Swatched - 'Mystery' Essie #1

Just a quick swatch today - this is of a mystery Essie that I picked up from TK Maxx in a set of 5. It has a strangely smaller lid than other Essie's in the set and has no identifying information other than 23 stamped into the glass bottle. This information has yielded nothing as to what colour or shade this polish might be.

I would describe it as a frosted caramel colour. In the bottle it looks much darker and richer brown with streaks of silver pigment. When you apply it to the nail, it comes out like an antique gold. It covered well in the first coat, but I added a second for good measure. With its frosted appearance, it does show brush strokes so you have to be careful when you apply it to reduce how obvious they are.

What do you think? I'm not sure...

Rachael xxx

Nail Art using MoYou London stamping plates

Good morning all!

Just a quick little post to show you my autumny nails - these are my first full hand of successful stamps - I feel like I have just 'got' stamping!

I used an image from one of the new MoYou London plates - I picked up a few when they released some of their new collections. This is one of the XL plates, although my nails are easily small enough for the small plates at the moment.

The base is the beautiful Butter London Tee Total. I then used Barry M Gold Foil Effects as the stamping polish (because its brilliant for stamping!) and used the tree rings from the top row. I really love this plate and can't wait to try out some more images - the tree rings turned out really crisp - they picked up well from the plate and then transferred brilliantly from the stamper to the nail. Really really happy!

You will definitely be seeing more stamping from me! Those cobwebs are definitely on my to-do list for Halloween! 

What do you think? Are you yay or nay for stamping? Do you have any of the MoYou plates yet? What do you think? 

Rachael xxx

Giveaway Time!

Hi all!

Great news - I'm taking part in a Multi-blogger giveaway to offer all my readers some fantastic prizes!

They include plenty of international prizes such as gift certificates for a choice of 3 e-tailers and also two lovely ladies have submitted some of their own polishes as prizes. Exciting!

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Rachael xxx

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Swatched: Julep - Jodie

Hey all!

Couldnt resist picking this one up. My wonderful step sister is called Jodie, so when I caught this in a blog sale that could make it to the UK, I just had to have it. It has sat, well guarded but untried for around 6 months, but that has worked pretty well as its a beautiful autumn colour!

I also decided to pair this up with my new OPI Man with a Golden Gun, which I snagged from one of the nail sale groups on Facebook. What do you think?

Rachael xxx

Back to School Nail Art Challenge

Hey all!

Anyone up for a quick nail art challenge? Cause i'm hosting one right here! As per usual I am right on the line with organising everything - it starts today!

No worries if you're a little late, I love seeing everyones nail art and I don't really mind when!

So here are the details - please share if you're joining in - the more the merrier! Even if you've never done it before, have a go - challenge yourself!

Inlinkz can also be found here if you're sharing on your blog:

Click here for inlinkz

If you don't blog, feel free to share your photos here (email me and I'll post them) or post to my twitter (@rachosnl) or my Facebook page (Rachos Nail Love). 

Hope to see you joining in! Mine will be up later I promise!

Rachael xxx