Entering 2013 with a bang ♥

Hi ladies! Today is a busy day as I prepare a dish of food to bring to a friend's NYE party so this will be a quick one! I was initially at a loss as to what I should have on my nails to welcome in 2013. For the past two years, I saw to it that the new year was waved in with glitter manicures (see here & here) but I wanted something a little more this time around. Cue a holographic nail polish...

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Swatches and review: Orly High on Hope

Hi ladies! I have the most brilliant nail polish to share with you all today so I'll get right into it :) Orly's upcoming Hope and Freedom collection will be available early next year in Australia and the gorgeous High on hope happens to be a part of the release. From the press release photo, you don't see the super awesome multichrome shimmer swimming in a dark indigo blue base, but...

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Nautical nails!

Hey everyone! Here in Australia, it's currently summer so what better time than now to sport the nautical nail look! I was inspired by this design and it wasn't until I was finished that I thought I had rather American nails! ;) I used OPI Eurso Euro for the blue, China Glaze Poinsettia for the red and Ulta3 lily white for the white. For my accent nail, I used some gold and silver steel...

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Swatches and review: OPI Euro Centrale collection

Hello hello! I recently had the opportunity to try out some of the nail polishes from OPI's upcoming Euro Centrale collection, to be released in February 2013. Without further ado, here are my swatches and thoughts on four of my picks :) Here I have three thin coats of You're such a Budapest. At first glance, this looks like a simple blue toned purple but if you look closer, it's actually...

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A Christmas inspired nail art skittle

Hey everyone! Here's my possibly last Christmas manicure for 2012 - I was never one to be inspired by current holiday festivities for nail art anyway :P I do believe this is my most 'Christmassy' manicure to date, so I'm a little proud of it ;) Ulta3 recently posted some Christmas nail art looks on their facebook page and I took inspiration from there, adding my interpretation to the manicure. Pinky...

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Quick swatches: OPI Euro Centrale collection

Hi ladies! I'm really short on time at the moment so I just have quick swatches of these amazing nail polishes from OPI's Euro Centrale collection to be released next year. I'll have a more in depth post up soon but check out the swatches below for now! :) -EDIT- here is the link to my full swatch and review post :) From left to right: You're such a Budapest, Suzi's Hungary again, OPI Eurso...

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Press release: OPI Euro Centrale collection

No chit chat today, here's the press release information :) The New Voice of Fashion – Euro Centrale Where classic meets contemporary, OPI’s new Summer 2013 collection Euro Centrale, pays homage to the new trendy fashion hotspots in central Europe; Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania. Celebrating a region where history meets modern design, the collection boost a wide variety...

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An abstract Christmas tree

Hi everyone! I used Nailside's Christmas tree tutorial for this manicure and added my own little twist to it. Starting with two coats of OPI The show must go on and then taped off my accent nail with a striping tape.  Using China Glaze Holly day, I painted over the taped off areas and then took my dotting tool and Rimmel Your majesty to add some baubles to the tree. Lastly, I dug out...

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A white Christmas...in Australia?

Hello hello :) I've been influenced by the countless snowflake nail art I've been seeing around and even though there's no such thing as a white Christmas in Australia, I just had to recreate the look. Here is two coats of Orly Stone cold and stamped with BM-323 and a white polish. My stamping wasn't the greatest but I loved the look of Stone cold as the blue background. Totally...

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