I recently wanted to try a jelly sandwich mani, because shockingly I never had before. But when I went to try it, more shockingly I realised that I didn't own any sheer jelly polishes that would work for a jelly sandwich. I decided to make a few of my own jelly polishes.  DIY: If you don't own any sheer jelly polishes then here...

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I have been doing almost weekly plate reviews of Moyou London plates since I first started using (obsessing over) them a few months ago, so I thought that for the time being I am going to review one Moyou plate per week, so every Monday on my blog will now be Moyou Monday. This week's swatch and review is of Moyou's Doodle 07...

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Last week I took a long weekend trip to visit one set of my parents. And while I was packing for the trip, I thought I might write a post about what I take with me in my nail travel bag. On this specific trip I am taking more than I normally would for a long weekend, but I knew I would end...

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I am slowing building up my collection of Essence nail polishes, and in this post I'm swatching and reviewing four shades from The Gel collection. These are four matte (or 'matt') shades. Miracle Stone I got this polish a little while ago and instantly feel in love with it. I posted something on Instagram along the lines of, 'I love matte, I love...

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I have used many hand creams over the last few years. My all time favourite has been Hand Food by Soap & Glory for years, but over the last year or so I haven't brought any and instead have been testing out other, cheaper, hand creams. I've like a couple, but didn't love any until I found this hand and nail cream in...

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I own quite a few Moyou London plates now. I mostly own the regular size plates, with 18 designs, because I keep my nails quite short. But a couple of months ago I decided I wanted to try out one of Moyou's XL plates. I decided to buy Scandi 07, because I thought the designs would look good even if I would only...

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This blog post is written by my husband, Heck. All photos and opinions are his, and I apologise in advance for the unhelpful, nonsense you're about to read.  - N :) Hello, I’m Hector your new nail connoisseur. In this blog thing I’m going to tell you and show these nail polishes... I have based the collection on food, McDonalds = Life. Barry M...

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It's March already, and although the UK has been experiencing a 'blizzard' this week, I'm super excited that it's almost spring again. Spring is the perfect time of year for pastel colours and I love pastel nail polish shades. I have a lot of pastel polishes that I love to wear during spring, but these are my top 5 pastel shades from Barry...

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