Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Nails Inc Lucky Dip Haul

Evening All! Sorry for the lack of post yesterday, I moved back to Nottingham from my my Uni house in Birmingham. Our postman in Birmingham must be some kind of crazy person, shoving all kinds of mail into our letterbox, just for funsies, as we very rarely receive the mail we are after in Brum. Because of this, I always get internet shopping sent to my Nottingham home - this means that I had a pretty good stash built up for me to open today! Yay! It was like my freaking birthday! Plus, you always get loads of bubble-wrap, which is half the reason I was excited - pop, pop, popppopopppp
My Nails Inc Lucky Dip Package was one of them, here are the polishes I received:-

From left to right we have:

  • UV Topcoat and Basecoat - This was the only 'guaranteed' polish you received in the offer, and claims to lighten and brighten the nails, and protect from staining - can't wait to try out and review this one, as it's a bold claim!
  • "Shoreditch High Street" - This is a deep raspberry colour, and I'm actually curious to see how it compares, colour-wise, with Barry M Raspberry, as they look very similar in the bottle.
  • "Augustus Street" - This is a medium grey with a lovely, pearly silver shimmer and really shocked me when I tried it and it was Suede!  I don't mind the matte finish, but I wasn't expecting it. It was the first one I tried, and although a fan of matte polishes, I added a topcoat to restore the shimmer.
  • "Upper Street" - a muted Turquoise cream, excited to try this one, especially as a base for some nail art - under the sea, anyone?!
  • "Hans Road" - I really can't decide if its Red, Orange or Pink. It's got a fierce shimmer to it - not really my favourite type of polish, but it's definitely the most interesting one I received.
  • I also had an eBay-purchased bottle of Seche Vite waiting for me - there really isn't enough good things to be said about the Holy Grail of all topcoats, it's haaamazing. SV dries so incredibly fast, protects against chipping like an absolute trooper, and has the most perfect glass-like, high-shine finish. GET YOURSELF ONE (if you don't already!)
  • Sally Hansen "No More Breaks" - in an attempt to strengthen my weak, peely nails :( Anyone tried this? Is it any good?
  • Came across a cheap Konad Special Polish on eBay and, as it's a staple polish for anyone into stamping, snapped it up - I've been struggling to find a regular high street white polish that is opaque enough to stamp with, for my liking.
So there we go! I have only tried Augustus Street and Seche Vite so far, but I'll be swatching them for you over the course of the week. All in all, I was pleased with the polishes I got in the lucky dip, would've been nice to see some paler colours, nudes or pastels, but I suppose that's why they call it a Lucky Dip! You can't choose! For the bargain that they were (£10 for the lot), I am not turning my nose up at them.
I also got a pack of 15 Nail Art brushes from eBay, they look great, ranging from fan brushes right down to the tiniest paintbrush and dotting tool you've ever seen! So long, toothpick, I'm a profesh now!
 As I previously mentioned, I tried Augustus street - sorry I didn't swatch it while it was still suede, I was too eager to get stamping and try out Seche Vite!
Sorry for the rubbish photography, I've not worked out the best place, with the light, is in my Notts house!
I stamped from BM21 using Claire's Black Nail Art Pen (Striper) and free-handed in the black tips with the same. Topped off with Seche Vite, the effect is smooth, hard and SO shiny! Love!

I got some Fimo Canes too, I'm a bit skeptical, but will definitely give them a try: -





Just a selection of the 100 I ordered - like the look of the fruities!

Which of the Nails Inc would you like to see next? Will you be partaking in the Lucky Dip offer next time it rolls around? 

16 comments:

  1. the heart fimo cane is adorable! i've never wanted a fimo cane so badly! hahaha

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  2. Hi! Your nail art is awesome and the brushes look great :)

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  3. You got a good selection from the Lucky Dip offer - in fact, the best I've seen I think. I saw quite a few people that got a pretty poor selection. I like the colours you got :)

    I'm intrigued as to what you create/how you get on with the Fimo stick things.. I was so tempted to get a load off eBay, but then I bailed out because I really wasn't sure what I'd do with them! So I'm looking forward to hearing whether you think they're worth the purchase or not..

    www.heart-shaped-bruise.blogspot.com

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  4. Just curious, what is the lucky dip deal you are talking about?

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  5. Where did you get the sticks from?

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  6. Ah awesome! I've just ordered those same Fimo canes I think...100 for like 99p from hong kong off ebay? Cant wait to get them. Im looking forward to hopefully seeing some of your looks with them! :)

    http://cosmeticcrazylauren.blogspot.com/

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  7. I can't wait for my fimos to come!

    i'm your new follower- also you can check out my nail art blog at imobsessedwithnails.blogspot.com. I'm doing a Disney series for the next few weeks!

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  8. I got the Lucky Dip at the beginning of March and managed to get 3 lovely polishes, 1 yucky one and the guaranteed a+e basecoat, I was very happy! I love this offer, I don't mind that they're Nails Inc castoffs haha some of them really are gorgeous! Augustus Street looks really pretty xxx

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  9. @laurenxx - yes those are the ones! too cheap to turn down really! I have a feeling I wont be very good with them, but ill give it a try!

    @Charlie - i got this set on eBay my love, 100 for 99p x

    @Kayla101 - sorry i shouldve explained! Nails Inc did one day where you can but 5 polishes for £10, but you dont know what they are - its random selection. i blogged about it a couple of weeks ago, check out the "nails inc" tag.

    @heartshapedbruise - which blogs are these?! i would love to check them out and see what they got and what other polishes were on offer!!!

    @Emma - yeah theyre definitely cast offs haah, i actually think augustus street was an autumn collection polish if i reembmer correctly. i dont mind, its still a cracking deal! its pretty in real life too :D

    @imobsessed - i dont know what to do with mine yet! thanks ill check it out, i love disney!

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  10. Hooray for Seche Vite! If it wasn't for that stuff I would never be able to have smooth shiny nails. Upper Street looks like it will be very pretty. :)

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  11. I'm so excited to see what you do with brushes instead of the toothpick! Your art is amazing, I can only imagine what you will be able to do with brushes. In case you haven't found her yet, check out robin Moses on YouTube. Her tutorials are awesome!

    Those limos are sooooooo cute!

    Brb gonna go check eBay these finds are just too tempting!

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  12. wow!! It's always a pleasure come home and find all those little beauty waiting for you :) :) fimo canes are soo sweet

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  13. The fimo are so sweet. But they go on so chunky. Surely they drop off after a few minutes???

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  14. Sweetie pie, how have you not celebrated getting to 300 followers?? Well done! <3
    I'm tres excited for Sunday's nail extravaganza wifey xx

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  15. Great haul and I love the mani you did!

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  16. Exciting new things! I have the Sally Hansen no more breaks, i think my nails are breaking less but it does peel easily. :)

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