Cosmetic Cupcake

Hellooooooooo everyone! Hope you all had a fab Christmas! What did you all get up to? I had a super quiet one this year. The hubby and I spent time with our families and then all we've done since then is mainly eat! Sooooo bad. I've had a few days off work so I took the chance to catch up on some blogging. Today I have swatches from the December 2014 Aussie Christmas What's In-die Box? featuring Glam Polish, Glittering Elements, Lilypad Lacquer, Peita's Polish and McKfresh Nail Attire lacquers. I was sent last years What's In-die Box Christmas box and I really enjoyed it so I thought I'd treat myself to this years December box. I haven't hauled polish in a while so I was excited for the box to arrive!


If you haven't heard of What's In-die Box?, it's a monthly nail polish box that contains 5 exclusive Aussie indie shades with a different theme for each month. The inspiration for this months box was an Aussie Christmas and I think the box pretty accurately reflects the theme!

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To see the shades in the December box keep reading after the jump!

Helloooooooooo everyone!! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!! What did you guys get up to? We celebrated Christmas early with my in-laws and then spent Christmas Day with my family and basically I've done not much but just eat and eat and EAT xp I feel like a beached whale haha! It was so nice to just relax and spend some time with the hubby enjoying our first Christmas as a married couple so I pretty much neglected all emails and the blog and even my nails oops. I only did 2 Xmas manis doh! But today I have my swatches and review of some very Christmas-y polishes from the December 2013 What's In-Die box.


So What's In-die Box? It's Australia's first indie nail polish box and it's coordinated by Peita from Peita's Polish. Each month you receive a themed box of 5 indie polishes from 5 different Aussie indie makers and each month the theme changes. December's theme was "The Festive Season" and full of sparkly goodness! The polishes came very carefully wrapped and included a lovely Xmas card, some candy canes and also some pink jelly beans. A very thoughtful touch!


To see the shades in the box keep reading after the jump!

ARGH it feels like ages since I last posted!! I have so much to show you guys but I have writer's block - I've prepped all these photos for posts but the words that go with them just aren't coming to me! DOH. Today I have some quick swatches of Lynnderella Ruby Passion which is another gorgeous glitter from the Talismans and Birthstones collection.


Ruby Passion (July) is made up of different sized square, hex, diamond and round magenta, red, purple and rose glitters in a pink-shimmered clear base.


Because there are quite a few larger sized glitters in it I was pleasantly surprised at how well it applied. Coverage was good and the glitters applied evenly on the nail. I love the colours in Ruby Passion and I think I'll use it over a lighter base next time - like a white or pink creme so the glitters stand out more. I used 2 coats over 2 coats of Kester Black Poppy.


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Details: Lynnderella polishes can be purchased from Glitter Connect for $24.95 for Aussie ladies (make sure you check out the Glitter Connect Facebook page for the latest Lynnderella updates!), Lynnderella.com for US ladies and Norway Nails for European ladies.


You can check out my other Lynnderella swatches here.Thanks for looking as always! =)

The products featured in this post were 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.

Hi ladies! Can you believe the weekend is over already?! 2 days off is never enough! I thought I'd start the week off with some glitter because glitter instantly makes things better xp If you've been reading my blog for awhile now you'll know how much I absolutely adore Lynnderella polishes!! I was kindly sent some new Lynnderella's to try out recently and I'll be sharing my swatches with you over the coming weeks! Today I have Aquamarine Calm for you from the Talismans and Birthstones collection =)


Aquamarine Calm contains a mix of light cyan hex, diamond and square glitters with a smattering of holographic silver star and half moon glitter in a turquoise shimmer base.


Isn't it just gorgeous!! I love the different sized glitters in the shimmer base and I'm just a sucker for cyan/turquoise/teal glitters lol. I found it a bit difficult to get the half moons and stars onto the nail but overall it applied pretty well. I used 2 coats of Aquamarine Calm over 2 coats of Kester Black Blueberry Tart topped with Seche Vite.


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Details: Lynnderella polishes can be purchased from Glitter Connect for $24.95 for Aussie ladies (make sure you check out the Glitter Connect Facebook page for the latest Lynnderella updates!), Lynnderella.com for US ladies and Norway Nails for European ladies.


More swatches soon! You can check out my other Lynnderella swatches here. Thanks for looking as always!!

The products featured in this post were 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.

Today I have my swatches and review of some beautiful glitter polishes from Shimmer Polish! You all know I ADORE glitters so when Cindy got in touch offering to send me some polishes of course I couldn't say no. The polishes are gorgeous so I couldn't resist posting quite a few pics so be warned this post is PIC HEAVY.

Hi ladies! Just some quick swatches today of the original a-england Holy Grail which I hauled a little while ago. I saw lovely Sam's re-swatch of it and I just had to get it!! It is a STUNNING gold but unfortunately I don't think it works with my skintone. Nonetheless I shall be rocking it anyway because that's just how I roll HAHA. There's a new version of Holy Grail out now and I think I might need that too..


Holy Grail is a beautiful warm gold with bronze shimmer through it. Just beautiful! Application was a breeze and the brush was fantastic to use. 2 coats is pictured


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Details: You can rab this version of Holy Grail for a limited time for £5 with free shipping! You can purchase a-england polishes from a-england.co.uk.

This is my second a-england polish and I seriously need more in my collection! Have you tried any of Adina's lovely polishes? Thanks for looking as always!