CND Night Moves Collection

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Night Moves is the new Winter collection from Shellac creators CND, featuring 4 glamorous, party-ready shades. This capsule collection is available exclusively in the UK and I have all 4 to show you today.

Barry M Boots & Superdrug Limited Editions 2016 + Black Forest Gelly

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Barry M have launched new products for Autum/Winter '16 including some brand new additions to the limited edition Boots & Superdrug lines. Store exclusive shades have become a staple of Barry M launches and I always looks forward to seeing them, they definitely keep things interesting. I also have the new Gelly shade (just one this release!) so lets take a look

Colors By Llarowe Spring 2016 - A Tribute To A Wonderful Friend

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A Tribute To A Wonderful Friend is part of the Spring 2016 releases from Colours By Llarowe and contains 8 polishes with a variety of different finishes. I previously showed you the Cremes & Shimmers and now it's time to delve into more shinies - featuring holos, of course!

Cirque Colors Holiday 2015

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Merry Christmas everyone! I'm still on a blogging break, but I really wanted to show you the Holiday 2015 polishes from Cirque Colors because they're ALL I've been wearing on my nails over the festive season. This is definitely my favourite holiday collection this year...quite an accolade!

Delicate Stamping with piCture pOlish, Pet'la Plate and A England

The problem with stamping is it never seems to look as dainty and delicate in pictures as it does in real life; as a blogger this drives me mad, there are few things more annoying as when a design doesn't translate well to screen. I'm hoping you get the idea though! Here I've used one of my favourite piCture pOlish collaboration shades, teamed with one of my favourite stamping plates which I received from NailLand.

Holo Polka Dot Nail Art

Quick nail art post today to show you this holo polka dot design! Polishes used:

- Models Own Purple Orchid

- Grace-full Polish Grape Gumdrop

- Color Club Harp On It

Grace-full Nail Polish Swatches

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Today I'm stepping into holo heaven with another brand debut on the blog - I'm taking a look at some polishes from Australian indie brand, Grace-full polish. I've heard nothing but good things, so my expectations are high; let's see if they're lived up to...

Colors By Llarowe Fall 2015

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I had an amazing time in Edinburgh, what a beautiful city! I saw a Panda, Koalas, went on a ghost hunt and ate far too much food. Also, while I was away, the whole thing with Mentality Polish blew up (if you're unaware about the fiasco, read this post by The Mercurial Magpie) I don't want to dedicate much blog space to that brand, so I'll just say I will never touch them but I continue to support indies, and I hope the girls who've been affected recover quickly. Anyway, I have all ten shades from the Fall 2015 collection by Colors by Llarowe to share with you today, so as you can imagine this post is pretty picture heavy. 

OPI Colour Paints Swatches and Review

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Today I have the OPI Colour Paints to share with you, a collection of 8 blendable nail colours plus a silver base coat. This post is focused on showing you the colours, hopefully I'll have a post featuring some nail art soon! Read on for the full review...

OPI Coca-Cola Two To Celebrate Duo Swatches

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OPI have released two new shades for their Coca-Cola collection, alongside a re-release of 4 of the older Coca-Cola shades. I've got swatches of the two brand new shades - Visions of Georgia Green and Centennial Celebration - to show you today!

Glam Polish Masters Of Illusion Collection Swatches and Review

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Today I have 4 shades from the brand new, limited edition Masters Of Illusion collection from Glam Polish to share with you! I'm so excited to have been able to swatch these, they're very unique and will definitely make you break your no buy ;)

Dance Legend Steel Collection Swatches - Axe and Katana

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Quick post today to show you a couple of shades from the Steel collection by Dance Legend, a range of 12 shimmery metallic polishes

Models Own Colour Chrome Collection Swatches and Review

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The first release of 2015 from Models Own comes in the form of the Colour Chrome collection, and just LOOK at those bottles! They could contain tar and I'd still buy them looking like that...although thankfully the contents is much more pleasing ;) I have 5 shades to share with you today!

Morgan Taylor Midnight Masquerade Collection Swatches plus New Year, New Blue

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I have 3 beautiful shades from the Midnight Masquerade collection by Morgan Taylor to show you today - My Kind of Ball Gown, Jest-er Kidding and The Big Reveal. I've also got a swatch of New Year, New Blue from the Holiday 2014 collection.

Nailvengers Assemble!: New Years Eve

It's time for the last Nailvengers challenge of 2014! I can't believe it's been a year already. I hope we continue with the challenges throughout 2015, I've really enjoyed doing them with my blogging besties! Don't forget to check them out - The Nailasaurus, One Nail To Rule Them All & Lucy's Stash (hopefully xameliax will be back with us in the new year). For my New Years Eve manicure I've ended up with what I'm calling a Glitter Tornado!

OPI Fifty Shades of Grey Collection Swatches and Review

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Now, I'm not going to lie to you and say I'm a fan of the book or that I'll be seeing the film, because I won't be. But, whatever your opinion on the franchise of Fifty Shades of Grey, you can't deny it's popularity. OPI have created a limited edition collection to go along with the release of the film, and as a huge fan of grey polishes, I was excited to get my hands on it!

a-england Elizabeth & Mary Collection Swatches and Review

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Today I have swatches of the stunning new collection from a-england, Elizabeth & Mary. Another collection steeped in history, this release consists of 5 polishes - 3 scattered holo and 2 shimmers.

a-england Excalibur Renaissance Swatches and Review

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Time for another stunning a-england polish to take the spotlight today! This is Excalibur Renaissance, possibly the best silver foil polish I've ever tried!

Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

As you may already know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a lot of bloggers have done pink nails to mark this super important campaign. Here's mine!

Nouvella Nail Wraps Review and 20% off discount code

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I had told myself I wasn't going to review any more nail wraps once I'd done the ones I already have, because I have a volatile relationship with wraps due to my long curvy nails. However, I realised they're quite popular with people who aren't so much into doing their own nail art or want something quick, so my quest for the perfect nail wrap is continuing for now! 

I was intrigued by Nouvella wraps because you apply them using heat from a hair dryer, which is something I haven't tried before, so I decided to give it a go. The idea is to heat them a little with the hair dryer first to make them soft and pliable, then press them down to one side of the nail and smooth down. You then apply more heat and smooth the other side down. Basically you keep re-heating until you've smoothed the wrap over your nail. The wraps come with detailed instructions.

 I chose the skyscraper design, and armed with my hair dryer, set about applying them. It went pretty well! Probably my best result from wraps so far, maybe the secret is using heat?

They're still not 100% perfect and have a crease here and there, but I'm reluctant to blame that on the wraps as I know my nails are curved into almost a complete C shape, which makes application a bit more difficult than it would be for someone with flatter nails. The creases are barely visible though, luckily!

I felt quite triumphant! 

Nouvella nail wraps come in packs of 16 wraps in 3 different sizes. They cost £3.99 per pack with £1 delivery to all countries!

They've been kind enough to offer a 20% off discount code to readers of my blog. Just visit http://www.nouvellanails.com and enter code BRITNAILS2013 at the checkout. 

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