes last week, I was still missing one of the collection, Grey. So of course I had to have it!

I love it! It looks like liquorice. I'm liking this season's nail trend very much. My boyfriend even let me paint his nails with this! I already had polish on and we were round a friends house. I wanted to try it out. He agreed for a laugh.  He usually takes the micky out of my nail polish obsession, but when I painted them, he seemed quite taken with it and kept on staring at his nails, it was hilarious! He wouldn't let me take any pictures though, which was a shame :-)

So verdict? Boots 17 Magnetic Polish Rocks or Not?...IT totally Rocks!


Tee Dee xx