The other day, I somehow bought a small UV torch. I'm not even quite sure why, but OH MY GOODNESS! I've become addicted to walking round the house in the dark, seeing what glows! Fun things include my teeth, the cat's ears, and of course nail varnish. Less fun things include large parts of my cooker top, strange blotches on my face, and mysterious splashes in the bathroom.... Aaaaaanyway. Nail varnish.
This design is my second time using my new MoYou London Mother Nature plate 11 (see first post yesterday). In normal light, I think it's a really pretty look!
The pale pink is Barry M Blossom, the brighter pink is Models Own Bubblegum. I stamped on top of Blossom with Bubblegum, and on top of Bubblegum with Konad white.
I really like how this looks - it's sweet and pretty, and this rose design is a lovely one on this plate. But just wait and see what happens under UV light! I stuck my hands in the airing cupboard - and hey presto!
The glow is SO bright! I haven't doctored the photos at all - I used a normal exposure, no extra lighting, no playing with the colour balance, nothing. I can't get over how BRIGHT these are!
It's a bit of a waste of time I suppose, as unless I walk around in the dark and bring my torch, then nobody will see my glowy nails - I don't go to places where they have UV lights these days!
Oh well, I still think it's fun!
Oops! Somehow I haven't blogged for nearly a week! I'm sorry about that. I've been busy, and my hands have also been looking shocking - I've had very bad excema on the backs of my hands recently, and it looks horrid. Anyway, on the plus side, I had some really exciting nail mail this weekend! Some more exciting things to review from the Born Pretty Store! Today, it's the turn of the CandyColors Glow-in-the-Dark nail polish! This is shade #11.
This is a fabulous bright neon pink. I am always on the lookout for glow in the dark polish, but the only one I've found so far was a bit murky coloured in the daylight, and didn't glow in the same colour either. This one is a lovely colour in its own right, which was great. This is two coats, which is still fairly sheer, but you could layer it over a creme, or add another coat.
Formula was a little thick, but perfectly easy to use. This dries to a satiny finish with a slightly rough texture (which I quite like) but I added topcoat for these photos.
In the dark - well, wow! What can I say? Look at it!
This is with a fairly long exposure, but still! I love that this glows in the same colour. If you look at the item on the store (link above), they do loads of colours! I'm so tempted to buy several and have a glow in the dark skittle! They're so cheap too, that that's not a crazy idea!
Don't forget that if you do want to buy anything from the Born Pretty Store, you can still use my 10% discount code, and all shipping is free. I've bought from them several times before getting these review samples, and delivery has always been a lot faster than I expect (they say 3-5 weeks, but this arrived in 8 days!)
I received this product for review purposes, but words and opinions are entirely my own. I do not receive anything if you use my discount code, although when it's been used ten times, BPS will let me host a giveaway for my readers! See my Disclosure page for more details.
Yesterday I was in Manchester doing some shopping, and in Selfridges I could SMELL NAIL VARNISH! I stumbled upon a whole stand of American Apparel nail varnish, which I've never seen before. This is Jupiter, which is a glow in the dark!
First I started with a base of Missguided's Missmatch. This orange creme was part of a big swap with my friend Squeakymom. I've never heard of Missguided before, but on googling, I think they released some polishes as free gifts with Cosmopolitan earlier this year. Missmatch is an orange creme. This is two coats. Application was fine - it was nothing special, but there was nothing wrong with it.
I then added a coat of American Apparel Jupiter. This was a fairly thick formula, a little on the gloopy side. It dried well though, with a slightly mattish texture which I like. The colour was slightly paler than my base colour, so it did tone it down a touch.
And it really does glow in the dark! I was a bit surprised that it glows a ghoulish yellowy green rather than orange, but it glows very distinctly and for quite some time. It's very VERY hard to photograph though!
I love this!
I found American Apparel in Selfridges Manchester for £7 per bottle or 3 for £17.
