Wednesday 29 May 2013

Feature Nail - Part 2

As you can see from our previous post on feature nails, we truly are adopting this trend as one of our favourites. It shows how you as an individual can combine two colours/styles and make it your own and quite frankly we love to express ourselves and our individuality through our nail varnish choices.


For these nails we used Barry M Blue Moon as the main colour and Rimmel London Disco Ball as the feature nail. Although the names sound great and the colours are lovely and bright, the actual varnish is a bit of a pain. 
The Barry M took three coats to look opaque enough and it took forever to dry-note the slight smudges on the nails. 
The feature nails have a base coat of Blue Moon and the top coat of Disco Ball. The top coat also took three coats in order for there to be enough sparkle. The Rimmel is of a gel consistency and a day later it still moves a bit on the nail. We absolutely love the colours as they look great with both casual wear and going out outfits, but we're slightly disappointed at the consistency of them.
If you have a lot of patience when it comes to doing your nails then we would recommend you at least try them- remember people can see these things differently to others, we all have our own opinions- but if you're like us and just too busy to be sat down waiting for your nails to dry, then unfortunately this is not a favorite.


We have also tried Essie in Smooth Sailing as our main nail colour and Topshop in Eyes of Steel for our feature nail. We love these. The Essie took two coats and dried reasonably quickly. It is a soft navy blue colour- it actually has hints of a denim effect to it! The actual varnish is a great consistency so it dries lovely and smooth on your nails (no clumps thank god). The Topshop varnish is one of my personal favourites (M), it dries at an average speed for shimmer varnishes (they always seem to take longer to be completely dry) and the colour is  gorgeous! The main colour is purple but it shimmers so much that it looks gold and silver in certain lights as well and it lasts around a week- so not bad! 
Overall we would definitely recommend these two and even if you're not too sure about the two colours together, they look great with other colours as well. 

What's your favourite colours to wear and pair together? 
What colour nail polish do you feel best represents you?
Let us know!
Love,
M&B x

6 comments:

  1. I love Topshop nail varnish and Essie is a nail varnish I keep meaning to try. This review may have just pushed me to purchase Essie next time I am in the city, it sounds worth the price and I may just try a feature nail with it.
    Love
    Daisy ♥

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    1. We agree, we love Topshop nail varnish and we have just done a post on Essie Nail Polish. Check it out :) http://auroraglowblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/essie-go-ginza-and-mojito-madness.html
      Love
      M&B
      x

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  2. Really pretty! We both have flowers as our pictures haha :) Thanks for the post, can't wait to see more :)
    Penny Rose
    http://pinkandpetals.blogspot.com/

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    1. Thank you. Daisy's are so pretty in the sun and we love Roses.
      No problem, thank you for the comment, it means a lot! Yeah be sure to keep checking our posts, especially after exams we are planning to post every Wednesday.
      Love
      M&B
      x

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  3. Those blues are *gorgeous* :O It's a shame about them not drying quickly and such though. I never usually have that problem, but then again, I go my nails and then go to sleep so I just assume that it the reason I wake up with them smudged sometimes! Maybe I should experiment...
    Awesome blog!
    http://nailparade.blogspot.co.uk
    x

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    1. They are, my next purchase I would love to be a baby blue, like a blue tac colour. Pastel colours are in for Summer so I must invest. We get smudged nails too, just being impatient. ha
      Thank you for checking out our blog and following.
      Love
      M&B
      xx

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