Trend -Textured Polishes

I went to London a couple of weeks ago and went to a Nails Inc retailer to find a replacement ffor a bottle of nail varnish that I'd been given as a Christmas present but the bottle had broken. Luckily they had it (and I'd been looking for it for ages!) so, I was able to get my Nails Inc Sprinkles "Sweets Way", but what I also found was just too incredible. Nails Inc have brought out a new textured nail varnish called "Feathers". It comes in four different colour combinations called "Edinburgh", "Cornwall", "Chester" and "York" and they're made up of what look like tiny little hairs which, when painted on nails, look like feathers. I got the "Chester" colour (as that was the only one left in the shop), but they're all AMAZING! I've been wanting to do a peacock themed design for ages and think that I might be able to incorporate this somehow. The first time I used it, I just did a ring finger feature nail, with the rest painted in a peacock green and I was so impressed! The picture below shows the colour combination. I did three coats of feathers on top of a coat of green, but I probably could've got away with two.

Of course, I was concerned about how difficult it was going to be to take off, with there being so many coats, but I coated a cotton wool pad in nail varnish remover, placed it on the "feather covered" nail and wrapped it in tin foil. I left it for a while (whilst I cleaned off my other nails) and then just pulled the coverings off and ALL of the nail vernish came with it! No problem!

And there are loads of other really great textured polishes out there at the moment! Barry M have 4 pastel shades of "Textured Nail Effects" polishes - perfect for a summer 'street' look. Nails Inc (again) have the concrete, leather and denim effect polishes. And Illamasqua have their "Speckled" collection. These are totally easy to apply and give incredible impact for very little work.

If you fancy putting in a bit more effort, nail caviar gives an absolutely stunning result. Paint on a base colour, cover with a top coat and, whilst still wet, dip into the pot of caviar, gently press on and leave to dry. I got my nail caviar from Amazon.co.uk (search for 'Nail Perfection Micro Beads' and they work really well. They don't necessarily last for days...but to make a statement with your Saturday night out outfit, they really are great.

So, for a Spring nail look that has maximum impact for little effort, go for a textured polish to give your manicure an on-trend update!