Block Gradient & Leopard (Inspired By BlogNailedIt)

Hi guys!! I have a quick post tonight. This look was inspired by Katy over @ blognailedit who did this amazing summer leopard nail art that I just had to recreate! The colours I used where OPI - Alpine Snow, In My Back Pocket and I Just Can't Cope-cabana for the black I used OPI - Black Onyx followed by 1 coat of G&G! I love this look! Thanks for the great inspiration Katy!

 

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!

Bio Sculpture Gel Nail Polish

Hey guys! Today I have 2 colours by Bio Sculpture Gel Nail Polish to show you. The first colour is 131*; a stunning dark ink blue crelly (creme/jelly) which applied so perfectly in 2 effortless coats and 133*; a vibrant canary yellow creme which was slightly harder to apply as it was a thicker creme then usual but still not too bad. These pictures are without topcoat and you can see how incredibly shiny they are - particularly the blue ink creme. . . I am in love with this colour! The brushes on these polishes are so good and short and make it easy to control the polish. I love the bottle shape too with the pointy lid! For my first time trying Bio Sculpture I am impressed and it definitely will not be my last bottle that's for sure! Let me know if you've tried any bio sculpture of if you pick any up! Biosculpture can be found by typing in your postcode on www.biosculpture.com.au to find your nearest stockists!

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!

Barry M - Textured Polishes 2013 Collection

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Hello everyone!! Today I have a textured colour from Barry M's new collection to show you called Station Road. In the bottle it is a beautiful bright yellow with gorgeous yellow glitter in it. When it is applied onto the nail it dries into a very textured almost sand-like finish. It's all about textures this year! I saw beautiful swatches over at One Nail To Rule Them All and immediately had to buy all four colours but when I applied it and waited for it to dry (which mind you took at least an hour!) I wasn't very wowed by it. It just didn't look that great. I'm not hesitant to try the other 3 colours :-( I used 3 coats here and no top coat. 

Close up it looks a bit like grated cheese or creamed corn. . . lol. Have you made a recent purchase you regret? Thanks for reading!!

Yellow Paisley Stamped Nails

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Hello everyone! I've been inspired to work on perfecting my stamping lately and found an old stamping plate I had with a paisley print on it. (I'm very sorry but I can't remember which plate or number it is at the moment, I will check when I get home) I painted my nails with 2 coats of Ciate - Big Yellow Taxi (reviewed here) and then applied 1 coat of Wicked Fast. Once it was touch dry I stamped on the paisley print using my black polish I received from born pretty store. Then I finished it off with 1 more coat of Wicked Fast, trying to avoid any smudging (but not all grrr). Even though I wasn't very consistent with the thickness of my stamps or because my nail plate was too large for the design, I still think I did a really good job and I've received so many compliments. 

My goal one day is to be as good as Natalie from heartNAT..her stamping is flawless! Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice day.

Pretty and Polished - Mardi Party

Hello again! Today I have another Pretty & Polished colour to show you. This one is called Mardi Party and is a plethora of rainbow glitter shards. It is quite hard to apply as it is very runny and makes the glitter fall off the brush very quickly. In this photo I layered it over 2 coats of Ciate - Big Yellow Taxi, a gorgeous yellow creme. I love this vibrant, eclectic mix. I finished it off with 1 coat of wicked fast.

 This glitter is so playful and fun I love it! What do you think? Have a great day!!

China Glaze - Sun-kissed

Hey guys! This colour is from the latest Summer neon collection 2012 by China Glaze called Sun kissed, a super bright neon yellow highlighter with incredibly gorgeous yellow shimmer. This is very opaque (which is great compared to Orly - glowstick which requires a few coats of a white underneath). I used 2 coats here and wicked fast over the top.

This surprisingly stained my nails, and I doubled up on the base coat too, so be wary!

Thanks for reading loves and see you again soon!

Ciate - Big Yellow Taxi

Good morning everybody :-) How are we all? Yesterday I received 3 ciate polishes from Beautybay.com. I know about all the controversy with Ciate "claiming" and "patenting" caviar/fish egg nails, which has put off bloggers from using their products. . but I had never tried their products before, and I really don't like to judge before I try.. So I bought 3 gorgeous colours and today I am going to show you big yellow taxi, which is simply a bright yellow creme. I have to say, i LOVE ciate bottles! They are super cute and I love the long brush lid, it makes it very easy to apply polish as the brush isn't too long. This polish required 2 coats as the first coat was a little streaky, but applied beautifully, like silk! Here I used 1 coat of China Glaze - First & Last, 2 coats of Big Yellow Taxi and 1 coat of Cult Nails - Wicked Fast.

So far, I am loving Ciate polishes and can't wait to build my collection up!
Isn't it a lovely and vibrant colour? :D Makes me smile!! Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Artsy Wednesday - Dotting Tools Only

It's Artsy Wednesday again and I am super excited for today's theme! Dotting tools ONLY! (excluding painting on a base colour) This manicure was inspired by Katy @ Nailed It! Check out this tutorial here. The colours I used are:

OPI - Black Onyx (base colour)
OPI - Fiercely Fiona (off pastel yellow)
OPI - What's With The Cattitude (pastel blue)
Zoya - Caitlin (purple/grey creme)
Zoya - Layla (pink satin)

I alternated the colours on each nail. If you check out the above link for the tutorial I used you'll see how easy it is to do! I'm going to wear this mani for a good solid couple of days! Or until I get a more exciting idea in my head lol.

Here are the pics!

Don't forget to check out the other lovely ladies who are doing today's theme!

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Holly - Hooked!

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Tif - Polished Genius

Lyndsey - Nails by Ms. Lizard
KaKa - KAKA Beauty Blog 

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Jessica - Beauty Gnome

 

Thanks for reading and have a great day/night!

 

 

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Color Club - Daisy Does It

Hey everybody! I am feeling very happy on this Friday morning as I had my exam yesterday and it went well, but I still have 2 more so I can't celebrate yet! Today i'll be showing you a gorgeous colour from Color Club's Take Wing Collection! Daisy Does It is an amazing glass fleck daisy yellow which is well and truly incredible! I do not have anything even remotely close to this colour in my collection and i'm so happy with it! I used 3 thin coats and 1 coat of Orly glosser and it dried really quickly! I love this colour, because I just love yellow in general, and it also makes my skin look quite brown! YAY! haha. I bought two other colours from this collection so you will see those very soon! Here are some pics!

 Look at this delicious golden yellow! I am in love! My favourite yellow by far! Do you own any of the Take Wing colours? If they are anything like this one, i'll have to buy the ones i'm missing! Have a nice day! Thanks for reading :-)

Artsy Wednesday - Skittle Nails!

Today's Artsy Wednesday theme is Skittles! I decided to stick to the generic, brightly colour skittle combo! The colours I used from thumb to pinkie are; OPI - thrill of brazil, OPI - in my back pocket, Bloom - Daisy yellow, KIKO - grass green, KIKO - sky blue. I applied 2 coats on each nail! This mani makes me happy :) so colourful and pretty :)

I hope you like!

Don't forget to check out the lovely ladies also partaking in Artsy Wednesday!

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Holly - Hooked!

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Tif - Polished Genius

Lyndsey - Nails by Ms. Lizard

Sofie - Swaafie

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Jessica - Beauty Gnome

Thanks for reading!

Orly - Glow Stick (Neon Collection 2012)

Happy Saturday morning everybody! It is FREEZING at the moment! I am very happy this morning because I ran 15km, which is only 5km away from my target for the marathon, woo hoo! Anyways lets focus on nails! Today's colour is glow stick, a super bright neon yellow, just like a yellow highlighter! Super super bright! It doesn't look like anything special indoors, but just go outside. . .and watch your nails light up! So cool :) I applied 4 coats, but probably should have used a white beneath it so it would reach opaqueness in less coats.

Here are some photos :)

My camera doesn't take neon colours well, just imagine these photos, 20x brighter!!!!!

Love the neon collection! That's all i've got for this collection so I hope you liked it :)

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here :) It closes on monday!

Thanks for reading!