Grey Layering with China Glaze!

I am on such a layering kick lately. I love the options it leaves open for me to play with. This one, however is totally different to what I've been doing lately, and is dark and autumn-y.

I used another of my untrieds, China Glaze Recycle, and awesome grey creme. I now have 2 greys, so I'm a bit picky with them. I used 3 coats, and then over the top on my two middle fingers I put on a coat of Some Like It Haute, another China Glaze. Topped it off with a coat of SV and voila! It's an awesome combo, they match together so well!

I have more layering to show you in the coming days, so stay tuned!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Layering with Fantasy Fire!

The highly sought after Max Factor Fantasy Fire was released in Australia recently, and I HAD to grab it! I ended up getting 2, but I will definitely go back for more, because those bottles are so darn small!

The first time I wore it, I put it over Barry M Navy (I think it was 2 coats Navy, and one coat FF) and it looked lovely!

 But today, I layered it over Petites Zodiac, and WOW! 

This is 3 coats of Zodiac, and one of FF, topped with SV. My camera spazzed out, and couldn't capture the awesome sparkliness that this mani has. The glass flecky goodness of Zodiac mixes perfectly with the multichrome shimmer of FF.

I now want to layer FF over EVERYTHING! Yup, gonna have to grab a few more jars!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec!

Gloss n' Sparkle Cotinga Swatches and Review

Hey hey! Today I have the first of 6 polishes to show you from Australian Indie brand Gloss n' Sparkle.

Angela makes some pretty amazing glitter polishes, some very unique shades in her shop! The one I have for you today, Cotinga, is a real stunner!

According to the Etsy description, Cotinga is:

"A glitter top coat in a clear suspension base, with blue, aqua, teal, turquoise, lavender, purple and silver hex and shredded glitter"

And that sums it up pretty nicely! It's an amazing peacock-y glitter mix, it is super sparkly and has an awesome mix of glitters. And no bar glitters! (words cannot explain how much I dislike bar glitter!)

So for my swatch, I wanted the perfect colour for it. I was reaching for china Glaze For Audrey, but I spied Turned Up Turquoise (I love it so much) first and knew it would work. I started with 2 coats:

Yes, I know my naked nails are rather stained... but lets focus on the sparkles shall we? ;D

After TUT was dry, I painted a stripe of Cotinga covering the tips, and one coat on the accent nail. I left that to dry and then added another full coat over every nail. So basically, 2 coats accent, 1.5 coats tipped nails.

This is all finished off with 2 coats of Seche Vite, just to make sure everything is smooth. I love this so much, the combination of the polishes, but moreso that glitter alone, it is so, so awesome.

The formula was good, on the thick side, but definitely manageable. And it didn't take too long to dry, and I didn't have to 'fish' any of the glitter out or dab it on.

Unfortunately, Gloss n' Sparkle do not ship internationally at the moment, but it is something Angela is working on!

What do you think? Would you wear Cotinga?

Until Next Time!

<3 Bec


*the polishes in this post were provided to me for review. this in no way affected my honest opinion*

NOTD feat. China Glaze and Nubar!

Hello again! Just a quick (scheduled) post today! I wore this combo last week and adored it!

2 coats of China Glaze Ruby Pumps and 2 coats of Nubar Black Polka Dots on my thumb and ring finger. Ruby Pumps is one of my all time favourites, its so amazing!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

The Whimsical Dawn Has Broken...?

Not a very creative title, but hey? Today I have an awesome layering combo for you. I recently swapped a spare bottle of Essence's The Dawn Is Broken to Maria for Revlon Whimsical. Whimsical was waiting for me in the mail box on Wednesday, so I was looking for something besides light blues to layer it over. So instead, I layered it over TDIS.

 The Dawn Is Broken

Whimsical

We all know Whimsical. Sheer (very!) pale blue with multi sized blue and pink glitters. Dupe of DL Glitter in the Air. AWESOME.  Really awesome colour.

So, the two together...

I LOVE IT! Such a cool combo! The black mirco glitter shows through, and the blue base of Whimsical gives the grey a nice tint. 

This was 1 coat TDIS and 2 coats of Whimsical.

I neeeeeed to layer this as much as possible! I got 2 more China Glazes yesterday that would both make awesome underwear for this? Also, I'd love to hear your layering combos for this!

Until next Time,

<3 Bec