China Glaze Nail Art

Hey everyone! How is your week going so far? Time is flying by as usual. . before we know it Christmas will be around the corner! Today I have some simple nail art to show you using some new colours from China Glaze's Summer 2014 Off Shore Collection, as well as a glitter from their Surprise Collection. Here's a look at the nail art! I used 2 coats of I Sea The Point; a gorgeous navy blue creme, on the pinkie and ring finger, Feel The Breeze; a soft pastel pink creme, on the middle and pointer finger and added dots of the opposite colour on each. Then on my accent finger I dabbed on 1 coat of Don't Be A Flake; a really gorgeous large hex glitter mix of rose gold, baby blue and black. Hope you like it! :)

Laura Mercier - New Attitude Colour Collection

Hey guys! Today I will be showing you a new nail polish from the latest Laura Mercier - New Attitude Colour Collection. 

The polish called Attitude is a gorgeous very pale pastel blue creme polish and has such an amazing formula. I've never tried Laura Mercier polishes before but now I am hooked - this applied so effortlessly in 2 coats. Laura Mercier nail polishes retail for $18 and are available for purchase from David Jones.

Artsy Wednesday - Farewell

Hi guys! Today is the very last AW post. The theme is Farewell and I decided to do tear drop nails. I'm not entirely happy with these nails so i'm just going to make the excuse that i'm sad because it's the last AW post! Wahhhh. I'll miss doing themed nail art posts but for now will be taking a break! Sometimes life has to take control. So here's my nails. The polishes used were 1 coat of OPI - Alpine Snow, ELES - Dip In the Sea and Not A Cloud as well as Barry M Nail Art Pen in Black for the outline and China Glaze - Fairy Dust over the top, followed by 1 coat of G&G.

Make sure to check out the few other ladies doing their last AW post too!

Michelle - Lab Muffin 
Maria - Marias Nail Art and Polish Blog
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Haylee - Makeup and Masala
Rosemarie - Every Little Polish
Anna - Makeup'n More by Anna

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!

China Glaze - Sunsational Collection 2013

Hey guys!! Today I have a few new colours by China Glaze to show you from their latest Summer 2013 collection called Sunsational. This collection consists of 6 cremes and 6 jellies but today I am showing you 2 cremes. The formula on these were quite tricky, as they are neon formula you need to paint on your layers very quickly to avoid dragging, pulling or any bald spots. I used 3 coats for the swatches you see here followed by 1 coat of SV. P.s I will be announcing my giveaway winners shortly so stay tuned!

Too Yacht Too Handle* - A stunning bright aqua turquoise blue creme. This dries slightly brighter then the bottle colour. This would have to be one of my all time favourite colours (not formula-wise though!)

Highlight Of My Summer* - A super bright mint green creme that also dries brighter than the bottle colour itself. This was a very hard polish to apply but with patience and practice I got a smooth base. This didn't last long until it started chipping (about 18 hours).

These are super gorgeous colours but China Glaze haven't really nailed the formula yet! I love the colours because they aren't classic neons, they are slightly pastel or more neutral looking with a really cool surprising glow! Besides the formula, these are probably my 2 new favourite colours for the upcoming Summer! Which colour have you grabbed from this collection?

Artsy Wednesday - Blue Nails

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Hello everyone! It's another Artsy Wednesday and today's theme is BLUE! I decided on a geometric look with 2 different blue colours. First I painted all my nails with Kester Black - Buttercream (reviewed here) and I waited for that to completely dry. Then I hand painted on China Glaze - Too Yacht To Handle (review coming soon!) and Kester Black - Forget Me Not (reviewed here) I topped it all off with 1 coat of SV. Then I felt like using some of the gorgeous diamontes I bought off ebay so I got some nail glue and applied duochrome blue diamontes at the cuticle! (P.s using nail glue makes them stay on so much better then just using a top coat!) This looks so pretty I wish I could capture it better!

  

Make sure to check out these wonderful girls and their blue themed nails!!

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

 

OPI - Haven't The Foggiest & Dining Al Fresco (Plus David Attenborough!)

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Hey guys! Today I have 2 colours from the new OPI San Francisco collection to show you; Haven't The Foggiest and Dining Al Fresco. Haven't The Foggiest is a really pretty dense silver foil. Dining Al Fresco is a very interesting light blue creme with subtle silver shimmer running through it. It's very unique! I applied 2 coats for each colour followed by 1 coat of SV. Formula wise these were perfect and very easy to apply.

Am I the only one who was quite disappointed with this collection? There were hardly any colours that I really liked and these two colours here I found to be only OK! Nothing special or new to me! :(

P.s I got to see Sir David Attenborough on Wednesday night and it was utterly brilliant and I absolutely adore this man! He is so inspirational and I can't believe I got to see him!

Hope you all have a nice day and lovely weekend!

Covergirl Outlast Stay Brilliant Nail Gloss Collection 2013

Hi guys! Today I have two colours from Covergirl's new nail polish line called Outlast Stay Brilliant Gloss. They have completely changed their bottles from the last time I bought one of their polishes and I love the new look! Hello Chanel look-alike bottles :-P. The brushes are actually really great to use! Great length brush and width making it very easy to apply. The formula on these two are so good. Like butter! They have a brilliant shine even without topcoat but be sure to use a base coat to fill any ridges or impurities in your nail bed! :) Okay now onto the two colours!

Tickled Pink* is a dark pink/rose creme. I used 1 coat here.

Out Of The Blue* is a lovely royal blue creme. Only needed 1 coat below! Great coverage!!

I'm seriously loving the formula on these polishes but do think we have seen colours like these too often! Can't wait to try other colours from this collection. Will you be trying any? Thanks for reading!

 

Nicole by OPI - Candid Cameron

Hi all! Today I'm in love. I don't think i've fallen hard for a polish since Butter London - Fiver hit my nails (see my love for it here)! Today I am showing you a colour by NOPI called Candid Cameron* from the Modern Family collection. Now I don't just love this colour because it has my partners name in it (but makes me love it a little bit more), I absolutely adore this colour!! It might not be new to some of you (think the China Glaze - Bohemian Luster Chrome collection) but I only tried 1 colour from that collection which I wasn't fond of, so when I tried this one out I was a bit hesitant but fell in love very soon after. Candid Cameron* is a blue-green chrome that looks like a foil has been put onto my nails. I used 2 coats followed by wicked fast. Ughh words can't describe how much I love this colour and if you haven't tried this colour I suggest you do! :) (P.s the brush stroke lines disappear when it dries..yay!)

 

Thanks for stopping by! See you next time :)

China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy + Orly - Spazmatic

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Hihihi!! Today I have a gorgeous combo to show you! I absolutely love CG - Flip Flop Fantasy and have shown it to you here and here. Today I decided to pair it with Orly's - Spazmatic which is a really nice blue hex glitter solution with micro blue shimmer in a clear base. I used 2 coats of FFF and 1 coat of dabbed on Spazmatic* followed by 1 coat of Wicked Fast. The contrast between the neon cantaloupe of Flip Flop Fantasy and Spazmatic glitters is seriously eye catching and very appealing. Even my boyfriend liked it!! 

 

How gorge is this combo!! Ahhh I love it when opposites make such great matches :) Thanks for reading loves!

Butter LONDON - Fiver

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Hellloooo! Today I am showing you a gorgeous colour by Butter LONDON called Fiver*. It is such an amazing shade of icy mint creme. It is so gorgeous I think it might be my favourite colour EVER! Big claim... I know but when I wore it . . .I just loved it. It is fully opaque in only 2 coats and I finished it off with 1 coat of Wicked Fast. This colour needs a lot more praise! It is GORGEOUS! I received this colour from myhaircare.com and if you enter my giveaway you could get this colour and see just how amazing it is!! :)

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Contrast French Tips Using OPI & Zoya

Hello again!! Today's look features *OPI - Eurso Euro (shown here) and Zoya - Phoebe (shown here). I decided to do contrasting french tips and I love the end results! I painted my nails with Zoya - Phoebe and waited for it to completely dry then I used some striping tape to outline the shape of my tips and painted it with *OPI - Eurso Euro. I finished it off by adding Wicked Fast to the tips only.

This look only lasted a few days. . . I had a bit of chipping on the tips quite quickly but I really liked the look while it lasted! What do you think of this? I love using striping tape for crisp, neat lines! Thanks for reading and see you all soon!!

Zoya - Phoebe

Hello! Today's post is Zoya - Phoebe a gorgeous shimmering sky blue polish that dries matte. It is a little tough to work with so you have to move fast when applying it otherwise you will have bald spots. I did 3 thin coats in the photos, with no top coat.

This colour is so gorgeous! So vibrant and makes me happy! Do you own this colour?? Thanks for reading and have a great day!!

OPI - Eurso Euro

Hi guys! I have another colour from the new Euro Centrale collection by OPI called *Eurso Euro and it is a very pigmented ink blue colour. I adore this colour. I love the intensity of it and it's so opaque!  For this photo i only used 1 coat! ..followed by 1 coat of Wicked Fast. I had a bit of shrinkage on this mani, especially around the cuticle area which i've never experienced before but I'll try a different topcoat next time and see if anything changes. 

This colour has got to be one of my top picks of the new collection, what is yours?? Thanks for reading and have a nice weekend!

Sportsgirl Nail Polish - Ruby Slipper

Hi guys!! I walked into Sportsgirl accessory store the other day and they had heaps of awesome new glitters on display! I limited myself to one only and chose this amazing colour called Ruby Slipper which is a mix of pink, red small circle glitters, larger holographic hex glitters and even larger holographic shards! Yum. The base colour is an unnamed Japanese brand that my partners mum bought for me when she was there. It is a really love medium blue with green shimmer undertones. I used 2 coats of the japanese blue and 1 generous coat of Ruby Slipper. This will be my last post for a while as I don't have internet at my new place yet :( Thanks for reading!! :)

Butter London - Sprog + Birthday Haul!

Hi guys! :-) Today I have Butter London - Sprog to show you. It is a really lovely dusty periwinkle blue creme and does best in 2 easy coats. I used 1 coat of Wicked Fast in the photos as well.

Also, here is part of my birthday haul!

I got very spoilt! I got; an iPad, 2 perfumes; 1 bottle of Marc Jacobs - Daisy, 1 bottle of BVLGRI - Mon Jasmin Noir, 2 Benefit - High Beams, 1 Benefit - They're Real Mascara, The Body Shop gift voucher, dinner voucher to a Greek restaurant, A voucher to do a course in cake/cupcake decorating, a Pandora bracelet, a pearl bracelet, a ring that was given to me from my godfather when I was young (not shown), money, and lastly a family heirloom (was my grandmothers) Waterman ballpoint pen with a real gold pen tip. I feel so lucky to have received all this! Do you like my haul?? :) What have you received lately that you're excited about!?

Thanks for reading!

Blue Bash Glitter Sandwich

Ok, technically this is an open sandwich, but the same effect was achieved! For this look I used 2 coats of China Glaze - Ride The Waves, a rich navy blue jelly and then applied 1 thick coat of Jordana - Blue Bash, densely packed blue glitters. I used 2 coats of wicked fast topcoat as it was very gritty! This colour was very striking and made my nails sparkle like crazy in the sunlight!

Hope you like this one guys! Have a great day :)

Nautical Nails

Hi guys!! This is a quick post today. I wore this manicure for 3 days straight and I got SO many compliments! It was so easy to do as well. For this look I started off with 1 coat of OPI - Nail Envy, 2 coats of OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls and placed 4 pieces of striping tape evenly spread apart and painted over the top with Nails Inc - Baker Street. I finished it all off with 1 coat of Cult Nails - Wicked Fast et voila! Super chic and fun nails!

I hope you like this look and try it out! Thanks for stopping by!