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Chanel Blue Boy
Chanel Blue Boy is one of only two Chanel polishes I own. I desperately want Malice, but I can’t find it anywhere at the moment, and I’m not paying eBay prices for it! It was supposedly available at...
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Blue leopard spots accent nail
I spent ages trying to draw these leopard spots. I watched some tutorials on YouTube and searched Pinterest and Google Images for some inspiration. I found something I liked and wanted to emulate, so...
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Kitchen Sink Saturday … er make that Monday: blue
I didn’t manage to get around to doing a kitchen sink manicure last Saturday. So here’s it is now … a couple of days late. I was already wearing Chanel Blue Boy, and had added the leopard spots accent...
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Kitchen Sink Saturday: hearts
I’ve joined in the Everything But The Kitchen Sink Saturday challenge once again, this time with a hearts manicure. Three of my nails have a base of OPI I Have A Herring Problem, which I was wearing...
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Ask a British Nail Blogger: what are your most wanted polishes?
Every fortnight, members of the British Nail Bloggers Facebook group all post about the same subject, and this week we’re discussing our most wanted nail polishes. I’ve pretty much spent the past seven...
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Chanel Taboo
I have been desperate to get hold of Chanel Taboo ever since I first saw it. It launched about a month ago in the US, but Chanel polishes tend to come out a little later over here. The lady at one...
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New Chanel L’Été Papillon Summer 2013 collection
The new Summer 2013 collection from Chanel, L’Été Papillon, launches next Friday 31st May in the UK. It launched at the Covent Garden pop up store a week early, and my lovely husband, who collected...
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Chanel Frenzy
My husband and son bought me Frenzy for Christmas, but this is its first time seeing the light of day. As with all Chanel polishes I have tried, the formula is lovely and easy to use. It’s sheer but...
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Chanel Lilis
It was our wedding anniversary (16 years) last Friday,and my husband bought me the three new L’Été Papillon polishes as an early present. From the three polishes in the collection, I really thought...
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Coral and cream cling film (Saran wrap) manicure
I wanted to do a cling film manicure (aka Saran wrap manicure if you’re from the US). I was already wearing a base of Chanel Lilis, so I thought it would be nice to use a complementary colour with it....
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Chanel Azuré
This is another of the Limited Edition polishes from the Chanel L’Été Papillon summer 2013 collection: Azuré. It’s a metallic duochrome that shifts from green to blue. Most of the time, it’s at the...
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Butterfly nails with Chanel Azuré and Chanel Bel-Argus
Inspired by the name of the summer 2013 collection – L’Été Papillon, meaning summer butterfly (or is it butterfly summer?) – I decided to try out some butterfly nails for the first time. After applying...
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Chanel Malice
Chanel Malice was launched last year, for Christmas. I didn’t manage to get hold of a bottle and it became a long term lemming of mine. I had already bought two fairly close dupes: OPI Every Month Is...
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Reverse glitter gradient in gold and red
I’ve not done a reverse glitter gradient before – I’ve only ever done a gradient at the tips end. To my Chanel Malice manicure, I firstly added some red glitter: Ciaté Enchanted Rose. It was one of the...
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Chanel Bel-Argus
I’ve used Chanel Bel-Argus before, in my butterfly manicure, but this is the first time I’ve worn it on its own. It’s a metallic, sapphire blue. But it’s also duochromatic, so you can also see...
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33DC Day 24: Art with the colour you own the most of
Today in the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts 33 Day Challenge it’s art with the colour you own the most of. (Ooh, a terminal preposition. The pedant in me would shout “bad grammar”! I’ll let it pass ) I own more...
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Chanel Magic
I recently had an operation to remove a cyst from the top of my foot. It had been there for more than three years and was increasingly causing me pain and limiting how far I could walk. Despite the...
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Chanel April
I only received one nail polish for Christmas [ahhhh], but it was a good one! It was a Chanel. So this is Chanel April, part of the Spring 2012 collection, Harmonie De Printemps. I really don’t know...
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Week Of Love Valentine’s Nail Art Challenge: Kisses
It’s day 2 of the Week of Love Valentine’s Nail Art Challenge and the theme today is kisses. When I first started being interested in nails, I remember being struck by a lovely manicure with metallic...
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Chanel Coup de Coeur
I really love Chanel polishes. They’re very much a luxury at £18 each, but the formula is always perfect and anyway, I tend to receive them as gifts. Coup De Coeur is no exception. My husband bought it...
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