Hi Shine Gel Nails Home System

Last week I was invited over to the Lash Perfect store in London, where I was taken through a new DIY home gel nail polish system, Hi Shine Nails.

It was a lovely venue for an event and we were offered the opportunity to to have our nails manicured with the new system whilst indulging in a glass of Champagne and a Macaroon or two.

Whilst other bloggers decided to have their nails done for them by the nail technicians, myself and Sabrina decided to do them ourselves, to test out the kit as see if it really was as easy as it was made out to be.

Though we did take a little longer than the professionals, I think we did a pretty good job. Having never done it previously and only encountering a couple of minor issues, we were left with pretty, smooth gel nails which are still going strong. It wasn't a hard process at all, and I think the kit would be perfect for at home use, when you have half an hour spare. 

If you like to have a gel polish manicure on a regular basis, then the High Shine Nails Bar in a Box is perfect for you, making it a lot more cost and time effective.

The set includes 

Hi Shine Nails Before and After 2 in 1

Hi Shine Nails Cuticle Oil

Hi Shine Sparkle Nail File

Hi Shine Nails Finger Rest

Hi Shine Nails Base Coat

2 Hi Shine Nails Gel Polish

Hi Shine Nails Top Coat

Hi Shine Nails Ultra-Violet LED Curing Lamp

Hi Shine Nails Soak Off Remover

Hi Shine Emery Stick

Hi Shine Prepare for Gel Buffer

Fully Illustrated 'How to' Guide

One kit, without buying any extra polishes that usually retail at £14.95, will provide you with up to 60 full gel manicures which is really good in terms of cost per manicure.

Though mine aren't perfect, I think with a little more practise I could achieve really lovely looking nails. I love how shiny they look and the thickness of the gel definitely makes my nails look more presentable with a lovely shape. 

Hi Shine Nails are available now, costing £120 for the Nail Bar in a Box set, £79.95 for the Travel Kit and £14.95 for the Gel Polishes. 

What do you think of Hi Shine Nails? Is an at home kit something that would work well for you?

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Seche Colour Nail Lacquer- Smitten

For as long as I can remember, Red nails, be it light or dark have been my go-to nail shade. Whilst I was studying Beauty Therapy, doing Manicures were one of my favourite treatments and I was always taught that Red is the best shade for newly manicured nails as it shows the shape beautifully well. I've held on to that and the days where I put a little bit of loving into my nail routine, I always go for a Red colour.

Seche Nail Laqueur in Smitten* is the most beautiful bright toned Red shade. It's that perfect in between of the brightness of an Orange Red and a Deeper Red tone. Drying in less than a minute to a thick, shiny, gel-like texture, this nail varnish is such a pleasure to work with. Although the Seche colours are the perfect one coat polish, I do like to do two, just to ensure a thick smooth coverage of the nail.

Unlike with most other nail varnishes, I feel confident that I can get on with things just a few minutes after these drying without any smudging mishaps, they really do dry delightfully well into the perfect flawless finish.

After absolutely falling for this product, I definitely want to try some more Seche shades. I quite fancy trying the Mischievous Blacken Burgundy shade, which I feel will fall quite well into my vampy Autumn Winter make up collection.

These 14ml Seche Colour Nail Lacquers cost £9.95 and are available to buy in Liberty.

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Handpicked Media Suite- Ted Baker at LFW

Day five at the Handpicked Media Suite in the Aldwych Hotel saw Ted Baker gracing the room with an array of beautiful collections including their beautiful range of bags and accessories. 

Ted Baker is becoming more and more popular, especially amongst so many girls that I know with their beautiful purses and cosmetics bags. I especially love the cosmetics bags with the Glitter bows and think I am going to treat myself very soon.

The male collections that I had a look through were very much inspired by Teds love for fishing. There's definitely less print than I normally see in Ted Baker stores, but still some fabulous colours and textures all finished with perfect little details particularly on the collars. The male accessories are wonderful and a couple of stand out pieces were a classic Brown Leather satchel and an amazing Satchel Rucksack that I think so many men, including my boyfriend would love.

The ladies collections on the other hand, were full of bright colours and very eye catching designs. Many of the items that appeared to be more plain, were lined with the most beautiful floral patterns and a piece that went down a treat within the suite was a Yellow cape, which was so flattering and would be perfect for Autumn. Ted Baker put so much effort into the small details and finishes to there products and are all definitely worth a look.

Just like when I visited the suite last time during London Fashion Week, we was very kindly spoilt with beauty treatments from the Teds Beauty Spot therapists. I was given a fabulous Shellac French Manicure and I can't tell you how pleased I am with the results. They look so incredibly neat and pretty and I can't stop looking at how shiny they are.

What do you think of the collection? Anything that particularly catches your eye?

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Teds Beauty Spot- Shellac nails and Blink & Go lashes

On Monday evening, I visited One Aldwych, a beautiful hotel situated opposite Somerset House to pop into visit the beautiful Handpicked Media Suite, which for the day was home to Ted Baker for LFW.

I had an absolutely wonderful time and was completely spoilt by both the Ted Baker and Handpicked Media team. 

The room was full of all of such beautiful clothes and I have absolutely fallen in love with a couple of bags and bikinis that you may have seen me tweet.

 As well as offering very generous goodie bags, which included the most amazing Laptop Bag ever, they also offered treatments and I was very kindly given the chance to get some Blink & Go Noveau Eyelash Extensions and my first Shellac manicure! I felt like an absolute princess being pampered in such a beautiful suite, quite the dream.

You may or may not be aware, but Ted Baker has a beauty salon in there London Cheapside store- Teds Beauty Spot and as well as Eyebrow shaping and tinting, these are a couple of the treatments that they offer.

My eyelashes took about thirty minutes to apply. It went surprisingly well seeing as I usually hate anyone touching my eyes (applying lashes for me etc). The lashes were glued very delicately to my natural lashes and applied in an extremely natural looking fashion. I didn't want them to be too in your face and I am so pleased with how they look.

They are said to last for about two weeks, but I have had a couple fall out already. This isn't necessarily a bad thing right now, as if anything, they look a little more natural.

I was very, very excited to be given a Shellac manicure, so many of my friends rave about Shellac but because I usually have falsies its never been something I gone for.

After each application being set and dried in with the UV light, my nails look absolutely shiny and near perfect.

I forgot to write down the shade that was used, but its a very dark Chocolate Brown with ever such a slight Red tone.

Four days on, and I'm pleased to say they still look absolutely fabulous and theres not a scratch or chip in sight.

The downside to Shellac is that you have to have it removed, but the good thing is that I will be taking a trip to Teds Spot to do so and will be treating myself to my eyebrow goodness at the same time.

Overall, a very lovely day was had and I can't wait to visit the quirky Teds Spot now.

For the full treatment list that Teds Spot has to offer, visit there website here

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