China Glaze Happy Holi Glaze Collection part 1

Hello there Everyone!

So Christmas has past us and the new year has begun, and unfortunately the Christmas collection I was looking forward to the most only arrived here this week. I ordered in the black Friday sales but post to Australia seems to take FOREVER, so I only just got my China Glaze Happy Holi Glaze collection.

This Collection from China Glaze was the most excited I got from anything they released this year! China Glaze just seemed to have some very Blagh collections these past 12 months and honestly I did not buy many, which is weird as I love China Glaze as a brand. But I have to say I was not disappointed with this collection.

I have broken the collection into 4 groups. Today i am going to be sharing with you the Reds and the white texture polish.

*All polish purchased by me.

Just be-claws-Is a very bright shimmery red polish. I really liked this red as it just screamed santa's coat! My camera did not like it so much as it wanted to blow out the pics. I used 2 coats for the pic with a clear top coat.

Santa red my list- This is a  red foil with silver undertones, which if you do a good coat is a one coater. I'm not usually a red gal but i really liked this red polish.

There's snow one like you- Ok. So there was a lot of chatter when this was released. From talks of bird poo nails to vomit nails. Not many people seemed to like it, and I was even considering to give it a miss too after seeing the pics. But i'm glad I brought it!. I will never wear it as a mani by itself but this polish is great for nail art!. The white is a bright white, and the texture is not that bad. I did 2 coats by itself. The first coat went on smoothly but the second coat was a lot harder to apply. The polish seemed to catch on the texture of the previous coat and the polish just did not want to go on, so I ended up dabbing the polish on for the second coat. Having said that in future is I want to use this as a polish by itself  I will do a white base coat first so I only have to put on one coat. The other little treat I found with this polish was that the white glitter in this polish is UV reactive so under a UV light the polish has this great polka dot effect. Cool right?

I used 2 coats with no top coat.

I also decided to try it out over Santa red my list as a santa hat type mani, and it did not look too bad!

Tomorrow I will share with you the other foil polishes in this collection. 

If you are interested in purchasing any of the collection you can grab them where I did at Cherry Culture and they are only USD$3.75 each plus postage.

Until next time........

Aussie Nails Monday- Santa nails

Hello there Everyone! Another Aussie nails Monday! I totally missed last weeks *slaps hand* but this week i was not going to miss out! As it is Santa and Elves!

I love Santa and elves!!!!

So I has to do a traditional Santa mani. I was going to go elves but changed my mind.

I first painted all my nails with OPI Danke-shiny red. then on my pinkie i did dots using Ulta3 lily white, my ring finger has Dead set babes custom polish called A very Barnicle Christmas (after my 2 girls), my middle finger i painted on some lines with Ulta3 Lily white, my pointy finger has a gradient of Lynnderellas Do you see what i see? and my thumb i hand painted on santas coat using Ulta3 lily white, black satin and Kiko 628. everything was topped of with Seche vite.

I have to say i loved this mani. Tho after taking off the mani the OPI has stained my nails red :(. so be warned makes sure you use a couple of coats of base coat first.

Until next time....

Ulta 3 Candy Couture Nail Art kit Review

Hey there everyone,

Today i have a great kit to share with you that is brought out by Ulta 3. As some of you may or may not know, Ulta 3 is a "chemist" brand you can find in big white bins for only $2.00 a bottle. This polish brand is for the money, I think one of the best value around. I personally own over 50 different colours from their range and as new colours come out, i'm one of the first to be hunting down every new colour.

For a little while now Ulta3 have been bringing out some different gift packs to purchase. I was lucky enough to be sent the nail art candy couture kit.

The kit contains 3 limited edition colours, 3 Limited edition nail art stripers, a mixing plate,dotting tool, sponges and some nail art stickers.

There is also a instruction booklet inside the pack that shows you 3 different techniques, which i will show you today.

First up i have to say that the kit looks great. the instruction leaflet was informative. I tested the instructions out on my 12 yr old and she understood them so for a novice at nail art im sure they would be able to follow no problems. The only issues i had with the information booklet was the nail shots were superimposed and looked really fake :( i would have likes to see real nails in the booklets. and honestly there are so many nail bloggers out there im sure one of us would do it for a few bottles of free polish :) but apart from that a great booklet.

 There are 3 Limited Edition colours in this gift pack.

Fairy Floss- This is a real girly pink. It took 3 coats to get opaque. it is a lovely colour. I used Seche Vite as a top coat.

Sour Grape- A beautiful purple colour. this was only 2 coats to be opaque and a top coat of Seche Vite.

Toffee Apple- Another awesome colour. this green is just right. but then i'm a sucker for green :) 

2 coats for opacity and a top coat of Seche Vite.

There are 3 nail art stripers in the kit. The colours are Sizzling Red, Lily White and Black satin.

So i decided to follow the instructions and create the nail art in the booklet.

First up are polka dots. I followed the instructions and used fairy floss, the lily white striper polish and used the dotting tool for the actual dots.

Next in the instruction booklet was a gradient.I picked toffee apple and sour grape.

I followed the instructions to see if i would get the same effect, tho i did put a base coat of the sour grape first to make sure it would be opaque enough on my nails. I cut the sponge in 1/2 to save some for next time and i also jiggled my sponge back and forth to spread the polish and get a better gradient.

Lastly was the zigzag lines. I used toffee apple and the lily white and black satin stripers. I again followed the instructions to start with,but i just could not get it right. i'm use to dotting my nails first so i know where the chevrons need to go so they are all even. but i persisted with the booklet and they did not turn out too bad.

I also wanted to show off all 3 colours of the nail art stripers, so i grabbed my bottle of Ulta 3 honolulu and did some nail art.

Lastly i wanted to show off the nail art stickers. They are really cute almost like graffiti. I would have loved to see them in white and black rather than 2 sheets of black. White would have been awesome on black matte nails as a chalkboard mani.

So to show off the Nail art stickers i did 2 coats of Ulta2 lily white, then 2 coats of Ulta3 citrus, I placed the nail are stickers using the small end of the dotting tool in the kit, then did 1 top coat of Seche vite.

 How cute are the stickers!!!!!!

Now I do not know if you are aware but several of the Ulta 3 polishes are UV reactive. so I took a pic under the UV light I have.

How Awesome is that!!!!!!!

This kit is great value for money and any nail enthusiast would be super stoked to get this for Christmas.

The kit RRP at AUD$20.00 and can be purchased from most chemists that stock Ulta3 nail polish.

If you cannot find one near you head on over to the Ulta 3 Facebook Page and you can message your post code to them to find you nearest stockiest.

Until next time.....

Celestial Cosmetics- Poppy's Flower Swatch and review.

Hello there everyone! Today i have a beautiful polish up for review.
I have to admit i am a little bias as this polish was inspired by my little one pops. so you can see why i would just love this polish. But irrelevant of the name i fell in love when i popped it on my nails!!!

Introducing.......... Celestial costmetics Poppy's Flower. I was lucky enough to receive this bottle of polish for my birthday group pressy so i have got it before its release on 1st July.

Now im not a huge fan of red polish, tho since i had the Pops i have grown to love a lot of red and orange polish purely because i have started to collect all polish with the name Poppy.

Poppy's Flower is a beautiful red jelly with black glitter in several sizes along with some red hexes too.

how much does this represent a poppy???!!!!

credit- http://angelicsnaps.blogspot.com.au

I think it does perfectly!!!


So the polish itself.... All my swatches with this polish are with a clear base coat and 2 coats of Poppy's Flower and no top coat.

The quality of the polish was great and did not streak at all even when i applied my second coat only a few mins after my first coat. The polish dried really quick  but as with all polish i always recommend a Quick dry top coat just in case of an unwanted bump.

The distribution of the glitter was great, and i did not have to dab at all, just normal brush strokes to get this coverage.

Celestial cosmetics Poppy's Flower will be available from  1st July over at Celestial Cosmetics this polish is part of her new collection coming out and i really hope to eventually get all of them!!!!