Flashback: Big 3 – DBP

I’ve decided to finish off the Big 3 (maybe even Big 4!) series I started on at the beginning of this blogging journey, and thought revisiting my original DBP post would be a good way to start – read on… If you’ve ever looked at the ingredients list on the back of any of your cosmetics, you’ll see a massive …

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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: Rainbow nails

Hi everyone! After a brief break last week, it’s time for another… This week the theme is rainbow nails! I was struggling to think of something rainbow themed that would still be wearable, so I just painted a rainbow french mani… but to jazz it up a bit, the main nail is matte but the tips are glossy. Check out …

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Q&A: Why does nail polish stain your nails yellow?

  Q: Why does nail polish stain your nails yellow? A: As you might’ve guessed, it’s the coloured pigments in the nail polish! Generally, the pattern is that the staining is darker at the tip and fades towards the cuticle. It’s a bigger problem when the dyes are dissolved rather than suspended in the polish (e.g. with stearalkonium hectorite). If …

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Revlon Apple-tini Fizz

This is just a quick post to show you a swatch of one of my new favourite polishes: Revlon Apple-tini Fizz, a light green jelly full of iridescent flakie bits. It’s pretty cool over white (ring finger) and by itself (middle finger)… but it really comes alive over black! Shimmery and amazing – I think I can count more than …

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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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Interesting nail facts

First off, the best and worst thing about working in a chemistry “wet lab”: We wash our glassware with acetone. On a productive day, I can go through a litre of the stuff! This means:* I always have acetone on hand for nail art – yay!* My polish is almost always messed up by the second day. Onto 8 interesting …

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NOTD: Pink and olive dry water marble

This is going to be a long post! This was my first attempt at doing a dry water marble, and I learned a LOT, so I decided to record absolutely EVERYTHING, even the things that should be really obvious. It took me hours despite reading everything I could get my hands on. Hopefully this will help any water marbling newbies …

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