Emerald nails!

Emerald Nail Jewellery
Good evening everyone! I have had such a busy weekend and now I've only just got the chance to actually write a post! I did these nails last night and they've lasted fine through the night and day, today (which is when I pictured them!) My previous nails, that you can see by clicking here, lasted amazingly! They were still 'wearable' for at least 3 days without any problems.
On Friday, my QVC One Time Only value set arrived and I've now had the chance to start trying them out, as I was at my friends birthday party on the Friday. That is when I got inspired for these nails on this post!
I have done a jewellery polish post before (you can see that by clicking here). I was quite late to get these polish effects after they came out, and I wish I'd got them sooner as they're amazing!
The polish that I have on now is the Emerald Jewellery effect by Nails Inc over the top of a dark shade (e.g. Black Taxi, Chelsea)

So to create this look I started with OPI Nail Envy matte, then I did one coat of Nails Inc 'Chelsea'. I would have used Nails Inc 'Black Taxi' if I wasn't too tired to look for it lol! I then did one coat of the Emerald jewellery shade which is called 'Piccadilly Aracade'. I finished off with Sally Hansen Hard as Nails, and then Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat!
I really like the randomness of the particles in this polish and how all the different speckles catch the light.

I hope you all like this look!
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHugheThen)

Pink and sprinkles!

Sweets Way!

Good evening everyone! Tonight's post is going to be on my current nails! I've had these nails for a couple of days now and I'm hoping they're going to last another few days!

The colours/polishes I've used are 'Sweets Way' which is a beautiful pink, blue and purple coloured multi-sprinkle and I also use a baby pink that I got from InStyle magazine so I'm not 100% sure of the name.

If you haven't already seen my post on 'sprinkles', click here to see it!

I have used OPI Nail Envy in matte as a basecoat. I used two coats of the pink shade, leaving it to dry between coats, just because where it's a really light colour, it's easier to leave it between to dry slightly. I then did one coat of the sprinkles shade on the ring finger as an accent, which really picked up the pink colour that was used under it and it all blends well and looks nice together! Admittedly, these kind of pink shades are really hard to get neat and maintain, but with a steady hand and a good top coat it's not so bad! I used Sally Hansen Hard as Nails over the top and then Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat. I have done another layer of these top coats in between days too which I think has helped with the longevity of the polish!

I hope you like this look!
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Polished gels!

Gel nails!
Good evening everyone! Tonight's post is going to be another post on my friends nails! Alex has gels over her natural nails, and it was the first time I have painted false nails! Also, Alex usually has quite small nails, so that was different too!  They were really nice to paint and it was quite easy to keep a good shape to the polish.

The picture above includes the three polishes I used. They are OPI Nails Envy, Models Own (my only one!) and Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat!



The picture above shows the finished polish. I did two coats of the Models Own shade, to show the true depth of colour.

I hope you all like this look!

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Polish stand!

Polishes on show!

Good evening everyone! Tonight's post is just going to be a quick, brief one on what I have on show in my room in a rainbow form on a stand. I got this personalised stand from my amazing friend Chelsea for my birthday!

So as it shows in the picture, I have picked Nails Inc colours in a rainbow format! This stand has 3 shelves, but I have used the one in the middle for cotton balls. I would also use this stand for things like emery boards, base and top coats and remover. It's such a nice thing to have on show and show off your favourite polish related products! :-)

I hope you love it as much as I do!
Feel free to comment or tweet me! (@RiaHughesThen)

Black sprinkles

Rosemoor Street

Good evening everyone! Tonight's post is a late one because until about an hour or so ago, I was watching Nails Inc on QVC, seeing if there was any bargains! It turns out there was and I managed to get the One Time Only value item, which I will share with you all when it arrives! So back to this evening! Last night I did a post on sprinkles and the different ones there are, and effects. If you didn't see that post you can see it by clicking here.
Last night before doing that post, I painted my nails with 'Rosemoor Street' which is one of the most amazing effect polishes I own! It has a black base undertone and includes light catching shimmery particles of glitter within the polish itself!
Before I found this polish, I would create a similar look using THREE different polishes, which didn't go very well because where there was so much polish, including a top and base coat, all it did was nick in the corners and peel off!

So, the picture on the left is of the polish in the bottle, and admittedly, it looks quite dull and boring but it really is everything BUT that!

With this polish, I like to use a dark polish, preferably black underneath and the one coat of 'Rosemoor Street' over the top. That way, I can ensure that the base colour is a true, deep black colour, an none of the plain nail underneath is showing!

Again like most times, my photography skills haven't done me many favours, but I'm sure you can see the finished look on the nails!

To start, I used OPI Nail Envy matte as a base coat. I then did one coat of 'Black Taxi' which is the truest black I have ever come across. I then did one coat of 'Rosemoor Street'. To finish, I used one coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails to add a gel thickness effect, and then one coat of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat to lock in all the polish, gloss shine and dry as quick as possible!

I hope you all like this look!
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Sprinkles!

Sprinkle variety!

Good evening everyone! I'm going to try and do quite an in depth post tonight because I didn't do one last night! Tonight's theme is going to be on 'sprinkles' effects! There are a few different effects in this category, and the ones I own are; original sprinkles that have one base/background colour with added glitter and matte speckles, metallic shiny sprinkles with added shimmer but also with glitter speckles and finally the last type that I own are colours with a pastel base colour, and super fine glitter particles which adds a dimensional effect when applied!

 

So the picture above shows all of the ones I own, I think they're quite easy to see although it really isn't the best picture!
I'm going to do the names of all of the polishes, just in case you wanted to look at it more in depth on Google or Nails Inc.
Top row; 'Bakers Row', 'Sweets Way', 'Sugar House Lane' and 'Topping Lane',
Middle row; 'Lavender Close', 'Paulton's Square', 'Fernshaw Road' and 'Rosemoor Street',

Bottom row; 'Little Portland Street', 'Market Place' and 'Devonshire Place'

Some similarities between these different types of sprinkles are for example, 'Sugar House Lane' with 'Devonshire Place' and  'Topping Lane' with 'Little Portland Street', these colours are very similar and the bottom row is a 'filed' down version of the top row. The good thing about these being similar is that when you wear the colour from the bottom row, a colour from the top row would look amazing as a ring finger accent! Any of these colours look great as an accent to the base colour of the polish, for example green with 'Fernshaw Road'. An example of this was in my previous post, which you can see by clicking here.
I have painted my nails with 'Rosemoor Street' but I will put about them in a separate post!

I hope you like these sprinkles and the ideas with them!
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Topping lane!

Pink sprinkles!

Good evening everyone. I've been wanting to do a post on sprinkles for a while, but I still haven't done one (lol), but what I have done is an accent of sprinkles on my ring finger, which I have done before on my 'mint' coloured post. If you haven't seen that post, you can see it by clicking here. If you like pink nails, you can also see my 'pink' post by clicking here.
So I have used to Nails Inc polishes to create this look. I have chosen a pink shade that's quite close to the pink in the sprinkles!

I started with OPI Nails Envy in matte. The 'base' colour that I have used for all the nails, including under the sprinkles is by Nails Inc and called 'Marble Arch'. I think that I would definitely describe this colour as borderline purple. It's more on the 'rich' pink side, rather than the more pale, 'barbie' pinks (which I also love!) I have done two coats of this colour on all of the nails apart from the ring finger, which only needed one due to the sprinkles going over the top, and I didn't want to risk peeling! So I used one coat of the sprinkles shade which is also by Nails Inc and called 'Topping Lane'. It really is a great colour/effect and I would recommend it to anyone who loves subtle effects or a slight glitter effect to the nail, as it has all of those values all in one bottle! The sprinkles effect looks great on all of the nails, and I have seen some other peoples nails after using them, and they look amazing! I do appreciate it as an accent to the fingernails, as an extra pop of colour too! I finished off this look with one coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails polish, and one coat of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat, to seal in shine and dry quickly!

 

I will be doing another post another time on all of the other sprinkles and sprinkle-like effects that I own because there are probably more than you think, including more glittery shades and fine particle sprinkles for a super subtle look!

I hope you like this look!
As always if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Feathers friend!

Henley Feathers!

Good evening everyone! Tonight's post is going to be one on the toe nails I did earlier on today on my friend @GemmaYapp. I haven't done a post just dedicated to toe nails yet so I'm happy that this is my first one!After about a 20 minute search through all of my Nails Inc (mainly) bag, Gemma decided on Nails Inc 'Henley' feathers, which is an exclusive shade to QVC that came in the 7 piece Fast Fashion Collection. This colour can be used as a full coverage shade, or as a 'glitter' top over another shade. We chose to use Nails Inc 'Basil Street' underneath because it's a gorgeous neutral, and you can see hints of it under the feathers!

 

 

So as I do with most polishes, I started off with OPI Nail Envy in matte! I then did just one coat of 'Basil Street'. If I was only doing a one colour polish on the nails, I would usually do two coats for a deep full coverage. Where I am using a polish over the top, using just one coat as an 'accent' or 'hidden' colour is absolutely fine! I then did one coat of 'Henley' feathers which as given an amazing glistening shine. It looks like it gives more of a shiny foil effect effect. I finished off with one coat of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second top coat for a quick dry!
I really like this look and I think I'll definitely be trying it on my own nails!
Thank you for letting me experiment Gemma! :-)

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Mighty minty!

Mint green!

Good (late) evening everyone! Sorry for the delay in posts over the past couple of days. Tonight I'm doing a post on nails I did the other day, which lasted chip free for two days, even whilst at work which really impressed me. Usually when I want polish to last whilst at work, I have to pile on glitter top coats, but I started using a top coat that I featured in a previous post and it's turning in to a hero product! That top/basecoat is the Sally Hansen Hard as Nails polish! After doing two coats of polish and then my usual fast drying top coat, I have been using the Sally Hansen polish after to add a plumping effect. I followed by another fast drying top coat to quicken the drying time. By doing this, it has prolonged the time my nail polish has stayed on my nails!

I don't usually go for bright pastels because they're either hard to maintain to don't go on very smoothly but after using the Sally Hansen topcoat, it's really changed my mind!
The colour (pictured above) is called 'Royal Botanical Gardens'. It is a lot brighter and

green-like than the picture. This shade is by Nails Inc!

I started off by using OPI Nails Envy matte, then applied two coats of the colour polish. I followed by one coat of Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat, then Sally Hansen Hard as Nails followed by another layer of Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat. I know it seems like a lot of layers, but it truly does prolong the wear of the polish!

I hope you all like this look!

If you have any questions or comments, as always you can leave the below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Pinkish!

Pink!
Hey everyone! I thought tonight I would do a post on just one specific colour as I have done before! Tonight's chosen colour is pink! Until I was preparing to do this post, I didn't actually realise how many pink polishes I actually have! Altogether, I have 22 pink polishes which include all different brands! Instead of writing a list of the brands of polishes I own, I'll just put the picture next!

Some of the effects in these pink polishes include cream gloss, glitters, crackle, sprinkles and graffiti. I don't think I have a favourite pink polish, and I would say I wear pink on my toe nails rather than finger nails! The Barry M's and Avon polishes are probably a few of the older ones I own, and admittedly I don't choose them a lot, especially over my favourite brand (Nails Inc!) The middle polish on the bottom row is a charity colour from Nails Inc called 'Pinkie Pink' which is a gorgeous glitter that was created to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign! I've created a picture of some of the looks I've created using pink colours!...

I really like the look created in the top left picture with the accent blue glitter ring finger! The look created in the top right picture was from when my work were raising money for breast cancer charities and as always I like to do the nails to match!

You can also see my posts for blue nails and red nails by clicking on the colours!

Well I'm hoping I've inspired some of you to get painting you nails pink because I think it's quite an underrated fingernail colour!

As always if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Deeper shade of blue!

Feeling positively blue!

Good evening everyone! Another late one from me but it's here finally lol! Tonight's post is just going to be another one of what nails I've done tonight after work! I was going to do plain black tonight, but as always I get sidetracked whilst looking through my polish bag! So the colour that caught my eye tonight was one from Nails Inc called 'Convent Garden' which is a deep deep blue-ish green. It can be mistaken for black but if it's along side a black polish, you can definitely see the difference. (Well, I can, not being bias or anything!) I also added an accent to the ring finger with a glitter shade from Orly called 'Angel Eyes'. This was also the first Orly shade that I actually bought! I think that adding the Orly shade to all of the fingernails would be a really nice, subtle look, but I quite like it as just an accent. As I do with most of my nail applications, I started with OPI Nail Envy in matte and I finished off with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat (hero products!)

Well I hope you all like this look, and of course if you have anything you want to ask, feel free to comment in the box below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Lightest light!

White!

Hey everyone! I said to myself that I wasn't going to do a post today and I would just do a really good one tomorrow, but as I've just finished doing my nails and I'm still awake enough to write, I thought I would do one now on my current nails! I got inspired to do these nails by my friend Alex. When I saw her earlier she was looking for a white-ish pinkie colour, so since I've seen her do hers, I wanted to do mine!
So I've chosen a Nails Inc colour called 'Fitzrovia' which is a really really neutral pale cream white shade. I know that's a lot of words to describe a nail colour but when you see it, it might make it a bit understandable!

So admittedly, these really are not the neatest nails I have ever painted due to the opaqueness of the shade! On some nails I had to go ahead and do a third coat because I could still see some of the streaks from the brush! This colour would look amazing with a plain silver glitter over the top, or even a multicoloured glitter over the top of just the ring finger! I started off painting my nails with a basecoat of OPI Nail Envy matte, and finished off the polish with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat, to seal in the colour, add shine and dry as quick as possible! I would also like to add Sally Hansen Hard as Nails over the top to give a thick plumping effect to the nails, but I feel like there is enough polish on my nails at the moment that if I add more it might have a tendency to peel!
Sorry for not doing more of in depth post, I will do a better one soon! :-)
 

As always if anyone has any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Shopping haul!

Mini Haul!




Hey everyone! Tonight's post is going to be a bit different as it's just going to be about some of the nail related things I purchased today! I only did my nails yesterday so it seems like a waste to take that off already. I purchased these items from Sally's and Boots.

So the first thing I bought was as simple as a manicure bowl. Not as interesting as some of the things I've got in the past lol but it's literally just for soaking your nails prior to cuticle work! The next thing is kind of related to the first purchase, I got some 'soak balls'. Basically, they're just mini fizz balls that you would normally get for a bath, but smaller! They include antioxidants, wonderful ingredients such as tea tree, jojoba and pomegranate, which has been said to help promote skin renewal! In conjunction to the 'soak balls', I purchased some Skin Truth Salon Manicure revitalising hand soak, just so I can see which one I prefer of the two. The hand soak includes orange blossom and rosemary.

As always when visiting Sally's, I feel like I can't leave without buying a nail polish! Today was no exception to that rule! I got a polish by China Glaze called 'Flying Dragon (neon)'.It's a pinky purple shade, with a blue glitter hue running through it. I'm not sure what it's like on the nail yet as I haven't used it yet, but I'll be sure to update when I have used it!

The final thing I bought was from Sally Hansen! I have literally no polishes or nail care products by Sally Hansen, but I've seen this one a few times so I just took it as a sign to buy it lol! It is the Hard as Nails, Hard as Wraps Powerful Acrylic Gel. It says on the bottle to use as a basecoat or alone (one coat) to strengthen nails, but I've applied it over the top of my polish from yesterday and I really like the way it's left them looking. It has left a more thickening, plumping effect to the nail! The only down side to this gel, it that it's not as fast drying as I usually like top/basecoats, but apart from that it's looking good! :-)

Well I hope I haven't been too boring just by doing a post on what I've purchased. I know I quite like reading about other peoples purchases so I'm hoping this post was as enjoyable as it could be lol.

As always if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Snazzy!

Deep glitz!

Hey everyone! I wasn't going to do a post tonight, I was going to do it tomorrow, but seeing as I'm wide awake at this hour (as always), I thought I would do it now!
So this post is going to be about what I've just put on my nails. Usually with my nails I go through stages where they get super long, and then one snaps so I have to cut them all off to 'start again' so that they're all even lengths. I've been having a bit of trouble with weak ends and chipping recently too, so what I've done is just cut and filed them all to an even length for all, to their strongest point. Hopefully this will help them all grow strongly and evenly! Also, I thought I would mention that I use the Leighton Denny crystal nail file, which when you first see a nail file for £20+, you would automatically think that is a lot of money for a file, but this one is so easy to use, turns the filed edges of your nails in to dust and even better, the surface of the file is guaranteed for 25 years! Talk about value for money!

Right, back to the polish! Tonight I was just going to do them just purple but then my mind starts thinking about it just before I start painting, and I've added glitter! It's the first time I've used this glitter in particular and I'm far from disapointed!
The colours I have used are 'Vant To Bite My Neck' which is by OPI from the Euro Centrale collection, followed by 'Razzmatazz' which is a purple and red-ish glitter!
The purple used as a base colour matches beautifully with the glitter on top! I used OPI Nail Envy matte as a base, and Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat over the top.

When it catches the light, this polish is very shiny but when glanced at it is quite subtle! I hope you all like this look! :-)

As always if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Maroon 8!

Maroon meets neutral!

Good (late) evening everyone! As I did a post on my friend Naomi's nails yesterday (that you can see by clicking here), I thought I would do tonights post on my others friend Alex's nails, also that I did yesterday! So @alexiaaaaah chose to have a deep maroon red with a nude shade as an accent on the ring finger with glitter over the top of the accent nail!

The polishes that I used were Leighton Denny 'Over The Rainbow', and two colours from Nails Inc are 'Porchester Square' which is one of their hero shades! The other is Nails Inc 'Savile Row'. The other polishes I used were OPI Nail Envy matte, Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat and Leighton Denny miracle drops!

 

I used two coats of colour on each nail for a full, deep coverage! I really like that the glitter polish has bits of red glitter particles in it so it ties both of the colours together.




I really like this look and I would have never put these colours together myself, so thanks Alex! :-)
I hope you all like this look too! Also, of course, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

 

Colours of the rainbow!

Pastel shades!

Good evening everyone! So, I have been the worst at posting the past couple of days as I've been busy and haven't done my own nails! Thankfully I have some friends who are more than happy to have their nails painted, strictly for research purposes of course! So tonights post is going to still but on what I used and how I did it, but it's just going to be on my friends nails rather than my own!

So these are the nails of my friend @NaomiLouiseX0. Naomi decided today that she would have all different pastel shades on each nail, with glitter over the top! I thought first of all I would list all the names of the polishes, in the order that they are in the picture! So from left to right they go, 'Marble Arch', 'Lemon', 'Can't Find My Czechbook', 'Fitzrovia', 'Campden Hill Road', 'Which Is Witch', 'Royal Botanical Gardens', 'You're Such A Budapest', 'Peach Melba', 'Porchester Square' and 'Seven Dials'! Each nail has only one coat of colour apart from yellow which needed two. I only chose to use one layer just to reduce the risk of peeling! I used OPI Nail Envy matte as a basecoat. For the topcoat I used two different polihes. I used Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat, followed by Leighton Denny Miracle Drops. I used both just so the colour was 100% sealed in and dryed fast! The  'Which Is Witch' glitter polish from Oz - The Great and Powerful collection, really makes all of these colours pop and glisten!

I really like this look as I think pastels will always be great for summer, and hopefully that's what we're going to get soon, too (summer)! :-)

(To see the nails of my other friend Alex I did this evening too, click here)

As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Which Is Witch?

OPI's Which Is Witch?
Good evening everyone! So I really enjoyed doing the nails in my previous post (click here to see it that post) but whilst I was at work, on one of the nails, the whole polish came off in one without me knowing! So that was quite annoying lol. So throughout the day I was really bad and decided to pick it all off. It always makes my nails feel horrible after doing it! It was a lot easier to take the remainder of the polish off when I got home though! So as I said in my previous post, the next time I do my nails it will be with 'Which Is Witch' from Oz - The Great And Powerful collection from OPI which I bought yesterday. So this shade is a beautful silvery glitter shade, which has all different grey/silver particles of glitter. It also has a holographic aspect to it! When I saw this colour online it had been paired with nude shades, pinks, creams, and I think that is because those kind of colours are included in the same collection!

So when buying this colour I thought it would look/best with darker shades or even black, and I'm still sure it will, but after seeing the nude shades underneath this glitter I've become a convert and really like it! I used OPI Nail Envy matte as my basecoat first of all. As my neutral shade I used Nails Inc 'Porchester Square' which is one of their best selling nudes and is one of their 'hero shades'. It's a colour that will go with any nail on any skin tone, gorgeous! I only did one coat of base colour as too many can make it peel! I then used one coat of 'Which Is Witch' which I think makes the 'Porchester Square'  really stand out.

 I then finally finished it off by sealing it all in using Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat!

I don't wear nude shades a lot but by adding glitter, it makes me want to wear them more!





I hope you like this look! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

The great and powerful OPI

New OPI polishes!

Hey everyone! Sorry for the late post, and for not posting at all yesterday! Tonight I had some sort of ideas on what to do my post on, until I bought two new OPI's earlier, so I obviously had to do the post on them! So, the names of the colours that I've got today are 'When Monkeys Fly!' which is an incredible chunky gold glitter with finer glitter particles in it too! The other one I got was 'Which Is Witch?' which is a mix-mash of fine, thin strands and circular glitter pieces. It also has a holographic effect to it! These two colours/glitters are from the Oz - The Great and Powerful Collection. The other colours in this collection are quite nude/pale, which would work well as a base colour underneath these glitter polishes.

So I have used the 'When Monkeys Fly' shade over the top of Nail Inc 'Black Taxi' and I have fully loaded all of the glitter particles on to the top of the black. I have seen some other peoples pictures after using this polish and they haven't loaded a lot on to the brush, which I'm not sure if I like the finishing effect on the nail. I'm more of a fan of fully loaded blinging nails! I think neutrals or black will be the greatest base for this shade!
I haven't used 'Which Is Witch?' yet, as I have only got them today but I'm sure it's not going to be long until I try it, and I will do a post about it, for sure!


So the picture above is of my nails! I've used OPI Original Nail Envy (matte), then as I said, one coat of Nails Inc 'Black Taxi' and then one 'dotted' coat of  'When Monkeys Fly' over the top. I say 'dotted' because if you don't fully load the brush and just paint it over, you won't achieve a 'chunky' look, how I like! I finished with one coat of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat, which really seals in all of the layers of polish and adds an amazing long lasting shine!

I hope you like this look! If you've got any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Feathers!

Feather effect nail polish!

Good evening all! I thought tonight I would do a post on the Nails Inc Feather Effect nail polish! I first came aross this effect when one of the colours (Henley) was included in a QVC TSV.
 It reminded me of the graffiti polishes I bought also off of QVC (of course lol), and I've put a picture of them both together so you can see what I mean about their similarity, but the picture doesn't show the full likeness, so check them out on Google images for a better look!
 

So at the top of this post I've put a picture of the four feather effect polishes I own. In order from left to right they're called 'Henley', 'Edinburgh', 'Chester' and 'Cornwall'. They're great for full coverage with two coats, or just one over a base colour! On my nails at the moment I've used a base colour of 'Baker Street' with one coat of 'Cornwall' feathers over the top! It's an elegant twist to the usual glitter effect top coats!

The other feather effect is called 'York' which is a really pretty peachey orange shade with white pigments too. I haven't actually bought this one yet though!

My camera hasn't really picked up the full effect of the polish, but I've added it anyway!

As always with my nails, I used a good basecoat but this time the original OPI Nail Envy. For my topcoat I always used the Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat. Using a topcoat is very necessary as some of the strands can feel like they're sticking out, so it really seals it all in!

As always if you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)

Painted it red!

Feeling red!

Hello everyone! It's about that time of day again where I apologise for how late my post is, and I am sorry lol! I hope you've all had a nice relaxing and enjoyable Easter Sunday! My post today is in no way related to easter unfortunately, but it is on an absolute hero/go to shade, red! Until I decided to do this post, I didn't actually realise how many shades and brands of red I owned. Before I fell in love with Nails Inc, the Barry M polish was 100% my favourite red. I loved the depth of colour and the coverage! Sometimes I think red can be looked up on as a Christmas related shade, just like green but in my opinion red is possibly the most intense, fierce shade! I think I would say that Nails Inc 'St James' is now my number 1 red shade! The brands of red polishes I own include, Nails Inc, OPI, Orly, Barry M, George, Models Own, Loreal, Leighton Denny and Essie.

Some of the effects include cream shine gloss, glitter, shatter, metalic, magnetic and sand! Within my red polishes, I have another sand effect from the Mariah Carey OPI collection! This shade has a matte black base and shiny red glitter on what looks like the top of the nail! This effect doesn't need a topcoat, as using one would affect the final effect! My Leighton Denny red shades is one of the most beautiful, rich metalic effect shades I've come across! The coverage is brilliant! The Orly shades aren't my favourite as I don't feel their quality is the best, but I do quite like the red for a base colour for a glitter topcoat! The Essie in the photograph is actually the only Essie I own! If they're all as good as this glittery shade then I would absolutely call myself a fan! I would also say that red is one of those 'go to' shades that people feel more comfortable with on their toes, so bring on summer so we can get our red toes out on show! :-)

If you wanted to know any of the other colours or names or anything else, feel free to leave a comment below or tweet me on the link! (@RiaHughesThen)