Revlon #405 Peachy

Hey everyone! A couple weeks ago, the lovely Diana from the girl with a bow kindly sent me a bunch of the new Revlon Top Speed polishes that I had been lemming and today I'll be showing you swatches of one of the colours, #405 Peachy.

Peachy is a orange leaning light coral cream. I had to use three coats to get even coverage because it was still patchy after the second coat. Naturally, it dried quickly being a Top Speed!

 I can't even express how much I love this polish! It is such a fantastic shade of coral! This is going to sound crazy, but my nails look almost good enough to eat with this polish on! Don't ask me why, but they just do! (I promise I don't make a habit of eating nail polish! ha!).

One thing that really impressed me was the fact that Peachy actually had a pretty glossy finish when it dried, unlike other quick drying polishes I have tried before (including Revlon's Top Speed in Royal) which have dried to a satin, rubbery finish, kind of like the Orly Plastix polishes. I'm not a fan of satin finish polishes, so its great that Peachy doesn't do this.

Peachy also reminds me a little of Essie's Tart Deco. What do you guys think? If I remember, I'll try and do a comparison so we can see how close they are.

Thank you Diana for sending these to me! I love all of them and can't wait to try the others!

P.S Guess what. I am finally announcing the winners of my 1500 follower giveaway in my next post. No joke! <3

Misa - Push Up Bra

Hey everyone! I thought it was about time I took a break from wearing holo polish, so today I have a gorgeous cream to show you.

I haven't had the pleasure of trying a lot of Misa polishes because until recently, I didn't even know the brand was sold in Australia! However, Le Beauty now stocks Misa polishes and their awesome managing director offered to send me a couple to try, so today I'm showing you Push Up Bra.

Apart from having a freakin awesome name (I giggle like a school girl every time I say it), Push Up Bra is a gorgeous bright coral cream that applies flawlessly. I used two coats because I can't help myself, but honestly, one would have been sufficient! (edit: I haven't used any top coat for these pics. It dries to a really glossy finish).

What really stood out to me was the fantastic brush, which I'm guessing is part of the reason this polish applies so well. (edit: I'll try and add a photo of the brush tomorrow). The cap was also a really good size and was comfortable to hold while applying the polish. However, I did notice that the polish had a fairly strong smell. I'm not usually bothered by polish smells, but this one stood out a little.

Aside from that little issue, I really love this colour on my hands and I can also see Push Up Bra being an amazing pedi colour! I've already decided I'm packing this for the honeymoon! Tanned toes + coral polish = hot!

Misa polishes are "big 3 free" and the company does not test on animals.  My Aussie readers can pick up Misa polishes from the Le Beauty website simply by registering and then logging in.

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OPI Los Cabos Coral and Blog Sale Question

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts the past few days. I have been working such long hours, I just haven't felt up to swatching/posting when I get home from work. Since I haven't got anything new to show you at the moment, I thought I'd show you something from the "vault".

A couple of months back I was on a big coral kick and I bought a stack of discontinued coral OPI polishes on evilBay. One of the colours I purchased was OPI's Los Cabos Coral which I believe was from the Mexico collection.

When I first got it I was a little disappointed because it looked so frosty in the bottle, but once it was on the nails, I actually really liked it! I remember I had to use three coats, but the polish was quite thin so this wasn't an issue.

(I actually loaded these pics up to Imageshack months ago so they have my old watermark! )

From what I can tell, you can still find this polish on eBay, for a fairly reasonable price if you want to get your hands on it! 

In other news, the other night I was cleaning out my makeup bag and realised that I own a RIDICULOUS amount of unused and untried makeup! Before becoming a nail polish addict, I was a huge makeup fanatic and this has resulted in me having crazy amounts of makeup that I never use..... Think 60+ blushes and hundreds of eyeshadows! 

I also have a stack of nail polishes that I want to off load, sooooooooo I was wondering whether you guys would be interested if I held a makeup and nail polish blog sale? I would keep prices reasonable, even for HTF items, and I would be willing to ship internationally... So let me know what you guys think? If I get a good response, I'll try and take the pics and post the sale up over the weekend...

P.S 500 Follower Winner will be announced shortly! 

OPI Back to the Beach Peach

Hey everyone! The past couple of days I have been super busy with wedding stuff, but I had to take a quick break from it to show you this gem I found on evilBay a couple of weeks back.

I had been on a no buy for over a month and then one day I found an old post on a blog featuring peach and coral colours and it made me start lemming discontinued OPI polishes!

OPI's Back to the Beach Peach is from the 2006 Flip Flop Fabulous collection from what I can tell, so it is a long discontinued colour. I wouldn't normally post discontinued colours, but this baby is hot!

In some lighting it appears really coral, and then in others it is more of an orange peach and then in other lighting it is flat out pink! I love polishes that do that! It stops me from getting bored with them!

I have included a whole bunch of photos in differnt lighting to try and give you an idea of how this colour changes.

Before the photos, just a quick reminder that my NARS New Year Giveaway closes in three days so make sure you get your name down for it! I clicked over the 400 follower mark today, so stay tuned for another giveaway really soon to celebrate this milestone!!

More photos after the jump!

Deborah Lippmann - Daytripper

No chit chat tonight. I am having such long days at work at the moment and I'm exhausted :( I'm sorry if I haven't replied to some comments yet! I promise I will get to that in the next couple of days... :)

Deborah Lippmann Daytripper is a bright coral creme. This colour is so pretty! I felt really girly when I was wearing it :P 

As with the other Lippmann polishes I have tried, application was wonderful. I only needed two coats for an opaque, even finish.

Don't forget there's only a few days left to get your name down for the Lippmann Giveaway! x

Chanel - Orange Fizz

I knew it was wishful thinking that I would actually wear a polish for a whole weekend! :P I am home sick with the flu today so of course, I took Rouge Fatal off and re-painted my nails. 

I decided to go with a bright happy colour to counteract the way I am feeling. I already had my Chanel's out so I went with Orange Fizz.

Orange Fizz is a creamy coral with a touch of pink. In other pictures I have seen of it, the colour looks really soft and kind of muted, but on my nails it came out almost neon! I'm not sure if it is the Poshe topcoat I used that changed it, but to be honest, I love how bright and fun it is.

Sadly, application wasn't fantastic. I found it a little thick and it definitely had streaking issues. Due to the thickness of the polish I only used 2 coats, but 3 probably would have been better to even it out and get rid of the VNL.

Overall, I really like this colour and can see it being a fantastic pedicure colour for Summer.

Rescue Beauty Lounge - Starfish Patrick

Starfish Patrick! There are no words to describe how much I love you!

If I didn't have what seems like a bajillion other colours to try I would wear this baby every day!

SP is a lovely coral peach which makes my skin seem really tanned even though I'm white as a ghost at the moment.

I'll be honest, application wasn't fantastic. There is still some VNL with three coats (more noticeable in the second pic) and streakiness was a bit of an issue - but - I'll learn to live with it because the colour is divine!!!

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