Dotted starfish nail art over Clinique Hot Date

Hello lovelies,

just a quick post today as I'm doing swatches again :) This is a simple dotticure using A England Excalibur, dotting tools and Clinique Hot date. It reminds me of starfish a lot so I call it like that ;) Would you try this simple design?

Invogue Matt Suede Effect polishes - Review and swatches of Hot Gossip and Domination

Hello lovelies,

Today I'm trying another new brand to me - Invogue. It is a new mainstream brand and it is also sister brand to Eye Candy London...

Invogue Domination - light grey matte finish. The colour looks like mixture of dark and light grey particles which creates a bit of depth in the polish. The formula was good and fast drying. I'm wearing two coats which provided full coverage. I did have one problem with it - it dries a bit too fast so patching can occur when going over already painted area again with the brush.

I've played around with the Invogue Domination and OPI Alpine Snow and you can see a bit the difference between the textures. I like the contrast between matte and glossy polish.

Invogue Hot Gossip - medium rose pink matte.The formula is exactly same as the previous shade so I won't repeat myself. Just to say I really liked the shade and the matt finish.

I have tried a nail art with topcoat but the difference is not major so the top coated parts are not that visible...what do you think?

I am very grateful that I have been introduced to this brand. Not only I like these Matt suede polishes but they also have Feather effect (like Nails Inc polishes), Neon, Concrete (yes, also like Nails Inc.), Liquid Metal and Hi-Res glitter lines at the fraction of the price of Nails Inc. polishes. I have already ordered polishes from most of the lines to try them out. I am yet to receive my order so can't comment on Fragrance Direct's customer service.

There are two places you can get this brand at: Superdrug from £2.99 and at Fragrance Direct from £1.99 (here they are overall cheaper!). Each bottle has 10ml.

*These were provided for a review

'Come on summer' dotticure with Sparitual polishes!

Hello lovelies,

Hope you're all well :) I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to summer so at least I've created this 'summer dotticure'.

I have used SpaRitual Calm & Clear from the new Meditate collection (reviewed here), Henna from pigment collection (reviewed here) and Indigo also from the Pigment collection (reviewed here).

And this is the manicure just before I have applied topcoat. I quite liked the textured surface, it's like mosaic of pebbles :)

SpaRitual polishes are available at Sparitual UK website, Feelunique.com and SpaRitual US. 

Elegant hot pink half-moon manicure with OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips

Hello lovelies,

Today's manicure is a bit recycled - I took my previous half-moon manicure, changed the colours and added dots instead of small arches. I've done this manicure for a client as well so you might see it somewhere on a model ;)

I've used OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips as a hot pink base colour and then I've painted the white half-moon with Orly French white Tips polish. All finished up with A England Camelot details.

 So which version do you like better? Green or pink?

Black and silver dotticure nail art mani

Hello lovelies,

Today I've got for you a dotticure combined with tape technique. Firstly I've applied a coat of A England Camelot. Then I've applied topcoat and when it dried I've applied two stripes of tape in almost chevron shape in the middle of the nail. Then I've applied different size dots using A England Excalibur, Barry M Silvery Lilac and NYX Girls Moonwalk. Remove the tape an seal with topcoat.

If you recreate this manicure, please credit back to me, it would make me really happy :)

Jewellery dotticure with OPI Live And Let Die

Hello lovelies,

Wow, I'm on fire! I'm managing to post everyday so far so hope you're enjoying it! :) Today I'll show you another dotticure. I've basically used the concept from this dotticure only reversed the dot orientation and skipped on third colour.

I really like how it turned out, it reminds me of some jewellery - you know, some tourmaline set in gold or something similar. 

I've used OPI Live And Let Die as a base colour, SpaRitual Aurum and A England Camelot for the dots. I haven't used topcoat to keep the relief finish.

Gold Gradient Dots manicure featuring SpaRitual Aurum

Hello lovelies,

Today I have here Gradient Dots manicure that was inspired by Chalkboard Nails. I really loved Sarah's manicure so I've decided to recreate it.

I've used SpaRitual Aurum as a base colour and then completed the look with black and white dots. The black polish is A England Camelot and white is Orly French White Tips.