Nails Reviews
Nail news and reviews including polishes, styles and treatments from the best known nail beauty brands and new niche finds. Here you’ll find nail launches, exclusives and stories as well as some of my best loved finds.
Clarins Creme Jeunesse des Mains Hands and Nail Treatment Cream
This hand treatment (which me and my mum always call ‘Youngness of Hands’ for some silly reason) is an absolute classic; it’s a continual best-seller for Clarins which tells you…
Wash off Nail Polish: Snails
As a general life solution to over toxicity in nail polish, I don’t think this range is it, BUT it’s absolutely brilliant for expectant mums or kids who want to…
Diego Dalla Palma Nails for Spring
Petrol Blue – Bubble Pink – Fuchsia – Coral Orange – Raspberry – Lilac I love these strong, power-pops of colour from DDP for Spring. I’d wear Bubble Pink in…
Maybelline Forever Strong Pro Porcelain Nails: Blue Denim
in sunshine not in sunshine! Part of the Porcelain collection launching in March is this shade; Blue Denim. I’m in love with this colour that really is ‘denimy’ with a…
CND Nails At Ashish A/W LFW
Nail wonder woman, Marian Newman, is at it again with these brilliant pierced nails for Ashish whose theme was Indian meets Colour meets Goth. The nails were all pre-made because…
Revlon Scented Nail Enamels 2012
There’s more fragranced fabulousness from Revlon in the form of new scented nail enamels…I love that they still call their polishes ‘enamels’; totally in keeping with their heritage and very…
Maybelline Porcelain Nails
What’s not to love about this creamy collection of colours from Maybelline that are perfect for spring and good value at £4.09 a pop from the end of March. There’s…
Laura Mercier Limited Edition Nail Polishes 2012
Loving this limited edition line up from Laura Mercier, who doesn’t push out all that many nail polishes. They’re available online from www.urbanretreat.co.ukonline and counters nationwide from 13th February. Laura…
Mock Croc Nails from LCN
I think we have another Marmite product here: it’s the next generation crackle that breaks into a croc skin pattern, Crocofever Polishes. It’s not that helpful to see it on…
Superdrug Nail Art Pens
I love nail art so anything that makes it a bit easier is fine with me – I’ve got high hopes for these Nail Art Pens from Superdrug launching in…
Kate Broughton Nail Transfers
I bought these gorgeous nail transfers from Kate Broughton’s shop on www.etsy.co.uk; I love anything to do with birds so they are right up my street. However, they are really, really…
Dior Spring Nails: Forget-Me-Not
Taken in bright sunlight Taken in normal indoor conditions, no flash Just a couple of quick snaps of this pretty shade from Dior Spring Collection: this polish is Forget-Me-Not and…
Nail Rock Meadham Kirchhoff SS12
When I saw these last year, I was keeping everything crossed that they’d become available to buy, and now they have! These nail wraps were created specifically for the SS12…
L’Oreal Paris Colour Riche Nail Collection: Mini Polish
L’Oreal Paris are bringing out a very impressive range of 5ml mini nail polishes in April based on gel formulas. I’ve had a couple of samples to play with and…
Not Quite Galaxy Nails!
I’ve been looking enviously at the Galaxy Nail look (lots of tutorials on YouTube so check them out) but haven’t had time to really settle down to create the look…