polished and dusted

Sunday, 26 June 2011

French tip mani

Heeeeeello! Another post for tonight, as before the last post I hadn't posted in 10 days! Lazy me!

Anyways, I've always tried to do french tips with sticky tape. I gave up with the tape after a while, it got too annoying and kept sticking to my other fingers I had just done and it came off. So I used a nail art polish with a skinny brush. It's not perfect, but it's my first time!

Left Hand

Right Hand

I used 2 coats OPI Bubble Bath for the base and a striping polish for the black. My top coat made the accent finger run :( My left hand accent of some kind of animal stripes looks so much better (minus the smudging thanks to the top coat) because when I was doing my right hand, I hadn't figured out the pattern I wanted to do yet before I put a random stripe.......idiot!

Haha not great but I hope you enjoy!

Strawberry Fields

I was dying to get this polish and was so happy when I found it in Australia, I wanted it because of the gold flecks, but I'm not sure it suits my skin tone. It is really too pink...or maybe I just don't like pink!

Here are some swatches.

Can anyone recommend polishes with coloured flecks in it? I love them!

Friday, 17 June 2011

Another cool giveaway!

http://polishfreshie.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-double-dose-of-birthday-fun-giveaway.html
chchchchhh eck it out!

Thursday, 16 June 2011

NOTD: Chi Chi Walkin on Sunshine

I absolutely love this!!! I painted my nails this colour in the afternoon and the lighting was dull. Then my bf and I went to the shops, where there's bright lights everywhere, and BAM they were so bright...I felt kinda odd. My bf hated it! haha!. I have work tomorrow...I wonder how this mani will go down on my 4th shift haha...

I thought adding some crackle would make it a little less bright...was I right? This crackle is China Glaze black mesh btw which is fantastic! Although I've only used it twice and it went all gluggy....can anyone tell me why? :( it could be a case of the bottle not screwed tight enough..but has it happened to anyone else?!?!? please let me know!

China Glaze - Grape Juice

This colour is called Grape Juice. I must admit, it takes A LOT for a polish to impress me. I don't even have any favourites out of my huge collection (sad, I know). I do like purple, and this is a cool polish but I wasn't all that impressed. However, the formula is good (as most CG polishes are) and there was no bubbles, yay! Theres micro glitter in this polish which is only visable in the light, otherwise the purple is quite dull if you ask me.

So in an effort to spruce it up a bit I added a glitter topcoat by Australian brand Ulta3 called Confetti. Quite good if you ask me, I really like this top coat. The purple defs looked better after a little sparkly goodness was added!