Rainbow Favourites- RED!

Hello hello! Starting my week of favourites tonight, (see here for details!) and we're starting with one of my fave colours, red. This was a hard one for me, but looking through my nail folders on my computer, I kept coming back to one photo. One polish just stands out above the rest, so much so that I actually have 2 jars of it;

China Glaze Ruby Pumps. Intense red jelly packed with red glitter. Sparkly and classy at the same time. This photo above was my first time using it, and I instantly fell in love. I used it again recently, again with black (they just look THAT good together);

I love it. If you don't have it, GET IT. I believe everyone who loves polish should own it.

Now, go check out the other girls showing off their fave reds!

www.manicurity.com

http://9mluniverse.blogspot.com/

http://captivatingclaws.blogspot.com/

http://web.stagram.com/n/atlcatsmeow/

http:/www.sytycp.blogspot.com

Www.sincerelyobsessedwithpolish.blogspot.com

Footballandfingernails.blogspot.com

wwww.nailpolishlane.blogspot.com

http://happynailsuk.blogspot.com

polishandsuch.blogspot.com

Nubbinnails.blogspot.com

http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com/

http://wwww.freshairandfashion.blogspot.com

http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/

mylifeinpolish.blogspot.com

www.lacquerorleaveher.blogspot.com

lieslovesprettythings.blogspot.com

http://www.nailpolishlives.tumblr.com

http://fesnails.blogspot.com/

http://to-polish-or-not.blogspot.ca/

lightyournails.blogspot.com

http://natrcolorsnmusic.blogspot.in/

thiamere.blogspot.com

http://nailpolishrants.blogspot.com/

www.kellyskolors.com

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

Nail School Update! (Plus more!)

So I've mentioned before that I'm currently studying to get my qualifications to be a nail tech, and Tuesday night was the first night of term 2. Quarter way through it! WOO! Last term, we studied basic and deluxe mani/pedis, which I really enjoyed (and passed easily ;D), and this term we're doing acrylics. To be honest, I was a bit nervous, because I really expected to struggle with this... So after a demo in class, I called upon my favourite Client/Hairdresser Cienna, (who has supported me from day 1, and even encouraged me to apply for the course!) for a practice the night after.

Now, for my first time doing acrylics, I gotta say, I'm stoked with how I did. I took notes from the demo, but I barely needed to look at them! So after the entire process (except buffing for the last time), we took a photo (I do apologise for the bad lighting, it was 8pm!)

Not bad huh? And then, just because we can, I polished them.

That's A England Ascalon, with A England Bridal Veil as the accent nails, and it's all topped off with a franken holo topcoat I've made. They look sooooo good! Also, I have a few A Englands to show you soon, just waiting for some sun!

And, to explain why I haven't been posting much, I make and sell acrylic nail sets on etsy (chekkit out here!) and through facebook, and all of a sudden I had a HUGE amount of orders! So my week has been spent doing them, I posted the last one off this morning. And I figured I would share them with you! (not all are from actual orders, some I made for the hell of it)

So that's where I've been! I plan to get some awesome insane amounts of swatching done tomorrow so I guy show y'all some amazing things! (and start posting more!)

Until next time,

<3 Bec

Giveaway you say...?

Yes! Giveaway indeed! And the prize?

The hard to find Nubar Peacock Feathers! Discontinued, and up for grabs! Simple rules, OPEN INTERNATIONALLY, must follow me ... Giveaway will end 31st March, winner will have 72 hours to contact me before i redraw... GOOD LUCK!

My Love Affair With Nubar Continues...

...but don't tell my other polishes! ;)

Another day, another Nubar. And, another holo. I've come to realise I have a big addiction to holos atm. And I just picked 4 up today. And another should be arriving this week. I can't help myself, they're too pretty!

So meet Nubar Reclaim.  Part of the 'Going Green' collection that came out in 2009. Frankly, green is my favourite colour, but Reclaim is the only colour from the collection I HAD to have, when I had the option to get as many as I wanted on Friday.

It's a very pigmented, very GREEN linear holo. I know it sounds odd to say that its 'very green,' but it really is like no other green I've got. You can even see in these two pictures alone that its a different shade in different lights. The first picture was taken at about 12pm, the second at 6pm.

The holo effect in it is very strong too. Even in my kitchen I could see it. Again, as holos do, it dried quickly and was opaque in two coats. Though instead of the 'flat' finish that some holos have, this one is SO SHINY! I have no base or top coat on, and it still looks amazing! Super smooth too...

So, another fantastic holo. I have 4 more holos to show you, but I have a rather large collection of untried polish at the moment, so no more holos! At least for a few days... And  I may have just bought another... and I have one of the new A-England's due any day too!

Until next time!

Cookies and Cream?

I've been surrounded by delicious looking nails lately! And these are no exception! Not to mention, I've had an ice cream craving since doing these on friday!

Nubar Black Polka Dots. My new favourite glitter! (sorry other glitters!) It's black micro glitter with larger black hexagonal glitter in a clear base (though you really can't tell from the jar).

See? It looks murky grey, not clear! It looks densely packed with glitter, but I found it a bit hard to manage. Mainly the hexagonal glitters, they didn't come off the brush as well as I had hoped. All the bigger glitter kinda ended up at the tips, so i dabbed the brush onto my nails to get a few more.

I also used two coats (under 2 coats of Ulta3 Lily White), and it still seems a bit sparse. All that aside, I do love the way it looks, black glitter is new to me (I'm a bit behind) and I love the idea of it.

I also topped my ring finger off with a coat of China Glaze Matte Magic, just to see what its like. And I can't really see a difference!

You can see in this pic, but its hard to see in person!

All bad things aside, I really love my Black Polka Dots, I think I need the white one too!

Making up for a lost week!

Hello there Ladies (and Gents ;p)

It's been a hectic week for me! One post since Sunday?! UGH, so not like me! So, prepare for an epic catch up! It's now 11:35pm friday night, what better time to catch up?

As some of my beloved readers may know, I have just started a course to become a qualified Nail Technician. Only had two classes so far, but I'm loving it! This week we learnt how to do 'proper' salon style mains, complete with arm massage. It's a lot to take in, but very fun! I had to grab a quick pic of my work, on a classmate.

I was also asked by a friend to do some nails for a photoshoot on Thursday. I haven't seen any photos yet, but she was amazing enough to take one for me!

I love them! I used; CG Turned Up Turqoise, OPI Zom-Body To Love, Orly Androgynie, CG Cosmic and KleanColor Holo Green.

I had a few etsy orders too, so I've spent some time on them, I am SO in love with Milani One Coat Glitter!





And lastly, I must show you one of the perks of my Nail Tech course, wholesale priced polishes! A friend took me to one of the stockists today, where all they sell is Nubar, for very cheap! I was stunned at the range, there were even some extremely hard to find discontinued ones, like Nubar Peacock Feathers! Ugh so gorgeous. I was a little strapped on cash today though, so I only grabbed three, but they were three of my most sort after Nubars!

Nubar Reclaim, Black Polka Dots and Peacock Feathers. Cost me $18 all up, which is less than what one jar of Peacock Feathers would cost online! Not bad huh?

NOTD - Holo Goodness! (pic heavy!)

Can I just tell you now how good blog sales are? I’ve managed to snag some amazing polishes through them and this is no exception!

What I have here is Nubar Gem with an accent nail of a holo gold franken I was sent as an added bonus, both from the lovely Carli at Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup.

Just look at Nubar Gem. Isn’t it AMAZING?! 3 Coats, and no top coat. The gold holo is just one coat, which rocks! Nubar Gem is a part of the Prism collection, and is a taupe base which sometimes looks a bit purple, almost duo-chromey, packed with densely scattered holo. 

The gold holo, just labelled "magnetic holo", is gorgeous as well, and i'm not a huge fan of gold! The holo is not as strong as in the Nubar, but it is definitely there. it's more linear than the Nubar as well, and it looks nice alongside the Nubar. I also think that it would make a good stamping polish, if i can ever master the art of stamping LOL!

And a couple of blurry shots to show off the awesome holo-ness!