Milani - Beach Front + A Cute As A Button Love Heart

Hello :-) Today's post features a Milani colour I received when I did a swap with a very generous lady, Jasmine from colourcoated. Milani - Beach front is a really pretty light blue with silver micro glitter through out it. It has a great formula and is fully opaque in 1 coat but I  did 2 just to cover any unevenness. I applied 1 coat of China Glaze - First & Last, 2 coats of Beach Front and 1 coat of Cult Nails - Wicked Fast. I painted a cute little love heart on my ring finger using Essie - Cute As A Button, my favourite coral creme yet! I hope you like this cute mani :)

Do you own this colour? Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this!

Milani - Key West and a New Watermark!

Hey everybody! My last two exams are looming and I am getting a bit nervous....eeeek! Today I have for you a colour that I have been lemming ever since I saw swatches of this on Let Them Have Polish. The lovely Jasmine from Colour Coated did an amazing swap with me and got me this lovely along with some other super gorgeous colours!! Milani Key West is a deep teal foil that illuminates! The brush on Milani is quite good, I had forgotten what it was like, and the formula was good, it needed 2 coats for full opacity. I topped it off with 1 coat of Orly's Sec-N-Dry.

I've been playing around with some new watermarks today and I finally found a design I like so voila! My watermark :-) Have a great evening/day everyone!

This colour isn't what i was expecting! this is the most truest colour in photos as on my nails! I still like it, but it isn't exactly the same as over at Let Them Have Polish.

Nonetheless, it is a gorgeous colour! Thanks for reading

OPI - Gouda Gouda Two Shoes (+ Mermaid Nails)

Hello everybody! Today I have for you Gouda Gouda Two Shoes from the latest Holland collection, released earlier this year. This is a gorgeous rosey-peach beige with peachy-orange micro shimmer. It applied flawlessly in 2 coats. I decided to try doing the glitter placement method, which i've seen on a couple of blogs that call it "mermaid nails". I used Milani Jewel FX in gold. . it was very time consuming, but it does look very cool! I'm going to be sporting these nails at the Matt Corby gig tonight and hopefully the gold glimmer catches his gorgeous eyes..LOL (I have a tiny crush on him!)

GGTS Alone

 Thanks for reading and I hope you like this combination :)

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Gradient Glitter Nails

Happy Sunday morning folks! This is a quick post before I go to work for the day! Last night I did a gorgeous gold glitter gradient! I used 1 thin coat of OPI's Passion, a very sheer, light pink, followed by 1 thick coat of China Glaze - blonde bombshell on the tips of my nails and then going over each nail again with a small amount of polish on the higher end of the nail. I then applied Milani's - jewel fx gold glitter to the tips and gradually adding a few glitters on the entire nail. I love this look! I've never tried a glitter gradient but i'm definitely going to try some more! And I love that I can still see my natural nail with this, it makes it look so feminine and chic :D

Check my photos out! (Please excuse my absolutely disgusting cuticles! I got top coat on them and they haven't completely come off yet! Looks so gross lol)

With the flash on

I hope you like this! It is very simple to do and makes your nails sparkle!

Thanks for reading and don't forget to enter my giveaway as it ends tomorrow!! :)

Milani's 3D Holographic - Hi-Res

I have a holo to show you all!! Prepare to be AMAZED with this colour! 2 blissful coats of this miraculous formula was all that was needed and it dried relatively quick. This beautiful dark pink/lavender colour has the perfect mix of rainbow holographic elements and shimmer. I decided not to apply a top coat as it dimmed the holo effect slightly (as seen by the little pinky finger in these photos)

Be ready for some epic holoness!

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natural light outside

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artificial light inside

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I am happy with how well I managed to capture the holo goodness. Click the photos to enlarge them!
I am so happy with this purchase, and it was only $3.99, a bargain in my books! Let me know what you think! I have 17 Kleancolor holo's and chunky holo's on their way to me. I can't wait to start swatching them as well!

Love Mel.

China Glaze - Watermelon Rind + China Glaze - Midnight Kiss + Milani Special FX - Gold

Hello hello!! It's only Tuesday but this week has been very positive for me! Trying new colours and experimenting with designs! Today I have for you a colour, which is now one of my favourite colours i own! China Glaze's - Watermelon Rind is a dark emerald green with a hint of teal shimmer. . it is absolutely incredible, and even so in person!

Please excuse my lack of cuticle cream I was too excited waiting for this polish to dry so I just went and took some photos. The last two photos are outside but it was a little cloudy :-( This is my 2nd China Glaze i've ever owned and so far I am extremely happy!!!! The application is great and at first I wasn't used to the long thin brush, but am now finding it very easy to use! I used two coats of Watermelon Rind over one coat of Revlon's Quick Dry Base Coat followed by one coat of OPI's InstaDry Top Coat. Let me know what you think!

**UPDATED**
I got a little bored and wanted to try out two gold colours I just  received. The first base colour I used was China Glaze's - Midnight kiss, followed by Milani's Jewel FX - Gold over the top, with 1 coat of OPI's InstaDry Top coat to keep the glitter in place. It looks really pretty and am glad I bought these two gold colours!!

Love Mel.

Milani 3D Holographic - Cyberspace

Hello there lovelies!!! Today I received a package filled with goodies from beautyjoint.com!
Today I will be showing you Milani 3D Holographic Cyberspace! A beautiful light blue colour with glints of sparkles and shimmer all in one! I was suprised with the brush type of Milani. It was very thin and long but I actually found it very easy to apply and the formula was quite nice! It seems that capturing holographic nail polishes on camera is quite difficult so imagine these photos i've taken with a subtle rainbow sparkle x 100! Amazing how much beauty can be transferred into one tiny bottle! For the application I used 1 coat of Revlon's White on White and then 2 coats of Milani Cyberspace to really make the colour bright and opaque. It is quite a sheer colour so I recommend using a white nail polish as your base. Then I used 1 coat of OPI's InstaDry Top coat for the finish!!

Click on the photos to enlarge them! It's hard to see how holographic this colour is but it is somewhat shown through these photos. What is your opinion on this colour? Love it or hate it? I deffinitely LOVE IT!! :-)

Love Mel.