Lucy's Stash

Hello lovelies and happy Valentine's Day!

Have you missed me? It's not very usual for me to post just once or twice a week and to me it feels like I'm neglecting my blog. So I'll have to remedy that :) Today I want to show you another beautiful piCture pOlish - Cabaret!

Cabaret is a collaboration shade with russian nail blogger u_nona, released in 2015.

piCture pOlish Cabaret - Review & Swatches

"Cabaret is a dark burgundy scatter holo with a smattering of holo hex glitters." The formula was little bit thicker probably because of all the glitter but it was still manageable. I've applied two thicker coats to get full coverage. It dried fast but little bit gritty so I've applied a coat of Seche Vite topcoat because it's nice and thick and covers glitter perfectly.

Cabaret is stunning, isn't it? It's one of those purples that I couldn't resist. It was an easy choice when Jules from piCture pOlish asked me which shades I'd like to swatch :)

And a little shameless plug - have you gotten your bottle of my collaboration shade Dragonfly? Get it while it's still available! It's perfect for winter season ;)

You can purchase your bottle of piCture pOlish Cabaret or Dragonfly directly at www.picturepolish.com.au or at one of the international stockists: http://picturepolish.com.au/network. For the UK customers, there is Rainbow Connection and Sally Magpies.

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

*PR sample

Hello lovelies,

I think it's about time to show you some Valentine's Day designs. This year I'm trying something little bit different so I'm doing three gel polish designs! I'm still quite new to gel polish so I like to practice and test what can be done with them.

There are so many Valentine's manicures out there done with nail polish and acrylic paint and I wanted to do something different. BUT these designs can be recreated with regular nail polishes too.

Let's have a look at the nail art...

3 Valentine's Day Nail Art Ideas with IBD Gel Polish + TUTORIAL

I've teamed up with a beauty website Just Beauty UK to prepare today's video for you. For the first design (background) I've drawn inspiration from Neiru, nail art community and subscription service. The second design is like a Heart wallpaper idea so you can basically modify it as you like and to your nail size. In the last design I've played with negative space and contrasting colours. If you're not entirely confident with your freehand lines, you can remove the 'sticky layer' with alcohol and use a striping tape to guide your lines.

All three designs were created using IBD Just Gel Polish colours, namely:
IBD Top Coat
IBD Base Coat
IBD Just Gel Polish Purple Paradise
IBD Just Gel Polish Ivory Tower
IBD Just Gel Polish Pan-duh
IBD Just Gel Polish Bing Cherries
IBD Just Gel Polish Vespas & Siestas
IBD Just Gel Polish Head-to-Toe Gelato

They are available at Just Beauty UK - use discount code JustLucy20 for 20% off!