{"id":415,"date":"2016-04-02T16:59:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/?p=415"},"modified":"2016-04-02T22:19:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T21:19:55","slug":"botanical-awakenings-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/02\/botanical-awakenings-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanical Awakenings Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all<\/p>\n<p>Here are my swatches for the new spring Botanical Awakenings Gelish collection launched in the UK as singles straight away on the 25th March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance this collection doesn&#8217;t really have any must have stand out new colours, however on closer look I consider this collection a good buy, in that they are staples that your clients will want to go back to time and time again. The collection is based on fresh floral colours which includes 2 neutrals, 3 pinks and a red. After last springs discontinued ooh la la collection (which I loved) I&#8217;m glad to see some slightly similar shades. There are Morgan Taylor nail lacquer matches available.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s take a look at the colours (the pictures show the colours over hard gel extensions following my fabulous PhD training &#8211; totally worth doing).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rose-y Cheeks &#8211; 2 coats (needs warming)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I looked at this colour on the advertising I felt it looked a lot like Ella of a girl, however on application I&#8217;m pleased to say it&#8217;s more similar to can-can we dance with its light coral pink with a pearl finish. I love this colour in the led lighting with its subtle shimmer and I can see my clients loving this one to.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-428\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rosey-Cheeks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rosey-Cheeks-300x138.png\" alt=\"Rosey Cheeks, Botanical Awakenings\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rosey-Cheeks-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rosey-Cheeks-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rosey-Cheeks-1080x495.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rosey-Cheeks.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rose-y Cheeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Warm Up the Car-nation \u2013 2 coats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nail Harmony state this is a hot magenta pearl and yes it has a pearlised shimmer frosty touch to it, but to me it&#8217;s more of a medium pink going towards red. Think sugar plum dreams but without the transparent finish. It applied nicely and didn&#8217;t need warming.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Warm-Up-the-Carnation.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Warm-Up-the-Carnation-300x135.png\" alt=\"Warm Up the Carnation\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Warm-Up-the-Carnation-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Warm-Up-the-Carnation-1024x459.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Warm-Up-the-Carnation-1080x484.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Warm-Up-the-Carnation.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s Your Poinsettia? \u2013 2 coats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As expected this medium frosty pearl is a great two coater just like queen of hearts and I&#8217;m so hot, but it is very similar in colour, finish and application, so doesn\u2019t really offer anything\u00a0new. But is admittedly slightly lighter. That being said its been chosen by 2 clients already so is going to get well used.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whats-Your-Poinsettia.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whats-Your-Poinsettia-300x134.png\" alt=\"Whats Your Poinsettia\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whats-Your-Poinsettia-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whats-Your-Poinsettia-1024x457.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whats-Your-Poinsettia-1080x482.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whats-Your-Poinsettia.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t Pansy Around &#8211; 2 coats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was my favourite colour of the collection, it&#8217;s a bright (but not neon) medium cr\u00e8me pink. It applied nicely without any warming and is just a lovely every day colour. Please not this is an easy one to apply too thickly so keep the coats thin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dont-Pansey-Around.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dont-Pansey-Around-300x128.png\" alt=\"Dont Pansey Around\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dont-Pansey-Around-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dont-Pansey-Around.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prim-rose and Proper &#8211; 3 coats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This colour is a light taupe cream with a hint of pink (less so then tan my hide). Yes it is indeed similar to other neutrals in past collections so you could do without. That being said it is different from tan my hide as you can see from the additional picture and I can see it being chosen quite a lot over the wedding season. So if you plan on doing brides and weddings I believe be it would be worth the investment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Proper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Proper-300x133.png\" alt=\"Primrose &amp; Proper\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Proper-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Proper-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Proper-1080x479.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Proper.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-and-Proper-vs-Tan-My-Hide.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-and-Proper-vs-Tan-My-Hide-300x132.png\" alt=\"Primrose and Proper vs Tan My Hide\" width=\"300\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-and-Proper-vs-Tan-My-Hide-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-and-Proper-vs-Tan-My-Hide.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I Or-chid You Not &#8211; 3 coats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another taupe creme\u00a0which is very similar to rodeo however is more mushroom and slightly lighter and in the additional photo you can just about see the difference when applied. I actually much prefer this colour and I am looking forward to wearing it on my hands for longer then 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not-300x136.png\" alt=\"I Orchid You Not\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not-VS-Rodeo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not-VS-Rodeo-300x128.png\" alt=\"I Orchid You Not VS Rodeo\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not-VS-Rodeo-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/I-Orchid-You-Not-VS-Rodeo.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Swatch sticks\u00a0 and comparisons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I apologise for the state of my swatches I knocked acetone over on my desk when I had my light nude swatches out and it ruined quite a few and I wanted to get this out so haven&#8217;t re done them yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BW-Full-Collection-swatches.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BW-Full-Collection-swatches-300x133.png\" alt=\"BW Full Collection swatches\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BW-Full-Collection-swatches-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BW-Full-Collection-swatches-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BW-Full-Collection-swatches-1080x479.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/BW-Full-Collection-swatches.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reds-Comp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reds-Comp-300x225.png\" alt=\"Reds Comp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reds-Comp-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reds-Comp-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reds-Comp-1080x810.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Reds-Comp.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-225x300.png\" alt=\"Pink Comp\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-1080x1440.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bottom unlabelled swatch is sugar plum dreams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-2-300x232.png\" alt=\"Pink Comp 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-2-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-2-1024x792.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-2-1080x836.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-3-300x228.png\" alt=\"Pink Comp 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-3-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-3-1024x777.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-3-1080x819.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-3-500x380.png 500w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Pink-Comp-3.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Comp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Comp-225x300.png\" alt=\"Primrose Comp\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Comp-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Comp-769x1024.png 769w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Comp-1080x1438.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Primrose-Comp.png 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rodeo-Comp.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-421\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rodeo-Comp-300x225.png\" alt=\"Rodeo Comp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rodeo-Comp-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rodeo-Comp-1024x769.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rodeo-Comp-1080x811.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Rodeo-Comp.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is a collection full of useful every day colours that your clients will go back to time after time. My top 3 are Rose-y Cheeks, Don\u2019t Pansy Around and Primrose and Proper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi all Here are my swatches for the new spring Botanical Awakenings Gelish collection launched in the UK as singles straight away on the 25th March 2016. At first glance this collection doesn&#8217;t really have any must have stand out new colours, however on closer look I consider this collection a good buy, in that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/04\/02\/botanical-awakenings-collection\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Botanical Awakenings Collection&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[29],"tags":[26,6,59,60,3,66,64,85,82,81,71,68,83,69,78,77,65,70,80,79,84,63,62,76,74,72,61,73,56,55,75,67,27,57,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thenailarchitect.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}