Heart Of The Ocean from Pretty Pots Polish

Hello lovelies!

Sorry it has been a while since my last post. I go through stages of blogging all the time, then nothing for a few weeks lol

Today I have the last of my review posts for Pretty Pots Polish. This is the amazing Heart Of The Ocean, inspired by the necklace Rose wore in the Titanic movie. 

I love the contrast of the turquoise, neon green, garnet, and holo silver glitter!  Definitely one of my favourites from the The Cinematic Collection.

Pretty Pots Polish can be found on Etsy, and you can also follow them on Facebook and Instagram. 

Till next time!

xo

Sweethearts Duo - PrettyPots Polish

Hello lovelies!

I have something super special to show you today.. the new Sweethearts Duo from Pretty Pots Polish. This set is a collaboration between Pretty Pots and Elissa from Lissa's Loves, to celebrate her engagement/wedding. 

I have had the pleasure of meeting Elissa in person, we live in the same city and are in a few FB groups together.  She is a definite sweetheart!  ;)

'High School Sweethearts' is a sheer pale pink jelly, and 'Happily Ever After' has a clear base with a silver holographic micro-shimmer, pink, lavender, white and silver glitters in various sizes, and silver hearts.  This duo is very pretty, and I think, definitely very Elissa!

They both have a lovely formula, which you don't always find in a sheer pink jelly! The glitter went on lovely, you do need to fish slightly for the hearts, but that is normal with glitter like this, and they were quite easy to find.

This duo is available for pre-order now at Pretty Pots Polish . Official launch is on the 28th February 2014, where both polishes will be available for sale individually. 

PrettyPots Polish can be found on Etsy, and they also have Facebook and Instagram.

I also want to say congratulations to Elissa and Russ on their engagement, they make a lovely couple, and we can't wait to see all your wedding pics!  :)

Till next time!

xo

Girl in the Green Scarf - PrettyPots Polish review

Hello loves!

I know I have been quiet lately.. I have been helping someone with something very special. That's all I can say for now, more details in the next couple of days hopefully.  ;)

Today I am showing you Girl in the Green Scarf by PrettyPots Polish from the Cinematic Collection. This polish is based on Rebecca Bloomwood in the movie 'Confessions of a Shopaholic'. I will admit, I haven't seen the movie, but I have read the whole series of books and love them!

This polish is sooo gorgeous! It has a green jelly base, with matte neon pink hex, periwinkle matte hex, turquoise hex, emerald green micro, and ocean blue holo glitters. 

Although this polish is opaque in 2-3 coats, I decided to layer it. 

On my pointer and middle finger I have Balsam Fir from Revlon, and on my ring and pinkie is Liquid Leather from China Glaze.

I love how this looks layered. Over the black the emerald green micro glitters really pop! The contrast of the green, pink and blue glitters is stunning. Applied lovely and smooth, only needed one coat of topcoat to make it perfect. One of my new favourite polishes for sure.

PrettyPots Polish can be found on Etsy, and they also have Facebook and Instagram.  Looking forward to showing you the rest of the gorgeous polishes.  :)

Till next time!

xo

PrettyPots Polish - Breakfast At Tiffs review

Hello lovelies.

Today I am reviewing another of the PrettyPots Polishes. 

I realized in my last post I forgot to share the gorgeous box the polish comes in. How awesome is it.. a pretty box for a PrettyPots Polish!   ;)

This is Breakfast At Tiffs from the Cinematic Collection. A gorgeous turquoise-mint crelly filled with crystal glitters and gold holo squares.

This is 3 coats. The formula on this was very nice, went on lovely and smooth. I love the mint colour with the gold glitters, it looks so sparkly!

Pretty Pots Polish can be found on Etsy, and they also have Facebook and Instagram.  Looking forward to showing you the rest of the gorgeous polishes.  :)

Till next time!

xo

Valentines Day mani

Hello lovelies!

Happy Valentines Day to all who celebrate. Hubby and I don't usually bother, but this year he surprised me with the Love Thy Polish Speckled n' Freckled pales collection, plus a custom topper!  Bit excited!

How gorgeous are they!? I'm so spoilt. :)

So even though I don't usually do Valentines Day, I wanted to do a mani. I saved one of my review Sea Siren Cosmetics polishes just for it.

The polishes I used are Cabin Fever, Leucosia and Gossip.

I used Cabin Fever and Leucosia as my base colours and let dry. I top-coated, and painted another thick layer on top. Then using a dotting tool I did two or three dots and then quickly dragged a very thin nail art brush through the dots. My pinkie didn't work out too well, I think I pressed too hard lol

Formula on all of the Sea Siren polishes was awesome, I love how vibrant the red is!

Sea Siren polishes can be purchased here, and be sure to check her out on Facebook and Instagram as well!

Till next time!

PrettyPots Polish - Gatsby Party review

Hello lovelies!

It's been a couple of days since my last post.. it has just been soooo hot here.  Adelaide has actually set a Summer record for extreme heat, with 13 days of 40 degrees celsius or above. Well, yay us. ;)

I was recently contacted by the lovely Jalene from PrettyPots Polish to review some of her polishes. I was impressed with the last ones I reviewed, so of course I said yes!

The first one I will be showing is the gorgeous Gatsby Party. I am a huge black with glitter fan, and this one has shot instantly into my top 5!  It is seriously amazing!  

It has a black jelly base jam packed with navy blue, garnet, holo burgundy, gold, and micro holo silver glitter. Whew!

This is 2 coats layer over China Glaze Liquid Leather. You could wear it alone, but it would take a few coats to be opaque as it's sheer.  I just can't do visible nail line, it gives me the heebie jeebies lol 

Formula on this was perfect, went on nice and smooth. I only needed one coat  of top coat. 

Pretty Pots Polish can be found on Etsy, and they also have Facebook and Instagram.  Can't wait to show you the rest of the gorgeous polishes.  :)

Till next time!

xo

Love Thy Polish - Sonic Blueprint review and swatches

Hello lovelies!

Today I am lucky enough to be able to show you a sneak peek of one of Love Thy Polish's new Speckled n' Freckled collection. 

There will be 10 new polishes in the Speckled n' Freckled collection. It includes 5 pales which are 'I Sea Green, Southern Sky, Smoke & Dust, Pink Sands and Lilacadaisical', and 5 brights named 'Sonic Blueprint, Berry Berry Purple, Fauxreal Fuschia, Vermillion Dollar Baby and Spot the Pink'.  

Plus at the same time there will be 4 holos released - Halo (yellow/gold), One Small Step for Man (black - re-release), Synthesize (purple) and Bringin' Sexy Back (pink). 

I am so excited for this release! If you read this blog regularly you know I am a HUGE Love Thy Polish fan, her polishes are always amazing and she has great customer service.

The polish I will be sharing with you today is one of the brights, Sonic Blueprint. I love speckle polishes, and this one is a beauty!

The brights are jellies, so they can be sheer. I like jellies, but am not a fan of visible nail line. So I ended up layering this over a polish that has the same base colour.  This is 2 coats of Sonic Blueprint layered over Australis Neon Crush #playthegame.

I adore this mani!  Sonic Blueprint is gorgeous, the speckles go on perfectly. I cannot wait to try the rest of this awesome new collection!

The new polishes are all released on Sat 15th Feb, and can be purchased from Love Thy Polish's website. Be sure to also follow her on Facebook and Instagram!

Till next time.

xo

Epic Nail - Summertime Shellac Starter Kit Review - part two

Hello lovelies!

Today I have the second part of my Epic Nail Shellac Starter Kit review.  If you missed the first part, you can see it here.

Included in the starter kit was an instruction sheet thankfully, as I had no clue what to do, I have never had shellac nails before.

Here is link to the instructions, which is the same as the ones I received and followed.

Basically it's exactly the same as putting on 'normal' nail polish, but in-between each step you cure the polish. Also, you need to be careful to not get any of the polish on your cuticles etc, I presume so you don't cure it onto your skin lol

I received 6 polishes in the kit, but I decided to go with Big Sky, which is a gorgeous pastel-y blue, and also one of my favourite Kate Bush songs. ;)

This is a pic of just the base coat. It's so shiny!

Below is Big Sky.

What a gorgeous colour! This was so easy to do, I can't believe I have never tried it before. It looks so beautiful and shiny once you are done, and didn't take that long to do at all!

I put this on Monday, it's now Friday and I have zero tip wear or chips. Which, for me is amazing, as I am quite hard on my nails. 

Also, because I have square nail shape, usually by now a corner has broken or the polish is chipped off, but I have none of that! I am definitely a convert, and can't wait to try the rest of the colours. I am even planning on doing it on my toenails. 

Epic Nails shellac kits can be bought on their website at http://www.epicnail.com.au and they also have a Facebook page.

Till next time.

xo

Sea Siren Cosmetics review

Hello lovelies!

Today I will be showing you four polishes in my Sea Siren Cosmetics review series. I am sad this has nearly  come to an end, I have enjoyed using and showing off these awesome polishes!

The first polishes are Sea Shells, Motion Of The Ocean, and Sea Matte, which is a matte top coat.

I went with a simple stripe mani. The formula is what I have come to expect from Sea Siren polishes, which is just perfect.  On my pointer and middle finger I used the matte topcoat, not too sure how well that shows up in these photos though.

 Next is the lovely Mermaid Tails. I love a good green polish, and I don't really have anything like this in my collection. It is a tad sheer, I ended up doing three coats, only because I cannot stand visible nail line. Most people could get away with two coats.

I love this colour. I did put the matte topcoat on my two middle nails, but again not sure if it is showing up that well.

I have one more Sea Siren polish to show you, but I am saving that for a special Valentines Day mani. ;)

Sea Siren polishes can be purchased here, and be sure to check her out on Facebook and Instagram as well!

Till next time!

Epic Nail - Summertime Shellac Starter Kit Review

Hello lovelies!

Today I am sharing with you the first part of a two part review. Epic Nails contacted me, asking me to review their shellac started kit. I was impressed with the last items I reviewed from them, plus I have always wondered what the fuss over shellac/gel nails was all about, so I jumped at the chance.

I have broken it up into two parts, as I took quite a few photos and didn't want the post to be too long. ;)

Just like the last kit I received, it came in a lovely Epic Nails box. The box has a magnetic front so it stays closed, but is also easily opened.

This is what I saw when I opened it.. omg, so many things! I wasn't expecting so much!

The pack includes 6 shellac polishes, 1 base coat, 1 top coat, plus 1 LED Nail curing lamp - 12 Watt.

 Also free with every kit is 10 cuticle pushers and 20 alcohol wipes.

Epic Nails was also nice enough to send a shellac removal kit, which included 2 acetone bottles, 1 pack of foil removal wraps, 1 pack of alcohol wipes and 1 pack of cuticle sticks.

I was surprised when I took the lamp out of the box, it was definitely bigger than I was expecting.  I have never had shellac/gel nails, so really, I had no idea what they looked like lol

Check out the gorgeous colours I received! Summer Dream has lost their swatch nail, so I have taken a pic of it from the catalogue so you can see it.

All in all, I am stoked with this kit.  Everything you need to do shellac/gel nails, and so many gorgeous colours to choose from!

I will do the next part of this review tomorrow.  :)

Epic Nails shellac kits can be bought on their website at http://www.epicnail.com.au and they also have a Facebook page.

Till next time.

xo

Sea Siren Cosmetics review - part 4

Hello lovelies!

For those of you in Australia, I hope you are staying nice and cool.  It was 46 degrees here today, and for my US readers, that is 114 F!  I have barely left the house in 3 days, and I am definitely over it! Thankfully, its going to be a much cooler 29 tomorrow, and I cannot wait!

Onto the good stuff! I am reviewing two of the Sea Siren Cosmetics polishes today, Code Purple and Midnight Moves.

For some reason, my camera would just not take an accurate photo of Code Purple!  I ended up having to use my phone, so I apologize in advance for the photos.

*with flash*

*sun*

I love purple polish, so Code Purple is a winner for me! I did two coats, and it was perfect. So glossy, even without topcoat!  The black is just as amazing, two coats and it was soo shiny, I honestly could not believe it.

I also received some other goodies to review apart from nail polish, and omg was I excited when I saw them! First up is an adorable travel kit, which contains tweezers, glass nail file and scissors and comes in a black leather case.  It even has the Sea Siren logo stamped on the cover. Love!

The next thing is super exciting for me.. an actual Mont Bleu czech glass nail file!  I have been wanting to try these forever.. I have tried a glass nail file before, but it was a dodgy cheapie one and it was terrible.  But the Mont Bleu one is amazing, I don't think my nails have ever felt so nice after filing.  Plus check out the awesome case it comes in!

I am loving everything I have tried from Sea Siren! 

I have a four polishes left from this brand to show you, I will post them tomorrow.

Sea Siren polishes can be purchased here, and be sure to check her out on Facebook and Instagram as well!

Till next time!

Sea Siren Cosmetics review - part 3

Hello lovelies!

Today I have 3 more polishes from Sea Siren Cosmetics to show you.  All in gorgeous shades of blue, which is one of my favourite nail polish shades to wear!

The first is Sea Mist.

*Inside*

*Outside*

This may be the brightest pastel I have ever seen.  Formula was perfect, only 2 coats was needed, and I really only did that out of habit.

This polish has to be seen in person to be believed, it's a stunner!

Next up is Sea Dayze and Deep Blue Sea.

They go so well together! Sea Dayze is a perfect blue, and the formula is incredible. One coat is all that was needed.
I loove the shimmer the darker blue, Deep Blue Sea. Both are such pretty polishes!

This nail art was super easy to do as well, just pain your base colour, once that is dry just tape off half your nail diagonally and paint your next colour. 

Once that is dry, use a dotting tool to dot polish along the line, using the opposite colour on each side. And voila, interlocking nail art! :)

I still have a few more from this brand to show you, and if they are anything like these, they will be amazing. :)

Sea Siren polishes can be purchased here, and be sure to check her out on Facebook and Instagram as well!

Till next time!

xo

AN Monday & Sea Siren review - part 2

Hello lovelies!

I have two manis to share with you again today, both using Sea Siren Cosmetics nail polishes.

The first is my mani for Aussie nails Monday. The theme was flowers.

For this look I used Sea Siren Cosmetics Pink Champagne on my pinkie and pointer finger, and Sea Nymph on the middle two fingers.  For such pale colours they applied quite well.  Not at all streaky and I only needed two coats.

Then I just used a dotting tool with Tranquility (purple) and Leucosia (white) to make the flowers.  I love this style of mani, it's simple to do but looks so pretty.

The next polishes I have to show are Mojito Madness and Leucosia.

I will admit, I do not wear white nail polish. It takes me back to my high school days of painting my nails with Liquid Paper lol  Plus they all seem to be so gluggy and streaky.  But Leucosia is none of those things! It's perfect in two coats. I used sticky tape to tape off the tips of my nails for a 'french' nail look. Sadly, they are not too straight.  ;)

Again, I love all these polishes! I still have a few more to show you, I can't wait to try them.

Sea Siren polishes can be purchased here, and be sure to check her out on Facebook and Instagram as well!

Till next time!

xo

Sea Siren review

Hello lovelies!

I have something special for you today! I was recently sent some Sea Siren Cosmetics nail polishes to review, and I honestly didn't know where to start! They are all so gorgeous.

I decided to start off with a green and gold mani for Australia Day, using Mystical Atlantis and Stunning Sunset.

Both of these polishes are stunning! One coaters, and flowed onto the nail so smoothly.  

This 'sugar spun' style is quite easy to do.  I followed a tutorial from The Nailasaurus to do it.

I love how the gold polish, Stunning Sunset, looks like gold wire wrapped onto my nails.

The next mani is a colour you will not seeing me wearing very often.. pink! But how could I resist this gorgeous shade!!

The pink is Gossip, and the glitter topper is Sea Glass.  I took photos in a couple of different lights, to show just how beautiful this pink is.  This is with 2 coats, and that is all it needs. I adore this pink and I must say for me to admit that, it's says alot!  I very rarely wear pink polish.

The topper is lovely as well.. I only needed one coat for this glitter payoff. 

It's safe to say I am in love with Sea Siren Cosmetics polishes! I have a few more to show you yet, and I can't wait!

Sea Siren polishes can be purchased here, and be sure to check her out on Facebook and Instagram as well!

Till next time!

xo