Saturday 28 December 2013

Island Girl Hula Girl

Hey guys, how was your Christmas? Mine was full of too much to eat and lots of family get togethers :) It was busy but fun. The joys of shift work have meant I am already back at work and working the weekend and New Years eve..yay for me! Anyways to cheer myself up I chose a neon eye searing color I brought back from Hawaii. The brand is Island Girl and the color is Hula Girl. It's an orange pink neon that, like most neons is hard to photograph...this is 3 coats with top coat. In real life there is a bit of a visible nail line but it wasn't too bad!
Island Girl Hula Girl
Island Girl Hula Girl

Island Girl Hula Girl


Island Girl Hula Girl

I do love a good neon and I had no problems with the formula, in the full sun the neon pink sheen can be seen and inside the orange was more prominent. I am going to sit down and think of some nail art to do with this...and try not to work too hard over the New Year period..hope you have some fun plans for New Years..what's going to be on your nails??

Wednesday 25 December 2013

Christmas Red and Gold Bling Manicure

Merry Christmas! Today is Christmas Day and here is what I wore today for Christmas with my family and is for tomorrow for celebrations with my husbands family tomorrow. I started with the base of Dance Legend New Messiah I already had and blinged things up with gold and red to match my dress.
So here it is
Dance Legend New Messiah, OPI You Only Live Twice and Candeo Colors Old City and OPI Honey Ryder
First finger is a dotticure with Essence Fame Fatale and OPI You Only Live Twice, Middle finger has stamping with OPI You Only Live Twice, Ring finger has Candeo Colors Old Gold and the Pinkie has OPI Honey Ryder.

Dance Legend New Messiah, OPI You Only Live Twice and Candeo Colors Old City and OPI Honey Ryder
 My thumb had stamping with OPI You Only Live Twice :)

Dance Legend New Messiah, OPI You Only Live Twice and Candeo Colors Old City and OPI Honey Ryder
 Christmas Bling!

Dance Legend New Messiah, OPI You Only Live Twice and Candeo Colors Old City and OPI Honey Ryder


Dance Legend New Messiah, OPI You Only Live Twice and Candeo Colors Old City and OPI Honey Ryder

 Gah! Too many photos but it was so pretty and shiny! Anyways..the blingy made me happy and I had a great Christmas day but ate far too much of course. I could have done with a nanna nap! Anyways, Christmas continues for me tomorrow and then back to work on Friday ..nawhh.

Monday 23 December 2013

Dance Legend New Messiah

Twas the day of the day before Christmas and what have I got on my nails? Well, I have on the gorgeous Dance Legend New Messiah :) Who doesn't love a holographic gold? New Messiah is a light champagne gold with a lovely linear holo. I am going to do some art this for Christmas day..nothing terribly elaborate I don't think but festive non the less. Anyways today I managed to catch a little bit of sun on an otherwise dreary day and took a few pics of New Messiah.
This is 2 coats of New Messiah with W7 Diamond Top coat
Dance Legend New Messiah

Dance Legend New Messiah

Dance Legend New Messiah

Dance Legend New Messiah

I could take a million photos of this polish.. I am always enthralled by a holographic polish :) This one applied wonderfully and wasn't affected by the top coat I applied. Now to find me a matching gold glitter and some inspiration to stamp festive on it.
I am last minute Christmas shopping tomorrow..wish me luck!

Sunday 22 December 2013

It's Christmas! Christmas Skittles mani :)

Okay, so it finally feels like Christmas for me! I have had my Christmas nails on, have watched one of my first Christmas movies that I always watch at Christmas..Terry Pratchett's The Hogfather and I am finally getting around to wrapping presents, well the 4 presents out of like 20 I only have :) 
We have been doing some home improvements..air conditioning, curtains, sheers, window tints to try and get ready for a hot summer....and today is raining but hot..nice summer weather where are you? Christmas day is always hot and sunny in Australia, and I am sure it will pull through this year.

So, here is my Christmas skittle nails I did...a little bit of Christmas on each finger. The first finger is Essence L.O.L with Bundle monster stamping in Essence The Green and the Grunge. The middle finger is KBShimmer Strung Out, Ring finger is Layla Soft Touch Marshmallow Twinkle with dotting in various different colors and the little finger is Essence Fame Fatale with Bundle Monster stamping. My thumb had a green sweater stamping look using Essence The Green and the Grunge with bundle Monster stamping which you can see on my left hand later!

Christmas Skittle nails with Layla Marshmallow Twilight, Essence and KBShimmer Strung Out and Bundle Monster stamping

Christmas Skittle nails with Layla Marshmallow Twilight, Essence and KBShimmer Strung Out and Bundle Monster stamping


Here is my left hand which used the same skittles colors but my first finger with the Essence  and Bundle Monster stamping.
Christmas Skittle nails with Layla Marshmallow Twilight, Essence and KBShimmer Strung Out and Bundle Monster stamping
 Left hand- first finger has Essence The green and the grunge with Bundle monster stamping in Essence Icy Princess. Yay! Another nice stamping silver. Love how this tree came out :)

Now I had no sun to take these photos in, but I still think these look pretty and christmassy. People commented on the lime green nail with the tree and the sweater look dark green nail. My personal fav is the red Santa hat nail and the KBShimmer Strung Out! LOL.
Hope you are having a great weekend and not too must last minute Xmas shopping like I have to do!  

Friday 20 December 2013

A England Order of the Garter with Nerd Lacquer Shiny

I know it's christmas, but I haven't felt really christmassy yet! I bought my first present yesterday, yeah..not doing so well. Today has been super busy with air conditioning being install at our house, in a timely fashion of course, considering it hit 40 degrees celsius. I don't know how tradies do the early hours..6.45am, ugh! After running around like crazy I finally crashed around 5pm and had to have a nanna nap, my brain just wouldn't function! Before I had my snooze I took some pics of what I wore for the last few days.

A England Order of the Garter with NerdLacquer Shiny accent and stamping
I started with a base of A England Order of the Garter, except for an accent nail of Nerd Lacquer Shiny on my ring finger. I then stamped my new Bundle Monster plates on my first finger using China Glaze Millennium and Bahamian Escape on my middle finger. I did a kinda gradient on my little finger with sponging OPI DS Magic and on my thumb a gradient of China Glaze Glistening snow at the cuticle end and Techno further down. 

I love me some holo bling!

A England Order of the Garter with NerdLacquer Shiny accent and stamping
 Oh the blue shimmer in A England Order of the Garter :)

A England Order of the Garter with NerdLacquer Shiny accent and stamping
 You can see the OPI DS Magic shimmer on the little finger here :)

A England Order of the Garter with NerdLacquer Shiny accent and stamping
 Here is a quick pic of my right hand, gah! Holo awesomeness and I love the Nerd Lacquer Shiny :)

A England Order of the Garter with NerdLacquer Shiny accent and stamping

 I've been doing the mix n match mani on the left and right hands a fair bit atm. I use 5 different nail designs or looks but switch up which nails I put them on on each hand. Although I tend to leave the ring finger as a glitter accent. I might try switching that up next time too! Next post will be a Christmas mani, I swear! :)

Sunday 15 December 2013

KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies

Hi all, today I have for you what I wore on the weekend. I am not feeling particularly chritmassy so this is my version of it at the moment. I picked up a few of the KBShimmer Christmas collection and Rolling with the Chromies is one of them. This is a purple/blue/pink chrome polish with micro holographic glitter in it :) For our Christmas Barefoot Bowling I wore this with China Glaze Passion. I also did an accent nail of Girly Bits Ornamental My Dear Watson. All the pics are in the full sun except for the last one, because the sun makes this polish pop! So here it is :)

KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies
KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies

KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies

KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies


KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies with China Glaze Passion stamping
 I swear I can see pink, purple and blue color shifts here!

KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies with China Glaze Passion stamping

KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies with China Glaze Passion stamping



KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies with China Glaze Passion stamping


KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies with China Glaze Passion stamping

KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies with China Glaze Passion stamping
KBShimmer Rolling with the Chromies stamped in the shade

So yeah, I took too many pics..but I really loved this polish and the stamping and glitter and the stamping was kinda christmassy. Hmm..that's all I got for tonight. Hope you liked it :)