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• My Snowflake Nails for Christmas 2020 with Semilac UK

  22 December 2020 ( #Semilac, #Nail Art, #Red, #White, #negative space )

  Hi everyone, Hope you're all well and try and have a nice Christmas this year despite everything that's going on. I won't even go there, that would be a long and ranty post haha. Let's focus on why you're probably here - to see what's on my nails 😉 I...

• Guest Post: Colour Block Nail Art from Carmina aka Cubbiful

  07 August 2016 ( #Guest post )

  Hello lovelies, Please give a warm welcome to Carmina aka Cubbiful, my portugal nail blogger friend :) Carmina has prepared a colour-block nail art for today's guest post. Carmina does everything from swatches to hand painted nail art and I'm so happy...

• I Love Nail Polish Cygnus Loop from Ultra Chrome collection - Review & swatches

  30 September 2013 ( #Multichrome, #Duochrome, #Purple, #Blue, #Orange, #I Love Nail Polish )

  Hello lovelies, Now it's the time for the last and the most beautiful polish from the I Love Nail Polish Ultra Chrome collection - Cygnus Loop. I am mesmerised by this polish, it is amazing and a total chameleon. It is not completely unique but it is...

• piCture pOlish Monday: Borealis - Review & Swatches

  19 May 2014 ( #piCture pOlish, #Multichrome, #Duochrome, #Blue, #Purple, #Glitter, #A England, #Layering )

  Hello lovelies, It's finally mine, my precious! I bought the whole piCture pOlish limited edition of these polishes yet the newest release Borealis was out of stock everywhere. Then the nail polish angel Sally Magpies (UK store for many indie brands)...

• Dress your nails to impress with this marbled amethyst nail art with gold flakes!

  12 August 2020 ( #Nail Art, #Purple, #Gold )

  It's about time, I posted some nail art, right? I've found some unpublished manicures I did before I had my boy so I'll share them with you.. Unfortunately it's been few years and I don't remember the products I've used....yikes! So let's play the guessing...

• White Lace Decals Nail Art feat. Barry M and Born Pretty Store

  02 January 2014 ( #Barry M, #Born Pretty Store, #Decals, #Nail Art, #Beige, #Brown, #White )

  *PR samples Hello lovelies, Let's kick the year off with an elegant white lace manicure, shall we? It's very easy to do because I have used water decals instead of painting the lace freehand. When working with water decals I've found that the preparation...

• Dotted Swirls Nails - Valentine's Day edition with TUTORIAL

  03 February 2014 ( #OPI, #Pink, #Red, #White, #Dotticure, #How to, #Tutorials, #Valentine's Day, #Nail Art )

  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...

• Matte & Glossy Dotticure with Rimmel Velvet Matte Sumptuous Red

  21 January 2015 ( #Rimmel, #Dotticure, #Nail Art, #Matte, #Purple )

  *PR sample Hello lovelies, I haven't done purely matte & glossy nail art for a while so I simply must change that! Lovely people from Rimmel have sent me their Velvet Matte polishes so today I'll show you one of them. Velvet Matte collection has five...

• Paint All The Nails Presents Monochrome - Black & White Nail Art Manicure

  28 April 2016 ( #Nail Art, #Color Club, #Stamping, #Moyra, #Hit The Bottle, #White, #Black )

  Hello lovelies, It's time for Paint All The Nails monthly nail art challenge! This month's theme is Monochrome and we're only using black, white and grey colours. I've decided to recycle one of my NAFW manicures because otherwise I wouldn't have time...

• ABC Challenge: H is for Half-Moon | Nail Art Challenge

  24 June 2016 ( #Nail Art, #Models Own, #Gold, #Pink, #Glitter )

  Hello lovelies, I've got another post for the ABC Challenge (yes, I know I've been slacking!) where I'll be exploring the uses of coloured cellophane. It won't be the pretty pearlescent cellophane used for shattered glass nails but equally cool metallic...

• I Love Nail Polish Birefringence - Review & swatches

  15 September 2013 ( #I Love Nail Polish, #Duochrome, #Purple, #Blue, #Multichrome )

  Hello lovelies, I couldn't resist and I also purchased the new I Love Nail Polish Ultra Chromes, all four of them! I wanted to do one post with all four but there's so many pictures that I will post each shade separately and then I'll do one summary post...

• SpaRitual Wilderness, Explore Collection - Review & Swatches

  06 February 2014 ( #SpaRitual, #Coral, #Textured polish, #Accessories )

  *PR sample Hello lovelies, I'm excited to show you a new nail polish from the SpaRitual’s Spring 2014 Collection Explore that is coming out in the next week or so! The collection consists of six shades in various finishes including creme, shimmer and...

• Pastel Gradient with one stroke flowers + TUTORIAL

  10 May 2014 ( #Nail Art, #Tutorials, #How to, #Pastel, #One Stroke, #China Glaze, #Acrylic paint, #Glitter, #Gradient, #Pink )

  Hello lovelies, I want to show you another manicure where I've used the white one stroke floral pattern (done before here) but this time over pink and blue pastel gradient. I really like how soft and romantic thic manicure looks. I have used Barielle...

• Fine Glitter Gradient feat. Glitter Gal & Dance Legend

  07 February 2014 ( #Glitter Gal, #Dance Legend, #Blue, #Black, #White, #Glitter, #Creme, #Nail Art, #Gradient, #Accessories )

  *PR samples Hello lovelies, I've recently received an awesome nail mail from Russian nail polish company Dance Legend and I was drawn to the two black and white glitter toppers straight away. I've already featured Top Geometric topper (view post) and...

• A England To Emily Bronte Collection: Wuthering Heights | WEEK OF A ENGLAND

  13 October 2015 ( #A England, #Grey, #Holographic, #Creme, #Shimmer, #Purple )

  Hello lovelies, The week of A England continues and today I want to show you Wuthering Heights! About To Emily Bronte collection: 'The collection of 5 shades is dedicated to the author of the worldwide famous English gothic novel Wuthering Heights: translated...

• A England To Emily Bronte Collection: Heathcliff | WEEK OF A ENGLAND

  15 October 2015 ( #A England, #Black, #Glitter, #Red, #Blue, #Charcoal )

  Hello lovelies, The week of A England continues and today I want to show you Heathcliff! About To Emily Bronte collection: 'The collection of 5 shades is dedicated to the author of the worldwide famous English gothic novel Wuthering Heights: translated...

• Halloween Bloody Ripped Eye Nail Art + TUTORIAL

  25 October 2016 ( #Nail Art, #Tutorials, #How to, #Sally Hansen, #Halloween, #Blue, #Nails Supreme )

  Hello lovelies, With Halloween just around the corner, I seriously had to hurry up with editing of my latest nail art tutorial and I'm happy to tell you - it's done! I don't usually do gory Halloween nail art but I wanted to try it. So for today I've...

• December favourites from Lucy's Stash!

  03 January 2015 ( #I Love Nail Polish, #Seventeen, #All That Jazz, #Flakies, #Beauty products, #Pueen, #Yves Rocher, #Jewellery, #Accessories )

  Hello lovelies, December was so hectic I totally forgot to post November favourites so I'll skip straight to the December favourites where I've included some of the products I wanted to show you back in November. If you've missed October post, you can...

• Barry M Caramel Matte - Review & Swatches

  14 December 2013 ( #Beige, #Brown, #Matte )

  *PR sample Hello lovelies, Are you ready for a British brand? I don't think I've reviewed one in a while, let alone Barry M. I have been buying Barry M polishes but haven't really gotten to swatching them or publishing a review. So I was very happy when...

• The Dalai Lama's Nails for Lucy's Stash - Colourful Doodling | Guest post

  01 August 2014 ( #Nail Art, #Guest post )

  Hello lovelies, As a first guest post, I've chosen Hannah from Dalai Lama's Nails because up until recently I didn't know her blog well and she certainly deserves your attention. Hannah does everything from regular swatches to nail art manicures so definitely...

• Barry M Superdrug Limited Editions Seaside & Promenade - Review & Swatches

  22 July 2014 ( #Barry M, #Shimmer, #Pink, #Blue )

  *PR samples Hello lovelies, Recently, Barry M has created four exclusive shades - two for Boots and two for Superdrug. I've already reviewed the Boots exclusives here so today I'll show you the Superdrug ones. They are called Seaside and Promenade and...

• One Colour One Stroke Floral Nail Art with Tutorial

  05 March 2014 ( #One Stroke, #Nail Art, #Tutorials, #How to, #Dazzle Dry, #Purple, #Shimmer, #White, #Acrylic paint, #China Glaze )

  Hello lovelies, Today's nail art and tutorial have been waiting in my 'Unpublished' folder since summer last year and I finally got to editing it. I really like this floral pattern and I've already used it once in this holo manicure. It is easy to do...

• You’re Invited to Nail Art Fashion Week 2016!

  04 April 2016

  Hello lovelies, Did you know that this month will see a start of the second Nail Art Fashion Week 2016? Well, I'm one of the co-hosts together with the 'leading lady' Maria from So Nailicious and co-hosts Victoria from Manicurator, Emily from Very Emily,...

• Frosted! with A England The Blessed Damozel, Excalibur & Merlin

  14 March 2015 ( #Nail Art, #Stamping, #A England, #Silver, #Purple )

  Hello lovelies, When I was swatching A England The Blessed Damozel (reviewed here) I couldn't just leave it alone so I've created a stamped nail art over it. Silver seemed a perfect match and A England Excalibur stamps beautifully. I have used a baroque-like...

• A England The Blessed Damozel | Heavenly Quotes | Review & Swatches

  03 March 2015 ( #A England, #Shimmer, #Purple )

  *PR sample Hello lovelies, A England has a brand new addition to the Heavenly Quotes collection - The Blessed Damozel. Adina kindly sent me a bottle to try and I'm pleased to say that the pictures came out nicely ;) The Blessed Damozel is inspired by...