Suzi loves cowboys

Hi ladies~ It's really starting to get chilly here in Australia since we'll be entering out winter months soon. So what better way to wave that in than with a mug of hot chocolate! Or nail polish wise, a bottle of OPI Suzi loves cowboys. I started off with two coats of Suzi loves cowboys and they were two effortless coats. I really do love the prowide brush that OPI has, it makes application...

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More of the blues

Hello everyone~ I've been especially mood swingy the past couple of days, most probably due to the stress I've been undergoing. Which totally suits the mani I have to post today - a blue manicure! I alternated two coats of Orly Sweet peacock and Stone cold onto my nails. It's nothing much, but I quite liked it while it lasted. Once these three weeks of horror are over, plus more...

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Nail & cuticle care routine

Hi ladies~ :) I have been getting questions about how I take care of my nail and cuticle so I thought this post would be helpful and answer some questions. I just want to start off by saying that my nails are in no way perfect (in fact, they're currently quite stained and I'm still trying to grow them out!); the only reason they happen to look nice in my photos is because of the following routine. 1....

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Faint of Heart's hidden element

Hi everyone~ Since starting my prac placements, I've been wearing boring, neutral shades. Or...that's what I thought. When I grabbed Orly Faint of heart out to wear a couple of days ago, I thought it was just a plain, neutral crème totally suitable for work. Well, I was right about the work appropriate part. Not so much the boring bit though. As I was applying this in the sun (which...

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Swatches and review: China Glaze Crackle Glitter (part 2)

Hello hello~ After posting Part 1 of the Crackle Glitter collection yesterday, here is Part 2. I've already covered the basics about the formula in my previous post so I'll just get right into here! Jade-D is a lovely lime-green crackle glitter, which leans to more to the yellow side. I layered this over two coats of Rimmel Grey matter. Luminous lavender is a light lavender...

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Swatches and review: China Glaze Crackle Glitter (part 1)

Hi everyone~Today I have two of the polishes from the China Glaze Crackle Glitter collection. Whilst many bloggers are starting to get over the crackle phase (me included!) I was quite curious with this collection. I mean, there's glitter! And wow, it's supposed to crack too? That's enough to have me hooked and curious :P The formula on the whole was quite nice to work with. It wasn't thick...

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Interlocking suedes

Hi ladies~ I saw this the interlock nail art over at Nail Polish Wars agessssssssssss ago and finally decided to try it out. Because I'm lazy, I went with suede polishes - love their fast drying time ♥ I started off with two coats of OPI Russian navy suede and Lincoln park after dark suede, alternating the base colour for each nail. I then went back and free handed the tip half of...

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Blue and yellow stripes...like the minions?

Hi everyone~Last night I attended my friend's birthday party and the theme he had was blue and yellow. So not only did I get to wear my pretty blue summer dress, I also did up my nails to match the theme. I decided to go with some stripes, since I haven't done them in awhile and took inspiration from Nailside, who does heaps of amazing nail art. I used Ulta3 spring blossom as the base...

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You need this glitter in your life ♥

Hi everyone~! Sorry for not posting as regularly now, I really do think I've lost my inspiration to blog :( My nails haven't been all that interesting lately as well - I've just been sporting plain manis *shockhorror* Hopefully some sort of nail art inspiration will hit me soon! Anyway, here's a mani I wore awhile ago. I've been putting off wearing  The Face Shop BL801 since I was...

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Easter pastels

Hello everyone~ Hope you've all had a Happy Easter and enjoyed your break :) I decided to go with some pastel skittles for the weekend, although can anyone tell me why we always associate pastels with Easter? :P Pinky: Two coats of Australis Peek-a-boo Ring: Three coats of China Glaze Re-fresh mint Middle: Two coats of China Glaze Light as air Index: Three coats of Ulta3 spring blossom Thumb...

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Going dotty!

Hi everyone~ I feeling I've really hit the blogging rut - I have quite a few photos of manis I've worn over the past few weeks, but absolutely no inspiration to post about them. Hopefully this passes over soon, since I'm more than happy to continue polishing my nails :) For this mani, I started off with two coats of Color Club Wild orchid, one of my first purchases from this brand. And then, because...

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Swatches & review: OPI New York City Ballet collection

Hello hello~ Today I have three of the nail polishes from OPI's New York City Ballet collection to show you all :) This collection consists of 5 soft shades which are sheer and probably aren't meant to be worn opaque. The last polish is a fantastic glitter, which I will talk about more below. I found Care to danse? and My pointe exactly to be streaky on the first two coats, but...

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Another skittle mani :)

Hey everyone! Does any else love skittle manis as much as I do? :P I wore this awhile ago, around the time I posted about the blue skittle mani. And looking at it now, I want to wear another one! Awesome, I have a new manicure idea :D Anyways, here are the polishes I used: Pinky & index: Two coats of Ulta3 Royal fever Ring & thumb: Two coats of China Glaze IDK Middle: Two coats of Zoya Dannii with...

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