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Born Pretty Store: Christmas Nail Powders

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*Press Sample* Welcome back lovelies, it has been far too long since I updated pretty much everywhere. The Christmas season was busier than I expected and with my brother's wedding coming next week I haven't had much time to just sit and write up a post, let alone do my nails. But I want to share these powders with you, even though Christmas has been and gone. So let's take a look.

Uber Chic: Collection 23

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*Press Sample* Welcome back lovelies, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a relaxing and joyful day. Lexi had an amazing day and was spoilt rotten, so a fabulous day was had here. Today's post is another Uber Chic release, they have released Collection 23 today and I have it to share with you thanks to the lovely Alex. So let's take a look.

Mani and Lola: December 2017 Unboxing

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Welcome back lovelies, I hope this week has been going well for you. I can't believe we have only got 5 days until Christmas, I haven't completed even half of the Xmas nail art I had in mind; there just aren't enough days in December LOL. For today's blog post I have an unboxing of the Mani and Lola Nail Subscription box to share with you.

Powder Perfect: Christmas Collection 2017

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Welcome back lovelies, I hope you all had a really nice weekend. We were celebrating my cousins 21st birthday on Sunday so that was super fun, with lots of cake. For today's post I have some really beautiful Christmas polishes from Australian indie brand Powder Perfect, so let's take a look.

Uber Chic Beauty: Got Chevron Stamping Plate

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*Press Sample* Welcome back lovelies, I hope this week has been going smoothly for you. We have been buried in snow and ice over the last few days, so not much venturing into the outside world for Lexi and me. For today's post the lovely Alex from Nail Artisan sent me the recently released Uber Chic Beauty Got Chevron stamping plate, so let's take a look.

Kiki London Nail Gel: Gel Polish & UV/LED Lamp

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*Contains Press Samples* Welcome back my lovelies, I hope this week has been treating you well. Today I have a gel polish brand to share with you, the lovely people at Kiki London recently sent me some of their fabulous Gel polishes to try as well as giving me a blogger discount on their LED/UV lamp. So let's take a look at these beautiful products.

Beauty Big Bang: Christmas Stamping Plates

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, well this weekend was totally awful for me. I had paramedics out on Saturday morning for my poor little Lexi and then had to take her into the out of hours doctors. My poor baby had a horrible gastric viral infection, luckily she does seem to be on the mend now thankfully. Then Sunday morning we woke up to find out we had been buried in snow, which of course Lexi wants to go play in but is too ill. So overall a totally cruddy weekend.  But enough of my ramblings today I have some more awesome Christmas stamping plates to share with you from the lovely people at Beauty Big Bang; so let's take a look.

Beauty Big Bang: Neon Pigment 07

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you have all had a really nice week. I have had a sinus infection all week so not much happening here other than lots of tissues, nasal spray and Lexi cuddles. In all honesty I love the Winter but my body not so much, as I always seem to be catching anything and everything I come into contact with. The joys of having a low immune system I suppose. Anyway enough of that let's get into some pretty nail powder I was recently sent to show you. 

Cirque Colors: 'Coronation' & 'Rioja'

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope this week is treating you well. I have some more beautiful Winter polishes to show you today, one of which is a nail polish addict must have. 

IZ Beauty Of London: Capture The Moment Gift Set

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, well we are now officially in December which means all things holly and jolly are coming your way. Lexi is extremely excited this year and keeps asking me to put Santa Claus on my nails as much as possible LOL. For today's post I have a lovely new collection from IZ Beauty of London to share with you.

November 2017 Nail Art Round-Up

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*Contains Press Samples* Welcome back my lovelies, we are now officially in the month that contains all things merry and bright. But before we get into all those Winter and Christmas mani's, let's take a look back on what I managed to get done for November.

Danglefoot Nail Polish Whodunit Collection- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you are having a pleasant week so far. I am happy to say that awful cold seems to have disappeared from my house so Lexi and myself are now on the mend. For today's post I have 3 polishes from UK indie Danglefoot Nail polishes last collection. So let's take a look.

Beauty Big Bang Christmas Stamping plate 14- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you all had a really nice weekend and maybe picked up some great deals on black Friday. I managed to grab all the Christmas presents I needed and then went a little crazy on bits and bobs for myself. So plenty of nail mail to share with you in the near future. For today's post I have a stamping plate from Beauty Big Bang to show you, so let's take a look. 

Pretty Perfect Polish Rugrats Collection- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope this week has been going smoothly for all of you. For today's post I have another awesome collection from UK indie maker Pretty Perfect Polish. Not long ago she released two lots of trios inspired by the 1990's TV cartoon Rugrats. I have 5 out of the 6 polishes to share with you today. 

Mani And Lola Debut Box- Unboxing & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you all have a really nice weekend. We have had an icky bug circling our house for the past week, so things have been going a bit slower than normal. For today's post I have a brand new UK nail subscription service called Mani and Lola, this comes from the people who are behind Nail Polish Direct. So let's take a look at what we were supplied with in the very first box. 

New to Me Brand Polished For Days- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, so sorry for the bigger gap between posts than usual. Last Sunday was Lexi's birthday so I have been quite busy preparing and then winding down from that event. Thankfully she had a lovely time and really enjoyed watching her family make fools of themselves playing children's party games LOL. For today I have a new to me brand to share with you that is now available at UK supplier Rainbow Connection.

Colors By Llarowe Winter 2017 Collection- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you have had a good week. I am sit here dosed up to the eyeballs on painkillers at the moment; I've pulled a muscle across my chest and as you can all imagine its not a pleasant experience. But let's put my body breaking down on me aside and get into these fantastic polishes. Today I have 3 polishes from the recently released Colors By Llarowe Winter 2017 collection, so let's take a look. 

RockNailStar Profile Vinyls Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back lovelies, I hope this week is going well for you so far. I have another new to me brand to share with you today. I was recently sent some RockNailStar vinyls to try out from Alex at Nail Artisan. As you all know I am much more of a stamper than a nail vinyl girl but I do like to try them every now and then. So let's take a look at this set.

Wonderland Makeup Nail Polish- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Hello my lovelies, I hope you all had a really nice weekend and a good Bonfire night for all of those in the UK. Today I have a new to me brand to share with you, this is a a high end makeup company called Wonderland Makeup. They recently sent me some of their beautiful polishes to show you all, so let's jump straight in.

Brand New Uber Chic Beauty Collection 21- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, today's post is a really special one. The lovely Alex from Nail Artisan has sent me the newly released collection 21 from Uber Chic Beauty to share with you. So let's jump straight in. 

Beauty Big Bang Metal Holder Stamper- Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, Halloween is now behind us and we are officially in November. For me that means making my diet even stricter to prepare for Christmas and Lexi's 3rd Birthday. For today's post I have a short review on a clear stamper sent to me from the lovely people at Beauty Big Bang, so let's take a look. 

October 2017 Nail Art Round-Up

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*Contains Press Samples* Welcome back my lovelies, we have now finished October, so as you all know now is the time I take a look back on all the nail art I managed to whip up this month. Be prepared for a whole lot of Halloween themed nails.

Moo Moo's Signatures Nail Artisan Exclusives- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back lovelies; I don't normally post on a Saturday but lately I'm thinking of changing things up and just posting when I have things ready to post. Hopefully this will mean a lot more content getting out a lot faster. For example I have these two polishes for just under a year and I have only just now got round to swatching them. But I can tell you now these gorgeous polishes were definitely worth the wait. 

Sparklea Nail Polish Goosebumps Collection- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back guys, October is just flying by and I am running out of time to share with you all of the Halloween themed collections and stamping plates I have acquired. So for a while I might be posting more often than normal, hence two posts two days in a row. For today I have three of the polishes from the recently released Goosebumps collection from Sparklea Nail Polish.

Marianne Nails No 17 Arabesque Stamping Plate- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back lovelies, I hope this week is going well for you. I'm still trying to recover from a bug that doesn't seem to want to leave me. But this gorgeous Marianne Nails plate sent to me from the lovely Alex at Nail Artisan definitely makes me smile. This gorgeous plate has an Arabesque theme, so is the perfect plate if your looking for pretty and delicate nails. So let's take a closer look.

Sparklea Nail Polish Fantastic Beasts Duo- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you all had a nice relaxing weekend. I have recently been binge watching the Harry Potter movies, so I picked out these two Sparklea Polishes inspired by the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them to share with you today. 

Moonflower Polish New To Me Brand- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, Yay! It is finally Friday, I have some awesome polishes to share with you today from Nail Artisan. The lovely Alex sent me these Moonflower polishes to share with you all, so big big thank you to her. I have three beautiful polishes to share with you that can be worn as a full mani or used for stamping. 

Beauty Big Bang Black Holographic- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back again my lovelies, this week has been flying by the days have just seemed to blend into one another. On a personal note I am beyond proud of Lexi, she has finally conquered potty training, she is growing up so fast. Anyway enough of my proud Mummy ramblings, let's get back to what we are here for. Today I have another beautiful polish to share with you from the company Beauty Big Bang.

Beauty Big Bang Orange Peel Off polish- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back lovelies, I hope this week is treating you well so far. I have been receiving lots of fun and gorgeous nail mail recently, one of those products was this beautiful orange polish from Beauty Big Bang.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Holder Case Review

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*Press Sample* Good Afternoon guys, I hope you all had a really nice weekend. Mine was spent saying goodbye to my Nan and Gramps house as they are moving soon. I have grown up in that house and so has my mum so it's quite an emotional time for all of us. I do have a really pretty product from Born Pretty Store to share with you today, guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Little Fudges Beauty Shop Halloween 2017 Collection- Swatch & Review

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It's Friday! Bring on the weekend, feeling those Halloween vibes on the blog today. I have a four piece collection from Little Fudges Beauty shop to share with you, one word comes to mind Bootiful!

Models Own Autumn 2017 Collection Part 2- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, posting two days in a row, are you in shock? I am LOL. For today's Post I will be showing you the final 5 polishes from the Models Own Autumn 2017 Collection, some really gorgeous deep polishes that are perfect for this time of year. 

Models Own Autumn 2017 Collection Part 1- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you all had a really nice weekend. I am really excited to share today's post with you, the awesome people at Models Own recently sent me their ten piece Autumn collection which is releasing on November 3rd. As there are 10 polishes I have split it into two halves so that each post doesn't get too long. Part 2 will be up tomorrow. So let's take a look at some of these new autumnal shades. 

IZ Beauty of London Halloween Shades- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Hello my lovelies, I hope your week is going well. I have four beautiful shades from IZ Beauty of London gel effect polishes to share with you today.

Painted Polish Fall Into Zen Holo's- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you all had a really nice weekend. For today's post I have some gorgeous ultra holographic polishes from Painted Polish By Lexi to share with you today.

September 2017 Nail Art Round-Up

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It's Sunday and I am posting, I am just as shocked as you are believe me. As today is officially the start of October I wanted to make sure I got my September Nail Art Round up posted before flooding you with Halloween mani's and new polish collections. So let's take a look at what I managed to get done this month. 

26 Great Nail Art Ideas- My Signature Look

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*Press Sample* Woohoo! It's Friday, finally time to relax for the weekend. Lexi and myself are home alone for the weekend as my partner has gone fishing. So that means lots of cuddles, chocolate, nails and girly time; sounds like a perfect weekend to me. Today's post is the final instalment for the Crumpets Nail Tart's nail art challenge. I can't believe I have managed to do this challenge for a whole year, it's been really fun to take part in and I have loved the challenge of thinking outside of the box.

Ejiubas Don Deeva Fairytale Stamping Plate- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back everyone, I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Not much going on over here just trying to get a very stubborn Lexi to learn some numbers and letters. For a nearly 3 year old she is extremely stubborn, if she thinks it goes 1,2,3,6 then apparently everyone else is wrong. So for today's post I have another stamping plate to share with you. 

Uber Chic Halloween 03- Swatch & Review

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Happy Friday everyone, another week come and gone which means it's getting more and more closer to October. Which as we all know in the nail art world is our time to bust out all those awesome Halloween mani's. So for today's post I have a review for the most recent release from Uber Chic Beauty, hope you enjoy. 

Born Pretty Store BP-L088- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Hello my lovelies, welcome back I hope your week is going well so far, mine has been pretty cruddy not going to lie. I'm sure everyone can understand those times where anything that could go wrong does go wrong. Let's just say so far it sucks! However today I have a really beautiful and pretty plate to share with you from Born Pretty Store

Esmaltes Da Kelly Batman polishes- Swatch & Review

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Hi my lovelies! Welcome back, I hope you all had a nice relaxing weekend. Today's post is a special one for two reasons, first I have been after the polishes I am going to show you for so long; so I'm extremely happy to squash some of my lemmings. Secondly today my blog turns 2 years old, I can not believe I have been doing this for the last 2 years. A huge thank you to all of you amazing lot for sticking with me on this journey. So let's take a look at these gorgeous polishes. 

26 Great Nail Art Idea's- Autumn

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Happy Friday everyone, finally we are at the end of what seems to have been the longest week this year. I think the headaches and cold definitely didn't help matters. So for today's post I have another Crumpets Nail Tart's prompt for you, only one left after this. 

Cupcake Polish Mod About You Collection- Swatch & Review

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Welcome back lovelies, well I can safely say this week is going at a snails pace. Shouldn't it be Friday already? I have spent most of this week curled up under a blanket with tissues close by, colds suck! On the brighter side I do have some really gorgeous polishes to share with you today, so let's take a look. 

URSugar Nail Vinyls- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Happy Monday my lovelies, I hope you all had a really nice weekend. I have woken up this morning with a really bad cold, so I have lots of tissues next to me as I am typing this. For today I have some more lovely nail vinyls to share with you, so let's take a look.

Danglefoot Nail Polish Once Upon A Time Duo's- Swatch & Review

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Happy Friday everyone, welcome back I hope you have all had a really lovely week. Today's post is a rather long one so I will try and get straight into it, just a warning this post is photo heavy. 

Beauty Big Bang Nail Vinyls & Nail Protectors- Swatch & Review

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*Press Sample* Welcome back lovelies, I hope this week has been treating you well so far. All is good here, just been having an Autumn clean (only two seasons late). Trying to declutter this flat is impossible just when I think I've made progress I find more stuff tucked in somewhere. Anyway let us get to what we are all here for nail stuff. I was recently contacted by the lovely people at Beauty Big Bang to review some of the products they have to offer. Here is a mani I came up with using some of their nail vinyls and nail protectors. 

August 2017 Meebox Born This Way- Unboxing & Review

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Welcome back my lovelies, I hope you all had a really nice weekend. Mine consisted of housework, watching Disney movies and nails. I have loads coming up over the next month, really trying to get my un-swatched mountain down in size. So over the next few weeks I am hoping I will have lots to share with you. For today's post I have August's Meebox unboxing to show you. 

26 Great Nail Art Idea's- Dotting Tools - But Not Just Dots

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Welcome back my lovelies, it's officially the weekend woohoo! Today's post is another 26 Great Nail Art Idea's prompt, I'm not going to lie I'm not really 100% pleased with how these turned out. 

August 2017 Nail Art Round-Up

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*Contains Press Samples* Hello my lovelies, I know it is very rare that I post on a Thursday, but I have so much coming up that I wanted to make sure I got this months round-up before we were half way through September. So today's post will be the usual round up of all the nail art I have managed to do in the month of August. 

Tux Polish By The Sea Trio- Swatch & Review

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Afternoon my lovelies, I am now officially back from holiday and trying to catch up on everything I have missed. I could not believe how bad the signal was at my grandparents chalet, I had hardly any signal and no Internet. So trying to keep up to date with social media was near impossible. Now that I am back to reality I have a gorgeous Summer time trio to share with you from Tux Polish. This collection was released last year, but they were definitely worth the wait for me.