Thursday, 3 January 2013

Flame Nail Art by Dustin

Hello hello!

I have yet another mani that was worn quite a while ago to show you today. This was in collaboration with Milani to come up with nail art based on a few trends using only their polish. The trend this one falls under is Haute Rod. Since my husband, Dustin, is super talented in the art department, I let him take the reins on this one. I love how it all turned out! It's not something that I usually go for but I can definitely appreciate it!


I thought it fitting to post a mani done by my sweet husband today because we are celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary today! My blog and nail polish hobby definitely wouldn't be where it is today if it wasn't for his support. He's also quite the enabler....he just got me 4 Butter Londons and the OPI Mariah Carey minis as part of my anniversary gift! :)


Have a good one!

Pretty Serious - Mummy Mush

I'm feeling a tired and lazy tonight after spending the my first day back in the office today after the Christmas/New Year break, therefore I've just got one swatch to share with you.  I wore this before Christmas, which is when I fell in love with it and it made my top polishes for the year.

Pretty Serious Mummy Mush is from the Monster Mash collection and it's a golden glass fleck polish that it totally unlike any other I have seen.  The base colour is actually quite pink. When I swatched it onto my swatch sticks I was amazed at how pink the base was, especially when holding the stick up to the light.  However as soon as you layer two or three coats, that pink disappears and ends up providing a soft fleshy coloured gold.  The gold flecks are just how I like them, cool toned (and it even has a blue flash), yet the pink base warms it up just slightly. I'm completely in love with this polish, if your a gold lover like me - this one is a no brainer!

This is three coats of Mummy Mush with a single coat of Seche Vite.








Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Maya Cosmetics Last Call + F4 Polish Shellie

Good morning everyone!

Back to the grind after the holidays...never a fun transition. :)

The mani I am showing you today, I wore a looong time ago. Between review deadlines and making sure seasonal manis were posted on time, I just never got around to this one. But here it is today!

I was sent a few polishes from the thoughtful creator behind Maya Cosmetics as a gift a while back. I feel so bad it's taken so long to post any of them! The one I am wearing here is called Last Call, a super pretty blue based purple with a fleck shimmer.



I topped this off with Shellie from F4 Polish. Such a girly combo!




You guys should look into both of these shops if you haven't before. They are both great quality, original products.

A big thank you to Kat from Maya Cosmetics for thinking of me! :)