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Barry M Blue grape over Models Own Neon striping manicure

Everytime I look at these nails I can't help but think there's a summer neon rave up in here even though I'm not much of a partygoer myself.  This manicure is simply just done using Models Own's Bikini which is a bright neon yellow from their Polish for tans collection, some straight nail vinyls and the blue layered on top is Barry M's...

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Barry M Gelly Hi shine pink gradient chevrons

I gave my chevron nail vinyls another try after the first design I did using it wasn't as great as I'd wanted it to be. This time I did some pink gradient chevron using polishes all from Barry M's Gelly Hi shine collection.  The colours range from a very light pink to a stronger raspberry pink but it seems the lighting has made...

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Essie's Hubby for dessert purple splatter

It's very unusual for me to be posting on time but it's more abnormal to be posting at this time of the day. Whilst London traffic is suffering from delays and overcrowding thanks to tube strikes. I've given up on the idea of braving the London buses to get me from one side of the city to the other to go into work...

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Canmake No.57 polish swatch

The polish featured in this post was one of the souvenirs that a friend bought back from Japan for me. Only now have I to give it a try.  This Canmake shade is a blue with very fine silver shimmers that dries matte. I couldn't care less about the matte effect because I knew I wanted a top coat over it from the...

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Color Club pink and turquoise stripes

The colour combination that usually comes to my mind first when rummaging through my drawers of polish is pink and turquoise. I guess now that the weather is totally picking up here in the UK it really gives me another push towards those very spring/summery colours.  For this manicure: Apply one coat of your preferred base coat (I used Essie's protein base coat.)...

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