tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74171280734146326632024-02-21T01:58:27.060+09:30Eternal DreamerThe random ramblings of a lover of all things polish and all things delicious.Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-87822305381539586642013-08-01T12:00:00.000+09:302013-08-01T12:00:00.958+09:30I'm addicted to making polish jewellerySince I have no more NOTDs to show you for a while, I thought I would show you what else I have been using rapidly growing polish collection for. Polish jewellery.<br />
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I am addicted and am already looking at buying more supplies!<br />
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I plan to only make my jewellery out of indies (preferrably Aussie, but I have used some international indies too).Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-77467234569151835062013-07-31T12:00:00.001+09:302013-07-31T12:00:01.307+09:30China Glaze Atlantis & Peita's Polish Under the SeaToday I bring you my last NOTDs for a short while. This is because my nails have copped quite a battering lately and quite a few of them broke all the way, so I have filed them all down and have decided to go... naked *gasp!* for at least two weeks wearing only rejuvacote and nail envy. I am quite sad at this, but it needs to be done. <br />
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So I bring you my last couple of manicures.<br />
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First up I have CG Atlantis. This beauty had been on my wishlist for a while and I finally scored this sparkly wonder in a grab bag! Yay!!! It was a great pick-me-up after a failed attempt at a fishtail braid manicure.<br />
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And now I have my latest manicure. Peita's Polish had a birthday sale a couple of weeks ago and I finally bought all of her polishes that had been sitting in my etsy cart (plus a few extra). I was absolutely gobsmacked by how freakin' sparkly the polishes were. All of them. Super sparkle.<br />
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The first one I wore was the the sparkliest of the bunch - Under the Sea. Under the Sea contains teal holo hexes, tiny teal glitter and silver holo glitter. Wow. I layered it over a England Galahad.<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-86626344549114829902013-07-30T12:00:00.000+09:302013-07-30T12:00:01.063+09:30I Pimped my Helmers!A nice quick one today. I had seen a few prettied up helmers online and when I finally got my helmers - a bit of a saga to get them here since Darwin does not have an IKEA, but Adelaide IKEA is fantastic and posted them to me with minimal fuss - I couldn't wait to do mine up too!<br />
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I already knew I would use scrapbooking card stock for my drawers, but I had originally planned on gluing the card stock to the drawers. But I am very reluctant to commit (to anything, lol) and I was worried I would ruin my helmers by gluing the card stock on and not being able to change it. So I decided to attach the card stock using MAGNETS! I bought magnet tape and it's perfect! I measured up the drawers, cut the card stock to size and used the magnet tape to attach. Easy! Some of my cutting leaves a lot to be desired, but that's okay, because I can always remove the dodgy ones and replace them with better cut ones. Or I can change the style/colour scheme to match my nail room/mood.<br />
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I love it!<br />
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<br />Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-64660199370420540482013-07-29T12:00:00.000+09:302013-07-29T12:00:02.841+09:30My very first (successful) gradient and leopard printI know today is supposed to be AN Monday. But I have not been too inspired lately to join in with AN Monday. <br />
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So today, I have some new to me nail art instead.<br />
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First I want to show you my first successful-ish gradient. I had tried gradients twice before and ended up scrapping it due to the big globs of sponge left behind on my nail. Those first couple of tries I had been painting the polish straight onto a dry make-up sponge. After some research, I ended up cutting off a sliver of the make-up sponge so that it was so smooth, dampening the sponge ever so slightly and mixing the polish on a piece of baking paper and then dabbing the sponge into the polish. SUCCESS!!<br />
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Now, I know my gradient isn't as smooth and seamless as it could be, but I am working on it and I can only get better with practice, right?!<br />
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I used ulta3 Corsican Rose and Lilac Bloom with yet another layer of CG Fairy Dust on top. Maybe one day I will wear a manicure WITHOUT sparkles... lol.<br />
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Another new nail art trend I attempted was leopard print. Again, far from perfect - the black polish got a bit stringy - but I am confident to give it another whirl with a different colour palette.<br />
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All the polishes I used (except the black) are from the CG On Safari Collection. <br />
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So now that I've broken my gradient and leopard cherries, I look forward to using these more in the future.<br />
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First up I have the super popular Zeus from Shades of Phoenix. Zeus is a clear based topper with lavender matte glitter, white matte hex glitters and tiny silver hexes. I decided to layer it over OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I'm not sure if my layering combo is the best for Zeus though...</div>
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Next up I have my another instalment of 'My Sister's Nails'. My sister is a huge Shawn of the Dead fan and when I alerted her to Loki's Lacquer polishes inspired by the movie, she ended up buying a few of them for herself. Yep, she bought them. Not me. I think my polish addiction is well and truly rubbing off on her!</div>
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Ed! This is Serious! is a black base with several different sized red glitter and green flecks. It is really quite stunning. We layered it over black, however it could reach opacity in 2-3 coats quite easily.</div>
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. We Aussies have the best indie polish creators in the world!<br />
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Hello! I'm Trixie is the first Peita's Polish I have used and was the first Peita's Polish I owned. I have now rectified that by placing a largish order just last week.<br />
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Hello! I'm Trixie is a light milky blue with lavender hex glitters, purple square glitters, teeny purple glitters and an absolutely hypnotising purple shimmer. Wow.<br />
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I apologise in advance for the crapfest that is the quality of my photos. My IG photo is actually okay, but my other photos leave a lot to be desired...<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-77598486473183970702013-07-16T12:00:00.000+09:302013-07-16T12:00:01.704+09:30Lilypad Lacquer Stretch for the StarsThis polish has crept up to be one of my top 5 faves. I also think my IG photo of this manicure is my FAVOURITE manicure photo of my nails - I hope that makes sense.<br />
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Lilypad Lacquer Stretch for the Stars was one of the awesome polishes included in the very first 'What's Indie Box'. The theme was Toy Story and as soon as I saw this beauty I knew it would be the first from the box that I would wear.<br />
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Stretch for the Stars is a cornflower blue holo. I don't know what sorcery Nicole from Lilypad Lacquer is conjuring, but she has a super talent for creating the BEST indie holos I have ever seen.<br />
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I love how my nails look in this polish. I am also happy with their length here too, unfortunately, my nails have copped a battering lately and are no where near to this standard right now :(<br />
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And here is my fave IG photo of my own nails.<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-91426165083146155452013-07-15T17:30:00.000+09:302013-07-15T17:30:32.486+09:30Contrary Polish Better Together & Love Thy Polish RhiannonGee, I am the world's worst blogger!!! I wish I had an excuse for my shocking lack of posts, but I don't. I've actually been on school holidays for the last three weeks...<br />
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If you follow me on IG, you would know that I am still doing my nails and I now have a huuuge backlog of manicures to show you all.<br />
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My next few posts will be short on words as I will let the pictures do the talking.<br />
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Today I have Contrary Polish Better Together to show you. Contrary Polish prides themselves on their awesome shimmer, and they should be proud. The shimmer in this polish was gorgeous.<br />
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Better Together is a a dark blue-grey with a turquoise shimmer. Stunning.<br />
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Contrary Polish is available to Aussie gals through Femme Fatale Cosmetics.<br />
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And here's a quickie of one of the polishes from the Love Thy Polish Dreams collection. I'm not sure why I only took an IG pic of this, but trust me, it's stunning and literally GLOWS!<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-45904269632680425702013-06-14T12:00:00.000+09:302013-06-14T12:00:00.870+09:30Ladybird Nail ArtMy sister has lovely nails, and she is kind enough to let me paint them at least once a week.<br />
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Last weekend I was feeling adventurous and wanted to experiment with some nail art.<br />
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My sister, always the good sport, agreed and she happily wore ladybird nails for half the week!<br />
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These ladybird nails are super cute and super easy. My dotting could easily be improved, but I reckon their derpy eyes add character!Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-66270916367662478022013-06-13T12:00:00.000+09:302013-06-13T12:00:03.353+09:30China Glaze Kalahari Kiss & I'm Not LionI'm still fairly new join the China Glaze bandwagon, but of the few China Glaze polishes I have, I have been quite impressed.<br />
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As far as collections go, I have more of the On Safari polishes than any other China Glaze collection. They are stunning and I am already planning on adding the rest to my stash in the not so distant future.<br />
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Today I am showing you Kalahari Kiss with a I'm Not Lion gradient.<br />
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Kalahari Kiss is described as a light sand brown, but I would say it leans more towards a dirty yellowy/custard colour. <br />
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I'm Not Lion is gold, silver and holographic glitter in a clear base. It's one of those super dense fine glitters that China Glaze does that I LOVE.<br />
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I loved the way I'm Not Lion sparkled and it was a perfect glitter for a gradient. It was so dense, it only required a few layers and it was not thick at all.Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-23996964357177162352013-06-12T12:00:00.000+09:302013-06-12T12:00:00.112+09:30Alanna Renee TranquilI have soooooo many untried indies in my stash and lately I have had quite a craving to use them.<br />
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While I may seem bias, Aussies sure seem to make the best indies. I have a few international indies, and they are pretty good, but the quality in the polishes that the Aussie girls make is far more superior and I consider myself very lucky to have easy access to these amazing polishes.<br />
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Today I have Alanna Renee Tranquil to show you. Tranquil is a gorgeous turquoise polish with lavender hex glitters, small light blue and purple hex glitter, large turquoise square glitter and small indigo flakes.<br />
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To try to get through my HUUUUUGE pile of untrieds, I decided to pair Tranquil with Essence Dopey from the Snow White Trend Edition. I considered Dopey to be a light lavender with silver shimmer, though my dad swears it's blue... Anyway, I thought it would go well with the lavender hexes in Tranquil. It unfortunately didn't quite go as nicely as I thought, but it was still an okay combo.<br />
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Alanna Renee polishes are available through her <a href="http://alannarenee.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. They are VERY reasonably priced at only $7.99 a bottle. I definitely recommend you check out her Harry Potter inspired collection, Magical World. I plan on purchasing quite a few (maybe the whole collection...) today actually :)Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-42919498746847206852013-06-11T12:00:00.000+09:302013-06-11T12:00:01.678+09:30CG Elephant Walk & OPI Which is Witch?A nice and quick one today. <br />
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I am desperately trying to work my way through my untrieds, but for every untried polish I use, 5 more take it's place! It got so bad, that my second Helmer needed to be built last weekend. Did I mention that I have acquired over 400 polishes in the last 6 months...<br />
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The two untrieds for today are China Glaze Elephant Walk and OPI Which is Witch?<br />
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Elephant Walk is from the 2012 On Safari collection and is a light grey with a subtle silver shimmer.<br />
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Which is Witch? is from the 2013 Oz the Great and Powerful collection and is the only polish from the collection that caught my eye. It contains silver holographic microglitter, medium silver holo hex glitters, and tiny holo bar glitters all in a clear base. Simply stunning and will easily work over a variety of different bases.<br />
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I really loved this combo and the holo awesomeness in the glitters left me hypnotised many times. Nothing beats a quality holo glitter topper!Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-48166377005511297542013-06-10T12:00:00.000+09:302013-06-10T12:00:00.338+09:30Arcane Willow & China Glaze Angel WingsToday I have for you another stunning polish from the debut Arcane collection. When deciding which polish to wear first, it was a toss-up between Ineffable and Willow. I obviously went with Ineffable, which I blogged about already, and I was itching to wear Willow.<br />
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Willow is a pale green creme with fine turquoise and gold glitter. A colour combination that has been a true favourite of mine lately - both in nails and in my clothes (and make-up!).<br />
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To go on my accent nail I decided on a gold to go with the gold glitter in Willow. I decided on China Glaze Angel Wings from the 2012 Pure Joy collection. I've had my eye on the dense glitters in the collection and while I managed to get my hands on Angel Wings, I am now majorly lemming Glistening Snow.<br />
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Bec sure knows how to make a quality polish. Willow applied like butter and only required two smooth coats for full opacity. Angel Wings needed three coats for full opacity and a few generous layers of top coat to get it glassy smooth.<br />
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Due to the incredible success of the debut Arcane collection, Bec has very recently released her second collection and it is available on <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArcaneLacquer" target="_blank">Etsy</a>.Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-5565230892163145622013-06-09T17:36:00.000+09:302013-06-09T17:36:05.066+09:30OPI Euro Centrale Half MoonsWell, haven't I been a very bad blogger lately?!<br />
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Another two weeks have gone by between posts and I am truly sorry. Life has gotten incredibly busy lately, and my motivation to blog has been low. Thankfully my motivation to do my nails has not suffered and I have some lovely manicures to show you over the next few days.<br />
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I have made it no secret how much I adore OPIs Euro Centrale collection. The colours are all stunning - some more original than others - but all very user friendly. While I don't own the whole collection, I must say it is the OPI collection that I own the most of.<br />
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Today's nails use Suzi's Hungary Again! and My Vampire is Buff. It had been a while since I had done some half moons and as soon as these two polishes arrived in the mail, I knew I wanted to use them for half moons.<br />
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Suzi's Hungary Again is a warm pink with a gorgeously subtle shimmer. My Vampire is Buff has proven to the stand-out star of the collection, receiving rave reviews from bloggers all over the world. It could be described as the perfect creamy nude, and while surprisingly simple, I can see what all the fuss is about.<br />
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I must mention that these photos do not show a colour accurate representation of Suzi's Hungary Again! unfortunately. The more I struggle with colour accurate photos, the more I think I should just bite the bullet and purchase a lightbox. I've been checking a few out on ebay, I'm just not ready to take that step - yet.<br />
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Because I struggle with just 'plain' nails, of course I HAD to add a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust.<br />
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What are your thoughts on the Euro Centrale collection? Which polishes in the collection are your faves?Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-11744463814080845902013-05-24T12:00:00.000+09:302013-05-24T12:00:03.610+09:30Arcane - IneffableThere's a new Aussie Indie in town and the debut collection is STUNNING! So stunning, that I pre-ordered the entire collection :)<br />
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Arcane is the brainchild of the gorgeous Bec from <a href="http://www.nailgunxs.com/" target="_blank">Nail Gun XS</a>. It started out as a personal project with no intention to sell. After sharing some swatches of her creations, the girls at Aussie Nails made their thoughts VERY clear and Bec decided to sell her babies.<br />
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There are ten gorgeous polishes in the debut collection, have a closer look at them all <a href="http://www.nailgunxs.com/2013/04/arcane-swatches-preorders.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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When they arrived, I sat and studied them for ages, trying to decide which one to use first. It was sooo hard to choose!<br />
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I ended up going with Ineffable - a gorgeous deep purple with purple and pink hexes, squares and pink/purple microglitter that gives it a pretty shimmer look (I SUCK at polish descriptions!).<br />
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My swatches show no where near the awesomeness of this polish.<br />
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I think Bec will be re-releasing this collection with the addition of a few new shades in the very near future. So keep an eye on her blog for more details.<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-24739366211706431302013-05-23T12:00:00.000+09:302013-05-23T12:00:00.105+09:30Essence - That's What I Mint! & FOA Studio 54Essence sure do make a good, strong polish. And they're soooo CHEAP! It still amazes me that a polish of this quality is less than $3!<br />
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I had the same formula issues with That's What I Mint! that what I had with Hello Marshmallow. But maybe it is just my crappy polishing skills... I just felt like it was a bit thick and difficult to apply with the huge brush. I guess too much polish was coming off the brush and it bubbled a bit. Obviously my polishing skills need some improvement...<br />
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But it is such a LOVELY colour! A gorgeous mint (well, duh!) with a subtle shimmer. I find myself drawn to all the soft minty colours lately (in polish, make-up and clothes) and this gorgeous colour did not disappoint.<br />
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I decided to layer on top another awesome and cheap polish - Face of Australia Studio 54. Studio 54 is from the recently released Glitterati collection and I managed to score it for 75c in the recent KMart sale. SCORE. Studio 54 contains copper hexes in a clear base. Fortunately, the glitters in Studio 54 are not curled like many of the glitters in the rest of the collection.<br />
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I love this colour combo and this manicure wore like steel.<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-67767343994801553112013-05-22T19:23:00.001+09:302013-05-22T19:23:56.274+09:30ANOTHER Belated AN Monday. Lace.Man, I really need to get my act together!<br />
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I'll make this one quick.<br />
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This week's AN Monday theme was lace. I was stumped. I am a crappy stamper (though I'm hoping to improve since I got my new Pueen plates this week) and I'm just not confident enough in my nail art abilities to do it freehand.<br />
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So I looked to my ever growing collection of <a href="http://sallyhansen.com/en-au/products/nails/nail-color/salon-effects-real-nail-polish-strips" target="_blank">Sally Hansen Real Polish Strips</a>. <br />
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Luckily I had a couple of lacy themed ones to choose from.<br />
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I chose 'I Love Lacy'.<br />
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I love these strips. They are a relatively quick and easy way to jazz up your nails and they last quite a while. Tonight is night four with them on and they are holding up pretty well. <br />
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They aren't the cheapest 'polish' option. They usually retail for around $15, but Priceline often has 2 for 1 sales and 50% off sales on Sally Hansen products, plus I bought a whole heap from OzSale - including 'Pedicure' strips which I am wearing right now!<br />
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Next week's theme is 'Music' and after some research, I'm fairly sure about what I'm going to do.<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-28459647769069324672013-05-21T12:00:00.000+09:302013-05-21T12:00:00.930+09:30Essence Hello Marshmallow & A Girl Obsessed Fruity PebblesEssence released some gorgeous new shades in the last month of so here in Australia.<br />
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Hello Marshmallow is one of them and it is lovely. It is a sweet lilac with a subtle sparkle/shimmer.<br />
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Application was okay, maybe a little thick for my liking and I'm not a great fan of their wide brush. But oh well, the colour more than made up for it!<br />
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I layered A Girl Obsessed Fruity Pebbles over the top after seeing the combo done by a couple of my fellow AN gals. It was a gorgeous pairing.<br />
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Fruity Pebbles is a limited edition polish from A Girl Obsessed. It contains neon glitters in a clear base. It's a LE due to the fact that the neon glitters are unstable and are starting to disintegrate in the suspension base. When I received it, it was obvious that the glitters were starting to break apart and when I applied it, I got some clear glitters on the nail. But I really liked the effect of the itty bitty broken up glitters. <br />
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Neon glitter toppers are all the rage right now and I have my eye on a few others. I hear A Girl Obsessed is trying to rectify her glitter issue and re-release Fruity Pebbles. That would be awesome and I would definitely purchase it :)<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-16327404663273480462013-05-19T12:00:00.000+09:302013-05-19T12:00:01.574+09:30Belated AN Monday nailsYep, even though I wasn't blogging, I was still participating in AN Monday. Here are the two manicures that I didn't post. <br />
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I kinda cheated with this challenge. I considered getting all of my blingy 3D nail art stuff out, but the thought of 'wasting' it on my nails (I knew it would drive me nuts to have so much bumpy rhinestones and studs on my nails), I decided on using a polish with a blingy name.<br />
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Marcia Lima - Heart of the Ocean<br />
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I know I say this a lot. But this polish is truly a stunner. I love it soooo much, that it has well and truly earned a place in my top 5 favourite polishes. What I love the most is that this is not a polish that I chose to add to my collection. It was kindly gifted to me by Natalia from <a href="http://cats-n-nails.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Cats n Nails</a>.<br />
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For those that aren't aware, The Heart of the Ocean is the huuuuge fictional blue diamond featured in the movie, Titanic.<br />
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I find it very difficult to describe polishes, and I couldn't find a decent description for Heart of the Ocean online. But I think it is safe to say that it is a tonne of blue glitters in a blue jelly base with some pink/purple glitters thrown in for good measure. <br />
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This polish applied surprisingly well. I think I ended up with three coats on it's own (over a PVA base) and a couple of layers of SV on top. It is beautiful before top coat, but it really comes alive once top coat is added.<br />
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I thought long and hard about what I would do for movie week. I contemplated doing bee nails for Bee Movie. Then I saw a cute film reel manicure that I thought I could copy. But I kept on coming back to the cutest characters from Despicable Me (who also happen to be my text message tone). Minions.<br />
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I've made no secret of my lack of nail art skills. But I sucked it up and gave it a go. As usual, it was far from perfect and I could obviously use some more fine brush practice, but in the end I was pretty chuffed with my minions.</div>
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I surprisingly received heaps of comments on my minions. And I actually got asked a few times who did my nails. Most people were surprised to hear that I did them myself. Especially since my minions on my right hand looked BETTER than my left hand minions...</div>
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Next week's theme is LACE. I already know what I'm doing. It's kinda cheating. But I reckon it will still look lovely.</div>
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Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-38845969541976328352013-05-18T15:43:00.001+09:302013-05-18T15:59:32.700+09:30Cult Nails - FlushedI know, I know. I am a very naughty blogger. It's been almost two weeks since my last post and I have no excuses. I just haven't felt motivated to blog lately. Work has been busy and by the time I paint my nails, the urge to blog and show it off has waned and I tell myself that I will do it later. Later never comes.<br />
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Until today!<br />
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I assure you I HAVE been doing my nails, and I still upload my manicures on my IG account frequently. <br />
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One of the benefits of not updating your blog in a while is a huge backlog of manicures to post, so I plan to write all my overdue posts and schedule them for throughout the week.<br />
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Today's nails are simply gorgeous. <br />
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Cult Nails Flushed is a 'blurple' with an intense purple/pink shimmer that truly does glow through the polish. I would almost liken it to a more opaque version of MF Fantasy Fire - though of course the colour shifting shimmer shows different colours than FF. It still gave me the same yummy feeling. And as always, I found myself staring at my nails for long periods of time at different angles to capture the shimmer.<br />
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This polish applied quite nicely, though it was a bit sheer and required four coats to get the opacity in the photos above. I decided to jazz it up a bit by adding a pretty pink rhinestone to each nail. I thought the pink in the rhinestone went quite nicely with pink in the shimmer of the polish.<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-21987111524759760882013-04-30T12:00:00.000+09:302013-04-30T12:00:01.584+09:30China Glaze - DV8I love me a good holo and while the China Glaze OMG collection are not the best holos available, they sure are pretty!<br />
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Today I have DV8 to show you. <br />
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It is described as a sea green/blue. A teal. Gorgeous.<br />
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This is two coats topped with SV. I find that the holo effect is not dulled by the addition of top coat, so that's awesome, as top coat usually means prolonged wear. Though this manicure chipped quite quickly, a down-point to holos.<br />
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In other news, I have finally joined the helmer owners group and feel like a REAL nail polish enthusiast now that I own one. <br />
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I wish I'd ordered two, as unfortunately the helmer has been discontinued in Adelaide and Perth. Bummer!<br />
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Today's theme for Aussie Nails Monday is GREEN. <br />
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Funnily enough I have been fairly fond of green nails lately and my last few manicures have been green. It's blue week all over again!<br />
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I decided on doing something really simple today. So I present to you my first half moon manicure.<br />
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Again, they are far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.<br />
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I started with a base of Orly Fresh then once they were dry (I painted the Orly Fresh the day before... just to be sure) and then used hole reinforcers to tape off the half moon. I then painted on CG Exotic Encounters and topped that with Cult Nails Hypnotise Me. I love the glittery goodness of Hypnotise Me.<br />
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I struggled a bit with the polish drying and starting to pull when I removed the hole reinforcer, maybe if I just did the China Glaze, it wouldn't have been a problem, but oh well, I handled it, lol.<br />
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I topped everything off with two coats of SV. I did two coats because I wanted it smooth and didn't want to feel the ridge where the CG and Cult Nails was painted on.<br />
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</b></span></b>Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-40327042695607006132013-04-28T16:52:00.000+09:302013-04-28T16:52:02.268+09:30Cirque - HelleboreA quick one today.<br />
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This polish left me absolutely floored. It was gorgeous.<br />
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Hellebore is a mix of light green, pink and fuchsia glitter. It was fully opaque in three coats.<br />
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This glitter was THIRSTY! I ended up using FOUR - yep, FOUR - coats of SV to make it glassy smooth. In hindsight I should have used a coat of Essence Gel Look Top Coat before the SV, but I didn't...<br />
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Cirque sure do make a gorgeous polish!<br />
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xGennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-91165522212630678292013-04-24T12:00:00.000+09:302013-04-24T12:00:02.986+09:30Contrary Polish - The Way I AmToday I am showing you a polish that I had high hopes for. It was number one on my list of Contrary Polish must haves.<br />
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I don't know if it is just my skin tone, but I was left kind of disappointed.<br />
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The Way I Am is from the Love Lyrics collection and is described as a pale avocado green with fuschia shimmer/microglitter. <br />
<br />The swatches I saw of this left me drooling. I wanted it.<br />
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But as I mentioned above, I felt it looked a bit blah on me.<br />
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I applied three coats for full opacity. It applied beautifully. I topped it off with a layer of Posche. I think I may have solved my top coat shrinkage problems. I stopped using SV and Posche due to tip shrinkage. But now I have master wrapping my tips, I find it's not a problem anymore. Sweet!<br />
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Don't get me wrong, it is a lovely colour, just maybe not for me. It is still super pretty to look at in the bottle though!<br />
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Contrary Polish is easily available to us Aussie girls through <a href="http://femmefatalecosmetics.com.au/product-category/Contrary-polish/" target="_blank">Femme Fatale Cosmetics</a> for $10.90 a bottle.<br />
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<br />Gennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03131751663028581643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7417128073414632663.post-27025077684981698612013-04-23T12:00:00.000+09:302013-04-23T12:00:01.363+09:30Accidental Christmas NailsAfter the semi-fail of yesterday's floral nails, I decided to delve into my untrieds basket and with the intent to practice my dotting I decided on red and gold.<br />
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Yep. That's right. Red AND gold. Together.<br />
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I seriously don't know what I was thinking. First I thought of red and black, then quickly scrapped that due to the potential ladybug references. Then I was thinking red and white, but then decided the white wouldn't go too well with the shade of red I had chosen. I saw my still untried bottle of Essence As Gold As It Gets and with the intent of incorporating it somehow into my manicure, I then landed on the decision of gold. My bottle of OPI Goldeneye was also still in my untrieds basket. Sweet. Three untrieds in one manicure!<br />
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Here is the result. I also ended up layering CG Golden Enchantment over the Essence to make it more sparkly.<br />
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My dotting could use some work, but I'm still pretty impressed by how easy it is. I think next time I will try smaller dots.<br />
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The red I used was OPI Danke Shiny Red, a gorgeous shimmery red from the 2012 Germany Collection. OPI cops a lot of flack for the endless number of reds it spits out each year, but they sure do know how to make a good red polish. I am yet to be disappointed by an OPI red.<br />
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So there you have it. My accidental Christmas nails...<br />
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