So This Happened...

I went for a jog with my dog today and she stopped suddenly. The lead caught on my nail as it pulled tight and... well you know the rest.  I've got a few swatches saved up but after that I'll be doing nail art for a while. I hope you all don't mind. I was wearing China Glaze - Water You Waiting For in the picture above if you were wondering...

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Pretty & Polished - Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker has a mix of red, yellow and blue hex glitter  smaller purple hex glitter and green bar glitter in a white base. The white base builds up nicely and is opaque after three coats. I had to fish to get the red squares, a lot of them were stuck to the sides of the bottle so that might be why I had so much trouble getting them out of the bottle. Jawbreaker had been on my wish list for a while and I bought...

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Pretty & Polished - Sand Art

Sand Art has a mix of blue, purple  green, yellow and pink hex glitter in a clear base.  I don't think it's really meant to be worn opaque like this but  I thought I'd give it a go. I had to leave plenty of time in between coats so it would dry properly. It did look a bit thick in the end, especially my middle finger. I can't remember exactly how many coats I used but I think it was 4.  One...

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Alanna Renee Restock Today

I am still working on international shipping options so this restock is only available for Australian customers. Keep an eye on the Alanna Renee Facebook page for international update...

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BK Liner Polish

So far I hadn't bothered to pick up any liner polishes because I have a liner nail art brush that I can dip into any nail polish. Although I think I might pick up some more staple colours as these were very convenient to use. There was no need to clean the brush after each colour.  The silver liner polish was very opaque. The purple glitter polish obviously isn't opaque but you can still make nice lines with...

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$50 Giveaway!

I've got another giveaway for you! My Hair Care have kindly given me a $50 gift voucher to give away. Don't despair polish lovers! My Hair Care sells polish too! They have brands such as Butter London, O.P.I and Nicole by O.P.I. I have had to change this giveaway to a $50 cash giveaway. The company this giveaway was originally for had confused me, they were not offering me a voucher to give away to one of my readers they just wanted me to promote their website. This became apparent when I showed them the giveaway link and asked for...

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Artsy Wednesday - Inspired By The View Out Of Your Window

This weeks theme is inspired by the view out of your window. Most of the time the view out of the window of my polish room is my pup Hazel.  I didn't think I had a chance at drawing a lifelike Hazel on my nails but I could surely stamp some paw prints. I was already wearing Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker so I decided to just stamp over the top.  Here's my pup Hazel:              ...

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BK - Neon Luminous Glow Polish #6

This polish is a green creme by day and a luminous glowing green by night. The glow is quite strong after being exposed to light as you can see from the photo below. I actually forgot that this polish was glow in the dark until I went to bed and my boyfriend grabbed my hand to see what was going on with my nails.  The formula was thin and sheer but it built up in three coats. It dried kind of matte and a little bit grainy looking,...

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Gloss 'n Sparkle - Edge Of The World

Edge Of The World is stunning! It has a mix of different sized blue and green hex glitter and rainbow micro glitter in a green jelly base. The jelly base is quite sheer so I used four coats. The formula was nice and easy to control. the depth of this polish is amazing. If you are a green lover you need Edge Of The World!                NAIL POLISH INFO  Brand: Gloss...

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OMG Nail Strips

The OMG Butterfly Nail Foil Strips come in a packet of 16. I used the 5 smallest sizes as I have skinny nails and these were still a bit too wide for me, except for my thumb. The foil didn't stretch to the curve of my nails so they creased a little at the sides. Once I had applied them I trimmed the excess length with scissors and filed the edge.                 NAIL...

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Ulta3 Nail Stickers

I received these nail stickers from Ulta3 but they didn't include the instructions so I applied them how I though they should be applied. I started with a base of Ulta3 - Black Satin. Once it was dry I applied the stickers, I put the rounded edge at the base of my nails so most of the gradient would fit. There are 8 cool toned gradient stickers and 8 warm toned gradient stickers so I swapped the stickers on my ring finger and...

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Groupon Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to Cathy and Mum of Aussie Kids for winning my $30 Groupon voucher giveaway! I have emailed both of you so please check your inboxes. You'll need to respond within 48 hours to claim your prize. a Rafflecopter giveaw...

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Artsy Wednesday: Earthquake

Earthquake nails are not something I've seen a lot of but I like them. I asked my boyfriend to pick the colours and this is what he chose, I think he did well.  To create this look you need to paint one colour on your nails as normal and then paint the other colour down one side of your nails only. Don't worry about getting the line too neat. Use a nail art brush to create the jagged line down the middle and that's it. It's very...

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Gloss 'n Sparkle - Cookie Dough

Cookie Dough is a delicious looking creamy polish with brown hex glitter and small brown micro glitter. Unfortunately the larger brown hex glitter curls. You can see how the edges stick out of the cream base more then the centre. I was able to smooth out the polish with two coats of Seche Vite though.  The formula was fine though. It was opaque after two coats. I really like the look of this polish. It really...

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Gloss 'n Sparkle - Goblins Grave

Goblins Grave has a mix of holo green hex, turquoise hex and black hex and charcoal hex in a green jelly base. I can't tell if all the  hex glitters are holo because every time I look at the bottle under a light all I see is holo! The black definitely isn't holo. My swatch doesn't show the holo very well, sorry about that, it really is very evident in person.  Goblins grave...

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Lynnderella - Connect The Dots

Connect The Dots has a mix of different sized black hex glitter, black bar glitter, black square glitter, white hex glitter, white bar glitter and microglitter shimmery flakes that seem to flash different colours depending on the nge of  the light.  Connect The Dots is a polish I'd had my eye on for a while now. I never got around to putting it on my wish list because it's so hard for us Aussie to get our hands...

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