Welcome! | Nails Inc: Leather Effect - Shoreditch Lane

Hello,

 

Welcome to my blog! This is dedicated to my addiction to nail polish and nail art. I'm an avid follower of other peoples beauty blogs and enjoy browsing through their pictures. I always take photos of my favourite manicures and nail art designs and I thought a blog of my own would be a great way to to show them off and review my favourite brands!

 

I have 2 other blogs, My Beaded Treasures for my online Jewellery shop and I have recently set up KatieK Pain all about my condition and treatments.

 

I have a pretty good (okay large!) nail polish collection most of which is made up of Nails Inc, Models Own and Barry M polishes but I also have a selection of OPI, Rimmel, Jessica, Revlon and Maxfactor. I'm collecting more all the time!

 

I also have some Konad nail stamping sets which I enjoy experimenting with so you'll be seeing some of those creations too.

 

I have a bunch of photos of previous manicures to post on here but for my first post I thought I'd start with something new...

 

Shoreditch Lane: Is a mulberry leather effect polish. I got this from QVC in the Today's Special Value (TSV) in January. It doesn't have a leather cap like the others but that doesn't bother me because it's such a gorgeous colour! The sort of colour I'd go for texture or no texture. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the texture at first because I do like a glossy finish but I actually really liked it for a change, it wasn't particularly gritty either and I didn't find it catching on clothing. To look at it really did look like leather! I found 2 thin coats worked best with this polish, the leather texture dried down more effectively that way.

 

Nails Inc (TSV) - (left-right) Express Remover Pot, Campden Hill Road, Royal Botanical Gardens, Lowndes Court, Henley (feathers), Belgravia Gardens, Shoreditch Lane (leather).

 

I will be reviewing the other TSV polishes sometime soon.

 

 

  

I entered the Nails Inc 'Leather & Skulls Competition' for the chance to win £200 shopping vouchers, a luxurious designer skull bangle plus a Nails Inc goody bag worth £300. Sadly I didn't win but there were so many lovely entries. I made up the shoot with my leather look nails which match my mulberry leather purse perfectly, alongside my studded bow ring, wrap bracelet and a skull necklace (made by me!) all resting on my black leather jacket. I took tons of photo's and here are a few of the best!

 

Competition Photos:

 

 

 

This was the photo I entered for the competition.

 

  

 

Thanks for looking will post again soon!

 





~Katie