100 Follower Giveaway Winner!

Well, the giveaway is closed, and a winner has been selected using Random.org.

The winner is...

BUNNY NAILS!

Congratulations! I've sent her an email, and she'll have until February 2nd at 5:00 PM (MST) to reply. If she does not, I'll go ahead and pick another winner.

You guys all rock for entering, spreading the word, and bumping up my blog's follower count to over 300!

Accessorize Nail Polishes - A/W and Metallic Collection Review

Greetings, all!

Today I have 2 Accessorize polishes under review - I remember when Accessorize first launched their cosmetic range and was SO pleasantly surprised when the quality turned out to be top notch. My Coral Crush Lipstick is still one of my favourite make-up items over 1 year after buying.

Accessorize have recently launched 19 new shades of Nail Polish, including a metallic range - woweee!

I decided to give you some Nail Art to perv over, rather than just do a standard, plain review - I'm just THAT kind to you! I started with a base of 2 coats of the Accessorize Winter Berry - a gorgeous warm-toned plum colour. It's the perfect wintery shade, in my opinion, and looks loooovely on the nails.

Now, if you follow the blog regularly, you'll know I don't really care for metallic finishes - they are not my fave - but they are PERFECT for stamping. This is especially the case for Accessorize Aquamarine, as it is a perfect one-coater and designed that way. I stamped the leafy image from Bundle Monster Image Plate BM210 and added a coat of Seche Vite to reveal the glitteryness.

used the flash so you can see the lovely glitteryness of Aquamarine!

Both polishes have a great consistency, with Winter Berry being especially glossy and easy to apply. They are brilliantly pigmented so these little babies will be great value for money. A definite YES in my book, I can see myself using Winter Berry constantly for a chic, winter look and Aquamarine for stamping. Excellenté.

You can snaffle yourself some Accessorize polishes from SuperDrug! 

Let me know what you think! Have you tried any of the new Accessorize polishes?

I think it's time that this guy made another appearance. Don't knock it, it is completely and utterly necessary.

xxx


These polishes were kindly provided by Accessorize for review. opinions are 100% honest and in no way influenced! :)

Color Club - Get A Clue: Stamped & Mattified

After swatching and wearing all those prismatic nail polishes I was in the mood for something different. The base colour I used for this mani is Color Club - Get A Clue, a beautiful light pink creme. My camera makes pinks like these look more blue-toned than they actually are, this is a true pink. I needed three coats for a smooth and even surface. I added some subtle stamping with bundle monster plate BM-201 and Millennium from China Glaze. To make my nails look (and feel) even softer I applied a layer of matte top coat from Essence. I love mattified metallic stamping!

Thanks for watching! :)

Some Layla Magneffects

Have you jumped on board the magnetic nail polish train yet?  I'm such a sucker for fancy effects in nail polish like these.  I must say that I never really got into the crackle phase, but I am totally getting on board the magnetic phase with gusto!

Here are a couple of the Layla Magneffect polishes that I picked up with my Layla Holo order last week.  These have been around for quite a few months now, but the colour range of the Layla Mageneffects is one of the best I have seen. I think they have 16 colours.

Each bottle of the Layla Magneffects has a small round magnet on the top of the bottle with a line on it.  You can use that magnet to create lines .  For these manis I actaully used other magnets that I had.  The Layla bottle magnet works very well, but it's lines are further apart than these.

Metallic Sky

Purple Galaxy

Sparkling Champagne

Turquoise Wave

The formula on all these was excellent.  Some of these polishes could be one coaters (thick, but it would work) but for all these photos I did one coat without the magnet, then a second coat using the magnet.

The star magnet is most definitely the trickiest to master.  It's very hard to line it up correctly on the nail both vertically and horizontally.   I'm totally getting the China Glaze magnetics as well as the magnet as soon as I can, but what I'm really lemming for is a bottle of one of the Icing magnetic polishes with the wavey design as seen here. Any US readers interested in a swap with me so I can get one of those?

Take the Load Off

Two days of skiing did a number to my limbs. All I wanted to do all day today was sit down and take a load off. Tired eyes and tired legs need the time off.

Bare all this in mind when reading these polishes names.

Elegant and simple, this manicure was inspired by my friend Tammy, who said she had seen something similar on Pintrest. I haven't been able to find the image she was talking about, nor do I know which colors they used, but I used Illamasqua Load and Sinful Colors Time Off.

I know, so clever. About as clever as I can get without overstimulating my tired brain into a state of malfunction.

Zoya Nail Polish in Russian Vogue and on Vogue.ru

Zoya Nail Polish in Vogue Russia and on Vogue.ru

"Еще одна марка приехала в магазины Cosmotheca. Ее название, не смейтесь, - Zoya. Создательница марки – пианистка из России Зоя Рейзис, иммигрировавшая в Штаты с мужем-химиком Михаилом и, видимо, нашедшая карьеру косметолога более перспективной, чем музыкальную. В то время как она ухаживала за лицами американских клиенток, Михаил смешивал в лаборатории омолаживающие кремы (теперь Рейзисы выпускают их под брендом Qtica), а в дальнейшем уже и лаки для ногтей. На сайте марки написано, что Михаил создал первую быструю сушку для ногтей и первые нетоксичные лаки. Не знаю, правда ли это, но то, что лаки очень высокого качества - факт. Прекрасно ложатся, быстро сохнут и долго держатся (по моим меркам, долго – это четыре дня). Мне очень нравятся в Zoya металлические оттенки, ненавязчивые и интеллигентные."

Vogue.ru

Google translation (soooooooo)...

"Another brand arrived in stores Cosmotheca. Its name, do not laugh, - Zoya. Creator of brands - Russian pianist Zoya Reyzis, immigrated to the United States with her husband, a chemist Michael and, apparently, has found a career cosmetologist more promising than the music. At the while she took care of persons of American clients, Michael mixed in the laboratory of anti-aging creams (brand Qtica), and in the future and have nail polish. The site marks says that Michael made ​​the first quick-drying nail polish, and the first non-toxic varnishes. I do not know if this is true, but that paints a very high quality - a fact. Perfect fit, dries quickly and stay long (by my standards, a long time - four days). I really like Zoya in metallic shades, unobtrusive and intelligent. "

Vogue.ru 

Zoya is the new color of Fashion!
www.zoya.com
 

Speciallità Giveaway Winner!

Just a quick post to announce the winner of the Speciallità giveaway. I am highly thankful to Speciallità for sponsoring this giveaway and I'm glad you guys liked the prize, the response was really overwhelming! Thank you all so much for participating and for the lovely comments. My readers rock! 8)

I used random.org to determine the lucky winner. The winner is...

Congratulations Lovebeangirl!! I'll be emailing you shortly for your address. This lady also has a blog, check it out here.

Glamour Beauty: Readers Winter Nail Polish Ideas - Zoya, Zoya, Zoya!

Glamour Beauty: 

The beauty editors of Glamour.com asked their twitter (#wkndmani) fans and readers to submit Winter Nail Polish Ideas and the readers answered with long-wearing, glossy, beautiful Zoya Nail Polish over and over again.

Twitter Users: Feel free to submit your @Zoya_NailPolish looks to Glamour Magazine by using the @Glamourmag #wkndmani hashtag. Who knows, maybe your nails will be starring on Glamour.com soon too!

Featured Zoya Nail Polish Colors: clockwise - Zoya Trixie, Zoya Indigo, Zoya Ivanka, Zoya Jana, Zoya Miley and Zoya Gem.

Zoya is the new color of Fashion!

www.zoya.com

Konad Multi Stamp and Sunday's Manicure

Happy Sunday,

After Friday's manicure today I decided to do some stamping.  Before I show you my nails  I purchased the new Konad Multi Stamp.  Since the scraper is attached to the stamper it works alot faster for me.  Just scrap and stamp. What I like about it, I have my plate on top of a paper towel after scraping on the design  I slide the scraper on the paper towel, this cleans off the polish so no drips. Then all I do is stamp. This elevates me from cleaning off the scraper with a cotton ball or Qtip. What I don't like about it is the metal scraper wish it were plastic because the metal scrapes up the plates.  Other then that I'm glad I got this :D

 The stamper is double sided the other end is green and smaller. The holder is nice to display it on top of your nail station.

Here are the directions 

I stamped my (right hand) non dominant hand first, but got better stamping results with my dominant hand (left hand).  Everytime I stamp my left hand comes out so much better.  (Wonder why?)

My right hand 

I used Revlon LilyChrome with plate Red Angel RA107

Left hand

 I like how you can see the glitter peeking through the silver chrome and how you can see like a shadow of the glitter through the petals of the design.

Hope you are having a great Sunday!

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Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

The Tortoise and the Hare...

So it's been a while. I know. I apologize. It was part laziness, part exhaustion, part lack of inspiration, and part internet at home not working for a while. Enough excuses though, it's nail art time. I almost put off posting until tomorrow night, I've been on a 'Six Feet Under' kick today, but I promised my colleague Prob that I would post this weekend, and so I shall. :)

Today's design kinda popped in my head the other day, and I knew that I had to try it out. I tried a combination of using a crumpled paper towel and a brush to apply to get the effect that I wanted. It's not exactly how I pictured it, but I'm reasonably satisfied with how it turned out. :)

I used H&M Rust as a base, with a mixture of Seche Vite top coat and American Apparel Raccoon to create shapes on the background color. For the next layer of shapes, I used a mixture of Seche Vite top coat and MAC Rich, Dark, Delicious. Finally, I used a mixture of Seche Vite top coat and American Apparel Hassid. I topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Fun Sunday: The Versatile Blogger Award

Hello loves and happy Sunday to you all! First, a little rant. Next week is gonna be very busy because I have a really hard exam and so little time to study. I have a lot of pictures to edit but no time to do it. So I'm gonna do something that I haven't done before, take a longer blogging break. I'm gonna be done on Friday, so don't expect a new post until then. Hope you will forgive me! 

I was nominated for this award by two lovely bloggers. You can check out their blogs yourself  here: I Bleed Polish and Psycho Nails. I'm very honored and thankful that they thought of me! The reason I've been postponing this post is the fact that I have to write 7 random things about myself (again) and I'm not very good at that. Even while I'm writing this introduction, I have no idea what I'm gonna say about myself. Oh well...

1.I drive a blue Citroen C3. It's a small car, but so easy to drive and I love it! 

2.I'm kind of a morning person. Well, I'm not one of those who wake up at 6 am, but I function better in the morning. I hate it when I have classes in the afternoon and studying at night just doesn't work for me. 

3.I have a very good visual memory and that's what I rely on when studying. 

4.I'm really bad at remembering numbers. The only way I can remember them is by visualizing them written (visual memory again). 

5.I'm always early when I have to be somewhere at a certain time. I hate being on the rush and I love taking my time to do stuff properly. 

6.I live in the attic of my house. It's a very large room and I have a lot of privacy, which I love.

7.I used to love playing computer games but now I don't have time to do it anymore. I envy the people who have a lot of free time.

That's it. Hope I didn't bore you too much. I was supposed to pass this to 15 other bloggers, but since I'm the last one to do this tag, I'm sure everybody has got this by now. If you haven't, please feel free to do it. I hope you all have a nice and fun Sunday!

Layla holo comparisons and group order for Aussies

I spent this morning doing some comparison swatches for the Layla holos.

I will let the photos do the talking, but I'm sure you will agree how impressive these Layla holos are.

Hits Zeus, Layla Flash Black and China Glaze Let's do it in 3D in the shade.

And the same in the sun.

Nfu Oh 61 , Layla Mercury Twilight and Gosh holographic in the shade.

The same in the sun.  This is the original Nfu Oh 61, which is apparently more holo that the lastest versions.  Gosh Holo is near extinct. If your looking for an amazing silver holo, now is your chance.

Mermaid Spell and Nfu Oh 65 in the sun.

The same in the shade.

Nfu Oh 63, Layla Retro Pink, Nfu Oh 64 and Layla Ultra Violet in the shade.

The same in the sun.

Ozotic 515, Layla Ocean Rush, Ozotic 617 and Glitter Gal Marine blue in the shade.

The same in the sun.

Layla Jade Groove and Nfu Oh 66 in the shade.

The same in the sun.

Finally, nudie holos Layla Coral Glam and Nfu Oh 62 in the sun.

The same in the shade.

I am happy to put together a group order for any Aussie girls that want to get some Layla holos. I just need to make sure we get enough polishes to get the free shipping.  

Each polish is $15 Aussie dollars.  

If you want in, just email me by 6:00am on Wednesday 1 Feb.  If we have enough people wanting some then I will place an order on Wednesday or Thursday.. 

 

morenailpolish@iinet.net.au. 

Please let me know which colours you want and quantities.  I will need paypal payments before I submit the order and you will need to pay for local postage in Australia (which will be between $6-7 for regular post for up about 10 bottles)