MUA - Mystical Glitter Nails Jellyfish

Shimmery plum glass fleck finish   

Another of the oddly named Mystical Glitter range from MUA (available from Superdrug in the UK)

To me Jellyfish is a shimmery plum polish with a glass fleck finish, not a trace of glitter!

Swatch shown is 3 coats and I still have pretty visible vnl in the sunlight I just couldn't face doing more coats.

This polish cost me £3 from Superdrug.  The bottles are an odd size, 6.8ml

MUA - Mystical Glitter in Seahorse

Fir green glass fleck  

The oddly named Mystical Glitter Nails, there's no glitter, rather a very pretty glass fleck finish.

Seahorse is a fir green polish with a gold speckled glass flecked finish.

Now onto the bad news, boy is it sheer.  My swatches are 4 coats and I still have vnl.  So next time I will find some suitable undies, this polish is not pretty enough to do 4 coats again!

MUA is a cheapo brand sold in Superdrug.

MUA - Stormy Skies

Blackened green shimmer  

Stormy Skies is a blackened sludgy green shimmer with fine green and copper shimmer.  Click the sunlight picture to enlarge the photo and see the shimmer.  The polish is dark but doesn't look black and it's definitely 'lit from within'....

Application was ok and the swatch shows 2 coats with no top coat.

How green is my valley?

It's green week/month over on my favourite nail board Make-Up Alley , inspired by St Patrick's Day, so I thought I do a few green posts too.

This is GOSH Metallic Green, a pale green foil that is oddly paler on the nail than in the bottle, something to do with the foiliness I assume.

 
Sun


Shade

Despite being a foil the brush-strokes aren't too bad, just ignore that ding on my little finger :-)

This is two coats, no top coat.

It's an unusual colour, I don't think I have anything like it but I'm not quite sure it's me - perhaps it's the foil again. I'm not sure I've embraced my inner foil-lover yet...

Models Own

A belated Happy New Year and welcome to all my new readers, thanks to Brooke who featured my little blog in her weekly New Blogs on the Block

So here we are, new year, new start. After a fun and relaxing Christmas break and a killer of a cold that is still flooring me, I'm back with renewed enthusiasm. I'm going to *try* to post more often this year, I won't manage once a day, but 2 or 3 times a week should be possible, right?!

I'm gonna kick off with my Models Own collection

I discovered Models Own last May through a comment on MUA which said they were good for grey cremes and were sold on ASOS . I was going through a creme phase (my first ever) so I checked them out on ASOS and then found their website

It's a funky website and they have an pretty extensive range of colours and some interesting looking glitters. No accurate colour swatches on the site though so it was a bit of a gamble on colours.

I couldn't find any reviews either so wasn't sure what I'd be getting, finish wise. I found a discount code on the web so ended up getting 9 polishes for less than £34 which seemed like a bargain - if they were any good!

First up is Slate Green, a slightly dusky mid green creme



This is 2 coats IIRC. Application was pretty good and the colour is unique for my collection although not quite as dusky as I'd like.

Models Own is a UK brand of makeup, you can buy products from their site (no international shipping I'm afraid), ASOS (who do offer intl shipping I believe) and in store at some branches of River Island.

If you like this, stay tuned for more Models Own swatches and be sure to check out the Models Own swatches on the amazing Helen & Sheenies Nice Things

HTF Week

It's HTF (Hard to Find) week on my favourite nail board so in the final gasps of the week here are some of my HTFs.

Revlon Streetwear is a much loved and much missed discontinued line from Revlon. From what I've read it was Revlon's attempt to combat the competitive threat from new brands Hard Candy and Urban Decay. As such Revlon went all out to create an amazing collection of unusual, edgy and funky shades.

I have a small collection of Streetwear polishes, 12-15 bottles I think although as my polish collection is currently split across two houses I'm not exactly sure!

I definitely have Streetwears from the US and UK collections. I'm not sure if the collections had different colours but the UK ones are made in the EEC and the US ones in the US.

The following are all from the UK/EEC collection

First up is Burnt - definitely my favourite out of the ones I got this week off ebay


Burnt is a gorgeous slightly greyed olive green with gold shimmer. A very unusual colour that really works. This is 2 coats in shade


And in sunlight you can really see the shimmer



Next up is Copper, a lovely bright copper which is almost a foil. I was surprised how good this looked on as I didn't think the colour would suit my skintone at all. Again 2 coats in shade


And in Sun

Next is Gold Mine

A slightly cool gold, again 2 coats



This is Dijon, an unsual mustard colour with a gold shimmer. This is 2 coats in the shade where it looks softer and more muted


In sunlight it's much more of a recognisable mustard colour.
Again I didn't expect to like this on at all but I it looks ok on, the gold shimmer seems to lift it.


This is Raw. It looks awesome in the bottle and I really wanted this to be better than it is. This is 5 coats, yes 5! And I still have VNL (visible nail line)

It's primarily blue with a touch of grey and a strong pink flash


In the sun it looks more shimmery and you can see the pink flash.


I've saved the best for last


This is Dark, a dark purple with silvery blue glitter. Isn't it just gorgeous? I don't think the glitter is as pronounced as other blue/purples with glitter like Essie's Starry Starry Night (which I don't own) but it is totally gorgeous. This is slightly off colour wise, it looks more blue here, it's actually more purple IRL.

The formula/application on these was ok, they were all fairly runny but not too difficult to control. The biggest problem for me was the very long brush which didn't suit my small nails at all.

But overall I love these, great colours, good application and big bottles!