Christmas... Unicorns?

*** Some of the items in this post were provided free of charge for honest review ***

Unicorns are Christmas-y, right?

Ah, who cares. Unicorns are good any time of year.

Pardon my funny coloured hands, I have circulation problems and it gets cold in Casa de Painted Claws!

Pick N Mix Week 1 - Teal / 2 Colour Gradient

My first post of the epic 52 week Pick N Mix challenge!

The prompts for the first week of the challenge are teal and 2 colour gradient. This being a pick and mix challenge, we get to mix up these prompts and use one or the other prompts - or both!

Swatched: Nicole by OPI My Cherry Amour

I've been waiting for this collection to cross the pond for ages - possibly since I first saw it on the Chalkboard Nails News section back in April! There was one in particular that I lusted after in this collection - My Cherry Amour. A beautiful deep magenta with not only a textured finish but a scattering of holo glitter, I knew I had to have it. Somehow.

The problem was, when the polishes actually came out... no shops over here actually sold Nicole by OPI. And then Superdrug popped up its NOPI displays and I went in to paroxysms of joy. Until they filled the display with polishes and I saw we were a few months behind our pampered sisters across the pond in the US. So I was made to wait patiently, which I can tell you is no mean feat. But I was well rewarded when this eventually turned up in my local Superdrug...

New Brand - Elevation Polish

I'm slowly but surely managing to break in to the joyous world of indie polishes, a world filled with delightful concoctions handmade by lovely ladies around the globe. I've already shown swatches of my very first indies - KB Shimmer's Where my Peeps at and Lottie Dottie - but now I've managed to branch out in to another brand.

Elevation Polish is made in the US by hand, and are mostly named after mountains due to the creator's love of climbing. As a result I can spell but not say most of the polish names properly!

Swatched: Color Club Halo Hues 2013 - Beyond

A couple of weeks ago I treated myself and bought one of the new Color Club Halo Hues collection from the lovely Sally Magpie's. Sally's online store is both a godsend and a curse as what kept me from buying loads of foreign polish - namely the price - has suddenly dropped away and it's now by difficult for me to not spend all of my money on delightful things like this beauty.

With Flash

Sadly, there has been no sunlight. Since, like, last October. So all of these photos are taken in artificial light, which makes this polish even more amazing. Look at that holo! Its unreal.

This is two coats with no topcoat. The polish went on like a dream, no faffing about, and dried pretty quickly.

The best bit about this was that the rainbow effect showed up so well against the black background. And it was only £7.50. Bargain. Totally gonna treat myself to another come pay day (as I've spent far too much on nail mail this month!)