CND Night Factory - Urban Oasis and Teal Sparkle

Today I had to do a makeup job for a friend who was attending a wedding and I wanted my nails to look special, so I chose CND's new "The Look" Night Factory Duo for Fall/Winter '10.

The set consists of a dark teal creme polish, Urban Oasis, and a sparkly teal microglitter "effects" polish, aptly named Teal Sparkle.

Check out the swatches of this amazing duo after the jump!

China Glaze - Awakening Collection Halloween 2010

Even though Halloween isn't really a big deal in Australia, I had to get my hands on the new China Glaze Awakening Collection for Halloween 2010. I ended up buying Mummy May I and Ick-a-bod-y only as I had read that Zombie Zest is a dupe for SpaRitual's Optical Illusion, which I already own.

Sadly, application for these was a bit of a PITA. They were really gluggy and thick! Admittedly, I applied them really quickly, but after the second coat I still had patches, so a third was needed for a solid colour. Both dried quite gritty and lumpy so a top coat is definitely needed! However, they are both freaking gorgeous colours so I still love them. Ick-a-bod-y turned out to be my favourite! The orange/coppery glitter is simply stunning against the green/black base!

 Mummy May I

Ick-a-bod-y

Revlon - Gray Suede

Sorry for being MIA, I have been really crook the past couple of days. I was hoping to swatch the Cosmic FX collection but I was too knackered, so here is one from last week - Revlon Gray Suede.

I love the mannequin hands trend and I particularly enjoyed this colour on me. Its got a really subtle shimmer which gives it a lil' sumfin' sumfin' over other nudes I have in my collection :p

I promise I'll do the Cosmic colours on the weekend :D

Essie Fall 2010

 Today I have swatches of three of the colours from Essie's Fall 2010 collection, which is officially being released tomorrow.

I have to say from the outset, all three colours applied so well! The formula is fantastic! I love all of them, but I especially adore Velvet Voyeur and Sew Psyched!

OPI - Flit A Bit

I am frantically trying to get good swatches of the three Essie Fall 2010 colours I received today so in the mean time, I give to you OPI Flit a Bit from the recent Summer Flutter collection.

I find cremes a little boring sometimes so I added a layer of CND Amethyst Sparkle. The CND made the colour a bit darker, but I personally love purple and orange together so I really enjoyed this mani!

I will hopefully have swatches of Essie Fall 2010 tomorrow and then Cosmic FX on Wednesday!

Les Khakis de Chanel Preview

In celebration of Fashion's Night Out, Chanel will be releasing Les Khakis de Chanel collection which features three shades of "khaki" - Khaki Vert, Khaki Brun and Khaki Rose.

I'm going to go completely against the grain here and say that I'm not sure about these colours. I feel like Khaki Brun is just Particuliere repackaged and Khaki Rose is just bleh! Other nail bloggers seem to be dropping their bundles over Khaki Vert which is a slimey green looking colour - one of those "ugly/pretty" shades...

I'm going to have to see swatches of all these colours before I shell out $39AUD each for them!

I don't see these shades being as big a hit as Jade from last year's show, but knowing my luck I'll be completely wrong about that and regret not buying them! 

If you do see a colour you like I suggest you go out and buy it straight away! I searched for Chanel Jade on eBay last night and found a listing for over $800AUD! The cheapest I could find was $250AUD! So, as I said, if you like one of the colours snap it up because if it sells out, you could find yourself forking out a crapload of money for the polish on evilbay!

OPI - Ski Teal We Drop

Today I'm rockin OPI's Ski Teal We Drop from the recent Swiss collection.

It is a gorgeous dark teal creme that applied flawlessly.  It is definitely one of my favourites from this collection!

And here is my ultra pathetic attempt at a konadicure! I'm still trying to master the art of stamping and more importantly, choosing the right colour and pattern to stamp with :P 

As you can see here, the little clouds might have looked cute on the plate, but the didn't exactly translate to the nail :S It looks like my finger nails are suffering from chicken pox!  :(

Don't forget to comment and follow my blog! I bought some more Aussie brands of nail polish to add to the giveaway prize today! I'll add more photos of the prize tomorrow night!

Essie Fall 2010 Preview

I received an email yesterday with information on Essie's new fall collection.

I am only really excited about one of the colours, Velvet Voyeur, as I have read on a number of other blogs that Merino Cool is a dupe for Sephora by OPI's Metro Chic or Sally Hansen's Commander in Chic, and Sew Psyched is a dupe for Rescue Beauty Lounge's Diddy Mow.

I have all three of those colours already so I will have to see more swatches before I decide whether or not to buy those two.

This collection will be available in early September.