Artsy Wednesday - Green

Hey guys!! Todays' AW theme is GREEN! I love green so was excited to think of a mani to do when I came across this awesome water marble technique by Spektor's Nails here. The colours I used were  2 coats of Orly - Pointe Blanche* and a few drips of Ozotic - 120 (reviewed here) followed by 1 coat of SV. I know this mani doesn't look like it's green, but because Ozotic 120 was thinned out by so much white polish it turned a really pretty dark ocean blue with subtle green shimmers in the thicker areas. This technique is really easy to do but a tad messy to make sure to tape up around the cuticles to save time and product!

Check out these awesome girls and their mani for this week's AW!

Michelle - Lab Muffin
Maria - Marias Nail Polish Blog
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished 

Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Haylee & Anna - Makeup and Masala  

Rose -  Every Little Polish  

Anna - Makeup n' More

L'Oreal Color Riche Le Vernis Summer Collection 2013

Hey guys today I have 4 out of 6 colours from the new L'Oreal Colour Riche Le Vernis Summer Collection (RRP $6.95 for 5ml) to show you! This collection is limited edition and only available from October 2013 to February 2014!

L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Le Vernis Summer Collection offers six on-trend shades to ensure the women of Australia have the very latest in global trends and colours. In fashion and beauty, neon is this summer’s essential accessory from the catwalk to the sidewalk. Ultra concentrated neon pigments provide vibrant, intense colours with high coverage.  The Colour Riche Le Vernis Summer Collection allows every woman to mix and match her favourite Summer shades for every mood, look and occasion. 

The 4 colours I am showing you today are from left to right; Atomic purple* (a super vibrant royal purple with a hint of blue creme), Wasabi Hint* (a mint pastel green creme), Acid Watermelon* (the perfect barbie doll pink creme) and Banana Pop* (a light egg yolk yellow creme). These all applied perfectly in 2 coats and I'm in love with the brush on these bottles! It's so easy to make a perfect line around the cuticle! All photos are shown without top coat!

Lovee the brush type!

Atomic Purple

Wasabi Hint

Acid Watermelon

Banana Pop

Will you be picking up any of these beauties? If so let me know! Happy weekend!

Duri - Nail Polishes (Lemon Sorbet, Voodoo & Toxic)

Hello everyone! Today I have 3 colours by Duri to show you! The official stockist of Duri products are Pink Tiger and can be found here. Duri colours are $18 and there are many colours to choose from. Today's colours I am showing you are Lemon Sorbet*; a bright yellow creme with silver shimmer, Voodoo*; a super bright neon melon that dries matte and Toxic*; an incredible eye-searingly bright toxic sludge green that also dries matte. I really like the bottle shape and brushes on Duri. They are very easy to use and I had no problems applying whatsoever! All swatches are shown with 1 coat of Duri - Rejuvacote* followed by 2 coats of colour with no top coat.

 

Slight VNL

So what do you think of these colours? Although it is winter here in Australia it is still relatively warm and sunny so we can get away with wearing brights all year round! Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

Artsy Wednesday - Indie Nails (FLOAM!)

Hello hello!! I'm very sorry for being slack with posts. . especially with my AW ones..but today I have one for you and the theme is Indie nails! My indie collection is extremely small. I only own 3. . and 2 of them I showed you a few days ago. . but my last one is a very special one that I received a while ago and only got around to using it now! The nail blogging world was taken a storm when floam hit the pages and for good reason. Floam is a clear base polish with matte blue/green and yellow glitters. For this look I started with 1 coat of Barielle - Ocean Breeze followed by 3 coats of Floam. Floam is a little thick to work with but not unbearable. It dries to a matte finish.

 This is a very unique and gorgeous glitter and I hope you like it too! Don't forget to check out other indie nails by these lovely ladies!

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Tif - Polished Genius 

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Jessica - Beauty Gnome
Emily - AnAccentNail
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Jean - Lacquered Lunatic

Thanks for reading!

China Glaze - Running In Circles

Hello everyone! Today I have a real treat for you all! You may have already seen this colour on other blogs. . . but I can now confirm that it is drop. dead. gorgeous. This is definitely my favourite green colour I now own! Running In Circles is a forest green glass fleck with hints of yellow/gold flecks mixed in! It was super easy to apply and does best in 2 coats. I finished it off with 1 coat of Wicked Fast.

If there is one colour you need for the holidays and for the perfect Christmas colour, this would be it! I hope you like this colour as much as I do! Kudos to CG lol. Thanks for reading!

Artsy Wednesday - Glitter Gradient

Hi loves! Sorry it's been a while, retail work is getting hectic, but anyway it's another AW and today's theme is Glitter Gradient! Once again, I picked a base colour from the new CG Cirque Du Soleil collection called Running In Circles (see post tomorrow) which is such an AMAZING green glass fleck colour..I am in absolute awe and am so glad I bought it! I used 2 coats of Running In Circles and I just did a glitter gradient on my ring finger using Jordana - Sequins.

Make sure to check out these girls who have taken part of this weeks Artsy Wednesday! I hope you like this combo and be sure to check out the post on CG - Running In Circles tomorrow, it is pure bliss!

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Tif - Polished Genius 

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Jessica - Beauty Gnome
Emily - AnAccentNail
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Jean - Lacquered Lunatic

 

China Glaze - Def Defying

Hi all! Today I have another colour from China Glaze's - Cirque Du Soleil Collection. Def Defying is a chartreuse olive green creme. In the bottle it looks really ugly, but it looks quite nice when on the nails and really suits tan skin types. I only used 1 coat as it was very opaque. I finished it off with 1 coat of Wicked Fast.

Which colours are you loving from this new collection? Thanks for reading!

Artsy Wednesday - Movember

Hi guys! Today's theme is Movember, which solely dedicates the month of November to men's cancer awareness where men can grow a moustache (no beard or side burns!). I usually become a Mo'Sista each year (no, I don't grow a moustache lol) and donate to people and people donate to me which is awesome :)

So.. I did struggle a bit with today's theme, clearly I wanted to do a moustache but surprisingly struggled and only managed to do two decent ones on my nails lol. I used 2 coats of Lime Crime - Pastelchio, followed by 1 coat of Essie - Matte About You, then I free handed the black moustaches with OPI - Black Onyx. Followed by another coat of Essie - Matte About You.

Don't forget to check out all these lovely ladies for this weeks Artsy Wednesday theme! Thanks for reading and have a great day/night! :-)

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Tif - Polished Genius 

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Me - Nail and Polish

Jessica - Beauty Gnome
Emily - AnAccentNail
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Jean - Lacquered Lunatic

Essie - Navigate Her

Hi guys! Quick post today! This is another Essie from my mini Beautybay.com haul. This colour by Essie called Navigate Her is a very interesting pale green creme almost a perfect pistachio colour. It applied really easily and did best in 2 coats. I applied Wicked Fast over the top. I love this colour!

 

It's my 21st birthday on Wednesday so expect to see some very cute and girly nails! :-)

Have a great day and don't forget to enter my Beautybay.com giveaway here to win a $30AUD gift voucher!

Barielle - Ocean Breeze + Color Club - Holiday Splendour

Hi everyone! Today's look features Barielle - Ocean Breeze, an amazing off teal/aqua/blue pastel creme. It has an excellent formula, only needed 2 coats for smooth application. Color Club - Holiday Splendour is a sheer green jelly with emerald and silver holographic glitters, it is really beautiful! I used 1 coat on my ring fingers and just painted the tips on all of my other nails. I finished it all off with 1 coat of cult nails wicked fast.

This combo looked really gorgeous! The french tips were really spontaneous, but added a nice glint to my nails in the sun :) Thanks for reading!

Barielle - Mint Ice Cream + Ocean Breeze Nail Art

Hi guys! I can start blogging again. . yay! Today I am showing you two Barielle colours I purchased from trans-design (which arrived yesterday with a nice haul :)) The Barielle colours I bought are; Mint Ice Cream, a very light pastel mint green creme and Ocean Breeze; a lovely light grey-blue pastel creme. For this look I painted all my nails with 2 coats of Mint Ice Cream and applied Wicked Fast by Cult Nails over the top to seal it.Then on my ring finger i used some ordinary sticky tape to make a triangle on the top of my nail and painted on Ocean Breeze. I also used a green rhinestone at the tip of the triangle to add a little bit extra followed by another coat of Wicked Fast. This is the first time i've used Barielle. The brush on Mint Ice Cream was uneven and jagged and made application hard, whereas Ocean Breeze's brush was fine. The formula was quite thicker than i'm used to and I found it hard to apply. Other than that, the colours are brilliant and the polishes are pretty cheap to buy so i'm not too fussed. Here are some pics.

 Thanks for reading and I hope you like this! What do you think of Barielle?

Ciate - Mojito

Hi guys :-) Ciate - Mojito is an amazing sheer jelly green apple colour! It is super juicy looking and does best in 2 coats. I seem to have received a dud one as there was a fair bit of polish missing from the bottle and it was much gluggier than the other ciate's I bought, but I will buy another one and hopefully that one will be all good! I used 1 coat of China Glaze - First & Last, 2 coats of Ciate - Mojito and 1 coat of Cult Nails - Wicked Fast.

I couldn't stop staring at my nails whilst wearing this gorgeous colour! Do you own this? It is quite similar to Essie - Mojito madness, but a shade lighter and sheer, where as Essie is a thicker creme.
Thanks for reading!

OPI - Mermaids Tears + Mod About You + Pirouette My Whistle

Hello everyone! How are you? The week is finally over and it went very quick. . as usual these days! Today's post is featuring all OPI colours; Mermaid Tears, from the Pirates of The Caribbean collection is an amazing cornflour grass green. Mod about you is my favourite pastel light pink. It is super opaque and a gorgeous colour. Pirouette my whistle is from the New York Ballet collection released this year and is a sheer silver glitter solution filled with lots of micro silver glitters and a few larger silver hexes. I wish there was more hex glitters in it. I am loving glitters these days!
I applied 1 coat of China Glaze - First & Last, 2 coats of MT and MAU, and 1 thin coat of PMW, followed by 1 thick coat of Cult Nails - Wicked Fast, to smooth it all down.. . if you are a regular ready of my blog, you may have noticed I did a combo similar to this not long ago. . in terms of colour choice, and I didn't even realise. . I must really like the look of these two colours together!! :-P
Anyway, here are some pictures for your viewing :)

It looks so pretty with PMW over the top!! Thanks for reading and have a great day/night/weekend!! :)

 

*Some Products Provided For Review

China Glaze - Bohemian Collection Review, Preview & Comparison!

Hi guys!! Today I have a really exciting polish from the new and upcoming collection by China Glaze called Bohemian Luster Chrome. The collection consists of 6 beautiful chrome polishes and i'm super duper excited! The colour I'm showing you today is Rare & Radiant, I used 1 coat of China Glaze - First & Last, 2 coats of CG - R&R and 1 coat of CG - First & Last.. But first let's look at the other colours!

Rare & Radiant, Unpredictable

No Plain Jane, Swanky Silk

Deviantly Daring, Want My Bawdy

The colour I have to show you today is called Rare & Radiant, a gold/green duochrome with gorgeous shimmer!

Some might call this a dupe for Chanel - Peridot and OPI - Just Spotted the Lizard, so I did a quick comparison of OPI and China Glaze to show you (2 coats for each nail)!

JSTL, R&R, JSTL, R&R

JSTL, R&R, JSTL, R&R

So, as you can see, R&R and JSTL are seriously DUPES! OPI is a little darker but hardly even noticeable, so, the end question is, which brand/brush,formula do you like better?!
Will you be buying any from this collection? Thanks for reading!

 

*Products Provided For Review