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Hello lovelies,

I've got some more swatches of Femme Fatale polishes to show you and as the title suggest, you can expect a rainbow in a form or holo shades. It took me a while to get them swatched because..well there were no proper sunny days in England for weeks. All three shades have strong holographic effect and the first one we'll be looking at is Mirror Of Dawn.

Burning Dusk - grape purple full of holo particles. The base has a nice blue colour shift making it cool-toned, blue-based purple. It applied easily and the polish was opaque in two coats. It dried fast and slightly satin so I've applied topcoat.

Ruby Hare - red-based purple duochrome base shifting to rose pink with holo effect. The best at last! ;) Ruby Hare is simply stunning and my favourite shade of red-based purple...plus it is holographic! The formula was really well-pigmented and two thin coats were enough for full coverage. Polish dried fast and glossy but I still added a coat of topcoat.

Overall, I liked all three shades although Ruby hare was my favourite by far also thanks to higher pigmentation. Just as I am writing this post the postman knocked on the door and brought a fab package from Femme Fatale with some more mini Femme Fatale polishes so expect more holo beauties and maybe some thermals ;) What an awesome coincidence!

You can also check out two previous FF review posts here and here. Femme Fatale polishes are available at their website and at their various international stocklists.

EDIT: Their e-shop is closed til 6th March apparently :(

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Hello lovelies,

I'm excited to tell you about a new nail project I'm part of - Nailvengers Assemble! Just to tell you a bit more about it...it's five girls doing one theme at the end of each month. This month the theme is New Year, New Technique which is quite self-explanatory. Each of us will do a new technique to us. For me it's stamping decals which I'm a newbie to.

Joining me in the challenge will be Sammy (The Nailasaurus), Alice (One Nail To Rule Them All), Allie (Brit Nails) and Amelia (xAmeliax)....pretty damn good girls!

So here's the stamping decals manicure I've created:

For this design I have used A England polishes Encore Margot, Camelot and Guinevere and Seche Vite topcoat but it is better if you use thinner and not fast drying topcoat as those won't be as stiff. I've learned this information after I created this mani and tutorials so that's why I'm using Seche Vite. The stamping plate I've used is MoYou London Sailor Collection 05 (XL).

Now there are different methods of creating and applying stamping decals and I guess you'll just have to find the one that suits you best. I have prepared video tutorial for three methods so hope it will help you master the decals!

I've chosen a subtle colour scheme but with the stamping decals technique you can go as wild colour-wise as you want and even every single part of the design can be in different shade. How awesome would that be!?!

So that's all to it. If you recreate any of our manicures then please use #nailvengers, we would love to see it! You can also follow us on Facebook:

I hope you've enjoyed the manicure and tutorials and please check out the other blog entries from girls: