Pretty Quirky Summer Collection - Village Idiot

Pretty Quirky Village Idiot

The last in my series of reviews of Pretty Quirky's Summer Collection! This is Village Idiot, a sheer light green crelly full of bright neon glitters.

Pretty Quirky Village Idiot

Pretty Quirky Village Idiot

I love this combination of colours! I layered mine over a very light apple green base - 'Mint' from M&S Limited Collection. Not sure why it's called Mint, as it's not a minty green at all. This is one I spotted last summer in M&S and I think it's a real treasure - totally unique in my collection and the perfect partner for Pretty Quirky Village Idiot.

Pretty Quirky Village Idiot

Application of Village Idiot is pretty much perfect. I used two coats for this mani, plus two coats of Seche Vite to smooth it out. The base of Village Idiot is very sheer, I'm sure this could be layered successfully over colours other than green. I really like the polish, so I'll try it over an alternative base myself soon!

Pretty Quirky Village Idiot

Pretty Quirky Village Idiot was a sample sent for my review; I've also reviewed Shapes In The Clouds,  I Stole The Bouquet and Deva from this collection. The collection goes on sale this Friday (16th May) in the Pretty Quirky Etsy Shop. There are another four polishes in the collection - check out the Pretty Quirky blog and facebook page for more swatches and information those.

Pretty Quirky Summer Collection - Shapes In The Clouds

Pretty Quirky Shapes In The Clouds

Today's Pretty Quirky Summer polish is a beautiful delicate blue - Shapes In The Clouds. I love the name too - it reminds me of a favourite book about fell running - Feet In The Clouds by Richard Askwith!

The polish Shapes In The Clouds is a pretty light blue crelly with an assortment of bright pastel glitters. The base formula of this one is a little thicker than the others - but Morven did change her mind about the formula of this one and and decided to beef up the colour of the base. She sent me a new bottle when she did - these pictures are the new and final formula. I was quite happy with the consistency and how the glitters handled in this.

Pretty Quirky Shapes In The Clouds

The mani is two coats of Shapes In The Clouds over a base of Barry M Huckleberry, which is the palest blue I own. I smoothed the glitter out with two coats of Seche Vite and as you can see from the photos the finish is super-smooth and glassy; none of the glitters in this are sticking up at all.

Pretty Quirky Shapes In The Clouds

Pretty Quirky Shapes In The Clouds was a sample sent for my review; I've already reviewed I Stole The Bouquet and Deva from this collection, and I've just put on my final sample shade, which I'll post about in the next couple of days. The collection (which comprises eight polishes in total) goes on sale Friday 16th May in the Pretty Quirky Etsy Shop. In the meantime, check out the Pretty Quirky blog and facebook page for more swatches and information about the polishes.

Pretty Quirky Summer Collection - I Stole The Bouquet

Pretty Quirky I Stole The Bouquet

This is the second polish I'm sampling from Pretty Quirky's upcoming Summer Collection. I Stole The Bouquet is a light white crelly base with sugar pink dots and light grey hex glitter. I love matte glitters, so this is one that I was instantly attracted to.

Pretty Quirky I Stole The Bouquet

I was going to layer it over white, but I had a stroke of inspiration while I was wearing this polish the other day, and ended up layering it over a new polish which I believe is the palest taupe in my collection!

Nail Inc Sao Paulo Streets

This is Nails Inc Sao Paulo Streets - believe it or not this was FREE with InStyle magazine. Well OK, I wouldn't have bought the magazine if it didn't have the polish, and I won't read it, but it was £2.50 in Tesco - and this is a fantastic polish. I'd happily pay Nails Inc full price for this shade - I love pastel nudes so much! This is like a pastel version of Porchester Square, which is one of my all time favourite nail shades. One day soon I'll do some nail art with the two of them.

Anyway, back to Pretty Quirky I Stole The Bouquet, I decided that Sao Paulo Streets was the perfect undies for it. I added just one coat of I Stole The Bouquet, and I love the effect. Application of I Stole The Bouquet was perfect, plenty of glitter came out on each brushful and the base didn't streak at all when I applied it over the coloured polish.

Pretty Quirky I Stole The Bouquet

The circle glitters are quite big so I used a coat of Sinful Colors Over The Top topcoat, which is quite thick and gel like, to smooth the mani out before applying Seche Vite to finish with.

Pretty Quirky I Stole The Bouquet

I was sent I Stole The Bouquet as a sample for review. Pretty Quirky's Summer Collection launches on Friday 16th May in the Pretty Quirky Etsy Shop. Pretty Quirky has a blog too, and a facebook page with more information about the polishes. I reviewed another polish from the collection, Deva, the other day and I have two more to share this week.

Pretty Quirky - Summer Collection - DEVA

Pretty Quirky Deva

Today I have a preview of a fantastic polish from Pretty Quirky's forthcoming Summer Collection. Pretty Quirky is a relatively new UK Indie Brand, this is just her second collection but I think this is definitely a brand to watch. This polish is Deva, a light strawberry pink crelly base with a generous sprinkling of mixed pink glitters! The name comes from the Roman name for Chester, and I totally agree with Morven, the maker, that this colour is subtle enough to wear for work.

Here's the polish in the bottle - look at that range of pink glitter!

Pretty Quirky Deva

I used two coats of Deva over a base of Nails Inc Elizabeth Street - that pink is the best match I have for the base of Deva. Deva applies really smoothly, the formula is great and each brushful seems to come out with just the right amount of glitter.

Pretty Quirky Deva

Here are a couple of macro shots to finish with:

Pretty Quirky Deva

Pretty Quirky Deva was sent as a sample for my review (along with a few other beauties from this collection I'll be sharing over the next few days). The collection will be released next Friday (16 May) in the Pretty Quirky Etsy Shop. Morven, the creator of Pretty Quirky has a lovely blog too, and a facebook page for her brand - have a look at these for more pictures and information about her new (and current) polishes.

Just for fun, the day I was intending to remove Deva, I added this bit of stamping with MoYou Pro XL plate 05 and China Glaze Infra Red. I just thought I'd wear this for a day, but it ended up being three, I liked the effect so much!