Strawberry Ice Cream and Snowflakes

Last night I had a quiet night in.

I cosied up under the covers with a hot milk, Curly Wurly and watched Crazy, Stupid, Love. (Ryan Gosling anyone?) 

Because I love to multi-task I also painted my nails.

I’ve been looking forward to using my new Models Own Snowflake for a while now and decided that mid-November is the perfect time.

I only wanted to put Snowflake on an accent nail, so I did some research and came across this photo from Khloe Kardashian’s blog, she’s using Martha Stewart glitter but it closely resembles Snowflake.

So, I tried Snowflake over a deep blackcurrant, like Khloe, but the sparkles turned a Halloween-ish green hue which was just not what I wanted at all. 

Next, I tried it Strawberry Ice Cream by Barry M, which I blogged about in one of my first ever posts (Here). Aside from the great name it’s also a great colour, a slightly pale ‘Barbie pink’.

I think this looks really nice and very girly!

What do you think?

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Models Own - hedkandi - Ibiza Mix

Models Own recently teamed up with hedkandi to create a range of party nail polishes. I know I'm a little late to this collaboration but it took me so long to find it - seriously it was sold out in Boots for weeks! 

My favourite colour is the Ibiza Mix which is a clear paint with a mix of different coloured glittered hexagons. They're quite pastel-y in colour which makes this nail polish stand out from many of the other glitter polishes available.

I first tried it over Revlon's Sunshine Sparkle, it came out less glittery than I had expected and so painted about 3 coats haha.

About a week later I tried it over Barry M's Mint Green which looked much better, plus I only did one coat as I think less is maybe more with this polish.

It cost £5 which I do think is a little pricey but because I love it so much I think it's worth it! The polish stayed on a long time and I wouldn't have needed to change it had it not been for the actual colour polish underneath chipping. 

The only slight criticism I have is that it seems to get used up quickly, to achieve a thicker glitter coat it uses up a lot of the polish.

But all in all, this is my new favourite nail polish by an easy mile, I received lots of compliments whilst wearing  Ibiza Mix!

Do you have Ibiza Mix? What colours do you try it with?

xxxBxxx 

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