GOT Polish - Dots

Hi Goddesses

Today's GOT Polish Challenge is dots, and I almost ducked out, because I feel dots is all I ever seem to do these days!  However, a polish got stuck in my head, so here we are :)

The base is Barry M Prickly Pear.  It's one of their Gelly polishes and a gorgeous lilac, and I just don't know how I've worn it so little.  I remember buying it and being confident it would become my most used lilac .... no.

It is gorgeous, albeit insanely glossy, which is why this mani is matte.  I find glossy polishes look lovely with patterns in real life, but they look awful when you photograph them - behold -

I then added large dots with KIKO 329 Pale Grey, and once it was dry, added smaller Prickly Pear dots on top of those.

It looked a little threadbare, so I then added some super small dots with the KIKO to even up the spacing.

A quick coat of OPI Matte Top Coat and ta-dah.   I was really happy with these - they look like sherberts!

Back In Time - Andy Warhol Lips (+ OPI Matte Top Coat)

Hi Goddesses

It’s the middle of the month, which means it’s time for the 2nd Back In Time post, and this time, Missy and I get to recreate each other’s manis.   Missy obviously got up earlier than I did, and has already posted her version of my Wonder Woman mani – you can check her out here.

When it came time to choose what to do, it wasn’t as easy as I expected.  Missy and I like different colours, so anything she did with green or teal or yellow immediately went on the NOOOOOOO pile.  Eventually, I narrowed it down to 2, and finally plumped for this pastel version of Andy Warhol’s famous lips paintings.

For my bases I used all Barry M Gellys

- Thumb – Lychee

- Index – Blueberry

- Middle – Prickly Pear

- Ring – Greenberry

- Pinkie – Dragon Fruit

I stamped using the same polishes and the lips on BM02.   When it was done, I quite liked it, but not as much as Missy’s.  I think the stamps are a little hard to see, and it just doesn’t pop as much as hers (probably cos I couldn’t bear to use yellow lol).

I then thought I should try my new OPI Matte Top Coat before taking the mani off and …… oh yeh, pure heaven!   LOVE this matte top coat.  Not only did it matte it pretty much instantly, it made my nails look like love heart sweets!  All sugary and sherberty lol.

Really impressed with the OPI – effortless application, no streaking, and a lovely powdery soft, almost vinyl finish.  Needless to say, it MADE the mani, proving that sometimes, even though it’s about the polish, it shouldn’t be TOO polished.

Enjoy xx 

Best of 2012 - Lilac Polishes

Hi Goddesses

As I am sure you are ALL aware by now, purple is my favouritest colour, so doing 1 post for all my fave purples of the year was just NOT a goer.  Instead, I've divided it into 3 - purple polishes, purple glitters and, today, the lilacs.

I find lilac a really calm and soothing colour to wear.  In the same way that I can rely on orange to perk me up and make me smile, I can always rely on lilac to restore the equilibrium.  As before, click on the name of the polish to go to the original post with more photos.

Barry M - Prickly Pear

Silky smooth and super glossy, this was love at first swipe.  Beautiful, luscious and elegant. Love

Cult Nails - My Kind of Cool Aid

I'm pretty sure this isn't a 2012 polish, but I only got into Cult Nails this year.  This is heavenly and complicated - a deep dusty lilac with loads of shimmer.

Pretty and Polished - Tart

THE lilac glitterbomb of the year, this is confection perfection.  Light, frothy and fun, this is perfect for summer.

Butter London - Muggins

Another winner from their Spring Collection, Muggins is smooth, creamy and elegant.  Ultra glossy, super perfect.

Zoya - Megan

Cashmere in a bottle.  Super fluffy and delicate, this is the gentlest lamb of a lilac you will ever find.

Nails Inc - Charlotte Mews (coming soon)

A recent find, I have no idea when this was released.  Blue toned and creamy.  Cool and classy.

Where does lilac rate in your favourite colours to wear?  And are there any other winners I've missed out ?  I don't feel lilac was very well represented by the big brands this year - oh well, maybe 2013 will fix that !

Enjoy xx  :)

Barry M Gelly Prickly Pear Meets ...... Darling Diva Carrie

Hi Goddesses

Today is a lovely combination, totally fairyish :)  It's the sublime Pricky Pear, layered with a topper from Darling Diva.

Ok, Prickly Pear first.  From the very first photos of the Gellies, THIS was the polish I wanted to try.  I had high hopes for her, and she did not disappoint.

Light as a feather, fluffy as a cloud, Prickly Pear is just dreamy. 

However, this is the LEAST opaque of the Gellies, and required 3 coats.  I think once I've used it a couple of times and it's thickened slightly, I should be able to get away with 2.

Frankly, I have no idea whasoever what a Prickly Pear is, but I do so love this polish.  I think this is one of those "comfort polishes" a lot of us will reach for when we need something to make us feel good.

And so on to Carrie from Darling Diva.  I've bought a few polishes from this seller (store HERE) but this is the first one that's made it to the blog.   Her polishes have a lot of creativity, and they're not all glitters; she especially stocks a lot of holos.   I also feel very warmly towards her just cos her contact name is CerealKiller lol.

Carrie is a beauty.  Opalescent flakes suspended in a juicy violet jelly (not really dark enough to become opaque).   This just twinkles and sparkles on the nail like girly fairylight.

There's a lot of My Little Pony vibing out of this mani lol, and it's also like a tweenies party in fairy discoland.   I think these 2 polishes mesh perfectly, one adding to the dreamy girliness of the other.  The glitter is the very definition of subtlety, barely there, yet glowing like fireflies.

In the bottle, this is pure fairy jelly, spectral and full of wonder.   Alzarine Claws (another great blog) has also worn this this week and raptured about it.   Personally, I can't wait to try it over a dark base, just to see what happens to those yummy pearly squares :)

Enjoy xx :)