Orly - Adrenaline Rush Summer 2015 Collection

Hi everyone! Today I have the newest Orly collection to show you called Adrenaline Rush, and what a perfect name for this collection. These nail polishes are BRIGHT and very very beautiful, with the most perfect formula, only needing 2 coats!. Orly retails for $18.95 and is available from selected Terry White chemists and online at www.orlybeauty.com.au. Let's take a look at the shades!

Be Daring - A beautiful dusty grape purple creme. 

Fireball - A very unique red/orange creme with subtle blue shimmers. I adore this colour!

On The Edge - This is my absolute favourite colour from this collection and has already made its way into my top 10 favourite nail polishes of all time! I have been wearing it non stop on my nails and feet. The most perfect vibrant indigo shade ever.

Push The Limit - A very pastel sherbet orange creme. Not quite neon but not entirely pastel either. I love it.

Risky Behaviour - A beautiful deep pink creme. Very classic.

Thrill Seeker - This polish is somewhat similar to Push The Limit, in that it isn't entirely a neon, but it's not a pastel either. It's definitely more of a sherbet/borderline neon lime green. My photo does not do it justice - it is much brighter in person!

So which colour is your favourite? Let me know below. Thanks for reading and see you soon!

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.

Kester Black - New Summer Colours + Trophy Wife Collab!

One of my favourite nail polish brands, Kester Black has released 4 new shades to her Summer Collection and 2 new collaboration shades with Trophy Wife Nail Art. Today I will be reviewing all 6 shades. I cannot get over how amazing the photos to show case them are! For me, the image below evokes so much imagination and inspiration and I love the style a lot. If you wanna see more photos of the new summer collection check it out here. Each photo shows 2 coats of each polish (unless stated) with no top coat. I also have to mention that the brushes are really good and thick, making it so much easier to give you that perfect arch around the cuticle. Check it out below!

 

Summer Collection Shades:

Acid - a gorgeous acid yellow/slightly chatreuse creme that only need 2 coats for full opacity. Such a cool, bright colour in person! Love this one!

Blush - A very soft pale pink/peach creme. Perfect formula.

Sky - A very light blue sky creme. This is such a dreamy shade and perfect for spring.

Violet - A bright pink toned mid purple creme. Arghh purples are so hard to photograph but this colour is more a lighter lavender/pink colour IRL. It remind me of Sation's - Love At First Lavender but just a tad darker.

Trophy Wife Collabaration Shades:

Sugar Daddy - A super dense, highly pigmented silver glitter polish. The first photo shows 1 coat and the second photo shows 2 coats. I could have easily gotten away with 1 coat! So pretty and sparkly in person.

Prenup - A pale purple/periwinkle creme. This colour was also very difficult to capture accurately. It's less blue and slightly more purple. It's so pretty.

These polishes are beyond amazing and I'm so excited to do some nail art with them - using inspiration from those amazing photographs I linked above! Which Kester Black polish is your favourite? I love Acid the most from these new colours as it's so different to anything I own! Thanks for reading and talk soon!

Orly - Baked Collection

Hi guys! Today I have the latest Orly collection called Baked, which is inspired by hot days and balmy nights that have baked colour pigments in each shade, milled into a micro fine particle. Super vibrant and gorgeous shades. Here's the swatches!

Ablaze - A super gorgeous, bright orange with gold shimmer. This shade reminds me of Illamasqua - Marquise but a creme version. Stunning IRL! This is 2 coats, applied effortlessly.

Hot Tropics - A Bright purple with heaps of silver shimmer through it. I love this shade and it is so vibrant and girly. This was 2 easy coats.

Lush -  A lime green jelly with holographic bar glitter and silver shimmers through it. This colour is my least favourite of the collection. For me, it was too sheer on its own and was a bit tricky to apply. This was 2 coats.

Neon Heat - An intense bright hot neon barbie pink. Classic, but perfect formula in 2 coats.

Saturated - A super bright grape purple creme. This is, as the name says, super saturated in colour and is such a pretty purple colour (and no staining, yay!). This was 2 coats.

Tropical Pop - This shade is a really pretty sherbet orange creme but actually reminds me of the fake cheese in hamburgers. It is effortless to apply and only needed 2 coats.

So which colour from this collection is your favourite? I'm seriously loving Hot Tropics and Ablaze best but they're all so unique! Thanks for reading.

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?

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!

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!

Happy Australia Day!

Hellow everyone! I'm so sorry about the absence. . I hope you are all still out there!! Today is Australia day, yay! We Australians love our day, we go to the beach, have a really big BBQ and listen to triple J's Hottest 100 countdown! To go with the day I wanted to do some festive nails! I did a simple green and gold gradient using China Glaze - I'm With The Life-Guard (neon yellow) and In The Lime-Light (neon green). I used a base of OPI - Alpine Snow to make the colours pop without the need of many gradient coats. I finished it all off with 1 coat of Wicked Fast.

I hope you all have a great Australia day and don't party too hard. . but then again, it's a long weekend so why not!? :-P Thanks for reading!

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!

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!

Artsy Wednesday - Neon Nails

Hey everyone! Today's Artsy Wednesday theme is NEON! I love neons and now that it's coming into summer here in Australia it is the perfect time to match neon with a nice tan! Today I was inspired by chevron neon nails. I originally saw an amazing neon chevron done by Nat at HeartNat right here and also a great video by Sarah at Chalkboard Nails here.The base colour on all my nails (except my ring finger) is Lime Crime - Peaches <3 Cream. The base colour on my ring finger is China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy. The green chevron is China Glaze - In The Limelight (neon) and the pink chevron is Orly - Beach Cruiser. I had to go over the green and pink twice as it was a little sheer and the green was peeking through the pink. I finished it off with 1 coat of Cult Nails - Wicked Fast.

I really love how this turned out! It's super pretty and so easy to do! Don't forget to check out these girls who also did this week's Artsy Wednesday theme!

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Tif - Polished Genius

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

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Jessica - Beauty Gnome
Emily - AnAccentNail