Nail Porn: My New Chrome & Holographic Nails!

I’ve always loved having long nails; they’ve always grown strong and long for as long as I can remember. I actually gave up violin aged 9 after playing for just a year, because I was fed up of being told every week to cut my nails, and every week being told that the slither I had filed off wasn’t good enough and so I took up playing the flute instead. Even at that age, I knew my nails were more important to me than a violin. 😉

However, recently I’ve been going through a lot of stress and have noticed the toll it’s taking on them as they’ve been snapping quite low down, so for the first time in my life I’ve had to have them repaired with a few acrylic extensions. I took this opportunity to head to a new salon that I’d seen and been impressed with on Instagram because of the variety of nail colours and designs they showcased on there and these petrol-like, holographic nails are what I came out with, and I couldn’t be more pleased with them. Plus, I think Cobi, the nail technician there made the acrylic tips blend in perfectly with the shape of my natural nails, don’t you think? 😍

I also tried to get a video to show you how holographic they went under a direct light, but my cat wanted in on the action, and she's cute so why not. ;-)

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Ciaté Feather Manicures!

Ciaté have really been bringing out the big guns in the at home nail art/manicure world in recent times, what with their Caviar, Velvet, Sequin and Chalkboard Manicure kits (to name but a few, all of which I have yet to actually trial) being released; and so I am not surprised to see yet another weird, yet wonderful kit from them appearing on my nail-dar.

Their new 'Feather Manicure' kits (£20 each) actually look like such good fun, and are definitely something different from the norm. I could see me using the feather manicure kits mostly on an accent nail or 2, as opposed to doing a full manicure on all nails. I think this way the kit would first of all last longer, but also stop it being too much of a good thing.

In the image above there are two out of the three kits available showing, but there's also a snow owl version, containing monochrome feathers that I couldn't find the full set of images for, but can be viewed on the Selfridges site, where the kits are available to buy.

What do you think about these kits? Are they something you could see yourself wearing, or do you think it's a step too far/too much faff?

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OPI 'Nail Apps' Nail Art Wraps!

OPI are dipping their toes into the increasingly popular minx-style nail wrap/nail art pool by releasing their ‘Nail Apps’, and with 12 new ‘Nail Apps’ designs (shown below) I’d say they were off to a flying start.

I have yet to try these, but from a quick look on the Lena White site they’re said to last 1-2 days ‘when applied correctly’ which doesn’t seem that long to me, but then again when I had just the one nail done at Professional Beauty last year (a different brand) I was told that it would last a ‘few’ days – it ended up lasting me a fortnight before I peeled it off myself because my nail had grown and there was a gap forming, so maybe they will last a little longer.

These cost £13.80 per pack, and I think that gets you 16 stickers – so one full manicure and a few extra... a little on the expensive side when you consider the cost of some alternatives but without comparing, I really wouldn’t like to guess if they’re worth the extra or not.

Available from: Beauty Bay and Lookfantastic.com