MUA nail Constellations Review

Together with my MUA makeup haul, I also purchased two products from the MUA nail range. I bought Nail Constellations in Gemini, which I will review today and Fur Effect Nails in Fluffy Puff, which I will review separately.

So today I tried out the Nail Constellations and was not disappointed.

Gemini is one of the five Constellations (colours) in the range. The other Constellations are Scorpio, Pisces, Leo and Libra. Inside each pot are thousands of tiny reflective beads, that glisten in the light. 

Preparing the nail & beads
So, because my nails are Shellac and already a mint colour, I didn't need to coat my nail in a coloured varnish, instead I just used a thick layer of clear varnish, to fuse the Constellations. As soon as I had applied the varnish, I poured a number of the beads into a bowl.

I thought this would be the easiest way to apply the beads. The MUA site states that the funnel enables you to pour them onto your nail but I felt this way was probably better for keeping the beads contained as they bounce off the nail! I didn't want to lose a loud on the floor and this way they all stayed in the bowl for reuse.

Applying the beads
Next, I dabbed my finger into the beads to coat them fully. Once I had a good amount of beads stuck to the nail, I gently brushed away some of the ones sitting on top, to keep the nail as flat as possible. 

I 're-dabbed' a couple of times to ensure the sides and tip of the nail were fully covered. 

Once I was happy with the coverage of the beads, I gently patted the beads down onto the nail, to ensure they were fully stuck to the varnish and again, to help enable the nail to look as level as possible.

Then when I was happy with the look, I repeated on the other hand and left to dry. They dried pretty quickly and I was really pleased with the effect!

Getting beads back into the bottle
Then I needed to put the beads left in the bowl back into the bottle and I found the easiest way to do this was to scoop the beads into the funnel and then pour back into the bottle.

After a few hours of wear, I noticed that a few beads had fallen off, so I dabbed some clear varnish onto the bald spots, dropped a few more beads onto those spots and patted down to secure. Now they are perfect!

I really enjoyed using these and look forward to trying the other colours. Let me know if you've tried them and which colour you chose.

Watch out for my review on the Fur Effect Nails in Fluffy Puff, which I'll be trying soon!

Nail day - cool mint

Spring has arrived! Well, on my nails anyway. It was time for a change of nail colour today and I wanted to go for something Spring like; seeing as the weather has got warmer these last few days. I decided on a cool pastel mint shade. Having had bright pink nails previously, this colour makes a really nice change. I really love it.

I decided on an all over colour with some silver gems on my ring finger, for that little touch of sparkle. I'm not usually a huge fan of nail art, but this is simple and something that I'm not likely to be bored of after a couple of weeks! 

My nails are Shellac gel overlays but if you wanted to replicate this colour, there are lots of lovely mint polish shades available. Mint Candy Apple by Essie, available for £7.99 at Superdrug, is my favourite shade at the moment and was actually the colour that I showed the salon, for a colour match. 

I think it's pretty perfect. Let me know what you think!