Nimy Nails: October 2017

Swatches Of My Current Essie Polishes & Wishlist

In my opinion, I do not own nearly enough Essie polishes. I have brought countless bottles of Good To Go top coat over the past few years, but only a few polish colours. I own;

Sittin' Pretty

Serial Shopper

Blanc

Vices Versa

Navigate Her

Mojito Madness

On A Silver Platter

There are quite a few Essie polishes that I am desperate to try and because I love making lists, this is my current Essie wishlist.......

My top 2 favourites are:

A Cut Above & Girly Grunge

The others on my list...

A Stroke Of Brilliance, Jazzy Jubilant, Mezmerised

Winning Steak, On Your Mistletoes, Starry Starry Night

Sparkle On Top, Sweet Souffle, Dressed To The 90s

Knee High Life, Social-Lights, Ring In The Bling

Getting Groovy, Designated DJ, Aim To Misbehave

No More Film & Mooning

October 30, 2017
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Essie Advent Calendar // Nail Christmas Shopping 2017

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I so badly wish I had £50 right now!

I was browsing on Superdrug's website today and saw that they have an Essie 24 day advent calendar, and it looks beautiful. It is currently (as of writing this) £50, reduced from £80.

The advent calendar includes a 'fun festive mix' of different polishes; 7 nail polishes (both core colours and gel couture), 13 mini polishes, a mini nail polish remover and 3 mani surprises. Plus if you are a hoarder of Essie polishes, this calendar includes 5 polishes that are exclusive to this calendar!!

If you love nail polish then this is probably a perfect advent calendar for you. If you have £50 to spare and are either looking to expand or start your nail polish collection then this would be a perfect way to do it!!

Although £50 may seem expensive for an advent calendar, if you do the math for what you are getting then it's a total bargain!! It's a good deal even if it was at it's original price of £80. If you just calculate the 7 full size bottles (6 core at £7.99 & 1 gel couture at £9.99) that totals to £57.93.... and that is not even close to totaling everything you get in this calendar!!

You can get this at Superdrug here.......

https://www.superdrug.com/Gifts-for-Her/Essie-Nail-Polish-Advent-Calendar-24-Day-Christmas-Countdown/p/738888

October 27, 2017
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4 Cute Halloween Character Designs // Nail Art Video

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Products used:

Love Is In The Air - Essence

The Gel Base - Essence

The Gel Top - Essence

White Tip - M&S

Satsuma - Barry M

Mango - Barry M

Pit Stop - Barry M

Chai - Barry M

Espresso - Barry M

Blue Jade - Barry M

Matte Top - Barry M

Navigate Her - Barry M

October 23, 2017
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My Top 5 Polish Combinations // Barry M Swatches

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I love wearing pairs of nail polish colours together, usually I paint every other nail. These are my five favourite pairs of nail polishes by Barry M.

5. Blue Jade & Matcha

4. Gold Digger & Blue Glacier

3. Watermelon & Sprint Finish

2. On Your Marks & Prickly Pear

1. Malibu & Copa Cabana

October 20, 2017
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Halloween Bat Design // Nail Video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DjmqOZVmo

Products Used:

Peel It Base Coat - Barry M

White Nail Art Pen - Barry M

Black Nail Art Pen - Barry M

Black Acyrilic Paint - Wilko

Matte Top Coat - Barry M

Nail Art Brushes

October 18, 2017
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My Top 5 Halloween Polishes // 2017

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5. A Grape Affair - OPI

A deep, dark purple polish perfect for people prefer a darker, horror filled Halloween. Released as part of OPI's 2014 Coca Cola collection, it's a simple creme polish but a great and classic choice for the Halloween season.

4. Black Diamond - Barry M

A black glitter polish, part of Barry M's Molten Metal collection that I adore, perfect polish to wear as part of your dark witchy costume this All Hallows' Eve.

3. My Gecko Does Tricks - OPI

A bright, almost sickly green (in my opinion), a great Halloween colour. Works great as a base for Halloweeny nail art designs. Released as part of OPI's 2015 Hawaii collection, this polish has a pearl finish which adds a tad more mystical feel to the polish over just a creme green.

2. Purple Frost - Barry M

Purple Frost is the latest addition to the Molten Metal collection and is one of my favourite polishes at the moment, a bright purple with silver glitter and metallic flakes. I use this a base polish for a nail design I will be posting next week. This will probably be my go-to polish this Halloween.

1. Satsuma - Barry M

Although I love Purple Frost a ridiculous amount, nothing beats a classic orange colour for wearing on Halloween, and that is why Satsuma tops my list. Darker than a lot of orange colours, this has quite a bit of red tone to it. Whether wearing it on it's own or as part of a design, this pumpkin coloured polish is a great choice for Halloween.

Buy These Polishes...

October 16, 2017
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Frankie & Len // Momiji Halloween Nails

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Momiji website: https://lovemomiji.com/

Products used:

Peel It! Base Coat - Barry M

Miami - Barry M

Key Lime - Barry M

Espresso - Barry M

Mango - Barry M

Matcha - Barry M

Blanc - Essie

Matte Top Coat - Barry M

October 13, 2017
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MoYou London // My Stamping Wishlist

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I have been following MoYou on Instagram for ages and I absolutely adore the designs they have on their stamping plates, I don't own any MoYou products (and have never tried any) but I have a dream wishlist on their website that I hope to one day be able to afford. In my wishlist I have 30 plates, a stamper, a mat and a polish bundle... which when I put into my cart, totaled to over £222! :O

For the sack of making my wishlist more realistically affordable, I narrowed it my top 10 plates, then down further to my top 5 plates. Their collections are unique and full of stunning designs, my favourites are the Scandi and Origami collections

https://moyou.co.uk/

Here is a referral link to get you a 10% off coupon :) http://i.refs.cc/jBZlhZ3M?u=1512750820869

Disclaimer: I am not in any way affiliated with MoYou... although I would LOVE to be hehe!

My top 10 plates:

Other things in my wishlist:

3 in 1 - Super Clear Rectangular Stamper & Scraper

Holy Bundle (Black Knight, White Knight, Cuticle Guard, Smudge Resistant Top Coat)

My Magic Workshop (mat)

My 11-30:

Mix & Match - 01 Animal - 04 Minimal - 01 Scandi - 03 Explorer - 24 Minimal - 03 Hipster - 18 Enchanted - 16

Sci-fi - 03 Hipster - 11 Scandi - 08 Rebel - 06 Mother Nature - 07 Origami - 03 Zodiac - 07 (Leo)

Tropical - 23 Sci-fi - 01 Trend Hunter - 11 Festive - 53 Trend Hunter - 04

My bundle deal pick:

More about MoYou:

MoYou along with selling individual plates, stampers and polishes, sell a lot of nail art accessories, like dotting tools and ombre sponges. They also offer a lot of bundles, bundles of: plate collections, polish collections, plates and polishes together and beginner kits. MoYou also release a new collections each month!

Gift Cards: have a person in your life who enjoys nail art? MoYou sell gift cards which might be just the perfect gift for nail art lovers this Christmas!!

https://moyou.co.uk/collections/gift-card/products/christmas-gift-card

October 13, 2017
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Friday 13th Design // Nail Video

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kANfYcHvnf0

Products Used: (click each to find out where to buy)

Peel It Base Coat - Barry M

Caramel - Barry M

Matte Top Coat - Barry M

White Nail Art Pen - Barry M

Dotting Tools

October 11, 2017
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10 Halloween Designs I Love // Instagram Nails

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Ten Halloween themed nail designs by nail artists you should definitely be following on Instagram!!

Well my witch was always going to be wearing heels and something pink!! 😜🤣 @ardasnailsuk in 'I Love You Hunny Bunny' from the Love it or Loathe It collection ♡ I also used @twinkled_t in 'Goals' and @sugar__bubbles Plate 030 😁 . . #nailsoftheday #nailfie #notd #nails2inspire #nailselfie #nailporn #nailgasm #indieswatch #indienails #ukindiepolishes #ukindiepolishmaker #indieuk #naillife #naillove #nailaddict #nailobsession #rockyournails #nailjunkie #stamping #ignails #stampingnailart #nailsofig #ignailcommunity #holosexual #holoaf #halloween #halloweennails #fckyeahnailart #nailartclub #halloweennailart

A post shared by Pretty Pinks (@prettypinks.manicures) on Oct 6, 2017 at 1:52pm PDT

I’m loving this mani, but now I’m mad cuz I just saw the same thing with different background colors on @whatsupnails site for the Creepin it Real stamping plate. Well, I guess great minds do think alike.

A post shared by Jackie (@justmenyc310) on Oct 3, 2017 at 9:52am PDT

#lightelegance #lightelegancehq #uglyducklingnails #mattenails #halloweennails #handpaintedsigns #nails #nailart #nailsonfleek #nails💅 #spookynails #zombienails #zombie #bloodnails #nailsdesign #nailsofinstagram #celinarydenbrushes #celinarydensignatureseries

A post shared by Cassie (@cassiesbeautystudio) on Oct 7, 2017 at 12:34pm PDT

#getgelous #gelnails #halloweennails #ymmnails #zombies #natashahartonnails

A post shared by Get Gelous (@getgelous) on Oct 6, 2017 at 9:06pm PDT

Marble nails inspired by talented Russian nail artist @alla_nails Tutorial is coming! Products Used Black Polish: @cirquecolors Memento Mori White Polish: @opi_products Alpine Snow Neon Orange Polish: @flossgloss International Hot Girl Marble Tool: @whatsupnails Pure Color 7 Watermarble Tool Stamper: @whatsupnails Jumbo Clear Jelly Stamper Clean Up Brush: @whatsupnails Dance 19 Round Brush Top Coat: @dazzledry Fast Dry Top Coat

A post shared by Lena (@nailsbyfreckles) on Oct 7, 2017 at 3:08am PDT

#TBT #throwbackthursday to one of my Halloween manis from last year. This is actually one of my favorite manis ever, I love the combination of the black jelly base with red glitters and those ghosties are so cute on top. . 👻 @paintedpolishbylexi The Upside Down which was from the limited edition Stranger Things Duo 👻 the ghost nail decals are from @snailvinyls (I added the eyes with black polish and a dotting tool) 👻 Mattified (second photo) with Matte topcoat by Barry M . . #MadHatterMHxPaintedPolish #MadHatterMHxSnailVinyls . . #paintedpolish #paintedpolishbylexi #paintedpolishtheupsidedown #snailvinyls #ghosts #halloween #halloweennails #halloweennailart #indieswatch #nailart #nailartclub #nailartwow #naildesign #nailjunkie

A post shared by Maggie (@madhattermh) on Oct 5, 2017 at 4:12pm PDT

🕷SPOOKY EYES🕷 • These aren't exactly inspired by anyone, because I've seen a lot of people do them! 😁 • They're far from perfect, but I like them. • I also changed my watermark to white cause why not 🤷🏼‍♀️ • • ✨Products Used✨ ⚫️- @wetnwildbeauty Power Outage ☘️- @/broadwaynails Central Park 🐱- @lacolorscosmetics no name?? ☁️- @icingstores Gel-Like White - 💦- @wetnwildbeauty Clear the Air • • • #nails #inspirenailvids #nail #nailpolish #nailpolishes #nailart #nailartbyme #nailsbyme #nailsbyamy #looknailsbyamy #art #artist #worldballetday2017 #halloween #halloweendesigns #halloweennails #halloweennaildesign #halloweenart #monsters #cute #eyes #spooky #spookyeyes #eyenailsdesign

A post shared by ⓐⓜⓨ (@_nailsby_amy) on Oct 7, 2017 at 2:18pm PDT

Redo of my zombie nails from 2yrs ago 💜 I changed them up a little 😊 -💚💕💚💕💚💕💚💕💚💕💚- Pink: @SalonPerfect - Tickled Pink Green: @officialPureIce - Wild Thing Purple: @KleanColor - Lavender Everything else is acrylic paint -💚💕💚💕💚💕💚💕💚💕💚- Tutorial on YouTube 😁 (link in bio 😉) #seaseasnails #seaseashn #halloweennails #halloweennailart #zombienails #zombienailart #salonperfect #clairestelle8halloween

A post shared by Sydney💅🏻 (@syd__knee) on Oct 7, 2017 at 3:37pm PDT

Just uploaded a tutorial on this fun Skeleton Snow White Manicure! I used a combination of freehand painting and stamping. The stamped images were done with the new #HappilyNeverAfter plates by @bundlemonster! Check out the video through the link in my bio. 🍎 #snowwhite #halloweennails #poisonapple #disney

A post shared by JauntyJuli (@jauntyjuli) on Oct 3, 2017 at 2:39pm PDT

First Halloween mani this year 🎃 And my first mani with the new UberChic Zombie Love 2 plate. Oohhh myyyy... UberChic knows how to make the coolest Zombie/ Halloween plates 😍 👏🏼 👌🏼 I used: @picturepolish Pandora, Superior, Winter @uberchicbeauty Zombie Love 2 stamping plate @clearjellystamper amazing Big Bling clear stamper 👌🏼 @mundodeunas dark grey, black @glistenandglow1 HK girl Top Coat

A post shared by 🇩🇰💖 Bambina 💖🇩🇰 (@bambinanails) on Oct 7, 2017 at 3:38pm PDT

October 09, 2017
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New Barry M Superdrug & Boots Exclusives Polishes // AW 2017

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Barry M have recently release four new nail polishes, two exclusive to Superdrug and two exclusive to Boots. These duochrome polishes are very galaxy/space esque. Each of these polishes are £3.99 at there corresponding store.

Superdrug Polishes:

Purple Hex

A purple polish with blue shimmer, very sheer/tranlusent coverage on first coat, better coverage after two coats but ideally needs three coats, applies better on top of a dark polish like a creme black. This is the polish from the collection with the most duo tone to it. This is my favourite of the four.

Buy from Superdrug HERE

Copper Dreams

A bronze/copper polish, this is the least 'duo' of all four polishes, in the bottle it shows a greeny colour but on the nail it doesn't show a lot. This is still a lovely copper metallic polish though. Is the most opaque of them all, only needs 2 thin coats.

Buy from Superdrug HERE

Boots Polishes:

Galaxy Green

The sheerest of all four polishes, passable with 3-4 coats, but works great over a black polish. A unique green polish, with hints of purple/maroon/bronze to it. It is a really difficult polish to explain, and I love it because it is completely unlike anything else in my nail polish collection. A great Halloween polish.

Mystic Purple

I lovely bright purple, with a greeny/golden shimmer in some lighting. Very easy to apply and only needs 2 coats.

The polishes are great for this time of year, purple and green colours for Halloween and glittery polishes are always a perfect choice for the ending months of the year.

These polishes are fantastic for galaxy nail art designs...

(design using all four polishes over a black base)

WOTB

If you are looking to buy one of the Superdrug polishes my pick would be Purple Hex and if you are looking to buy one of the Boots polishes my pick would be Galaxy Green. If you want to buy one of the duos, my pick would be the two from Superdrug.

*WOTB: Which Ones To Buy.

**Links to Superdrug are affiliate links, I will earn a few pennies from any purchase on those links.

http://tidd.ly/aa9bb0a2 - http://tidd.ly/8cd9f47b

***Boots do not have the polishes on their website as of posting this, but they are available in Boots stores.

October 06, 2017
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Essie Advent Calendar // Nail Christmas Shopping 2017

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My Top 5 Halloween Polishes // 2017

Frankie & Len // Momiji Halloween Nails

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