Challenge: Day 5 - Blue Nails

Hi ladies! Day 5 of the challenge and I'm still going strong *yayy* I hope you're all enjoying the challenge so far whether you're spectating or participating! Day 5 is Blue Nails so for this I used 3 coats of Collection 2000 - Button Moon and then stamped over it using Rio Beauty Printing Varnish in Blue* and Mash-50*

So there you have my entry for Blue Nails! What do you think? Remember to add your link to the inlinkz form below so I can browse your entries for Day 5 too! For those of you wanting to add the inlinkz to your own posts, click here to be taken to the google doc with everything you'll need for the next 30 days!

Untried Used

Collection 2000 - Button Moon

Products in the post marked with (*) have been sent to me by the company or their PR for my honest review. For more information, please see my disclosure page.

Nail Art: A Random Post

Hi ladies! I haven't really got any swatches to show you at the moment, since I've been SO busy lately, I haven't even had the time to swatch and even when I did have a couple hours spare, the weather has been so terrible I didn't want to do it anyway, ahhhh British summer weather...I do, however, have a quick 'Nail Art' post to show you that I wore on my nails last week. I'm not really sure what to call it, I've heard them being called 'Geometric' so, I suppose, that is what they are.
For the mani, I used China Glaze; Sea Spray (from the Anchors Away collection) and Light As Air (from the Up & Away collection) and Collection 2000; Candy Floss.

I didn't want to go too bright with the colours, so I kept it simple with cute pastels. I thought these went really well together, although I wish I had chosen a slightly darker shade of pastel purple. 

Here is the finished mani, you'll have to excuse the dodgey clean up, I made the mistake of painting the middle colour first, instead of going from bottom to top. Whoops, rookie mistake!

What do you ladies think? Sorry this is such a short post! I will hopefully be back to posting some regular swatches soon!

Swatch: Collection 2000: Fruit Salad

Hi ladies, me again! I have a Collection 2000 polish to show you today, I haven't featured anything by Collection 2000 since way back when my blog was brand spanking new! So again, that needs to be changed and to kick things off (again) is Fruit Salad! Fruit Salad has to be one of THE most annoying polishes to photograph, in some photos it looks like a muted, pinkie Coral, but in others it appears to be almost neon. So just take the photos below with a pinch of salt and picture something in between the two. As I've mentioned in my previous Collection 2000 post, the brushes are a bit TOO wide for my liking, but since my nail painting 'skill' has developed over my blogging lifetime, it has become a bit easier to work with. The photos below are 2 coats of Fruit Salad without a Top Coat. The formula itself is okay, I do find it to be a bit thick and it floods in some areas, but it is manageable IF you have the patience. The drying time is what gives the 'Hot Looks' range an edge, as they do dry pretty quickly (especially for a drugstore brand)

Indoors, Natural Light

Direct Sunlight

Indoors, Natural Light

Indoors, With Flash

Collection 2000 Hot Looks polishes are available in the UK from Boots and Superdrug stores for £1.79, they usually are on a 2 for £3 offer (as they currently are in Boots) but at the moment in Superdrug, they are on 3 for 2. I have a few more Collection 2000 posts lined up for you, so if you'd like to see those then stay tuned!

Collection 2000 - All That Jazz

Silly me, this was supposed to be a scheduled post, but for some reason it never went up! Today my lovely boyfriend took me out for a meal at Frankie & Benny's, maaaan I love that place! And my boyfriend too, of course.
Anyway, today I have Collection 2000 - All That Jazz for you. All That Jazz is a charcoal grey with a silvery shimmer. When I first picked it up I thought it looked more brown than grey, maybe that was just the lighting in store.
I love Collection 2000 polishes, they're so inexpensive and are also good quality. You can get Collection 2000 Hot Looks in Superdrug & Boots for £1.79 each. There's also usually some sort of offer on with these as well, but for less than £2, who really needs offers? The drying time on these are amazing, some 'fast dry' polishes never actually do live up to their promises, but these little beauties certainly do. I can paint my nails and head straight out the door, no smudging in sight. Love, Love, LOVE!

Application: 6/10 (the brush in this particular polish is WAY too wide, and is also split a little too, otherwise 9/10)

Pigmentation: 9/10

Coats: 1/2