Guest Post From Nail That Design

My penultimate guest post is courtesy of Milena from Nail That Design. Milena is currently a big blog crush of mine, I love her elegant photography and pristine nail art...she's one of those bloggers who seems to be able to pull off any style! Let's take a look at what she came up with for my blog today

Guest Post from Very Emily

As I'm now sunning myself in Florida (and getting overly excited in Disney World) I've asked some of my favourite bloggers to prepare guest posts for me. Starting with Emily from Very Emily, a blogger who I've admired for many years and am now lucky enough to call a friend. You probably recognise Emily's distinctive nails and photography style, and I'm honoured to have her guesting on my blog today!

Fab ur Nails Jumbo Stamper Review

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Today I'm taking a look at the Fab ur Nails Jumbo Stamper which I received from Rainbow Connection, and squaring it up against a Born Pretty Store plate. Read on to find out if it beats the Creative Shop stamper for number one spot in my heart!

piCture pOlish Eerie + Thumbs Up Nail Wraps

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Quick nail art post today featuring a beautiful piCture pOlish shade by my friend Emily of Very Emily and some Thumbs Up nail wraps. Not very seasonal maybe, but I couldn't resist the combination and sometimes you need a pastel fix, even in mid Autumn.

piCture pOlish Collaborations 2015 Swatches

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piCture pOlish have just released a new round of blogger collaboration shades and I have 4 of them to share with you today - Arabian, Bordeaux, Rebelle and New York.

Negative Space All The Nails!

I'm part of a Facebook group called Paint All The Nails (which might explain the title of this post!) a group full of wonderful bloggers and once a month we have a themed nail art link up - this month's theme is negative space and it's my first time taking part. Participating in the link up is voluntary so you'll see a different mix of us each month!

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.

piCture pOlish Coco Potion Review

As well as their range of nail polish, piCture pOlish now have a range of cuticle treatments available, including Coco Potion; a coconut oil cuticle conditioner with added Vitamin E which I've been trialling for the past couple of weeks. 

piCture pOlish Autumn Swatches

Autumn is my favourite time of year for many reasons, so when I saw this beautiful new shade from piCture pOlish and The Polishing Life, I fell in love. It's completely got me in the mood for hot chocolate, snuggly clothes and, yes, Pumpkin Spice everything. 

piCture pOlish Desire + Nail Art

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Today I've got swatches of a beautiful shade from piCture pOlish plus some nail art! I can't get enough of my stamping plates lately, between MoYou, Pet'la and the Creative Shop stamper, I've really got back into it!

Picture Polish Collaborations 2015 - Cherish and Karma Swatches and Review

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My blog has a new look! I'm still tweaking it a little so it may not be the finished result yet, but it's almost done. Post sliders and drop down menus all up in it, I'm fancy now ;) let me know what you think!

Today's post is swatches of two of the newest piCture pOlish blogger collaboration shades - Cherish by Anna Gorelova and Karma by Sveta Sanders. Let's take a look shall we?

piCture pOlish 2014 Collaborations - Enchanting and Escapades Swatches and Review, plus Holiday!

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That's a bit of a mouthful of a title isn't it?! Today I have some beautiful piCture pOlish Collaboration shades to share with you - Enchanting and Escapades, along with their Limited Edition Holiday 2014 polish!

Belated Valentine's Half Moons

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Hi! This post should have gone up on Valentine's Day but I didn't edit it in time before my computer died on me (It's on a very temporary fix at the moment, hoping to have a brand new one within the next couple of weeks!) so here's my very belated Valentine's manicure!

piCture pOlish 2014 Collaborations - Cyan, LakoDom and Minty Swatches and Review, plus Gloss on Top!

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Hi! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Did anybody get polish? I never get any for Christmas, I think people are scared of buying me any because chances are I already have it!

Today I've got three more piCture pOlish blogger collaboration shades to show you - Cyan, LakoDom and Minty; and I'm also trying out piCture pOlish's new top coat, Gloss on Top.

piCture pOlish 2014 Collaborations - Fool's Gold, Forget Me Not and Sizzle Swatches and Review

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I'm a little behind with my swatches but I'm getting there! Today I've got 3 collaboration shades to show you - Fool's Gold by The Nailasaurus, Forget Me Not by Lacquertude and Sizzle by Cosmetic Sanctuary. The 4th polish that was in this release was my very own Unicorn, which you can see here!

Guest Post From Polly Polish - Unicorn Chevrons

My fourth guest post comes from Hannah, aka Polly Polish. This is Hannah's second appearance on my blog - she created these nails for me last year. I can never say enough how great Hannah is, I don't know what I'd do without her on a daily basis for a good rant, and her help with tweaking code is indispensable (the woman is a genius) so I'm super happy to have her back on my blog, especially as she's created some adorable nail art with my piCture pOlish shade! 

You can find Polly Polish at -  Blog | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

I know I'm taking a bit of a gamble with this post for Allie. She's not the sort to blow her own trumpet, using her piCture pOlish creation 'Unicorn' could backfire on me, either if she doesn't like my design, or is just a bit embarrassed. Well, tough titties Allie, because despite her insistence that this wouldn't be 'my kind of colour', it's a brilliant creation. She could've made a brown polish and I'd still buy it, use it, and love it.

So, here's Allie's 'Unicorn'. I have swatched this previously so I know it's a three coater. I wanted to show how bright and fun it can look using just one coat over a white base. The base here is Models Own Hyper Gel 'White Light' which I masked off with some right angled nail vinyls and painted over with 'Unicorn' before removing the tape and covering with a top coat that I can't yet reveal because I'm testing it for a brilliant brand. Suffice to say this top coat is also a winner. You could get the same pattern by applying the white over a base of 'Unicorn' but I think the white being underneath makes the turquoise base of this polish sing that bit more, as well as showing off the pink and silver glitter, along with a subtle pink shimmer. 'Unicorn' is a terribly cute polish that really lives up to it's magical name.

Introducing Unicorn - My piCture pOlish Collaboration Shade!

Today I have some news that I've been keeping under wraps for just over a year - I'm very excited to finally be able to reveal my piCture pOlish collaboration shade! Ever since the original blogger collaboration shades were released, it's been a dream of mine to have my own; as any of the other collaborators will tell you, getting that email is so very exciting! There was only one name mine could possibly have, and so I introduce to you...Unicorn!

I like to think of this as unicorn breath in a bottle! Inspired by my love of unicorns (you'll find various unicorn bits and pieces dotted around my house...what do you mean they're just a myth!?) and my love of glitter, plus my favourite polish colour - turquoise. I really wanted to have fun with my shade, so I went all out!

Unicorn is a glimmering turquoise base with a shot of pink shimmer running through it. Swirling around inside are lashings of bright pink and silver glitters, because there was just no way I wasn't stuffing my shade with glitter. The pink shimmer is beautiful in certain lights but rather difficult to capture on camera! As it's a glitter shade, it dries ever so slightly rough to the touch, but smooths out nicely with a good top coat. The formula is a little thicker than some, but not a problem to apply; make sure to give it a good shake to loosen up all the glitter! In my swatches I've used 2 coats and top coat - get ready for some swatch spam!

I really hope you love Unicorn! If you swatch it, please let me know by tagging me on Instagram/Twitter because I'd love to see. Thank you to the girls at piCture pOlish for being so great <3 I'm eager to see what other collaborations are being released today, don't forget to check them out too!

Where to get your very own Unicorn

- Direct from piCture pOlish.com.au
- If you're in the UK, Rainbow Connection and Sally Magpies
- If you're in the US, Llarowe and Color4Nails

- Check the piCture pOlish network page to see where they stock in your country!

piCture pOlish Urban Shades Swatches and Review

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Hi! Today I have the beautiful new urban shades from piCture pOlish to show you. I love glitters, shimmers and holos as much as the next person but sometimes it's just nice to wear a creme...and trust me, you're going to want these!

Nailvengers Assemble: Untried Polishes

We've reached the end of April so it's time for another Nailvengers Assemble challenge! This time our theme is Untried Polish, so we're all breaking out our untried bottles for some nail art. 

The Nailasaurus | Lucy's Stash | One Nail To Rule Them All | xameliax

piCture pOlish Aurora Swatches

Were you one of the lucky ones to grab a bottle of this ultra gorgeous polish? I actually swatched this the day I got it, but I've only just got around to writing this post!