Vault 101: Silver leopard print foils!

I know I know,
I said I was back and proceeded to not post any pretty pictures.

"Ya, great Toxin, you're back,
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE POLISH?
THE SHINY?
THE GLITZY GOTHNESS?

THE NAILS FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!???"

And I agree with you.

So here you go - one that's been a long time coming, these are what I did just before I decided to drop a 15kg (about 33lb) box on my thumbnail. Yeowch.

As you can see I didn't do an amazing job - but I loved this!

I used Colour Club - After Hours as my base (a black shimmer) then Kami brand glue and Nail Art Sealer (this doesn't wrinkle or craze foils and you can use FDTC on top! - I got mine on eBay), then as per usual slapped some Seche Vite on top.

Oh an excuse the random bit of funk under my nail in that last photo. (is it cardboard? Food? I have no idea!)

I am quite convinced that these little beauties saved what remained of my nail.

I did paint my nails while away, but I won't subject you to my nubbin photos, it just means I'll have to paint them again! (collective "aww")

Love,
 

MAN ON MAN ACTION!

Hi everyone!

OH.. MY... SWEET... GOD...
Could this be any more lush?

Okay how I did this one was apply Manglaze - Fuggen Ugly all over the nails (as you saw yesterday)

Then I took some of those french tip stickers, the flat ones not the curved ones (I think they're for toenails?) and cut them in half. 

I then stuck them onto the other half at a 90 degree angle while still on the backing paper, peeled the whole thing off and stuck it down on my nails, then applied Manglaze - Hot Mess over the tips.

Look pretty awesome I reckon!

Because I had two different finishes to work with here I thought it would be a good chance to do a matte top coat comparison. Here's what I ended up with!

Love,

OMG... Konad!

Hi everyone!
My internet was down yesterday, but here's the pics I promised!

I used a fauxnad plate and Orly - Enchanted Green (both from "The Haul") and the flowers from the same plate in China Glaze - BFF.

Love,

Oh my good-golly-gosh!

Hi everyone!

In all honesty when I first saw the photos everyone else had one of the OMG collection by China Glaze, I thought to myself "No WAY are they actually going to look that good on me.. it's just awesome lighting... or photoshop... or something..."
WELL.
I stand corrected.
These DO look awesome on me!

I'm going to put some Konad on them! Whee!

Ladies, as you all know I'm new to this - I want to know - what is the polish that destroyed your mind? The one you thought would look okay but NEVER dreamed it would be better than in the pictures you'd seen?

Love,

Bored now.

Hello ladies!

Ugh. I am sick of swatching plain colours. I want to do some nail art so I can get better at it!

Unfortunately... er... I need to get better at it!

Blargh! Unhappy!

So to make me happy I swatched a plain colour. o.O
This is Urban Decay's "Bruise"
I frikking LOVE this colour.
As you can see it is a dark purply burgundy with green shimmer.

Also - Xtreme wear - day 4.

Um... fail.

Now for the yak yak part of my post today. If anyone has noticed me being bitchy, snarky, or generally emotionally absent lately (HA!) it's because I went to do doc yesterday as I've been having three days of pleuritic chest pain. Not good. The doctors are a little stumped as I do not have the normal symptoms of pleurisy, just the pain. So it could be a number of things for which I may need to go to hospital. Bleargh. I just want it to hurry up and be pay day already... I know exactly what will cheer me up... >:D

Love,

Goddamn Sparkles!

Hello Ladies!

This is my newest addition to my little polish family (I recently ran out of room in my shoeboxes - and they were falling apart! - so I moved them to a new home!)

I'm really starting to notice the huge gaps in my polish collection.
More purples than anything. Until last week, no pink, no flakes, no silver.

Thankfully these have all now been rectified.

I picked up Rimmel's "Your Majesty" from a discount pharmacy.

FRIKKING BUBBLES.

Also - I did do clean up but the sparkles ended up EVERYWHERE. 

Hence this post's title.

Goddamn it...

Glitter is the herpes of the cosmetics world.

I really like this!
Its super streaky with bothers me cos I'm a maniac about streaks (and BUBBLES) but it's still really pretty.

Why the hell do pharmacies/chemists/drugstores sell polish anyway?

Love,