Ulta 3 - Orchid

Lightbox Shade Sun Ulta3 - Orchid 2 coats Poshe top coat Orchid is from the Summer Siren Collection - 2011. The photos above aren't exactly colour accurate. Purples are sometimes hard to photograph and this is one of those times. It's more blue toned than the lightbox picture but more red toned than the sun and shade pictures. This was very opaque. I almost did one coat but it wasn't dry when tried to put top coat on and it pulled...

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My Top 5 of 2011

I got addicted to nail polish about halfway through this year and most of the nail polishes I bought since then have been from pre 2011 collections. So after looking through my stash for 2011 released nail polishes I decided on my top 5, these are not in any particular order. From left to right: China Glaze - Black Mesh Ulta3 - Orchid Ulta3 - Twilight Fever Ulta3 - Pacific Fever piCture pOlish - Festival China Glaze...

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Ulta3 - Tahitian Lime

Shade  \ Lightbox Sun Ulta3 - Tahitian Lime 3 coats Poshe top coat Tahitian Lime is a bright, almost fluro green creme. The most colour accurate photos are the bottle picture and the sun picture above. The formula was fine. Just like normal Australian made Ulta3's. Tahitian lime had probably the best formula out of the collection. The brushes are different now too. They are clear bristles rather than black. I haven't...

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Ulta3 - Summer Siren Collection 2011

It's about time I posted the Ulta 3 Summer Collection. It's been Summer for a month now and it feels like it's barely begun. We have had some hot days but overall it's been a very mild Summer this year. The Summer Siren Collection consists of seven cremes and one shimmer. Just in case one green wasn't enough they've given us three! I'm not complaining, I like the greens. This is the first collection released since the production...

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piCture pOlish - Hypnotic

Because of the boring posts over the last few days I decided to give you two interesting posts in the same day to try to make up for it. If you didn't see my other post for today I'll link to it here after I wake up because I'm not sure if I can link to a scheduled post before it's posted. Shade  Sun Lightbox piCture pOlish - Hypnotic 2 coats over black  Poshe top coat  Hypnotic is on...

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piCture pOlish - Splendour

Shade Sun Lightbox piCture pOlish - Splendour 2 coats over black Poshe top coat Splendour is one of the 3 flakie covers recently released by piCture pOlish. I didn't think we would see Splendour and Hypnotic until next year but they are available now. Splendour is a yellow/orange/red/green flakie polish. The little saying on the bottle is "magnificent, brilliant flakie finery" and I have to agree but just like Festival...

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My Christmas Nail Polish Haul

I went to my draft posts to see what I can post for tomorrow and discovered that I've used them all! It's too late to do anything now so all have is a picture of the nail polishes I got for Christmas. This was taken on my iPhone, if you follow me on Twitter you will have already seen it. I can't remember the names but I've got some O.P.I minis, Ulta3, Klean Color, Sally Hansen, Essie, BYS, Revlon, Scandal and the ones...

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Essie - Matte About You

Yesterday, you saw a preview of Essie - Matte About You. Here's some more pictures but this time with all my nails painted and different bases.  Shade Sun Orly - Space Cadet   Sun  Orly - Lunar Eclipse Shade Sun  Orly - Out Of This World Shade Sun Orly - Halley's Comet Shade Sun  BYS - In Grape Shape Shade Sun BYS - Baby Pink Shade Sun  Sally...

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BYS - Matte & Essie - Matte About You Comparison

BYS is a brand that has a go at everything; crackle, colour change, an Alice in wonderland themed collection and Matte nail polish. Maybe they will try magnetic next! I haven't tried any of the others I listed but I hope they do a better job of them than their Matte nail polish. Here is BYS - Matte Top Coat compared against Amour - High Gloss Top Coat over BYS - GI Jane. Sun Shade It's only slightly more matte than the top coat. For me...

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