Nails of the Day

Hey everyone!

I thought I would give you a look of my nails today as I actually really like them!  I was experimenting with glitter gradient - something that just never seems to work for me - until today. 

For these nails I used an old Essie favourite of mine, Angel Food.  You could probably find this colour on ebay ect but it has been discontinued from Essie counters.  A close alternative to this colour would be Fiji by Essie. 

Essie Angel Food

I then built up glitter using Revlons Stunning starting from the bottom to the top, making them more opaque as I reached the top. 

Revlon Stunning

That's all for today's post! I hope you enjoyed my NOTD and feel free to send me snaps of your NOTD on twitter (@subtlecoral).  I'm also considering doing a tutorial post for these nails, let me know what you think!

Katie

Xox

Nails Of The Day

Hey Guys!

Some of you had suggested that I do more 'Nails Of The Day' posts so that's exactly what I'm going to do!  I recently purchases Marie Claire Magazine which contained a mini Ciate caviar manicure set in the shade 'Cookies and Cream' so I thought I would give it a try.

The nail polish in the set was quite watery and thin and I needed about 4 coats to achieve a nice look.  However I do think that is just because these are freebies.  I don't think the regular Ciate polishes are like that at all.

I decided to try out the caviar part of the kit on my ring finger as I had never tried it before and wasn't sure how I would like it.  The application was fairly simple, I just coated my ring finger in the polish provided and sprinkled the caviar over my nail and pressed them into place.  I should just add, that if you plan on doing this make sure you have something underneath to collect the rest of the fallen beads.

As the day went on, I noticed that some beads were falling off, but I blame that on my application,  not the product itself.  For a freebie, I really enjoyed using this.  I'm not sure if I would pick up a full sized or not.  I find the feeling of the caviar a bit bizarre and I'm constantly fiddling with it!  But for a bit of a different look, it was nice to try!

Did you pick up Marie Claire this month, and did you give the Caviar Manicure a go? Let me know in the comments below!

GIVEAWAY (NOW CLOSED)

Hello Everyone!!

Today is a great day because you lucky readers are getting the opportunity to win this lovely giveaway I've prepared for you!  Even though I've only been blogging for 2 months I thought I'd do a giveaway as a thank you for the lovely welcome to the bblogger world! So thank you all so much!

I'm going to quickly blast through the rules before I get into the products up for grabs!  The only real rule for this giveaway is that you must be following my blog to be entered.  The usual occurs where if your under 18 you have to ask your parents permission because I will need your address to send the products in the event that you win.  This giveaway is international so anyone can enter.  Now lets get into the goodies...

YOUR GOODIES, YOUR GOODIES, YOUR GOODIES, NOT MA GOODIES. ( to the tune of Ciara-Goodies haha!)

Okay, so I'll just list the items you can win here:

1. Katy Perry Colour Pop Lashes by Eyelure
2. Carmex Strawberry Lip Balm
3. Trio of The Orange Tree Products (Body Wash, Body Lotion and Bath Soap)
4. Lush Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly 100g
5. Bourjois Bronzing Powder 
6. Barry M Nail Varnish in Shocking Pink

So like I said above all you have to do is follow my blog to be in with a chance of winning.  The giveaway ends on the 30th of June.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck to you all!

Katie

xo

My Favourite SS13 Nail Polishes

Hey everyone!

Today's post is all about the nails! As the weather starts to heat up, so does the colour on my nails! I thought I would just share with you my favourite spring/summer colours for this year! So lets get started.

• The first colour I'm going to talk about is one of my favourite Essie colours! It's Bikini So Teeny.  If the name of this colour doesn't already make you feel summery, then you just have to take a look at the gorgeous colour! It's a pastel blue that reminds me of the light blue seas in summertime. 

Essie - Bikini So Teeny

• The next shade is another Essie colour, however this is a colour from their Resort collection.  Come here! is such a hot coral which skews slightly more on the red side.  I absolutely love coral colours on my nails and I think this shade would suit any skintone.  Defiantly a bright colour for bright days.   

Essie - Come Here!

• I've also really been loving Butter London's Sweet Shop Collection, especially Jasper.  Jasper is a stunning pastel yellow.  The only thing I found about this colour was that it was quite streaky on the first coat, but after a few coats the colour really shows.  This is a summer hit for sure.

Butter London - Jasper

• The next colour I literally just picked up so I don't have a swatch picture.  Its part of the Models Own fruit pastel collection and I got the shade Grape Juice which is a lovely lilac colour.  These nail polishes are really unique as the are scented.  However I'm yet to try it to see if the scent will remain on your nails.  

Models Own - Grape Juice.

So all in all, I really adore all of these colours and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anybody.  There is not a single doubt in my mind that I will be wearing these colours all summer because they're all stunning.  I love them all so so much and I will speak to you all very soon!