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    Opallac French Over Gel Swatch & French Manicure

    The second of two classic manis, French Manicure & American – variations with the same polishes. Both use @opallacgelpolish French Affair and French Over. First up is a classic French Manicure with a prominent white tip, and second set (as per the previous post) is an American Manicure, with a subdued pink tip. Technically they are both American since the French was

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    Opallac French Over Gel Swatch & American Manicure

    The first of two classic manis, French Manicure & American – variations with the same polishes. Both use @opallacgelpolish French Affair and French Over (the transparent pink). First up is a classic American Manicure with a subdued white tip, and second set (as coming in the next post) is an French Manicure, with a prominent pink tip. Technically they are both American

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    Opallac French Affair – Gel Polish Swatch

    Excuse the lateness in posting. Going through a hectic time and the chaos continues. Dang it. But here’s a lovely white gel swatch that brightens the week. It is French Affair from Opallac and is a highly pigmented polish to boot! Love this one. Have a look below. Read the mini review on this shade after the jump… Do you

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    Favourite Pastels for Mani Swap Circle July & A BPS Review

    Thankfully it was a different kind of theme for this month’s Mani Swap Circle and we got to choose our favourite pastels. I couldn’t decide between two I love (can’t say I have a favourite as I LOVE pastels) so I used two from the awesome Pastel Pets collection from Pretty Serious and made a pastel gradient. I was given

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    Winter Knit Nail Art With Stamping

    While most of you lot who aren’t in the Southern Hemisphere, languish in your long days and sunshine, we who aren’t can only envy you. So as I struggle to type more than 3 words without a typo, through my finger-less gloves, down coat and frostbitten nose, here is the art I did over Essie’s Parka Perfect swatch. OK, perhaps

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    Essie Parka Perfect – Perfect for Winter!

    Essie Parka Perfect – Perfect for Winter! I am wearing this beauty whilst I suffer with the cold weather. One f the few things I have on me at the moment, as my gear and I are parted 🙁 but it is keeping me warm in some part. I love the dusty colours and this beautiful grey blue is no

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    Paparazzi Glitterati with Stamping

    In deciding what nail art to do with the green glitterati of @opallacgelpolish Paparazzi (see earlier swatch post) I couldn’t pick between stamping and negative space, so I did both. Items used are at the end, but for now you can have a gander. I do realise that I said this would be posted that day, but alas, I’ve ad months of

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    Opallac Paparazzi – Gel Polish Swatch

    Here is the Opallac Paparazzi – Gel Polish Swatch, sent to me by the lovely team at Opallac! Shall we? This is what the bottle looks like. The swatch is slightly different as you can see, from the sticker. I found there were more silvery holo pieces in the mix. THE RUNDOWN: Name: Paparazzi – available here or select Priceline (AU) stores

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    Pastel Gel Polish Gradient (Tutorial)

    Since gel gradients are much easier to demonstrate than explain by text, I have created a video tutorial on how to do this yourself. You can see it at the bottom. This was the first step to the nail art for Pastel Polly – the swatch can be seen here.   The best way to do gel gradients is to

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    Pastel Gel Polish Gradient with Stamped Stars

    Here’s the nail art I did with Opallac’s Pastel Polly gel polish swatch. I created a gel gradient using three colours and stamped over it using Lina Make Your Mark 02 plate. I’ll have a more in depth tutorial as I had promised up shortly showing how I did the gradient. Access the tutorial here: CLICK CLICK! SUPPLIES USED FOR

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