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Magic Goose - Dreaming of Snow

 Hi guys, today I have another gorgeous UK Indie polish to show you.  Magic Goose recently had a sale, and I was lucky enough to pick up 2 of the glitters from her Christmas range for just £4 each.  Even better, is the fact that they are not exclusively Christmassy, so you could easily wear them at any time of year.

This is Dreaming of Snow, which is a mix of purple hexes and short holo bars, aqua hexes in 3 sizes, and a few coppery-orange glitters sprinkled throughout.  This is 1 coat over Sinful Colors - Black on Black. I really like the colour combo in this polish, the coppery hexes aren't something I'd have ever thought of, but they really bring the other colours to life and make this polish very special.  I'm not usually keen on bar glitters either, but the ones in this polish are beautiful, and in real life they are superbly holo.
Out of the 3 polishes I ordered, this was a surprise favourite for me - I thought I'd like Wrap it Up the most, but this took my breath away!  I'm really glad I managed to snag this before it was discontinued.
Whilst you can't get this particular polish any more, all of Emma's other polishes are just as fab, you can find them here at their website, and follow them on Facebook here.

pekal

My first attempt at Stamping Decals

 Hi guys, today I have some nail art to show you using a new technique for me.  I had a go at doing stamping decals last week, and while this is far from perfect I was still pretty happy with how it turned out.  It looked amazing from a normal distance, but as always, macro photos show every tiny flaw that isn't really visible in real life.


The rose stamp is from MoYou Mother Nature 05, and the roses were filled in with Revlon - Cupid, Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream, La Femme - Lilac Cream and Ice Blue Cream, Headline Colors - Poolside Party, and Barry M - Peach Melba.  I used Konad Black for the stamping, and Sally Hansen CSM - Lavender Cloud as a base.
The other 3 fingers are diagonal gradients (another first for me) of Revlon - Cupid, Rimmel Lycra Pro - Ultra Violet and La Femme - Ice Blue Cream.  The single butterflies are from MoYou Mother Nature 01, and the 3 on the thumb are from PUEEN39.  There are little flowers in this image too, but I removed them with a cotton bud before making the decals.  All of the butterflies were filled in with Poolside Party at the top and Blueberry Ice Cream at the bottom.
I found the full nail ones fairly easy to apply as I made the decals on my stamper.  That way the decal has a curve to it, making it fit around my nail very easily.  I have 3 normal stampers that I don't use, but I will be using them whenever I make decals now.  I almost did them on a plastic bag, but in hindsight it probably would of made it a lot harder, so I'm glad I didn't.  The smaller decals were actually harder to apply.  I kept touching the wet nail, and when I did get them in place, and applied my top coat a few of the edges starting curling up!  If you enlarge the pictures you will see it.  I had a little bit of smudging when colouring in the roses too, but I fully expected this to go really badly, so it wasn't as bad as I thought.  It was kind of fun though, so expect to see me trying this technique again at some point.
What do you guys think?  Do you do stamping decals or do you think it's too much hassle?

Why not have a look at what the other British Nail Bloggers have been up to this week via the thumbnails below : )

  

pekal

UK Indie Month - Magic Goose - Electra

 Hi again gorgeous people.  Sorry it's so late, I've had a pretty busy day today and didn't realise how late it had gotten.  Anyway, the next UK Indie I have to show you is Magic Goose - Electra.  Electra is made up of small lilac holographic glitter, larger purple hexagonal glitter, and turquoise holographic stars.  I've layered 1 coat here over La Femme - Party Pluto which is a deep blue with purple shimmer.  I will have to swatch this alone for you at some point, it's stunning!



 Application on this was easy; as always, the stars needed a bit of placement, but I had no trouble at all getting them onto the brush.   I did need 2 coats of top coat to smooth out the pointy stars, but that's to be expected.  By now you probably all know that I love purple glitters, and this is no exception.
 I was actually planning on getting Aphrodite from Magic Goose, but I changed my mind at the last minute and went for this beauty instead.  I also saw some new shimmer polishes on Magic Goose that look really pretty, so I may have to pick a couple of those up too : )
What do you guys think of this polish? Have you got anything from Magic Goose yourself?
*I promise, I'm almost out of new purple glitters to show you now, so you should get to see some other colours around here soon!

pekal

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