REVIEW: MODELS OWN GLITTER GEL

Glitter gel- Red Carpet, £4.99, Models Own  

If you read my blog often, you would have probably have seen countless Models Own review posts, and never a bad one!

 

I tend to get a lot of my nail polishes from Models Own as they have so many collections, with totally unique products at such affordable prices. For Christmas I decided to buy one of their 'glitter gel' polishes. The hypergel formula works to create high shine and a gel like finish, along with a lot of sparkle!

 

Although at first I was a little sceptical that the gel- like appearance would be gloopy, I found it was just like an ordinary polish, but set as a gel. I also love that this polish stayed chip resistant for at least a week on my nails! At £4.99 I tend to find models own products also last ages, so they are well worth a try. Along with this polish I also bought a pink polish from the colour chrome range, which I am yet to try!

 

Don't forget... Models Own are launching a 50% off online promotion between the 28.01.16 and 03.02.16, so don't miss out!

 

BLOGMAS #13- FESTIVE NAILS

Just a quick post to share with you some Christmassy nail ideas! I always keep my nails quite simple, as I am totally rubbish at nail art, however seen as its almost Christmas I thought it high time to splash on some glitter!

The two nail polishes I have opted for are from the Maybelline Color Show range, in the shades Burgundy Kiss, and Rose Chic. I thought these were the percent combo, also who doesn't love a burgundy berry colour and a rose gold glitter at this time of year?! 

I bought them both from ASDA who had them on offer for just £2.50 each- although don't hold me to it! 

I would love to give some nail art a go, so if you guys have any nail posts or ideas please share in the comments below!!

HALLOWEEN NAILS

Ok I might have mislead you, i'm guessing that by the title you thought that I was going to be showing you some fantastic Halloween nail art- as much as I would like too I'm actually useless! I just thought that this nail polish I picked up at the weekend was an absolutely perfect shade for both Halloween and autumn!

 

The nail polish is by Maybelline, from the color show 60 seconds range- shade 357 burgundy kiss. I would say it is a very deep shade of purple/ red and is less burgundy but is such a beautiful shade. As for claiming to dry within 60 seconds, I completely agree! It is perfect if you need to paint your nails in a hurry, I also noticed that not only does it dry quickly, but I also didn't have the problem of getting those little prints and idents in my nails straight after as they were completely dry.

 

I am still waiting to see how chip resistant this polish is, as I only applied it on Saturday, but so far, so good!

 

The color show range has so many nail polishes in it containing so many beautiful shades, I bought this one along with rose chic, a metallic rose gold glitter- of course I couldn't resist! The color show polishes are on offer at the moment in ASDA, Wilkinsons and Savers... not sure if Boots or Superdrug are running this offer! The plain colours such as burgundy kiss are reduced to £2.50, and the glitter polishes such as Rose Chic are now £3.50, I was very confused as to which polishes were which price so make sure to double check!

 

What do you think? What shade are you opting for this Halloween? Have you managed to do some crazy nail art? Leave me a comment below!

Valentines Nails

NO7 STAY PERFECT NAIL COLOUR (NAIL POLISH BAUBLE)- £6- BOOTS

Well this post is definitely a little bit late considering valentines day was actually on Saturday, but I was so busy over the weekend I just didn't have time to write this post! I actually bought this nail polish bauble in the sale last month, when Boots had 70% off all their Christmas gift sets! I think I only paid £1.80 ish for this which was a total bargain, but I've had a look and you can still get hold of this colour which is '4-DAMSON DREAM' by Boots no7 for £6.

While getting myself ready for my boyfriend coming on Friday evening, I spotted this polish in my drawer and realised how pretty it was and perfect for valentines day, so I instantly had to try it out. One thing I would say about this is that the colour actually changes depending on lighting etc, so it can go from looking quite pinky purple to a deep red, but I think the colour is meant to be magenta? I could be wrong! But this colour is absolutely my fave, I can tell I won't be changing it any time soon!

The nail polish also glides on perfectly, is quite resistant to chipping and has a lovely metallic effect to it which I absolutely love. I had never tried any of the no7 stay perfect polishes as I must admit I never really pay more than £4 for a nail polish, but I do think the polish definitely lives up to its title, the coverage is fantastic and it has stayed perfect for days now. 

I would love to know if you have tried any of the stay perfect range, what do you think of this one? Leave me a comment below! :) 

#Blogmas Day 13| Festive Nails #2

 "Little angel"- £2- Claire's  

This is the second of my festive nails posts, what?! I never change my nails this often! Really.. I literally change my nail polish colour every month minimum, but seen as its Christmas I have so many lovely Christmassy nail polishes, I just want to try them all out. This one in particular is from Claire's Accessories, now if like me, you used to spend all of your pocket money on Claire's hair scrunchies, sparkly hair clips, fluffy purses and garish eye shadow palettes when you were younger, you probably stopped shopping at Claire's a long time ago. However, after popping in there on a couple of occasions recently, I remembered just how much I loved it. I am such a girly girl so I can't resist their jewellery and most importantly, their nail polish collection.

 

I have been looking for a snowflake effect nail polish for quite a while but don't really have the money to spare for a Nails Inc one, so when I found 'Fluffy' on their shelves I just had to have it (I probably should have included it in this post but never mind!) Anyway for £3 I thought it was an absolute bargain, and on that day all of the nail polishes were in the sale for just £2 EACH. This is when I decided I would try 'Little Angel'- a glittery pink polish, right up my street.

 

I knew I wanted to go for a full glitter nail but I know that with some glittery nail polishes it can take quite a while to apply layer upon layer of glitter until it starts to even become noticeable, and by that point you've put a big squishy dent in them anyway. So, I used a plain pink nail varnish as my base colour (you can see it on bits of my fingers in the picture as I forgot to clean it off) but this helped to provide a base in which to apply the glitter, it only took 2 coats! It also dries quite quickly and the effect is beautiful, and exactly what I wanted, although the picture makes it look a little darker than it is.

  Have you seen any great glitter nail polishes that you think I may like? What polish are you wearing at the moment? Leave me a comment below! :) 

Spring Nails| Berry Ice Cream & Silver Fox

There comes a time when a girl must change their nail varnish colour, and seen as I am very much into pastels at the moment and feeling ready for Spring, I thought I would go for a lilac colour! Me being me, I thought I would also opt for a touch of glitter to put as the top coat. The nail varnishes I used are firstly, a Barry M lilac polish (berry ice cream) and a Models Own glitter polish (silver fox) to and a little sparkle to my nails! I tend to use these two nail polish brands as although I love brands such as ESSIE, Nails Inc and Sally Hansen I can't really afford them, as Barry M polishes are priced at a mere £2.99 and Models Own at £5, they have wide range of nail polishes at such a low price! What is your favourite brand of nail polish? :)

Models Own glitter polish (silver fox)- £5.00- Boots

Barry M (berry ice cream)- £2.99- Boots

Weekly Wants....

Just another want want want post! This week the weather has just been so beautiful (still a bit chilly) but the sun has been out and it has really put me in the mood for spring/summer, as we all know, new season = new wardrobe so who isn't excited?! Just kidding I can't afford it. BUT, most of these pieces below are quite inexpensive and super ready for spring. One of my weekly wants is a tattoo choker necklace, I absolutely love these right now, they come in so many different colours and you can also get a simple or more fancy one, personally I like the simple plastic choker below, this one is from Topshop but I have also found lots online on ebay for as little as 99p! I also have a couple of nail art items, I absolutely love this 'sticky fingers' kit from models own, the kit comes in different colours and stickers but I have decided to order the lilac as the flower stickers are just so cute and summery! In my weekly wants post I also really really really want this fly charm necklace from Topshop (you can tell I am never out of that store) they always have such great jewellery for all different price ranges, this one is only £6.50 and it would be a perfect necklace to use for layering! Finally I also really love the new horoscope rings that Topshop have recently started selling, they come in all different sizes and colours which are unique to your zodiac sign, mine are for Cancer (July). What is currently on your wish list? Leave me a comment below! :)

1. Palma back floral satin skort- £22- Fashion Union
2. Fly charm necklace- £6.50- Topshop
3. Flower embroidered mesh top- £25- Topshop
4. I heart nail art glitter kit- Sally Hansen
5. 'Sticky fingers' lilac nail polish- £6- Models Own
6. Fuchsia Tattoo choker- £5- Topshop
7. Ina heeled cut out boot with gold metal heel plaque  in black- £40- Fashion Union
8. Cancer horoscope ring pack- £12.50-Topshop

 

*All images from respective websites

Inside My Nail Polish Box....

I have been meaning to do one of these posts for a while now, but I have only just got round to getting a clear colour wheel to use, so anyways, in a half hour of boredness I decided to get on with this post! Basically, this post is about the contents of my nail polish box, and I have used the colour wheel to show you the colours, it's just not the same in the bottle! It may not be a huge collection, but honestly it was a lot bigger, unfortunately when I came to look through this box a lot of them had unfortunately dried out over time. As you can see from the pictures below, there is a distinct set of colours that I tend to go for when I am choosing my nail varnishes, when I am out shopping the colours that tend to catch my eye are pink, glitter, purple and red, and there a couple of blues thrown in there too! Anyway, I wasn't really sure how to edit the image so that I could display the nail polish brands and colour names, plus it would have taken forever considering that there are 18 of them, so I have included a mini list below with reference to the bottom right colour wheel, starting with the gold and working round to the right. What is your favourite nail varnish? Leave me a comment below, I love reading your comments! :)

(Bottom right image starting with the gold and working around to the right)
'suffuse'- Topshop/ 'blue moon'- Barry M/ 'cyan blue'- Barry M/ 'purple haze'- Models Own/ 'St James'- Nails Inc/ 'cobalt blue'- Barry M/ 'daredevil'- Topshop/ 'jem'- Topshop/ 'raspberry crush'- Models Own/ 'luna love' space dust- Rimmel London/ 'magenta divine'- Models Own/ 'toggle to the top'- Essie/ 'silver fox'- Models Own/ 'gold finger'- Models Own/ 'what's up'- Topshop/ 'peach melba'- Barry M/ 'pink flamingo'- Barry M/ 'pink flamingo' color show- Maybelline.