Mermaid Gradient - Mermaidient?

Hey space turtles (lets see if this sticks :D)! Some more sea themed nail art today after one of my last designs came out very dark so I decided to re-do them with something different. I have a trio of polishes from Native War Paints which are good for gradients and I haven't used for a few years so I thought it would be fun to get them out again. They're the only polishes I have from this brand (not sure if they still exist) as I had a bit of a nightmare getting them to the UK.

So I started with a base of magenta and then layered up a gradient with blue, purple and magenta. I did two layers of gradient on each nail and used a peel of barrier to protect my skin. I then cleaned up around my cuticles with a brush and some nail polish remover. I added mermaid images from Mo You London's lovely Atlantis 05 stamping plate in silver. I did these in the evening so didn't want to embark upon something like advanced/reverse stamping which would take longer.

I'm pleased with these and they look good with my space turtle nails (which I'm still wearing on the other hand). Glad I tried these polishes out again. They are still in good condition and do make a great gradient. Also as I've said many times, I love these Atlantis plates!!

Colours used: Officer Handsome -Native War Paints, Shot By Cupids Crossbow - Native War Paints, I'm Dating A Daredevil - Native War Paints, Foil Effects in Silver - Barry M

Stamping Sunday: Psychedelic Kaleidoscope!

Good evening everyone, if you saw my blog yesterday you may recognise the gradient below. I suppose I cheated a little with this design as I just did it over the top of the gradient from yesterdays  indie polish review of Native War Paints polish. But I wanted to do it as a separate post, as I loved this design and kept it on for a little while.

For the images I used my Kaleidoscope Plate Collection 03 stamping plate from Mo You London, and Barry M's silver foil polish. The foil polishes are such a good polishes for stamping, it's a shame they don't seem to be making them any more. Absolutely love the images on the kaleidoscope stamping plate, there is so much possibility with them and they're quite intricate. At some point I will use them for advanced stamping and see if I can get it to look really manic and colourful. The three colour gradient worked well under it I think as it gave some depth to the design without it making eyes water! That's until hat holo gets out in the sun of course...
Colours used: I'm Dating A Daredevil - Native War Paints, Shot By Cupids Crossbow - Native War Paints, Office Handsome - Native War P[aints, Foil Effect Silver - Barry M

Monthly Indie Review: Native War Paints

Happy Saturday everyone! Today is my most long awaited indie polish review ever! I ordered these soo long ago, it took well over a month for them to arrive (not the sellers fault - I think it's because it came from so far away). By the time they did arrive I already had an indie review lined up for that month, so they got pushed back to now. Not quite the seasons colours anymore, but never mind, anything goes!

I saw these first on Instagram, they are the Walking Hearthrobs collection, based on the walking dead. I don't actually watch the walking dead, but the nail polishes caught my eye! I particularly loved how well they go together as a gradient, so just had to give it a go. Below are (in order) Shot by Cupids Crossbow, Officer Handsome, and I'm Dating A Daredevil. It's hard to choose a favourite, but contrary to my normal preference of blues, greens and purples, I think I might like I'm Dating A Daredevil best. Better still though is the gradient, they go so well together!

Some shots below of the polishes in sunlight so you can see them in their holographic glory! Couldn't capture I'm Dating A Daredevil quite as well as the other unfortunately. I will 100% be wearing these as a gradient again, they're so bright and fun, the colours kind of remind me of kids parties in the 90's when I was small!
So would I buy more from the same brand? Sadly the answer is no, because it took such a long time to arrive, and I was contacting the seller beginning to wonder if they would arrive at all, don't want to go through that palava again! To be honest I don't think I'll order direct from the US again, no ones fault I think it's just too much hassle. Will stick to buying my US polishes from Rainbow Connection. However, I certainly don't regret getting these ones, I love them now that they are here!

Thanks for reading, let me know what you think :)