I love juicy!

Reddish! 

Good evening everyone! I haven't been great at doing posts lately, I've had a week or so 'off''! I recently ordered a Today's Special Value from QVC which was from Leighton Denny and it was an absolute bargain for what was included!
I have tried out two of the colours at once (ring finger), and the colour that I'm doing this post on is called 'I love juicy'. I believe that this is one of Leighton Denny's best selling polishes. It's kind of a hard colours to explain! It's probably just looked upon as a red polish, but I think it definitely has a burnt orange or coral tone running through it.

So with this collect I got, it included a duo 'pen' of basecoat and top coat. I have used both of these to create this look. The basecoat is a matte finish one which I really like using as I feel the polish 'sticks' to the nails more! I then did two coat of the 'I love juicy' shade. I then did one coat of the crystal finish top coat which give an amazing glossy finish. Where I am quite impatient with the drying of my nails, I did then add an additional layer of my usual Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat. Adding this really did just finish the look off and give another layer of gloss!
I was really impressed with this shade and I would say it for sure is making it's way to being one of my favourite red tone shades!

I hope you all like this look!
I am also now on Instagram (RiaHughesThen), so on days I don't do a post I may still post nail pictures! Feel free to follow!

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

Pink & sparkly!

Glittery nails!

Good evening everyone! Tonight's post is going to be another on my current nails. I have changed them a couple of time since doing this post but I'm quite a fan of these that I've done! I think the sun that we had (had, not now lol), has inspired me to have more pinkish nails and summery colours. I think that I got the pink for the look I have on at the moment from QVC in a special value kit that they did a while back. It also came with the express remover which is the first place I'd got it to try it out!

So the pink that I have used is called 'Campden Hill Road'. I would describe this colour as grey pink, if that makes any sense! It's definitely not a bright pink and it's not close to a purple shade.
Over the top of two coats of pink, I used one coat OPI Which is Witch? which is from The Great and Powerful Oz collection. If you haven't seen my post on this silvery glitter, you can see it by clicking here!
This glitter is great with most colours, as long as they're quite glossy. I haven't actually tried it with metallic shades but in my head it just doesn't work lol. In the past I've used this glitter with neutral greige shades and black which both look really nice!
I finished this look off with Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat. I did leave it for a few minutes before putting a top coat on because if I put it on straight away, the nail might still be quite wet/tacky which will contradict the fast drying top coat to some degree.

I hope you all like this look, and if you wanted to see the colour without the glitter just let me know, in case you wanted to see what it looks like without the glitter on it's own.

I also have a post on my pink polishes, so if you wanted to see them too you can do that by clicking here!

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

Polish count!

How many...?

Good evening everyone! I haven't done a post in a couple of days, and I've only painted my nails once since trying out all of the InStyle shades. So I thought today I would do a post on all of the polishes I have. I haven't counted them all in a while so it was about time I did a count up!
So I counted them all by brand and then added them altogether. I think I will write them down by brand here instead of just putting a number, so you can see the number of each that I have. So I will write them out as bullet points because I think that just makes it a lot easier to read..
► Leighton Denny - 5

► Orly - 4

► OPI - 11
► BarryM - 41
► Nails Inc - 131
► Miscellaneous minis - 14

► Miscellaneous standard sizes - 55

► Various top/base coats - 20

So my calculations round that up to 281! In a way I thought I might of had more, but either way I guess that's quite a lot of polishes (lol). Some of the brands included in the miscellaneous category are No7, China Glaze and George. Admittedly I don't use them as much as the Nails Inc, OPI, BarryM and Leighton Denny colours!

 I don't really have anywhere to store the majority of my polishes. I've seen a lot of storage videos on YouTube and in all honesty I'm really jealous of the way some people are able to store their collections! In the future I would love to have mine on a wall, mounted. That way I would be able to have them in an order and be able to see them all at once!
The way I store my polishes is basically in a massive Soap and Glory bag and one smaller one. If I have an idea of the colour I want to paint my nails, it's sometimes annoying to have to empty the whole bag out just to get to one lol. That's normally about the time I get sidetracked and end up changing my mind n what I will use that evening!

Well I hope you haven't found this boring to read, I just thought it would be something a little bit different to write about! :-)

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

InStyle - 3 - Peach

InStyle peach!

 

Good evening everyone! Tonight's post is going to be the final 'instalment' of the colours available from InStyle Magazine this month (May)! This colour is called 'You're A Peach', which compared to the other names included in these 'give away's' isn't actually a bad name lol. Although all of the colours that they're giving away are classed as summery, in my opinion this is the most summery of the three.

So as you can see from the picture above, I've done something a little bit different with this colour. The picture on the left if just with the one shade. I've done two coats of the coloured polish. I used a basecoat of OPI Nail Envy matte. In the picture on the right I have applied one coat of Nails Inc nail jewellery diamond over the top. The reason I've done this is because the orangey/peach shade is reasonably similar to Nails Inc Wellington Square.
If you don't know this colour or want to see the similarities, you can see my post on it by clicking here. I did the glitter just so it didn't look exactly the same as when I used a similar colour and it could possibly make the polish last longer and maybe even prolong the wear or prevent chipping.

I hope you like this look, and if you haven't already, go and get them and try them for yourself. For the price of £3.90 you can't go wrong, considering they're usually retailed for around £11ish each! :-)

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

InStyle - 2 - Pink

InStyle pink!

Good evening everyone! Tonights post is going to be on the pink shade that they're giving away in this months InStyle magazine. It is the one in the picture on the left. I have already done a post on the red polish from the magazine, which you can see by clicking here.
So, the pink in the picture is super light, kind of like a candyfloss pink, and I would say it borders on a 'white' shade. It also has quite a cringey name, it is called 'Totes Pink' lol!


To create this look I used a basecoat of OPI Nail Envy matte. I then did two coats of the polish. With this colour and it being so light, you can't really get away with using just one coat. It leave gaps in the nail and doesn't cover the entire nail plate. I then finished the polish off with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat.
Admittedly, Nails Inc have a lot of similar shades to this, but to be honest I think this one has been one of the nicest to apply (not that the others are horrible lol!)
This colour would be amazing with a tan, and give the illusion of a tan where it's such a light colour. I have done another post with light nails which you can see by clicking here, to see the difference/similarities in the colours!

 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)

InStyle - 1 - Red

InStyle red!

Good evening everyone! This post is going to be on one of the three colours that are available in this months InStyle magazine. If you haven't yet tried any Nails Inc polishes, I would say this is the perfect time for you to try them! The usual Nails Inc polish retails for around £11, so for the price of a magazine, you get the polish for 'free'. The magazine is only £3.90.

So as you can see by the header of this post, I'm going to start with the red polish. I've wanted to paint my nails red for a while so as I got this one from the magazine, it just seemed obvious to use this one!


So if you're a Nails Inc fan, you'll know what I mean when I say that this polish instantly reminded me of 'St James' until I applied it. I think this polish has a lot less of a shimmer running through it. It's a real true popping, strawberry red! If you only do one coat of polish, it will still leave your fingernail visible when held towards the light (if you have a free edge).

This polish is called 'It's red babez' which I find quite a cringey name (lol), as it's not the normal places in London names as usual!

 

To create this look I did one basecoat of OPI Nail Envy matte, then I applied two coats of the red polish. It really does need two coats to make the polish go even over the nail and show the true colour. I then applied one layer of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails to make the red look plump and thick. I then finished with one coat of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat to make it all fast drying and seal in the colour.

If you haven't already seen my 'red' post, you can see all of the other reds I have and what they look like compared to this, click here.

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)

Summery orange!

Wellington & glitter!

Good evening everyone! Sorry for the delay in posts over the past couple of days. I haven't changed my nail colour as it's lasted pretty well, so it seemed a shame to remove it! Also I had work today so I've only just got the chance today to do this post.
This post is just on my current polish, so I will try and write as much as I can about it!

The colours I have used to do this look are both from a One Time Only collection from QVC.
They're called Wellington Square and Maida Vale. They're both colours by Nails Inc, my absolute favourite nail polish brand!

As you can see in the picture above, Wellington Square is a super summery pastel orange. It can really give the illusion of a tan! (strange, I know, but true)! Maida Vale is an amazing full coverage silvery/blue glitter. It would look amazing over every toe for a super sparkly pedicure, or just like I've done as a simple ring finger effect!
I started off this look with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy matte and I finished off with one coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails and then Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat.

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)

Fine sprinkles!

Neutral sprinkles!Good evening everyone. Tonight's post is just going to be a quick one on the nails I did yesterday. They're done using one of the pale tones of the fine sprinkles effect.

If you haven't seen my sprinkles post, you can see it by clicking here.

This polish isn't featured in my sprinkles post but it has the same kind of effect as the ones on the bottom row.
It is called 'Langham Street'. It is an offish white colour with a silver glitter running through it. It's like wearing a glitter coat on the top but it's all in one!
To create this look I used OPI Nail Envy matte as a base, then I applied two coats of the coloured polish so you get the true depth of colour. I then used Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying topcoat to give an amazing shine. This colour really needs a topcoat with a lasting shine because some of the glitter particles or the base colours can go slightly matte.

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)

Summer nails!

Yellow and Blue
Good afternoon everyone! Sorry for the delay in posts over the past couple of days. After I did my nails with the green emerald nail jewellery, they lasted really well and it seemed a waste to remove them when they looked perfectly fine! If you didn't see that post you can click here to see it.
So as you can probably see by the header of this post, I have painted my nails yellow and blue. I haven't done yellow nails much in the past as I sometimes find that you have to put so many coats on to give a full coverage to the nail, but with the polish I have use, I only needed two coats of this yellow polish to create the ideal look.
On my ring finger, I used my new blue sprinkles which arrived with my Nails Inc One Time Only value from QVC! By doing a different colour on the ring finger, it's not just to incorporated a nail effect, but it's just a really good way of using another polish at the same time which you may have got recently!

So the colours that I have used to create this look are from Nails Inc. They're called 'Notting Hill Carnival' which is a really sunny, summery yellow and 'Pudding Lane' which is a blue sprinkles which has another shade of blue glittery particles and a yellowish gold glitter, which I think is why I thought these colours would go together because they both Incorporated yellow! If you haven't seen my post on sprinkles, you can see it by clicking here.

To create this look, I started with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy matte. I then did two coats of the yellow polish on all the nails, apart from the ring finger. On the ring finger I did two coats of the sprinkles polish! I then finished off with a top coat, Nails Inc Kensington Caviar 45 second drying top coat!

Other brands that could create the yellow part of this look are 'Neon Yellow' by Barry M, OPI The 'It' Colour and George at Asda's yellow shade!

I really like this look and it's really summery! I hope you like it too!

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