Showing posts with label Along Came Betty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Along Came Betty. Show all posts

Sunday, 6 April 2014

Glitter Gradient


Fancy night out last night to a rather fancy restaurant, and wanted to do something sparkly with my nails to match my dress.

Plumped for Zoya's 'Toni' as the base colour, a lovely rich dark burgundy with matched the colour of my dress perfectly and such a great polish. Practically a one coater if you know what you're doing. I don't so had to touch up a few patches.

Then over the top I'd daubed some of this lovely light gold glitter to create a gradient effect. This is from a brand I found at Tesco called Along Came Betty and the polish is called 'Swag'. It's a mini polish and came is a set with duo-chrome polish called 'Dollar'.


The right hand actually came out much better than the left, as I'd got the hang of it by then. I used a cut up make-up sponge to smudge the glitter polish once applied to the bottom of my nail. I was a bit heavy handed with the first hand and needed to cut a smaller piece of sponge so the glitter wouldn't end up over the entire nail.

Happy with result and eager to try some more gradient/glitter combinations with blues and purples, my favourite colours.

Sunday, 26 January 2014

Dream Duo



Last week whilst doing the weekly shop in Tesco, I saw these polishes from a line called 'Along Came Betty'. The range includes make up and various beauty products such as creams and shower gels etc... but these caught my eye as a perfect colour coupling.

The set includes a purple cream polish called 'Style' and a holographic micro glitter polish in a clear base called 'Steal', as shown on my accent nail. These were retailing for £5.49 for the pair in store, but you can get them at Tesco Direct online for the bargain price of £2.75! 

I also bought the other Dream Duo set they had, which has a Gold Shimmery polish called 'Swag' and a duo-chrome shimmer polish which shifts from pink to a gold called 'Dollar'. Swatches and manicure from the other set to follow.