Nail art... ...abstract impressionism is art, right?

Hello everyone.

Before you see these, I'm sorry.
I really, truly am.

I should only show you beautiful, gorgeously manicured nails.
I shouldn't show you this.

I shouldn't be laughing.

But seriously, if these guys had legs, i'd be telling them to RUN not walk to crazy town.

First off I'll let you know how this came about. I got three polishes from China Glaze's Ink collection. Being a MANIAC for purple I've known for ages that I had to get Flying Dragon. I also picked up Japanese Koi and Blue Sparrow.

Next, I wanted to do some nail art with these guys. Initially wanting to do something tattoo themed, the idea crumbled as I created these monstrosities...

     

Why on earth did I attempt something so ambitious? 

Because I wanted to. 

And I hoped it would have one of two results:

a) something AMAZING

b) something HILARIOUS.

Which do you think it was?

NB:
The first one is a BIRD.
Those are clouds.

The second one is a FISH.
Those are flowers in the water.
FLOWERS CAN FLOAT!

What I used:
BIRD:
Chi Chi - Mermaid
China Glaze - Blue Sparrow
Stargazer UV Nail Art Pen - UV Yellow
The Face Shop - BK901
Stargazer - White

FISH;
China Glaze - Blue Sparrow
China Glaze - Flying Dragon
China Glaze - Japanese Koi

Stargazer UV Nail Art Pen - UV Yellow

The Face Shop - BK901

Stargazer - White

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Love,

Dream Catcher... is orange?

Hi everyone!
My posts are a bit all over the place right now as I'm trying to get my sleeping pattern back to normal.
I woke up at 9.30am today (compared to 6pm that's pretty good!) but I feel rotten like I just want to sleep for a week. Bleh.

Oh well, on to the nails!

This is "Dream Catcher" from Nicole by OPI, another from "The Haul" - and yes I'm nearly done swatching these!

I noticed something strange when I was swatching this, normally I'll google the nail polish before I swatch (or as I do it) to see what other people's opinions on he polish are and what it looks like on them, with this one I found something very weird... look here...

As you can see this is COMPLETELY different to the bottle i have, which looks like this... (also, have you seen the Nicole by OPI bottles? What the HECK is going on with the mad shape?)

Does anyone know what the crazy is going on here?

Anyway...here's what THIS version of Dream Catcher looks like on me...

This was 3 coats.

I really like this, I used to have a colour that was almost exactly the same as this years ago, but I have no idea where it went! Or what it was called, or who by. Blech. I just remember it had a shiny red metal handle on the brush and you can get them in Priceline here in Aus... Oh well! I have this now!

Love,

Beetle Eyes

Hey everyone!
sorry for the late post - I had such a lazy day an was trying to figure out what the heck to post as I still have no cotton balls and beetle nails, so I did a matching eye look with the shadows I got from Lisa Kate!

Sorry for the application and pics - makeup is definitely not my forte as yet but now that I have so many pretty colours I want to play with them and show you the results!

This looks much brither and more amazing in real life - pictures can't convey just how amazing these colours are!

I used:

Aromaleigh - Cricket (acid green - inner corner)

Barry M - Aqua Gold (teal with gold shimmer)

Hi Fi - Don't Fear The Nobodies (bright blue)

Fyrinnae  Hypercool (black with blue shimmer)

I think it turned out quite cool looking!

If you want to see more makeup looks let me know, likewise if you think I should keep them to myself.

Also if you have any suggestions for colour combos or links for designs etc you want to see me try - I'm still learning and would love some help!

The colours I have are here.

Love,

Christmas Beetle Nails [Image Heavy Post]

I am in love with these nails.
I never want to change them EVER.
Okay, I will but I have a feeling I'll keep coming back to this!
Need more flakies!

My nails remind me of these little guys!

Read about them here.

This is the same as my last post, one coat of Orly Ridge Filler (also, notice this has removed the bubbles from my polish lately? It's another from "The Haul" - definitely a winner!) with 2 coats of Colour Club - After Hours, 1 coat of Seche Vite, One coat of Essie - Matte About You, with 2 coats of Inglot - 203, 1 coat of Seche Vite, Finally one coat of Essie - Matte About You in the last couple of photos. Phew!

Also, sorry about the picture quality, the sun ran away and had to shoot indoors and I have VERY shaky hands!

With flash

No flash, showing the colours of the flakes

With flash

No flash

Trying to show the blurpley colour

Mattified... whoa!

I loved this!!

For those of you in Aus (I'm not 100% sure about anywhere else) I saw Inglot was having a nail polish sale on friday - polishes for $5!!! Not sure if that includes the flakes (I didn't go in, was broke and knew I'd go mental) but run! Now!

Love,

Toxin's First Flakie! Plus Xtreme wear day 2.

Hello Ladies!
I love blogging. Apart from the chance to meet and share my love of all things polish related with people all over the world, I get to see things I never would have known about before!
If you had asked me last year how many flakie polishes I owned, my response would have been "What's a flakie?"
So thank you ladies.
Thank you!

I went to a friend's house a couple of weekends back (we've both been lurking on polish blogs for ages - she does a cocktail blog - SidecarBeastie - its in my blogroll!) and we were chatting about polishes, how we both love how all these different brands look but find it so hard to find them here in Australia.

Then she said "Oh wait - I had something to show you!" and pulled out a flakie. I nearly squealed.
"Where did you get THAT?!"
Then I saw the label.

Inglot.

Inglot is AMAZING. It's a standalone counter at Highpoint (for those Aussies that are curious!) which is fifteen minutes near my house. I went down there on thursday. They were doing a Valentines Day deal - a polish and a lipgloss for fifteen dollars.

Of course I walked straight to the flakies - they had different ones, red, orange blue and green.
I originally wanted the blue flakie but it didn't have a sticker on it - meaning it wan't available for the Vday deal.
I picked up the green with the blue/purple duochrome.

I thought it would look awesome over the pink... so here you go!

Check it out! Blue AND purple duochrome on green.

With flash.

Without flash

Sunlight

Shade

Inglot has over 200 eyeshadow colours and over 200 NAIL POLISHES. They have "02M" a "breathable" nail polish. All their polishes are big 3 free - if you're into that.
Check out the Inglot website here.

Also for today - day two of Jai's Xtreme Wear test:

No visible scuffs, chips or scratches. (And yes this is day 2. I was going to put up extra pics for day 1 last night but there was no difference!)

Love,