Pocket Money Polishes un-named blue glitter (The One I love)

Quite a sad little post today. This is a very pretty polish but it's from Pocket Money Polishes,and Charlie has stopped making polishes so there won't be any more of these glitter babies :(
My Girl by Pocket Money Polishes was my first ever Indie polish, and nothing that I ever bought from Charlie disappointed me. Every single glitter baby was beautiful!
Today's polish is unique as Charlie made it up for me just after she had closed Pocket Money Polishes, so it doesn't have a name, other than "blue glitter"!
This is a mix of silver hexes, blue, dark blue and teal hexes and smaller hexes also in blue, dark blue and teal. It is so pretty and sparkly in the bottle and when I was looking for a glitter to put on top of Icy Snow, I knew this was the one! Icy Snow is a blue thermal, with a turquoise shimmer and it makes a perfect backdrop for this glitter and I am really pleased with how it looks.
I particularly like it when I catch sight of the thermal gradient with the glitter, just lovely! but its also really cool to see the glitter against a constantly changing base.
I think it should have a name, all Charlie's polishes were named after songs, so I am going to call it "The One I love". R.E.M is my most favourite band ever!

Pocket Money Polishes The One I love

 

 

 

 

 

F.U.N Lacquer Icy Snow

Today's polish is the thermal Icy Snow from F.U.N Lacquer. This is a lovely blue polish, with a delicate turquoise shimmer.
When cold, Icy Snow is a lovely mid blue, with a shimmer. When warm, it is pale icy blue, but the shimmer is still apparent which makes it very pretty!
I have found thermals to be quite sheer in their warm state since, for all the thermals I have, the warm state is quite pale. I have used two coats here, and used my previous mani (an icy blue holo) as undies so even at it's warmest there was no visible nail line. The formula was good and it dried quickly.
I bought the mini Icy Snow along with a couple of other thermals from Rainbw Connection, a wonderful site where you can get your hands on beautiful indie polishes, without all the stress of buying from overseas.
I took my pics of the cold state, put the bottle and my phone in my pocket and wandered off to do something while my hands warmed up. To my surprise the bottle warmed up too so I grabbed a quick shot!
So here are the pics, a warm one, a cool one and a few in between. I managed to catch a few gradients which I was delighted about! I really like this polish.

FUN Lacquer Icy Snow - warm

FUN Lacquer Icy Snow - cold

 

 

TarasTalons Mardi Gras

I have something very pretty and delicate for you today. This is Mardi Gras from TarasTalons. It is a lovely ice blue holo. The holo is quite subtle but definitely there; the sun was shining today when I took the pics and it looked so pretty but the camera just saw a shimmer.
This is quite a sheer polish but I used a couple of coats of Nails Inc Fulham Palace Road as an undie. The FPR is pale enough not to distort the colour, but created a nice clean base for the holo. I used two coats of Mardi Gras, it painted on well, and dried quickly.
This polish came with another holo from one of Tara's monthly subscriptions so it was not a colour I actually chose, and probably would not have chosen, as my tendency is to go for dark colours but I am delighted with it and I am completely comfortable wearing it. There's something really wonderful about trying a new colour that you wouldn't normally choose and find it is quite lovely! Finding some matching knitwear was a bit of a challenge as I tend to wear mostly dark coloured woollies too, but then I remembered a jumper I'd knitted for my daughter, in a funny multi-coloured wool with shimmery strands and all sorts going on - I think it goes rather well.

TarasTalons Mardi Gras

 

 

 

 

 

Jacava Oxford Street

Today's polish is Jacava Oxford Street. This, and Regents Street, are Jacava's first glitters and they are gorgeous.
Jacava's website describes Oxford Street as a redcurrant compote and that is spot on, the red jelly base just looks so fruity. It is a delicious red, with just a hint of pinkiness to it that I really like. As you build the colour up the pink intensifies to red, and the glitters are beautiful holographic hexes that capture the light like tiny mirrors.
I have never really been of fan of jelly polishes, where glitter gets painted over with successive coats but I love this one. The iridescence still shines through the layers of jelly and is just so eye-catching.
Being a jelly this is quite a sheer polish and I wasn't sure about wearing it on its own as I hate to see the nail line. However I swatched it with 2 and then 3 coats and I also did 1 and then 2 coats over a similar toned red base. If you hate a vnl, or want to see less glitter on the nail then using undies is the way to go but I decided I would wear this the way I think it was intended, 3 thinnish coats. The coats can't be too thin or you end up with no glitter at all; as I am not used to this type of glitter it took a couple of test fingers to work out the best amount.
I can see my nail line, if I look for it, when I curl my fingers towards me, but actually, other than that I can't see it - all I can see is fruity red and a beautiful rainbow of glitter, shining though varying levels of pinky red jelly- perfect!! I am now in love with jelly glitters :)

Jacava Oxford Street

 

 

 

  

Girly Bits Lack of Pies

No real apologies for the picture overload today, this polish is just too beautiful! I recently won a voucher to spend at Rainbow Connection and decided to treat myself to a few indie polishes. Rainbow Connection is a fantastic UK website, run by Annette Edwards. Annette brings foreign indies into the UK, so we don't have to worry about all the stress of overseas ordering, customs charges and long delivery times! This is one of the beauties I bought.
Girly Bits Lack of Pies is a multichrome polish that is also holographic. It is stunning and the range of colours is amazing. It's predominantly green, a pretty sage green, but in some lights a hint of gold, and then as you move your hand to catch the light it goes through a blue tone to lilac, and at extreme angles I saw a pinky, grey tone. All that and holographic too! what a dream polish.
Girly Bits brought out 3 holograhic multichromes, this one, Go and Shake a Tower and Belly Jeans (all spoonerisms, you'll note) - all look fantastic, definitely worth a look.
Lack of Pies painted on well, with excellent coverage in two coats, dried nicely and lasted well too. I topcoated it and that didn't disturb the holo at all. For all the range of colours I think it's quite a neutral polish, the holographic shimmer tends to keep things quite subtle and it's very wearable. I much prefer the holo multichromes over the pure multichrome and I really didn't want to take this off!
So, lots of pictures, still didn't capture all the colours but hopefully you can see how pretty this is!

Girly Bits Lack of Pies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Above The Curve Lemming Have It

Today's polish is the extremely beautiful Above The Curve Lemming Have It. This is a new brand to me, I bought three of their polishes from a friend last week, but as it was still BEAT eating disorder awareness week I went for the purple one first. The other two I bought are equally stunning but you'll have to wait to see those :)
Lemming Have It is a rich deep purple holographic polish. I fell in love the minute I painted it on. In some lights it seems more blue, in others a true purple and typically with these shades a bit of a nightmare to capture accurately on camera.
It painted on well in 2 coats. It did take a bit longer to dry but my hands were very cold and that isn't usually helpful to drying time! I took my pics with no top coat, but I did top coat it later and it didn't diminish the holo effect at all. The finish was glossier with the top coat.
The second shot is probably the best colour accurate picture but as I said, in some lights this is more of an indigo blue. The holo is apparent in most lights, obviously best in sunshine, or very bright light but even when the holo is not visible at all that subtle shimmer is still very pretty.

I found this to be  very wearable shade; the holo effect seems to soften bright colours, just a touch, and I love that. It also adds a depth to the colour that never fails to fascinate me.

Above The Curve Lemming Have It

 

  

Cabled Yoke Jacket

I seem to have knitted quite a lot of gloves recently, not all for myself - some friends now have lovely warm hands I hope!
But in the background in between the gloves I've been working on a new jacket for myself. I spotted the wool in Linen Direct, at a reasonably good price, and despite being on a wool ban, I liked the colour so much I bought  a couple of balls. It is Woolcraft Aran, comes in 400g balls and appears to be called Wayfarer although there is no name on the ball band, just a number.
It's a lovely yarn, 25% wool, a blue purple heathery shade.
Since I am not allowed to stockpile any more wool, I thought I'd better use it and I remembered a pattern I'd seen in one of my Sirdar books, Relaxed Weekend Living (345).
The pattern is called Women's Cabled Yoke Jacket.
Mostly it's pretty simple, a back, 2 fronts and 2 sleeves all in stocking stitch. The fun starts with the yoke, which is a 28 row cable pattern repeated 12 times but with short rows along the way to make the yoke curve. Sewing it all together was bit of a challenge, lining up the parts along the yoke but I got there and it's finished.
I haven't quite decided whether to sew some press studs and buttons on or get a shawl pin for it, I'm using a brooch at the moment to secure it since it has a purple stone that matches reasonably well.
I'm afraid photographing knitwear is not a skill of mine, and the mildewy fence is not the best backdrop but everywhere else outside was too wet.
So here it is, with a couple of close up shots, which actually show a truer colour than the others. On the whole I am pleased with the way this turned out, and it's lovely and warm. Perfect over a couple of layers at this time of year.