HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Hi guys, I woke up to a lovely winter's (yep, definitely winter now!) morning and got this super shot of the beauty that is "Zombie Zest" :) Apart from the awesome name, it's amazing; like a murkier, more glittery version of my old fave Sinful "Show me the way"! I can't wait to see how I feel about Orly "It's not rocket science". This has quickly made it into my Top 20!

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Evil nail polish staining and Easter

Tiny bit busy here. And one of my nail polishes (the glorious-in-the-bottle but crap-a-roo-formula Sinful "Daddy's Girl") stained my nails and fingers something rotten while taking it off :( And all the photos were rubbish. So I decided to go naked (on the nails, mind you!) for tomorrow...

So I am giving you my Barry M comparison, of the new "Blueberry Icecream" on the left (or as the bottle says "Pale Blue"...) versus the old Barry M "Pure Turquoise" on the right. Slightlest more green tint to the "Pure Turquoise" polish but that is all. What you guys think? I was hoping for a lighter pastel blue but this is nice too. I can't comment on formula as I haven't tried it yet. However I am a bit disappointed that it is not actually called "Blueberry Icecream"...

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NOTD: Sinful "Mint Apple"

I got this in my swap parcel yesterday. I've got quite a few creme mint green nail polishes already but this is very different - it has shimmer. Very spectacular! This is two perfect coats over Nubar Nu Nail with a final coat of Sally Hansen MegaShine.

And I did some gardening, or something like that! I visited a new garden centre and got myself some nice plants,a windowsill propagator and some seeds. May not be much of a "garden" until we move back to our house, but at least I can plant some nice planters! :)

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NOTD: Sinful "Call you later" layering

This is 1 coat of Rimmel Play Fast "Camoflage" and then 2 coats of super-sparkly "Call you later" by Sinful. Very hard to capture on camera - it doesn't look very sparkly in this photo. It's actually insanely spangly and I've had so many good comments on this today!

I'm gearing up to decorate my house for Christmas tomorrow! I can't wait to sit next to the tree and look at the presents underneath it sipping mulled wine :)

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NOTD: Sinful "Nail Junkie" layering

I love the name of this supremely sparkly teal polish! :) It is a bit sheer so I decided to layer over GOSH "Blue Monday". However, "Blue Monday" was also quite sheer to my dismay; I had to work 2 thick coats of it under "Nail Junkie". "Nail Junkie" is one coat only. Anyway it's hard to capture the super-sparkly nature of this layered manicure! I must've take 50 pics of each stage, but only these 2 photos turned out OK! This is with Sally Hansen MegaShine top coat and Nail Quencher base coat.

Please excuse the dry cuticles, I am back doing DIY and painting so my hands are incredibly dry at the moment, and I have two broken nails on my right hand. Oh well. Soon I will have everything done! :)

Oh yeah I meant to say - Essie "Angora Cardi" was on and looked great until Saturday when I started the DIY. Thats 5 days, people. I *love* "Angora Cardi" :D

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NOTD: Sinful Color "Show me the way" with nail art

So I was feeling I needed some mossy green goodness for my weekend so I unpacked my entire stash and decided on this beauty - Sinful Color "Show me the way". It has got to me up there in my top ten of all time nail polishes :) Sorry for the crappy picture, for a more accurate show of the glimmer and colour of this polish see my old NOTD.

This is 3 coats over Sally Hansen Diamond Strength base coat and then the little gems (fairly irregular in size but I've got thousands of them so I can pick away the bad ones) and then Sally Hansen MegaShine top coat.

I'm off to bed as I am up in the crack of dawn to watch migrating geese, then I'm off for an afternoon of shopping to Edinburgh with my friend Weebie! Hopefully I will have some goodies to show you tomorrow!

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NOTD: Sinful Color "Green Ocean"

I love how "Green Ocean" look in the bottle but as with most glitters, it's a bit tricky to apply in large quantities. I did "Green Ocean " over 2 coats of Orly "Mint Mojito" but I think that I will choose something more blueish next time, such as Barry M "Mint Green", this doesn't really go with my skin tone.

I am busy packing just now and I had my nails bare since soaking off Wet n' Wild "Sparked", but I felt I needed a lick of polish to protect my nubs.

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NOTD: Sinful Color "Color Scare"

As I said, I had a very exciting swap parcel arrive today with a long-time lemming inside - Sinful Color "Color Scare".

It's liquid, super-shimmery, bronze love!! This has shot straight into my Top 20 Nail Polish of all time, in company such as it's equally exuberant Sinful sisters, "Show me the way" and "San Francisco". It is opaque in two coats, glides on effortlessly and dries quickly. This is two coats and Poshe top coat.

Lina-Elvira Loves It Thiiiis Much:

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NOTD: Sinful "Show me the way"

This is an amazing goldy-green sparkler! This is one of the many lovely little gems I got in the swap parcel on Friday, was soooooo hard to choose which one to put on! Finally this one won, as I thought I could wear the purples (for now) in the office and the greens are definitely going on my toes, greens were made for sandal toes! :) But as there is another local Bank Holiday tomorrow and I am not working, I put this on my tips so I can enjoy it fully!

This is 2 coats over Sally Hansen Miracle Cure with Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat. It's still got a slight VNL, but as my nails are still very stubby that's not really a problem. It was a bit runny to work with but if you take your time to apply it, this is not such a problem. I feel this is a sparklier sister to Zoya "Irene".

Lina-Elvira Loves It Thiiiis Much:

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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NOTD: Sinful "San Francisco"

This absolute stunner is a long-time lemming for me, satisfied through a swap! I've had some ups and downs the last couple of days as I am being made redundant in my job, and I really really needed something green and serene... Sinful SF is just what the doctor ordered - Dr Frankenpolish that is :P

This is Nailtek II Foundation, 3 coats of the polish and Poshe top coat. It seems to have a slight blue shimmer hiding in the depths, and was really hard to photograph.

Lina-Elvira Loves It Thiiiis Much:

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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