For Audrey and Navigate Her

Hi everyone!
Here's a quick mani I did last week which I really liked! 

China Glaze - For Audrey and Essie - Navigate Her finally came in the post and I used them both! I absolutely love both the colours, especially Navigate Her. It's such a beautiful shade of green, perfect for spring!

Hope you all liked it guys, have a nice day :)
Ariana xo

Hurrah For Saturdays!

Hey everyone!
So sorry I've not posted for so long, I've had the most horribly busy past two weeks! 
Yesterday, I finally had a day off so I did some nail art! I love love love this manicure, gradient dotticures are definitely a favourite of mine!

For the base I used Barry M - White(?) and for the dots China Glaze - Papaya Punch, O.P.I - A Roll In The Hague and Essie - Fishnet Stockings. I really couldn't decide wether to do this orange to red gradient or a green one, looking back now I should have probably gone for the green with it being St Paddy's Day today and all that jazz! Oh well! 

Hope you've all had a fab weekend!
Ariana xo

Chevronsss

Hey guys, hope you're all well!

Sorry I've not posted in so long! I'm feeling so uninspired at the moment :( I'm thinking it's something to do with the fact I've ran out of Seche Vite and every single manicure I do I ruin pretty much straight away, ARGH! It may sound stupid but it's so upsetting, haha. 

So here's a purple chevron mani I did recently, it was pretty.

For this manicure I used China Glaze - Creative Fantasy for the base and top layer and Lime Crime - Lavendery for the chevron. The colour of Creative Fantasy came out differently on each layer, obviously because one was over just a base coat and the other was over Lavendery, but I liked the way it turned out anyway! The colours smudged on my middle finger cos Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat sucks. 

HURRY UP PAY DAY AND LET ME GET RE-INSPIRED!

Have a lovely evening guys.
Ariana xo

Purpl-ient

It's no secret that I love all kinds of purple... And it's also no secret that O.P.I's Don't Pretzel My Buttons is one of my favourite nudes! So, whilst lusting over You're Such A Budapest from O.P.I's Spring 2013 Euro Centrale Collection through teary eyes, I though 'Hello lilac!'

Hello lilac indeed... I used Barry M - Prickly Pear and O.P.I - Don't Pretzel My Buttons. I think I need to get off gradients, I'm so obsessed lately.

Ariana xo

Lime Crime Goodness!

Hey everyone! Hope you're all well and have had a fab weekend!

Got a little special something to show you all tonight! What is it, you ask? 

LIME CRIME + GRADIENT + SKITTLE = RAINBOWY AMAZINGNESS! 

What can I say? I loved this manicure so much, the whole time it was on all I could think of were unicorns, merry-go-rounds and rainbows falling from the sky. Doot doot, I love LC!

So, this is what I started off with! A lovely pastel skittle mani which once done I reeeally didn't want to do anything to. It was too perfect! Lime Crime polishes are so amazing, they apply like a dream and the colours are so unique (to my collection, at least). They're all pastel shades that're also slightly neon, it's really cool! The only possible downside - they thicken a little too quickly for my liking, which is nothing a little polish thinner can't fix!   

Anyway, I eventually plucked up the courage to set to work on this beautiful base and produced these babies! 

They were an absolute bitch to photograph, but hey, I dont care! I LOVED THIS MANICURE! If I could, I'd marry it and make it my life. Be mine, Lime Crime. All I need now is violet hair and a tea party.

Thanks for reading!
Love,
Ariana xo

Bling-tastic!

Good afternoon!

I've got a little bling to show to today, which is weird for me as I never do bling! A girl at work the other day asked me to do black and gold nails for our net shift together, I was slightly dubious at first as I never usually like this combination on me... Suffice to say, I did it, and here is the outcome!

It's a beautiful, sunny day here in Manchester, for once. Even Oberon ventured outside to take pictures with me! He's too cute.

I totally took myself by surprise and liked today's mani! Hope you all did too! 
Ariana xo

A-England Swatching!

Good evening! Last post for today, I swear!

Last week I received my order from A-England of four b-e-a-uuuuutiful polishes! I got Order of the Garter, Avalon, Dragon and Ascalon.

First up, DRAGON!

A-England never fail to amaze me both formula-wise and colour-wise. Seriously, the formula of their holo's is so brilliant and Dragon was no exception. Two even coats and viola, on like a dream! The colour couldn't be more aptly named either, I truly do have a mossy green dragon on my nails which shimmers olivey-bronze in the light! Yum!

Next, (I'm so excited) ASCALON!

Not so exciting yet...Shade

WOOHOO! 

I totally love this polish! I think I'd go as far as to say it's AMAZBALLS! Now I've got to be honest, Ascalon was a little different to what I'd initially expected but I was so pleasantly surprised! It's a gunmetal grey holographic polish with the most beautiful lavender sheen. I'm not sure if I'd go as far as to say it's a duochrome, but it's certainly leaning that way! As for the formula, same as Dragon, fantastic!

Order of the Garter!

Order of the freaking Garter! What can I say? You had me at hello, I love blue. It's rich and regal, deep and aquatic. I found Order of the Garter a really interesting polish and again so much more than I expected (which is always A LOT from A-England!). This polish is actually the Queen personified. Although, I doubt Her Maj would actually wear it... So I'll just widen it out to the entire Royal Family, maybe Princess Beatrice? I'm rambling... The formula was slightly less fantastic than Dragon and Ascalon, a little thinner but still brilliant. Two easy, self-evening coats!

And last but certainly not least, AVALON!

I really don't know what to say about this polish. As soon as I try to form a sentence I get completely lost in the beauty and intensity of this unique purple. Now, I said Order of the Garter was the perfect colour for the Royals, but I seriously think I may have to eat my words after seeing Avalon. Such a deep regal purple with flecks of magenta, red and blue shimmer, Avalon truly glows from the inside. Is this what love feels like? I'm actually speechless! The formula was similar to Order of the Garter, a little thinner than the holo's but equally as perfect in two coats.

Wow, I'm so overwhelmed by the sheer brilliance of these four amazing A-England's that I now literally don't know what to do! Hope you all enjoyed my swatches! 

Night everyone, 
Ariana xo