FairyTales Nails

Another month has come and gone so it is time for my nail art round up, I was hoping to get this posted on Wednesday but it was a nightmare of a day so nothing got done. Things seem to be looking up now thankfully, so let's take a look at the mani's I managed to get done last month. 

Hey, everyone, I hope you all had a really lovely weekend. Again I am a day late in posting, unfortunately, I am still suffering from this migraine so doing anything computer related has been tough lately. I have had to write this post in bits and pieces as looking at a computer screen for too long is not a possibility at the moment. I have a really fun post for you though, so I hope that will make up for it. I have 4 gorgeous polishes from 4 fabulous UK indie brands, so let's take a closer look. 

*Press Sample* Happy hump day everyone, we are on that downward slide towards the weekend yet again. Normally I would be posting a polish from my Alphabet Swatchathon today, but I have these beautiful polishes from UK indie Opulent Essences which I really wanted to show to you. My swatchathon will continue next week, I promise. 

*Press Sample* Hello my lovely readers, I hope you have all had a great week. My week has not been an easy one unfortunately, yesterday we said our final goodbye's to my great Auntie. It was an emotional and draining day, so I am spending today recuperating. I had some fabulous nail mail delivered to me this morning which definitely brought a smile to my face. You will be seeing some swatches of these Nine Zero beauties popping up on the blog shortly. For today's post, I have some brand new shades from the lovely Sharon & Zoe over at Opulent Essences. They sent me three of their newest shades to review for you, so let's jump in.

*Press Sample*  Hello, my lovely readers, I hope you all had a nice relaxing weekend. I spent my Sunday with family which was lovely, a nice Sunday roast to bring us all together. Today's post is another Born Pretty stamping plate swatch and review. The lovely people over at Born Pretty sent me four of their new Square shaped plates for free in exchange for my review. So let's jump in.

*Press Sample* Hello my lovely readers! I hope you are all having a fab day, the sun is shining bright here and there is a lovely breeze in the air so all around a perfect day. Today's post is a combination of nail art and some swatches of some of the newly released Opulent Essences polishes. For some time now I have been wanting to try a Galaxy mani, so when I received these beautiful polishes from Sharon and Zoe I knew these would be the perfect polishes to use. I am quite pleased with how my first attempt turned out, there are a few things I would change in the future put these polishes were definitely perfect for this manicure.  For my base I used this stunning cobalt blue creme with silver shimmer called Neptune, this is fully opaque in 2 coats and applies really smoothly to the nail. I felt this was the perfect colour to start with for a galaxy mani. Once that was top coated and dry I used one coat of Opulence this is a silver holographic, I will b...

*Press Sample* Hello my lovely readers, I hope you have all had a great week. Most of mine has been spent running around after my little girl. Now that she is up on two legs there is just no stopping her, as I type this she is running off into her room to create some kind of mischief. Today's post is all about the two brand new multi chrome polishes you can now pick up from Opulent Essences. Recently Sharon messaged both me and Becca from A Certain Becca Nails to see if we would like to swatch some of her new polishes. I was over the moon and felt completely honored to have the chance to do this. The two polishes I have for you today are the brand new multi chromes that have recently been added to the shop. I am not going to lie these were a pain in the bum to photograph, I tried to capture the shift as much as I possibly could. The first polish is called Raspberry Sorbet Chameleon, this is a multi chrome polish that shifts from a dusky pink to gold to pur...

Hello my lovely readers, I hope you all had a nice relaxing weekend. Me and Lexi didn't get up to much just a trip to town and a delicious roast dinner at my Nan's house on Sunday. The polish that I have to show you today is one of my favourite kinds. I love wearing thermal polishes and can not stop putting my nail in and out of cold water to see the colour change. Today's thermal polish is called In The Mood and was created by the lovely Sharon and Zoe from Opulent Essences. Let's get into the swatches and see just what this stunning polish can do. I loved working with this polish it applied really easily and reached full opacity in 3 coats. The formula is more jelly like than creme so it looks very squishy on the nail.  When this beautiful polish is warm it takes on this gorgeous bubblegum pink colour.  After the polish has been exposed to a cold temperature it changes to a deep royal purple. The change in the colour is so fast I couldn't capture...

Hello my lovely readers! I hope you have all had a great week and are looking forward to the weekend. Thankfully Lexi is now feeling much better, she is back to her usual bubbly self which is great to see. Today's quick post is a Spring manicure using the beautiful turquoise polish from For Your Nails Only's Enchanted Holo collection. This gorgeous turquoise creme that leans more green than blue was the perfect base for my Spring time manicure. As this polish leans more on the mint side I felt it would go perfectly paired with some daisies and a chequered picnic blanket pattern. Definitely makes me think of Spring.   For the daisy pattern I used Born Pretty Store's plate number 46, this was perfect for the look I was going for. I stamped them on using Born Pretty white polish and used Opulent Essences Lemon and a dotting tool to add the middle of the flower. Then to finish off my manicure on my other nails I stamped the picnic blanket image from Uber Chic collec...

Hello my lovely readers, I hope you have all had a fabulous week. Mine has been full of bugs not only was I ill for most of last week and the beginning of this one but now my little girl has caught the bug. I really hope it doesn't stick around as long as it did for me. Today's post is a follow up from the last, in that post I showed you full swatches of the  Taste The Rainbow collection from Opulent Essences . I had so many different ideas for manicures that I ended up just sitting down and letting the polish guide me. This is my first marbled manicure to create this look I used all of the polishes from the collection except blueberry as I felt it would be a bit too dark and over power the lighter colours. For my ring finger and pointer I dropped a few drops of Orange, Strawberry and Lemon onto the top of my jumbo stamper head. I then marbled them together by smooshing the stamper down so the colours blended together. I then took the stamper and stamped the blended colou...

Hello my lovely readers, I am so sorry I haven't managed to write up a post recently. Unfortunately the dreaded bug took a hold of me and was refusing to let go, just looking at a computer screen would make my head pound and my eyes water. Hopefully today's awesome post will make up for it, the collection I bring to you today is from the wonderful Sharon and Zoe over at Opulent Essences. These ladies are always coming up with some fab polishes and their neon collection is no exception. When Sharon first posted bottle shots of these beauties the first thing that came to mind were Skittles, me and Becca from A Certain Becca Nails decided we would call them Taste The Rainbow and luckily for us Sharon loved the name and now we have this stunning collection each named after a fruity treat you can find in a Skittles packet. This gorgeous collection consists of 6 neon creme polishes that look stunning on the nail and make you want to reach for your sunglasses and hit the beach....