Mani Monday: Multi-Colour Autumn/Winter Nails!

Hi guys! I haven't done anything remotely interesting with my nails in such a long time, so when I saw the below photo in CityMag, I was inspired to put together an Autumn/Winter Mani! I thought this look was amazing and really wanted to re-create it. So I went through my nail polish collection looking for suitable shades, and this is what I came up with. It's slightly different but has the same vibe. I hope you enjoy!

Inspiration......

Photo Credit: Jessica Clark

I saw this photo in this CityMag article about the stylish looks found on Moonta Street in Adelaide. These gorgeous nails belong to Sia Tam, who is currently studying business. I am in love with this look!


My Re-Creation....

The Polishes I Used.....

~ The Body Shop Colour Crush in Red My Mind
~ Furless Lacquer in Freak*
~ Essie mini in Cocktail Bling
~ Sally Hansen Color Therapy in Unwine'd*
~ OPI Lacquer mini (shade not on bottle)
~ Essie mini in Good To Go (Top Coat)

I used Red My Mind from The Body Shop on my thumb nails. This polish is beautiful! To me this appears more orange than red. I'm crushing on the shade and the deliciously smooth and easy to apply formula. I even asked The Body Shop about it but they haven't made nail polishes in years! I remember I picked this up in a discount bin for around $2!

On my pointer fingers is Freak* by Furless. I love this shade. A few years ago I was kindly sent a bunch of polishes from their grunge-themed line. They're edgy and cool, and I'm yet to get sick of them! I don't think they sell nail polish anymore but you should check out the Furless Instagram page for make-up looks that are out of this world!

On my middle fingers is Cocktail Bling by Essie. This impressed me with its lovely formula. I'm so glad I picked this because I'm not usually into grey, so it forced me to try something different. I really like it!

~ I applied two coats of every polish, followed by the top coat, by the way! ~

I used one of my all-time favourite shades, Unwine'd* from the Sally Hansen Color Therapy range on my ring fingernails. Hooley Dooley, is this a gorgeous colour! Absolutely perfect for Winter, too. I was originally sent this as a press sample but I've bought at least one, if not two, bottles since. I wrote about it in my May/June Beauty Faves and you can read more about the Color Therapy range in my blog post here. Highly recommended!

I used the little yellow mini from OPI on my pinky fingers, and although there's no shade name on the bottle I feel like this was from a discontinued Shrek Forever After mini pack I won (released 2010, thanks Google). Ugh this is so bad and lets down the whole look in my opinion. The formula is thin, uneven and streaky AF. Maybe because it's 9 years old? Oh well, they can't all be winners!

As a top coat I used Essie Good To Go. It produced a super shiny finish, but has the tendency to 'pull off' the colour on the nail, so I had to be very careful when applying to just do the bare minimum amount of strokes to get it on there.

What do you think of this look? Are you a fan?

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Would you rock this look? Have you ever been inspired to recreate something?

Mani: MAC Festive Finery!

I won this grey/purple MAC cream nail lacquer years ago (I can't remember where from), but have only worn it once! I won the OPI Top Coat from a recent Adore Beauty Instagram competition where I submitted a photo of my glittery-nailed fingers caressing Rob Pattinson's face. Unfortunately it was just a picture of Rob's face and not the real thing. Anyhoo, I won both of these polishes (which is better than paying for them), so let's go ahead and Nail It!

I've Used:
Two coats of MAC nail lacquer in Festive Finery
One coat of OPI Top Coat

What nail colours are you loving right now?

French Mani using OPI Two Tone Manicure VIP Set!

The beautiful OPI Two Tone Manicure VIP Set

It's high time for something elegant and classy (especially after Zach Paints My Nails! happened), so I thought I'd break out le chic OPI Two Tone Manicure VIP Set and attempt a French Manicure! The set contains three lacquers; Alpine Snow, Step Right Up! and Passion. I used two coats of Alpine Snow to create super white tips, then applied one coat of Passion, the darker of the two sheer pinks, over the top. It looked nice but I decided to add another layer of Passion, which did improve the overall look.

Alpine Snow (left) and Passion (right)

I'm not usually a big fan of OPI lacquers, but the colours in this set are to die for! They were easy to work with and I'm very happy with the resulting look. So pretty!

Two coats of Alpine Snow on the tips

With one coat of Passion over the top

With just one coat of Passion over the white tips

Close-up of two coats of Passion over the top. Good decision!

Two coats of Passion, which I'm holding

The finished look is much more polished with two coats of Passion

Disclaimer: I won this OPI Set from a beauty blog. This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own.

Revlon Tangerine & OPI Gold Shatter Mani!

I picked these two bottles out of my collection thinking 'oooh this will be pretty'. Then the more I looked at the colours, the more I thought 'my nails are going to look hideous'. I decided to go ahead with Revlon nail enamel in Tangerine followed by OPI nail lacquer in Gold Shatter over the top anyway, and I actually think it looks quite pretty.

This is two coats of Tangerine, which contains tiny sparkles, and one coat of the OPI shatter (remember when crackles and shatters were all the rage?), which has a very thin texture and shattered mildly. I've included a photo of the Tangerine alone so you can see what that looks like applied. If I ever dress up as a pumpkin for Halloween this will be my go-to polish.

OPI Austin-Tatious Turquoise Manicure

I took a bit of a blogging break after a terrible July, but now I'm back with this shimmery turquoise OPI manicure. I'll be up front; I don't really like it. I'm not even sure why, either. I normally love this type of shade. Anything blue, green, teal or turquoise looks so pretty to me, plus I'm a sucker for glitter in all its forms, so it remains a mystery why I want to remove this so quickly after putting it on. Weirdly, I think it actually photographed better than it looks in real life.

Product Used:
OPI Nail Lacquer in Austin-Tatious Turquoise

The lacquer didn't apply easily, appearing see-through in some areas and thick in others, and it took some fancy brushwork to smooth it out on the second coat. The day after I applied it, I decided to give myself a pedicure, and used nail polish remover to dissolve 27 layers of red polish from my toenails (who has the time to remove it and start afresh every fucking time, I just paint over the top). Needless to say, the remover also dissolved half my fingernail polish! Oh and I also got little bits of remover-soaked cotton wool balls stuck to my mani. Job well done. This gives me a great excuse to fix up this unholy disaster and hopefully pick a colour I like this time.

What's your favourite OPI shade? I never have much luck with the brand!

Disastrous Shatter Manicure with Glitter Feature

The less said about this the better! Let's just say that the glitter feature is the only thing saving this mani. I am so disappointed with the shatter aspect; it looks nothing like the picture! I was not after streaky hot mess, but that's what I got. Thanks OPI!

The Line-Up

Products Used:
Rimmel 60 Seconds in Green With Envy
OPI Navy Shatter
Australis Glitter Top Coat in Fairy Bread
Max Factor Nailfinity Glossy Top Coat

So far, so good. Rimmel Green With Envy

WTF!? Things quickly turn to shit

How it's supposed to look

Distract with copious amounts of glitter :)

And gloss that bitch up

Can you believe how hideous it turned out? This is probably my most disastrous manicure ever :(

Disclaimer: All products were bought by me.

Sparkle with a Glitter Heavy Nail Polish Haul!

Confession: I am currently completely and utterly OBSESSED with Glitter Nail Polish! I missed out on the Limited Edition OPI Rainbow Connection multi-coloured sparkle polish from The Muppets collection. So I went on a crazy spree, dedicating nearly an entire afternoon solely to glitter nail polish. A few of the following are nail polishes of the non-glitter variety. I saw them and I HTH (Had To Have). 

Sparkle, glitter-lovers!!

The Whole She-Bang!

Epic Glitter Polish Tower!

Rimmel Green With Envy; BYS Baby Bloom

BYS Gold Finger, Glam Glitter Dazzling, Million Dollar Baby

OPI Gold Shatter, Navy Shatter, Red Shatter

Australis Glitter Strikes Back Top Coat; Australis Milky Way

Australis Crystal Speck-tacular Top Coat; Fairy Bread Top Coat

Disclaimer: I bought all of these products with my own money. Yes, I'm insane.

What's your favourite glitter polish?