Bundle Monster Polynesia Stamping Plate Collection - Land Of Aloha - Swatches & Review

This post is certainly going up a lot later than I expected (or wanted).  This flu/sickness of mine is kicking my butt something shocking.  I have spent the whole day laying on the couch.  I have managed to eat for the first time today and am in an upright position so fingers crossed I am improving.  Anyway today I am going to share with you the third set from Bundle Monster's Polynesia collection - the Land Of Aloha set. I am a huge fan of this set.  There are such great designs.  Like with my previous stamping reviews I have used Konad black and my rectangle squishy stamper from Messy Mansion.

BM-XL106

 

 

 

BM-XL107

 

 

 

BM-XL108

 

 

 

 BM-XL109

 

 

 

BM-XL110

 

 

 

Like I said before, I am a fan of these plates.  There are so many great designs in this set and they all stamp really well.  I am a fan of the entire Polynesia collection.  If you have missed my other reviews from this collection you can find them here and here. 

Now if you are interested in purchasing any of the Polynesia collections they are available from Bundle Monster in their sets of five for US$19.99 or you can buy the individual plates for US$4.99.

 

 

Bundle Monster Polynesia Stamping Plate Collection - Local Kine - Swatches & Review

What's a nail polish/nail art junkie's birthday without nail related presents?  A very sad one.  Luckily for me I was very spoiled by my partner and daughter and received lots of Bundle Monster XL plates.  I know have the entire Polynesia Collection and the remaining plates from the Time Machine Collection.  I plan on swatching and reviewing all these plates over the next few days.

Today I will be sharing with you the Local Kine plates.  Like with the Traditional Polynesia set (you can see my swatches and review for this set here) this set contains five different XL plates.  Now because it was only my birthday on Sunday and I have been unwell I haven't had a full chance to try these out on my nails.  All of my swatches are done using Konad black stamping polish and my rectangle squishy stamper from Messy Mansion.

BM-XL101

 

 

 

 BM-XL102

 

 

 

BM-XL103

 

 

 

BM-XL104

 

 

 BM-XL105

 

 

 

These plates all stamp really well.  I am really impressed.  I can see lots of bright coloured manis with these designs.  There is definitely a great mix of designs.

These plates along with the remaining Polynesia collections are available from Bundle Monster in their sets of five for US$19.99 or you can buy the individual plates for US$4.99.

 

Dance Legend Velvet (Part) Collection -Swatches & Review

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I know it has only been a couple of days but to me it feels like a lot longer between posts (and you may have noticed that I haven't been posting as much on Instagram as I normally do) but I have the flu so my energy levels are no existent so my nail time has been cut back.  I definitely can't wait to be back to my regular posting routine.  I miss doing my nails so often.

Today I have six of the Dance Legend Velvet Collection polishes to you show you.  I fell in love with the colours when I first saw them and wanted them all!  These polishes have a close to matte (but not a full matte) finish once they are dry.  I have not used any top coat in my swatches.

 

650 is a pastel mint green polish.  This is actually the first one of these polishes I tried from this collection, and boy oh boy did I have trouble with it.  It had a thick formula that dried quick and dragged the polish, making it patchy and dried lumpy.  At first I swatched it three times, and then added some thinner in hopes that it would help.  Luckily it did.  It definitely applied much better.  I used three coats for my swatch.  I could have gotten away with two but I don't think my thinner was mixed in properly so I did have some thinner areas on my nails.

 

651 is a pastel blue polish.  Stunning colour and applied quite well.  The formula isn't as thick as 650 and only needed two coats to be opaque.

 

653 is a pastel orange polish.  The formula on this one wasn't great.  It was patchy and hard to work with.  Even after three coats it is still slightly uneven and could do with another coat.  My swatch shows three coats.

 

656 is a pastel pink polish.   This one is slightly streaky and brush strokes are slightly visible.  I used two coats for my swatch.

 

657 is a pastel green polish.  This one has the best formula of the ones that I have tried.  It was easy to work with and only needed two coats to be opaque.

 

658 is a pastel sky blue polish.  This polish also has a great formula.  I used two coats for my swatch.

I do absolutely love the colours of these polishes, but sadly I am not a huge fan of the formulas.  My picks (based on formulas) are 657 and 658.  Colour wise though I love them all.

The Velvet Collection and other Dance Legend polishes are available from Dance Legend (with international shipping) as well as Llarowe.

Don't forget to follow Dance Legend on Facebook and Instagram.

Dance Legend Confetti (Part) Collection - Swatches & Review

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Happy birthday to me!  Well actually as I write this it's my birthday eve, so happy birthday eve for me.  I haven't got anything exciting planned (plus I am sick so a very low key day is in order) but I do know I have some nail related presents coming my way.

Anyway, I thought it would be appropriate to post some gorgeous bright coloured polishes on my blog today so today I will be sharing with you three of the polishes from Dance Legend Confetti Collection.  Now I can go into elaborate details about my love for all things bright but I won't because I am sure you have heard it all before.  Let's just get straight into the swatches.

540 is a bright pink leaning towards coral creme.  The formula of this one is slight uneven so three coats was needed for even coverage.  

 

541 is a bright nearly neon green creme.  I have so much love for this polish.  I would have to say it's one of my favorite greens.  It does apply unevenly but does even out in three coats.

 

543 is a periwinkle blue creme.  This polish is amazing.  The first coat is slightly uneven but levels out on the second coat.  The colour is to die for.  I am definitely in love with this polish.

 

This is definitely a collection that I am wanting to grab more from.  I love the three that I have especially 541 and 543.  

The Confetti Collection and other Dance Legend polishes are available from Dance Legend (with international shipping) as well as Llarowe.

Don't forget to follow Dance Legend on Facebook and Instagram.

DRK Nails Designer & Cobogo Collections - Review

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I can't remember if I mentioned that I was heading back to Melbourne for a couple of days this week.  Well I have been and it was awesome.  Cold but awesome.  I miss living in Melbourne and can't wait to move back.

For today's post I want to share with you the other part of the package I received from DRK Nails.  Not only was I lucky enough to receive the Themes Enlaced plate (you can see that post here) I also received five of the rectangle plates - two Designer plates, two Cobogo plates and DRK A5.

Cobogo Collection

From what I can tell from the website there is only two plates in this collection, which are sold both individually or as a set.  These plates are inspired by Brazilian architecture.  I am a huge fan of geometric patterns and these are quite big so you shouldn't have any issues with the design not fitting on your nails.  I would love to see more plates added to this collection.

 

 

Designer Collection

Like with the Cobogo Collection, this collection also only has two plates.  These, however, are only sold separately.  I have mixed feelings about these two plates.  I love plate 4 and think it has some really cool and unique designs.  Plate 3 looks really good but I feel like the designs are a bit too big that you miss a lot of them on the nails (you can see what I mean in the swatch below).  I'm going to have to play with this plate some more.  I'm sure I can get some great manis from it.

 

 

 

DRK A5

This plate is part of a five plate range (each are sold individually).  This isn't the typical plate that I would normally purchase.  I tend to favor full nail designs rather than single images like this plate features. 

 

Like with the Themes Enlaced plate, these plates are a really good quality and stamp quite well.  I am definitely a fan of DRK Nails plates and will definitely be adding more to my collection in the near future.  Do you have any of their plates?  Which ones do you think I should pick up?

These plates, along with many others are available from DRK Nails.

DRK Nails Themes Enclaced Plate - Review

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It's like stamp plate heaven at my house at the moment and I couldn't be happier.  I was lucky enough to be sent six plates from DRK Nails, which I will split up into a couple of blog posts.  I have been following DRK Nails on Instagram for quite some time now and have drooled over the manis that people have done using their stamping plates.  I couldn't be happier to have some of these plates in my collection.  Today, I am going to share with you the largest plate that I received to review - the Themes Enlaced plate.

 

 The Themes Enclaced plate is approximately 17cm wide by 21.5cm long and has various lace styled designs.  I love how unique and versatile this plate is.  The designs are quite large so you can get a whole design on each of your nails without having to worry about stretching the designs if you have long or wide nails.  There are also a few individual images as well. Below are some closer up pics of the plate so you can see more of the details.

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Picture shows bottom left of the plate

Picture shows bottom right of the plate

I have played with this plate a little bit (I only received it late last week) and I am so impressed with the quality.  I haven't had any issues picking up images.  My only issue is trying to decide which images to use.  I always find these type of plates overwhelming because there is so much going on its hard to narrow down the choices or know what the design will look like on the nail.  Luckily for me, I was also sent this gorgeous nail guide card (I am not entirely sure what you would call it and I couldn't find one on the DRK site) that has a clear nail shape so you can lay it over the plate and see what the design looks like on your nails.  The cut out is actually larger that all of my nails but it certainly does the trick.

 

I love love love this plate.  It is so pretty and has soooooo many beautiful designs.  You can bet that you will be seeing lots of manis using this plate over on my Instagram page.  As for the nail guide card I am not entirely sure how you can get these.  They may be included with your purchase.  It's definitely going to be getting lots of use from me.

The Themes Enclanced plate and other plates are available from DRK Nails.  Worldwide shipping is available.