Models Own Peach Puff + Nubar 2010

Hi! :) I'm up late making a post because it's too hot to sleep! Yes, in England! I have no idea why it's so hot when it's about to be November. I don't like it though, I'm purely an Autumn/Winter weather kind of person.

Also, I will definitely be having a giveaway when I hit 50 followers, it won't be anything too special because I'm desperately trying to save money for Christmas, but it'll be open to all :)

On to the polish! This is Peach Puff, from Models Own. 

 

Nude peachy shades are perfect for this time of year, and I think this one is becoming my go-to polish for when I'm not sure what to wear. It really is nice, I promise if you buy it, you will love it! The formula is quite thin and I needed three coats, but somebody who is better at application than I am might get away with two.

After a little bit of wear I decided to add a coat of Nubar 2010, which is a gorgeous clear polish full of duo chrome flakies. I'm so glad I bought it, it looks SO pretty. It was a little hard to capture on camera in it's full glory, as flakies tend to be.

 

You can get an idea of how nice it is though. This was only one coat and its packed with flakies.

I added a couple of slices of Fimo, just to make it cute!

As its officially Friday in the UK, I hope everyone has a great weekend. :)

New Models Own polishes!

Models Own announced five new polishes today, to launch this November.

Called The Beetlejuice Collection (yay!!) This is how they're described:

GOLDEN GREEN - A fresh energetic acid

PINKY BROWN - A warm, rusty pink

PURPLE BLUE - A vibrant punch of fuchsia indigo

AQUA VIOLET - A true sky shimmer

EMERALD BLACK - A bold-blackened midnight peacock.

Each bottle contains four pearlescent colours mixed into one gleaming shade, and the complex colour-shifting, with flashes of vivid tones and ethereal hues, gives a shimmering duo chrome finish.

Priced at £5 each and available early November, exclusively at http://modelsownit.com

So excited for these! I think Aqua Violet looks the best, but Golden Green looks a little like Chanel Peridot.

Rimmel Your Majesty Swatches

I'm thinking of having a 50 follower giveaway, since I seem to be close to that amount now. I have no idea when (or, indeed, if!) I'll hit 50, because I have no idea how to drum up more followers, but I'll announce the giveaway when it happens. I've never done one before so I hope I don't mess it up! Any tips? help?

On to the polish. This is one of my favourites from my collection, I always seem to be using it in nail art and just on days when I'm too lazy to do something creative!

 

Your Majesty is a fabulous silver foil. Very shimmery and beautiful, it really stands out. 

The formula is wonderful and applies like a dream. My pictures are two coats, no top coat. I find it seems to be pretty hard wearing, even without a top coat. The only thing is, it takes a little while to dry thoroughly, but it's only £2.99/8ml so who can complain? Anybody else have a favourite foil they'd recommend?

Bonus picture of the polishes I bought last week:

17-  Magnetized Blue, Rimmel - Sunshine, ORLY - Fowl Play, Nubar - 2010.

Revlon Facets of Fuchsia Swatches

Ah, here we have it, the Bad Romance dupe. I don't actually own the Deborah Lippmann so I can't do a comparison, but from what I've seen on Google image search, they do look pretty much identical. Does anybody own Bad Romance? Do you think there are any differences?

I love love LOVE this polish. The fuchsia and black are just so pretty together. It's packed with square glitter and hexagons, in a black jelly base. 

I used two coats and a topcoat in my pictures, the black base is pretty sheer. It would probably be a good idea to layer it over a plain black base, it might just make it pop more.

I added a layer of matte topcoat, because I just LOVE matte glitter (I say it all the time, but it really is one of my favourite things!) and I loved the result

Definitely going on my favourites list! 

You can get this polish from Boots for £6.49 (compared to £16 for Bad Romance) in their current 3 for 2 offer, or £4.49 in Superdrug. I swear, the Boots 3 for 2 offer will be the death of me! 

17 Magnetized Nail Polish Swatches

So, Boots brand 17 have come out with their own magnetized polish. I picked up a bottle to try out, since I've never tried magnetized nails before. Colours available are teal, lilac, gunmetal and blue. I chose the latter.

The colour itself is a metallic, shimmery blue with flashes of purple. It looks really nice on it's own before you've even used the effect! The magnet is attached to the top of the lid, you just pull it off to use it (see below) which is good, because if it was a separate entity I would almost certainly lose it. 

All you do is apply a thick layer (thin layers do not work, as I found) and hold the magnet over it, close but not touching. Maybe not too close as the polish likes to jump towards the magnet! 

I'm sure you could create more interesting designs if you moved the magnet around a bit, but I just held it still. I messed up on my middle finger a little. The formula of the polish itself it super easy to apply, I only needed one (quite thick) coat.

I love the effect it creates, and it was so easy to do. It's available in boots for £5.99/10ml, which is a bit expensive for a 17 product, but I think it's worth it.