George's Art and Nails
Monday 22 June 2015
Sparkly Nails Chevron Stencils
Tuesday 12 May 2015
Violet Rose Polish - Crushings
Sunday 26 April 2015
Violet Rose Polish 'Spring Fling'
Saturday 18 April 2015
Violet Rose Polish - New Beginnings
Thursday 16 April 2015
The Mystery Of OPI Blue Chips
The other day I went into my local Factory Shop to have a look for some polish bargains. They sell good brands at low prices. If you have one near you go take a look!
On this visit I picked up an OPI which was a really pretty blue with sparkle in it called 'Blue Chips'.
You can't see in the pics but it has a holo look to it in the sunshine.
As most polish addicts do I keep a record of my polishes to avoid buying dupes and to count them easier. Yes I have that many polishes.
I like to see which collections polishes come from so when listing this one I had a quick google of it to see what came up.
I found several blogs which covered this subject. These were imabeautygeek.com, rebeccalikesnails.com and glittersnapdragon.blogspot.co.uk.
So.... It turns out that OPI 'blue chips' is a re-release of 'the flowers are blue-ming' from the 2012 ulta collection, 'too haute to handle'. It is still an official OPI polish and isn't a fake, it seems that the ones they have left over from collections (the over stock) they re-release under new names.
Thanks for reading :)
George xx
Sunday 29 March 2015
Introducing Brie....
A lot of people are quite negative about puppy classes but we have found them quite beneficial. We made a good start on training ourselves but have gained some great advice and training techniques from Beverley who runs the puppy classes.
Saturday 21 March 2015
L.vida nail wraps review
I received some L.vida nail wraps in a beauty swap. I believe originally they were from a memebox. I apologise for the pics in this review, I wasn't originally going to review them so the pics were unfortunately an after thought.
The nail wraps in their packet look very appealing. The patterns are really different and funky.
I like the sizes of these wraps as they seem to suit the shape/size of my nails better than others I have used. They come with a protective film on each one which you remove and are easy to trim if need be.
There are clear instructions and pictures on the back of the packet and they come with a cute little nail file.
The wraps were easy to apply but once on the edges didn't want to stick and kept peeling back up. I was really disappointed as I loved the patterns on these.
The above picture was taken just after applying them, below was the next morning.
I decided to keep them on and ended up wearing them for a week. The edges seemed to sort themselves out after a couple of days. In general they lasted well and didn't start chipping until the end of the week. Usually my nails chip after a couple of days when I'm at work. I also had quite a few people comment on how nice they were.
I had no problem removing them, they peeled off easily and quickly leaving only a small bit of glue behind which was easily cleaned off using polish remover.
All in all abit of a varied review for me. They definitely have their pros and cons!
Thanks for reading.
George xx