Birthday pressies to meeeeeeeeee

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeeee~~~

Ev gave these to me awhile ago but I've only managed to get around to posting photos now!

Purple purple purple woooooohoooooooooo!

Woah, new OPI nail polish, can't wait to try these out with their fancy descriptions.

How pretty are these Orly plishes??

Haha, so it's a misleading box but at least I was given a clue!

Omgggg, old style Nubar duochromes. I've tried two already and I loooooove them.

Seafoam Bubbles - Nyx Be Jeweled, Essence Viva La Green, Orly Luxe, Revlon LilyChrome

I decided to jazz things up a little with some dotticure!

[Base: Nyx Advanced Salon Formula Be Jeweled
Dots: 1. Essence Viva La Green
2. Orly Luxe
3. Revlon LilyChrome]

The base is Nyx Advanced Salon Formula Be Jeweled, a pretty blue-green gold microglitter duochrome. For the dots, I used Essence Viva La Green which is a mint green, Orly Luxe which is a pale gold foil, and Revlon LilyChrome which is a silver chrome.

[Base: Nyx Advanced Salon Formula Be Jeweled
Dots: 1. Essence Viva La Green
2. Orly Luxe
3. Revlon LilyChrome]

The above photo is under indirect sunlight.

[Base: Nyx Advanced Salon Formula Be Jeweled
Dots: 1. Essence Viva La Green
2. Orly Luxe
3. Revlon LilyChrome]

And this one is under indoor lighting.

This mani reminds me of how much I like Be Jeweled. The dotticure is so easy to do and looks good too!

Morning Brights - Sinful Colors Rise and Shine

Another one of those rarities - a manicure that's actually on my nails right now! =p

[Bottle to nail: Sinful Colors Rise & Shine (2 coats)]

This one is Sinful Colors Rise and Shine, a lovely green-leaning teal creme with very subtle teal shimmer. I've had this one for quite a while but only pulled it out again recently. I'm not sure about the name though? Hmmm... not quite seeing the connection...

[2 coats: Sinful Colors Rise & Shine]

A lot of Sinful Colors polishes... don't have such a great formula... But this one was not too bad! These photos show two coats, although if you're careful, you can get away with one thick one. It does run a little though so beware of flooding!

[2 coats: Sinful Colors Rise & Shine]

I got a lot of (interested?) comments on this shade at work! =S Perhaps it's too bright? I've been avoiding glitter so far.... though to me, it's like... but this shade is so mild! Ooops.... ;p

Rainbow Parade - LA Girl, elianto, Revlon, Orly

Mardi Graaaaaaaaaaaaasssssss!

[Purple: LA Girl Hustle
Blue: elianto unknown
Green: elianto S02
Orange: Orly Orange Punch
Ring finger: Base of Revlon Guava Glam with neon studs on top]

In celebration of Mardi Gras last Saturday, I decided to go with a skittle mani and added rainbow neon studs for the accent nail. The purple on the index finger definitely looks purpler in real life. The previous post contains a swatch of Revlon's Guava Glam, if you're interested to check it out.

I like how the rainbow studs turned out! :D  If I had more patience, I would use the studs for more than just the accent nail.

Sweet Summer Drinks - Revlon Guava Glam

I walked by Gloss at QVB and found out that they were selling Revlon and Sally Hansen polishes for AUD12 for three bottles. I could't resist picking up this one!

[Revlon Guava Glam] 

Revlon Guava Glam is such a nice shade. It's a pale coral-pink shade which is surprisingly opaque at two coats, with a light gold shimmer. I so rarely like pinks that I had to share this one separately! :)

Clingy Jeans - Cling-wrap mani with Milani Antique, Essence Into The Dark, studs

Here's a fun manicure I tried out a year or so ago - a cling-wrap mani (or saran-wrap...) with stud embellishments!

[Additional bling]

I thought it would be pretty cool to use the cling-wrap technique to approximate denim, so here's my attempt!

[Bottle to nail: Milani Antique (2 coats)]

I started out with a base of Milani Antique, a lovely dusty blue creme. I think this was two coats. It dried nice and smooth but not quite opaque at two coats. I wasn't too fussed as I was going to layer the second shade over it.

[Base: Milani Antique (2 coats); Top shade: Essence Into The Dark]

I put Essence Into The Dark from the Vampire's Love trend edition over the top, and quickly pressed over the still-wet polish with some crumpled cling-wrap to make a mottled pattern. I then sealed it over with topcoat as it does dry a bit uneven from where parts have been lifted off.

[Base: Milani Antique (2 coats); Top shade: Essence Into The Dark]

I chose Into The Dark because it's a deeper dusty blue with flecks of silver. It's also amazingly opaque in just one coat. You can see here that I lifted some of the base polish while pressing down so don't press too firmly with your cling-wrap! I guess it could be ripped jeans....

[Base: Milani Antique, Essence Into The Dark; Stitches: Kleancolor Wedding Gown, Tuxedo Black]

I then used some nail art stripers, Kleancolor Wedding Gown and Tuxedo Black to paint on some stitch marks. I first laid a solid line in the black, before marking out the stitches in white. Unfortunately the polish needed a bit more thinning out so my lines weren't as neat as I would have liked!

[Base: Milani Antique, Essence Into The Dark; Stitches: Kleancolor Wedding Gown, Tuxedo Black]

I then dabbed on some clear polish and placed some studs here and there to complete the manicure! Not sure how denim-like the final result really looked, but I did find myself liking the cling-wrap effect - it's a really quick and easy way to make your mani more interesting!