Cosmetic Cupcake

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!


Here's what I used:


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.


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.


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. 


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.

Another day another Christmas mani! This time with a little freehand nail art featuring everyone's favourite red nosed reindeer. For the snowflake nails I used 2 coats of one of my favourite blues Hello Darling Wading Pool (swatched here) and stamped full snowflake design from Moyou London Festive Collection plate 03 using Konad Special polish in white.

For the reindeers I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest as my base and painted a semi circle for the reindeer head using Essie Hot Coco. I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps for the nose and Cult Nails Tempest for the eyes and Kiss nail art striper in black for the eyes, antlers and outline. Topped it all off with a coat of top coat!




Only a week and a bit left til Christmas eek! What are you wearing on your nails at the moment?

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.


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.


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!

It's cold and rainy in Sydney tonight which is the ideal weather for a lazy night in on the couch. It's also the weather for a sweater manicure! I haven't polished my nails in like 3 weeks and when I don't have time I like to do a tried and tested mani and the cheats way is to stamp. I did this exact same combo when I first hauled my Nailz Craze plates but I never posted it on my blog so it was time to recreate the mani!


I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Tempest as my base and stamped sweater design from Nailz Craze plate NC03 using Scratchers Iron Red stamping polish. I decided to mattify it and and covered it all in a coat of Essie Matte About You. It's by far my favourite matte topcoat but my bottle is soooooooo old I had to I had to add a few drops of Seche Restore to it haha. I think it's about time for a new bottle oops!




I hope you're all having a fab weekend so far! Thanks for looking as always and don't forget to enter my last belated 4th blogiversary giveaway here!

When I'm in a nail art rut Japanese nail magazines always give me that nail boost I need. I haven't bought many nail mags this year actually so I made a trip to Kinokuniya last week to stock up on some mags. Kino has cut back on the number of nail mags they stock which is so disappointing - they didn't even have Nail Up! which is one of my favourites! I still managed to pick up 3 though phew.


I saw this adorable cherry mani in S Cawaii! (which I've never bought before actually) and knew I had to recreate it. I love doing bright summery manis during winter and this is super cute and fun!! Plus it's a fruit mani and you know I adore those! ♥


What I used:


Pinky and index: I used 2 coats of Barry M Gelly nail effects Grapefruit and added a small gold bead to the bottom centre of my nails.

Ring fingers: I used 3 coats of OPI GoldenEye.

Middle and thumbs: I used 2 coats of Essie Where's My Chauffeur? as my base. To create the cherries I used a dotting dipped in Barry M Gelly nail effect Grapefruit and a small brush to paint the stems using Ulta 3 chocolate cake and for the leaves I used Barry M nail paint Mint Green before adding detail to the cherries using Cult Nails Tempest.

I should have chosen a brighter green because you can't really see the leaves unfortunately but oh well!


My NOTDs will be a bit varied at the moment because I've resorted to using flash because I just can't take pics during the day. The hubby bought me a lightbox a little while ago but I haven't worked out my lighting for it yet. Hurry up and come back summer with your beautiful long days and bright light!

What do you think? Did I do the original mani justice? Thanks for looking as always!

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!


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.


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




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.

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!!


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.


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!



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.

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!


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.


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!


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.


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!


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.


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.


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!


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

You may know that I am slightly obsessed with fruit nails which is ironic because I never eat enough fruit haha xp Today I have watermelon nails for you! Fruit manicures just scream Spring/Summer to me and I really wish we weren't heading in to Winter right now.


It was way too sunny when I took my photos so there's crazy reflection sorry =S


I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Devious Nature (fully swatched here) as a bright pink base for the watermelon flesh. For the rind I used 2 coats of Essence check me out to freehand the tips and Nail Star Two-Way pen & brush in green for the small stripes.

I added smile lines using Kiss Nail Art Paint striper in white and silver glitter and Kiss Nail Art Paint striper in black using a small nail art brush for the seeds.






Thanks for looking as always! Don't forget to enter my 2nd birthday giveaway here!

A super quick swatch post for you tonight! I have for you the gorgeous Cult Nails Devious Nature. My swatches aren't the best unfortunately as I did my nails very quickly the other night xp


Devious Nature is a straight up gorgeous hot pink creme. You guys know I love pinks and this is definitely no exception! It is slightly darker that what is pictured in my pics as it has some berry tones in it. I think Teacup described it nicely on twitter the other night as a "grown up barbie pink". It applied like a dream and dried very quickly. 2 coats is pictured.

Close up:



Details: Cult Nails polishes can be purchased from the Cult Nails online store for $10US.

Thanks for looking ladies! Aussie ladies don't forget to enter my Vaseline Aloe Fresh Lotion with SPF 15 giveaway here!

Hi ladies! The last few days I've been very nail art uninspired so I was stumped how to do my nails this weekend. When in doubt I go for something girlie using my two favourite colours purple and pink! Here's the quick mani I came up with.


What I used:


Pinky: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Encouragement as a base. I then used Kiss Nail art Paint striper in white to draw stripes.

Ring finger: I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Devious Nature as a base. I then stamped full heart design from Konad plate m83 using Konad Special Polish in white and added 1 coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust.

Middle finger: I used 2 coats of China Glaze Encouragement as a base. I then added a heart nail sticker I purchased from Hong Kong to the base of the nail and added a thin french tip using Kiss Nail art Paint striper in silver glitter.

Index finger: I used 2 coats of my favourite purple creme China Glaze Grape Pop as a base. I then stamped full dots design from Konad plate m79 using China Glaze Millenium.

Thumb: I used 2 coats of Cult Nails Devious Nature and 1 coat of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure as a base. I then added a heart pearl/rhinestone nail sticker that came as a freebie with one of the nail magazines I picked up earlier this year.


Close up of the cute heart pearl and rhinestone sticker:


I hope you've all had a lovely weekend! I had to work on Saturday (which SUCKED) but yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting up with some gorgeous Sydney blogger ladies for a nail shopping trip and lunch which was so much fun! It made my weekend =) On another note, I'm currently doing the Schkinny Maninny fruit and vegetable detox for the next 3 days and so far it's been alright. I am just craving food SO BADLY!!! I'm pretty darn tired at the moment too doh. I'll be doing a full review of the cleanse soon ;)

Thanks for looking as always! Don't forget to enter my Apothica $50 giftcard giveaway here!