Viva Italia!

Here's a goofy one. I'm going to Rome on Thursday so decided to do an Italian flag on my nails. Unsure whether to actually wear this to Rome....it absolutely will not go with any of my outfits dahling. :P

Base is Illamasqua - Smash, white is Barry M - Matt White and red is Models Own - Red Alert. 

My a-england polishes arrived today! Weeeeeee!

In other news, I have realised today that I am absolutely terrible at organising myself for trips. 

Illamasqua Baptiste Swatches

My love for Illamasqua is no secret, so when they had a 20% off event for reaching 50k Facebook fans, I picked up a couple of polishes.

This is Baptiste. I'm bored of not posting my nails now, so you can all put up with my nubs! ;) and strange camera angles due to it being my *gasp* right hand. 

Look at that ring finger. Nail tore right off.

Anyway, Baptiste is stunning. Deep vampy purple packed with shimmering red and blue particles, it has a real depth to it. 

The formula is like butter and rich in pigment. I'd say it's a one-coater, or two coats for fools like me. I believe this originally came in a set with Boo! as part of the Pantomime nail duos, but Boo! is no longer available. Sad face.

New blog name! And first nail wheel!

I finally got around to changing my blog name. I had a nightmare with it at first, and ended up preventing everyone seeing my updates. Seems just changing the blog URL does not work well. I spoke with Alexandra @ SparklyVernis, she was a big help and I decided to just buy the domain. So everything should hopefully be re-directed. Also thank you to Mel @ Glassflecked for listening to me rant in horror that I'd broken my blog, and finally thanks to everyone who commented on my help post yesterday :)

Anyway, this blog is now called Brit Nails. Not crazily exciting but I just wanted simple and to the point! Lush Lacquer is no more, but any links to it should be redirected. I also have a new, clean and simple layout. 

SO! Here is my first completed nail wheel. There are a couple of designs on it that I'm not fond of, but I had lots of fun doing it. Already working on more! It's such good practice.

If anybody wants to know specific colours, drop a comment or an email. 

Nail Mail!

Happy pancake day to those in the UK! No pancakes for me, I'm lazy and don't enjoy them that much.

Still no nails to post, sorry! :( soon though! Just thought I'd post the exciting nail mail I received from my lovely friend Melissa @ Glassflecked.

China Glaze - Glittering Garland, Custom Kicks, First Mate, White Cap and the cutest little bottle of Ruby Pumps.

ORLY - Sec 'n Dry and Emberstone, Essie-  as gold as it gets, Finger Paints - Twisted and Sinful Colors - Winterberry.

So excited by all of these! She's the best!

Also, I finally have access to my lushlacquer gmail account, so if you've emailed me in the last month or so I'm catching up on replying. 

GOSH Berry Me Swatches

Ladies, what do you do when one of your perfectly manicured nails snaps clean off, so far down that it looks like a gerbil gnawed on it? Do you nub the rest, or just wait for it to grow back? Stick a false one on? My hands look a total mess, so I don't want to post for a while really :( I do have this to show you though, pictures taken before my nails went AWOL. 

This is GOSH special edition - Berry Me

Skimlinks Test

These pics are a few months old, excuse the poor clean up, my clean up and photography skills were not at the heady heights they are now (can't even say that with a straight face).

This is a vampy berry-red creme, with undertones of pink and I think I see purple? Or is that me being insane? 

The formula is quite thick but applies pretty nicely. I have two coats on in the pictures, with top coat. I absolutely love this colour...don't forget the base coat with this one though, staining little bugger!