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Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Twinsie Tuesday Revisited

Hello hello,

I think this week's TT theme is a great one, it's Twinsie Tuesday Revisited. That means we each get to go back and re-do the previous mani of our choice. I went back to Feb 2012 which was "Franken polish".

Gosh Holographic Hero is a silver linear holo. The rainbow isn't super stong in this holo, but it's definately there.

I mixed NYC MoMa with HH and it made the most beautiful purple color! The only problem was that it lost almost all of the holo effect.

Even though the rainbow disappeared, I still really like how this turned out!

Check out the other Twinsies!

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Traci at DrinkCitra

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Clinique A Different Nail Enamel For Sensitive Skins, Swatches and Review

*Press Sample

Hello hello,

I am so excited to share with you guys A Different Nail Enamel for Sensitive Skins by Clinique! Clinique is dermatologically tested and 100% fragrance free. They designed the polish to minimize unwanted reactions to the nails, skin and eyes. Apparently, the chemicals in some polish can cause a skin rash around your eyes. Did ya'll know that on average, a person touches their eyes 200 times a day? Yikes!

A rainbow of twelve new shades make up the permanent collection, and there are limited edtition shades as well! Today I am showing you six of the 12 permanent polishes.

First up is my favorite of the six, Really Rio. Really Rio is a gorgeous coral cream, this color is so hot this season! Application was creamy and smooth, this was three very thin coats.

Happy Heart is a gorgeous, bright pink leaning coral cream. This is a really unique color to add to your collection, I don't have anything like Happy Heart. Two coats was all I needed for perfect coverage.

Red Red Red is one of Cliniques most beloved lipsticks, and now you can wear this classic red on your nails. Red Red Red is a cream-jelly hybrid, I used three coats here and still had a little bit of visible nail line.

Fizzy is a pretty, vintage pink frost that glided on like butter! Two thin coats were all I needed. I really love this shimmery neutral.

Black Honey! This vampy burgundy is so sexy! Black honey is another iconic Clinique lipstick that you can now wear on your nails. This was so pigmented that it was almost a one-coater. I can see this being my go-to dark shade.

Sweet Tooth is a very very light pink jelly. I actually used four coats for this swatch because I have a bit of staining on my nails (the only downside of a nail blogger!) Most people would only need two coats of this gorgeous barely-there pink.

Clinique also has a base and top coat in one that is meant to be worn with all the shades. I wore the base and top coat with Happy Heart and it lasted 5 days without one single chip!

The thin, flat brush makes application really easy. It actually may be the perfect brush in my opinion! Not too skinny or wide, just perfect. I was also impressed by how quickly these polishes dry.

Next I'll be swatching four of the limited edition Summer shades. Stay tuned friends!

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Twinsie Tuesday Oldest Untried Polish

Hiya peeps,

For Twinsie Tuesday this week we are finally getting to use that dusty old 'untried' polish at the back of our drawers. I'm pretty good about swatching all the polishes I buy right away, but every once in a while, one of them gets shoved to the back of the shelf and forgotten.. Which is what happened in the case of Nicole OPI My Empire...My Rules.

My Empire...My Rules is a brown cream. In the bottle it looks like it might have grey undertones, but against my skin, there were definate green undertones. Formula was fantastic, two thin coats for even coverage.

Check out the other Twinsie's:

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Traci at DrinkCitra

Saturday, 11 May 2013

Black Glitter Skittles

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I have been loving the swatches of Illamasqua Speckled everywhere lately! I don't have access to this brand nearby, so I imitated it with the polishes that I had on hand.

The black glitter is L.A. Girl Glitter Addict Uninhibited. Uninhibited has tiny black glitter and medium sized black hex glitter. It is super jam packed with the glitters, so i had to dab it on rather than swipe.

Each nail has a base color, one coat of glitter and then they all have a coat of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu over top. On my pointer is Revlon Dreamer. Middle finger is Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth. Ring finger is OPI My Very First Knockwurst, and my pinky is Color Club Blue-ming.

I was so excited when I saw this next polish by Love & Beauty (Forever 21) but once it was on, I didn't really love it. Rose/Red (such a dull name) felt very chunky on my nails. My base coat is Zoya Dita, and while this IS a gorgeous pink, I think I should have used a different color. Rose/Red has a lot of different glitters going on! It has lots of multi-sized irridescent shards, small silver glitter, red square glitters and large red hearts.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Twinsie Tuesday Fish Tail Mani

Hello hello

This weeks TT was a fish tail mani, and mine failed miserably. All 5 attempts, yeah, that's right, 5! So after painting my nails for the 6th time, I decided to just leave it alone and take pics. I seriously considered just painting a little black fish tail on there, but I'd probably have messed that up too.