Nail of the Day: Yep - Another Toothpick Marble!

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I posted on IG last night that people were going to start thinking I got a deal on bulk toothpicks! But I posted with no top coat or clean-up so here's the final look for today.

Toothpick Marble Nail Art

I'm wearing camel capris and a navy blouse so I'm being all matchy-matchy today.

I used Nails Inc. Southwark and Nails Inc. Caramel on top of bare nails with one coat of top coat. Smeared the pinkie a bit, but you can't really tell at arm's length.

Have you tried this technique yet?

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Nails Inc. Southwark, Electric Blue Comparisons and a Water Marble

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Over the next few days I'll be showing you random polishes I swatched and didn't get the chance to post. Cleaning out the vaults, so to speak. Gotta get ready for the new year!

This morning I have a great electric blue that I managed to include in a few comparisons but didn't review or show you properly: Nails Inc. Southwark.

Southwark (pronounced Suthuck for the American readers) is a bright electric blue crelly. Great formula, opaque in 3 light coats on longer nails but I found two sufficient for my nails here. No top coat for the photos.

I did some comparisons by request...you can click the link in the caption to see my full post.

Southwark vs Baker Street

And a comparison with a few other royal/electric blues...

Electric Blue comparison

And one of my water marble attempts using Southwark and Nails Inc. Westminster, a medium-to-dark violet purple, and a plain white creme...

Southwark and Tudor Way are my two favorite BLUE Nails Inc. polishes. Nails Inc. is *supposed* to be opening a US site soon and I'm hoping that will mean greater access for the US because I'm needing a backup of a few Nails Inc. polishes, including Tudor Way, Southwark, Holland Park Road and many others. I adore this brand - especially the cremes and crellies.

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Comparison Request with Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo - Electric/Royal Blues

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If you haven't seen my post on Elevation Polish Pic de Sotllo - GO! I'll wait...

Okay, understandably, a few people have already asked how it compares to some of the others out there. So I thought I would do a quickie comparison post for you using Revlon Royal, Nails Inc. Baker Street, Nails Inc. Southwark and Essie Butler Please. (UPDATE: I've added a nine polish comparison of blues at the end!)

Bright Blue Comparison

More swatches and my thoughts after the jump...

Nails Inc. Southwark - with a Baker Street Comparison

And you thought Baker Street was electric blue?

This morning I have a fantastic, almost electric, royal blue crelly (creme/jelly hybrid) from Nails Inc. - Southwark. (For the Americans, it's pronounced "Suthuck" just FYI.)

I will apologize in advance for the poor quality/blurriness of some of the photos, but this one was hard to get a color-accurate shot of and I did NOT want to color adjust so I will admit to walking around taking pics near every light source in the entire house...light bulbs, windows and there may or may not be a photo taken inside the refrigerator. I'm not admitting to anything.

Nails Inc. Southwark

Nails Inc. Southwark

But how does it compare to Baker Street? Well here ya go...

Nails Inc. Southwark vs Nails Inc. Baker Street

Nails Inc. Southwark vs Nails Inc. Baker Street

Nails Inc. Southwark vs Nails Inc. Baker Street

Nails Inc. Southwark vs Nails Inc. Baker Street

Nails Inc. Southwark vs Nails Inc. Baker Street

Told you they weren't the best quality, but 1) I hate color-adjusted photos when I'm trying to decide where/whether to spend my money and 2) I don't really know how on the photo editor (for dummies) that I'm using.

Application was fantastic. No issues at all. I used two coats and no top coat for the photos. It dries to a semi-glossy finish but with a top coat it positively glows. What do you think? Baker Street was the most "electric" blue I owned...until this one. It's really amazing.

A limited selection of Nails Inc polishes are available through Amazon.com or Sephora.com for around $9.50 in the US and the entire line is available through Nails Inc's own site nailsinc.com for around £11.00. Nails Inc. doesn't ship to the US so I'm ever thankful to my UK buddies for keeping me supplied.



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Nail of the Day: Water Marble

Good evening! Sorry I haven't posted sooner but basically I fell into a vat of polish and it took me forever to clean up the mess! Well not really, but I am really not good at nail art, especially water marbles, which I LOVE, so I tried and tried and tried. Finally I all but gave up and didn't tape my fingers the last time around. And that's the one I ended up using. So I had quite a mess to clean up.

I used Nails Inc. Southwark, ELECTRIC blue crelly, Nails Inc. Westminster, medium-to-dark violet purple, and a plain white creme.

Water Marble with Nails Inc. Southwark and Westminster and Pure Ice Superstar

What do you think? Do you water marble? I bet I've watched 1000 how-to videos and I STILL have such a hard time.




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