Kerruticles http://www.kerruticles.com/ Claire Kerr's UK nails blog - nail polish and nail art Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:50:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.kerruticles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-Kerruticles-favicon-512px-32x32.png Kerruticles http://www.kerruticles.com/ 32 32 Shimmery Blues | Bluesky A24 with Toppers Top Secret http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/10/shimmery-blues-bluesky-a24-with-toppers-top-secret/ http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/10/shimmery-blues-bluesky-a24-with-toppers-top-secret/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:45:34 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=14160 I have one of the new Toppers top coats to show today. This is Top Secret and is one of 20 universal gel top coats that can be used to transform a gel manicure. I’ve used Bluesky A24 as the base, a plain navy gel polish. Once I’d cured the two coats, I added the […] Read more

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]]> http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/10/shimmery-blues-bluesky-a24-with-toppers-top-secret/feed/ 1 Red Carpet Manicure | Off To The Premiere | AW19 Gel Polish Collection http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/10/red-carpet-manicure-off-to-the-premiere/ Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:19:49 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=14101 Here’s the full Red Carpet Manicure Off To The Premiere collection for AW19. It’s a gorgeous collection of six gel polishes in a range of autumnal and winter colours. I have mainly used two coats for each of these polishes. They all had a great coverage with just those two coats, except for the blue, […] Read more

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]]> Magic Hana Rainy Day (124) | One-step Gel http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/07/magic-hana-rainy-day-124-one-step-gel/ http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/07/magic-hana-rainy-day-124-one-step-gel/#comments Sun, 08 Jul 2018 15:43:00 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=14058 This pretty shade is Magic Hana Rainy Day; a one-step gel polish. I do love a one-step gel polish. No base, no top coat, no wiping. Just a few coats of colour and you’re ready to go. It’s so quick and so easy. So many times, I’ve removed my polish and haven’t had much time […] Read more

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]]> http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/07/magic-hana-rainy-day-124-one-step-gel/feed/ 2 Pink Gellac Dynamic Pink http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/06/pink-gellac-dynamic-pink/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 18:55:37 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=14090 I’ve been trying out some Pink Gellac gel polishes, including this one, Pink Gellac Dynamic Pink. I’ve heard of the brand before – and I remember a US blogger who has always highly rated them. But I hadn’t really seen them in the UK, so they sort of passed me by. But I wish I’d […] Read more

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]]> Red Carpet Manicure: Bloom Style Collection http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/05/red-carpet-manicure-bloom-style-collection/ Tue, 22 May 2018 15:20:15 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=14007 I have neglected my blog a little and haven’t been posting very much recently. I’ve still been photographing my nails though, so I’m playing catch up now and getting a few posts out. This is the 2018 Spring Summer Bloom Style Collection from Red Carpet Manicure. It’s a collection of six gel polishes in a […] Read more

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]]> Raspberry with Floral Stamping | Bluesky Diva Dash & MoYou Nails 487 http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/03/raspberry-floral-stamping-moyou-nails-487/ Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:28:12 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=13961 I have lots of posts to publish, but I am rather behind due to having had flu and then, after that, a poorly husband who’s had six weeks with pneumonia. That is all, thankfully, now behind us and I can hopefully catch up and post everything I’ve been sitting on for the past few weeks. […] Read more

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]]> SensatioNail Gilded Glamour | Glitter Gel Polish with Cream http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/02/sensationail-gilded-glamour-glitter-gel-polish-cream/ http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/02/sensationail-gilded-glamour-glitter-gel-polish-cream/#comments Tue, 27 Feb 2018 17:15:50 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=13967 SensatioNail Gilded Glamour is one of seven new glitter gel polishes. I have three of the collection, and mine are all in a clear or very sheer base. So I decided to use this gold and rose gold glitter gel polish layered over a base colour. I figured cream should compliment the gold and rose […] Read more

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]]> http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/02/sensationail-gilded-glamour-glitter-gel-polish-cream/feed/ 2 Pale pink gel nails with stamping and glitter http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/pale-pink-gel-nails-stamping-glitter/ http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/pale-pink-gel-nails-stamping-glitter/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:11:14 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=13922 I have some more mix and match today with these pale pink gel nails with stamping and glitter. The pale pink gel polish is Bluesky QXG210 (sometimes called Lace). It’s a beauty of a colour and I can see it being a real staple for me. On the ring finger Bluesky 63903, called Fairy Dust […] Read more

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]]> http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/pale-pink-gel-nails-stamping-glitter/feed/ 2 Purple gel nails with glitter | Y&S 059, Bluesky 63921, NYK1 glitter http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/purple-gel-nails-with-glitter/ http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/purple-gel-nails-with-glitter/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2018 16:11:10 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=13931 These purple gel nails with glitter are a slight variation on my recent dusky pink gel with glitter nails. They use the same glitter as I used before, but here I paired it with some purple-toned gel polishes instead. I used the purple gel polish by Y&S that I bought recently and which came in […] Read more

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]]> http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/purple-gel-nails-with-glitter/feed/ 3 Blue geometric glitter nails http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/blue-geometric-glitter-nails/ http://www.kerruticles.com/2018/01/blue-geometric-glitter-nails/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2018 18:05:19 +0000 http://www.kerruticles.com/?p=13884 These blue geometric glitter nails were inspired by a manicure I saw by Paulina of Paulina’s Passions. I saw it and thought I’d love to create something similar but using blue – but I don’t like my manicure half as much as I like hers. I think it’s probably because the glitter is more prominent on […] Read more

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