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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Models Own Jade Stone

Sadly, my Texas and Anchor's Away orders still haven't arrived! I hope they haven't got lost somewhere along the way because I'm going out of my mind waiting for these collections! In the mean time, today I'm wearing Models Own Jade Stone.

Jade Stone is as the name suggests, a jade green creme. This one is really opaque and I got great coverage with just one coat but I went with two in the end. I've only had it on for a day, but it hasn't chipped yet, so that is a good sign!

Oh and I'm only 41 followers away from my massive 500 follower giveaway! I received some more products this week from China Glaze and Le Beauty to add to the prizes. This giveaway is honestly going to be massive, so get following people so I can put it up! I can barely contain my excitement about all the products... I'll have to give you all an updated sneek peak on the weekend I think! 

Rescue Beauty Lounge - Stormy

Before I get stuck into today's post I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who sent me well wishes in my last post. I actually inspected my finger again today and the majority of the damage is on the underside of the finger. So I'm hoping I'll be able to get back to swatching sooner than I thought!

In the mean time, today I have photos of Rescue Beauty Lounge's Stormy which I took about a week or so back. A couple of my followers suggested I do an RBL month since I have a few (*cough cough*) RBL polishes and I had started compiling the shots of my collection. So until I get back on track, I think I will show you all the photos of what I have so far!

Stormy is exactly as the name suggests - a stormy grey creme. I absolutely love the colour, but found application was a little streaky - you can see the patches on my ring finger. It has been ridiculously hot here in Sydney the past couple of weeks (think 100°F to 104°F!) so I have a feeling this polish was doing all sorts of crazy things because of the weather!

Apart from that tiny little issue, Stormy dried really quickly and looked fabulous!

Natural Light

Natural Light

Indoor Lighting

Nubar Charmeuse

Hey everyone! I hate to do this, but this is going to be another quick post. 

Today I'm wearing Charmeuse from Nubar's recent Finest Silks collection.  Charmeuse is a pink creme that leans brown. I used two coats here. This colour is a bit old fashioned I guess, but I love it! I don't own a lot of Nubar polishes, but all of the ones I have tried have applied like a dream and Charmeuse is no exception.

Natural Light

Natural Light

Indoors with flash

Do you love it or loathe it?

Rimmel Sky High

No chit chat for this post. It was a beautiful sunny day here in Sydney today so I spent the whole day out by the pool and I think I cooked my brain!

Rimmel Sky High is a blue leaning turquoise cream. I applied this really quickly, so apologies for the messiness! Sky High was a little thick for my liking, but it dried very quickly (living up to its name!).  It is the perfect summer colour to compliment the gorgeous weather we are having this weekend. This was two coats.

On a side note, my NARS Giveaway is now closed. Thanks to everyone who entered! I'll have the winner up some time this week. x

Rescue Beauty Lounge - Smitten

Today I saw this post by Michelle at ALU about Rescue Beauty Lounge's new Spring 2011 collection and my instant reaction was "ohhhhhhhh I must own these!"

And then I remembered that a couple of months ago I went through a bit of an RBL craze and purchased quite a few polishes from the RBL collection... When I saw a few, I mean this many.....

I know... I'm insane.... I don't know why I bought so many.... They are so expensive and I am still paying them off my credit card... But since I have them, I thought that I should give them some more love on my blog, since I haven't really swatched a lot of the colours... And no, I will not be buying the new collection... Even though that dusty lavender is to die for... 

Getting back on track,  today I have Smitten on my nails which is light pink creme. Ji calls it a "light lilac pink creme" on her site, but I'm not seeing the lilac.

 No Flash

No Flash

This polish is a gorgeous colour, but application wasn't great. Being such an opaque creme, it was really streaky, even on the second coat, so I had to add a third. Because the polish is a bit on the thick side, the third coat made my nails look kind of lumpy.

Despite these issues, after a coat of Poshe, it actually dried quite evenly and the end result is fantastic. You can still see some patches in the photos, but you can't see these on my nails. I have a bit of a tan at the moment and Smitten looks fantastic against my skin, so maybe I'm a little biased!

What do you think of this colour?

Before I sign off, just a quick reminder that there are only a few more hours left to get your name down for my NARS Zulu Giveaway, so make sure you check it out! x

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!

China Glaze Moody Blue

Two posts in two days! I'm on fire!

Today I am wearing Moody Blue, which is another HTF colour from China Glaze.

Moody Blue is a big hot streaky mess! But it looks worse in the photos than it does on my nails. 

It took three coats to get it to a stage where I was willing to wear it out in public :P However, I did get some compliments on the colour from people when I was out (and even one from my sister, who thinks every nail polish I wear is disgusting!) so it mustn't be that bad!

I have read that the the new Chanel colour, Riva, is basically the same colour but with a very subtle micro shimmer. I wonder whether it applies better than MB? If it does, I may be tempted to buy it :P

China Glaze Channelesque

Due to my absence from the blogging community the past month, I'm really out of the loop when it comes to new nail polish collections. So I thought until I get my groove back (which will hopefully be this week!) I'd show you some of my fave colours from my collection over the next few posts.

And to kick it off, I have China Glaze's Channelesque for you.

Channelesque is a stunning dusty grayish purple creme. Sadly, it is a long discontinued colour but it is hands down one of my favourite nail polishes. 

I honestly have no complaints about this polish! It applied smoothly in two coats, didn't bubble or streak and lasted for days without a chipping!

The obvious downside is that it isn't 3free. But I have to be honest, I'm not too worried about wearing this colour every now and then, even though it has some not so great chemicals in it, because it is such a stunning colour!

The fantastic news is that supposedly Below Deck from the upcoming China Glaze Anchors Away collection is a dead on dupe for Channelesque! Mary from Body & Soul did a pretty convincing comparison between the two!

x

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

Deborah Lippmann - Waking Up In Vegas and My First Award!

Hey everyone! Today I have photos of one of Deborah Lippmann's Spring 2010 polishes, Waking Up In Vegas.

I had umm'd and ahhh'd about this colour for ages, but when I saw it on Lady Gaga on the cover of Vanity Fair, I went crazy for this polish..... (I have a slightly unhealthy obsession with Lady Gaga and Kim Kardashian as well :P But that story is for another day!) 

Lippmann isn't sold in Australia, but luckily I found it at KissandMakeupNY.com so I snapped it up straight away!

WUIV is freakin awesomeness! It applied beautifully, only needed two coats and dried quickly.  The colour is creamy beige-grey goodness! My nails were really long in these photos, but WUIV made them look even longer! I won't lie, Lippmann is pricey, but if you have the opportunity to get some of her colours, try this one out. You wont be disappointed.

Click to check out my first blogger award after the jump! :D

Models Own - Lilac Dream

I'm baaaaaack! :D Sorry for not posting over the past few days.. I have been flat out!

Anyway, as I promised, I sat down tonight to do swatches of all the Models Own colours I bought at their 50% off sale.... I put the first colour on, and started snapping away and then...... my battery died.... *cries* ..........and for some reason it wont charge!!!! So I only have pics of one of the colours tonight, Lilac Dream.

First thing tomorrow I'm going to the shops to get a new battery (or maybe a new camera!!! :P)...

Lilac Dream is exactly as the name describes it - a dreamy lilac cream that glides on effortlessly! I used two thin coats and a coat of Poshe.

(Note: This photo is not actually this pink.. I swear! But every time I add it to the page, Blogger makes it darker and redder! What the hell Blogger?!?!?!)

This last photo was without flash but I feel like it gives a more true indication of the colour of this polish.

I really love this colour and if it wasn't for the fact that I am dying to try the rest of the colours I got, I would probably be happy wearing this for days! 

Just a quick reminder that there is only a couple of days left to get your name down for my 50 Follower Giveaway! Thank you to everyone for all your encouragement and thank you to all my new followers! I really appreciate it and promise I will repay your generosity with giveaways well into the New Year! x

Eyeko - Rain Polish (And a swap with Konad-licious!)

Last week I organised to do a swap with the lovely Carli from Konad-licious for three of the new Eyeko polishes that I had been lemming for ages! I was so stoked simply about the fact that she was sending them to me! So, you can imagine how excited I was when I opened the box and found not only the three Eyekos, but all these other amazing goodies as well!!!!

There are so many gorgeous polishes I wanted to try (Milani holo! *drool*) but I was instantly drawn to Eyeko's Rain Polish, so that is what I'm wearing now.

Rain Polish is a light blue grey creme with a subtle shimmer. The shimmer almost disappears on the nail but it provides just enough dimension to the polish that you don't feel like it is just another flat creme. 

Application was a dream. Two thins coats was plenty and it dried in a flash! Not a bad word to be said about this polish!

You may have also noticed that I shortened my nails and changed the shape. I wasn't feeling the super square look anymore, so I went with the trusty squoval shape. What do you think?

Hope you are all having a fab day! Be sure to check out Konad-licious!  x

Color Club - Pucci-licious

Craptastic swatch of the week! I was painting my nails while watching the Australian Rugby League grand final and my team, St George Dragons, were winning after being down at half time,  so I was a little excited..... and my nails reflect my level of excitement! :P 

Purely for my own pleasure, I have included a photo of the boys with their trophy! 

So anyway, Pucci-licious is an amazing colour, but it probably could have done with a third coat, which I didn't realise until I had taken the photos. It doesn't seem patchy when I look at my nails, but the camera tells a different story. 

Also, my camera just couldn't capture this purple creme accurately. My photos all came out too blue. It is definitely more purple... And being a neon, it dried to a matte/satin finish, but I added a coat of Seche Quick Dry because I'm not a fan of that satiny look... 

I should have done a red and white look to celebrate the mighty Dragons win! :P

Oh and I was being so demented after the win, I broke my thumb nail. Snapped it right off.. Check out the carnage! 

Thankfully Mr Thumb never makes it into my swatch photos... :P Hope you are all having a great weekend! 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.