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The day after my holiday I visited the supermarket to grab some groceries and found these 4 bright textured polishes. I usually don't look twice at the George polishes on display as there is always other brands in the supermarket I would look at, however these were a bright gem on a cold, dull, wet day and they caught my eye. I am definitely not ready to give up on summer yet, plus I can never pass up the opportunity to get some new textured polishes so here they are in all their bold, coloured glory. All the polishes applied very easily and dried pretty quickly. I found that thin coats worked best to keep the textured finish strong. Peach Crush is a bright peach textured polish. I used 2 coats for the photos below. ASDA George Peach Crush ASDA George Peach Crush ASDA George Peach Crush Macro Watermelon Crush is a stunningly bright magenta, my fave kind of colour. I used 2 coats for the photos below but could have got away with one. ASDA George Watermelon Crush ASDA George Watermel...

While on my travels I was looking for nail polishes that were different to any I had OR totally gorgeous and the ones I have to show you today are from the latter category. Variete nail polishes grabbed my attention instantly as they looked very Chanel like on the shelves. They had many different colours but it was the duochromes that I knew were coming home with me. I picked up 3 different colours; burlesque vert, burlesque cyan & burlesque grenat Burlesque Vert is a stunning Gold to Green dupchrome. A classic duochrome polish that applies like a dream. I used 2 photos for the photos below.    Look how amazing the macro is, this polish is gorgeous. Burlesque Cyan has to be one of my favourite duochrome combinations - Blue to Purple. Although it is similar to Rimmel's Metal Rush Royal Blue, the formaula of this polish is far thicker and therefore you need less coats. I used 2 coats for the photos below. Again the macros show this beautiful shift. Burlesque Grenat is possibly m...

So I've been home from my cruise for a few days and have just started up The Polish List again. It's amazing how relaxed you get on holiday, esp while on a cruise, and how easy it is to NOT have time for the million things you used to fit into your life before you went away. I had an absolutely amazing time on holiday, if anyone has ever cruised, you'll know how instantly relaxing the whole experience is. Its such a luxurious way to travel. I visited Copenhagen, Saaremaa, Talin (Tallinn), St Petersburg, Stockholm, Sassnitz and travelled down the Kiel Canal and every time I got off the boat, the hunt was on for polish. I didn't buy very much, mainly because I have a huge amount already, but what I did is shown below. As you can see it's a pretty pitiful haul, however after I had the worst shopping experience ever in Russia, a major dampener was put on my polish hunt. I loved St Petersburg but I have vowed to never return to one store after the lady snatched the baske...

I can't believe it's Tuesday again, these weeks are rolling past so quickly. As I did Topper Tuesday last week I thought I would do a quick tutorial for you guys. Seeing as the recent challenge for #nailartaug was Ikat, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to do a little tutorial for this technique. I have never worn Ikat nails before so I was so happy with how easy they were to do. Here is my finished mani, I didn't want to put the Ikat pattern on all my nails so used the two colours (picked by my boyfriend) from the design as plain nail accents and just added black studs to bring the design together. However how you set your mani out is up to you, I've seen so many amazing designs and colour combos that your imagination really is the limit. I decided to use Barry M White, Black, Damson and Foil Gold for this design. The majority of the Ikat designs I have seen use black as the outline colour. Again, this is not the rule so do whatever you like. The steps needed to...

2014 has been a busy year for UK high street nail polish brands. New Collections and additions have been released in a constant flow since the new year, so I thought I would do an overview of the collections and my fave 5 polishes starting with Barry M. In February Barry M released the Silk Collection and 3 new additions to the Gelly Hi-Shine Collection. These collections, full of sugary sweet pastels were a nice fresh way to start the new year and came just in time for Easter. March was the month Barry M released their amazing Aquarium Collection. I am the biggest fan of duochromes and least one of my faves from Barry M this year is from this collection. In April Superdrug celebrated it's 50th Birthday and Barry M created a special limited edition nail paint in honour. I loved this surprise release and really hope it's the start of many glittery jelly nail paints from Barry M. May saw Barry M adding 7 more additions to their Gelly Hi-Shine Collection with some surprising shade...

End of the month again! These 7 months of 2014 have flown by. It seems I forgot to include a post at the end of June with my monthly roundup, so I am tagging it on at the start of this post. As usual here are the manis I created for +CaliforNAILS  #nailartjun. It's difficult to pick my fave as they were all really nice but I do love the dolly mixture nails and the picnic nails! Seeing at the end of June marked the end of the first half of the year I put together a collage of my #nailart... challenges so far, and yes I have completed every one! Result. Even within these 6 months I can see how much my nail art has improved, I have also managed to find the right nail are routine to keep my nails nice and strong. I can not possibly pick a fave from all these but I do think that May was a good month, I tried lots of new techniques and seemed to hit my nail art stride. On to #nailartjul, although I finished this challenge a day late I like the manis created with the themes. It does seem ...