Essie Bikini So Teeny with striping nail art

Heya! It's me..again..here is one of my mani's that I wore for Austism Awareness month in April :) Essie Bikini So Teeny is one of those polishes that everyone raves about..or hates! The color is gorgeous, the formula seems to be a bit hit and miss for some. To be honest, I don't have any problems with Essie's formula but I do tend to have the bottles with the etched Essie logo and not the printed ones. I wonder if that makes a difference?
For this look I used 2 coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny and a top coat. I then added a simple cross of striping tape and filled in the triangle areas with different blue polishes. The top one is Girly Bits Blue Eyed Lawyer, the glitter is Picture Polish Splash, Essence Bonnie on the left hand side and the blue holo is Lilypad Lacquer Deep Blue Seeing.

I loved Essie Bikini So Teeny and had quite a few compliments on the color. I especially liked the Girly Bits and Lilypad Lacquer polishes that I used in the nail art and I can't wait to use them as more than just an accent! Hope you liked this look as much as I did :)

OPI Taylor Blue..and sorry it's been so long!

Oh my goodness..where did the last half of the month go? I haven't blogged in forever! I hurt my eye last Sunday (complete clumsiness!) and haven't been up to doing much the last week. I have quite a few pics of polish and nail art that I have done, including Untried Polish for May that are piling up. So..instead of a really long blog post..there is going to be a few seperate posts all at once...

So, first off..OPI Taylor Blue, now there is a story behind the Taylor Blue. I have been meaning to buy this off the Taylors Gift website for a while and in the meantime I bought a bottle from a blog sale. Then, of course I saw on facebook the other day that signed bottles of Taylor Blue were being sold with one of my fave actors, Alex O'Loughlin! I have a thing for B-Grade tv shows and movies, and Moonlight was a fave :) I picked up a signed bottle of Taylor Blue and a hoodie for a good cause and now I have two bottles of Taylor Blue...one to use, one to look at, LOL. So onto it, here is my swatch of Taylor Blue.

Do you love it? I do! This is 2 coats with a top coat holding my Alex signed version..The hoodie is a gorgeous aqua and looks so warm and it's shaping up to be a cold winter here is Australia. If you are after Taylor Blue, do check out the store at Taylor's Gift Store

Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat

Hi guys! Just wanted to post a quick review of Sally Hansen's Big Matte Top Coat which I bought from Kmart for $9.95 the other day. I seem to have a matte top coat shortage so wanted to see what this was like. Now since I already had on L'Oreal Miss Pixie with Cirque Magic Hour and some stamping, I decided to topcoat it and see how it looked. Now the Sally Hansen bottle says to top coat directly to the polish you have applied, but since I already wore this with Seche Vite for a few days I thought I would see how that goes! LOL.

So here is Miss Pixie and Magic hour after the application of Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat

And here is the original finish of Miss Pixie and Magic Hour with Seche Vite Top Coat

As you can see, the application of Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat certainly mattified the Seche Vite and the look of the polish underneath. The blue of L'Oreal Miss Pixie became more opaque and the glitters in Cirque Magic Hour became more pronounced at a tiny bit less sparkly, but not by much. They also look imbedded in the blue polish rather than floating on the top. I also like how the copper of Essie Penny Talk became more like used, dull copper :) I didn't think I would love the matte look as much as the shiny, and I don't..but I quite like it as a switch up, but not as my first preference. I had no trouble with application or dry time of the Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat and it wore very well for the 2 days I had it on!

L'oreal Miss Pixie with Cirque Magic Hour

Hey guys! Here is another blue mani for you for Paint It Blue month for Autism Awareness. I love blue so a month of it is no great hardship! Today I have for you a Jelly and a glitter..with a little stamping thrown in for good measure. I'm having a few personal stress issue at the moment, some mine, some my family, some my friends which means I haven't had time to sit down and just paint my nails, or plan to paint my nails. I still have polish happening but mostly just fitting it in around hospital visits, work, cooking paleo food and some sleep. On the upside I feel more active? Wierd huh. So this is my nails that I am sporting at the moment. L'oreal Miss Pixie which is a brilliant blue jelly- 3 coats for this look. A top coat of Circque Magic Hour and some puzzle stamping with Essie Penny Talk.

So, L'oreal Miss Pixie..love! Visible nail line, yeah, but so? Hehe. This was 3 coats and I probably could have done a 4th to make sure there was no VNL, but that was so not the point of having a jelly polish. Some fading at the tips with the polish but that is probably my application. Cirque Magic Hour has beautiful blue and copper flakie glitter in a clear base. I did have to add thinner to make the clear base less gluggy, but the glitters were easy to apply despite that. I matched up Essie Penny talk for my stamping and puzzle pieces were the choice of course! Hope you are ready for the week ahead..I wish there was more weekend than working week, LOL.

Autism Awareness Week- Barry M Turquoise, OPI Eurso Eurso and China Glaze Dorothy Who?

Hey Guys! Hows your week or weekend going? This is my first week back from annual leave and being back at work is a steep getting out of bed early curve..and going to bed much earlier, LOL. This means I've also not really been blogging. I have been polishing my nails though! This week I wore blue for Paint It Blue for Austism Awareness. I am going to be painting my nails blue for this month as I have plenty of blues in my stash :) Today I have for you what I wore this week. Barry M Turquoise was the base, I then used striping tape to do a strip of China Glaze Dorothy Who? and the tips with OPO Eurso Eurso. I also stamped my ring finger with Eurso Eurso and colored in a little jigsaw piece with Dorothy Who? Sorry for the tip wear but this is nearly a week down the track so it's done well!

 I completely loved how this looked, I am pretty proud of my striping tape placement..I am sure my tongue poking out whilst I am concentrating make all the difference! I was being super careful so I think that helps. The stamping gods were with me on the day,  so overall  I was really happy with how things turned out!

piCture pOlish Midnight Meteor

Hi guys! Today I have for you a piCture pOlish I won on instagram giveaway, one of the relatively new "bijou holo" polishes called Midnight Meteor. Midnight Meteor is a gorgeous dark blue polish that I loooove. This is a dark blue that isn't so dark that you have to squint to make sure its blue, not black. It's a dark royal blue really with lovely scattered holo..it would be a great base for a galaxy mani! I used 2 coats of Midnight meteor for this mani and the coats were super easy to apply. This swatch has top coat :)

 Hope you love this polish as much as I do! I like polish that is just a little bit different and I can't wait to try a galaxy look with this as a base. Hope you are having a great day!

Dance Legend Top Prismatic

Hey guys! It's hump day today..and in my last Dance Legend Order I picked up to Top Prismatic which turns any nail polish into a holographic polish. When I had on Chanel Azure I decided to see if adding a holographic top coat added or subtracted to the loveliness of Chanel Azure :) I'll let you decide for yourself.

Chanel Azure, Left on its own and Right with Dance Legend Top Prismatic

 Chanel Azure, Left on it's own and Right with Dance Legend Top Prismatic

Dance Legend Top Prismatic over Chanel Azure

 Dance Legend Top Prismatic over Chanel Azure

Well, what do you think? Yay or nay? Chanel Azure on it's own is a bright duochrome polish that shifts from light to mid blue depending on the light. I think the Dance Legend Top Prismatic dulls that duochrome slightly but not in a terrible way.I loved how this added a bit of extra bling to an already awesome polish. I do know that holographic top coats do tend to dull the color of a creme polish and I own another holographic top coat polish that is thicker and does this. The formula for the Dance Legend is awesome as always and you only need a very thin coat to get a bright holo finish which is great. I ordered my Dance Legend Top Prismatic directly from Dance Legend.

Sally Hansen Pool Party with Stamping and Glitter

So, yup, I had to fiddle around and made Sally Hansen Pool Party a base for a rocking mani. I also had inspiration from nail mail I received from Drama Queen Nails which included a new stamper, some neon round and square studs and the new Winstonia 2nd Generation stamping plates. Super quick delivery time can I say! So of course I wanted to play with the new studs and stamper. Here is what I came up with.

First Finger- Sally Hansen Pool Party with Sally Hansen Hynautical and CrowsToes Absolum Your Potions Master Glitter Middle Finger- Stamping with Winstonia Plates and Lilypad Lacquer Deep Blue Lagoon, Ring Finger- Top Coat of Girly Bits Hocus Pocus and Little finger- neon blue stud

Thumb has Glitter gradient use on first finger!

I did love Sally Hansen Pool Party when she was dressed up a bit more. It was a great base color for the holo topcoat of Girly Bits Hocus Pocus and went well with the glitter gradient, stamping and neon stud I accessorized with! Expect to be seeing a bit more stud action and the new designs of the Winstonia plates. I am going for an Australia Day themed mani for Monday, I have no clue what will happen, so wish me luck! :)

Sally Hansen Triple Shine Pool Party

So, I am not a massive fan of sheer polish..or frosty polish. But that didn't seem to matter when I had to buy the new Sally Hansen Triple Shine Pool Party! Pool Party is a light blue sheer polish with a blue sheen in the light and takes 3 coats for opaqueness. This is 1 more coat than I usually have time for. For anyone who knows me, I'm not the most patient person in the world. Anyways. This is 3 coats of Pool Party with top coat. The coats were quick and built up nicely :)

 Slight visible nail line, but I wasn't doing more than 3 coats!

 Slightly duskier blue and more opaque looking in the shade :)

So, do I love this polish? Nah..I do like it, but not love it. I like how the blue iridescent sheen saves this from being just another blue sheer polish. I don't look at my nails and go "this is awesome!"  It's just "nice". So I won't be wearing it as it..check back to see how I tiz this up. I purchased my Sally Hansen from Priceline on special, it was still $7 or so. Worth it...yeah, but only with a fast drying top coat that can handle 3 layers of polish AND with something else over it it! LOL.

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.

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!

 Oh the blue shimmer in A England Order of the Garter :)

 You can see the OPI DS Magic shimmer on the little finger here :)

 Here is a quick pic of my right hand, gah! Holo awesomeness and I love the Nerd Lacquer Shiny :)

 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! :)

Ulta3 Blue Heaven with Holographic Stamping

Hi all! Well, it finally happened. I got my stamping nail art mojo back. Has taken forever since I have felt I have had inspiration to do some nail art, and then actually getting it right :) My inspiration was this lovely Ulta3 Blue Heaven that I stumbled across the other day..so pretty. I teamed it up OPI Call me Gwen-Ever which I found at a bargain price. Can I say, it's a very orange, orange? Anyways, to complete the look I had in mind I did some gradient nails with Gwen-Ever and Pretty Serious Generally Hazardous. I double stamped over Blue Heaven with China Glaze Sci Fly By and Take a Trek with Mash 43 plate. 

Right Hand- Blue Heaven with Call me Gwen-Ever Accent

Left Hand, Call Me Gwen-Ever with Blue Heaven accent

 Side by side comparison. Which do you like best?

 Up close pic of stamping holo goodness :)

I loved how this came together overall.. I did have run outside like an idiot to catch the transient sun for these pics. Who says it's almost summer here?? Will see it when I believe it! Anyways, this was so fun and I enjoyed wearing this alot. Hope you liked it!