New Nailart Series - Inspired by Bloggers! Pt4

Hiya!

Today as promised I am showing you all Part 4 of my series, this one again may not be guessed straight away but I had a lot of fun doing it. 2 years ago I don't think I could have imagined I would be wearing spiders,witches and webs on my nails lol!

Anyone got it? This is inspired by my good friend Sarah over at 

Spellbinding Nails! 

Obviously my inspiration came from the Spell part and I automatically think of Haloween when I think of her blog name :D

For this mani I used 

• Seche Clear basecoat
• China Glaze Life Perserver
• Konad Black
• Bundle Monster Plate BM13
• Stargazer topcoat

Thats all for today folks, tomorrow's post will be a makeup post

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

New Nailart Series - Inspired by Bloggers! Pt3

Hiya! Here is part 3 of this weeks Nailart Series! I really enjoyed doing this one as I got to play with my new Bundle Monster plates hehe!

This one might be a bit harder to guess but when I see her blog this is more what I think of lol!

Any guesses?

This one is inspired by Neeka over at IntheLifeofaMILF!

Might not be obvious to all but this is my interpretation of a milf hehe, Princess crowns, killer heels, diamonds, kisses and bling!!!

For this look I used China Glaze Limbo Bimbo, stamped with Bundle Monster plates in Konad Black and White and for the pinky I used SallyGirl Silver Glitter

If you all want to know what plate numbers these are just leave a comment below and I will let you know :)

I have 2 more of these to do and I am loving every minute of doing them! When I show the last one I will be announcing something special so keep your eyes peeled for that ;) 

Loves and Hugs

Shel xx

Sunday Swag #2

Hi All!

Today is a collective post with all this weeks goodies, I did get some other things aswell that I will list at the bottom.

First up was a super awesome gift from Karin over at RinsNailFiles I recently helped her with some blog stuff and she sent all this as a thankyou I was so shocked I actually cried!

Nailwheels as I had been saying they were hard for me to find here, a gorgeous card, tic tacs, OPI hand lotion and 3 China Glaze polishes (OMG) She gave me Dorothy Who, Bad Kitty and Cosmic which were all on my wishlist!

 The rest of this was all stuff I bought and paid for myself with a bit of money I used to treat myself with to cheer myself up hehe!

 I got Bullions beads, Konad Black, Konad White, Konad Stamper/Scraper set, Bundle Monster Stamping plates, both sets.

And Bundle Monster 34piece brush set, no longer do I only have 2 makeup brushes to my name lol! these brushes are really good quality and so pretty the handles are a lovely burgendy glittery colour. I will do a proper review on these soon.

I also got a few things that I havent pictured, Nails tips and glue for a project I am working on and a Blackberry blinged out case for my little sister who recently got a Blackberry so I treated her too!

I hope you like these posts I have a few more bits to come, GlamourDoll Eyeshadows being one of the packages :D 

Next post I do will be Part 3 of my special Nailart Series, I should get that up tonight

Loves and Hugs
Shel xx

NOTD featuring yesterday's surprises :D

Hey girlies! 

Today I just want to show you a real quick mani I done, testing out 2 of my pressies from sweet Caroline (who knows who sang that song? extra bonus squishes!) 

China Glaze LOL with Sinful Colours Frenzy on top of the accent nail!

I love how it turned out very sparkly in the sunshiny weather we have here right now :)

Accidental close up artsy shot but I like it :) Don't judge the cuticles this is my dominant hand so was painted by Mr Shaking Stevens aka my right hand ;) 

Thats all folks I hope you are all having an awesome day 

Shel xx

Happy Mail Day plus a few recent buys

Hiya, its been a while from I showed you any hauls of a sort so here is a few new polishes I have aquired in the last week

Ciate Wait until Dark, Barry M Blue Moon and Barry M Blue Glitter

The Ciate was free with this months Marie Claire and the Barry M's were 2 for £4.99 in Superdrug

Next pic is what I received this morning from my awesome friend Caroline she surprised me with a thankyou package for a recent swap we done! She had mailed me to say she was sending something but didn't say but OMFG I nearly peed my pants this morning when I received it see picture to see why!

Sinful Colours Frenzy, WNW Kaleidoscope, EOS Lipbalm in Peach and ChinaGlaze LOL

She got me stuff from my wishlist and the most fabby thing ever was LOL, I have these on my wishlist but never expected to get it so I was shocked to see the silver cap it took me a minute to realise what it was lol! The EOS lipbalm is fricking awesome aswell, I don't think I will ever want to buy another brand so girlies keep supplying me hehe ;) 

Shel xxx

NOTD

Hi girlies!

Todays post isn't really a NOTD but an addition to the last one i had up, I tried free hand roses on my accent nail just to see if I could do them :)

I am not sure if they came out ok or not?

Shel xx

NOTD

Hey!

As promised here is a NOTD I did using the mini China Glaze and OPI

 

OPI Rumple Wiggin with 1 coat of China Glaze White Cap

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China Glaze mini vs OPI mini

Hi girlies!

Todays post is a comparison between China Glaze minis and OPI minis as I am sure you all know by the title ;)

The Next 2 pics are my mini collections from both brands

OPI Whats with the Cattitude, Fiercely Fiona, Rumple Wiggin, Who the Shrek are you and Extravagence

China Glaze White Cap, First Mate, Life Preserver and Ahoy

I got all these from my Sallys before they closed down, other than Extravagence which was in my glossybox.

The OPI Shrek set we reduced to £6 something from £12, compared to £11 for a full size bottle.

The China Glaze set was £12 full price, compared to £6.49 for a full size bottle.

In US dollars the prices for these would be approximately $9.78 for the OPI set and $19.57 for the China Glaze set!

On the left is a China Glaze mini (pink) compared to a full size bottle.

 

 (sorry about the rotated pics blogger is insisting this is the way he wants them!)

 

And on the right a OPI mini (lilac) compared to a full size bottle.

The bottle comparisions are as follows -

 

China Glaze Full size - 14ml 

China Glaze Mini size - 9.6ml

OPI Full Size - 15ml

OPI Mini size - 3.75ml

Also just to throw in the mix, a China Glaze mini is almost the same size as a Barry M with Barry M bottles coming in at 10ml

Here you can size the comparison between China Glaze and OPI mini bottles, a massive size difference!

Brush Comparisons, with both being mini size you can expect the brushes to be a lot smaller than the normal size bottles, I find the China Glaze still very easy to work with as the handle and brush are still a regular size (when comparing to Barry M) the OPI on the other hand has a very small handle and the brush is also teeny and very close to the base of the handle.

The sets seem to be released in packs of 4 bottles and come out with most new releases lately. You won't get all the shades in mini sizes, just 4 selected from each new release, as you can see these ones were from OPI Shrek collection and China Glaze Ahoy collection.

The formulas are the same as normal size bottles for  both brands neither has skimped on the production just because its smaller.

Value for money - when you break the packs down into individual bottles my OPI set worked out at £1.50 a bottle and the China Glaze £3 a bottle, I would still say that the China Glaze has a lot more value for money due to the amount you get plus ease of use.

I think this is all I have to say now on these, if you have any questions or think I have missed something leave me a comment please and I will be sure to edit it into this post :) 

Thanks for reading

Shel xx

PS- I will be showing a NOTD with 2 of these polishes either in a bit!

Glitterbomb!

Hi all!

This weeks theme over on PAA is Glitterbomb so here was my addition to that :)
(the pic is deliberately blurred to show the sparkliness)

I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps as the base, 2 coats of Hard Candy Zombie on all fingers other than the ring finger, ring finger I used a random glitter striper for an accent.

Hope you all like it

Shel xx

Swap with Shadow

Hi Girlies

I came back from my holidays to see a nice little package waiting for me from the States! I was beyond excited to open it hehe!

Here's what was inside -

China Glaze's from my wishlist!!!
L to R -
Blue Sparrow
Flip Flop Fantasy
Foxy
Sun Worshipper
Frostbite and
Lemon Fizz

I done this swap with Shadow for some Barry M polishes she wanted and I threw in a few extras aswell to surprise here hehe and she picked random polishes off my wishlist to send to me in return :)

Thankyou again Shadow I love everything!

Shel xx

NOTD

Hi Girlies!

So I am finally getting round to catching up on posts I want to get done so what I am prob going to do is schedule them for over the next week instead of one big influx today lol!

here is today's Nail of the day to start of with -


China Glaze "Foxy" as the base
Models Own Silver Shatter on thumb and index fingers and Hard Candy "Zombie" on all nails aswell, (it kinda shows up in between the cracks on the shatter making it very pretty)

I got Foxy in a swap which is going to be my next post

Shel xx

Free Hand Audrey Leopards :)

Hi all!

after a few times of attempting leopard print and failing badly i finally managed some that I am happy with, I also done a pedi in a different colour combo but I am not getting up outta bed to show you that right now I will take a pic later hehe :)

Here is my current mani which I will be taking off tonight and doing something new.

I used China Glaze "For Audrey" as the base, Black striper pen from ebay and a Poundworld Silver polish for the dots.

I would highly recommend anyone living in the UK to get that silver from Poundland if you can I am in love with it and have used it in so many manis already, I have been stalking my pound shop waiting on them getting a new delivery so i can pick up a backup (or two hehe)

Hope you all like this :)

Shel xx

Stubbies!

I cut my nails! I took a look at them last night when i removed my polish and they really didn't look good :(

So i have cut them down and will begin again lol! I have just painted them with China Glaze limbo bimbo!

I will get my nail storage post up soon i promise just need to find a way of getting all the pics from phone to laptop first cos i done collection pics too he he!

Hope you are all well :)

Shel xxx