Another Gradient with Glitter!

I loved yesterdays so much that I had to do another one! I thought about the layering glitters I have and Gloss n' Sparkle Cotinga was screaming at me.So I pulled out two of my favourite China Glazes, Turned Up Turquoise and Towel Boy Toy.

I painted my nails with 2 coats of Towel Boy Toy, let it dry, and then sponged on both colours twice. I only used one coat of Cotinga over the gradient and added some Seche Vite. Then I thought, both of the colours in the gradient dry matte, so why not matte it? So I did...

I much prefer it matte. The gradient is very subtle andthe matte version shows off the gradient a little more. And Cotinga looks divine matte! Why have I not tried this before?!

I have a few more gradient/glitter layering combos in mind, so don't get bored of them yet!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Neon Gradient + Glitter!

Today was HOT. So I got up at 6am so I could do my nails before the heat kicked in, dedicated or what? I've been loving neons and glitter lately, so I wanted to mix the 2.

This is Ulta3 Lilly White (base), and Jelly (green) and Citrus (yellow) for the gradient. I painted a stripe of each colour onto my sponge and dabbed straight onto the white. This is 2 'coats.' And I topped it off white my favourite glitter at the moment, 365 Days Of Color Old Time Movie. It has 2 coats of Seche Vite, to smooth out the glitter.

I LOVE this. It's probably the best gradient I've done. The Ulta3 neons are so, so bright I find myself staring at my nails a lot lol!

I have some more neon nails to show you, so watch out!

Until Next Time

<3 Bec

Iceburg Lotus and Flowers!

The Nicole by OPI Australia facebook page recently had a contest to name a shade, and the 3 comments with the most 'likes' won that polish. I had been hardcore lemming Iceburg Lotus for a long time, so I asked my fellow Aussie Nails girls to help me, and I won it! :D I never win things, so I was stoked!

Iceburg Lotus is a gorgeous, cool teal-y green with shimmer, and glass flecks that actually have a light duochrome effect. It's beautiful. Like, omg. I love it when lemmings blow your expectations.

I had gotten some bullion beads (the beads used for 'caviar' manis) the day before this arrived that matched perfectly, so I had to pair them. I used China Glaze Recycle as an accent nail, 3 coats of each polish, and then one by one, arranged the beads to form flowers! It was all sealed with a coat of Seche Vite, and the beads stuck nicely.

Look at that shimmer in Iceburg Lotus! It GLOWS. Seriously, so amazing.

Now that I can cross this one off my wishlist, my next goal is OPI DS Glamour!

Until Next time,

<3 Bec

Aussie Nails Monday! Weather

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Aussie Nails Monday! Today's theme is Weather, and with the crazy heat we've been having lately, I haven't really been wanting to polish much! This was also a tricky theme, and I was stumped for an idea, and I really think my mani is kinda lame, but here it is...

A happy sun and cloud! It's so childish, but I kinda like it! The base is 2 coats of China Glaze For Audrey, the sun is China Glaze Lemon Fizz and Peachy Keen, and the black and white are my trusty 2-way nail art pens, and it's all finished with SV.

Check out the other ANM girls for their weather themed manis!

Nail Gun XS - Marie’s Manicure Madhouse - Tales From The Makeup Bag - Shatter Me Claire - A Polished Prance - Tee Bee’s Nails - The Epitome of Superficiality - Lacquer Dreams - NananaisNails - Enamoured With Enamel - Pretty Polish Please - Adelle1985 - Kelly's Kolors - Polished Peripherals - Nicki - Every Little Polish - Mel My Issta - Walk In My Eyeshadow - JennLojko - The Polish Haven - Nails In The Desert - Erinzi

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Ink-y Techno Gradient!

Happy Sunday! Today's mani is me copying myself haha! I did some acrylics on a client for her wedding last week, and loved the polish combination she chose so much I had to do it on my own nails!

I used 2 coats of OPI Ink for the base, and then sponged on China Glaze Techno, and as always, topped it with Seche Vite. I love this combination, it's sparkly as hell and makes my newly nubbed nails look better ;D

What do you think of this combo? I'll be back tomorrow for another installment of Aussie Nails Monday!

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Gloss n Sparkle Swatch Spam!

Good afternoon my lovelies! It's getting to that time of year here where it's just too hot to do anything, but it's also perfect glitter polish weather! And what better than one of my favourite Indies, Gloss n' Sparkle?!

I've already shown you Unicorn Droppings, Goblins Grave, Royal Flash and Cotinga, and today I have three more for you!

First up, Purpetual Darkness. Black jelly base with purple and silver hex glitter, some smaller purple glitter and a sprinkling of holo glitter tucked in there! I love this, it's classy, vampy, and yet still fun and glittery!

Next, is Optimus. Optimus is the softest grey base, with blue, red and silver hex glitters. It's a perfect Transformer style polish! And I think I'll be wearing next time I go to a baby shower for a baby boy! It was a little tricky to place the glitter, but nothing hugely troubling.

And finally, a limited edition polish for Halloween, Witches Britches. This polish just SCREAMS Halloween! It's easily moved it's way up to one of my all time favourite polishes! It has a light purple jellyish base and is packed with orange, black and green glitters, big and small.

All of the swatches was 3 coats, with no base colour. And all of them were smooth with one coat of Seche Vite, no hungry glitters here! Gloss n Sparkle is available on Shoppe Ecclectico, and soon, Llarowe for the international girls, and etsy for Australian girls!

What do you think? Will you be getting any Gloss n Sparkles?

Until Next Time,

<3 Bec

Born Pretty 2mm Stud Review

I was recently contacted by the awesome folks at Born Pretty Store to see if I wanted to review a product for them, and of course I said yes! The product I chose was these 2mm Silver Studs, as I have been wanting to get some studs for a while now! So, I wanted to do a mani that not only suits the studs, but that suits me as well! So this is what I came up with!

What I used for each finger:
Pointer: 2 coats of Australis Sin City, stamped with BM305 and Orly Dazzle
Middle: 2 coats Borghese Red, 1 coat Ozotic 518
Ring: 2 coats Australis Sin City, and I hand placed each stud
Pinky: 2 coats Borghese Red, gradient of BYS Black Satin
And all of it is topped with a coat of Seche Vite.

I found these studs so easy to use. They lay flat, even on my overly-curved nails. They were easy to pick up (I use a tiny dotting tool to do this kind of placement) and I had no trouble placing them on the nail. And they feel awesome! I can't stop touching my finger haha!

Now, some good news for you, my readers! Born Pretty have kindly supplied me with a 10% discount code for all of you to use!

Just enter the code before finalising the order! I was also sent this ring, which I have been wearing as a toe ring, but my feet are in no shape to show off right now!

I really love this mani, and it suits me perfectly! What do you think?

Until Next Time

<3 Bec

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