Saturday, April 27, 2013

essence I Love Bad Boys

I do love essence polishes but man, they give them some bad names.
This one is called I Love Bad Boys:
Ilovebadboys
Gorgeous, gorgeous blue polish with a touch of green and a lovely shimmer. Two coats.
But the name. Honestly, essence, what were you thinking!?

I’m glad no one asked me the name of this one because it’s embarrassing!! Do you have any polishes you’re embarrassed to talk about?

Em

Friday, April 26, 2013

Love Thy Polish Dreams collection

I’m proud to announce the new Love Thy Polish Dreams collection will be released tomorrow (27th April) at 10am South Australian time.

This collection is inspired by Stevie Nicks and is a collaboration between Love Thy Polish and Tammy from Lacquer and Leather. Thanks so much, Tammy, for coming up with some amazing colours and being truly inspiring. And thanks for keeping me in line and telling me when something isn’t good enough Winking smile

 

Thanks also to Kristy from The Polish Haven for the amazing swatches and blog post.

 

Dreamsad

 

You can buy the new Dreams collection from www.lovethypolish.com … if you live outside Australia please contact me via the website to arrange your order as I will need to do a shipping quote for you.

 

I’m excited! Are you? Smile
Em

Thursday, April 25, 2013

OPI Jade is the New Black

I got this beauty in a grab bag from the lovely Carli of Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup.

 

Jadeisthenewblack

OPI Jade is the New Black, two coats. Gorgeous! I love, love, love this! I’ve really been into greens lately and this is a good one! This wore amazingly, too. Good job, OPI!

 

Jadestamp

And of course, a little stamping for good measure. I use a plate I got from Aliexpress and the Konad pastel purple special stamping polish.

 

Do you think Jade is the New Black? I’m starting to think so Winking smile
Em

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Cate Ruby New Yorker with Butter London Blagger

Recently I was lucky enough to score a couple of mini Cate Ruby polishes to review. Cate Ruby has the cutest bottles with a stretchy diamanté ring that you can remove from the lid and wear Open-mouthed smile Who doesn’t love a bit of free bling?

 

This is one of the polishes I got:

NewYorker

New Yorker is a vibrant red creme. I have to admit, when I got this I thought “Sigh. Just another red creme.” and I did not think it would come close to knocking Butter London’s Pillarbox Red out of the first place position for my favourite red.

But it did.

This is a ONE COAT RED. ONE COAT, people!!! It had a gorgeous, buttery formula and was super shiny even without a top coat. Honestly, this was a dream to apply. Some reds are a total b*tch to clean up but this one wasn’t and I didn’t need much clean up at all due to the amazing formula Open-mouthed smile I’m super impressed.

I added an accent of Butter London Blagger, a gorgeous medium blue creme. This is an amazing polish too.
The two polishes look so beautiful together.

 

I have one more Cate Ruby to review … stay tuned!

You can buy Cate Ruby from stockists listed on their website: http://www.cateruby.com.au/.

 

Em

Boe Green Valley with Modi

Don’t you love it when you find dupes for expensive polishes that are super duper cheap and even better than the original!?

 

A dear friend of mine, Tammy, gifted me this gorgeous Boe sea foam green:

 

GreenValley

It’s called Green Valley and was a lovely squishy crelly. Two coats of a lovely application.

The awesome find was this Modi black and white glitter which is pretty much a dupe for Lynnderella’s Connect the Dots. This beauty only cost me a few dollars + shipping from Korea Depart. What a find! I think two coats of this looks amazing over Green Valley.

 

Do you own Connect the Dots or a dupe?

Em

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

BYS Orchid Ice

It’s been a while since I’ve bought a BYS polish. I picked up this beauty and a few others from the same collection a few months ago from Gloss Cosmetics.

 

OrchidIce

This is Orchid Ice, two coats. What a gorgeous, glowy magenta foil. Simply stunning!

 

I bought another purple and a blue from this same collection and I can’t wait to try them.

 

Em

Sunday, April 21, 2013

piCture pOlish Cosmos

All I’m going to say about this polish is … how!? HOW YOU COME UP WITH SUCH AMAZING POLISH, PICTURE POLISH!?

 

Alright, I’m going to shut up now so you can just look:

Cosmos

Seriously.

SERIOUSLY!?

This is one of piCture pOlishes collaboration polishes with Pshiiit Boutique. Honestly, it’s one of the prettiest polishes I’ve ever seen.

This was two coats and the formula was perfect. The wear was long lasting (and believe me, I wore this baby for a lot longer than most polishes).

I just. I have no more words.

 

piCture pOlish, I die. Just take my money. Have it.

 

Em