Pretty Serious - Santa's Sunburn

Yes I know I'm late to the party! But I have finally turned up, we are talking about Pretty Serious Santa's Sunburn part of their Christmas collection. Santa's Sunburn is a bright red foil with silver sparkles, although I must admit I found it really hard to see the silver as I was convinced it was gold! My Chinese customers were really in awe of this polish declaring it Chinese red and very auspicious!
 

On to my mani then, three coats of Pretty Serious Santa's Sunburn, two would have been enough but I was going for depth as I knew this polish would be very glowy! Followed by a top coat of Seche Vite. Due to the fact I do my mani's at night and a distinct lack of time I seem to be taking my pictures towards the end of my mani's so this was probably taken on day four or five which means the teeniest bit of tip wear so please excuse that, because this polish is so pretty!

Crows Toes - Something To Talk About!

Another winner from Crows Toes! I'm talking about Crows Toes springThis Collection Season Of The Witch, I mean look have you ever seen such a gorgeous polish? This is a black base with colour shifting flakes that change from the most gorgeous green to purple/fuchsia. These colour shifting flakes are the most sparkly I have ever seen so much so that you could mistake them for glitter.

That gorgeous green sparkle making an appearance in this photo, so on to my mani then, three coats of Crows Toes Season Of The Witch. Two coats would have been more than enough but I chose to do three for depth followed by a Seche Vite top coat. 
 

These photos were taken on day five so there is the tiniest bit of tip wear (to be expected I think when you don't wear gloves to scrub the shower and bathroom!), but you can also see how long lasting Crows Toes polishes actually are. 

You can buy your own Crows Toes along with several other indie brands including her own line Femme Fatale from Sophie at Femme Fatale Cosmetics. Her service is amazing and I'm sure you will be pleased with what you order.

Old Mani's, Not Seen Before!

Today I thought it would be a good idea to show you some of my other mani's not making it on to my blog for one reason or another.... feel free to comment..

So I finally get my mitts on OPI Original and straight away do my mani I believe this was three coats. Around the same time I had received some stamping plates from a blog sale, so whilst the husband was at work I stamped silver flowers with Sally Hansen Celebrity City. Well, my stamping is not that great still being new to that particular nail art, (read fail) and OPI Original is such a pretty light purple holographic colour that I just did one thin coat over the top of my stamping fail! The result was my mani looked like faded wallpaper, but the holographic greatness saved it!

One of the beauty counters at David Jones has a bucket of their own branded polish sat there just waiting to be rifled through, which I duly did and came  up with this gem named Goldfish and I must admit it is the most anaemic goldfish I have ever seen, I like the orange ones far better. David Jones Goldfish is a very fine pale gold glitter, this I think was probably three coats and a Seche Vite topcoat.

And lastly  OPI The Spy Who Loved Me, I was playing around with hand poses etc. etc. and I really like this picture. OPI sure know how to make brilliant saturated colours!

Crows Toes Love Stinks

Well! what can I say about a new discovery of mine? In trying to move away from glitter but still have interesting and flashy nails, I have found Crows Toes fits the bill perfectly. So much so, I went and bought the entire new collection springThis! (this would be the third time excluding two sets of Trio's).  While I was at it, I also bought Crows Toes Love Stinks part of their anti-Valentines Day collection, shown here in full sunlight. Love Stinks is a beautiful hot pink with a very noticeable blue shimmery flash.

On to my mani then, Picture Polish Revolution base coat just in case I decided on glitter later, I didn't this Love Stinks is just gorgeous all by itself! Three coats of Crows Toes Love Stinks followed by a Seche Vite top coat. Crows Toes is a perfect polish and wears like iron. I applied my mani Wednesday night and I am still wearing it now without a chip or tip wear in sight. And I can't wait to try out the rest of the colours I have!

If  you would like to buy your own Crows Toes you can purchase them from Femme Fatale Cosmetics their service is amazing.

And I Was Waiting For... Blogger!!

And this is it Picture Polish Blogger, my new favourite glitter of all time beating OPI Mad As A Hatter into second place! I adore small tiny glitter and alas alack not that many companies make their polishes with the super shiney tiny glitters I love so much. Plus Picture Polish has the added benefit of just a few medium sized hexs to make it interesting. Prepare yourselves for alot of pictures as it was so hard to just choose a few when this polish is so pretty!

On to my mani then, I've used another Picture Polish innovation namely Revolution a base coat specifically for glitters, which apparently makes glitter removal a piece of cake! I have not tested that part out yet, but plenty of other bloggers have and it works. Then two coats of Picture Polish Violet Femme showing remarkably blue in these pictures when in fact it is most definitely violet. Followed by Picture Polish Blogger in an arc at the top of my nails, and then two coats of Seche Vite, which has not had any shrinkage issues at all with Picture Polish Revolution base coat.

I will let you in on a little secret, when Picture Polish Violet Femme first arrived on my doorstep three months ago I thought it was a bit too bright and garish, but the first time I wore it all those thoughts completely left my mind. Violet Femme is now one of my Favourite Polishes Of All Time! And this particular mani has also gone into My Favourite Mani's Of All Time too.

I've included this sunlight picture so you can see just how sparkly and reflective Picture Polish Blogger is, although the sun has washed out the colour a touch.

This is an indoor shot that shows the same Picture Polish Violet Femme all moody and vampy. Violet Femme is a dream of a polish that applies beautifully and is perfect in two coats.

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While I Wait!

Picture Polish have released some new colours so while I wait oh so patiently (No really, I can do patient) I thought I would wear Picture Polish Mallard.

 
And after all the pale or bright colours I have been wearing just lately, Picture Polish Mallard has been a welcome change. I had almost forgotten how much I loved deep rich colours and Mallard is certainly very rich looking, being a bottle green with lovely orange glowy flakies!

This was two coats of Picture Polish Mallard followed by a Seche Vite top coat. Unfortunately I used a different base coat and the Seche Vite has shrunk a fraction.

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St George's Day - 23rd April

St George is the patron saint of England, and his feast day is the 23rd April, so having done  Australia Day and Paddy's Day mani's, I thought it only right and proper that I treated you all to my St George's Day mani. And so here is my red cross of St George on a white background.

So on to my mani, two coats of Sally Hansen White On followed by two coats of Picture Polish White Wedding a beautiful shimmery soft white. I actually use Picture Polish White Wedding quite alot, but alas it has not had its own post until now. Picture Polish White Wedding is so hard to photograph though as the shimmer stays hidden but I think I have finally captured it!

And for the red accent nail as well as the red cross I could think of no better colour to use than Picture Polish O'Hara, a beautiful scarlet scattered holographic polish. And this again was two coats. These two colours are just so clean looking and gorgeous together, but then again I might be slightly biased! 

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