Choi's nails

These Models Own pastels really do have a good place in my collection. It feels nice to wear them once in awhile and It's hard to neglect them when the polishes I own from the Hyper gel collection are such good solid colours. Good on its on and good as a design base. The base of this mani is Models Own's Hyper gel...

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Felt a little nostalgic this day so I went for one of my older polishes from the very little selection of OPIs in my collection.  Here is OPI's Ski Teal we drop, a dark teal blue. Anyone remember this polish? This is one of the polish more frequently used than my other OPI's because it has great formula, besides darker shades like these...

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From the moment I'd finished this design, I've been dying to share this on my Instagram. My first reverse stamping attempt and it is a success! The choice of colours were very simple yet they just matched so well, so bravo Choi, bravo! (Pats on the back) For this manicure you'll need: One coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's Protein...

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Glitter always adds such a kick to a plain manicure, it's like a party at the tip of your fingers. But it's the trouble of making the glitters look less clumped up on some parts of the nail that steers me away from doing this design more often. Sometimes over sponging can be a bit of a problem for me too. Despite that,...

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We don't always have to write a whole story to accompany the pictures in the post do we?  So.. Enjoy! :) ...

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I own very few polishes that belong to the orange family and out of those few China Glaze's Sunset sail is one I do use most often. It's actually more of a peach with some subtle silver shimmer and I mean very subtle that we'll need those macro lens to picture them.  For this manicure I wanted it layered with some stamping images...

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Whenever fall comes around this is practically the colour my mind comes across most of the time. Something about these colours that just keep pulling me in again and again. This is Orly's Smolder. I'm blogging about this shade for the second time but with the help of the lightbox the colours appears more vivid here. Orly's Smolder is a deep wine shimmer...

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Anyone remember the last polka dot manicure I did? I wanted to create another tri-coloured dotticure like it so with all Models Own polish this was created. For this manicure you'll need: One coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's Protein base coat) Apply two coats of a plain white. Here I used Models Own's White light. With the following polishes...

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Don't you just hate when you think your manicure is the bomb but when you go over the pictures of them they don't look half as great. That's exactly how I'm feeling with this one. Skipping right into the instructions. For this manicure: Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.) Apply two coats of a basic...

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I love purple! It's still my favourite even after all the other different shades I've come across through polishing. A dark purple especially. My base is Barry M's Plum from their Gelly Hi shine collection. This was one of those with a slightly thick consistency and only took about one coat to be opaque. It's always two for me though, just in case....

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I had purchases this Alexa Chung collection set from Nails Inc a while ago whilst they were having their sales and this is the first time trying out their polishes in the new bottles. If you had owned some polishes from their previous lines you would know or might have seen their old round bottles so the change here is pretty obvious. But...

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I've had this polish in my possession for quite a while but it hasn't made its appearance on my blog until now. Reason being the past few times I've given it a try it ends up being removed long before I go ahead with the pictures. I did think that sort of pearly silky finish just weren't my thing but this time I...

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This next manicure was one of those I was eager to share. It feels christmas-sy to me and I bet that's because the polishes mainly came from the Autumn/Winter collections. Just the base itself I find looks gorgeous and I'm not usually a green lover. It also makes my skin colour look just the way I like it. For this manicure: Apply one...

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I've been loving the blue-purple combination these days so I decided to use those colours for this cloud mani. For this manicure: Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.) Apply a basic white as your base. For this manicure I used Nail Inc's Floral street. With the following polishes do three vertical lines like shown.China Glaze's...

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Brightening up the day with this bright hot pink. Essie's Super bossa nova. I think ageing is affecting my preference for polish. I remember a year or two ago I used to wear this shade thinking it was the bomb. But today I think the purple shimmer is not doing it for me any more. Regardless it still is a good colour. Two...

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Long time no gradient! Or that's how it feels. I wanted this one to be colourful, bright and bold but not every design would look like what you imagined. For this manicure: Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.) Apply two coats of a basic white. Here I used Nails Inc's Floral street. Using the following...

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