NOTD: Christmas Nails #3 | Models Own Jack Frost and Utopia

 Christmas Nails #3

Models Own - Jack Frost (Wonderland Collection) and Utopia

RRP: £5.00 each

Ahhhh, 5 days until Christmas! Hands up if you're excited!

 

This nail combination is the second one from a pair of Models Own varnishes involving Utopia that I have loved to pieces; the first being Utopia and Ibiza Mix that you can see here: link. I find Utopia a little bit too bland to wear alone but it works really well as a base to a glitter top coat. Jack Frost is one of five nail varnishes in a new collection from Models Own - their Wonderland Collection. It is a very thick consistency, a little bit like a gel and contains translucent iridescent glitter particles that appear different colours in different lights, and also a different colour depending on your base colour, for example if you applied it over a blue base colour then the glitter would be blue, the same with red or pink, etc.

 

I spent a long time deciding on my base colour and swatched many different shades on a nail wheel, almost leaning towards an light blue for an icy look, but eventually settled on the neutral nude shade of Utopia for a very frosted shade. I feel that this looks very 'Snow Queen/ice palace'-esque and is so suited for these chilly December days. It's very seasonally appropriate making the tips of my fingers twinkle away in different colours like Christmas lights! There's hints of blue, green, yellow and pink, and it's very pretty.

 

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See also:

Christmas Nails #1

Christmas Nails #2

NOTD: Christmas Nails #2 | Rimmel Precious Stones (Diamond Dust)

Christmas Nails #2

Rimmel Precious Stones - Diamond Dust

RRP: £3.99

 

Happy 12th December ladies - 12.12.12 the last repeating date of our lifetime! I'm only mentioning this because it has amused me how wild Twitter went at 12.12pm this afternoon and all the screenshot pictures that went up of the date and time saying 12:12 12.12.12! Easily amused, aren't we all. But dates aside, today I am bringing you some more glitter nails. Yes, more.

 

This is the second of two nail varnishes in a new collection from Rimmel; the Precious Stones range. The other shade is a glitter red varnish called 'Ruby Crush' which you can see in my Christmas Nails #1 post: here. Ruby Crush is an opaque red glitter with larger pieces of silver glitter within it, whereas Diamond Dust is a less opaque, but still high coverage, grey/silver glitter with larger holographic pieces in. Diamond Dust took three coats to achieve the look shown above (which makes me dread the day I need to take it off!) and it has a very gritty finish to it, which is nothing that a top coat can't solve.

 

I love the contasting effect given by the more matte grey/silver glitter in comparison to the highly eye-catching holographic particles suspended within it. This nail varnish is so cheap, retailling at just £3.99 and creates such a beautiful festive look! I also love the really wide brushes on Rimmel polishes that offer quick and easy application, coating the whole nail in just one stroke, and also how quickly these dry - there is no hanging around with tacky nails for up to an hour like with some glitter varnishes; it's literally minutes until it's dry as a bone and you're good to go!

 

I would highly recommend Rimmel Precious Stones - 001 Diamond Dust to anybody!

 

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See also: Christmas Nails #1

NOTD: Christmas Nails #1 | Rimmel Precious Stones (Ruby Crush)

Christmas Nails #1

Rimmel Precious Stones - Ruby Crush

RRP: £3.99
 

Hello lovely ladies! Are you all as excited for Christmas as I am? Just 17 sleeps to go.

 

I've been stocking up on my glitter varnishes ready to add a bit of glitz and glamour to my nails for the party season ahead, and two of Rimmel's new releases have joined my collection. Rimmel's Precious Stones collection consists of just two shades: a silver (diamond dust) and a red (ruby crush). This red shade is a super sparkly opaque red glitter with a few chunkier silver particles thrown in the mix for a bit of added dimension. It's really high coverage with just two coats needed to completely cover the nail and it dries incredibly quickly. Very eye catching and perfect for Christmas.

I'd really like to excuse my nails at the moment.. I feel like they look disgusting! I've lost misplaced my cuticle oil that I usually use so now my cuticles are all dry and ugly - ew! I love Christmas but I hate winter ..the cold weather does nothing for my skin!

Plus, this nail varnish chips like a bitch. I'd been wearing this for less than 18 hours when I took these photographs and there's already more than a few noticable chips - not great. Still pretty though.

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