{Nails} China Glaze - Sugar High

I'm nearly in spring mode and decided I was fed up of neutral shades, only for a bit, so got out this polish from China Glaze's Up & Away 2010 collection. It reminds me of Barry M Pink Flamingo, which is a good thing as my Pink Flamingo is so thick and nearly unusable now.

This was 3 coats I believe, but only to make sure it was completely even. I do love China Glaze polishes, the application is always brilliant!

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{Blog Sale} China Glaze & OPI

These are a few polishes that have sat unloved in my collection, I will be selling some other brands too but thought I would start with these two brands.

• All prices include postage to the UK, if you are international please let me know in the comments.
• If you would like an item please comment below saying which item you would like and your Paypal address. It's first come, first served.
• Items will be posted by next weekend, I will do it as soon as possible but it may not be til next Saturday, just to warn you.
• If you are buying several items I will combine postage so it will be a bit cheaper.

I apologise for the quality of the photos, I took them last night so had to use flash.

1. China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le - £5

2. China Glaze Agent Lavender - £5

3. China Glaze Ahoy! - £5

4. China Glaze Pink Underground - £5

5. China Glaze Pool Party - £5

6. China Glaze Breakin' - £5

7. China Glaze Tree Hugger - £5

8. China Glaze Towel Boy Toy - £5

9. China Glaze Skate Night - £5

10. China Glaze Cords - £5

11. China Glaze Latte - £5

12. China Glaze Lemon Fizz - £5

13. China Glaze Naked - £5

14. China Glaze Frostbite - £5

15. OPI Time-Less Is More - £6

16. OPI Pink Of Hearts 2 - £6

17. OPI Suzi & The Lifeguard - £6

18. OPI Coney Island Cotton Candy - £6

19. OPI Flower To Flower - £6

20. OPI Houston We Have A Purple - £6

21. OPI Pretty & Privileged - £6

22. OPI Ali's Big Break - £6

23. OPI Sweet As Annie-Thing - £6

24. OPI Queen Of West Web-Erly - £6

25. OPI Dim Sum Plum - £6

26. OPI Give Me The Moon! - £6

27. OPI Skull & Glossbones - £6

28. OPI Over The Taupe - £6

29. OPI Cuckoo For This Color - £6

Enjoy

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{Nails} OPI - Mermaid Tears

This was one of the polishes released with the OPI Pirates Of The Caribbean collection, I swatched it but I hadn't worn it properly.

Recently I have got into mint greens, I always preferred a turquoise personally, but this murky green shade is lovely! And it's OPI so application was lovely as always.

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{Nails} Rimmel - Urban Princess

This is a polish that I hadn't worn before but I was wearing a neutral coloured dress and wanted to wear bright coloured nails, inspired by Sarah of Temporary Secretary.

This was 2 coats and 1 coat of Orly Polishield. This is one of Rimmel's Lycra Pro polishes which are meant to last up to 10 days, it lasted 5 days on me before I needed to change the colour. Rimmel polishes are one of my favourites, and I think this has become my favourite pink, it almost has a jelly finish which I love.

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{Nails} Nubar Jeans Collection

Both Nubar and Chanel have bought out nail polish collections based on jeans recently, I picked up 2 of the Nubar polishes. I can only justify Chanel if the colour is unique or a cult colour (Particuliere). I left out the lightest blue shade as I knew I just wouldn't wear it.

Boyfriend Jeans:

Dark Wash Jeans:

Both of these were 2 coats, the application was very similar of both, they were uneven on the first coat but evened out when the second coat was drying. This is also with no top coat, they're so shiny!

I am a huge fan of Nubar polishes, and their top coat Nubar Diamont is amazing, application is always brilliant. I picked these up from eBay, but Feel Unique sells Nubar polishes so no excuse not to try them!

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{Nails} OPI Gel Color - Suzi Says Feng Shui

OPI have decided to jump on the soak-off-gel polish bandwagon, OPI Gel Color is the same as Gelish and Shellac, click here if you haven't heard of these polishes before. The advantage of OPI Gel Color is that it's available in the most popular colours of their normal polish range.

I ordered 2 of the new gel polishes from an American site and this is the first My Private Jet is the 2nd one I have to try. Application was brilliant, this was one of the easiest gel polishes to apply.

I love the shine, I think this is why I love gel polishes so much! This lasted for 1 and a half weeks before I removed it, but I think it would have easily lasted 2 weeks without any chips. 

I'm not sure if this is available in UK nail salons yet, but if you like Gelish then I would definitely recommend this as the colour range is lovely.

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{NOTD} Essie - School Of Hard Rocks

Firstly, I love the name of this polish! This came out with Essie's Winter collection, and its actually a pretty unique shade. Its a bluey/greeny/grey shade.

It's been a while since I've used an Essie polish so I forgot how small the brush was, but I actually like them, they take more strokes but I find you can get a nice application. This was 2 coats, but it dried quite slowly.

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2012 Beauty Resolutions

I know it's a huge cliche but I have decided to make some resolutions for this year, mainly related to my spending and beauty addiction!

• I will start Project 10 Pan. I have so many products that don't get used, so I have to use up 10 products before I am allowed to purchase anything else! I'm thinking of posting mini reviews at the end of each month of what I've used up like Joy does, as I personally love to read these posts..

This is the current contents of my shower, I am going to aim to use all of this up, it has sat in my shower too long!

• I have made one little exception to the spending ban. I have recently started using Superdrug's version of the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish, so have told myself if I use this everyday to take my make up off then I can buy the Liz Earle version when I finish it.
• I will have a nail polish allowance. I am only allowed to buy 10 nail polishes this year, I have taken this idea from Sandra, she managed it last year and has encouraged me that I can do it! I have enough and there really can't be that many unique shades coming out this year that I will need! If I can get rid of some as well, even better!
• I will finish off at least 2 nail polishes. I'm sure if I try I can easily do this, not actually sure how long it takes to finish nail polish, we'll find out I guess.

These are my most used polishes it seems, Nails Inc London, Barry M Pink Flamingo, Rimmel Rose Libertine, OPI Tickle-My-Francy, Maybelline Ivory Rose.

I will keep you all updated on whether I achieve this! Have you made any beauty resolutions?

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{NOTD} Nails Inc - Portchester Square

I'm going to start 2012 with one of my favourite polishes from 2011, I first saw it on All Lacquered Up and have wanted it ever since. I always resisted buying it online, but caved when I saw it in a Boots store, it's so pretty.

I have already worn this polish 3 times and can see myself wearing it many times more! This was 2 coats, and no top coat, it dries pretty quickly! Nails Inc polishes cost £11, it's a lot of money, but this one is definitely worth it!

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