OPI Just Spotted The Lizard and Bundlemonster BM-212

Chanel Peridot was a long term lemming* of mine despite myself; this is one of those polishes with a colour and finish that I know I wouldn't have liked in my nuggle days but I now find mesmerising. My mum came home with Jessica Iridescent Eye one day (also a dupe) and that only made the lemming worse. So when OPI brought out dupetastic Just Spotted the Lizard of course I snapped it up immediately!

I used BM-212's 'peacock' design with this but on reflection that would work much better with a pinky purple! Anyhow, the OPI is beautiful and has definitively killed my Peridot lemming (leaving me free to get one of my number of other Chanel lems instead!)

*A note on lemming... I HATE this word. But there's really no better way to put it is there? x)

China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise and Bundlemonster BM-322 houndstooth

China Glaze really nailed neons this year and Turned Up Turquoise and Pink Voltage were my polishes of the summer. I added black houndstooth on top using BM-322 which was definitely one of my favourite patterns from the new Bundlemonster plates. The stamping was a 'second day' addition so there was topcoat on top of the neon but none over the stamping.

Boots No 7 Cheeky Chops and polka dots

I love polka dots. Looove them. They are and always will be my go-to nail art when I want something cute but simple. This is Boots No 7 Cheeky Chops with China Glaze White on White polka dots. I got my dotting tools from eBay - the same seller doesn't have them listed any more but they're easy to find for a couple of quid. As usual, topped with Seche Vite! 

Ciaté Strawberry Milkshake, OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips and OPI Planks a Lot with zebra Konad stamping

In this NOTD from June I tried out a 3-colour gradient (The Nailasaurus and Kayla Shevonne have both written excellent tutorials on doing gradients). The gradient was a little shaky so of course I covered my shame with a bit of stamping! I used Konad plate M57 and Ciaté Strawberry Milkshake (light pink), OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips (bright pink) and OPI Planks a Lot (purple), all topped off with a coat of Seche Vite. For stamping I'm currently using a gloopy old bottle of Barry M black.

OPI Nicki Minaj - Fly and Metallic 4 Life

For this mani I teamed two polishes from the Nicki Minaj collection, using Fly as a base and Metallic 4 Life as an accent nail on my third finger. When the collection came out I only picked up these two colours, but I now regret not getting Pink Friday as well! I've since got a bottle of Did It On 'Em on clearance at Sallys and a mini bottle of Save Me in a Lena White sale. 

Boots No 7 Minty Fresh - Swatch

I got this polish during one of Boots' fairly regular promotions where you get a '£5 off No 7' voucher pretty much every time you buy anything. Their polishes are usually £7 so they're great to pick up during these promos! Only problem is I usually end up chain buying their polishes for the entire duration of the promo, as every time you buy something they give you another voucher...

This is three coats of Minty Fresh topped with Seche Vite. The application of the No 7 polishes I've tried is pretty good and this range, which was newly released earlier this year, has generally got good coverage from what I've seen - this probably would have been good with 2 coats, even in photos.

OPI Planks a Lot and China Glaze CG In The City

For this NOTD from March I matched pastel Planks a Lot with a glittery accent nail. I absolutely love all of the Pirates of the Caribbean collection, such gorgeous colours! The CG is from a mini set and the coverage is great.

Kiko 253 with Essence stamp

For this NOTD from way back in February I used Kiko 253 - sadly they appear to be one of those companies that don't name their polishes as I can't find one on the bottle anywhere! For the stamping I used an Essence plate. I got the polish and the plate on a trip to Berlin and the Kiko was on sale for a couple of euros.