Ruby Slippers Jelly Nails

Hello!
Today I have another nail tutorial for you. This time it's a kind of jelly sandwich, it's pretty simple to do.
I used Louise Gray for Topshop's 'Pinch Punch', Barry M's 'Red Wine', a glitter topcoat from Rimmel and a clear polish to finish from 17's Lasting Fix range. The steps are as follows:
1. Apply base coat as usual.
2. Apply an even coat of 'Pinch Punch'- I usually dab it on to spread the silver glitter evenly.
3. Now put a good coat of the glitter topcoat on top. This way you get to see both types of glitter at once!
3. Next apply a thin coat of 'Red Wine' on top of this- this is great because it tints the glitter underneath red, but still lets it sparkle in the light. You don't need much at all to cover your nail and it's a lovely, semi-sheer jelly red.

Below you can find a step by step photo guide to this process and some pictures of the polishes too.

Rimmel's Glitter Topcoat in 'Disco Gold', it's about £4-5 if I remember correctly.

'Red Wine' by Barry M, this was £2.99 from Superdrug.

'Pinch Punch' by Louise Gray for Topshop, this was about £5 or £6 I think.

Nail Art: Art Deco Stripes

Hello again! ☺

Today's post is a nail art post! Since the weather's getting chillier in England, I felt like some colder colours needed to make an appearance on my fingertips. I've used a variety of polishes this time around to create a really pretty, defined design. It's quite simple to do, I'll be including diagrams of my method as we go along!

What I used:

 Here we have all 6 of the polishes I used. From left to right, we have:

▲ OPI 'Just Spotted The Lizard'

▲ Barry M 'Navy'

▲ Rimmel 'French Rose'

▲ Rimmel 'Disco Ball'

▲ 17 'Fury'

▲ Deborah Lippmann 'Across The Universe'

This here is my nail striper from Andrea Fulerton. The other side has a dotting tool! It's about £4 from Superdrug.

Nail Art Photos:

Method:

That's it! Just finish off with topcoat of choice and you're done.
It's a good, versatile design that can be used with many different colours. Next I'm going to try pastels!

Thanks for reading! 

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Deborah Lippmann - Across The Universe - Review and Swatches

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Today I have a review for you of 'Across The Universe' by Deborah Lippmann. This was my first Lippmann polish that I've bought, a bit of a stretch of an impoverished student's budget at £16 but very definitely worth it! Take a look below for swatches - the colour, glitter sizing and placement, overall finish and application were fantastic! ❤



Look how shiny and pretty it is! Reminds me of mermaids or fish scales...


You'll have to excuse my cuticles, this was taken a little while ago when I just started growing my nails properly! （　´_ゝ`）


Anyways, the basic lowdown on this polish is as follows: the polish is basically a dark navy blue, translucent jelly base with a mixture of fine navy glitter, larger hexagonal blue glitter and green glitter, and some silver bits too. It's not too thin and not too thick- perfect for building up those coats to get it truly opaque!
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I usually go for 2 thick or 3 thin coats of this, and I use the brush to place glitter evenly so I don't waste polish. It's not actually too tricky to do this since the polish is such a nice consistency. You just need to make sure to spread the navy blue base fairly evenly so things don't get patchy, but the glitter covers any minor patches anyway.
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I personally LOVE this polish - everytime I wear it as a super-special cheer-myself-up manicure, it sparkles all day long and I always get lots and lots of compliments! （　'  u  '  )
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It lasts a long time on me if I use a regular coat of Sally Hansen Mega Shine with Revlon Liquid Quick Dry on top of it - at least 5-7 days. However, it could probably last longer if I didn't change my nail polish so often!
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 It's a bit of a pain to remove because of the glitter, but not impossible.
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I especially like to use this on the tips of gold / duochrome polishes such as OPI's Just Spotted The Lizard (another favourite of mine) to give a pretty, mermaid-y gradient effect. This way I get the sparkle but don't waste this beautiful but pricey polish!


That's all from me for this review! Thank you for reading and please do tell me if it was useful! ♡

Hi! 

I'm Amber, nice to meet you! （*´▽｀*）

I made this blog in the hope of sharing my various nail art attempts, polish collection, reviews and other beauty-related posts, as well as other general things.

I love digital art, nail polish, food from all around the world and hamsters ❤

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