NOTD: B-right On! by Sally Hansen and Boom Box Black by Maybelline

A week ago a collection of polishes were promised to be swatched upon this little blog and here another nail of the day combination is. Sadly not all of the polishes promised will be up really soon as someone forgot to photograph all the lovely painted nails... so they'll have to be done again in the near future which isn't a problem as they were all lovely! Let's get on to today's nails that have been done properly... 

NOTD: Make a Splash By Rimmel and Alley Attitude by Maybelline.

 

As promised it's the first manicure of the week, which has been organised just so you guys don't miss out on your nail polish fixes. Today's nails is a combination of a normal coloured crème polish with a special effect topper. The topper was bought because it looked so amazing yet hasn't been used therefore it was top of the 'to swatch' list. Let's see some more of this lovely combination: 

Some Brilliant But Underrated Nail Polish Brands.

 

Today is a showcase for the brilliant polishes held within the giant stash, that can sometimes be neglected or overlooked either by myself or the general nail polish community. They are very opaque polishes, easy to apply and overall long lasting on the nails. You want to see these polishes? Okay, here we go...

Going out on the town material: Rose Chic by Maybelline Colour Show

There's always those evenings that you are going out celebrating with friends and family - an occasion. When you've got painted nails but they just don't quite cut it for the event. Here's the polish to fill that gap, it's relatively new release and it's amazing for the amount of effort put in for the result that you receive. This little polish is called Rose Chic from the collection Crystallize by Maybelline Colour Show:  

May Polish Favourites

It's the end of May and the start of June which hopefully means summer weather coming into full swing. However today's post is going to mark the end of May with a little favourites post seeing as there has been many polishes which have been especially loved during May. So I thought I'd pass on the wonders of these little bottles.

Blogosphere hype made me buy it...

It can't totally be blamed on the blogosphere, it's also my lack of willpower not to buy more nail polishes. But seeing as the famous 3 for 2 on all make-up was on at Boots, as well as having a double voucher, the opportunity to get some current nail polishes (instead of £1 shop polishes) couldn't be missed. Therefore a little list was made and off I went to the high-street.

This purchase will come as no surprise seeing as everybody on Bloglovin' has been in love with these new editions to the Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine collection as they are brilliant polishes in their own right and they are especially great colours for the arrival of spring. Their names are; 21 Sugar Apple, 19 Huckleberry and 20 Rose Hip - a skittle of these polishes is definitely in the piping line.

Toning it down a little: 150 Mauve Kiss by Mabelline Colour Show

Good morning chicks! Now it probably doesn't come as a great surprise that the bright nails I show you guys aren't allowed at my current workplace, meaning they have to be removed or toned down in colour. It's been the first option for a while now as bright is always better in my books. Yet it's been quite a trend for toned down nails therefore here's my trial of the shade.

Admittedly it doesn't look all that amazing in the bottle due to the lack of ommph and the additional nail polish settling. But please bear with this little post as it does get better. The colour is 150 Mauve Kiss from the current Maybelline Colour Show collection, surprising origins as the rest of the collection is rather in your face colour wise.

 

NOTD: Maybelline Colour Show Polka Dots and Barry M Watermelon.

Today's blog post is a Nail Of The Day post which is another popular post circling the beauty blogosphere at the moment. Now the reasoning behind this post is trying to whittle down the older polishes I love to wear regularly but haven't shared with this little blog. And the inspiration to this combination is a dotty spotty bag that I am wearing with the outfit.

These polishes are called Rain Forest Canopy by Maybelline Colour Show and Watermelon by Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine. An additional reason for combining these polishes is that Rain Forest Canopy isn't a very opaque nail polish therefore cannot be applied by itself. Therefore adding a similar base colour below Rain Forest Canopy would make the polish look much better!

 

February's Polish Party: Chevrons

Today is another little challenge from the Polish Party, which as you can probably tell from the title is Chevrons. I had a little bit of a moment when this was chosen seeing as I had to Google search it just to see what it is! I think it was just mind block... The nail polishes where chosen seeing as they had been teased about on instagram a while a go, so I thought I'd let you out of the misery!

It's Maybelline Colour Show, in the colours 215 Iced Queen and 214 Green With Envy which are pretty cool names for these colours. In my personal estimation this is a lovely collection and has brilliant bright colours in it - always good in my books. The reason being for purchasing these polish is due to other bloggers raving about reduced GOSH polishes in their local store, therefore I just HAD to pop into mine. There was no GOSH products reduced but there were some Maybelline Colour Show! Anyway onto the actual nails...

GOT Challenge: Dots

Here I am again with a new week's GOT challenge under the title of dots which was pretty hard to put together seeing as it's the use of old nail polishes and the idea was to create a rainbow of dots. However my collection doesn't hold many old bold colours, therefore I'll show you the oldies first and then the addition back up colours. Is that okay? Hopefully not breaking the rules as I've never been a 'rulebreaker' to be truthful.

Square photographs didn't really seem right and this is the best editing I can do to get close to circles so they are in their own little bubbles. Base colour was Cloudy Grey by Maybelline, the golden oldie polishes are Hibiscus by Natural Collection which is really old and a cheaper polish seeing as that's what pocket money would stretch to and an unknown named polish by Miss Sporty which doesn't have a tag as it was purchased at a car boot sale (Really really old!). Finally the additional colours are Bright Purple by Barry M, Orange Attack by Maybelline Colour Show and 296 Water Street Blue by NYC. Right let's get started with the base coat.

I am starting to like the bubbles of photographs, I promise I wont get too attached to them.  Oh! Before I forget the reason the base colour isn't white is due to the fact that my collection currently doesn't hold a white nail polish.There is a lot going on in this post today, edited photographs and a little movie. Don't get your hopes up too much though. Next stage then is adding the different dots therefore here's the film premiere...

A like and a dislike...

A realisation came this morning that so far on my nail polish blog I have only posted about nail polishes which I either like or love. This seems awfully positive for a person that has had loads of polishes which I have disliked. So to be truthful to you many hundreds of followers (just kidding) I decided I'd post about a nail polish which I have not liked (I am surprised as you are about the brand) and also a nail polish I have liked (another brand shocker!) Here we go!

The Good. This is it, I was unsure of this brand at first seeing as I have bought from them previously (a few decades ago...) and it didn't turn out too well seeing as the coverage wasn't great. Leading to being put off and also believing the fabulous new colours looked great in the mini bottle but probably not on the nails.
However a brain change came when seeing some rather positive reviews from other lovely bloggers. I took the plunge, buying two at once seeing as they were on offer. Everyone loves a good bargain now and then. Pink Bikini is very pink and very bright (an understatement) also brilliant to wear with a bikini when the lovely weather returns next year. Additionally Orange Attack was purchased which is similarly as brilliant. From the limited experience gained with this range recently it's definitely one to pick if you want stand-out bright nails as the name suggests. A real colour show...

The Bad. Begrudgingly a Barry M nail polish is the dislike in this post. As can be seen from other posts, this brand is popular as a whole especially the lovely colours within the range. However I cannot bring myself to appreciate this effect nail polish which promised loads of sprinkles and coverage as your top coat. Reason for the dislike is due to my belief that the coverage of the little pink and white sprinkles doesn't come out the way on the stand appeared (which was the desired effect) even with a few coats. Another con to this particular nail effect is that it does seem to take forever to come off which when I am out partying to the late hours up late, I don't want to be up even later trying to get this off for work the next day. So sorry Barry M makers it's not a hit for me, others may disagree though - which my friends do. One last attempt to like this nail polish was tried in the making of this blog but sadly it didn't work...

After writing a not so positive review about a nail polish I don't feel great anymore. I'll have to write another positive one to balance out the evil tomorrow. Here's the combination of the like and the dislike to end the blog...