Guest Post on Also Known As - Chanel Peridot

Hey everyone! Something a little different for today! Last week the lovely Kellie from Also Known As asked me to do a guest post for her and it is now live on her blog! I absolutely love Kellie and her gorgeous nails so I was super honoured to be able to do a guest post! 

Check out my review of Chanel Peridot by clicking on the photo below!

Zoya Kristi & Julieanne - Wicked & Wonderful

Hey everyone! Today I have swatches of two of the colours from the Zoya Wicked & Wonderful collection. Now I know all you Northern Hemisphere folk may have already seen these polishes as the collection was released in the USA a few months ago; however, the collection was only released a couple of weeks ago here in Australia to coincide with the start of our Autumn/Winter season.

I'm going to be honest and say that up until a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea that Zoya was even sold here in Australia! I also have no idea where I got this impression from, but this is not the case at all! Haha! You can definitely buy Zoya here in Australia and you can even buy it online if you find it isn't stocked somewhere near where you live! 

On to the swatches!

Kristi - Bright true red cream. Zoya describes this as a cream, but it almost has a slight jelly finish to it. This meant that the polish was a little sheer, and as such, I had to use three coats to get the opacity I desired. However, the formula was great, so applying a third coat didn't cause any issues.

Julieanne - Dark purple with gold, peach, yellow and green duochrome flashes. I absolutely love this polish!  It is so complex and fascinating. The duochrome effect was a little difficult to capture with my camera, but you can see it in the corners of the bottle in the photos below and it was definitely visible on the nail. Julieanne only required two coats and applied like a dream! I took extra photos of this one because it was my favourite out of the two! 

Both of these polishes were richly pigmented, applied really well and dried really quickly. The added bonus is that all Zoya polishes are formaldehyde, toluene, camphor & dibutyl phthalate free.

I am personally really excited for Autumn and Winter this year! I am loving all the fashion and beauty trends in stores and I'm especially loving the winter nail trends! I tend to favour darker nail colours in the winter and I can see myself wearing these two colours over and over again throughout autumn and winter! 

Zoya retails for $17AUD and my Australian readers can pick up Zoya from Art of Beauty Australia.

What do you guys think of these?

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OPI Not Like The Movies & Black Shatter

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I spent my weekend doing wedding stuff. I think I have finally found my bridesmaid dresses and shoes, and the gifts for my guests, so I'm really excited!

Today, a package finally arrived with some of the OPI Texas and Katy Perry collection colours I ordered, but much to my dismay, half the order was missing!!! I'm just hoping that the other polishes are just on back order.

The only Katy Perry colour that arrived was Not Like the Movies, so that's what I have on tonight.

Not Like the Movies is a silvery lavender duochrome that flashes green and pink. It also has some sparkle thanks to the silver microglitter. 

This blurry pic really shows the sparkle of this polish! 

Check out Black Shatter after the jump! 

OPI The Show Must Go On!

Hey everyone! I can't believe I'm posting twice in one day! I have been so productive today!

The Show Must Go On! is from OPI's recent Burlesque Collection. This is a pink leaning red duochrome that has a yellow/orange flash which you can see really distinctly in the bottom two photos. I used two coats for these shots.

TSMGO! is definitely not a dupe for MAC's Bad Fairy (I gave my bottle away to Jacie at You've Got Nail so I can't do a comparison), but from what I remember of Bad Fairy, I much prefer the way TSMGO! looks on me. 

Orly - Lunar Eclipse

I am so late to the party with this one. Orly Lunar Eclipse was part of the recent Cosmic FX collection that everyone LOST THEIR FREAKIN MINDS over... including myself :D

I had read that some of the colours were more impressive in the bottle than they were on the nails. However, this was not the case with Lunar Eclipse. This is a vivid blue with a purple/pink duochrome effect, however the effect is more visible in outdoor lighting that inside. This took three coats to become opaque. 

Lunar Eclipse was very hard to capture in indoor lighting! However, I managed to get one semi decent photo outside though, which shows the amazing duochrome effect! Yay!!!! Excuse the cuticles. I have sorely neglected my poor little fingers with all this studying. 

My first exam is tomorrow. Wish me luck... I need it :(