O.P.I - Cajan Shrimp

O.P.I - Cajan Shrimp 3 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Cajan Shrimp is an orange toned coral colour. This was another mini bottle. The formula started to get a bit thick after the third coat. It might have been because there was such little polish that the air  was able to dry it out faster? I didn't like wearing it own it's own so I wore it with China Glaze - Black Mesh over the top. I know crackle is so last year but...

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O.P.I - Lincoln Park After Dark

 O.P.I - Lincoln Park After Dark 2 coats Poshe Top Coat Lincoln Park After Dark is a very dark plum creme colour. You can tell it's a plum colour on the first coat but after two coats it looks like a dark brown. This started chipping within 24 hours but I was packing boxes again so I was expecting it. I got this in an O.P.I Best of the Best mini set. It's only 3.75ml! Very awkward to hold for the photo. Since I don't own a full size...

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Essence - Choose Me!

Essence - Choose Me! 2 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Choose Me! is a yellow gold shimmer in a green glass fleck base. The gold shimmer is most noticeable in the bottle but also transfers onto the nail. This had a good formula. You can still see a visible nail line after two coats so you might want to try three if you cant stand that. It's very pretty, I really like this one. It's a little stubborn to remove and stained...

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Butter London - Thames

Butter London - Thames 3 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Thames is a deep green shimmer in a grey/green base. This was easy to apply. The bottle shows a blue and purple duo-chrome but that doesn't show on the nail. I forgot to mention yesterday that the rectangle caps of these bottles come off and reveals a grooved round cap to use. This is easy to manage. Sorry that the image above isn't focussed on my nails. I didn't realise my shots were focussing...

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Butter London - The Black Knight

 Butter London - The Black Knight 2 coats Seche Vite Top Coat The Black Knight is from the Butter London Holiday 2011 Collection. It is a pink and blue round glitter and smaller gold and green glitter in a black base. I stared at this really closely for a while to try and determine the different glitters. From Butter London's promo picture it looked like this had a deep purple base.  Scrangie did a really great combination of...

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50 Follower Giveaway!!!

I never though that 50 people would ever read my blog. I remember getting so excited when someone from France looked at one of my blog posts because it was the first time someone from the Internet who didn't know me had visited my blog. I am very thankful for all my followers, especially those of you that were here before this post! You aren't here because of a giveaway, you're here because you genuinely want to read my blog. So if you were a follower...

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Australia Day Mani

I hope all my Australian followers are having a great Australia Day! I was actually surprised at how well this turned out. I planned it in my head and was sure it wouldn't turn out at all. I know my pointer finger isn't perfect but that was so fiddly.  The first thing I did was paint my pointer finger with two coats of BYS - Rebel Red. I painted my other fingers with two coats of piCture pOlish - Bombshell. Next...

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Ulta3 - Blue Heaven

Ulta3 - Blue Heaven 2 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Blue Heaven is from the Ulta3 - Gelato Collection 2012. It is a light blue creme polish. The formula is a thick, could do with some thinner. The bottle I bought had a defective brush. I put a photo of the brush on Twitter and the lovely Naomi who runs The Heat Group's Twitter saw it and recognised the brush. She ended up sending me out a replacement! Thanks again Naomi! The replacement's...

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Cult Nails Pre Sale Event

This just landed in my inbox:   Pre-sale starts January and ends 1st February 2012. You can only purchase the full collection at this time. Will you be getting the collecti...

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Ulta3 - Lemon Tart

 Ulta3 - Lemon Tart 3 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Lemon Tart is from the Ulta3 - Gelato Collection. I'm not really sure what colour this is any more. It seems to change with the lighting. The photo above it what it looked like in my lightbox and the bottle picture below is what it looks like under a normal light. It's a pastel yellow. This one had a good formula. I can see myself using this colour for an Easter mani this year. Sorry...

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Ulta3 - Mango Mayhem

 Ulta3 - Mango Mayhem 2 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Mango Mayhem is from the Ulta3 - Gelato Collection 2012. It is a muted orange creme. Not quite pastel but not bright either. It had a good formula, easy to apply. I'm having fun trying to photograph these so they are colour accurate. That means playing around with the settings on my camera but I'm learning at the same time. This one is colour accurate! ...

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Ulta3 - Strawberry Sundae

 Ulta3 - Strawberry Sundae 3 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Strawberry Sundae is from the Ulta3 - Gelato Collection 2012. It is a light pink creme colour. I'm not usually a fan of pinks but I like this one and am looking forward to wearing it again. It's not a bright and in your face pink. This had a good formula. All the names of the Gelato collection nail polishes make them sound so yummy. They should have made these scented. Mmmmm, strawberry...

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Ulta3 - Violet Rumble

Ulta3 - Violet Rumble 3 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Violet Rumble is a pastel purple creme. It's a little bit lighter than it looks in my pictures. The formula was fine. It seems like the Ulta3's formula is hit or miss since production went overseas. I'm glad the purple was fine! I can't wait to wear this one again. P.S. We found a really nice property to rent and the owner is a dog person! Everybody cross your fingers, toes, arms,...

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Ulta3 - Kiwi Kaos

This is a really rushed post, I've been up all night preparing rental applications. I'm applying for 3 houses tomorrow, wish me luck!  Ulta3 - Kiwi Kaos 3 Coats Seche Vite Top Coat Kiwi Kaos is from the Ulta3 Gelato 2012 Collection. It's a light green creme colour. This one had a strange formula. I kept finding grains like sand in the polish and I'm pretty sure they weren't coming from my polish area. You can see some...

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Australis - Speck-tacular VS piCture pOlish - Festival

I'm starting to collect a few flakie polishes now and wanted to compare two that looked like they contained the same colours. Here's Australis - Speck-tacular VS piCture pOlish - Festival: This is two coats of each over KleanColor - Neon sapphire from yesterday's post. They both look the same, the colours range from blue, green, orange and yellow. They seem to have the same amount of flakies for two coats. I'd say they are pretty good dupes....

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2012's Most Swoon-Worthy Nail Polish Trends - Blue

Holly from Hooked! has organised for myself and a few other bloggers to work together showing 2012's Most Swoon-Worthy Nail Polish Trends. I thought this was a great idea! Check out Holly's post for links to the blogs showing the other trends. Don't forget to enter Holly's 50 Something Follower Giveaway too!The trend that I'll be featuring is Blue!  KleanColor - (unknown) 2 coats Seche Vite Top Coat I don't actually know the name...

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Australis - Speck-tacular

I was in Priceline the other day and as always wandered into to cosmetics aisle just to have a look and I spotted a little nail polish stand in the Australis section. I've never noticed this polish before so I have no idea when it was released. I can't find anything on their website.  Australis - Speck-tacular 2 Coats over black Poshe Top Coat Speck-tacular is a multicoloured flakie polish. The colours range from blue, green,...

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Essie - Steel-ing The Scene

Shade Sun Essie - Steeling The Scene 3 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Steel-ing the scene is described on the Essie website as a burnished pewter creme. I think it's more of a shimmery pewter frost. The brush stroke marks are very visible so try to keep them straight. Frost nail polishes always give me that Grandma-ish feeling. Just noticed that I should have held the bottle the other way around so the word "essie"...

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Nail Polish Wars 250 Follower Giveaway!

Source: Nail Polish Wars One of my favourite nail bloggers; Nicole from Nail Polish Wars is having a 250 follower giveaway! Congratulations on 250 followers Nicole! In case you don't already know, Nicole has started her own line of nail polish; Elixir Lacquers and they will be available soon. I've already put my name down for a bottle of With a K.  This give away is open internationally and closes Sunday, January 29th at 11:50pm. The...

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Bundle Monster Stamping - BM-223

Lightbox Base: Ulta3 - Frangipani, Ulta3 - Sunset Pink, Ulta 3 - Blue Marlin Stamp: e - Black (no name) Plate: BM-223 For the base I sponged on Ulta3 - Frangipani on the tip at an angle. Then I sponged on Ulta3 - Sunset Pink on the same angle across the middle. Lastly I sponged on Ulta3 - Blue Marlin on the base following the same angle. I stamped the zebra stripes over the top from Bundle Monster plate BM-223 with my cheap...

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Sally Hasen Insta-Dri - Slick Slate

Sun Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Slick Slate 2 coats Sech Vite Top Coat Slick Slate is a slightly purple toned light brown creme. The only colour accurate photo I took was in the sunlight. Nice formula and dry to touch in about 4 minutes depending on how thick of a coat you use. I used a fairly thick coat when I tested the dry time. Looks like I forgot my middle   finger when doing clean up, whoops! Well, it gives...

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Essie - Trophy Wife

Lightbox Shade Sun Essie - Trophy Wife 3 coats Seche Vite Top Coat Trophy Wife is a medium green shimmer. It's more green toned and less blue toned than in my photos. This one just didn't want to photograph correctly. It's closer to the colour of Sally Hansen - Pixel Pretty if you have that one. The brush strokes are slightly visible after drying. I got this from Trans Design for $4. I've changed the layout of my blog...

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