Hello lovelies,

In response to THIS post I've decided to recreate my dotted swirls design with tutorial and also in Valentine's Day colours! This post is also part of a Bestie Twin Nails I'm doing with Antonia from @nailsandpolkadots on Instagram. So check her out, she's a budding and talented nail artist!

For this manicure I've used three OPI polishes - Alpine Snow, Big Apple Red and If You Moust You Moust; then of course base coat (Glisten & Glow Stuck on Blu! Base coat) and topcoat (Seche Vite Topcoat). It is best to use dotting tool to achieve the same sized-dots but if you don't have dotting tools, a bobby pin with rounded end or a pin stuck in a pencil will work too.

I've prepared a video tutorial where I share some tips and tricks to the perfect and uniform swirls so hope you'll like it...if you do, please don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel ;)

So that's it, hope you like the manicure and find it easy to do. If you recreate please tag me and add #lucysstash, I'd really love to see your manicures :)

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

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Hello lovelies,

I don't know if you've noticed but Illamasqua put together a collection/set of products for this year's Valentine's Day. It's called I'm The One and the set contains nail polish in Throb, lipstick in Maneater, lip colouring pencil in Feisty and intense lip gloss in Touch. All products are, of course, red to transform you to a sexy vamp ;)

I'll be reviewing the nail polish in Throb...

Throb is not a completely new shade; it has been introduced in 2011 as a part of the Throb collection. The shade itself is perfect cherry red creme with cool undertones. It applied like butter - so smoothly and easily that I wish all polishes would be like this. Also the pigmentation was excellent and most of you will need just one coat if you have shorter nails but I applied two. The drying time was good and fast but I did apply fast-drying topcoat (HK Girl topcoat).

You guys know I love reds so this was like heaven to me. If you own just one red this would be a great choice mainly because of the flawless formula. Here are some beautiful promo pictures from I'm The One collection:

If you'd like to get your mitts on this beautiful polish or any other Illamasqua products you can visit their website (UK) or Sephora (US).

PS. Expect some Valentine's Day nail art with Throb soon ;)

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