Gumleaf Mafiette!

 Woot! Very excited to be allowed to join the Gumleaf Mafia..the place for Aussie Beauty Bloggers. I am just starting out in the blog/nailpolish world and there are sooooooo many wonderful chicks who do amazing things. I like being able to share what makes me happy everyday when I look at my nails! Here is the link to other amazing and talented people Gumleaf Mafia


   Today I was out and about at the local shopping centre and hit up Hairhouse Warehouse for the new Layla Mirror Effects, they have only just received the Magnetic Nail Polishes by Layla but they assure me they are getting the Mirror Effects in. The advertising for the Layla Mirror Effects sucks me in everytime. How awesome does her nails look!













I have my name down to be contacted when they arrive in store. The back up plan is to order it directly from the Layla website in Italy, but the postage isn't cheap! I ogle the swatches posted on More Nail Polish fairly frequently and although I have China Glaze Millennium, Devotion etc and the Stargazer Chromes (see below) can there ever be enough blingtastic nail polish in this world????

L-R, Stargazer 234, 236, 235, 232

  

If anyone would like some Stargazer stuff, I  ordered my Stargazer Chromes directly from Stargazer via their website http://www.stargazer-products.com. The polishes were £3 each and the signed for delivery for the 4 polishes was £6.93.

Whilst I was at Hairhouse Warehouse I also picked up a Murrays Manicure Crystal Small Nail File ($14.95)  as I don't have a glass nail file yet. It comes in a cool black pouch and is black and blingy on the top! It's the simple things that make me happy :)

 Murrays Manicure Crystal Glass File

Last but not least The Trace Files is having her 4000 follower giveaway! She has an awesome blog and the chance to win vouchers for Llarowe and Harlow & Co which have polishes that I covet- Girly Bits, Enchanted, Nubar and Models Own to name a few. You can check out her giveaway HERE,

Lush Lacquer Hottie Tottie with Stamping

Evening all, hope everyone has had a great weekend..I'm having a 4 day weekend so I can't complain! Anyways, I have been dying to try one of the Lush Lacquers that I received last week, I had not much success with the previous Jelly Sandwich Mani that I did last week..it slid off the next day! So disappointing  :( The nail polish didn't seem to dry and as the day went on there was crinkling and pitting and turned into putty-like consistency which came off. Grrr. I wonder if it was the Kleancolor not drying (it can be slow) or the mixture of Kleancolor and China Glaze melding into a big mess..ah well. One of my friends gave me a negative review on the combo..the idea was good but the result was a bit sickly for her (Thanks Em!). I think perhaps a nice colored jelly will be the go!

So, onto the blinging out of my current mani....I had an awesome Royal Blue nailpolish combination of Kleancolor Sapphire with the Fantasy Fire topcoat  from yesterday and it was just begging to be blinged up, so I decided the glittery goodness of Hottie Tottie would go well.

Hottie Tottie
Look at all the pretty glitter!

 I applied Hottie to my Thumb, Ring and Small finger and stamped the Index and Middle finger with Stargazer Blue Chrome using Bundle Monster plates for most of the nails and a Fauxnad from Ebay for the horse stamp. Top coated with Seche Vite.
I really like how it's turned out, enough to keep it for the week I think!

Sunlight

Left hand

Right  hand

 I think the overall look is awesome! Hottie Tottie was easy to work with and looked great over the blue and the Stargazer chrome polish matches really well. I think I am going to have to have another go at the Max Factor Fantasy Fire thing..over a polish which shows it better. Hottie Tottie can be bought from  Lush Lacquer at their Etsy Shop. I have 3 other awesome polishes to try and they have quite a few other awesome ones to suit everyone!

Let me know what you guys think :)