The Great Aussie Polish Challenge Day2: Ulta3 - Waterlily

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. G'day mate! Myself and a few other Aussies are taking part in The Great Aussie Polish Challenge. The challenge will last a week and started yesterday with most of us posting the new piCture pOlish shades. For day two I've got a gorgeous Ulta3 shade to show you all. Ulta3...

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piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2012

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. Today is an exciting day for polish lovers! Today myself and about 80 other bloggers will be showing you swatches of new piCture pOlish shades! piCture pOlish is one of my favourite brands and I'm proud to say that they are Australian owned and made! I think the Blog...

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Born Pretty Store Stamping Polish, Plastic Scraper, Stamper and Image Plate m78

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. I recently received some stamping polishes and a plastic stamper and scraper from Born Pretty Store. Metal scrapers tend to scratch stamping plates so I was looking forward to trying out the plastic scraper.  I found the plastic scraper did a good job...

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GMU Friday: piCture pOlish - Mask-a-rade

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. piCture pOlish - Mask-a-rade 2 coats (layered over a black base) Mask-a-rade is from the Opulence range that was released earlier this year. Mask-a-rade has multichrome hex glitters in a clear base. The colour shift goes yellow, orange,...

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BM-303 Butterfly Stamp

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. BM-303 The base is China Glaze - He's Going In Circles and I stamped using Ulta3 - Black Satin. I had a little trouble getting the feelers to stamp properl...

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Artsy Wednesday: Inspired By Music

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. The theme for Artsy Wednesday this week is Inspired By Music! Colours used: Ulta3 - Lily White Ulta3 - Black Satin Ulta3 - Orchid Stamping Plate used: Bundle Monster BM-207 I used Lily White for the base and stamped the piano design from BM-207 using Black...

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China Glaze - He's Going In Circles

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. China Glaze - He's Going In Circles 3 coats He's Going In Circles is from the Kaleidoscope collection. Does anyone know what year this collection was released? This is a seafoam green scattered holographic polish. The holographic particles are not as fine as in the...

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BM-302 Mushroom Stamp

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. BM-302 The base is O.P.I - Tickle MY France-y and the stamp is China Glaze - Poinsettia. Not one of my favourite manicures but I'm glad I tried i...

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O.P.I - Tickle My France-y

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. O.P.I - Tickle My France-y 3 coats Tickle My France-y is from the La Collection De France collection 2008. It's a nude creme polish. No I don't have giant fingers, I'm holding a mini bottle in this picture. I'm not much of a nude polish fan but it was...

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GMU Friday: BYS - Adventures of Alice

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. BYS - Adventures of Alice 3 coats Adventures of Alice is from the Wonderland collection. It has small purple, gold, green and silver hex glitter with gold and silver micro glitter in a sheer green base. The formula is thick and takes a long time to dry. I would have...

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BM-301 Key Stamp

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. BM-301 The base is Essie - Lilacism and the stamp is Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Silver Sweep. I stuffed up the angle of the keys after two fingers. This makes me think of princess themed wall paper. I'm not sure what keys have to do with princesses so it must be...

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Artsy Wednesday: Dotting Tools

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. The theme for Artsy Wednesday this week is Dotting Tools! Colours used: Barry M - Indigo Barry M - Mint Green Ulta3 - Lily White Ulta3 - Mermaid Green China Glaze - Holly-Day The challenge for this week was to only use dotting tools with the exception of painting...

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Essie - Lilacism

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. Essie - Lilacism 3 coats Lilacism is from the Art Of Spring collection 2010. It's a pale lilac creme polish. It had a slightly watery formula but I was able to mange it. I bought this from Myer. Essie normally retails at $18.95 but I got this really cheap. Myer sent...

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BM-301 Vampire Bat Stamp

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. BM-301 The base is Wet n Wild - Hypnotic Red and the Stamp is Ulta3 - Black Satin. This stamp was much easier to pick up then the other stamps on this plate. Half of the images on my plate aren't etched deep enoug...

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Wet n Wild - Hypnotic Red

Don't forget to enter my Blogiversary Giveaway and Nail Art Competition! There's three Born Pretty Store gift vouchers to be won. Entries close 5th August 2012. Wet n Wild - Hypnotic Red 3 coats Hypnotic Red is a red jelly polish. There is still a bit of visible nail line after three coats. Not much else to say about this one so I've decided to do two posts toda...

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1 Year Blogiversary Giveway and Nail Art Competition!

This giveaway is now closed! Exactly one year ago today I started Pretty Purple Polish. If you are interested in seeing my first swatch photos here they are (you might want to shield your eyes). I wasn't sure if I would be able to keep this up for a year but I'm so glad I have. I'd like to thank everyone for their comments and interactions on social media. If it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't stopped blogging...

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Orly Naughty Or Nice Holiday 2012 Collection

Now this is a collection I am looking forward to! I like the look of Halo, Angel Eyes, Miss Conduct and Torrid. Can't wait to see swatches of these! I've also got some pictures of the gift sets to share: Images source: Chic Prof...

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BM-301 Gradient Stamp

BM-301 The base is BYS - Deep Purple, a purple to pink colour change polish. Because my nails are short I didn't get the nice gradient effect with this colour change polish. I decided to make the gradient myself using one of the stamps from BM-301. I stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Pronto Purple. Because my plate isn't etched deep enough I had to stamp each nail a few times but I think the gradient effect...

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Orly Fired Up Collection Fall 2012

Flare | Flickr | Glow Ignite | Rapture | Smolder This collection is due out in early Fall 2012. They are nice fall colours but none of them interest me. What do you think?&nbs...

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GMU Friday: piCture pOlish - Peacock

Yay Friday! I'm always excited for Friday but today more than most because my best friend came back from a 6 week Europe trip today! :) piCture pOlish - Peacock 3 coats Peacock is from the Opulence collection that was released earlier this year. It has small green hex glitter and very short green bar glitter with green shimmer in a purple base. Most of the swatches I saw of this were layered over a dark purple but...

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Orly - Electronica Collection

Image source: Orly Preamp - iridescent pink Shockwave - matte blue Synchro - iridescent burgundy red Decoded - matte grey blue I found this while browsing around. Only Shockwave and Synchro interest me but I still don't think I will get them. I'll just admire swatches. See anything you like? This collection is available online no...

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BYS - Deep Purple

BYS - Deep Purple 3 coats Deep Purple is a purple to pink colour change polish. On my short nails it's all pink but if you had long nails you would get a nice purple gradient at the tips. I've been meaning to try this polish for a long time but my nails just never grew to grow long enough. If I ever manage to grow long nails I'll try this polish again, along with all the Bundle Monster tip stamps that just look ridiculous on...

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