Nail Files: Nails Inc

Hey everyone!

Today I am going to share some nails inc 3D glitters with you. Nails inc does glitter the way it's supposed to be. They are densely packed and more often than not, you can get away with just one coat of glittery goodness.

First up is Marylebone.

Marylebone is the pastel pink from the collection. 

It's nearly impossible to show the purple mirco glitter in it.

The obvious is the silver and pink glitter. 

Up next is Maida Vale.

Maida Vale is described as a pastel silvery blue.

But honestly, I see it with purples as well!

This only required 1 coat of the polish. 

These polishes are amazing. They are densely packed and can be applied by just painting them on (unlike some glitter that needs to be dabbed). They have an incredibly drying time. That being said, they are thirsty for topcoat!!! They want it all and will stop at nothing. Ok ok I maybe exaggerating quite a bit but they do dry gritty without topcoat.

What do you think?

Until then my dear readers. 

xoxo

Stamped!

Hello my lovely readers,
I hope everyone is doing well. I'm still unpacking at my new apartment and it's been extremely time consuming. I've still been doing my nails. These are not the best pictures as they were taken with my iPhone.

I hope you all enjoyed these manis as I have enjoyed creating them!

xoxo



Nail Files: Nails Inc

I feel like nails inc hasn't  gotten much attention or love. It is one of my top 3 nail brands. They have such a wide variety of colors and finishes. I love the bottles as well as the polish names. They are available through www.sephora.com. I have a friend in England that ships me polishes that are only available over seas. Enough of this plain text. Onward to the colors and photos!

Seven Dials is a soft yet vibrant jade green color. It only took 2 coats to achieve total opaqueness.

Seven Dials has a creme finish.

Foubert's Place has elements of grey, brown and dirty green. 

On the nails inc site, it's described as a cool grey khaki creme shade.

I used 2 coats.

Paddington verges on the almost black scale. 

It's a deep khaki grey creme.  I used 2 coats but perhaps needed i3 because there was some pulling near the cuticles.

My friend sent me this color and I haven't been able to find it on any site.

Porchester Place is a bright tangerine polish with hints of peach. 

The formula is on the thin side but not hard to work with at all.

I used 3 coats because of my ridge filled nails.

Westminster is a gorgeous purple shade with red tones. 

It applied so beautifully (like all nails inc polishes).

I used 2 coats.

Chelsea Emabankment.

2 coats. Small yellow gold glitter.

It didn't dry gritty.

I actually like the way it felt dry. 

I can;t really describe it. 

Hampstead Gardens. 2 coats. Honey Mustard creme. This is a color most consider ugly.

I love it! I don't really care if it doesn't go with my skin tone either. So pretty!

Cambridge Terrance is a silver liquid metal. 2 coats. Not a unique polish but an gorgeous formula!

Last but certainly not least.

Jubilee was released for the celebrations of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. 

It comes with a crystal cap and is limited edition. 

The colors represent Union Jack.

Blue, white and red densely packed glitter with silver micro glitter. 

This unfortunately is not available on www.sephora.com

It can be purchased on www.nailsinc.com

Which do you like?

Stay lacquered!

xox

Alex

It's never too early for halloween

Hello my loves!
I hope this finds you all well. I've. Even super busy with work, moving and buying car. Feels like everything happened all at once! Things are beginning to wind down and I have somehow figured out to balance it all including blogging. I do miss blogging a lot.

I did this nail art last year but have decided to revisit and revise it. I love seeing how much I have improved.

I also did a googly eye manicure. I have gotten a lot of comments on the googly eye mani.
I am updating from my iPhone to see how the app is. I hope it posts well!!

Nail Files: Nails inc Sprinkles Collection

Hello my lovelies. 

I've had this collection for quite some time now because my friend from the UK sent me them. They very recently became available at Sephora here in the US. I have for you, nails inc Sprinkles collection.

Sugar House Lane is a light grayed brown base with matte black and silver glitter. 

I used 2 coats because 1 coat had bald though if you applied it more carefully, you could get away with one.

Pudding Lane is a blue based milky polish with navy and gold matte glitter. 

On the website, it's described as turquoise. But clearly it's a pastel blue.

Topping Lane has cerise, silver and purple matter glitter in a pink base. 

This seriously does look like frosting with sprinkles on top. Yum!

And last but definitely not least, 

Sweets Way is the one that looks like most like frosting with rainbow sprinkles.

There is blue, pink, and silver matte glitter in a white milky base.

To be honest, the base look like it's a super super light pink.

I used 1 coat of polish.

My overall impression is that this collection sincerely does not disappoint. Most of them at 2 coaters, though as I said, if applied carefully, you can get away with just 1 coat.

The polish dries very gritty so a thicker top coat is called for. 

They are available on the nails inc website and retail for 11.00GP

They are also available on sephora.com for $9.50.

Until tomorrow my lovelies,

Stay polished!

Alexis

Goldleaf

Not everythings that glistens is gold..


BUT THIS IS!

Hey everyone!

Before we get to the manicure, I would like to say that I have finally figured out how to manage blogging and working. I work very very odd hours with the special needs population. Thanks to advice and tips from my friends in the polish community, I have been able to find a balance between the both.

I am going to be moving in a month and a half (Eee! So nervous and excited!) and I have no idea how to transport such large amounts of polish! We shall see and I will keep everyone updated. So until then, I will not be using a light box because I am trying to purge what I move with.

Today I have for you a gorgeous GORGEOUS manicure. And what makes it gorgeous is the gLORIous 22k Goldleaf topcoat.

I will give you a moment to take it all in....

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Ok, are you done? haha

The topcoat didn't evenly distribute the goldleaf for me so I pulled some out with the brush and placed them where I wanted.

I layered it over two coats of Zoya Robyn, a match made in heaven if you ask me.

What do you think of the goldleaf topcoat? 

Thanks for reading!

xoxo

Alexis

Pastel Gradient

Wow. It feels great to be blogging again. My post real post was in February. Since then, I have been super busy working ridiculous hours at work. Despite not blogging, I still painted my nails every day.

It's Friday and it's Great Gradient Friday in one of my nail communities!!!! And it's the long weekend (it doesn't matter to me, I work 15 hours on Sundays).

So as of now, I am sure everyone has seen the amazing gradient tutorial The Nailasaurus has done. Well, The Swatchaholic did an amazing nail gradient using Illamasqua pastels. I had to try it. I had all colors minus Wink so I used Essie Lilacism.

Colors Used:

Illamasqua Blow

Illasmasqua Caress

Illasmasqua Nudge

Essie Lilacism

Can I just say that I loooove the colors?!? It's absolutely amazing! My nails didn't come out as perfect as The Swatchaholic but I'm happy with it. I do need to get a different sponge. I have been using a makeup sponge and it leaves parts of it on the nail. I might just try using a kitchen sponge!

 I have to get back into the swing of things again. My lightbox got destroyed and I need to clean up my nails a bit better. With that being said, I am so happy with blogging again. I love my blog layout. Thank you to Sarah from Chalkboard Nails who gave my blog a very much needed makeover. I love my new name. Everything has been just so exciting! 

So until tomorrow!

Xoxox

-Alexis