Another polish from the Models Own Hedkandi Collection! This is probably the best-named polish I’ve come across, it very much fits the description and is rather thrilling, if you could call a polish thrilling (? Am I just a weirdo? Lol). You might need your sunglasses for this one, it is seriously, SERIOUSLY bright! If you can’t see the neon element, try tilting your laptop screen up an inch or two and you will get an idea of the neon factor! My camera seriously struggled to photo this one, lol.

Hedonist is a bright neon coral colour – you may have to take my word on how seriously neon it is, it’s eye-searingly bright. It also looks a little bit more orange in certain lights. The finish is somewhere between matte/vinyl, but I found my nails seemed to get more shiny on the second day of wear, interestingly enough!

Application:

Not even exaggerating, Hedonist was opaque in 1 coat. The pictures show 2 coats because I had a few application problems in terms of the formula – the polish is very thick which made the brush quite globby resulting in a rather messy application – you are likely to have to clean up after! Is it worth it? YES. You will not regret buying this polish. Hedonist is definitively a neon polish, and as with most neons, it dries matte (although, as I said before, it isn’t a true matte, it’s somewhere between matte and vinyl. The polish also became more shiny with wear). So if you hate matte you will need a top coat! The only other thing is that it will show nail imperfections -see my index finger for reference! If you have ridges on your nails and it bothers you, I’d recommend using a ridge-filler before applying this.

This polish has got me on a bit of a neon-kick, I’m keeping my eyes out for more neons and Models Own has totally won me over on this one. Hedonist will set you back £5, and is available from Boots. Also, most cosmetics are on 3 for 2 in Boots at the moment, so you could even get Hedonist as your ‘free’ 3rd item 😉 I did. I was not convinced by it in the bottle – it doesn’t look neon at all in the bottle, but don’t be fooled! I am definitely way more impressed by Hedonist than I was by Models Own Disco Heaven.

Have you tried Hedonist? If you’re a brights person, I TOTALLY would! It’s such an awesome Summer colour and is such a bizarre colour it will practically go with any outfit!

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

 

Splish Splash is one of the recent Spring/Summer 2012 releases from GOSH, which are always Limited Edition but often tend to stick around for an extra season. I’ve been umm-ing and ahh-ing over this polish for a good few weeks now, every time I went into Superdrug I just wasn’t sure I was feeling ‘creme’ enough to buy it. Am I glad I did? YES! This is pretty much the green counterpart for Boots 17 Wave – Splish Splash is the most gorgeous vintage green colour, a very elegant polish which personally I think will look good on any skin tone.

Splish Splash is just so pretty, I really really love it. It has that elegance about it that makes it stand out in my collection of cremes, I’m a huge fan. I don’t really know what shade of green it is, somewhere between green and teal, not quite sure really.

Application:

Splish Splash was pretty much opaque at 1 coat, although the pictures are all 2 coats because I might have accidentally dented my index finger. It dried quickly, and dried to a nice high shine too. I pretty much have no complaints whatsoever about this one! The only thing I did notice was that the polish dries a shade darker than the bottle colour, so beware of that before you buy it! It’s not a huge difference, and like I said, I think this will go with pretty much all skin tones!

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Have you tried any of the other GOSH SS12 polishes? I’m not totally sure about the other two – one is a orangey-brown colour with orange shimmer, and the other looks like a slightly lighter Oh My GOSH Nude Champagne packed with silver shimmer to me! I may well end up picking them up at some point, it’s nice to see that GOSH isn’t just jumping on the trendy shades bandwagon and is actually coming up with new and interesting shades. I did notice that there are only three special edition  polishes this time round, while in the past there have been four. Unless my Superdrugs are just rubbish at stocking up, which is equally possible!

Let me know if you’ve blogged about either of the other two, I’d love to see pictures!

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

I’ve seen this tag a couple of times now, most recently on the nail polish tag post from Fee at Makeup-Savvy.

1. What is your favourite nail polish company?

My favourite higher end company would have to be either Ciaté or China Glaze, while my favourite high street company is definitely either Barry M, GOSH or Revlon!

2. Glitter or no glitter?

Glitter! I love glitter, despite the removal pains, glitter is just so eye-catching and makes your nails so much more interesting!

3. OPI, China Glaze or Essie?

I’m going to be a pain and say all of them at different times for different reasons. If I’m looking for a unique, very eye-catching polish I’ll probably go for China Glaze, although I do find I have a few application problems with China Glaze due to the tiny brush and I also get tipwear with their glass-fleck polishes. Essie are good because the polishes tend to apply well and last well, but I don’t like Essie  as it’s owned by L’Oreal. Sad day. OPI are okay, they do do some very pretty polishes but their price in the UK has increased to £11 and I just don’t think they are worth that, and their minis are about one manicures-worth of polish!

4. When do you change your nail polish?

I do actually change my nails either every day or every other day. I kind of feel like it’s because I have too much time on my hands and certainly on busier days I will leave them a day or two,  but I like to change things up.

5. What’s your favourite colour on your nails?

I don’t actually have a favourite colour on my nails, but I think if you were to look at my collection you would see that I tend to gravitate towards blues and greens. So I suppose that means blues and greens are my favourite! I think this is similar for my favourite colour in general – I wouldn’t have said there’s a particular colour that I LOVE any more than the next colour, but most of my clothes, my bedroom, my bike and my various bits and bobs are often blue, turquoise or green so…

6. Darks or brights?

Hmm. I think probably brights – I hate black on my nails and pretty much all ‘near-black’ polishes. I’d say I wear a fair mix of darks and brights though.

7. What are you wearing on your nails right at this moment?

Models Own Hedonist from the Hedkandi collection – SO neon you wouldn’t believe. I’m not looking forward to trying to photograph this as it’s going to confuse my camera like crazy! It’s basically a super bright neon coral colour. It dries matte but it is absolutely luminous!

8. Matte nails, in or out?

I would never like to cut matte nails off the spectrum for me, but I just never ever wear matte polish. I think it’s just that extra thing to think about and because I’m so out of the habit of using my matte topcoat it just doesn’t occur to me to use it, although matte is definitely VERY pretty and looks amazing in a matte/gloss combo.

9. French Manicure?

I’ve never had a French mani, but I always think they look lovely. Very polished and well-kept. However I am a little fussy about them – I hate seeing bright white tips or tips which take up the majority of the nail space, it just doesn’t look right! And when the ‘natural nail colour’ is a nude creme – no.

10. Favourite Summer colours?

Brights! I’ve never really been a pastel girl so it’s definitely hot pinks, oranges, turquoises, corals, blues and greens for summer.

 

I tag everyone! Let me know if you’ve done this tag and link me up!

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Last Easter I did mini egg nail art, so this year I was casting around for more inspiration. You know when you get the cute little chocolate eggs in coloured foil? That’s what inspired me this time. My camera seemed to be playing up a little, the second photo is a bit blurry (sorry!).

These were done with sellotape (lots of it!) for the straight lines and many many polishes…! Here’s what I used:

• BeautyUK Moonstone
• Max Factor Angel Nails
• 2True Shade 4 (Crystal Polish ‘Regal Purple’)
• Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air
• Accessorize Goddess
• Boots 17 Fury
• Models Own Indian Ocean
• OPI Rainbow Connection

Hope you like them! What did you adorn your nails with this Easter? Link me up if you have any pictures/blogposts on Easter manicures!

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.

I’m sure we’re all well acquainted with Chanel Peridot on the blogosphere, if you don’t already own it, you’ll probably have seen photos no less than a million times. And of course, one season on and the dupes are coming out already! Can’t say I’m complaining, there’s no way I can justify spending so much on one single polish, even if it is amazing. And I’ve heard tell that Hidden Treasure is pretty much spot on identical to Peridot – if you don’t believe me, have a look at this Chanel Peridot comparison with Topshop Hidden Treasure from Fleur De Force.

It’s very pretty. I know that people were disappointed that Peridot wasn’t as duochromey as anticipated from the bottle – Hidden Treasure is much like that. In the bottle the polish looks a petrol mixture of green and blue, a very distinct duochrome, while on the nail the blue barely shows up unless you are looking at the edge of the nail (see photo 5 for reference!). Nevertheless, Hidden Treasure is very lovely. It leans very gold in most lights, with that hint of bronzey-green. The polish flowed beautifully, it looks like I’ve just layered foil directly onto my nail, not a brushstroke in sight! No complaints.

Application:

The photos show 2 coats. Yes, 2. Totally totally opaque, yay! Not only this but the polish is very smooth and has a wonderful chrome finish. Barry M Foil Effects eat your heart out! Not the kind of polish I’d put a topcoat over, but it wouldn’t do it any harm if you did. My only little qualm is that any nail imperfections, and I mean, ANY, will show right through. If you have ridges I suggest using a good ridge-filler before using Hidden Treasure.

The best news is that Hidden Treasure is just £6 in Topshop, and very easily found!

What do you think? Are you going to hop on the Peridot bandwagon (albeit in a shamelessly cheapie way?) I am very pleased with this polish – unique, not too expensive and very good quality.

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Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this blog post was either bought by myself with my own money, or given to me as a gift from friends/relatives. All opinions expressed here are my own.