Duri - What a Keeper, Provocative Innocent, Miracote, Drop 'n Go & Pink Tiger Lint Free Gauze

What a Keeper is a purple creme with a subtle blue shimmer. This was really opaque and I barely needed the second coat. It's more of a one coater but I used a second coat to even out the first coat a little.

I couldn't really capture the blue shimmer on my nails but you can see it in the bottle.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Duri

Name: What a Keeper
Number: 604
Coats For Opacity: 2
Colour: Purple
Finish: Shimmer
Made In: USA
Volume: 15ml | 0.5 fl. oz. 
Price: $18.00
Where To Buy: 
Duri
Pink Tiger

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Provocative Innocent is a berry cream polish. This wasn't as opaque as What a Keeper but built up to opacity easily in three coats. 

I really like berry shades but don't actually own that many. The formula was really nice.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Duri

Name: Provocative Innocent
Number: 594
Coats For Opacity: 3
Colour: Berry
Finish: Cream
Made In: USA
Volume: 15ml | 0.5 fl. oz. 
Price: $18.00
Where To Buy: 
Duri
Pink Tiger

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Duri have a polish drying spray called Drop 'n Go. You spray it on your nails after applying top coat to help speed up the dry time. This left an oily residue on my nails which I didn't really mind because I just rubbed it in like cuticle oil when my nail polish dried. I always use quick dry top coats so I don't ever need to use a drying spray.

Duri Miracote is a fast drying top coat. I've been using it for a while now and does dry really fast. The fast dry top coats that I've used previously were thick and when you got down to the last half of the bottle they had to be thinned out. Duri Miracote has a thin formula so I'm hoping it won't need thinning  when I get towards the end of the bottle.

My nails are quite long and I noticed that while Miracote was drying that the tips of my nails went frosty. The frosting disappeared once the topcoat had dried. I tried using Miracote over a few different brands of polish but the frosting appear on all of them. I have tried using other brands of top coat and the frosting didn't appear so I'm not sure why it happens with Miracote. 

I also received these Pink Tiger Lint Free Gauze Sheets to try. I usually use cotton balls and they leave behind plenty of fluff! The gauze were good in terms of not leaving behind any lint but I found that the remover evaporated quicker. They were good for scrubbing off glitter polishes though!



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piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2013

Celebrating the Year of the Blogger

I was lucky enough to be selected to be part of the piCture pOlish Blog Fest this year! I was given three shades to use to create some nail art. I received heavy metal, starry night and bright white. I decided to use the three shades to do a dotticure.

piCture pOlish shades are available worldwide from either piCture pOlish or the piCture pOlish Network. For more information on shipping prices visit their Shipping page. Make sure you check out the Everyday Deals page too!

There are 3 Blog Fest awards to be won this year. Each award is the opportunity to create a collaboration shade with piCture pOlish. The winners will be chosen via Pinterest as follows:
1 award for the highest voted design by piCture pOlish fans.
1 award for the highest voted design by Blog Fest 2013 participants.
1 award for the design chosen by Jules and Megs from piCture pOlish.

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June 2013 Haul

 Pretty Serious - Turbo Boost
Pretty Serious - 88mph
Pretty Serious - Party Time! Excellent!
Pretty Serious - Naughty Night Shift Nurse
Pretty Serious - Hell on Wheels
Pretty Serious - Something Strange
Pretty Serious - Generally Hazzardous

I purchased these from Pretty Serious.

ulta3 - celebutant

ulta3 - gossip

ulta3 - a lister

ulta3 - striking

ulta3 - infamous

ulta3 - show stopper

ulta3 - xoxo

ulta3 - glamourpuss

ulta3 - stop the press

ulta3 - triple threat

ulta3 - outasight

I purchased these from my local Soul Pattinson Chemist.

 Lilypad Lacquer - Stretch for the stars
Glam Polish - Ahhh... Aliens!!!
Love Thy Polish - How Do You Spell FBI?
Peita's Polish - Hello! I'm Trixie
Alanna Renee - Lenny

I purchased these from Glam Polish as part of the June What's Indie Box?

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Pretty Serious - Naughty Night Shift Nurse & Nfu Oh - #51 Comparison

I received a few comments on yesterday's Naughty Night Shift Nurse post from readers wanting to see a comparison with Nfu Oh - #51. I thought I'd do the comparison quickly tonight before I took off NNSN.

As you can see they aren't dupes but they are similar, #51 has more of a blue base and has a higher flakie concentration than NNSN. I used three coats of each in the comparison above.

Naughty Night Shift Nurse is limited edition and another small amount of bottles will go on sale some time around August. Make sure you follow Pretty Serious so you know when that is because its the last chance you have to buy a bottle. The Nfu Oh flakies have been discontinued so they will be hard to come by soon. I got mine from Crush Cosmetics which still has a few in stock.

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Pretty Serious - Naughty Night Shift Nurse

Naughty Night Shift Nurse has a purple to red colour shifting base with a blue shimmer and green to orange to red colour shifting flakes. This is so pretty, I love it! 

The formula was great, it took three coats to reach opacity. The formula is actually half manufactured and half hand mixed as some ingredients needed to be added post production.

Naughty Night Shift Nurse was a special shade created for Kristy from The Polish Haven for her birthday. Pretty Serious released around 100 bottles of Naughty Night Shift Nurse as a limited edition polish at 9am this morning and they sold out within 10 minutes! But don't despair just yet! Pretty Serious announced today that they are securing another small amount of Naughty Night Shift Nurse that will go on sale some time around August, but that will be the very last chance you have to get a bottle so DON'T MISS OUT! They will also be releasing a small amount of Emma Louise!

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Pretty Serious

Name: Naughty Night Shift Nurse

Coats For Opacity: 3

Year: 2013

Colour: Purple/Red colour shift

Finish: Colour Shift

Formula: Big 3 Free, Cruelty Free and Vegan.

Made In: Australia

Volume: 11ml | 0.37 fl oz

Price: ~$9.95 - $10.88(AUD)

Where To Buy: 

Pretty Serious $9.95 (AUD)

Makeup Express $9.95 (AUD)

Llarowe $12.00 (USD)

Pshiiit 11,50 (EUR)

Mei Mei's Signatures $16.00 (SGD)

Norway Nails 109.00 (NOK)

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So how exactly did my bottle arrive within hours of me purchasing it?! I couldn't believe it myself when I checked my mailbox and found a Pretty Serious package. I always buy new Pretty Serious polishes the moment they are released and have managed to be the first to place an order for the last few collections now. Ben from Pretty Serious anticipated my purchase and sent it off yesterday. Best service ever!

Thank you so much Kristy for letting Pretty Serious share Naughty Night Shift Nurse with the rest of us! I've wanted a bottle from the moment I saw it on your blog but never actually thought I'd have the chance to own one.

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Pretty Serious - Cybernetic, My Darlin' Clementine, Grimm Demise & Purple Monkey Dishwasher

My Pretty Serious Hit The Rod collection has already arrived so I though it was about time that I posted these.

Cybernetic has a mix of purple and green micro glitter in a blue base. The formula was great! It build up easily in three coats. You might think this one is similar to Emma Louise but it's actually quite different, have a look at the comparison on the Pretty Serious Blog. I really love Cybernetic, it reminds me of a galaxy, gorgeous!

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Pretty Serious
Name: Cybernetic
Coats For Opacity: 3
Collection: Seriously Random
Year: 2013
Colour: Purple/Blue/Green
Finish: Glitter
Formula: Big 3 Free, Cruelty Free and Vegan.
Made In: Australia
Volume: 11ml | 0.37 fl oz
Price: ~$9.95 - $10.88(AUD)
Where To Buy: 
Pretty Serious $9.95 (AUD)
Makeup Express $9.95 (AUD)
Llarowe $12.00 (USD)
Pshiiit 11,50 (EUR)
Mei Mei's Signatures $16.00 (SGD)
Norway Nails 109.00 (NOK)

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My Darlin' Clementine is a orange jelly with a gold glass fleck shimmer. This is so pretty! Orange is usually one of my least favourite colours but I really like this! It was a bit sheer on my nails so I used 4 coats. If you have short nails it won't be a problem.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Pretty Serious
Name: My Darlin' Clementine
Coats For Opacity: 4
Collection: Seriously Random
Year: 2013
Colour: Orange
Finish: Glass fleck
Formula: Big 3 Free, Cruelty Free and Vegan.
Made In: Australia
Volume: 11ml | 0.37 fl oz
Price: ~$9.95 - $10.88(AUD)
Where To Buy: 
Pretty Serious $9.95 (AUD)
Makeup Express $9.95 (AUD)
Llarowe $12.00 (USD)
Pshiiit 11,50 (EUR)
Mei Mei's Signatures $16.00 (SGD)
Norway Nails 109.00 (NOK)

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Grimm Demise has teal glitter in a teal jelly base. This is so pretty! You can still see a little visible nail line on my nails after 3 coats but if you have short nails you wont have a problem.

This was nicknamed TSOD (Teal Screen Of Death) because it's pretty much a teal version of BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death which is awesome and everyone should own it!).

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Pretty Serious
Name: Grimm Demise
Coats For Opacity: 3
Collection: Seriously Random
Year: 2013
Colour: Green
Finish: Glitter
Formula: Big 3 Free, Cruelty Free and Vegan.
Made In: Australia
Volume: 11ml | 0.37 fl oz
Price: ~$9.95 - $10.88(AUD)
Where To Buy: 
Pretty Serious $9.95 (AUD)
Makeup Express $9.95 (AUD)
Llarowe $12.00 (USD)
Pshiiit 11,50 (EUR)
Mei Mei's Signatures $16.00 (SGD)
Norway Nails 109.00 (NOK)

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Last but definitely not least is Purple Monkey Dishwasher which has a mix of purple glitter in a purple jelly base. This is absolutely stunning! I couldn't stop admiring it all day, I left it on for a second day so I could continue to do so. The formula was great, I used three coats in the swatch above.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Pretty Serious
Name: Purple Monkey Dishwasher
Coats For Opacity: 3
Collection: Seriously Random
Year: 2013
Colour: Purple
Finish: Glitter
Formula: Big 3 Free, Cruelty Free and Vegan.
Made In: Australia
Volume: 11ml | 0.37 fl oz
Price: ~$9.95 - $10.88(AUD)
Where To Buy: 
Pretty Serious $9.95 (AUD)
Makeup Express $9.95 (AUD)
Llarowe $12.00 (USD)
Pshiiit 11,50 (EUR)
Mei Mei's Signatures $16.00 (SGD)
Norway Nails 109.00 (NOK)

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May Haul 2013

It's halfway through June already so I thought it was about time I posted my May haul! I just noticed that this haul is entirely Aussie brands! Aussie Aussie Aussie! :)

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Cybernetic

Grimm Demise

My Darlin' Clementine

Nightmaren

Dream Delight

I purchased these from Pretty Serious. I've already swatched these so I should have these posted soon. Purple Monkey Dishwasher is amazing, you can see I had already used it before taking this photo.

Nite Sprite

Lucky

Narnia

This was my first Glam Polish purchase. I haven't used these yet but I can't wait! 

Dogs Can't Look Up

The Winchester

I purchased these from Loki's Lacquer. I love the mini bottles, they are so cute! 

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Dance Legend Prism Collection (Part 2)

If you missed my Dance Legend Prism Collection (Part 1) post you can view it here: http://www.prettypurplepolish.com/2013/06/dance-legend-prism-collection-part-1.html

New Messiah is a gold holographic polish. The first photo was taken in sunlight to bring out the holo and the second photo was taken in artificial lighting to show how it looks indoors. 

The sun photo turned out very gold toned. I don't think I've come across a gold holographic polish before and when you own over 400 polishes it's hard to find something you don't already own.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Dance Legend

Name: New Messiah

Coats For Opacity: 2

Collection: Prism

Colour: Gold

Finish: Holographic

Formula: Big 3 Free

Volume: 15ml | 0.5 Fl.Oz.

Price: $13.00

Where To Buy: 

Dance Legend 

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Fantastic Trip is a peach-orange holographic polish. The first photo was taken in sunlight to bring out the holo and the second photo was taken in artificial lighting to show how it looks indoors. 

This one is a great office appropriate polish. The holo gets toned down when you're inside then comes out to play when you go outside.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Dance Legend

Name: Fantastic Trip
Coats For Opacity: 2
Collection: Prism
Colour: Peach/Orange
Finish: Holographic
Formula: Big 3 Free
Volume: 15ml | 0.5 Fl.Oz.
Price: $13.00
Where To Buy: 
Dance Legend 

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Robots vs Humans is a brown holographic polish. The first photo was taken in sunlight to bring out the holo and the second photo was taken in artificial lighting to show how it looks indoors. 

Again this is a unique colour in my collection. I don't see many brown holos but I really like this!

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Dance Legend

Name: Robots vs Humans
Coats For Opacity: 2
Collection: Prism
Colour: Brown
Finish: Holographic
Formula: Big 3 Free
Volume: 15ml | 0.5 Fl.Oz.
Price: $13.00
Where To Buy: 
Dance Legend 

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Cosmic Rainbow is a purple holographic polish. The first photo was taken in sunlight to bring out the holo and the second photo was taken in artificial lighting to show how it looks indoors. 

Lets just take a moment to admire this one......


Ahhh it's so stunning I'm in love! I'm wearing it as I type this (it's very distracting). I never want to take it off. Never ever ever!

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Dance Legend

Name: Cosmic Rainbow
Coats For Opacity: 2
Collection: Prism
Colour: Purple
Finish: Holographic
Formula: Big 3 Free
Volume: 15ml | 0.5 Fl.Oz.
Price: $13.00
Where To Buy: 
Dance Legend 

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High Voltage is a blue holographic polish. The first photo was taken in sunlight to bring out the holo and the second photo was taken in artificial lighting to show how it looks indoors. 

This is really pretty, probably my second favourite from this half of the collection.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Dance Legend

Name: High Voltage

Coats For Opacity: 2

Collection: Prism

Colour: Blue

Finish: Holographic

Formula: Big 3 Free

Volume: 15ml | 0.5 Fl.Oz.

Price: $13.00

Where To Buy: 

Dance Legend 

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Android is a green holographic polish. The first photo was taken in sunlight to bring out the holo and the second photo was taken in artificial lighting to show how it looks indoors. 

A green holo is not something I see a lot of either. Well done Dance Legend! 

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Dance Legend

Name: Android
Coats For Opacity: 2
Collection: Prism
Colour: Green
Finish: Holographic
Formula: Big 3 Free
Volume: 15ml | 0.5 Fl.Oz.
Price: $13.00
Where To Buy: 
Dance Legend 

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I really love these Dance Legend holos! They are opaque and have a great formula. They also dry very quickly! If you're looking to add some holos to your collection you should seriously consider these.

Dance Legend ships internationally and the shipping rate is very affordable! The flat rate is $10 or if you buy 10 or more bottles the shipping is free! Dance Legend is a Russian brand and the postage time can be slow. It took about a month for my package to arrive.

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