George (Asda) Gel Pro Polishes - 07 Nectarine and 08 Plum

I shop at Asda every week, and I always have to have a little walk down the cosmetics isle...it's habit... anyways, one thing I've noticed is that Asda's own George cosmetics range is really starting to look pretty decent - I still don't think they quite compete with other drug store brands, but they're getting there slowly! I recently picked up two of their new Gel Pro polishes - yeah, another one of those "gel effect" polishes. They are very shiny on their own, but I'd still top coat them. From memory I think these are £2.99.

One thing I noticed with both of these polishes is that there is some bubbling - I have worn the plum shade before and didn't have bubbling, so I'm not sure whether it's just down to the fact that it is seriously boiling hot here right now. Maybe. That's the only issue I've noticed though.




07 Nectarine is a creamy orange-leaning coral. I used two coats but noticed it was slightly sheer in places, so I perhaps should have gone for three.

08 Plum is a rich, red-purple. If you have very short nails this is probably a one-coater, it's very close to being that on me, but it's just the slightest bit sheer in the middle of the nail, so I'm going for two coats.

Yeah, the bubbling is pretty bad. Like I said though, I've worn the plum shade before and had no issues - so maybe it is down to the fact that is extremely hot and humid here right now. Speaking of which...IS IT WINTER YET?!

Nails Inc Ladbroke Grove and Dalston Leather Effect Polishes

Aha'! I'm actually blogging again!


It's been SO long since I've actually done a blog post. I miss it so much, but life has been a little crazy the past few months. I screwed things up massively with my fella but hoping I get another chance, ended up in a very dark place and started a new job. All very mentally draining really. ANYWAY...

nails Inc released two new springy/summery leather effect shades - Ladbroke Grove and Dalston. I don't know if it's just me, but the leather effect doesn't seem so...leathery this time around. They're textured, but don't really mimic leather to me, unlike the other leather effect polishes we've seen from nails Inc (the black and red, especially). I've had a few issues with these - I wore them both a few weeks back and found that they were patchy and needed three coats. Re-swatching today and they seem less patchy and have only required two, but my nails are significantly shorter at the minute, so I'm putting it down to the length of my nails (I often find that I have more application issues with polishes in general when my nails are longer). Anyway, onto swatches!

Ladbroke Grove is a bright creamy coral.

Dalston is a light creamy blue.

Hopefully I'll be able to fully get back into blogging. I really do miss it, so let's see this time if I can keep it up!

Nails Inc Spring/Summer Trend Shade Swatches - Kensington Palace Gardens, Royal Botanical Gardens and Chelsea Physic Garden

Well...after a massive hiatus, dealing with personal issues and illnesses...I'm back! I've actually really, really missed blogging, so hopefully I'll be able to get back into the swing of things again. Thanks to my amazing boyfriend I have a new camera, which I'm still getting used to. Gonna have to break out the manual at some point. Anyway, less details, more polish!

Today I have three of the four spring/summer trend shades Nails Inc recently released. There is another, St James Park which is a hot pink, but I figured I probably had enough of those to avoid picking it up. What I do have, however, is Kensington Palace Gardens (salmon pink), Royal Botanical Gardens (mint) and Chelsea Physic Garden (pastel blue).

Kensington Palace Gardens is a light, creamy coral pink. It's mostly opaque at two coats, but I felt it was the slightest bit uneven, so ended up going for three. Initially, it reminded me a lot of Butter London's Trout Pout, so I did a comparison, and Trout Pout is a touch darker, perhaps a little more pink too. If you're a sucker for coral's you will love this!

Butter London Trout Pout on middle and ring fingers

Royal Botanical Gardens is a light, creamy mint, but it does have a definite blue tone to it. Two coats for this one and no issues with application.

Chelsea Physic Garden is a light, creamy blue. Again two coats, and no issues!

There. My first post in god knows how long. That actually felt pretty good!!

MAC Casual Colour Fiestaware nail lacquer swatches

Argh!! It's bright!!

MAC Reel Sexy Collection - Vivid Effect Nail Lacquer

MAC Reel Sexy Collection - Reel Sexy Lipstick

Small Illamasqua Haul :D

Hello :D I recently ordered a few things from Illamasqua whilst they had their easter hunt deals going on. I picked up Toxic eyeshadow, Tremble and Nymph blushes in their sale.

Toxic Eyeshadow

Bourjois Spring 2012 collection - Sweet Paris - Nail Polishes - #25 and #26

The whole of the Bourjois spring collection really catches my eye, some gorgeous bright colours in there! For now though, I have two polishes to show you. I will be checking out the rest of the collection when it's back in stock in my local Boots haha.

Nails Inc Aldwych swatches

This was one of the most suprising of the polishes I picked up. I thought that this was going to be a red...and not a very nice one at that. Oh, how I was wrong!

Nails Inc Wellington Square and Sumner Place/Free Set #1 swatches

Hello!!! Right now I have one of the three free sets Nails Inc are currently offering. This is the first of the three sets, literally the top of the list of the three sets on their site haha. Included in this is a cosmetic bag (well, you could use it as that!), a nail file and two polishes - Wellington Square and Sumner Place!

China Glaze Electropops swatches part 2!

Evening guys!

I popped into Sally's at the weekend and they finally had the Electropops in, so I picked up an extra few shades I hadn't the first time around. This time I have Sunshine Pop, Make Some Noise, Sweet Hook and Electric Beat.