Zoya - Veruschuka, the matte that rocks gloss!

 I have one of my favourite polishes for you today.  From Zoya's fabulous range of matte/velvet finish polishes, this one is Veruschuka, a stunning rich, deep green.

I love these polishes, they apply wonderfully and dry super quick, great if you are in a rush.  I know some people have issues with them chipping quickly, seems to be an thing with mattes, but I tend to get three days from these, which I think is pretty great.  I use a base coat though, Orly Nail Armour is a fav of mine and seems to react well with my nails and all my polishes, including mattes.

Veruschuka has a lovely velvet finish, not flat matte, but still has a slight sheen.  The green is intense and really wonderful and dark, but still green.  This is so pretty.......but it gets even better.........

Adding a top coat makes this polish INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!   Seriously, I know its nuts to make a matte polish glossy, but it is totally worth doing with this one. It shows so much sparkle its crazy!  I use Nubar Diamont TC for Zoyas, as I find my usual Seche Vite shrinks Zoyas badly, the Nubar works the same, dries fast and never shrinks!  Love it!

See how pretty this looks?
It just comes alive with some shine......amazing.  See how it picks up the sparkles?

Konad M79 - China Glaze Agent Lavender/Harmony

Hi Girls :)

Today I have a Konad design for you.   I used CG  Agent Lavender for the base, which I swatched here. This proved to be a popular polish, one everyone seems to love.  It also happens to be a perfect base for a Konad, so here is one to try :)

I used plate M79 and the crossed lace design.  I used the lovely chrome polish, CG Harmony for the design as these work so well for Konads.

This is one of my favourite looks, as the creme base with metallic design always makes a great combination.  I urge you to get as many of the CH chrome type polishes for Konading with, as they are amazing.

China Glaze - Agent Lavender

Here is another China Glaze swatch for you today, this time we have Agent Lavender,  a wonderful light lilac creme polish.

I love this colour, it is one that just always looks great, it also makes a wonderful base for konad designs.  It is a lighter lilac shade, leaning more towards a grey lavender.  Good to apply, was a tad streaky on the first coat, but most cremes can be, second coat evened things up but it may have benefited from a third one.  Average drying time.

Normally I would reserve lilacs for spring/summer, but as this has a definite grey tone it works equally well in the colder months too, so that is a huge plus.

Konad M78 - Nails Inc Hamstead Heath

After swatching the Nails Inc freebies on Monday, review here,  I decided to konad a couple of them, one I will post now......

First up is Hampstead Heath, that lovely rich, slightly raspberry toned red.

I used Konad plate M78 and stamped the design in Konad white.  Very quick and easy, as most Konads are.  Looks kinda cute, if a little busy. I usually go for something a tad more simple, but its fun to go mad once in a while ;)

This really reminds me of a bandana, it has that same colouring and design feel LOL

Free Nails Inc polish with Glamour Mag!

HI Girls!

Glamour magazine in the UK is giving away a free Nails Inc polish in their December issue.  They are worth £11 each but you can get them for the cover price of the mag, only £2. Bargain!

This seems to be an offer they run once a year and this time there is a choice of four really nice colours.  There is nearly always a hot pink and a bright red in each giveaway, but this year the hot pink is gone and the red is a more wearable deeper tone.  I have to say, all four colours are really pretty and worth hunting down.  Luckily my Hubby went shopping on Saturday and brought me home all four!  He is very good and always keeps an eye out for freebie offers on mags for me, he even made sure he got all four, bless him!

Okay, here are some swatches......

Warwick Avenue- a sheer sugar pink, probably more suited for French Mani's. 

I used three thick coats to get this opaque, so it can be done, just not as opaque as some Nails Incs.

 Jermyn Street-a creme finish polish in a mushroomy taupe shade.  

Very nice colour for Autumn/Winter, two coats used here.

Hampstead Heath-a rich deeper toned red creme. 

Very opaque, only one coat used here.  

Has a more raspberry tone to it. Very pretty, flattering red.

Savile Row-is a rich purple creme.  One coat used here, but two would have been better.

It photographed more burgundy but it has a definite aubergine tone in real life. Very pretty.

I really liked all of these colours, so it is worth hunting them down.  The mag only came out Thursday last week, so there should still be plenty around, but find them quick as these are always popular giveaways!

Konad M54 - China Glaze Stella

As you know,  I swatched CG's Stella a few days ago, you can see that post here.

I was not that impressed with it on my nails, wasn't sure the shade suited me, so, of course, out came the Konad!!

I used Konad plate M54 and the white special polish to do the design.  A quick stamp top and bottom of each nail, and we were good to go!

This really helped to tone down the ageing magenta of this polish and I liked it a lot more Konaded than bare. What do you think?