Boots 17 Nail Extras Crackle Top Coat

Hot on the heels of every other brands crackle polish, Boots 17 bring their offering, and not the standard black but in GOLD!!! 

I introduce Boots 17 Nail Extras Crackle Top Coat:

A really pale gold that has an interesting finish - it is almost matte, with a teasing hint of shimmer. I painted this over the top of the Boots 17 Supreme Shine from the last post as I felt it needed a dark base to really let the gold pop! I painted the polish diagonally across the nails, to try a different finish and I think it looks pretty cool! 

Pros:

• Drying Time - as with all crackles, this dried really quickly, however I think this would be affected by the thickness of the polish
• Price - £3.99 for the bottle and you get 10ml, another bargain as it is on the Boots 3 for 2 offer! 

Cons:

• Thickness of the polish - this was really tricky to get a thin layer so that I would get a lot of crackling, I couldn't get one thin layer so I painted 3 thinish layers diagonally across the nail and the finish was good.

Another great polish from 17, but how much longer are we going to be in love with crackles and start going off this? What do you think, are you bored of crackles yet? Or still loving them?

Boots 17 Supreme Shine 10 Day Wear

Time for a change of brand and a new line from Boots! I love the 17 range from Boots, and have loads in my collection, however I tend to save them for the summer as most of them are pastel colours, so when I saw this colour, I really couldn't resisit!


Introducing Boots 17 Supreme Shine in Wicked:

 
 This is a gorgeous pink toned purple with an iridescent blue shimmer that shows up under natural lights and a camera flash.


This polish claims to provide 10 days wear, however I'm not so sure as even my Models Own cannot survive longer then a week, and thats with a base coat and a layer of Seche Vite - so I'm going to be wearing this colour for the next 10 days, with no base and no top coat to see what happens, and if it survives my busy life then that will be fantastic!
Pros:

• Extra Wide Brush - this brush is great, it fits even my wide nails, so I don't have to do as many sweeps, and I actually had to do less clean up which is great
• Price - you get 10ml for £3.99, and 17 is on offer at Boots at the minute on a 3 for 2, so another excuse to by more colours!

Cons:

• Extra Wide Brush - Because the brush is wide and flat, it's too easy to wipe all of the polish off the brush before painting, or not getting enough off and it blobbing everywhere! 
• The claim about 10 days - I will keep you updated! 

Any-whoo, there are 15 shades in this collection and they are really pigmented and shiny, without a top coat! What do you think?

Model Own - Utopia

Morning all - nearly the weekend and I have another polish to show you.


Introducing Models Own Utopia:

This is a lovely lilac tinged white/grey, which is very flat, and looks white in certain lights.


Out of all of the new Models Own colours I've tried, this one I actually had trouble with, and it caused a bit of dragging on my thumbs, but not something that a coat of Seche Vite can't cure! 


Out of all of the new Models Own Spring collection, this has to be my second favourite ( Concrete Mixer is my favourite one!) I think this one looks great now, I think it will really pop in the summer against a more tanned skin tone! 


I really love Models Own, currently sat on the site having a look at what I want next, but I need to curb my nail polish spending, trying to save for a deposit!


However popped into Boots today and picked up these three to try soon!

And because I haven't put a picture up in a while, here is a hamster picture, looking very cute in his bed!

I'm after recommendations for future Models Own purchases, so please leave a comment below! 


Until next time, keep dancing about in Knickers and Nail Polish!!! ( Too cheesy?!)