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This month’s Nailbox arrived and it’s full of bright colours and sparkles in a retro disco theme.
Inside the box are four colours to make your nails pop.
Rimmel lasting finish in Wedge of Lime
Essie in flowerista
Nicole by Opi in Sky’s the Limit
Eye Candy London in Juicylicious
Then to make your nails into disco balls of sparkles Eye Candy London 3D nail wraps.
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Coming at the end of January means most beauty boxes have to look forward, and Nailbox is no exception. This month’s is all about Valentine’s Day with three pinky shades in the box.
With their own brand orange sticks and a fancy treatment from Nail Apothecary, this box is a little too girly for me, and I’m a beauty blogger!
The orange sticks take me back to being a kid, my mum always seemed to have one out. Luckily my cuticles are virtually non-existent.
The gold flecked ridge filler is a nice addition to the box, I have a ridge on my thumb from smashing it in a door years ago, which means polish looks a bit odd sometimes.
The polishes are just too much pink for me to deal with. The Sinful Pro Shine in Baby Doll is my least favourite colour ever. Reminds me of Pepto Bismol.
The Seche Rendezvous is better, but still unlikely to get used much, and the Nails Inc Alexa collection Hearts look very pretty but seem very determined to stay in their bottle with the brush coming out heart-less.
Not the best box so far, for me anyway, but if you’re into pink, this is your dream box.
The Love Hearts win me over, I love sweets. :)🍬🍭
What do you think? Are you Little Miss (or Mr) Pink? Let me know in the comments below.
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Nailbox’s latest dropped into my lap this Christmas Eve with Spring shades for 2016.
Lilacs, and Nails Inc’s Blossom polish.
Plus a nail art pen, and randomly, a set of tweezers, for brows, not nails! It’s called Nailbox chaps, don’t dilute the brand!
I like the shades of purple and the Blossom (aka Bloomsbury Way) would look great over the top or even on naked nails!
Won’t be rocking these shades till after the sun comes back, spring flourishes don’t really match with the almost constant deluge outside.
If you want to see my Christmas nails, you’ll have to pop over to Instagram to find out!
Merry Christmas.💅⛄🎁❄🎀🎅🎄🌞
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I skipped August’s nailbox while I tried to use up some of my existing nail polishes, and September’s box arrived today.
Slightly confusingly it’s Halloween themed, despite it being September, but I suppose if you’re planning an All Hallows’ party, this would give you plenty of time to practise your designs.
As well as three polishes, there’s a set of nail design brushes, and a base coat from Nail Apothecary.
The polishes come from a range of brands, including my fave Nails Inc, and they’re all full size. For £15 this is a good range of nail items.
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Latest in Beauty loves the radio as it’s collaborations with Capital FM and Heart demonstrate.
This beauty box in conjunction with my Dad’s favourite station (he always has it blaring away in the van) is jam packed.
Bloom & Blossom Bath and Shower Gel
Dirty Works 4-in-1 Face Wipes
Kitsch Prima Ballerina Hair Ties
Lola Electric Purple Nail Polish
Nuxe Creme Moisturizing Cream
Indeed Labs Hydraluron Moisture Mask
Roger & Gallet Lait Sorbet Bois d’Orange Body Lotion
Rimmel London Provocalips
Philosophy the microdelivery peel
Urban Veda Hydrating Toner
Also included are discount vouchers for some of the brands included.
I think I will be making use of all of these goodies, most of the brands are already in my beautifying arsenal.
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Now you’re probably aware my main beauty addiction is nail polish and my favourite supplier is Nails Inc.
They’ve got a new limited edition range in association with Alice + Olivia. Four polishes ready for Autumn.
While I was on the site I accidentally added some other polishes to my basket.
Spring/Summer Gel Effect Collection
I already have a few of these shades, but since I love them, a back up option isn’t so bad.
Autumn Gel Effect Collection
New, deeper shades for the changing seasons.
When you spend £35 you get a free gift, and £45 gets you free delivery. If you become a VIP member (£5 a year) you get 10% off each item you buy. Massive savings plus goodies.
And can we talk about packaging. A box to keep your polishes in delivered in a reusable bag. Excellent use of packaging with minimal waste.
Well that’s me with plenty of polish to use till the next time I get the urge to splurge.
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I regularly check in with the reviews on other blogs and this caught my nail polish addict’s eye.
Oh what a fabulous box for someone who loves nail polish.
Moyou London nail stamper and scraper set. With this you can apply funky nail art with the stamper and templates. Something I will definitely be having a play with.
Nail Apothecary Cuticle Eliminator – I am quite lucky in that my cuticles are very small and don’t give me any grief. But I will keep this close to hand in case they do start misbehaving.
Three nail polishes. Opi, Barry M, China Glaze. Pink, purple, white. They are worth the cost of the box alone!
Really like this box, looking forward to seeing what next month brings.
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So I found a discount voucher for Nails Inc and as I can’t resist nail polish I treated myself.
I got nail kale nail strengthener, top coat and two nail polishes as well as the blossom nail decoration set.
Nails Inc sent me a free gift of three mini shades and randomly a kinder bueno chocolate bar.
Free delivery on top of that. Ordered Saturday and here this morning. Rather chuffed. Now if only my nails were not so brittle.
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So, pretty much every time I go to somewhere like Boots or Superdrug, regardless of what I actually need to buy, I come home with at least two more nail polishes. There is a large box of them in my wardrobe/dressing room/beautifying corner. Most are Barry M or Nails Inc, with a few random ones (usually freebies from magazines or gift sets, sometimes beauty boxes) thrown in for good measure. I had a clear out recently off all tge manky, dried out ones.
The thing is, I don’t paint my fingernails, it chips too quickly and my nails are pretty brittle to start with. So all these lovely colours only get used on my toenails and only get seen in the summer flip flop months.
I have to have painted toenails at all times and redo them every fortnight, changing colour each time. I don’t like feet and one of my toes is bent from being broken and reset badly when I was 19. Even wrapped up in thick socks and my knitted Ugg boots (which I love for their warmth and don’t care that they’re rather ugly) my toes need that pop of colour, they look sad and naked without it. And I know it’s there!
I don’t really like pastel colours, I prefer bright jewel tones, they contrast quite nicely against my really pale skin. I’m the same with clothes, I will pick the emerald, sapphire or royal purple every time.
Which means I get really fed up when new colours come out and they’re weedy pastels. Like Barry M’s new speedy dry colours, all pastels – boring.
I’ve also got quite into matte finish polishes too, sometimes it’s more interesting than a gloss finish.
Just whatever you do, make sure it’s completely dry before you put socks on, take it from me, fluffy toes are not a good look!
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