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!

Essie - DJ Play That Song

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Hi lovelies!! Today I have a colour by Essie from their newest Neon 2013 collection called DJ Play That Song. It is a super vibrant plum purple creme and does nicely in 2 coats. I topped it off with 1 coat of SV here. I really love this colour! It is bright and fun! Just a quick one today!!

Jordana Collection Review

Hey guys! Today I have for you some nail polishes from the brand Jordana. They originate from the US, but they have thankfully been brought to Australia and are available for purchase on their website (jordanacosmetics.com.au). I was given the opportunity to pick some colours and I chose some real stunners! Just so I don't repeat myself I will let you know that I used 1 coat of Calcium Boost Basecoat, followed by 2 coats of lacquer. The formula on Jordana polishes are really good! I was surprised how easily and smooth they went on, a bit sheer on 1 coat, but 2 coats easily fixed that up. The brush is a little thin, but picks up the polish easily and makes application smooth. Here are the colours I chose:

Green Glitz is a stunning grass green shimmer with a mixture of holographic bars and small glitters. I really like this colour and it suits olive skin tone really nicely!

Coral Spark is an amazinggg orangey-red coral with some seriously gorgeous shimmer in it. This, like Green Glitz, also has a mixture of holographic bar and glitters scattered through out. This is my favourite from the collection!

Purple Glam is really pretty. I am told that this is one of Jordana's biggest selling colours and I can see why! The base is a gorgeous deep magenta filled with purple shimmer, and this one also has a dense mixture of holographic bar and glitters...yes! Winner!

Blurred to show the amazing holographic micro glitter!

Crystal Glitter, shown here with OPI's - Black Onyx as the base, is a pixie dust looking polish, a sheer white base with a whole lot of holographic glitters! It is pretty much like a flakie! This is super gorgeous and definitely made my black nails pop! I love that the light catches all the different colours and you see an array of rainbow colours on your nails! Pure magic!
I also received some nail art stripers which I will be using very soon, so stay tuned!

What do you think of these colours? Which one is your favourite?

Thanks for reading!

 

Products Provided For Review

Sation - Love At First Lavender

Hey guys! Today I am very excited because I just received my haul from Transdesign and boy oh boy did I pick well! (with the help of inspiration from other bloggers)

I got more excited about my nail polishes than some clothes that I purchased online as well! That's saying something cause I LOVE clothes!

Anyway, it was very hard to pick which colour I wanted to use first, but I went with Sation's - Love At First Lavender, a true lavender creme with pink undertones, which is part of their new collection! I must say just by looking at the Sation i'm impressed! It is a BIG 15ml bottle and has an awesome brush! The brush is better than any brush i've seen from nail polishes, it is very straight, there aren't any long bristles poking out, and it is quite wide! But this colour was super hard to photograph!

Love At First Lavender has a gorgeous formula. 100% opaque in 1 coat, but I used 2 just to smooth it out. It is an absolute stunner and so feminine. I love lavender (the colour, the scent, the plant) a lot so i'm glad I have this colour!

With a Flash

No Flash, Indoors.

Hope you like! Thanks for reading :)

Feminine French Tips

Hey guys!! It's Monday morning and it is a public holiday here, it is raining as well so the weather is not enjoyable for people with the day off. I really have to study hard this week as my first exam is on Thursday at 8am! Argh! Anyway, back on topic! I have a cute but simple manicure to show you today and I hope you like it! :)

I started off painting my nails with Cutex Ridge Filler (as I have just 1 finger that has some serious ridges. Can you spot it in the photo?) Then I got my circle stickers and covered my nail except my white tip so I could do a french tip. I painted all my fingers' french tips with OPI's - Rumple's Wiggin' and waited for that to dry. I was originally going to do a thin line just above the pastel purple with China Glaze - Midnight Kiss but my striping tape was annoying me and I couldn't find the beginning so I gave up and did dots instead! I think this combination is really cute and so simple to do! It is good if you want something a bit plain, but of course with an extra touch :)

I'm trying to get better at my dotting so you might be seeing a lot of them in the future!!

Thanks for reading and have a great week!

Orly Magnetic FX - Force Field

Today I have for you a polish from the latest Orly Magnetic FX 2012 collection. They are available on shelves the 1st of July. Today's colour i'm reviewing is called Force Field, a dark magenta/burgundy with silver shimmer particles scattered through out. This colour only needed 1 coat and was opaque!

I started by applying 1 coat, on 1 nail at a time, gently placing the magnet over the nail (it has a really useful little under nail hook to secure it in place) for around 10 seconds. The length of the magnet is great for all fingers. . .but the thumb! The magnet only worked on half of my thumb! I tried moving the magnet to the side of my nail to even it out, and also put the magnet from the other side of the nail, but it didn't really work. I only had trouble on my thumbs, all the other fingers turned out quite well for my first go!

I really like the Orly magnetic polishes so far and I have another one to show you guys very soon, but for now here are some pictures of today's polish:

 

Overall this is a lovely colour, dries quickly, easy to apply, easy to get the latest trend of the magnetic nails. I adore! What do you think of this? Thanks for reading!

 

Product Provided for Review

OPI - Dutch Ya Just Love OPI & Good News!

 Hi everybody! How was your weekend? Get up to anything exciting? I had a nice time with my boyf and then worked on Sunday! Today I have another colour from the Holland collection to show you, but firstly I want to tell you some exciting news! I adopted a red panda from Australia Zoo!! His name is Yoddah and he is very cute! In the holidays I am going to visit him, yay! :)

Courtesy of Australia Zoo

Onto the nails..today's colour is Dutch Ya Just Love OPI? A gorgeous purple creme with a very subtle but magnificent orange micro shimmer. I applied 2 coats and it applied very easily, followed by 1 coat of Orly's In-A-Snap. Here are some snaps :)

I'm loving all the Holland colours so far, which one is your favourite?

Thanks for reading! :)

 

Product Provided for Review

Pink Glitter Nails + My Ombre Hair!

Hello everyone how are you on this Friday afternoon? I am very good and have a gorgeous new glitter polish by Sally Hansen to show you. This colour, called Be-Jeweled is from the new Gem Crush collection. Be-Jeweled is a dense pale purple glitter in a clear base with a peachy-pink glitter scattered. I bought this beauty at Priceline on special for $8 and also for Australian girlies, Priceline sells OPI Shatters now, for only $10! I was excited when I saw they stocked OPI, but disappointed they only sell shatter, a bit over them now! Anyway, back onto today's swatch. I applied 1 coat of Color Club - Foil Me Once and then applied 3 coats of Be-Jeweled. My nails are pretty thick at the moment, but I also applied 1 thick coat of SV to smooth it all down! In today's post i've also attached a picture of my DIY-ombre/balayage hair. It is practically the same concept as gradient nails but with hair (from the root (dark) to the ends (light). I thought you'd like to see it :) Here we go!

Yummy Macro Shot!

My Hair Dried Naturally

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this blog post :)

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A-England - Avalon

Hello! I had so much trouble capturing A-England - Avalon's true colour! It was very annoying because my camera kept making it look more blue but in reality it is a deep purple/plum with blue and magenta micro shimmer. I tried my best but you'll probably be able to find a more accurate one on another blogger's website who has a better camera! Anyway, this colour is amazing and if you don't own it, buy it! It is a real gem and if you love a good deep purple or plum, this will be perfect for you. Application was, like all the other A-England's i've tried, flawless. I applied 1 coat of Orly's Bonder, 2 coats of Avalon (but could have passed with 1 thick coat) followed by 1 coat of SV. Here are some photos!

See how different it can look? The lighting and setting that made my fingers look yellow had the most accurate colour!

What do you think of this colour?