Covergirl Outlast Nail Polish - Out Of The Blue

So i'm literally meant to be running out the door to meet a friend for dinner, but I had to share the swatch of the polish first... If you saw my previous Manicure Monday I talked about the new Covergirl Outlast Nail Polishes I bought this week that have only just been released in Australia.

I finally put Out Of The Blue on and it's everything I wanted it to be and more, it applies like a dream... a sweet sweet dream.

The colour, just see for yourself.

Ignore my little broken nail (always happens to the swatching hand!).

Let me tell you the Mint Mojito polish held up 5 strong days, I wasn't delicate either with tonnes of filing being done at work, washing up the dishes without gloves & all topless (no not like that, no topcoat!).

Again I went with no topcoat and it dried quickly and retains the shine... I am officially obsessed.

So i'm now off to gorge myself on some German Food (Pretzels & Pork Knuckles come at me!).

You can purchase the Covergirl Outlast Nail Polishes at all the regular Covergirl stockists and they'll set you back RRP $6.95AUD (there are a heap of discounts on them this week because their new so have a look around for those.)

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Manicure Monday - OPI Just Spotted The Lizard

Sorry for the lack of manicure monday last week guys, I was off seeing Fall Out Boy and totally forgot...then the week slipped by me (insert lame excuses here).

HOWEVER! I have a doozy for you today, this is one of those polishes I purchased due to the hype of it being a dupe for Chanel Peridot and honestly when I bought this I threw into my helmer and have never worn it. I don't even know why I picked it this week... being easter I was actually leaning towards a light blue and this is completely different.

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard is a green/yellow/gold duochrome so it flecks a different colour depending on the light, hand position etc. This baby is a bit of a confidence booster too because I have had so many compliments and comments wearing this polish!

Wear time has been phenomenal! I painted this on my fingers on Thursday night and just took the swatch photo today (Monday!). I do find though any metallic finish polish always last longer on my digits.

OPI can be purchased in Australia from David Jones, Myer & Adore Beauty for a RRP $19.95AUD. This shade is from the Spiderman collection but can still be sourced.

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Manicure Monday - Face of Australia Ocean Villa

I've been craving bright blue nails all week, I have no idea why but i'm strange like that.

I haven't picked up this Face Of Australia nail colour in Ocean Villa for awhile and it is the most beautiful bright almost cobalt blue, and guess what? It's now part of Face of Australias permanent range! The bottle is in the normal FOA nail polish bottles, my version is from the Luxe collection.

I could have left it with just this gorgeous colour but I decided to add a bit of sparkle to my ring finger on each hand and for this I used OPI Last Friday Night from the Katy Perry collection. It doesn't really show up because I only did a very light coat but oh well it's a tiny bit of sparkle :).

OPI retails for $19.95AUD in Australia and this colour is still available to purchase from Adore Beauty.

Face of Australia is available at department stores and Priceline and nail polish retails for $6.95AUD you can also purchase these online from Fashion Addict & Makeup Express.

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Manicure Monday - Neutral Neon (Soundwave 2013 Edition!)

Yesterday was one of my favourite days of the year, Soundwave! Soundwave is a music festival I attend around this time every year. It's my favourite music festival to attend and I've been going for the past 5 or so years. I won't go into any detail because I have a blog post coming up about that with pictures from the day and my FOTD, OOTD etc etc.

Onto the nails! I wanted to go with something fun and bright so I knew it had to be fluro! I ended up deciding on a base of OPI Samoan Sand with a pop of Orly Glowstick. For this look I just freehanded and it looks "rustic" (my way of saying messy).

This look can really be achieved with a variety of colours and is quite easy, even if you aren't good at nail art (ahem! poster child for not great nail art right here).

Product Disclosure: Both polishes were bought by me

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Manicure Monday - Australis Space Jam

This is totally my dads influence, he is a total astronomy nerd but I love all things nebula/space print. Hence my logo and my love of my Black Milk Galaxy Tights even my background on my laptop is a seahorse nebula. 

So when I saw this new Australis nail polish in Space Jam had a nebula/galaxy/space feel to it, I knew I had to own it. 

I finally found it over the weekend for a total price of $7.95AUD (barrrrrrgain!).

In the bottle this is beautiful, a dark plummy base with tiny pink micro glitter and various sized blue circular and hexagonal glitters. I was so excited that I had to get it on my nails straight away.

First application of this I decided to just do 2 coats of the polish on it's own and since i'm all about honesty on my blog I have to say, this formula is shit. 2 coats of it made it clumpy & gluggy. It chipped on my nails almost instantly and the little glitters kept lifting and getting caught on things all day (even with the addition of a top coat). Just really terrible.

Not being one to give up on a polish and discard it right away, I took it off this afternoon (painful in itself, even the foil method was lost and I had to chip off the remaining larger pieces of glitter). I decided to try putting a base colour and just 1 coat of this polish on top and let me just say while it's still not a perfect formula it's vastly improved. 

Below is my redo of the nails with a base of Illamasqua Phallic (odd name but one of my favourite blue nail polishes). Scuse the messy application but I wanted to show the redo tonight :).

Australis Cosmetics are available from Kmart, Big W & Priceline and this particular polish has a RRP of $7.95AUD.

This product was purchased by me. kthxbai.

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Manicure Monday - Valentines Day Edition

I decided to try and use my dotting tool again, this time I wanted to create a simple and easy look for Valentines Day.

All you need to do is use the dotting tool (or bobby pin, toothpick, plastic fork...in joke right there) whatever you have on hand really. You need to create two dots side by side and then pull down to form the bottom of the heart.

To say I didn't struggle would be a complete and utter lie, I did my right hand 3 times to get it right and they both still aren't perfect. I will never be a nail art girl, let's face it!.

I used OPI You Red My Fortune Cookie for the heart feature & OPI Skull & Glossbones for the base colour on each nail. A little unconventional using a grey/greige but I think these colours work beautifully together and again i'm showcasing a couple of favourite shades from my polish collection.

Now for the result!

So not perfect but i'm happy with them. I actually stuffed up and put my top coat on a bit early on one hand and the result was what I like to call the bleeding heart effect, something you could actually do! I tidied it up but thought I would show it here anyway (crappy iphone photo, made better by me playing with my photo editing website lol!).

I hope everyone has a lovely Valentines Day, remember it's just another day really but the heart shit is kinda cute :)

<3

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Australis Nail Polish - #totesamaze & Rose Tattoo

At the moment I am having a secret love affair with Australis! Don't tell the fiancee okay :)

I've tried Australis nail polishes before and enjoyed them but I saw #totesamaze being talked about by Shaaanxo on YouTube and went searching, that's when I also found Rose Tattoo.

Australis Nail Colour in #TOTESAMAZE - RRP $7.95AUD

I think the name says it all really, this is a beautiful summery neon pink. My photo does not do this colour justice at all. This polish applied beautifully but honestly it's all about the colour. You need to go see this in person. I *think* this might be limited edition so make sure you get your manicured fingers on it ASAP!

Australis Nail Colour in Rose Tattoo - RRP $7.95AUD

I'll admit i've fallen hard into the rose gold bandwagon of late, and when I saw this polish was just that colour I was loving I had to have it for my collection, I don't have any other rose gold nail polishes so it was very welcomed.

Holy staying power! This polish lasted me days before it began to chip, and if we're being honest my polish usually chips after the first day of wear (being in admin can suck!).

When I first wore this I wasn't sure that it was really rose gold so I grabbed one of my rose gold accessories to put it up against, and well it is rose gold :)

Any new Australis products you've tried that I must have? Loving them as much as I am lately?

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Manicure Monday - OPI I Eat Mainely Lobster

This is a pretty boring Manicure Monday but I want to show you even my boring manicures. This is OPI I Eat Mainley Lobster. 

I don't even know why I reached for this colour, it's pretty... yes. Not one of my absolute favourites.

Pictures below, sorry not much writing for this one.. I'm pooped from work!

You can purchase OPI from Myer, David Jones & Adore Beauty for RRP $19.95AUD

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Manicure Monday - Glitter Gradient...again

It's no lie i'm a fan of the glitter gradient, sometimes you want a bit of sparkle but not an entire nail and thats when gradients are perfect.

This time i've gone a bit different from my normal gradient and worked it from the cuticle downwards...oooooooooooo

For this look I used OPI Samoan Sand and Essence The Huntsman (from the new Snow White & The Seven Dwarves collection). The Huntsman is absolutely beautiful, with different sized gold & bronze glitters and flakies which sometimes flash as green in different lighting. So beautiful! 

OPI Nail Polish retails for RRP $19.95AUD from various department stores and can also be purchased online from Adore Beauty.

Essence is available from Target & Priceline stores nationally. The Huntsman is a limited edition nail polish and retails for RRP $3.95AUD.

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Straya (Australia) Day and why I will never be a nail artist...

This will be short and sweet because it's 1am and i'm in bed, I also have an eye on Come Dine With Me. Do you know how much I love Come Dine With Me? no? well I do! 

So today is Australia Day.. HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY! 

I love the chance to theme my nails so I went with a green and gold (notice how the gold in green and gold is always yellow and never gold?). I also decided to try and use my dotting tool (DOTTING TOOOOOOOL!) which was an absolute failure as you'll see below! Thank god I only decided to do it on the accent nails... nail fail indeed.

I used Butter London Cheeky Chops for the yellow, love the name and love Butter London but this isn't my favourite of polish's but it was the yellow shade I was after for this particular mani. The green is Ulta 3 Tahitian Lime, really pretty and nice to work with but you need to do around 3 coats because it's quite sheer.

Again...nail fail ahead beware!

Wow...no words!

How is everyone spending their Australia Day? I have a family tradition of listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 and doing a bit of a competition based on how the songs we voted for went. I'm hoping to vlog this but knowing me i'll forget to film all day, you don't realise how often this happens!

Subject change over....Nothing to see here...Bye!

Butter London polished retail for RRP $22.00AUD and can be purchased online from Adore Beauty. Bit of a tip though, they regularly come up on the deal websites like OzSale, BrandsExclusive etc for around $10 a bottle.

Ulta3 retails for RRP $2.50AUD and can be purchased at selected pharmacies and there is also a small range stocked at Target.

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Manicure Monday - China Glaze It's A Trap-Eze & OPI What's With The Cattitude

Welcome to another Manicure Monday (on Tuesday...oops)

I wanted something a little fun on my nails this week so decided to finally use my China Glaze It's A Trap-Eze polish. This is a multi coloured glitter suspended in a milky white base...AH-MAYZING. I'd never used this before so wasn't sure if it would work on it's own, I think with 2 coats it would go pretty opaque but just to be certain I paired it with one of my favourite baby blues OPI What's With The Cattitude.

OPI is sold at David Jones, Myer & selected stores across Australia. You can also purchase OPI from Adore Beauty - RRP $19.95AUD. This colour is now discontinued but can be found on various e-tailers websites.

China Glaze is available from Crush Cosmetics for RRP $10.95AUD. It's A Trap-Eze isn't currently on the website and I do believe it is quite hard to find, so again e-tailers might be your best bet.

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Manicure Monday - OPI My Private Jet & Ulta3 Over The Rainbow

This is my manicure for this week, well it was until it failed miserably and chipped within a day... see evidence after the pretty pictures!

I decided I wanted to try out my new Ulta3 Over The Rainbow polish which is a multi coloured glitter which everyone and their dog has bought a version out of over the past few months. I only used 1 coat over 2 coats of OPI My Private Jet.

For Ulta3 you can pay anywhere between RRP $2-$3AUD and check out their facebook page to see a list of stockists.

OPI is available for RRP $19.95AUD from the usual stockists and online at Adore Beauty

Ulta3 Over The Rainbow - Is a densely packed multi sized, multi coloured glitter. These are becoming quite common amongst nail brands but I like this because you get great coverage with just 1 coat (as I used). The brush isn't the greatest but for around $2.50 a pop who would complain.

OPI My Private Jet - A favourite colour of Kim Kardashian, and mine. We do have something in common it seems! This gorgeous dark brownish grey has tiny silver flecks throughout and it's also slightly holographic. A strange combination but one of OPI's most stunning colours in my opinion. 

Of course as always the top coat used was my Seche Vite (which i'm running dangerously low on!).

Usually I find OPI My Private Jet is a well wearing polish but for some reason it went to chip city within 24 hours of application... disappointing :( See the results for yourself.. MEH! -

NYE Manicure feat. Models Own

Hi 2013!

The other night was New Years Eve and while I don't make a big deal of it anymore (i'm ollllllld!) I still like any excuse to get the glitters out :)

I decided to give my Models Own polishes a go, and I wouldn't have these if it wasn't for the amazing Chelle! She gave me the Aqua Violet shade and she organized a Models Own order before Christmas so I got the Mirror Ball Collection.

Models Own isn't available in Australia but you can purchase them online at http://www.modelsownit.com and the shipping is quite reasonable and not to mention quick!

For this look I did 2 coats of Models Own Aqua Violet and topped it off with 1 coat of Models Own Freak Out! The colour reflects in Aqua Violet were similar to the glitters in Freak Out! So I thought they made a good combo!

One thing I will mention is the glitter polish was a real pain in the ass to remove so the foil method was the only way I could get the glitter off and remain sane!

What nails did you rock on NYE?

Product Disclosure: Aqua Violet was gifted to me by my friend and I purchased Freak Out! with my own money.

Twas The Manicure Before Xmas

It's Christmas Eve!! I've spent the day dying in the heat, cleaning my house and watching A Nightmare Before Christmas. Now i'm heading out to our family Christmas Eve dinner (Italian side).

So I thought I'd better do my possibly last Christmas manicure of 2012. It's pretty simple just 2 coats of China Glaze Poinsettia with a glitter gradient of China Glaze Twinkle Lights (they came in a pack together in 2011).

Hope you enjoy and have a lovely Christmas!

Christmas Manicure - China Glaze Ruby Pumps

 Just a quick one today, with the festive season approaching my manicures are getting more and more Christmasy so I thought i'd show you guys what festive manicures i'm sporting this year.

First up is one of my favourite polishes of all time (BIG CALL!). Not only is it a gorgeous sparkly red colour for really anytime of the year but I also think it's the perfect Christmas red, it kind of looks like the red sparkly ornaments you might put all over your Christmas tree.

China Glaze Ruby Pumps was part of the Wizard of Oz collection from a few years back, but I believe it was so popular it's now a permanent shade. If your in Australia you can purchase it from Crush Cosmetics (i've sent the link directly to the page, you're welcome)and it will set you back $10.95AUD from there. 2 coats, dream application yadda yadda yadda... I freakin love it!

Enough talk, let's look at the prettiness!



Are your nails getting in the festive spirit? If you've done any rad Christmas manicures leave a comment, I'd love to check them out!



Product Disclosure: Purchased with my own moola, and I would buy it again..and again..and again

Manicure Monday - Innisfree Glitter!

Just a quick Manicure Monday post, this polish was gifted to me by my lovely friend Michelle. She recently went on a trip to Hong Kong and very kindly bought back a few pressies, including this amazing glitter....she knows me all too well!

Innisfree isn't a polish brand i've ever heard of and they don't really name their polishes, this is just numbered 106. However it has the most amazing multi coloured glitter embedded in it with the main focus colour being orange. The application is amazing, you get a really good coverage of glitter over the nail. You could use this on it's own but I layered it over my favourite black Illamasqua Scorn. 

Nail Tutorial - Tie Dye Ombre Nails

This is an example of a mistake turned into something cool.

Wanting to try to ombre my nails in ages and finally finding a sponge to do it, I set about doing an awesome neon ombre look late one night and well, it didn't turn out as expected.

What I managed to get was more of a tie dyed effect on my nails, possibly due to the white base on my nails or the fact I didn't dampen the sponge as some ombre tutorials tell you to do.

The Ingredients 

The result

Check out my video below to see how to do the manicure yourself, it's super easy! If I can do it anyone can. If you enjoy my videos, please subscribe!

Nailin' It - Recent Nail Looks

This could be the blogger in me, but I obsessively take photos of my nails when I do them. I guess for the reason that I may eventually blog about them but I have so many un-blogged nail pictures I thought i'd start posting them.

These looks are fairly recent (oldest being 2 weeks ago in fact) but I will also dig through the archives that is my photo album on my iphone to bring you some historic nail looks i've sported.

Before I get into my nail pictures, you must see this amazing little contraption I purchased solely for the use of painting my nails. I was visiting my nan a few months ago and she had one which she uses for drawing, I borrowed it to paint my nails and was so impressed I had to find one myself.

Hello Stable Table! This isn't a regular Stable Table though, it's pimped out! It has a light and a cup holder, which I refer to as the nail polish holder! It generally holds 3-4 bottles of polish and the light is awesome for making sure your nail polish application isn't shit. This is a dodgy picture but it gives you an idea of what it looks like.

I got mine from Homeart and I believe it's on sale this week for $9.95!

(P.S. I am not endorsed by Homeart, in fact i'd never been to a Homeart store until I was told of this amazing table!)

My first nail look is a simple accent glittered nail, I wanted something subtle and pastel but a little bit fun so I used Essie Lilacism (RRP $18.95AUD) on all nails and put on China Glaze Dollhouse (RRP $10.95AUD) on the accent nail for a bit of bling.

The next mani is a gradient glittler mani, using one of my favourite polishes of all time OPI Lincoln Park After Dark - RRP $19.95AUD  with a splash of Nails Inc Bloomsbury Square - RRP $18.95AUD as the gradient. (sorry I don't know stockists in Australia yet so i've had to link to Beauty Bay.) A little tip for doing glitter gradient nails, wipe one side of the brush in the polish bottle and use that for the top part of the gradient, the other side of the brush with the most polish on it use that for the tip where you want the most polish to go.

As always my topcoat of choice is Seche Vite (RRP $14.95AUD)

Here is a little preview of a nail look i'm going to be attempting to do a video tutorial of this weekend. This is a mistake turned out cool in my opinion :) Stay tuned for Tie Dye Nails!! (I've mucked around with the picture a bit because it's only a sneak peek). Ignore the shitty clean up, this was just taken to show some friends before I tidied it up properly.

Disclosure Policy - All products were purchased by me, honesty as always!



REVIEW: Nails Inc. Special Effects Sprinkle Polish - Topping Lane

I'm slowly working my way through my Sydney International Beauty & Spa Expo haul! 

Today i'm going to show you one of the polishes I picked up from the Nails Inc. stand, Nails Inc. have been a brand on my radar for awhile now and I was super excited to find out they were going to be stocked in Australia! So when I heard they were at the Expo I knew i'd have to make a purchase.

It's pretty easy to see the inspiration behind this small collection from Nails Inc. 

Source - http://pinterest.com/labotteghilla/ via http://www.hawaiikawaii.net/2011/pink-frosting-cupcake-kawaii-cupcakes/

The Sprinkles collection contains 4 polishes but I only purchased the one that i'm going to show you, however! Being the nice blogger I am here are some great blogs that have swatches (much better then mine as well) of the full collection. Check out A Polish Addict & OMG! Polish Em!

I picked up the colour I thought most looked like a cupcake - Topping Lane, which also almost sounds like Penny Lane (my dogs name!)

It's basically a whole lotta pink, blue & silver sparkles suspended in a light candy pink polish. This is a 2 coat wonder and the sparkles spread around the nail evenly. With a topcoat on I didn't find it too gritty like some glitter polishes can be but I have read other peoples reviews that say otherwise. Each to their own I say!

Now be warned, being a glitter, and a dense glitter at that! This is quite a bitch to get off. I'd recommend the foil method to remove this little bugger.

I liked the colour, but I didn't love it. I know I love a polish when I can't stop looking at my nails for the days i'm wearing the polish and I didn't have that reaction with this one :(

Anyway have a looksie! Now i'm not sure where they are going to stock Nails Inc but I believe the RRP is going to be around $18.95AUD (which seems to be a stock standard for higher end polishes these days)

Geez I need a manicure something bad!

Full Disclosure - I purchased this polish myself at the Sydney International Spa & Beauty Expo

Neon Nails! with Orly Glowstick (Warning! You might need sunglasses)

Oh Hai!

I'm really loving the trend of little pops of neon at the moment, either a little neon accessory or a pop of neon colour in your makeup... That old trend of FULL ON NEON a few years ago was icky but this is kinda fun!

On Sunday I was lucky enough to attend the Sydney International Spa & Beauty Expo with my homies Chelle & Angela. I was unfortunately unlucky in my quest of finding a dotting tool but found lots of other goodies.

You can check out my haul video below, I haven't hauled like this in awhile and will need to go on a ban until IMATS at least :)

I've also been loving doing YouTube videos sick again, mainly because I finally got some decent lighting sorted, so i've been doing a few videos this week! Subscribe Here! I've got a few ideas up my sleeve, including my very first celebrity inspired tutorial...any guesses for who? I'll give you a hint it's one of my beauty/fashion icons! 

I should really get into what this post is all about, my crazy neon nails! I bought a few polishes at the expo but this is by far my favourite buy and the one I was most excited to try out. Sadly I had to wait until the weekend because I don't think these nails are too work appropriate.

The colour I purchased is from the new Orly collection called Feel The Vibe (I don't think this is actually available yet as it doesn't appear on the Orly Australia website). The range features 4 hot neon colours and a white shimmer & black shimmer (to be worn alone or layered under the polishes) The other colours were pretty, but nothing like the one I picked up "Glowstick" which is an obscene neon yellow....amazing!

Now I can't give this a completely glowing review... ha ha glowing! It was a bit of a pain to apply. Under the advice of Chelle I actually put a white underneath (Ulta3 Lily White) I did one coat of the white then tried to put 2 coats of Glowstick over that, it was a streaky mess so I tried again with 2 coats of white and 1 coat of Glowstick. Much Better! It's still a tad streaky but not overly noticeable.

WARNING.... YOU MIGHT NEED SUNGLASSES FOR THESE PICTURES!

Orly polishes RRP are $18.95AUD and you can check out stockists and order online on the Orly Australia website

Disclosure & Shizz - I was invited by Symbol PR to attend the Sydney International Spa & Beauty Expo as media. All products mentioned in this post and the video were purchased by me with my own money and I'd better not buy any more for awhile!