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Opallac Mirror Mirror – Gel Polish Swatch
Read moreI have another swatch shade from the Opallac Gel Polish colour range to show you today. This metallic chrome is called Mirror Mirror, and is described by the brand as “super-vivid metallic silver colour, with a mirror-like finish.” Luckily for you guys, being Xmas, I had a bit of time to do a little write up whilst waiting around. Read
28th December 201600
Xmas Art on Opallac True Blue
Read moreTime for a festive mani, given Xmas is just days away 🎄 Feeling overwhelmed by the traditional red & green, my previous swatch of Opallac True Blue makes the perfect base for so called “ugly sweater” print, with gradient tips, hand-painted snowflake ❄ and gift wrapped 🎁 accent nails. Part of the “Christmas is Coming” prompt for the Instagram
24th December 2016
Opallac True Blue – Gel Polish Swatch
Read moreHello! Today and over the coming weeks I have an exciting peek at some of the fun gel polish colours from Australian brand Opallac. Today we have a swatch of True Blue, a medium cool blue shade from their core colour line. Opallac are a brand that bring gel nails to you, with an at home kit and a decent
21st December 2016
Delicate Lace Print on Baby Blue
Read moreDelicate Lace Print stamped on a Baby Blue polish base. Double combo challenge post today, since I haven’t had time to post much thanks to all the pre-Christmas crazy, and I have been trying to get feeling back on track again as my main focus. Simple and easy and done ahead of time. I used a pastel blue from the Sally
17th December 2016
Abstract Tips x Negative Space with Wintery Undertones
Read moreAbstract Tips x Negative Space with Wintery Undertones for today’s mani du jour! Channelling abstract notions, today’s is a conceptual one. I have used some cool toned hues to create the tips and painted the metallic copper lines on freehand. (If you look close you can probably tell where I sneezed whilst doing so LOL, oops!). I added some bronze
6th December 2016
Geometric Lines on Metallic Copper Base
Read moreGuess I should pause with the ‘online window shopping’ and post something, eh? Today’s mani is on a metallic copper base. I just felt like some simple freehand and opted for basic geometric lines in varied triangular shapes. How good is a metallic polish? I would have gone for a thinner line, but my skinny brushes are MIA at the
28th November 2016
Black Friday & Cyber Monday Polish/Nail Art Deals 2016, with UPDATES
Read moreDecided to start a bit of a list of the Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales for nail related sales (both indie and mainstream, since it’s my favourite time of year to have my rubber arm twisted into spending more. Amiright? Thus a list of nail art, polish and nails related deals on offer for 2016. I prefer to have an easy
24th November 2016
Dotted Spring Florals in Mint & Pink
Read moreDotted Spring Florals in Mint & Pink are today’s mani. Because florals are another thing I haven’t worn in freaking aaages! And I do like them as a nail art. Plus, I wanted to do some stamping. So whilst I haven’t been doing much in the way of challenges this month, mostly due to all the ensuing post-exertion exhaustion I
14th November 2016
White X Negative Space – Apt for Today
Read moreQuick post for today, where I finally got to embrace one of my favourite styles: negative space. Which also means that most of my nail breaks have grown out enough to at least disguise them haha. Shall we? Here is my ‘more healed’ hand, since the other one is still not quite up to par in terms of growing out the
9th November 2016
Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead Nails
Read moreSugar skull nails with red, black and white roses for Dia de los Muertos. Running behind as seems to be the norm for these past few months. Despite the planned shop opening and life in general being thrown in to turmoil, at least I got to do something for Day of the Dead. Not happy with it but at least
3rd November 2016
Quick Halloween Nails with Milv
Read moreQuick post since it has been a while and I still don’t have all my gear and equipment back yet. My polishes miss me, and I know this because they sent me a postcard. However it shouldn’t be too long until the prodigal polish returns… I needed to do at least one Halloween manicure – and also to cover up
31st October 2016
Born Pretty Multichrome Powder over Black Gel
Read moreHere is the result of Born Pretty Multichrome Powder over Black Gel. You apply this powder in the same way shown for the chrome powder review I did, and can see the full review and a short video in the last post which reviews this multichrome powder and see how it looks over other colours. Excuse the dry hands, my poor limbs
4th October 2016
