Loki’s Lacquer Christmas Collection Swatches and Review

I’m really spoiled at the moment with lots of great Aussie polishes to review! As you might know, Loki’s Lacquer (Etsy store here) is a little Aussie indie brand I’m quite fond of. Tara’s recently released a Christmas collection, and I have them in my hot little hands. They’re stunning, with a heavy emphasis on holographic shimmer (get ready for …

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Enkelini swatches – Part 1

I won a giveaway at Gnarly Gnails a while back, and the prize was five Enkelini minis. Here are three of them – check out Polish or Perish tomorrow for the other two! Enkelini is the brainchild of Pat Ashton – you can read an interview with her here, and grab polishes from her Etsy store here. Trust me, you’ll …

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Notes on Essence Peel-Off Base Coat and how to DIY it

You may have heard that Essence’s new Peel-Off Base Coat is awesome for hard-to-remove need-to-break-out-the-foil polishes – it takes 10 minutes to dry, but that’s nothing compared to the pain and dry wrinkly fingers of glitter removal. For those of you who don’t have access to Essence, or simply can’t find it yet despite going to Target 3 times in …

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Artsy Wednesday: Ruffian

The theme this week was ruffian nails. These are mine: I was wearing China Glaze Glittering Garland at the time and I wasn’t quite sick of it yet, so I stamped a BM design on top in ulta3 Gold Rush Fever (PRC). I then used an eyeliner brush to paint on a bit more gold to make the stamping a …

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NOTD: Glitter wedge tape mani

I warned you there’d be tape manis! 😛 Sandwich dissection:CND Stickeyulta3 Gold Rush Fever (gold shimmer)Milani Gems (chunky rainbow glitter)ulta3 Confetti (fine fuschia/gold/blue glitter, to try to give a more defined “edge” at the cuticle)Orly Bonder (smoothes the glitter out so well!)Seche Vite(dried overnight)(tape wedges added)ulta3 Orchid (cool purple with gold shimmer)(tape wedges removed)Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Tasty glitter macro: All …

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NOTD: Circusy nails with added elephants!

I thought I’d try something fun in between all the sober-ish manis I’ve been doing… NOTE: I am not a Republican! I’m Australian, it didn’t even cross my mind that elephants were associated with the GOP until I finished… I just like elephants! 🙁 The base is a franken I made from ulta3 Spring Shower. I love light blue, but …

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Artsy Wednesday: Pink nails

Hi everyone! Holly from Hooked!, Alanna from Pretty Purple Polish and I have decided to start doing a once-a-week nail art challenge, Artsy Wednesday – today’s theme is pink nails. If anyone wants to join, shoot me a comment or email and we’ll add you to the list! This is a frankenpolish that I made using a bunch of glitter …

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