A re-vamped manicure..

You may remember Sunday I had a Red Sticks and Stones manicure.

well today instead of doing something completely new, and wasting a perfectly good manicure I decided to just re-vamp it a little. 

I removed my slightly chipped index and thumb polish and

created two new feature nails (which actually show up sticks and stones better than I thought) 

What do you think of my "new" manicure?

Red: Sally Hansen Red Carpet (2 coats)

Silver: Revlon Pure Pearl (3 coats)

Top: Cover Brand Lacquers Sticks and Stones (dabbed on) 

A few new...

So I actually have quite a few new nail polishes I need to use.

yay! 

I bought the bright pink of the left last week (after using a similar pink at a friends house) 

The pink next to it my mother bought back from England

The Revlon and OPI were on an epic sale at the warehouse (and who was I to say no?) 

and the MIKI on the right were gifted to me from MyLove's mother (as I've been wanting some brights for ages)

Left: OPI Silver Shatter

Right: OPI Black Shatter

Left: Revlon Powder Puff

Middle: Revlon Catty

Right: Revlon Midnight Haze

(Unnamed colours - I will name them myself)

Left: MIKI Bright Coral

Right: MIKI Bright Lime 

Left: Kleancolour Neon Pink

Right: Ciate Jelly Bean

Hopefully soon you'll be seeing some posts using these colours.

For now I'm reducing my nail painting per week as I don't have as much time 

(due to end of uni holidays - and start of real work)

Reddy sparkly sticks and stones

today I felt like doing something simple but that looked really cool.

Here we have it.

Red: Sally Hansen Red Carpet

Top Coat: Cover Brand Lacquers Sticks and Stones

Another attempt at Marble nails

Today wasn't quite a good as last time,

But I still quite like them.

I've had a few people asking how to do marble nails.

So stay tuned for a tutorial!

An icy manicure

Today I am going Ice Skating with MyLove and his sisters.

I decided to do an Icy manicure in tribute to this - however, I have no pale blue.

so being a quick thinking person I decided to whip one up! 

I mixed Mabeline Marshmallow (silvery)

Australis Sky's the Limit

and 

Revlon Colada Fizz

but this colour ended up being far too sheer

so I added 

Sally Hansen Naturel White

and more Australis Sky's the limit

and created this beautiful number.

I name her Cinderella

I didn't want a super plain manicure so decide to spice it up a little with some dots.

(this picture is without topcoat)

Pale Blue: My Franken Cinderella

Dark Blue: Australis Sky's the limit

White (dots): Sally Hansen Naturel White

Finally to finish the look off I added a sparkly top coat in the form of Revlon Colada Fizz

Black Friday!

So I'm not superstitious or anything,

but I decided since today is Friday 13th (Black Friday) I may as well embrace it!

I'm not sure if you can see, but this is a spotty manicure

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy (2 coats because I like to have a thick base when I use dark colours)

Black: Australis Blackmail (2 coats)

Matte/Matte dots: Elf Matte top coat

Shiny/Shiny dots: Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat

New navy blue...

So I have been envying the people who get to own and wear Butter London nail polish.

my favourite colour has always been Royal Navy

I found this image at Stuff I (s)watched

so, here in New Zealand this stuff retails at about $30 (which is quite a lot for nail polish)...

so sometimes I just go in to Farmers and stand by the Butter London counter and dream...

well today, after my Butter London Dreaming, I wandered into some other stores, one of them being a cheapo shop

and guess what I found!? 

A navy blue nail polish 

- I decided since it was only $3 I could buy it and risk it looking terrible and never being used....

when I got home I put some on and I was amazed! 

it looks so similar to the Royal Navy Butter London polish and only 1/10th the price! 

I am so happy!!! 

I was actually quite surprised at the smooth formula and opaque colour of such a cheap brand.

I will definitely be shopping here again.

I did this funky manicure...

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy (super good!)

Blue: Kleancolour Neon Sapphire (2 coats) - but it even looked good after one coat!

Ring/Index finger: Revlon Sheer Rose (3 coats)

Let me just say I am one happy customer and in all my nail polish snobbery I think I may now be introducing a few more Kleancolour's into my collection.