Smitten Polish Nimbus Take Two

The last time I showed you Smitten Polish Nimbus there was no sun in gloomy England but when I put it on today in preparation for work there were remnants of sunlight so I snapped these two quick pictures to show you the glory of this polish.

I've been very busy starting my new job, celebrating my birthday and moving all my stuff into London but the blog will be starting to pick up again now :).

Isn't it gorgeous, the scattered linear holo lifts the grey polish. I'm very excited about getting back to blogging, doing a little bit of makeup and lifestyle mixed in with my nails. Next up, what made it into my handbag?

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Nimbus and Pahlish Half Moon

On top of Smitten Polish Nimbus I decided to do a half moon using Pahlish Prayer for Rain a blue jelly glitter. I only used one coat of the Pahlish on top of Nimbus which meant that the jelly picked up a pale blue tone matching Nimbus really well.

This is very wintery and cool toned, perfect to wear for the start of December.

Tomorrow I have some Ethereal Lacquer swatches for you.

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Smitten Polish Nimbus

When I first saw this Smitten Polish collection this one really stood out to me, a dove grey holographic polish. I love light holographic polishes just as much as I love the dark ones where the holo stands out. This polish just seems to have another dimension to it when it catches the light, it is perfect.

I live in England and the days are very dull at the moment so this was the best picture I could get to show off some of the holo sparkle of this polish

This is two coats and you can still see a little nail line but it doesn't bother me too much.

Tomorrow I'll show you the nail art I did with this polish using another of my new untrieds.

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Imperio Sun Burst Half Moon

I decided to use one of my Tara's Talons advent calendar polishes to do some nail art on top of Smitten Polish Imperio. This is Tinsel an awesome gold polish.

I decided to do a free hand half-moon and sun burst design and I really like how it turned out.

Tomorrow I have another Smitten Polish to show you, one that I love very much.

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Smitten Polish Imperio

I recently got hold of Smitten Polish Imperio and I love the purple holographic ness of it. I am going to show you two coats because it was definitely opaque here. With this on every movement of your fingers makes them sparkle up at you.

Although this polish looks amazing on it was a little tricky to apply, coming out in very thick coats. If you get a bottle work patiently with it and leave it a while between coats to prevent dragging. It dries to a satin finish so I would definitely recommend using a glossy top coat to bring out the best in this polish.

Tomorrow I'll show you the nail art I did on top of this :)

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17 Suede and Smitten Klaatu Swatch

I have been away for a while but I'm back with a bang with two stunning polishes. Smitten Polish Klaatu Barada Nikto (KBN from now on) is a gorgeous blue jelly polish with blue and holographic glitter running through it. 17 Suede is a limited edition polish which is a charcoal grey matte finish polish. I am showing you two coats of each, with top coat on KBN but not on Suede.

I love how these look and I love the contrast of matte and high shine, plus this is the perfect base for me to do some nail art on next week :).

Tomorrow I'm going off on a makeup tangent with some new goodies from Boots. Remember if you like the 17 polish you need to go get it asap because it is limited edition and if you fancy KBN you can get it from Rainbow Connection in the UK and from Smitten Polish elsewhere.

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31DC Galaxy

I wanted to do something a little different for galaxy and try and portray the majority of space which is big and black and dusty. Forgive me for the shine on these pictures, I am going to be making a lightbox asap but I need to find a suitable box first.

I started with a layer of black and then sponged my dark effect polishes over the top. The circles came out of Smitten Polish The Ghost of Jupiter and they represent distant planets and stars. 

The polishes: A England Bridal Veil, Deborah Lippmann Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Dollish Polish The Man in Black and Smitten Polish The Ghost of Jupiter. 

I then matted this and it looks amazing matte, you can see the sparkle in the black undies and more of the colours from The Man in Black. 

Two days of space themed manis, I'll have to try and avoid them for the rest of the challenge. Tomorrow is the dreaded water marble which I am definitely not looking forward to, it's the technique that just doesn't work for me.

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31DC Half Moon

I'm revisiting the very first design I ever posted on my blog with this post, my half moon planets. I still love this idea and am very proud of my little planets.

Obviously my thumb is Earth but the rest are just random planets.

The polishes: Lilypad Lacquer Bluebell, W7 Silver, OPI Eurso Euro, Smitten Polish The Ghost of Jupiter, Tara's Talons Envy in a Bottle, NYC High Line Green, Orly Hook Up, Jessica Goddess, Hare Polish Dauphine of Decadence, NYC Chelsea Cherry, A England Bridal Veil, Dollish Polish The Man in Black.

I'll admit that I am now doing space themed nails two days in a row but I really wanted to recreate these, so tomorrow I will be doing galaxy nails without the galaxy.

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Pastel Pixellation Nail Art

Are you ever inspired by the name of a polish to create nail art? As soon as I saw this polish I knew I wanted to draw on my own pastel pixels on my accent nail. Although in hind sight I think the polishes I chose were too pale.

The base polish here is the gorgeous Pastel Pixellation by Smitten Polish, three coats of which produce this colour which changes between pastel pink and purple depending on the light with multi coloured square glitter in it.

To create this very subtle pixel effect I drew on the squares with my Barry M white nail art pen and then went back in with my coloured polishes and a paintbrush to colour in the squares.

My idea was to have a gradient of squares from pale blue through purple to pink.

If I were to repeat this I would change the colour of my pixels.

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I Feel... Wicked Stamped

My Moyou plates arrived yesterday and I had to try them out. I was still wearing my swatch of Smitten Polish I Feel... Wicked, and decided to try a stamp from the Sailor Collection Plate 4 which would show off the polish underneath.

I love this swirly design which leaves a little circle of polish completely clear but I wish I had stamped a little lower on my little finger.

The etching on the Moyou plates is great, the stamp came up perfectly every time. It is worth noting though that this design was only just long enough to cover my entire nail at the moment and my nails are fairly small so check the dimensions of the plates and buy the XL versions if you have big nails. I also got the Suki Collection Plate 1 which is the most unusual stamping plate I have ever seen and I am very excited to try it out.

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Smitten polishes

Today I have two Smitten Polishes to show you, both from the collection inspired by the musical Wicked!

This is one coat of Look to the Western Sky, over a coat of Nails Inc Lowndes Court. I think it could have been built to opacity but I like to be able to control how much glitter goes on my nails without worrying about whether the polish is opaque or level.

This polish reminds me of a beautiful sunset.

And moving on to the second polish, I Feel... Wicked:

This is the most amazing polish ever! It is buildable but I prefer to layer so I am showing you two coats over Barry M Racing Green. Application was easy and I cannot stop staring at my nails.

I used two coats of Save the Nail Fast Dry top coat to smooth this out, but I could have got away with one.

Smitten Polish has surpassed my expectations, I love both of these polishes and would definitely buy another Smitten.

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