Heat Warehouse Sale

This arrived in my inbox this morning. Unfortunately I don't live in Victoria so I can't go but that's probably a good thing for my wallet.

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Nail Art Brushes

I bought a set of 12 nail art brushes on eBay from the seller beauties_factory for $5.99 including postage.

I'm sure these brushes have proper names but I don't know what they are. I've used 2 already so that's why they look used. They also came with a free gift!

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Haul

This is my latest haul from Trans Design. This time it took 2 weeks to post, the time it took 1 week must have been a 1 off thing.

Seche - Restore, Seche - Vite, Poshe - Super Fast Drying Top Coat, Poshe - Nail Strengthening Base Coat, Essie - Matte About You, Amour -Top Coat

3-Way Bottle Holder

I had originally ordered a 237ml bottle of Amour but it didn't fit in the box so they sent me a 16ml bottle and refunded me the difference. I was going to use it as a frankenpolish base but Cathy from MoreNailPolish has told me about an Australian company that sells suspension nail polish base and tints so I'll probably buy some from there.

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Color Club - Electronica

Color Club - Electronica

3 Coats

Electronica is from the Dance to the Musique Collection (Fall 2008), it is a deep purple with red and blue micro glitter. There's a bit of light purple colour on the edge of the bottle but that doesn't show up on the nail.

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Color Club - Tru Passion

Color Club - Tru Passion

3 Coats

Tru Passion is from the Glitter Vixen Collection, it is a purple micro glitter with bigger glitter flecks in a clear base. This was not 100% opaque in 3 coats but it was good enough for me. Perhaps 4 coats would be completely opaque. This one had a defective brush but I was able to pull out the stray bristle.

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Essie - Winter Collection 2011

This arrived in my inbox this morning, they are available on the Essie website.

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Butter London - Holiday Glitter Trio

This arrived in my inbox this morning, they are available on the Butter London website.

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Color Club - Wild At Heart

Color Club - Wild At Heart

1 Coat

This is from the Wild At Heart Fall 2009 Collection. This is a really pretty colour, the holographic effect doesn't stand out at much as some other holographic colours. This is very opaque and perfect in one coat. I love this colour, it's one of my favourites.

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Ozotic Pro Elytra

It's taken me a while but here are the swatches of the Ozotic Pro Elytra polishes. The Elytra range are colour changing glitter polishes in a clear base:

Ozotic Pro - 528

3 Coats over black

The main colour of 528 is green. The other colours I can see are purple, orange and yellow. The first picture shows some red in the bottle but I didn't notice it on the nail. Green and purple are more easily seen than the other colours.

Ozotic Pro - 529

3 Coats over black

The main colour of 529 is Blue. I can also see purple, orange and yellow. I can see a bit of red in the bottle that I didn't notice on the nail.

Ozotic Pro - 530

3 Coats over black

The main colour of 530 is orange. The other colours I see are yellow and red. This time that red is visible in the bottle and on the nail. I think I can see a hint of green on the edges of the bottle.

I got these from piCture pOlish. They now have a new square shaped bottle which is smaller than the round ones so it's cheaper - currently $14.

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Ladybug Manicure

I did this manicure to go with my Ladybug costume for a dress up 21st:

This was 3 coats of China Glaze - Ruby Pumps and the black dots are done with a large dotting tool.

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Barry M - New Croc Nail Effects

This arrived in my inbox over the weekend, it's available on the Barry M website.

I'm going to order this one, I'm just double checking that they ship to Australia.

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Sephora by O.P.I - Glimmer Wonderland

This arrived in my inbox last week, they are available on the Sephora website.

This 18 piece mini set contains:

Dear Diary

How Cute Is That?

Natural Environ-mint

It's Hippo To Be Square

Access 24/7

Ms. Can't Be Wrong
Don't Feed The Hand Models

Metro Chic

Already Famous
I'm With Brad

Simple Sale
Fiercely Fabulous

Break A Leg-Warmer

Bring On The Snowflakes
Mermaid To Order

I Don't Bite

Eve-y On The Eyes
Just a Little Dangerous

The mini size is 1/8 fl oz. (3.75ml)

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BYS - Baby Pink

BYS - Baby Pink

3 Coats

As the name suggests this is a baby pink creme. BYS nail polishes are available in K-Mart for $4.

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China Glaze Crackle - Platinum Pieces

China Glaze - Platinum Pieces

Platinum Pieces is a metallic silver crackle polish. I've put it over China Glaze - For Audrey. I actually used two coats here. I applied one coat and then as the first coat started to crackle I applied the second coat. I did this because one coat is too sheer for me. The only place I want to see the base colour in in between the crackle gaps. This picture was taken in overcast light.

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Halloween Manicure

Please note I have not intended to copy any one else's idea, if my idea looks similar to yours it is entirely coincidental. I actually sat down and drew out a plan for my Halloween manicure and what I ended up doing wasn't what I planned. This is what I did:

Base for all nails:

3 coats of Sally Hansen HD - Blu.

Then I sponged on Sinful Colours - Fiji halfway up the nail. (Not 100% sure this was the name of the colour I'll have to check when I get home.)

I sponged e - Black ($2 shop brand) nail polish on the tips.

Thumb:

I used the Christmas ornament on Bundle Monster plate BM-225 (Second Set) for the moon. I stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Whirlwind White. I only applied polish to the round part of the ornament. I also used one of my new nail art brushes and more white nail polish to fill in the circle.

Next I stamped the house from Bundle Monster plate BM-224 (Second Set) with e - Black. I stamped the smaller bat from Bundle Monster plate BM13 (First Set) twice with e - Black.

Pointer:

I used one of the vines from the pumpkin stamp on Bundle Monster plate BM-224 (Second Set) as the tree, stamped with e - Black. Then I stamped half of the spider web stamp from Bundle Monster plate BM13 (First Set) with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Silver Sweep.

Middle:

I used one of the vines from the pumpkin stamp on Bundle Monster plate BM-224 (Second Set) as the tree, stamped with e - Black. Then the smaller bat from Bundle Monster plate BM13 (First Set).

Ring:

Same as pointer, I reversed the side the tree and spider web were on.

Pinky:

I used the vines from the pumpkin stamp on Bundle Monster plate BM-224 (Second Set) as the tree, stamped with e - Black.

I then put 2 coats of BYS - Glow in the Dark and 1 coat of Revlon top coat. This is what it looks like in the dark after being held in front of a light, Sorry about the graininess and blur, it was hard to keep still:

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