In The Mood Colour Change Polish With Nails Inc Nail Jewellery

Hi there again, happy Saturday!

1st of September already, where is this year going?  In my mind weather wise, one of the best things about living in Britain is that we hardly have time to get used to one type of weather, when another type comes along! 

Not that Summer was anything to shout about this year, showing it's face briefly in February, then just peeping out from behind the curtains every now and then, but hopefully it will get made up for with a big display of Autumn colour on the trees.  Last year it was so windy that all the leaves blew off before I got a chance to enjoy them, I hope that doesn't happen again this year!

Anyway I digress as usual..... 

Its not often that a 'can't take my eyes off you' manicure comes along by accident, but thats what happened to me yesterday.  I was playing about with my polishes, and nothing was working out for me.  If you follow me on Twitter (@maspooase) you probably saw me moaning a couple of times that it wasn't going well.  Anyway, I just randomly picked one of my colour change polishes because I was after a particular shade of purple, and put it on.  Now, I don't think I've ever reviewed these, I got them from QVC and I wasn't at all impressed, the formula is runny, and some of the colours hardly colour change at all.  But now I'm a bit further along with my blog, I'll probably get them out again and review them properly.  I hope I've still got a photo of the box somewhere because that's long gone!

Anyway, thats probably a semi-digress also haha...  So when I came to put the purple on one nail this time, I liked it a bit more than last time, but it was missing something, so I plonked a layer of Nails Inc's Nail Jewellery in Princes Arcade on the top, and I've been really pleased with the result:

The 'In The Mood' polish shade is Devious 679, and the Nails Inc Nail Jewellery shade is Princes Arcade.  I think they go together quite well.  I added a top coat of Sally Hansens Bamboo strengthening polish, which I'll also review later, et voila!  This picture was taken under my craft light.  It's showing as a little less purple here than it actually is in real life, and it was suprisingly hard to capture the gradient effect which is much more pronounced to the naked eye. Never mind, here's some more pics and a little round the house 'lets find the best lighting' tour:

Under the kitchen led lights:

In shaded natural daylight in the lounge:

Outside (overcast day):

And finally, at the upstairs window (semi-shade):



As you probably know, I detest sponging because it's so messy, this is the same reason that I've never tried water marbling, so to get this gradient effect with no mess is a bonus for me!  I'm tempted to try a matte top coat over it tomorrow to see if I can get away with it for work, as it seems to be wearing quite well and I'm not bored of it yet!

Hope you like it!

Until next time....

MASPOOASE x x x
~Wendy~

This Weeks Nails 15 June 2012

Hope you are all keeping well this week, and not getting soccer overload (unless you want to!)

I do 'this weeks nails' every week, and I never thought before today to put them on my blog.  I suppose I didn't think there'd be enough to say about them.  But hey, everyone likes pictures of manicures, right?

Earlier this week I was shown pictures of the most amazing, perfect Konad manicures.  I have asked the artist if its ok to put a link here, and if she says yes I will post it.

*EDIT* She has kindly given me her permission.  Here is the link, enjoy these PERFECT Konadicures http://www.nihrida.com/2012/06/konad-manicure-galore.html

It reminded me that I hadn't used my Konad stuff for a while, so I thought I'd get it out and have a play.

So here we go, this weeks nails....

I used Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Base Coat, then Nails Inc Chelsea as a base for my 'Konadicure'.  Chelsea is described as a dark plum, but really it's so close to black as to not make a difference. 

I experimented with a couple of metallic colours over it to see which one I liked the best, and wouldn't you know it, it was a cheap as chips bronze polish that I hardly ever wear, which now has a new lease of life as a stamping polish.  In case you can't read it, the colour is called 79 Aztec Gold.  I was really pleased with how it stamped. I then topped it all off with a coat of Seche Vite, which is good for not smudging Konad manicures.

I used Cheeky Plate B to stamp my image from, which you can see and buy using the following link:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/INTRODUCTION-Collection-Introduction-Designs-Cheeky/dp/B006OMHUL0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1339790547&sr=8-2

Just as a side note, its worth noting that alot of people seem to think that you have to use a top coat over Konad nail art.  Actually you don't!  Alot of the Konad Special Polish colours don't have a shine to them, so look they better with a top coat on, but if you're using regular polish, in my experience I've found that the manicure lasts as long as the polish would normally on your nails, and it doesn't rub off as I was led to believe.  When I first started Konad stamping, I wish I'd known this.  I wrecked alot of manicures by smudging them with the top coat before I bought a bottle of Seche.  Now I've got the hang of it, I prefer it with the top coat on as it seems to pull all the elements together, and obviously it has a nice glossy professional finish.

Heres another pic (taken with my phone)

In closing, I really like this manicure, even though its quite dark, because of the metallic accent it's sophisticated enough to wear as an everday look, but still special enough for a night out!

Let me know what you think, all comments are appreciated

Til next time..

- MASPOOASE x x x