Showing posts with label China Glaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China Glaze. Show all posts

Pink diamonds manicure

HELLO!!! How have you all been? It's been a crazy few weeks and I can't believe it's nearly halfway through May already. What the heck?!! The husband and I are off to Japan in October (SQUEEEE!) so in preparation we're doing Japanese classes which is giving the old noggin' a good workout. I started yoga classes too which I'm really enjoying and I"m trying to be more active especially as we're heading into Winter and all I want to do is vege out. I also got the AMAZING opportunity to have lunch at The Fat Duck Melbourne last week and flew down just for the day so it's been a little exhausting!

I have a very simple stamped mani today that I did a little while ago. I used 3 coats of Models Own HyperGel Pink Veneer and stamped different designs from Nailz Craze plate NC 04 using China Glaze Millennium.

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I love the Nailz Craze plates and I really wish Natalie would release more designs! They stamp so well and the designs are so cute. Who doesn't love a bit of bling right? Thanks for looking!

Easter manicure

Happy Easter everyone! I haven't been in the mood for nails or blogging lately and I finally feel like getting back in to it so I'm back today with my Easter mani. The best thing about Easter manis is the excuse to break out the pastels! Not that one really needs any excuse for them haha. I'm pretty happy with how my nails turned out so I think I've got my mojo back!

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Here's what I used:

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Thumbs: I used 2 coats of Orly Snowcone as my base. For the grass I applied thin stripes of China Glaze Entourage and Nail Star two way nail art pen & brush in Green and created clouds using Cult Nails Tempest and a medium dotting tool. I finished it off by adding butterfly and dragonfly fimo.

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Index finger: I used 3 coats of Models Own Speckled Eggs Dove which was a birthday present from my lovely friend Aysh. It's such a great pink and speckled polishes are so darn cute! 

Middle finger: I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest and freehanded the carrots using Bloom Bettina I and Kester Black Peach Melba*. For the leaves I used Revlon Parfumerie Lime Basil.

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Ring finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Cult Nails Tempest for the polka dots.

Pinky: I used 2 coats of Barry M Gelly and made a decal using bunny design from Bundle Monster plate BM-H10 using Konad Special Polish in white and filled in the ears using Kester Black Lilac and the eye with Cult Nails Nevermore

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I hope you're all having a lovely Easter! What are you all up to this long weekend?  I've done nothing but eat so far haha.  Thanks for looking as always!

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.

Moyou London candy cane manicure

A super quick post with my first Christmas mani for the year! I hauled quite a few Moyou London plates recently and I've been wanting to try them out properly and the Festive collection plates are perfect for this time of year.

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I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest on all fingers except for my ring finger which I used 2 coats of China Glaze Ruby Deer. I then stamped the full candy cane design from Moyou London Festive collection plate 03 using Konad Special polish in white over the red accent nail and used my new Mundo de Unas stamping polish in red over the white nails. I didn't tape my nails off before stamping the red so it left my skin looking rather pink argh! I topped it all off with a coat of essence glitter topcoat for some very subtle shimmer.

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I am loving my Moyou London plates and Mundo de Unas stamping polishes and I'm trying to resist the urge to buy more plates as a present to myself! But it is waaaaaay too tempting when the designs are so awesome.. Are you rocking Christmas nails at the moment? Are there any Christmas designs you want to see?

Thanks for looking as always!

China Glaze Surprise collection giveaway winner!

What a long week. How can it seriously be August already? Anyway, a quick post to announce the winner from week 2 of my belated 4th blogiversary giveaways! Thank you to everyone that entered! The winner of the China Glaze Surprise collection is:

Sharon S!

Congratulations! I've emailed you and please make sure to contact me in the next 48 hours or I'll have to redraw the winner..

If you didn't win this time not to worry! There's still a few hours left of my nail art book giveaway ;)

Belated 4th blogiversary giveaway week 2: China Glaze Surprise collection!

GIVEAWAY NOW CLOSED!

Thank you for entering!

Winner will be announced shortly

Nothing says celebration like glitter so this week for my belated 4th blogiversary celebrations I am giving away the China Glaze Surprise collection glitters!! One person will score the entire collection which consists of I'm a Go Glitter, Don't Be a Flake, Shine-manigans, Glimmer-More, Create a Spark and Glitter Up. These large chunky glitters are pretty darn awesome and I would love to keep them for myself but I won't!

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How to enter:
- simply enter via the Rafflecopter widget thingy below. I much prefer doing things the old school way but it's time to update! Lets hope I use it correctly lol.

T&Cs apply:
- open internationally!
- must be over 18 years of age to enter 
- ends 27th July 2014

GOOD LUCK!

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Drippy ice cream nails

My eczema and contact dermatitis have been playing up so badly this winter that I've had to sport naked nails most of the time since coming home from warm Europe and HK unfortunately. But naked nails make for a sad 'chelle so I had to brave some nail art! I've been following a heap of celeb nail artists on Instagram and one of my faves is Steph Stone Nails and I couldn't go past her adorable summer drippy ice cream nails. I absolutely LOVE drippy nails and I've done them quite a few times but it was time for a proper ice cream looking mani! I followed her tutorial to create them but my version doesn't look anywhere near as polished obviously. Please excuse my terribly haggard looking hands and cuticles!

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I started off with 2 coats of Kester Black Butter Cream* as my base for all nails except my accent nails where I used 3 coats of Etude House Dear My Party Nails PPK001 and added criss cross lines using Hello Darling Say No To Cameltoe using a striper brush. For the ice cream drips I decided to go colourful and I used Kester Black Fairy Floss* for my pinky, Hello Darling Ganache for my middle fingers and Cult Nails Tempest for my index fingers.

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For my thumbs I used Hello Darling Mint Slice* for the ice cream drip and I used a large dotting tool and OPI Big Apple Red* to create the cherries. For the sprinkles I used China Glaze Tart-y for the Party, Keep Calm, Paint On and Life is Rosy and Models Own nail art pens in yellow and blue.

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I love a bit of summer during winter and who doesn't enjoy ice cream in the cooler months?!! What do you think? Thanks for looking as always!

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.

Europe and HK hauls!

HELLOOOOOOOO everyone!! I am back home and it feels weird after being away for a month. I just want to continue honeymooning! It is nice to not live out of a suitcase but the worst thing about returning home is all the unpacking and laundry that needs to be done! URGH. We had an amazing time and I'll try to post some pics later but for now I have some of my hauls for you! We didn't really do too much shopping as we spent most of our time eating, sightseeing and doing more eating but I did buy a few polishes (of course!) and 2 big ticket items in Paris =D

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Birthday manicure

Soooooo I am officially another year older! Not sure if I'm really wiser though haha. I got spoiled by the hubby this weekend and had a lovely lunch in the mountains and basically spent most of the time eating! I did a simple birthday mani because I had no idea what I wanted but had to have some gold glitter in the mix!

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What I used:

Pinky: 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest and added bunting using Bundle Monster BM-H19 using China Glaze Passion.

Ring finger: I used 2 coats of Kester Black Fairy Floss* and created the chevrons using Nail Vinyls and Face of Australia Midnight Fireworks*.

Middle finger: I used 1 coat of Face of Australia Calypso Gold* and 2 coats of Models Own Gold Finger.

Index finger: I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest and sponged Kester Black Fairy Floss* to the tip for a subtle fade.

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Thumb: I used 2 coats of Kester Black Fairy Floss* and stamped balloon design from Bundle Monster BM-H20 using China Glaze Passion.

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I have a love hate relationship with birthdays - I love the fun aspect of them but the whole growing older thing not so much haha. What do you guys get up to on your birthdays?

I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Thanks for looking as always =)

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.

Pineapple manicure

Hello ladies! It is absolutely STINKING hot in Sydney at the moment - up to 38° in some parts of Sydney! So what better time to do some tropical fruit nail art! You know how much I love my fruit manicures ;) I decided on pineapples because this is the perfect weather for it and because I wanted to try out the cute design from Trophy Wife Nail Art. I seriously love Chelsea Bagan's work!

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I used 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y for the Party from the Avant Garden collection as a base for all nails. I then used Colour Theory Pineapple Express to freehand the body of the pineapple - the shade is SO well named I think! I used Kiss nail art striper in black to outline the pineapple and add the helixes and finished it off by using essence colour & go in the green & the grunge for the crown.

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I haven't been able to polish my nails lately because my eczema has flared up really badly making removing polish a nightmare. You can see in the above pic I have a bad patch on my ring finger and my skin is just so dry and yuck X( It's just taking forever to clear up even though I've been hitting it with everything!! Doh!

I hope you guys are all doing well! What do you think of this fruity mani? Thanks for looking as always!

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.

Halloween drip manicure

I've been so uninspired lately. October is usually a great month because there's pink and Halloween manis to do but I haven't been in the mood to try out anything doh. I did manage to do a quick Halloween drip mani the other day though which I always love doing and always work!!

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For my pinky I used 2 coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Concrete Jungle and dripped essence You've Got the Art; for my ring finger I used 1 coat of Kester Black Cherry Pie* and Cult Nails Nevermore for the drips; for my middle finger I used 2 coats of China Glaze Roguish Red and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky for the drips and for my index finger I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors Mint Apple and China Glaze Grape Pop for the drips.

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For my thumb I used 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow and Kester Black Cherry Pie* for the drips. I think my fave colour combo is my pinky as it looks like slime!

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What do you do when you're uninspired? I hate being in a rut and it seems to always happen!

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.


May/June 2013 hauls

Helloooooo! I thought I'd share my hauls for May and June with you all. I wasn't really been able to haul much in recent months due to my wedding but now I can do some hauling again yaaaaaaay =D I hauled mainly polish (what else seriously?!) of course!

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China Glaze + pastels = MAJOR LEMMING so of course I had to get the Avant Garden Blooming Brights and Pastel Petals collections!! I love China Glaze pastels and these are just perfect.

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I couldn't go past the gorgeous glitters and cremes in the Cult Nails Dance All Night collection and picked it up in the preorder sale and received a Wax That top coat free. I also picked up Nevermore which I've been wanting to get for ages and also Happy Ending as it was on sale hehe. I realised that I haven't purchased any Cult Nail polishes in 2 years!

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I love the look of black and white glitters but hadn't added any to my stash yet so I picked up this cheap as chips glitter set from Models Prefer.

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I've been stalking every Chemist Warehouse store near me and at work for sooooooooooooo long now for the W7 Sprinkles polishes and I FINALLY found them! Well I found 2 - Mosaic and Lava Flow - so I'm still on the hunt for Salt n Pepper. I have no idea why they're so hard to find!

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A Pro Nail haul! I picked up China Glaze Texture Bump & Ground in May when I picked up the Avant Garden collections and then Color Club Almost Famous and OPI The Impossible when I went last week with Anita and Ange.

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I love the white striper from the Kiss nail artist paint & stencil kit (you can read my full review of it here) and I've been needing another one but it's been so hard to find! I finally found it at Big W and on sale too woot.

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I've been getting facials from Ella Rouge for the last few months and my beauty therapist recommended the HydroPeptide Anti-Wrinkle Dark Circle Concentrate. I've been on the hunt for a new eye cream and they had a 20% off sale so I decided to try it out. I haven't used it just yet as I'm finishing my Kiehl's one!

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Hope you liked seeing my hauls for May and June! Thanks for looking as always =)

Purple dots and hearts manicure

So clearly I am sooooo imaginative when it comes to post titles - NOT! I’ve been wanting to try out a gorgeous purple glitter I received from Scandal Cosmetics but didn’t want the hassle of glitter removal so I used it in a purple skittles mani. Unfortunately I didn’t realise until after I’d taken all my photos and removed my mani that I had filed my ring finger nail ridiculously crooked so my mani looks weird =S

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What I used:

Pinky: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base. I did a glitter gradient using Scandal Cosmetics Heart lacquer in 47 Silver Holic* and Essie Set in Stone.

Ring finger: I used 1 coat of Scandal Blackline in 5804 Modern Black* and stamped dots using China Glaze Harmony.

Middle finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base and 2 coats of Scandal Cosmetics Heart lacquer in 63 Purple Dia. Purple Dia contains large silver hex glitter and smaller silver glitter in a medium purple base. I love it layered over Tart-y to the Party!

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Index finger: I used 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow and added a heart rhinestone from their stone set*.

Thumb: 2 coats of China Glaze Tart-y to the Party as my base and I stamped dots using China Glaze Millenium.

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The stone set contains a great mix of shades and sizes of rhinestones - there’s hearts (my fave!), teardrops, stars and ovals. I have other rhinestone sets and they don’t come with as much variety.

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Details: Scandal Heart nail lacquers are available from Scandal Cosmetics online store for $4, Blackline lacquers are available for $5.50 and the stone set is $6.

Thanks for looking as always!

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.

Pink glitter and bows manicure

Hi ladies! I have some quick girlie nail art for you today. Whenever I don’t get time to do nail art I always opt for a glitter gradient – quick and easy! My photos are all over the shop at the moment unfortunately as I’m still trying to figure out the best lighting situation so please bear with me =) I also have another exclusive offer for you from >Scandal Cosmetics so please keep reading!

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I used 2 coats of Scandal Shine polish in 11 Pearl Pink* which looks like an unassuming pale pink with microshimmer in the bottle. Then bam! On the nail, it’s a gorgeous delicate pale pink with fine gold, red and green microshimmer. I’ll do a proper swatch of it once I get my lighting up and running! I then used China Glaze Medallion for the glitter gradient and added a cute bow nail part*. Topped it all off with Scandal Heart lacquer top coat.

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Details: Scandal Shine polishes and nail parts are $6 and are available from Scandal Cosmetics online store.

This week’s offer! Use code "shinepolish" for $12 off your order. Valid from Monday 20th May - Sunday 26th May 2013.

Thanks for looking as always and happy shopping!!

* Product(s) provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here

December and Xmas haul!

Soooooo I've kind of been doing a bit of hauling over the last month and a bit Xp I was relatively good on my spending ban for most of the year but I treated myself to a few things at Christmas hehe. The temptation for Christmas and LE collections was just too much! I also received some awesome gifts too yay! The majority of my haul was nail polish (of course) and in about 1 month I bought about 6months worth of products HAHA. FAIL. Here we go!

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HARE POLISHES!!!!! *squeal* I lusted after The First collection for SOOOOOOOOO long and when Nikole reformulated them I knew I had to get my hands on them! They are so gorgeous. I also picked up 2 from The Finders Keepers colleciton. There was a little mix up with my order and my polishes were accidentally sent to Mich from The Polish Well but she very kindly sent them on to me and also included a bottle of her franken Sloth for me too which was so sweet! Thank you Mich again =D

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Skulls and studs manicure

Happy New Year everyone!!! Can you believe it's 2013 already??? OMG! I hope you all had a fabulous Xmas and NYE =) The last few weeks have been absolutely mad hence the lack of posts but I've finally got a new post for you today. I recently hauled some indie items which included a few products from Vivid Lacquer. I was excited to get my hands on the stamping plate VL 001 which has a full skull image (so I can do manis for my skull loving friends Anita and Ange!) and other cute designs too. This mani doubled as my NYE mani as I didn't get time to do my nails doh!

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What I used:

Thumb: I used 2 coats of OPI Glitzerland and Konad Special polish in black to stamp.

Index: I used 2 coats of Ulta 3 Black Satin and Konad Special polish in white to stamp.

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Middle finger: I used 2 coats of OPI Alpine Snow and added 2mm square gold studs down the centre.

Ring finger: I used 2 coats of Ulta 3 Black Satin and I used China Glaze Passion to stamp.

Pinky: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Midnight Kiss as my base and added 1.5mm black round studs for a studded framed nail.

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I treated myself to a new DSLR and macro lens for Xmas and I'm still getting used to it so my pics will be a bit all over the shop for the time being! Bear with me lol. I hope you're all having a fantastic start to the year! Thanks for looking as always =)

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