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Manicure Monday featuring Makeup Revolution’s Nail polish in Adore. I also used MUA’s white and some rose Nail stickers from Claire’s. The stripes were created using nail tape from Models Own and the circles using hole reinforcers.
Illamasqua’s nail varnish in Poke costs £14.50.
Poke is described as bright violet purple with a shimmer finish.
It’s a bright violet polish with a silver shimmer to it. It’s simply beautiful in real life. It only needs two coats to be opaque and has a good level of chip resistance. It’s got a lovely shine without a top coat.
The brush in the bottle is a little thin for my liking, I prefer paddle brushes but that’s a minor thing.
I adore this colour and the shine of the polish. Removal is the same as for ordinary polish. Despite the silver shimmer, it’s not like glitter polish. It’s a great polish.
Done using Makeup Revolutions polish in You Need Love and Maybelline’s Color show in Electric Yellow. Tools used were Ring Reinforcers and a dotting tool.
I used Makeup Academy’s Mystical glitter nails in Jellyfish for the base. Then I layers a couple of strips of nail tape before applying Pitch Black from MUA. I then removed the tape and applied some stones.
llamasqua’s Blizzard nail polish. It costs £14.50 from the Illamasqua website.
Blizzard is described as a Snow glitter nail finish.
It’s a chunky glitter top coat. The glitter particulates aren’t shiny at all, more of a satin finish. There are two distinct sizes of them which does make it look like snow. If you’re not great at nail art, these are quite good for helping you get there.
Since the snow is not so dense it doesn’t have the staying power of glitter polish. It however as much of a pain to remove.
The brush in the bottle is a little thin for my liking, I prefer paddle brushes but that’s a minor thing.
I like it and think it would look stunning on a graduated blue nail rather than the choice I made here. Very much worth it.
Chipped or smudged nails? Or like me growing out acrylic nails?
Here’s an easy solution for you. Nail wraps. Chose a wrap that compliments the base coat and one that has a fairly irregular pattern. Not only will this cover the lumps and bumps from the smudged polish but any ridges left from the acrylic nails.
The featured wraps are from Avon Cosmetics.
U Rok is a nice purple colour polish from MakeUp Academy.
It’s part of the Love Hearts range of polishes which have six different pastel shades.
The polish goes on nicely and needs two layers to be opaque. It dries in the normal time for polishes and has a good shine when dry. It’s not particularly chip resistant but it’s not expensive. It’s also on the cheap side of polish costing only £2.00 from Superdrug.
Do I recommend this? Yes, for the price it’s a perfectly good polish and great purple colour.
Makeup Academy’s mystical glitter nails in Mermaid, is a bright blue polish with lots of micro fine glitter in it. It costs £2.50 from the MUA website or from your local superdrug store.
It’s a lovely blue polish that has a great shine. The glitter particles are so small that it looks different to every other polish I’ve tried.
As it’s a glitter polish it’s chip resistant but unlike other glitter polish it isn’t as much of nightmare to get off as you’d think. it doesn’t really need a top coat but if you want a smooth shiny finish you can add one.
So it’s cheap and chip resistant, yes I love it.
UR FAB is a nice berry polish from MakeUp Academy.
It’s part of the Love Hearts range of polishes which have six different pastel shades.
The polish goes on nicely and needs two layers to be opaque. It dries in the normal time for polishes and has a good shine when dry. It’s not particularly chip resistant but it’s not expensive. It’s also on the cheap side of polish costing only £2.00 from Superdrug.
Do I recommend this? Yes, for the price it’s a perfectly good polish.
Models Own Hyper Gel Polish in Cornflower Gleam. It costs £5 from the Models Own website or from your local stockist. It claims to be gel effect without the use of a UV lamp.
Now I didn’t actually mean to buy this one, I was going for the other blue called Blue Glint. However, this one is such a nice colour. It’s a delicate china blue or that’s what it makes me think of. Cornflower is a bit more vibrant.
It shines. It has this most amazing gel-like shine to it. This one does not need a top coat to be perfect. Also given the fact my nails split and I have a ridge that didn’t show up.
It does need two coats, the first coat was slightly sheer. Not a big thing but it does increase the dry time. Although the dry time is pretty average.
I have to say I love this polish and will eventually pick up more of the colours from this range.