Nails Inc Spring Summer Collection

I succumbed to my polish addiction and bought the new Nails Inc Spring Summer Collection last week. It's a mixture of neons and pastels, perfect for the coming season and it's Nails Inc!

There are 6 shades:

Primrose Hill Gardens – neon pink
Royal Botanical Gardens – mint
Kensington Palace Gardens – salmon pink
Belgravia Gardens – coffee nude
Chelsea Physic Garden – pastel blue
Hampton Court Palace Gardens – pure orange

Available to buy at Nails Inc for £22.

I couldn't decide which shade to try first so I used 5 of them :)

It's the usual quality polish you get with Nails Inc - I have a little chipping after 3 days but I think that's more to do with the fact that a few of my nails are peeling than the actual polish.

I totally love the shades - Royal Botanical Gardens reminds me of Tiffany blue! And Primrose Hill Gardens actually dries matt so the whole collection is absolutely on trend! I've never really seen myself as an orange nail polish kinda girl, and thought I probably wouldn't use that shade, but I actually love it.

Obviously at this price the bottles are smaller than standard size but still 4ml so enough for lots of use and the colours are gorgeous. Definitely worth a buy!

Love you!

Shellac Manicure & Pedicure

 I got a great deal on a Shellac mani and pedi, £12 for each. My plan was to have them  done for my upcoming trip to Ibiza but, typically, I could only get an appointment for 2 weeks before...Never mind, I was optimistic and hoped it would last!

Off I went to get pampered! Now, I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my nails, normally painting them twice a week because they get a bit chipped or smudged or something that bugs the life out of me. Today was day 7 of the Shellac and my toenails are holding up well, no doubt they'll last through the holiday but the fingernails were dented, growing out quickly and not even enough for me.

I removed the nails tonight, after doing lots of research on how to remove it without doing horrendous damage to my nails.

The method that sounded best, and I tried, was this:

1. Cut cotton pads into quarters and saturate with nail polish remover (with acetone)
2. Place a cotton pad quarter onto nails and wrap in tinfoil (this helps warm things up and speeds up the process)
3. Leave for 15 mins (some people say 10 some 20 so I averaged it out)
4. Take the cotton pads and tinfoil off and scrape away the Shellac with an orange stick

I found that after 15 minutes the Shellac was all loose and very easily to scrape away, no stubborn bits left. My cuticles and nails looked very dry but once I gave my hands a good wash they looked fine. My hands need a little TLC with some good handcream but that's never a bad thing, is it?

My verdict on Shellac? I probably won't get a manicure again but I will get a pedicure done again.

Magnetic Nail Polish

I love a nail trend and was super excited when I heard about magnetic polish! I invested and immediately tried it out...disaster! Then I did a little research and got some tips on technique and was a little happier. I went for Nails Inc in Trafalgar Square which is a metallic grey, sort of a gun metal gray. Other colours available from Nails Inc are Houses of Parliament, purple and Whitehall, greeny blue. I've used this polish a few times now and it's tricky to get a good result, but I think it looks amazing when you do! The trick is to apply 1 coat and let it dry, then do a second coat using the magnet. You need to work fast with the magnet so paint 1 nail at a time, then hold the magnet over the nail for about a minute. The range is available at at £13 each. Love you Sus xxx