Miss Priss Polish The Hidden Treasure Collection - Swatches & Review

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Today I have the latest collection from Miss Priss Polish.  Miss Priss is a new to me brand, however I have been a follower of Bettina (or @bettinanails on Instagram) for as long as I can remember.  She has made me drool and buy so many polishes over the years because her swatches are simply amazing.  I'm sure you will have seen her swatches before.  When she asked me if I would like to swatch her last collection, naturally I was extremely flattered and had to say.  Fast forward to today and I have the seven super sparkly polishes from The Hidden Treasure Collection.  Warning: this post is quite picture heavy.

The formulas across this collection are very consistent.  They are all slightly on the thicker side, but are easy to work with and have a great glitter pay off.  I have swatched all of these straight onto my nails (with a regular base coat), however I think a lot of these would be great as a glitter topper.  Can't go wrong with a polish that is versatile.  All of my swatches show two thick coats.

Abandoned Paradise has a holographic base with silver glitter in a range of different sizes and a sprinkling of two sizes of purple holo glitter.

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By The Cover Of Darkness has a holographic base with silver glitter in a range of different sizes and a sprinkling of two sizes of black holo glitter.

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Out For Adventure has a holographic base with silver glitter in a range of different sizes and a sprinkling of two sizes of pink holo glitter.

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Set The Sails has a holographic base with silver glitter in a range of different sizes.

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Treasure Chest has a holographic base with silver glitter in a range of different sizes and a rainbow of colourful glitter.

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Tropical Waters has a holographic base with silver glitter in a range of different sizes and a sprinkling of two sizes of blue holo glitter.

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X Marks The Spot has a holographic base with silver glitter in a range of different sizes and a sprinkling of two sizes of green holo glitter.

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This collection really reminds me of old school indies - glitter, glitter, glitter!  You can never go wrong with glitter in my opinion.  I'm not sure how often I would wear these as a full mani but I love the idea of them as accent nails (we all know I am a fan of a glitter accent nail).  I'm also keen to try layering them over a base colour.

The Hidden Treasure Collection is available September 1st from Miss Priss Polish.

OPI Retro Summer Collection - Swatches & Review

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I couldn't be happier to have the OPI Retro Summer Collection arrive at my doorstep.  I've been drooling over swatches of this collection for what feels like a hundred years.  That might be a slight exaggeration but you get my point.  This collection did not disappoint me at all.  I'm seriously in love with it and can't wait to wear these when the weather starts warming up.

The Retro Summer Collection consists of six light and bright coloured creme polishes.  The formulas on each of these are nice and easy to apply.  A few of them (particularly the lighter shades) do apply a little uneven on the first coat and need three coats to even them out.

Flip Flops & Crop Tops is a bright pink creme.  I love the colour of this one.  It also has the best formula of this collection (not that the formulas of the other polishes are bad).  My swatch shows two coats.

I'm Getting A Tan-gerine is described as a citrusy orange creme.  I think this colour would be great with a tan, but at the moment while I have lovely winter white skin I'm not sure it works on me.  I used three coats for this one, although you could probably get away with two coats.

Sailing & Nail-ing is a beautiful blue creme.  This actually reminds me a little of my dearly beloved OPI What's With The Cattitude?  I love the colour and the formula is great.  My swatch shows two coats.

SPF XXX is described as a orange-red creme.  I personally don't think it looks red at all.  Whatever colour you want to call it I think it's really pretty.  My swatch shows two coats.

Towel Me About It is a light sunny yellow creme.  As expected, this polish does apply unevenly on the first coat and needed three coats to be opaque.   You may not be as fussy as I am so you may be happy to leave it at two coats.  I used three coats for my swatch.

What's The Double Scoop? is a light pink creme.  Again, this one applies unevenly on the first coat but evens out on the third coat.  I do really like the colour of this one.  My swatch shows three coats.

I am really loving this collection.  Despite the uneven application of some of these, the colours are amazing and they are so easy to use.  I know I'll get some great use out of these polishes.  If I had to pick some favorites I would say Flip Flops & Crop Tops and Sailing & Nail-ing would be it.  But really I liked all of these polishes.

The OPI Retro Summer Collection is available from Myer, David Jones and selected salons.

Cici&Sisi Mixed Acrylic Plates - Swatches & Review

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Cici&Sisi have recently released some more acrylic stamping plates to their range.  There is a huge variety in themes and styles of the plates ranging Indian, floral and geometric just to a name a few.  You may have seen in my Instagram Story earlier this week that I was lucky enough to receive three of the new additions which I will share with you today.  I am also including a layering plate that I haven't shared yet on my blog.   You may have seen the manis I have done for that plate on Instagram already.  

Flower

Let's kick off with the Flower plate.  This plate features a number of different images which are designed to be layered on top of each other.  This is my first (and only) layering plate I own and I definitely need some practice with it.  The images all pick up and transfer to the nail well, however I personally find the image sizes quite large.  A lot of the decal gets missed on the nail or the image takes up the entire nail and looks a little odd.  That could just be a personal preference thing though.

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Geometry 02

This plate features five full sized images and eighteen single images.  This plate is definitely unique in my collection, especially the geometric animals.  I think these are quite cool and adorable (I mean look at that little panda!) however the image sizes of those are quite large so sit a little odd on my nails.  I am going to have to keep playing with this plate to see if I can make those images work for me.  Stay tuned on Instagram to see how I go!

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 Greece Myth 01

There are some really interesting and unique images on this plate.  They pick up and transfer well on the nail, however like with the other plates I have some troubles with the image sizes.  Maybe my nails are just an odd size?  

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Indian 04

This is another plate with some really nice images, however they just don't quite work how I would like on my nails.  For example, I really like the image in the top left corner but as you can see in my mani it doesn't fit on my nails properly and I lose a lot of the design.  I can't fault how the images pick up and transfer on to the nails.

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I've noticed recently that there has been a slight shift with the size of images on stamping plates, and I am not just talking about Cici&Sisi.  All brands seem to be opting for larger images and I'm not entirely sure why.  I understand that everyone has different sized nails but some of the images wouldn't even work on someone's big toe nail.  I don't really understand it.  Anyway, I'm getting side tracked here.  I do like these plates and think there are some really great images on each (there are also others listed on the website that look amazing which I plan on adding to m collection).  They all stamp beautifully but I do wish the image sizes were a little smaller.

Each of these plates are available now from Cici&Sisi.

What do you think of this type of review were I talk a little about each plate separately?  Like it?  Hate it and prefer my quicker reviews?  Let me know.

Powder Perfect Egyptology Series: Part III (Part) Collection - Swatches & Review

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I feel like I have lots of "little" posts happening at the moment.  Not intentional at all but all pretties come in different shades and sizes right?  Anyway, today I have three of the new limited edition polishes from Powder Perfect's Egyptology Series: Part III.  This part of the series consists of ten polishes with a holo-twist.  

Horus is a dark maroon varnish with flickering red glitters and holographic particles.  I am a fan of this one.  It is definitely a great winter polish.  The formula is fantastic and is opaque in two coats.

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Mother Goddess is a pale blue holographic polish.  I found this one was a little sheer on the first coat but built up nicely on the second coat.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Weighing The Heart is a pale pink holo-twist with orange flecks and metallic holographic glitters.  Is it going to surprise you if I tell you I love this one?  The colour is gorgeous and the formula is fantastic.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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How beautiful are these polishes?  I have also seen swatches of the other polishes in this collection and they look gorgeous as well.  You can check out the other swatches in Powder Perfect's Facebook Group if you haven't seen them already. 

The Egyptology Series: Part III Collection is available from August 26th from Powder Perfect (Australian Site) or the international site.