Showing posts with label splatter effect. Show all posts
Showing posts with label splatter effect. Show all posts

Thursday, 15 May 2014

Beauty Haul: Nails Edition

Hey Guys, 

This is a long time coming, I have been doing a lot of shopping recently and have accumulated a fair amount of stuff, that I want to show you all. I did think about doing a video on youtube, but chickened out. 

I'm going to begin with my first little splurge on nail products. Then the rest should be in another post as I seem to have gotten a large amount of nail things. 

First of all from my work. 
I kind of got a stash of the Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish strips. I have six of them in total as, I tried a set out and fell in love with them. So I pretty much got one of each kind that my work had. 
I got 2 of the french Mani ones in Polka Party 006 and Silver Lining 002. Both of which are like normal french manicure but with a twist in the tips which are a bit different from the norm. Which I love. 
I also got Animal Instinct 440(Pink zebra), Tweed-Le-Dee 550 (grey tartan), I Love Lacey 480 (red based with a lace over lay.) and Check Please 235 ( Black and White check). These cost be a mere £1 in Bargain Buys. 

Another thing I got at Bargain Buys and another Sally Hansen product, that I seem to have just went gaga over. I bought 3 in one day without even trying them out. The Sally Hansen complete manicure Glitters. I think these were from the Christmas range as these have some very Christmas feeling names. I have 20 Fa-La-La-Lavender, 30 3,2, 1derland and 40 Midnight Glitz. These are all a clear base with loads of sparkle. 

The last few things from my work is a nail rock glitter thing, that has a polish and a glitter to push into it. Lastly is a NYC glitter top coat in Gramercy Glitz. These also cost £1. 

A random purchase from Boots is the Models Own Matte Topcoat, that cost £5. Another polish I bought from Boots is the Rimmel Salon Pro Kate collection polish in Punk Rock 711. 

From Claire's Accessory I bought a few polishes. These all vary in price, but I got mine from the Claire's discount outlet in Livingston. I got Frost bite, a blue and white glitter strand top coat. School day, a black and white small glitter top coat, Shiver a light blue, white and silver nearly iridescent top coat. I also got Hundreds and Thousands, coral splatter effect and a white neon 
green. These all range from £2.50-£3.50.


Lastly and just the other day, I was browsing in Next, when I came across their own brand nail polish and fell in love instantly. I got 3 glitters, as I seem to be becoming a major magpie. I got one of the " Bling Top Coat" in Golden ticket, which is a clear top coat and has flecks of different coloured gold, from rose gold and yellow golden. I also got a "Holographic Glitter" in Night Fever and a " Matte Glitter" in Pixelated Purple. These cost £3 each and look absolute gorgeous. I can not wait to test these out. 


I will do proper reviews on these in the near future. 

What polishes have you bought recently and any that I should try? 

Until next time 

M <3


Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Claire's Accessories Scatter Nail Polish Review




Hey Guys, 

Another nail polish review for you all. I do promise I have other things to review, but this is just a wee quicky as a fellow blogger has let me borrow some of the other colours to show you of this particular brand of nail polish. When you think of Claire's Accessories you don't always think of nails and beauty things. But this polish is definitely a winner. You can buy them here

The Lowdown.
These polishes you can only get from either in store or on the Claire's Accessories, they are currently on sale for £1 and there are plenty more colours. Than the 4 I have here swatched for you. The polish has a mixture of white and black glitter, strands and large particles within the base colour. I have pink splatter, blue splatter, green splatter and orange splatter, they are all swatched on a milky coloured nail polish base, except the pinky, which has the pink on its own. 
without flash.

The good.
Great variations with glitter chunks. 
Good selection of colours available. 
Cheap
Last a long time with a top coat



With flash.
with flash


The Bad
The base colour does not come out as pigmented as you would have thought. 
It only being available in Claire's, it would be good if it was available in more stores. 

Summary.
I love these polishes, so much so that I have just put an order in to Claire's Accessories, online store. Although I do wear a white nail polish underneath them, but it is totally worth it as they are gorgeous. I am in love with the orange one and the pink one. As they go nearly neon. 


Have you tried these? What do you think of these? Is the splatter effect for nails a trend? Let me know in the comments. 

Marion <3