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Hi ladies! I was unfortunately made redundant from work yesterday, and because of this I've had to put my Nail Polish obsession into perspective and have a MAJOR clear out to help see me through the difficult months ahead whilst I find myself a new job. It was a painful experience but I have managed to clear out over 200 polishes from my stash and more will probably be added soon!

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Press Release: Invogue New Pro Formula Polishes

  INVOGUE NEW PRO FORMULA POLISHES

- New, affordable nail polishes in array of cutting edge colours and effects -

The perfect manicure can instantly update your look and spring/summer 2013 is the perfect time to dip nails in this season's hottest hues and update your nail wardrobe. Keeping up with the latest trends couldn’t be easier (or cheaper!) with the new range of affordable, professionally formulated polishes from Invogue. Offering a wide selection of innovative and cutting edge colours and effects, these high quality polishes are available now, from £2.99 at Superdrug Online and in stores nationwide from mid March 2013 - just in time for your spring style update.

Choose from pastels, brights, dark tones or diamond base or top coats, available in 10 on-trend shades for just £2.99 each!

♥ Diamond Top - This innovative Top Coat acts like a gel polish. Drying instantly and setting your colour for a long lasting manicure.

♥ Diamond Base - Along with the Top Coat, the Base works to help with setting your colour for a long lasting manicure.

♥ In The Navy - Deep, Rich and Regal long lasting Colour.

♥ Barely Beige - Bang on trend, this nude core colour adds full colour without streaks.

♥ Passionate - Pearly Purple rich colour.

♥ Sugar Daddy - Pop of Pink, Perfect for toes!

♥ Delicious - Tangy Orange Zesty colour.

♥ Christian - A cold, taupe. Perfect for adding an edge to neutral.

♥ Tea Leaf - An unusual minty green. Perfect spring shade.

♥ French Maid - Flirty, fun and with a subtle shimmer. It’s all in the name!

Nails will never be boring with these 3, on- trend, neon nail polishes for just £3.49 each

♥ Firecracker - Don’t head for festival season without this gem of a colour; tangy, lively and girly

♥ All That Jazz - An unusual blended purple. This neon purple is a one off !

♥ Green Light - Party till dawn with the most daring neon in the range

Guaranteed to give an instant WOW factor to nails, these innovative nail polishes will give you this seasons key look….for as little as £3.49 each

♥ Sunset -  Soft, dreamy and perfect
♥ Jaye Bird  - Perfect blue sky
♥ On the Money -  Peacock with a touch of neon. A truly unique polish
♥ Parakeet - Candy coloured and looks good enough to eat

Transform nails in an instant with these sparkly, spangly nail polishes in 3 bright hues for just £2.99 each!

♥ Guilty Pleasure - A beautiful combination of purple and blue, this hi res polish is bursting with strong pigment to make a real statement

♥ Desire - Bright, sassy and high glam

♥ Feeling Fruity - Gorgeous and zesty and fruity with a touch of glitter

Set to be a big nail trend for 2013, choose from 2, on trend concrete effect polishes for as little as £3.49 each!

♥ Spell Bound - A potion of radiant orange with a concrete effect finish
♥ Black Magic - Classic black with a twist

Give your nails a futuristic finish with these gorgeous liquid metal polishes in 3 hot hues priced at £2.99 each!

♥ Green Sheen - A beautiful blue blend for high glamour
♥ Fools Gold - A treasure of a colour
♥ Saucy Sundae - Beautiful, fluid, soft yet sassy pink

Spruce up your nails with these fabulous and fashionable suede effect polishes. Choose from 4 hot hues for just £3.49 each

♥ Domination - Industrial chic, the perfect polish for tomboys
♥ Sophisticated - Velvety purple with a suede finish
♥ Hot Gossip - Sassy, shimmery perfection
♥ Emerald Dust - Lime with a suede effect, first seen here!

How amazing do these polishes look? You can already see swatches of the Feathers by clicking here! I'll hopefully be showing you some more of these beauties over the next few weeks, but make sure to look out for them in Superdrug stores or you can already purchase them online by clicking here! Are there any in particular that catch your eye?

Monthly Haul: February

Hi ladies! Two posts in the space of an hour? That's something different. I almost forgot to do my monthly haul post! This month has been a little insane, mainly due to the Professional Beauty Exhibition I attended and spent an obscene amount of money, luckily I had been saving for it, so it was 'extra cash' I had spare. I'll leave everything I bought from Pro Beauty until the end, so without further ado, let's jump straight into things!

I started off the month with a Sally Magpies purchase, I've wanted to try Hits polishes for a while and since they're between £3 and £6 I thought I would get a couple...or 10. I also added a piCture pOlish from my wish list onto the order, Orbit. The 3 Cirque you see were sent to me by Sally for a review, which you can see here.

These Nail'd It polishes have also been on my wish list for a long time, so when I saw them both in stock on Mei Mei Signatures, I placed an order.

After seeing the Press Release, I ordered the entire I ♥ NP Valentines collection, which you can see here.

The lovely Casandra from The Manilogues/FEVERlacquer was kind enough to pick up the China Glaze Glitz  N Pieces collection for me after seeing them in her local beauty supply.

I received these Feather Effects polishes to review from Invogue this morning (which still counts as Feb so I included them) you can see the freshly posted swatches here.

I found these beauties from the China Glaze Tronica collection for £16 inc shipping and since I only needed these to complete my Tronica collection (until I realised I had sold Techno Teal), I snatched them up.

And now for the Pro Beauty haul.....

As soon as I arrived at Pro Beauty I ran straight to the OPI stand, since I knew that pretty soon it would be impossible to even get anywhere near it....and I was right. I picked up the 7 polishes I wanted from the Euro-Centrale collection and also Lady In Black, since almost all of my black polishes are nearly empty. All OPI polishes were £6, which makes a huge difference to their usual £11.50

I spotted the China Glaze stand whilst gathering the polishes I wanted from OPI, so once I was done I went over to that hoping to find the Hologlams, which as you can see I did...However they were selling for just under £10 each, which was ridiculous, so I only picked up 6 of them instead of the planned 12, looking at the ones I picked, I should have maybe varied from just the Pinks & Blues. I also grabbed a few of the Avant Garden collection which was on my wish list, these were about £4.20 each. They also had a 10% off deal when you bought 12, so I ended up adding one of my friends polishes to the ones I'd bought to get the deal.

Next to the China Glaze/OPI stand, was a Nubar stand! I've never tried Nubar but they were having a 6 for £20 deal, so I thought now was a good time as any to try them out. I also realised at this point I was on a bit of a pastel kick....I rarely wear pastels. Oops.

After the Nubar stand, we spotted a little stall that was surrounded by women sitting on the floor and racking through all these plastic bins, so we went to inspect only to find that they were selling off old OPI collections, including the Skyfall polishes, for £3 each! I'd been wanting another bottle of My Boyfriend Scales Walls since mine is getting thick and unusable, so after a good rummage, I managed to find a bottle or two.

I wasn't originally going to get any of these, but after taking a break for dinner and counting my last bits of money, I thought I may as well put it to good use and get some Halo Hues, they had both the 2012 and 2013 collections so I got a couple of each. They were £7 each or 2 for £12.

So there you have my February Haul...it's a bit much isn't it. I've also ran out of room in my Helmer to put any of these in, so until I get a new Helmer I won't be buying any more nail polishes. Also the second half of my Nail Tech course is starting next week, so I need to pay for that first off.

If you'd like to know the name of any of the polishes you see above, just write it in the comments and I'll let you know! I don't have them close to me at the moment to write them in as I go.

Press Release: So Susan - The UK's new monthly Nail Polish subscription!

SO SUSAN COSMETICS LAUNCHES LACQUERLOVE PROGRAM

A monthly subscription box of highly curated Nail Polish & Beauty products

So Susan is where colour meets science, where each colour cosmetic is carefully formulated with a patented combination of peptides and antioxidants so that your makeup works twice as hard for you.

LacquerLove is So Susan's answer to delivering a carefully edited rand of our 4-Free (free from Toluene, DBP, Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde resin) Nail Lacquers & samples from our cosmetics range right to your doorstep every month. This is how it works;

1. We offer 2 box themes every month i.e. "Gorgeously Glam" (which are all about big, bold colours) and "Curated Chic" (more low-key, everyday shades). Boxes contain 5 items, 3 of which are our 4-Free Nail Lacquers.
2. Before enrolling, subscribers choose a box that suits their personality. You have complete flexibility to switch, gift to a friend or cancel before the box goes out.
3. We preview all shades and contents of the box on our social media (Facebook, Instagram & Twitter) about a week before dispatch so you have the chance to switch boxes should you wish to. We love to encourage chatter about the boxes so let us know what you think!
4. Use them, share them, love them and then tell us (and the world) about the amazing looks you've managed to create by sharing them on our Instagram.

So Susan is currently operating a waiting list. The first 2000 names who sign up using this link will receive their first taster box at just £1! Every box after will be £10 + £2.95 P&P!

How exciting is this?! After pining relentlessly over the amazing Lacquer subscription boxes over in the US, it's about time we had something on this side of the pond! I've been told the official release date will be this Summer, but make sure to follow So Susan on Facebook & Twitter to make sure you're kept up to date with the latest goings-on!

Press Release: Spring Launches from BarryM!

Hi ladies! I received an exciting e-mail from BarryM's PR people this afternoon filled with information about upcoming releases from BarryM, including new Nail Polishes!! Since this is a Nail Polish blog, I wanted to only show you guys the upcoming polishes, but I thought I would include the information for the make-up side releases too;

♥ LASH VEGAS Mascara

For BIG Showgirl lashes!
Pump up the volume with Barry M’s NEW LARGER THAN LIFE Lash Vegas mascara with spiral wand to catch every lash. Available in jet black. Retail Price is £6.49

♥ GEL EYELINERS

For a rock ‘n’ roll finish Barry M are introducing a NEW Waterproof Gel Eyeliner collection; available in three colours Black, Silver and Champagne – this ultra smooth liner will provide perfect precision to give you a silkier, smoother and sharper finish. Retail price is £4.59


Now that's out the way, let's get into what you REALLY want to see.....THE NAIL POLISHES!

♥ GELLY NAIL PAINTS

To add to our Hi Shine Gelly Nail Paint collection Barry M have 4 new exotic fruit inspired shades! Lychee GNP10, Dragon Fruit GNP11, Green Berry GNP12, Papaya GNP13 will be your go-to shades this Spring for an extra shiny mani. Retail price is £3.99

♥ TEXTURED NAIL EFFECTS

Channel East End cool by adding some grit to your nails!  Textured Nail Effect’s grainy, matte formula creates a unique textured effect for a grunge-chic look.  Available in 4 Spring/Summer shades named after famous haunts where Mr Barry Mero began his early working days in the markets of Ridley Road and Brixton.  Ridley Road (Green) TNP4, Kingsland Road (Pink) TNP3, Station Road (Yellow) TNP2, Atlantic Road (Blue) TNP1.  Retail price is £3.99

These are set to launch in Superdrug stores nationwide on February 13^th & Boots stores on February 20^th.  Products will also launch on BarryM on February 13^th alongside the Superdrug launch! To make sure you don't miss the announcements remember to follow BarryM on their Social Media networks; Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest!

How excited are you for the Nail Paints?! I knew with the textured polishes on trend throughout the higher end brands, that it wouldn't be long until Drugstore brands made their mark and who could be better than my all time FAVOURITE UK/Drugstore brand, BarryM. I'm dying to get my grubby little mits on these babies.

Swatch: Dandy Nails - Your Guardian Angel

Hi ladies! I have a very special polish to show you today, which I have been debating on whether I should actually show it, since it's such a personal polish - but it's just TOO pretty to hide away. A couple of years ago now, I lost my best friend in a car accident, it was probably the most difficult time of my life, I didn't want to go out or do anything remotely fun because I wasn't able to share it with the person which meant most to me in my life. It was a really dark time in my life, but there was one song, which was actually one of our favourite songs, that somehow managed to pull me from my spiralling depression and get back out into the world, that song was The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Your Guardian Angel. Yes, the song itself is actually rather sad/depressing, but you've gotta love irony, right?
Since I already have a tattoo in remembrance of her (which is actually a part of the song on my foot *apologies if you don't like feet*) I thought I would get a polish for her too, as we went together to purchase our first ever bottles! So Sandy of Dandy Nails was kind enough to design a custom polish for me when I approached her to make Fakes & Fibbers and This Charming Man for the giveaway. I gave her the rough idea of what I wanted - a pure White glitter polish and she worked her creative genius and created a bottle of nail polish which exceeded ALL of my expectations. Want to see what it looks like?

Your Guardian Angel is a Clear base packed with various sized White hex glitters, White bar glitters and tiny Silver glitters. The pictures don't do this polish the justice it deserves, the added Silver glitters just brings the whole polish together and adds that little bit of sparkle when it catches the light. I'm honestly in love and haven't taken this mani off in DAYS. I layered one coat (I did a thicker coat for my Ring & Pinkie fingers to show the density) of Your Guardian Angel over 2 coats of W7 - Black without a base/top coat for the photos above.

I just want to say a MASSIVE thank you to Sandy for creating this beautiful polish for me, even if I was a pain in the ass at times! Although Sandy isn't currently offering customs in her store, her Limited Edition Halloween polishes are still available for purchase via her Etsy shop and she will also be having a full restock soon! You can purchase a Dandy Nails polish of your own for just $8 each! Completely worth it for the quality of her polishes - that woman is a GOD I tell you! You can also keep up with her latest releases and restocks by liking Dandy Nails Facebook page!

Best Of British Roundup 16/09

Hi ladies! It's Sunday, which only means one thing! It's time to see what my amazing, fellow Brit bloggers have been up to this week!

Helly at the Nail Newbie shows her nubs some love with Dollish Polish Expecto Patronum

Wendy over at Wendy's Delights has won a Giveaway from The Hungry Asian and her prize Twenty Ten has been swatched here, also go check out The Hungry Asian's blog and polishes available at Etsy. Going from one extreme to the other see Wendy's Summery Manicure using tape to create a simple & easy square design!


Claire at nuthin' but a nail thing has been continuing on with the 30 Day Challenge with Rainbow Gradient Striped Manicure

Emma at Emma's Little Corner has a little success after a frustrating week of failures PVA experiment Blue and Black gradient mani

Ruth has some more fun with gradients this week, refusing to accept summer is over!

Lou once again is on a bit of a Chanel kick with one of the Fashion's Night Out Limited Editions

Charlotte at Charlottes-nails has been busy with apples and glitter this week for the Fall into Autumn Challenge.

Its the end of the favourite things challenge for Steph, here's Steph's Day 10 Favourite Mani. Steph can't wait for the next challenge, will you be joining in the fun?


Lyndsay from Pie's Eyes drops in from her holiday in Spain to show off some NEW Holographic Polish from Kiko!

Putting her nubbins to good use this week, imPRESS - Press on Manicure false nails were put through there paces over on Enigmatic Rambles' blog.

PrettyKittyClaws put her Nails Inc Sprinkles to good use with a pretty Cupcake Mani.

Sam at Polished Art unleashed her inner geek with this physics-based rainbow manicure as part of the 31 Day Challenge.

Jo at Northern Nails has reached the half way point in the 30 day challenge this week was all about the nail art!

Nada has got her hands on her first set of Models Own nail polish and has swatched them! check it out!

Laura at She Who Does Nails has been continuing the 30 Day Challenge and did a cool rainbow nails design using a dotting tool!

Polished Criminails sticks to the British theme this week by showing us 4 of the new BarryM Gelly Nail Paints in the shades Prickly Pear, Grapefruit, Satsuma & Pomegranate

Kerry at JustTalkNails shows off the new Barry M Burgundy Croc effect teamed up with A Englands Iseult

Vic has been on a major polishing spree this week (13 manis and counting) but she just can't decide whether she wants to show you delicate print or holo bling.

Swatch: Killer Colours - Belladonna & Firewater

Hi ladies! Wow, September really is my blogging month! I hope you're not sick to death of me yet. As you may know, I'm a huge supporter of British brands so today I have a new British brand to show you, Killer Colours. Killer Colours officially launched their collection at the beginning of this month with their range consisting of 5 fashion ready shades. Before I get into the swatches, I want to give you a bit of background into the Killer Colours brand.

"Like the best ideas, our brand story is simple: Killer Colours collaborates with fashion insiders and trend forecasters to bring you what's hot this month...this week...this very minute. The 5 Killer Colours are today's absolute 'must haves' and every one is a limited edition so when stock is gone, it's really gone - Killer Colours is already on to the next micro-trend. 

The Killer Colours professional formula contains intense pigments for rich, deep colour payoff. A blend of 4 plasticisers provides the ideal 'flex' on the nail to prevent chipping, flaking or peeling. It is big 3-free and was proudly created and made in the UK"

The thing that interests yet confuses me at the same time about Killer Colours, is the fact that all of their shades will be limited edition, I've never seen that in a brand before. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing, sure it's a good thing that they will constantly be bringing out new and exciting shades to match the seasons fashion trends, but a bad thing because you'll never be able to buy a certain shade again once it's gone. I guess it's a matter of preference as to which category you're in.

Let's get into the swatches shall we?! All swatches below are taken indoors in natural light without a base or top coat.

Image from Killer Colours.com

What I say; Belladonna is a super pigmented Indigo Blue creme. Although it applies streaky on the first coat, it evens out with the second. I applied 3 coats of Belladonna overall for full opacity. I had no issues with the formula in terms of thickness or being too thin, it applied smoothly and dried within minutes. I did notice that there was slight bubbling in the polish, but that may have been due to me applying near an open window.

What Killer Colours say; "Designed as the soulmate of Chanel's blue crystal eyebrow - this blue will electrify your fingertips"

Where Killer Colours saw it;

• CRYSTAL BLUE BROWS AT CHANEL
• ELECTRIC BLUE FINGERNAILS AT ERDEM
• BRILLIANT BLUE LASHES AND SKATER DRESSES AT STELLA MCCARTNEY

Image from Killer Colours.com

What I say; Firewater is a deep Berry Red with an almost Jelly like finish. As pigmented as it is shiny, Firewater, although not as streaky as Belladonna, still has some slight patching with the first coat but it evens out nicely with the second. I applied 3 coats of Firewater for the photos above. Again, I had no trouble with the formula in terms of it being too thick or too thin and the drying time was spot on.

What Killer Colours say; "Because it's all about being 'matchy matchy' this autumn we decided to provide you with one half of this season's perfect couple - the red wine nail...to go with the burgundy lip of course!"

Where Killer Colours saw it;

• BADGLEY MISCHKA LIPS (& ON THE EYES TOO)
• WINE STAINED LIPS AT NICOLE FARHI
• GOTHIC LIPS AT GUCCI

Overall, I'm impressed with Killer Colours nail polishes and I can't wait to see what they come out with in the future. Killer Colours are available for purchase on their website at £9 each for 10ml of product and come in 5 shades; Twisted Silk, Gunmetal, Quicksand and of course Belladonna & Firewater. There's also FREE UK DELIVERY on all orders also if you enter the code RK01 at the checkout, you will receive 15% off of your order!!! As I said before, these are all Limited Edition shades, so grab them whilst you still can! To make sure you don't miss out on announcements and new collections, be sure to follow Killer Colours on Facebook & Twitter.

Press Release: BeautyUK Goes Candy Crazy!

beautyUK Goes Candy Crazy!!!

National fashion cosmetics brand, beautyuk, is launching its brand new range of candy coloured nail polishes.

Available in five good-enough-to-eat shades and priced at just £1.99 each, this collection, which is part of beautyuk’s current glam nails range is set to fly off the shelves from the end of the month.

Bringing a pop of much needed colour to brighten the British summer, the candy collection is available in: 

• lollipop (pink), 
• gobstopper (turquoise), 
• bon bon (yellow), 
• jelly bean (purple), 
• dolly mixture (mango).

Two of the shades (gobstopper and jelly bean) feature beautyuk’s new matte finish technology, for a fresh and innovative look.

Each individual bottle will be available online on at www.beautyukcosmetics.com from 3^rd August and in Superdrug stores from 3^rd August.

beautyuk offers affordable, high quality make-up and cosmetics with the latest range of colours. For the full range of products, visit www.beautyukcosmetics.com and to make sure you don't miss out on the latest news and releases follow them on Facebook & Twitter