Subtle Halloween Bones Nail Art

Hi guys! Today I have some Halloween-y type nail art to share with you! This wasn't intended to look like bones but I guess it does in a way! It's a very simple look to achieve - all I used was a dotting tool to do random shapes! I used 2 coats of OPI - Black Onyx and used OPI - Alpine Snow for the white. It would of looked really cool with a matte topcoat too! Hope you are all having a great week so far!

OPI - Venice Floral Nail Art

Hi guys! Sorry it's been so long - a lot has happened. I moved to London! I'm settling in nicely (although missing the heat terribly) and thought i'd share with you some nail art I did before I left Australia using 6 colours from the new OPI Venice collection. The base colour was 2 coats of OPI - My Gondola Or Yours, and then I used all the colours swatched in this post. Followed by 1 coat of Glisten & Glow. I hope you like this nail art and i'll see you all soon!

OPI - Venice Collection 2015

Hey guys! Today I have 6 out of 15 shades to show you today from the new OPI Venice Collection 2015. I personally love the look of this collection because of the bright, pastel spring-like colours, but that is only because we are going into the warmer months here in Oz! All swatches show 2 coats with no topcoat. Here are my picks from the collection.

 Purple Palazzo Pants - A pastel lilac purple creme. This is a really beautiful simple colour.

My Gondola or Yours? - A super dark licorice black with very subtle shimmers. It's not quite a jet black, but has a bit of depth to it. It is very unique! 

Gelato On My Mind - A gorgeous pastel light blue creme. This colour seems to be a winner for a lot of people. It is very pretty but nothing special.

I Cannoli Wear OPI - An off grey/white creme. I adore this shade as it is very unique to anything I have in my collection!

Tiramisu For Two - A beige toned creme. To be honest, this doesn't look like anything special, but it is actually my favourite from the collection. It just matched my skintone so well! 

A Great Opera-tunity - A nude/peach creme. This is also another favourite of mine! 

So there are my picks from the Venice collection! Which shade are you eager to try out? Or are you a bit bored of this collection? Would love to know your thoughts! Thanks for reading.

OPI Brights Collection 2015

Hi lovelies! Today I have the latest OPI Brights Collection 2015 to show you. In Australia this Brights Collection is 8 shades; 2 glitters, 3 creme jellies, 2 shimmers, and a white "Put A Base On It" polish to be worn underneath these colours to make them stand out more (which I found was pointless and not needed at all). All polishes applied really easily and were fully opaque in 2 coats. No topcoat was applied in the photos. OPI Retails for $19.95 and is available from Myer and David Jones. Here's a look at the polishes!

I Sea You Wear OPI - A beautiful duochromatic blue/green shimmer with blue glitters through it. This polish is stunning and glows on your nails! This is one of my favourites from this collection.

Down To The Core-al - This beauty is my favourite colour from the whole collection. It's hard to see in the image below but it is a magical soft peach/coral with a pink duochrome and shimmers through it. It also glows on your nails! In love! 

Can't Hear Myself Pink! - A mid toned pink glitter. It is quite sheer and liquidy but builds coverage well with two coats. This also gives a glowing look.

Hotter Than You Pink - A bright barbie pink creme with blue shimmer undertones. I don't find this colour very exciting unfortunately.

I STOP For Red - A Red/orange jelly. Love this colour!

The Berry Thought Of You - A medium pink toned jelly. This is a beautiful shade.

My Car Has Navy-gation - A deep blurple creme. I'm a sucker for these types of colours. Ink in a bottle!

OPI - 2015 Soft Shades Collection

Hi everyone! Today I have the new OPI 2015 Softshades Collection to share with you. This collection consists of 6 colours; 2 sheer cremes/jellys, 1 shimmer, 1 metallic and 2 glitters. They are all beautifully soft and feminine shades, which makes this a perfect wedding collection in my eyes! All swatches shown are 2 coats with no topcoat and all applied relatively well. I had a few issues with some of the brushes (perhaps a faulty batch) and some nails looked a bit streaky in result. Other than that issue I have been loving wearing nude shades in autumn/winter as I feel it just refreshes your look. Let's jump right into the colours!

Chiffon My Mind - A beautiful milky white with a hint of blue shimmers. (Note the ring finger looking streaky due to the brush).

Make Light Of The Situation - A sheer glitter with duo-chromatic glitter and blue shimmer.

Petal Soft - A sheer mix of super small white glitters, small pink glitters and large flower glitters. This polish did not requite any fishing for the flower glitters which was amazing! I do really like this glitter as it's very unique but I find it almost too young for me.

 Act Your Beige - A super sheer light beige jelly creme.

Put It In Neutral - A darker beige/pink jelly. This colour clashed with my skintone and made my nails look like they were a bit sore and red.

This Silver's Mine - A pearlescent green based metallic silver. This leaves visible line strokes on your nails.

All these colours are really pretty and complement each other really well. They aren't colours I usually gravitate to when choosing what colour to wear next, but they are timeless classics. Thanks for reading.

OPI - 2015 Hawaii Collection

Hi guys! Today I have 6 colours from the new OPI Spring 2015 Hawaii Collection to share with you. This collection contains 7 cremes, 4 shimmers and 1 glitter. All swatches show 2 coats and no topcoat. OPI retails for $19.99 and is available from Myer and David Jones nationally. Let's jump right in!

Pineapples Have Peelings Too - A yellow shimmery frost polish with multi-coloured hex glitters through it. I dislike this polish. . a lot. This colour really just does not work for me. Sorry OPI! Besides the terrible colour concoction, the formula was easy to apply and the glitter didn't need fishing.

Lost My Bikini In Molokini -  A dusty medium purple. This colour reminded my partner of Cadbury chocolates - and I can sort of see that too, just a tad darker. Perfect formula.

Suzi Shops & Island Hops - A beautiful light pink creme, very soft and feminine. Nothing we haven't seen before! Perfect formula also.

Just Lanai-Ing Around - A dark rose pink with silver micro shimmer through it. This was one of my favourites from the collection and had a beautiful shimmer in the sunlight. It also had a perfect formula.

Go With The Lava Flow - A pink/red/orange shimmer. I like the idea of this polish, to depict the hot flowing lava, but it doesn't really stand out for me. 

This Colour's Making Waves - This is my favourite from the collection, and I'm sure a lot of other people's favourite too. This blue/green shimmery foil was stunning and had micro pink glitter through it that sparkle perfectly in the sun. This was a little streaky when applying but was easy to work with. 

Which colour is your favourite? Thanks a lot for reading!

OPI - 50 Shades of Grey Collection

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a great week so far. Today I have the 50 Shades of Grey collection to show you. This collection contains 6 polishes; 1 glitter, 1 metallic and 4 cremes. They are all seductive coloured nail polishes inspired by the film to be released this year! So who's going to see it?

All pictures show 2 coats of polish and no topcoat. I had no issues with application on any of them, but did notice Dark Side Of the Moon was almost more of a jelly than a full creme. Maybe a hybrid rather. 

Let's take a look!

Cement The Deal - A very light blue toned grey creme. This applied perfectly and i'm so glad to finally have some great greys in my collection - is it just me or are they really hard to find!?

Embrace The Grey - A dark blue toned grey creme. This one was hard to photograph!

Dark Side Of The Moon - This polish is interesting. It is a dark dusty midnight navy blue and has the most subtle glitters/shimmers in it. It is hardly visible in the bottle let alone the nails!

Romantically Involved - A brown based medium toned red creme. It is a lovely shade.

My Silk Tie - A silver chrome polish which is slightly more sheer than a regular chrome.

Shine For Me - My favourite nail polish from the bunch - a silver based glitter with blue glitters through out it. This looks so amazing on your nails and sparkles like crazy!

Australia Day Nails!

Hey everyone! Today I have a quick post to show you. Yesterday was Australia day and my partner and I usually celebrate by swimming in the pool, having a BBQ with lots of lamb and listening to Triple J's Hottest 100 (from 11am until 7pm). It's a long but fun day! I wanted to show you the nails I had for the occasion yesterday. I used the same technique Sarah over at chalkboardnails.com used for the Side swept look. I used 1 coat of OPI - Alpine Snow, China Glaze - In The Lime Light and Kester Black - Bondi Rays. I finished it with 2 dots of Kester Black - Starflower on each nail, followed by 1 coat of G&G topcoat. Let me know what you think! Thanks for reading.

OPI - Gwen Stefani Holiday 2014 Collection

Hey guys! Happy new year! Sorry it's been so long. I went to Sydney after Christmas and then pretty much went to Japan a week later - as well as being busy with clients and working! I'm now back from Japan and had such a great time there. I went skiing for 1 week and spent 4 days in Tokyo. I loved it so much - everything is so clean and organised well and they have so much amazing stuff! Surprisingly enough, there are hardly any Westerners travelling around which is kind of nice, it makes it very authentic and you feel as though you really are in a different part of the world!

Today I will be showing you the OPI - Gwen Stefani Holiday 2014 collection. I'm a bit slow to the game with this collection but thought i'd share it anyway! All swatches are 2 coats each (except the glitters being 1 coat), without a topcoat. They all applied effortlessly and perfectly as always with OPI.

Christmas Gone Plaid - A dark emerald green creme. I can't wait to wear this in winter!

Snow Globetrotter over Cinnamon Sweet - A medium to dark red creme. Snow Globetrotter is a gorgeous sheer glitter topper with white and iridescent glitters. It is super gorgeous.

I Carol About You - A beautiful plum creme with shimmers through it that give your nails that "lit within" look.

Comet In The Sky (over OPI - Copecobana) - This glitter is a sheer base with small black iridescent glitters, medium black glitters and copper, silver, light blue and dark blue hex glitters. It is super interesting and a different mix to most glitters out there. I love its uniqueness.

OPI - Coca Cola Collection

Hey guys! How are you going? I hope you had a great weekend! Today I have 5 out of 9 polishes to show you from this awesome Coca-Cola collection! I really like this collection and think it's a clever idea the inspiration they used for the colours so here's a look at a few of my favourites! I used 2 coats of each polish in these photos and all had amazing formulas as always!

Get Cherried Away - A very pretty dark plum purple creme polish inspired by Cherry Coke!

Sorry I'm Fizzy Today - A mid tone pink/peach creme inspired by Vanilla Coke.

Today I accomplished Zero - A black base jelly with heaps of red glitter through it, inspired by Coke Zero.

My Signature is "DC" - A stunning silver foil that is so so shimmery and beautiful in person, it is inspired by Diet Coke.

You're So Vain-illa - A light biege creme, inspired by Vanilla coke also. This is a great staple to have in your collection!

My obvious favourite is definitely My Signature is "DC" - it is so so so so so stunning in real life and I recommend you try it out for yourselves!! Which colour is your fave? Thanks for reading!