A-England - Princess Tears

I'm really excited to be sharing with you all that I finally received and now own my first A-England polishes and they definitely do not dissapoint! YAY!

Firstly, i'll show you my haul and i'm really excited about them all! I bought these when they had 30% off and were celebrating their first birthday, but I missed out on St.George(!!!!) and Dragon :-(

Order of the Garter, Avalon, Bridal Veil, Princess Tears, Ascalon

So below I'll show you some swatches of Princess Tears, a beautiful soft lilac/lavender with hints of holographic grey/green glints! I applied 1 coat and it was fully opaque. I also recently received my new Orly treatment trio so I started using it. so I used Primetime to primp my nails up, then Orly Bonder, then Princess Tears, followed by Orly Sec-N-Dry. Pretty good so far!!

Pretty close up shot of the lavender/lilac gleam!

 So i really really LOVE this colour. . it's really nice and feminine and applies great.

I hope you will enter my giveaway here.. great polishes up for grabs and open internationally!


Thanks for reading. Love Mel.

Artsy Wednesday - Flowers!

Today's theme for Artsy Wednesday is. . . . FLOWERS!

I was going to do my favourite flowers, which are daffodil's and lavender. . . but i've decided to use inspiration from my room! I bought a beautiful piece of artwork off ebay almost 2 years ago and I love it. . it's right above my bed and makes my room feel so colourful and a happy place to be!

It is hand painted and no other canvas is the same as it is made especially when ordered. It is a mixture of swirling colours of blue, green, pink, white and yellow with a beautiful branch full of blooming and open cherry blossom flowers.

So! For this manicure. . i kept it a little simpler than the painting. . I did 2 coats of Revlon White on White followed by Suzi Loves Cowboys by OPI for the rich tree branch and then I used In My Back Pocket by OPI for the flower petals and then I used dark pink diamontes for the middle of the flowers. All followed by 1 thick coat of SV.

What do you think? Pretty like a cherry blossom? I like this but I do admit i'm an amateur nail artist! I'll get better with practice and better utensils!

Make sure you enter my giveaway here!!

Don't forget to check out these lovely ladies and their pretty designs!

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polis

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. Love Mel.

Revlon - Amber Ablaze

This is one of my untrieds that I bought on special for $4.99. It's called Amber Ablaze by Revlon and the name fits the description. A really nice amber metallic/foil that applies with full opacity with only 1 coat! I love the vibrant colour and think it suits my skin tone really well. I applied SV over the top.

Quick post today but don't forget to enter my giveaway here!

Thanks for reading. Love Mel.

Ozotic 120 + Ozotic 187 Accent Nail

I love Ozotic nail polishes. . . and I think I just realized that the word has Oz in it intentionally! (being made in Oz - Australia). . i'm a bit slow today!

So today I have for you Ozotic 120 a A rich metallic duochrome green that flashes green and blue and turqouise and Ozotic 187, a purple plum metallic duochrome with hints of lighter lavender/purple shimmer on the ring finger! I only applied 1 coat of each, but ozotic 120 definitely needed another coat as it was a little patchy so excuse the baldness!! On my right hand, the ring finger, I used 1 coat of Ozotic 187 followed by Ozotic 117. . if you want to see pictures of these colours individually, check out this post

Exquiside formula and good brush! I would recommend Ozotic to anyone questioning buying it! Go Oz!! :-)

My left hand with a half accent nail

My right hand

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Thanks for reading. Love Mel.

Revlon - Glitz & Glam + Color Club - Foil Me Once

 Today I wanted to use my new Revlon Glitz & Glam, a dark pink with lighter and darker glitter in it but I decided it would need a base colour as it is quite a sheer glitter so I used Color Club's Foil Me Once, a beautiful lavender-pink foil which is soo pretty I almost didn't want to apply the Revlon over the top but I stuck to my plan. I used 1 coat of Foil Me Once and 2 coats of Glitz & Glam followed by 1 coat of SV. Check the photos below:

 Mmmm so pretty I love this :-) I needed something sparkly and glittery.

ALSO! Enter my giveaway here! Good prizes up for grabs and open internationally!

Thanks for reading. Love Mel.

Ozotic - 514

Today's Ozotic polish is a beaaaaaautiful subtle gold but very very vibrant holographic! I only just received my first Ozotic the other day and I can already say with confidence that; the brush is excellent, the formula is brilliant, smooth and consistent and a bonus, it's Australia Made, which i'm very proud of :-)

I only applied 1 coat of this polish because I was in a bit of a rush, but it is almost at full opacity! Impressive.

Here are some photos for your liking

 Can you believe I only paid 0.50 cents for this bottle! I can't get over it.

Also, i'm sorry if these photos are crap. . i'm not very good at capturing holographics. . I don't have a high-tech camera just a simple Canon. . if you have any good tips to help me out that would be awesome!

Lastly!! Don't forget to enter my giveaway right here! Do it, I know you want to :-)

Thanks for reading. Love Mel.

EPIC NAIL HAUL - OZOTIC'S!!

You've all read that Ozotic nail polishes are around $12 - $15, well I picked up 4 for $5, 1 for $10 and 2 for $0.50 cents!! so in total, I bought 7 ozotic nail polishes (plus seche vite) anddddd i'm soo happy! Here are the lust worthy polishes below!

117 - A blue and purple glitter with a clear base
120 - A rich metallic duochrome green that flashes green and blue and turqouise
126 - A very dark emerald green and dark plum duochrome 
187 - A purple plum metallic duochrome with hints of lighter lavender/purple shimmer
513 - A deep dark pink/purple holographic (SUPER RAINBOW HOLOGRAPHIC!)
514 - A gold holographic - only cost me 0.50 cents!!
515  A rich sky blue holographic - only cost me 0.50 cents!!

They are my interpretations, i'm not very good explaining colours well, but let me just tell you they are SO beautiful!

oh FYI, there are A LOT OF IMAGES here!  I hope you like looking at pretty things :)

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 I hope you like this post :-)

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Thanks for reading. Love Mel.