February's Nail Polish Haul

Oh dear, I did it again, I just couldn't resist those pound shops and bargain hunting and I've ended up with quite a haul again, good job I got extra Helmer's to keep all this extra polish in!

Models Own had a great 50% off sale so I snapped up a few things off my wish list including Disco Inferno which for some reason my local Boots store never get any stock of even though every other colour gets re-stocked. Other goodies include some super sexy Nubar duochromes, Bling-tastic Nail's Inc Crystal Cap's, Amazingly cheap China Glaze Crackles for £1 each, yet more Poundland Jess glitters, and some more Laura Paige, which is a brand based just down the road from me.

February's Nail Polish Haul

Hi guys, sorry about the lack of activity lately, I've just not been feeling up to it, but I'm back and will be a better blogger I promise. :-)

Normally I'd do a haul post on the last day of the month with Dana from Polished Claws Up!, Dana's had a busy month so isn't doing a haul post this month, but still go and check her blog out here. I've been a bit behind as I needed to borrow a camera to take the photos, my photos aren't great, but hopefully you'll get the idea.

This months haul included my first Versace polish, I had to get it for it's cute little box, and I got a ton of old Cutex polishes which I just couldn't resist, and here's my lastest haul, as always, if there's any you'd like to see swatched let me know. :-)

OPI - Extra-va-vaganza!, Fresh Frog of Bel Air, China glaze - Trendsetter, Versace - V 2018

Maybelline Colorama - Peach Daiquiri, Purple Party, Twinkling Toffee, Emerald Frost, Pink Pinata x2

Laura Paige Week - Day 5 - Limited edition No 35

Yay It's snowing! Everything's covered in white fluffy snow, I don't think I'll be going anywhere today as it's getting pretty deep, I might have to make a snowman later. :-)

This time next week I'll be taking my Theory test for driving buses and coaches, I applied to be a bus driver as it's hard to find jobs related to my degree so I thought I'd give bus driving a go, at least it's good pay, it's a job for life as long as I keep my nose clean, and best of all I'll be able to wear whatever crazy colours I like on my nails. :-) So this week I'm going to have my head in my books studying for the test, and I can't tell you how nervous I am about it, but I'm sure it'll be fine.

Enough waffling, today's Laura paige polish is another rubbishly named one, this one's called Limited Edition 35. In the bottle it's a metallic looking purple with a blue base and golden pigment mixed in, on the nail it all mixes together to create a metallic purple, that's more pink leaning than blue, it's such a lovely colour and well worth owning. I couldn't get the colour of this right at all with my camera, so I've tried to adjust it to show the right colour of the polish, but it still looks too brown, and of course I now look like I have lobster hands, I won't be getting a gold star for this swatch!

Laura Paige Week - Day 4 - Limited Edition No 25

When I saw this polish I have to admit I swooned a little, the colour just called to me and said take me home with you, so of course, that's exactly what I did!

Today's Laura Paige is just known as Limited Edition 25, why oh why didn't they give this a name, it should be law that all polishes have names, especially when they are as nice as this.

I did have my reservations about this polish, I thought that would be sheer as it seems to be just made up of blue shimmer, but I was impressed that after three coats it was opaque, no VNL to speak of. I think this might be one of my favorite blues in my collection, and it's certainly unique in my stash.

Laura Paige Week - Day 3 - Pouty Purple

Hello again, I'm back with another Laura Paige polish, isn't that a surprise! Today's polish is Pouty Purple.

Pouty Purple is a really nice purple shimmer, I'm really impressed with the colours produced by Laura Paige, they have the traditional pinks and reds, but also have some more interesting colours. I was doing a bit of research into Laura Paige earlier to see if there was a facebook page or something, but there wasn't. I did find their own site and it turns out they're not too far from me, and are probably my local cosmetics company. :-)

Laura Paige Week - Day 2 - Raspberry Chocolate

Today's Laura Paige polish is a lovely brown shimmer called Raspberry Chocolate. The name just makes me think of eating Thorntons chocolates, they do some lovely ones with a fruit filling in the middle, hmmm, I could eat some right now..

Anyway, Raspberry Chocolate is a red leaning shimmery brown that has some gold shimmer thrown in for good measure. It's a an elegant colour and it looks great on my nails. I think browns are one of those funny colours that I'd never think of wearing, but I'm slowly gaining more browns as I feel they really suit me.

This was two coats, it covered beautifully and was a great formula, I think the red tint in the base and the golden shimmer combine to make this a warm brown that can be worn in the summer and would be perfect in autumn. Just like yesterday I gave it one coat of Crystal daze, just to see what it would be like....

Laura Paige Week - Day 1 - Grape Vine

This week I thought I'd do a series of posts about Laura Paige or LP as it says on the front of the bottle, a brand of nail polish that I've only seen in a local chemist in my home town. So I apologise if you fancy any of these as I don't know where else you can get them, but if there is any you fancy get in touch and I can see if they have any left.

The first polish I'm going to share with you is the first Laura Paige polish I owned, my lovely boyfriend spotted the display of cosmetics when he was at the chemists and he picked this one out for me as a treat.