Nails Of The Day - China Glaze - Ma-Holo At Me

I know that this is probably going to be be the kiss of death for them, but my nails are currently the longest and nicest that they've been in years - despite all the hand washing and sanitising, my current nail care regime seems to be doing the trick, and at last I have nails that I think are worth showing off, and what better colour to show them off with, than a lovely sparkly holograph.

From their 2019 summer collection, Shades Of Paradise, China Glaze Ma-Holo At Me is a gorgeous pale, denim blue holographic sparkle. That shimmers, sparkles and changes colour as you move your hands. I've taken all of the pictures in this post with the flash so you can see it's true beauty but I think this video just shows how sparkly and beautiful it actually is.

The polish itself came with a long thin brush that was surprisingly easy to paint with. The polish itself was quite runny so you did have to watch out for drips but the brush was quite easy to control so it was pretty easy to be precise with your application.

The first coat was quite sheer, and on most nails 2 coats would probably have been enough, but since I wanted to show off the true wow factor of this polish I went for 3 coats - Because the polish was quite liquidy and the brush was so easy control the coats that I applied were quite thin so the polish actually dried quite quickly.

The finish as you can see was perfect, smooth, shiny, and very glossy. Normally one of the negative aspects of holographic polishes is the wear time but I actually got around 5 days out of this polish, with no top coat and only minimal tip wear, in fact with a couple of touch ups I probably could have gotten another couple of days out of it, but you know more polishes to try and all that..

Even now looking back at these pictures, I don't see how a flat picture of even a short video clip could ever do this polish justice. It really is beautiful, and it's amazing how the multi coloured sparkles just bounce out in the light. Alas like so many polishes in my collection this one is pretty hard to find now. China Glaze just doesn't seem to be that widely available in the UK anymore, so eBay will probably be your best bet. If you're in the US though you're in luck as this particular shade appears to be still available direct from China Glaze and online from Walmart. Don't worry though if you can't get your hands on this particular polish - I am a huge fan of holographic nail polishes and I have a couple more similar shades to share with you over the next few months, that might be a little bit easier to get your hands on, so make sure you stick around to see them x Let me know if you're a fan of holographic polishes in the comments and I will see you soon with my September beauty empties x

Nails Of The Day - China Glaze - 625 For Audrey - Reshot And Rewritten

Hi Guys, I hope you're all having a nice weekend, before I get into a couple of pretty long posts, I thought I'd share another blast from the past nails of the day with you.

I first talked about this polish way back in 2010, but after re reading the original post and hating everything about it, I thought I'd dig it out and re shoot it, and rewrite it.

The bottle is showing its age now but don't let that detract you from just how beautiful this colour actually is. China Glaze For Audrey, is a beautiful turquoise, blue, green cream, very reminiscent of a certain posh jewellery companies packaging, and as result intrinsically linked to iconic, and legendary actress Audrey Hepburn. Thanks to the online nail and manicure community this polish has reached almost legendary status in it's own right, and it still remains one of China Glaze's top sellers, 9 years after I bought my bottle.

Even though this is an old polishes, China Glaze's varnishes still have quite a thin brush. Fine if you have short or thin nails like mine, but it isn't the best if you have wider or longer nails. Coat number 1 was very, very streaky. 2 coats was enough on most nails but if you look really closely you can still see a few streaks and a few brush marks and even a few bubbles!

Given it's age it was pretty quick drying but I think I was a little bit impatient when I applied it and I was guilty of not waiting long enough for it to dry in between coats, hence the bubbling. I applied it with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy, and no top coat, and it started to chip with 24 hours, which isn't that unusual for me.

I don't whether it's down to its age or my memory playing tricks on me, but I definitely remember being more impressed with this polish when I first got it. Don't get me wrong I love the colour, but in this case I just wasn't that impressed with the application, the finish or the wear time.

Despite the fact that For Audrey comes from one of my favourite colour families when it comes to polishes, and I probably have lots of similar shades, this particular polish is so iconic, that I'm going to hang on it. I actually took these pictures about a month ago now, and since then I've used it a couple of times, and by applying thinner coats, giving them longer to dry, and paring it with a decent top coat, I definitely achieved a nicer finish and a longer lasting manicure. It just shows you that with a little bit of extra care, and attention, you can bring an old polish back to life

If you fancy trying For Audrey for yourself, it's still widely available for around £5.95 for a 14ml bottle, from various retailers including Amazon, ebay, and Nail Polish Direct.

Ebay Nail Varnish Haul + A Gift :)

This three post a day thing is becoming a bit of a habit ;) Well post number 3 of today is another nail varnish haul :) I recently ordered a few bits including some of the new OPI Shrek collection from Enchanted Beauty Spot on ebay - as per usual the transaction was flawless and they came this week :)
From Left To Right - China Glaze - Sexy In The City, OPI - Funky Dunkey, OPI - What's With The Cattitude, OPI - Ogre-The-Top Blue and Essie - Sexy Divide

One of my lovely followers Becky from Style and the City was also kind enough to send my her Sephora by OPI - Metro Chic - huge thank you my lovely x

I also have another couple of nail polish hauls to come - I've placed another couple of US ebay orders then that will be that - a nail polish ban for the rest of the year :)

Thank You Mr Postman - Part 2 and Some Extras x

Isn't it always the case you wait for one bus and two come along once - well the same thing happened to me with parcels today - I am expecting a few bits and two come on the same day - still I ain't complaining :)

My second parcel was from US ebay :) After a little bit of enabler action from a certain Miss Lipglossiping I kind of bought this nail polish OMG it is amazing sooooo pretty - it's OPI Absolutely Alice from their new Alice in Wonderland themed nail collection - this picture really doesn't do it justice so please check out Charlotte's to see it's true beauty :)

Ok so I bought it on buy it now and thought I'd browse the sellers ebay store before I paid - big mistake - well not really but you know what I mean - then I saw this colour I have wanted this for ages but I refused to buy the stupidly inflated ebay prices for it but believe it or not this was exactly the same price as the rest of the China Glaze colours (the seller is cleopatrastyle-usa )The colour of course is For Audrey x

So I'm majorly pleased with these bits - so much for not buying any more nail varnish - whoops! Despite a little bit of snow last night me and my mum headed to the Metro Centre this morning - I was super good and only bought 2 things x
This super cute Accessorize necklace with a faux pearl, and a lipstick and a ring charm (I've used their pic because I can't get a good one because its too small :( )

and these earring which are like bronze / gold balls - they had 70% off and go with loads of things I already have :)

As you can see from my sidebar I have already just about gone over this months limit -whoops so I am going to have to be super good for the rest of the month - fingers crossed x

My Nail Polish Collection

Well here it is - I initially intended to line all the bottles up so you could see them all individually but as you can see I would probably be on for ever lol. I love my nail polish me and yes this is well over 100 bottles predominantly OPI but there is also some Nails Inc, MAC, Leighton Denny, Chanel,Revlon, China Glaze, etc, etc, etc. I probably do have every colour under the sun now so my resolution for next year is to buy no more nail polish!
If you want to see anything close up or you would like any info on anything I've got or used please don't hesitate to ask I already have a post planned on my blue colours which I promised the lovely Mizzworthy ages ago ;) but anything else let me know x

NOTD - China Glaze - Avalanche

The pics really don't do this colour justice - China Glaze and Avalanche is the most gorgeous silver lilac lovely colour ideal for those frosty, wintry days :)

Regaining Some Focus

I haven't updated since my self hating episode a few days ago but I feel in a slightly better place today and I feel a bit more focused on the things I want to achieve

I had a shocking start to the week :( All the junk I had eaten over the Easter weekend seriously caught up with me and I got the most evil case of IBS I have had for a long time. Really sorry if this is a bit TMI but I was in agony for two days - yuck, yuck - I am now trying to get my eating and diet back on track again - I was too scared to get on the scales this week but I will definitely by facing the music on Monday. In the meantime less junk food and plenty of fruit, veg and fibre.

I don't think I said anything but a few weeks ago I eventually got a new desk - my old one collapsed just before Christmas due to a complete overload of junk, so I decided to take this opportunity to overhaul the entire room and to really sort my craft storage out. Its taking a bit longer than I anticipated (damn ME) but in the last couple of days I have finally got round to some serious organising and sorting out.

My decluttering and organising in other areas is also back on track again because believe it or not I have eventually started my ebay listings - fair enough I still I have loads of items still to list but its a start and things are selling well so far - fingers crossed

I did make a tiny splurge this week but for once it made me truly happy - After seeing a pic of Emma from Magpie Sparkles fab China Glazed sparkly turquoise nails I though it would be rude not to copy her, so I got some China Glaze nail polishes from ebay. I'll try and put some pics up when I get my cuticle work done - Thanks Emma for introducing me to a new addiction - China Glaze :)