Flash Nails Candy Floss

Flash Nails Candy Floss

A gorgeous summer bright crelly from Nicola! This is Flash Nails Candy Floss - it's a mix of hot pink, purple, grey, black and white glitters in a blue toned crelly base:

I two coats of Candy Floss over one coat of M&S Autograph Quick Dry Nail Colour in Mallow, a blue-toned pink creme very similar to the base of Candy Floss. The glitters in Candy Floss lie smooth and flat and I just used a single coat of Seche Vite to finish this off - no need for any thick glitter taming topcoats.

Flash Nails Candy Floss

I love this colour - it's so bright and summery. This one will be going in my holiday bag this year!

I was sent this bottle for review but Flash Nails Candy Floss is available at Flash Nails Etsy Shop.

Flash Nails Candy Floss

Flash Nails Strawberry Fields Forever

Flash Nails Strawberry Fields Forever

I'm wearing another beautiful summer crelly from Flash Nails today!  This is called Strawberry Fields Forever; it's medium sized bright pink (strawberry pink of course), larger white and tiny purple glitters (all matte) in a pale, cool toned pink crelly base:

Flash Nails Strawberry Fields Forever

I layered this over Barry M Rose Hip, which is just about a perfect match for the base of Strawberry Fields Forever. Application was perfect, the formula is wonderfully smooth and fluid, and you always get just the right amount of glitter on the brush! This is two coats of Strawberry Fields Forever over two coats of Barry M Rose Hip, and just one coat of Seche Vite to finish with.

These first pictures were taken in full sun late this afternoon, and have a lovely warm pink glow to them:

These last couple of  pictures I took a bit later, when the sun had gone but the light was still strong

As with all the Flash Nails polishes I've tried so far, I love this. The formula is impeccable and the colour combination is delicious!

Flash Nails Strawberry Fields Forever was sent for review. It is available to buy at the Flash Nails Etsy Shop.

Flash Nails PENNY LANE

Flash Nails Penny Lane

Penny Lane is one of the newer summer shades from Nicola at Flash Nails. I love this - it's such an unusual combination of colours and I think it's very work appropriate!

Flash Nails Penny Lane

The polish is a caramel coloured crelly with purple, blue, green and copper glitter. I used two coats for this mani, with one coat of Barry M Matte Nail Paint in Caramel (which is a perfect match for the base) as undies and a thick coat of Seche Vite to smooth out and finish off.

The application is flawless as I've come to expect from Flash Nails polishes - this is definitely one of my favourite UK Indie Brands at the moment!

Flash Nails Penny Lane

Flash Nails Penny Lane was sent to me for review; it is available to purchase at the Flash Nails Etsy shop. Nicola also has a facebook page for the brand with latest news and swatches. Barry M Caramel was purchased by me and is widely available in Boots and Superdrug. 

Flash Nails Masquerade

Flash Nails Masquerade

Here's another fab polish from Flash Nails! This one is a white crelly with neon microglitter......

Flash Nails Masquerade

Masquerade applied perfectly, as I've come to expect from Flash Nails polishes. The formula is nice and fluid, with plenty of glitter in each brushful. I used two coats of Masquerade over a base of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Whirlwind White (one coat - this is a very dense white polish) and one coat of Seche Vite quick dry topcoat.

Flash Nails Masquerade

I love this - it reminds me of 'hundreds and thousands' on top of a trifle from birthday parties when I was a kid!

Flash Nails Masquerade

Flash Nails Masquerade was sent for review; you can buy the polish from Flash Nails Etsy shop.

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Flash Nails Limelight

Flash Nails Limelight

I have another polish from Flash Nails to show you today - this is one of Nicola's newer shades for spring, Limelight. Limelight is a very pretty light green crelly with matte red and yellow hexagonal glitters. Red and green is one of my favourite colour combinations, so this polish is right up my street!

Flash Nails Limelight

Here it is in the bottle - the base is quite delicate so I decided to layer over a similar shade of green for my base as I wanted to keep the glitter looking quite sparse. I used just one coat of Rescue Beauty Lounge Abiqui - one of my favourite light greens - as my undies for this mani. 

Flash Nails Limelight

The formula of Limelight is fab, I didn't need to fish for glitter and the application was as smooth as smooth could be. The crelly base is a bit thinner than the base on Nicola's heavier glitter toppers like Bubble Bath, Jagged and Princess - each formula is perfect for the type of polish and I'm impressed that the brand has adapted the formula to suit the polish style. I used two thinnish coats here, and finished with Seche Vite quick dry topcoat; I didn't need any thick topcoat like Gelous to smooth this out.

Flash Nails Limelight

I love how this works with the second coat of the crelly base softening the glitters in the first coat, but letting the glitter in the top coat show through boldy :) 

Flash Nails Limelight

My bottle of Flash Nails Limelight was provided as a sample for review; you can buy from Flash Nails Etsy Shop. 

Flash Nails Bubble Bath :)

Flash Nails Bubble Bath

Happy Easter! I decided on a periwinkle blue base with glitter dots for my Easter mani. This is Flash Nails Bubble Bath over a base of Essie Bikini So Teeny. I love this glitter topper, it was so easy to apply for big circle glitter and the sprinkle of white microglitter is so pretty!

The circle glitters in Bubble Bath are a bit different to most of the circle glitters I've come across so far. They're sort of pearlescent, so they change colour from light to dark as the light hits them at different angles. They also seem quite thin and lie nicely on the nail. In the bottle, all piled up on top of each other with the light shining through them, they remind me of fish scales... rainbow coloured!

Flash Nails Bubble Bath

Flash Nails Bubble Bath

I used two coats of Bubble Bath for this mani; the glitter is generous and well dispersed in the base and there is no need to fish for glitter. I didn't do any manipulation or particular placement of the glitters, they came out in this nice random pattern on their own.

Flash Nails Bubble Bath

As with the other Flash Nails polishes I've tried, the base is nice and thick so I didn't need to use multiple layers of topcoat to get a smooth finish on my nails. I think I have a new addition to my 'special favourite glitters' list! I chose this base colour because I wanted a pale, spring-like effect, but I'm sure this will look fab over a dark colour (I've checked, the glitters are fully opaque and stand out really well on black (the cap of my topcoat bottle, lol).

Flash Nails Bubble Bath

I purchased Flash Nails Bubble Bath from the Flash Nails Etsy Shop. Nicola has a facebook page where you can check out new colours and other news......... in fact there's an Easter discount there at the moment :)