Double Triangle Nail Art

Hi guys! Today I have some simple nail art to share with you. I felt like doing something geometric for the weekend so I landed on this design! Super simple and easy but looks really cool too! I used 2 coats of Chanel - 623 Mirabella and then freehanded the triangles using Model Co - Oh My Goodness Greycious, followed by 1 coat of Glisten & Glow HK Topcoat. I hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the warmer weather (finally!).

 

Estee Lauder Pure Colour Matte Envy - Furious (LE)

Hi guys!! Hope you are having a great week so far! Today I am sharing a new and Limited Edition Pure Colour Matte Envy shade by Estee Lauder to show you called Furious; an absolutely stunning medium coral-orange matte. I was really drawn to this colour everytime I walked past the Estee Lauder counter in Myer and knew I had to have it! It applies effortlessly, is super smooth and creamy and not drying at all. It is actually quite a neon colour against my olive skintone which I love! I applied 1 coat all over the lips. Pure Colour Envy Matte retails for $50 and is available from Myer and David Jones nationally, but be quick as this colour is limited!

Here's a sneaky snapchat selfie wearing Furious :)

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!

 

Stargazer Lipstick - 106 Neon Red

Hello everyone! Today I have something a bit different from nail polish. Today I will be showing you the Stargazer Neon Red lipstick! I bought mine on ebay for about $8.50! Super cheap. It is quite creamy and very highly pigmented. No need for blotting and reapplying that's for sure. As the name suggests it is a neon red but it looks more like a neon orange on my lips. It does not dry to a matte finish, but is nice and creamy and shiny.

I really like this colour and think it looks great against my tan skin. Do you own any bright neon lipsticks? Have a good day and thanks for reading!

Essie - Action

Hi guys! Sorry about my absence. I'm trying to study/cram for my last two exams and then I am on holidays for 3 months!! Wooo-hooo! Anyways....to fore warn you..I have serious nubbins at the moment. I recently received a mini Essie haul from Beautybay.com (5 polishes for only about $33..bargain!) Today i'm showing you Essie - Action from their Poppy Razzi collection released earlier this year. Action in the bottle looks like a peachy-orange creme. . .but when you apply it. . it is much darker and dries into an almost jelly like appearance! The formula was very gluggy and thick but not unbearable to work with. I used 2 coats for these pictures followed by 1 coat of wicked fast.

That isn't actually tip wear you see, it's shrinkage. It's a lot harder to seal the tips of my nails because they are so short and I am really noticing much more chipping and shrinkage because of it! Anyway I really love this colour and you'll probably see a few more Essie's coming up in the next couple of posts!

Thanks for reading and don't forget to enter my $30AUD Beautybay.com gift voucher giveaway here! 

China Glaze - Neon Collection 2012

Hey guys today I have a couple of colours from the Neon collection by China Glaze. I will be showing you Ride The Waves, a gorgeous navy jelly, Loves A Beach, a pretty pink shimmer with blue undertones and Orange You Not?, a mac-n-cheese mustardy yellow shimmer. I used 1 coat for all except Ride The Waves, which needed two coats (but still had slight VNL). The formula on these were brilliant! I'm very impressed with these and will be trying some more very soon! My favourite from these 3 colours is definitely Ride The Waves. Here are some photos :-)

Look at that luscious water-like nails! Aghh I'm in love!

Also, just letting you know that Hawley International has a $5 clearance sale on some China Glazes so i would check it out!! (http://www.hawley.net.au/store/home.php?cat=342)

Thanks for reading!

 

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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 - Melt Your Popsicle (Neon Collection 2012)

I have another colour from the Orly Neon Collection of 2012 and I am LOVING them so far! It is a week away from winter here in Australia, but having neon colours on my nails is so nice and makes me happy :) Today I have Melt Your Popsicle, a bright neon orange! I used 1 coat of ridge filler, 1 coat of Orly's Bonder, 2 coats of MYP and 1 coat of Orly's Sec-N-Dry :-) Not much else to be said except it's a gorgeous orange. If you love a good neon, you'd love this one!

I love these neon colours on my olive skin tone! Makes me look so much browner haha :)

Hope you all have a nice Friday (yay it's almost the weekend!)

Quite an early post today so I can focus on doing my exam question today (here goes another 6 hours! :( )

Enter my giveaway here!! It ends VERY SOON!

Thanks for reading :)

OPI - A Good Man-Darin Is Hard To Find + CG - Midnight Kiss

Hello everybody! Today is a new week and I am chilling and relaxing which is a great start to the week!

Today I have OPI's A Good Man-Darin Is Hard To Find, a gorgeous neon zesty red-orange from the Hong Kong collection a couple years back. I applied 2 coats and then applied SV over the top. I then used some scotch tape and made a long triangle on my ring finger and applied China Glaze's Midnight Kiss, a gorgeous shimmery gold. I think it looks really neat. I'm loving accent nails these days aren't you? Anyways here are some pics!

Flash On

What do you think of this combination?

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TIGGER THEMED NAILS!

Hi everybody! Tonight I am going to a 21st dress up party and the theme is CARTOON so I decided to go as my favourite character...TIGGER! YAY :-)

Of course, I had to plan my nails so I decided to do orange with black shatter and an accent nail with a tigger water decal! I think it's pretty cute..what do you think?

I used 2 coats of OPI's In My Back Pocket and 3 coats of White on White by Revlon for the accent nail, followed by OPI's Black Shatter and 2 tigger water decals I bought on ebay for about $1 :-)

Cutie cute cute!! Yay I love it :-D

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Thanks for reading! Feel free to leave your opinions :-) Love Mel!

Essie Luxeffects - Set In Stones

So today i've decided to use my new Essie Luxeffects Set In Stones polish over a really bright colour for great contrast! I've used OPI's In My Back Pocket and layered Essie's Set In Stones over the top. I used two coats of In My Back Pocket and it is a beautiful peachy-orange colour. Then I applied one coat of Set In Stones and followed with OPI's RapiDry Top Coat. Set In Stones was an effortless application and had a great formula which made it spread evenly over the nail. Take a look, what do you think of these two colours?

This photo makes me think of a God's hand from up above the sky passing down this colour to be worn and loved!

I think against the orange it really pops and almost gives it a shattered glass effect! This colour by Essie is really good and I can't wait to try it over a nice teal colour!

Here is OPI's In My Back Pocket, a vibrant orange and applies very easily!

Thanks for reading!

Love Mel.