Hello lovelies,

As I previously hinted, I've spent a day at Nail Harmony UK headquarters training with Gelish (gel polish brand). Nail Harmony is a Gelish distributor for the UK but they also have their own brand All That Jazz (named after Jazz Smedley) with whole range of nail polish, manicure and pedicure products. There were also other bloggers attending - Alice from One Nail To Rule Them All, Sammy from The Nailasaurus, Lex from Taloned Lex, Em from My Pale Skin, Cat from Perfectly Polished and Melanie from Scratch magazine. Later on we were joined by Metta (from Nails by Mets), mobile and session nail artists and her cute baby.

The day started with a warm welcome from Ezara, a PR representative, teas, coffees and some yummy pastry for breakfast. I appreciated that very much since I had to get up early and drive for 2,5 hours to get there. The room was already prepared for us with several work stations and wall full of Gelish colours neatly on display. We could also check out All That Jazz manicure products that are stylised into silver tins and bottles with vintage-style labels.

We've had the pleasure of being taught directly by Georgie Smedley, the owner and managing director of Nail Harmony. First half of the day was about teaching us some basics about nails, their structure, health & safety and other important information we needed to know to safely do a gel manicure. There is a lot of information that we needed to know so we came home with printed materials as well to fill in what we haven't had time for. I would just like to emphasize that there is so much you should know before you decide to do your own gel polish nails safely so please always search for information from qualified technicians or do a course yourself.

Here are some pictures of Georgie Smedley in action working on Alice:

After we were shown how to do it properly we practised on each other doing plain colour, french and magnetic gel polish. It was a lot of fun although my french I did on Alice sucked!

I've put a shots of the magnetic gel polish being applied and Lex's beautiful nails! The last picture is of my right hand (the non-photogenic and 'cleaning' hand).

I've left with head full of new knowledge and All That Jazz goodie bag! In it I found Top Note topcoat, Base Line basecoat, Louise's - From Riches To Rubies nail polish, Bee Bar and Cuticle Oil in Chocolate Orange scent. I will do reviews later ;) Jazz herself stopped by few times so it was nice to see her there too.

It was a great day! I learned new things, met great people, saw my girls Alice and Sammy again and tried Gelish for the first time. I will be writing reviews on the products I got later so stay tuned for that!

Big thanks to Nail Harmony and Georgie for hosting this training day, I enjoyed it very much!

Have a lovely day and stay polished! Lucie x

*PR samples

Hello lovelies,

Have you seen the new Models Own HyperGel Polishes yet? They are perfect for Autumn and Winter season and all have slightly jelly-ish formula!

Following the success of Models Own HyperGel, their first gel effect colour collection - MO are now releasing new in-demand autumnal updates. Five brand new shades that are super glossy with a gel effect, delivering extra rich colour. The new mega-shine shades are highly pigmented, long-lasting and chip resistant. The gel-like finish gives the professional shine of a salon manicure, is enriched with lotus flower oil and is easily removed with nail polish remover.

Ebony Green - dark forest green shade. I had to try this shade first because there's just something about green jellies that fascinates me. Ebony Green doesn't have completely jelly formula but there certainly is a hint of it and it makes the polish looks squishy and glossy. I've applied two regular to thicker coats and they applied very nicely. No patching, no streaks and no topcoat! This polish can be a bit lighter in places if you apply thin coats so you might need three coats in some cases.

Brunette Red - dark maroon red shade. Brunette Red very much says it all - this is not just plain classic red, it has brown undertones and squishy finish. I'm wearing two coats and no topcoat again. The finish is smooth and glossy and it was very easy to apply.

Raven Red - dark brown shade. This is clearly a dark brown so the name Raven Red confuses me a bit. The brown is very dark, almost blackened but you can still tell it's not black. It applied nicely and two coats were fully opaque. It also dried quite fast and glossy. No topcoat.

Pitch Purple - dark ink purple shade. Ooooh, this one is gorgeous! It's a mix between ink blue and grape purple, it's very rich and pretty. I'm wearing two coats again with no topcoat. Application was easy and it dried fast.

Inky Blue - dark blue shade. Beautiful ink/sailor blue that will be so awesome for winter! Inky Blue is not exactly unique shade but I love the glossy and smooth finish and it also has that jelly-ish look. It's fully opaque in two coats and application was easy. I am not wearing topcoat.

I really like the autumn additions to the HyperGel Line. Some of them could be a bit lighter but some of them are perfect. My absolute favourites are Ebony Green and Pitch Purple. They all had pretty much the same formula hat applied easily, was opaque in two coats and had that jelly-ish squishiness to it. All were very glossy even without topcoat but do apply topcoat if you want to wear them for more than a day.

I have purchased some of the original HyperGel polishes but I didn't like them as much as these new releases. I've shown some original colours in this post.

You could get these new HyperGel shades at Models Own website and at Models Own Bottle shops since 31st October.

Have a nice weekend and stay polished! Lucie x

*PR samples