Easy and Speedy Galaxy Nails!

Hello everyone! Once again, long time no speak. I have just been so busy with work. Tonight I was going to do my nails for breast cancer awareness month but sadly it was too dark for me to take photos. Hopefully I can get a few posts prepared at the weekend for the coming weeks. Today is just a simple manicure, the fastest galaxy nails ever!

 

 

I started with a base of Essence – Galactic Black then sponged Collection – Hello Sailor! And Essence – Where is the Party? on randomly. Finally I sponged on a little bit of Rimmel – Disco Ball and Andrea Fulerton’s Gemstone Overcoat. As simple as that! It really didn’t take very long because the sponge doesn’t apply much product so it pretty much dries instantly. I added a coat of topcoat just to even things out.

 

By the way, I am sorry about the slight tip wear and occasional tip, I sadly didn't get the chance to photograph these until the second day of wear!

 

I hope you enjoyed this quick post. Thank you for reading!

Andrea Fulerton and Essence Flakies Comparison

Today I am going to be comparing Andrea Fulerton’s Gemstone Overcoat with the Essence Special Effect Topper in Night In Vegas. They are both flakies in a clear base that flash green, red, orange and blue. 

At first I thought that they were exact dupes for each other, and alike to many other flakie top coats such as Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure, Gosh Rainbow, Essie Shine of the Times and Nubar 2010 and they are! The only difference being the level of coverage given. As you can see in the picture below the Andrea Fulerton polish is much more opaque than the Essence one but they give a very similar effect. I am sure that if you layered two coats of the Essence over your chosen colour it would give the same effect as using the Andrea Fulerton polish. I feel that if you have one of these polishes or any of the other dupes there isn’t much point in getting the other as they are practically the same, you just may need more coats. 

 

 

The Andrea Fulerton polish is readily available in Superdrug in the UK and online. Essence is not available in England but I believe it is in Ireland as well as most of Europe. You may also be able to purchase it on eBay or get it in a swap. It would definitely be one to pick up if you go somewhere that stocks Essence. 

 

 

The main difference between these polishes apart from the opacity is the price. The Andrea Fulerton polish costs £4.99 for 5.5ml whereas the Essence polish costs 1,79€ (£1.40 according to today’s exchange rate) for 8ml. This means that for 1ml of Andrea Fulerton you are paying £0.91 and for 1lm of Essence polish £0.17. If you can get your hands on the Essence version, I would suggest getting it over the Andrea Fulerton version purely for the price. 

 

 

So in conclusion, these polishes are dupes for each other and have very similar formulas but Andrea Fulerton is more opaque. Essence is far cheaper and gives the same effect as Andrea Fulerton with two coats but may be difficult for people to get hold of in England but easier for people in Europe! 

 

Thank you for reading!

15 Day Nail Challenge – Day 15 Anything

Today is the final day of Makeup Savvy’s 15 Day Nail Challenge! I can’t quite believe how quickly it has gone. I have thoroughly enjoyed myself and it has been great to try out new things and see everyone else’s wonderful designs. A huge thank you to Fee for hosting this challenge!

Today, as the theme is anything I wanted to try something that I haven’t done before; the cling film manicure otherwise known as the saran wrap manicure! The method consists of scrunching up a bit of cling film, dipping it in polish then dabbing onto the nail. It is simple and the effect it gives is beautiful.

 

Sadly, my nails for today are a total fail. I used Barry M Silver Foil for my base colour then dabbed various duochrome colours onto the nail (W7 – Metallic Neptune, Essence – Where is the Party?, Catrice – Genius in the Bottle, Collection 2000 – Hello Sailor!). However, the result is more of a blurry mess than beautiful duochrome over silver… 

 

 

I think this may be because either I used too many colours or that I didn’t dab enough polish off the cling film before going onto the nail. Anyway, in a desperate attempt to rescue my nails I added a coat on Andrea Fulerton Gemstone Overcoat which you can see here:

 

 

I think that added a little more colour back to it but I was still not happy so I added a coat of matte topcoat. Really I should have started over again but I didn’t have time so this is what I was left with… A bit of a mess really but not a complete fail. I will definitely try the cling film method again!

 

Last but not least another huge thank you to Fee for being such a wonderful host and supporting us all with our nail art! Thank you, Fee!

15 Day Nail Challenge - Day 13 Film Inspired

I am sorry about not posting yesterday, I was extremely busy and forgot to prepare a post. I will be participating from now until the end of the challenge though! Today’s nails are inspired by the film Ice Age! I know that it is aimed at children but I really like it, especially Scrat!

The white icy tip is meant to represent the ice (of course!) and on the ring finger there is an acorn which needs no explanation! 

The base colour is Barry M – Blueberry Ice Cream then I painted Color Club – White onto the tips in lines to create the feel of cracked ice. Then I sponged a tiny bit of a very light grey onto the white to give some shadow then finally added some of Colour Club – Covered in Diamonds to the white to give the effect of ice crystals!

 

 

The acorn was made on a plastic food bag with several polishes mixed together to create the correct colours. It could do with being a tiny bit smaller but overall I am happy with the outcome! It is far from perfect but I think it is quite cute.

 

 

 

I made the mistake of doing these nails last night and then going to bed when they weren’t fully dry which meant that the polish at the tips crinkled a little bit but this isn’t very noticeable due to the flakes of glitter!

 

 

I am looking forward to tomorrow’s theme which is dots and sadly the penultimate day of the challenge :(

 

 Thank you for reading!