Dance Legend Thermo 163

Hi guys! Today I have a quick swatch for you of  Dance Legend Thermo 163 which is a thermal color change polish that changes color depending on the temperature of your fingers. Thermo 163 is a pink to peach color change polish, cold it's a girly pink, warm it turns a beige/peach. Think a mood ring for polish :) Of course I really didn't think ahead that well when I swatched this polish. Today was 39 degrees Celsius....hmm, darned hot. So, indoors I had a lovely thermal color change, it took about all of 3 seconds of outdoor sunlight to change this polish to its hot thermal color change! Now, imagine me putting my hand in the refrigerator for 30 seconds, then running outside and taking photos like mad to show you the thermal color gradiation, LOL. Here is the end result.

2 coats Thermo 163 with top coat in the full sun, warm nail beds, cool tips

 Color change fully warm.

 Mid color transition

 Loving the shimmer!

So, these pics show the thermal color shift of warm to cool, despite an insanely warm ambient temperature outside! LOL. The peachy/pink color says work appropriate to me and there is a nice slight holo shimmer in the full sunlight which I like :) The bottle, as you can see, is very pink and I think that color would be stronger on the ends of the my nails in more moderate weather. I do like the beige-y pink full color shift of this polish and when I wash my hands in cold water, the pink bleeds back in...hours of entertainment really! Hope you all have a fun weekend planned...thanks for reading!

ANMonday- Dots.. on a Thursday!

Hi guys, today I have for you my ANMonday challenge, which is dots! I am a little late to the party which is nothing unusual for me, sorry 'bout that. I've had a busy week thus far with work, an unhappy cat  requiring a vet trip and trying to stick to a healthy eating plan. Food organization is not something that comes naturally for me so I have to put in a fair bit of time/effort. Bleh. Anyways, on Monday it was cloudy and cold here, when its meant to be the height of summer so I wanted a sunny looking mani. This is what I came up with!

Polishes used were, base of China Glaze Lemon Fizz, Accent nail in NerdLacquer Regeneration. Stamping  was with Pueen plate 49 KBShimmer 24 Carrot Bold and dotting done with KBShimmer 24 Carrot Bold, Sinful Colors Cloud 9 and Nails Inc Hobart Place.

 The KBShimmer 24 Carrot Bold was more vibrant in realy life, but you can see some of the brightness on the little finger!

I really enjoyed wearing this and quite a few people commented. I think it has a slightly retro feel to it because of the stamping? Anyways. I love the orange yellow combo and I seem to have a pattern of cremes with glitter accents and stamping..hmm. I should really try and stretch myself a bit more! LOL. Anyways, some nice sunny days coming up, you know what that means..holos! 

Lilypad Lacquer I'm Feeling Peachy

Hey guys! I placed an order the other night with Lilypad lacquer for a few must have colors when it comes to holographic polish and came away with, erm many. Anyways I remembered I already have a few in my stash so thought I would pull out one of the lovely holographic colors and see if I could catch some sun and rainbows. Today I have for you a straight swatch of Lilypad Lacquer I'm Feeling Peachy. This is from the Crazy for Colour Collection and is a peach coral holographic polish with blue sparkle.I picked mine up from Llarowe, but my recent order was from Lilypad Lacquer's Etsy store :) This is 2 coats of I'm Feeling Peachy with top coat.

Peach with blue and holo sparkles in the sun!

Gorgeous peach holo!

 Daylight but slightly less sun brings out the coral

 Holo and blue sparkles :)

This was 2 coats of I'm Feeling Peachy which was easy to apply. I probably should have done a 3rd as it had a slight visible nail line in these pics and real life. The holo was not dulled by a topcoat and this polish had both peach and coral depending on the light with the blue sparkle was more prominent in the daylight but not full sun. In the full sun the holo-ness was captivating! I can't wait to get my hand on some more Lilypads, but I am a bit of a holo sucker, if it has rainbows, I want it! :)

Hope you have a fun weekend planned, I have sleep, finishing my Carb detox (yay, Day 3 and final day for me!) and catching up with friends on the cards. Of course I might manage to squeeze in some polishing.

Sally Hansen Drama Sheen and Happy New Years stamping :)

Well, it's New Years day and to be honest I always want NYE to be fabulous but it turns out to be more anticlimactic than anything! I worked from midday to 9pm NYE..saving lives and then a quiet night in watching some tv and having a few adult beverages. So I did a bit of a NYE manicure, but it wasn't a total success in my books. Lemme say, I purchased Sally Hansen Tripe Shine on sale..Drama Sheen. I love the color in the bottle. I don't love the 4 coats it requires to get to opacity. I did love it when it got to opacity, but then with a top coat and a base coat....tip wear was one day and massive. Ugh! So disappointed. So when I stamped I felt like I reviving a week old mani, not one done the day before. Maybe I should have waited a bit longer in between the coats or something, but ain't nobody got time for that. Whilst I a having a sook, the bottles of the Sally Hansen Triple shine, not the best for taking pics. So be warned unco looking pics ahead, LOL!

First of all, Sally Hansen Triple Shine in Drama Sheen

 I love that this is a pretty lilac color with a pink sheen in the bottle and on the nail :)

Now for some NYE stamping and glittah.

Stamping with Bundle Monster Holiday plates with Color Club Wild at Heart and ring finger glitter gradient with Girly Bits Purple Potion. Accent glitter on first finger is China Glaze Glistening Snow.

 Color Club Wild at Heart is a lovely scattered holo and Girly Bits Purple Potion a pretty holo glittah :)

 I thought the pinky stamping with Live, Laugh and Love would be a good representation of the New Year hopefulness :)

 You can see the worst tip wear on the middle finger! I did use Seche as a top coat so might try a different one to see changes the tip wear.

So, Happy New Year! Hope you have goals and dreams to achieve, with a brand new year to make awesome things happen :) Do I have any resolutions? Nope..not really. To be happy is alls. If that means I have to eat better, sleep more, learn how to take better pics of my nails...then I'll work on those things, but not hold myself to ransom to do so. 

Ps. Day 1 of Carb detox is in progress though! lol.

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

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??

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

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.

 My thumb had stamping with OPI You Only Live Twice :)

 Christmas Bling!

 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.

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

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!

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!

Here is my left hand which used the same skittles colors but my first finger with the Essence  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!  

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! :)

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

 I swear I can see pink, purple and blue color shifts here!

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 :)