Grace-full Nail Polish Aussie Indie Con 2017 Exclusives - Swatches & Review

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I don't think I have actually really spoken about Aussie Indie Con yet.  I think I have briefly mentioned it in this post but I think that is about it.  For those of you who don't know Aussie Indie Con is happening on the 17th of June 2017 (so one week from today!) at the National Maritime Museum, Lighthouse Gallery in Sydney.  Yes I will be going and I am soooooo excited!  Not only will I get to see lots of pretty polishes in person (my wallet is already crying!) but I will also get to meet so many people.  Let me know if you are going to Aussie Indie Con in the comments. 

Aussie Indie Con wouldn't be the same without some exclusive polishes would it?  I know I will be hunting down the exclusives!  Grace-full Nail Polish have made five exclusive polishes for Aussie Indie Con and I am so excited to share three of them with you today.

Darling Of The Harbour is a deep royal blue with holo flakes throughout to give that pop of holo.  I think this one is really pretty.  I love the depth in it.  The formula is really easy to use.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Flapper is actually part of an upcoming collection called the Roaring Twenties (I will have swatches and a review of this collection on my blog soon).  This polish is inspired by the neutral and silver flapper dresses.  With a bone crelly base it is full of silver holo and iridescent microglitter.  This one is a little on the sheer side but does build up nicely.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Wish I Was There has a purple/pink jelly base with ultrachrome chameleon flakies in red, copper, pink and violet.  It also is packed with holo microglitter in copper and purple.  This one is quite pretty and easy to use.  It is a little on the sheer side.  I personally found that this was still a little see through at the tips for me after three coats, so I used four coats for my swatch.

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Don't these polishes just make you so much more excited for Aussie Indie Con?  I know I am getting super excited.  As I mentioned earlier, there are four polishes (you can see Theresa's swatch of the other two polishes in the Grace-full Nail Polish Facebook Group here) and these polishes are exclusive to Aussie Indie Con so if you can make it to Sydney (or know of someone who is going and can send them to you) then I definitely recommend it.  Let me know if you are coming to Aussie Indie Con!  I would love to meet you and definitely pop by the Grace-full Nail Polish table, check out all the pretties (I believe they will have a huge range of their goodies) and say hi to Zac and Sam!

Sally Hansen Color Therapy Red Carpet Collection - Swatches & Review

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I am 99% sure my delivery driver thinks that I am trying to overwork him.  Yes I do shop a lot (although I have been good lately and haven't really purchased anything - I am saving my $$$ for Aussie Indie Con next week).  Luckily for me I do receive surprise nail mail every now and again and had the new Sally Hansen Color Therapy Red Carpet Collection arrive at my door last week.  If you have missed my previous review of the Sally Hansen Color Therapy polishes you can see that post here.  Today I have their new limited edition shades to share with you.

Good As Blue is a dark blue creme.  This one is easy to use and is opaque in two coats.

Haute Stone is dark brown with a reddish shimmer.  Now the shimmer in this one is easy to see in the bottle, however it doesn't translate to the nail.  It is sooooo hard to see even if you are looking for it.  My second picture shows a macro with my cameras flash.  Even with the flash it is a struggle to see the shimmer.  The formula is great and so close to being a one coater.  I used two coats for my swatch.

Re-nude is a nude creme.  This one applies unevenly and is on the sheer side.  I used three coats for my swatch.

Steely Serene is a taupe creme.  The formula is great and easy to use.  I used two coats for my swatch.

Un-Wine'd is a red creme.  I think this is a great winter polish.  The formula is good and easy to use, however this one is quite pigmented so I recommend careful application as clean up can be very messy!  My swatch shows two coats.

Well, Well, Well is a white creme.  I am actually rather impressed with this one.  I have tried other Sally Hansen white polishes before and have found that they are streaky and aren't very opaque so need at least three coats.  This one applies quite evenly and is opaque in two coats.

This collection contains some really great polishes for the cooler months that we are having here in Melbourne.  I don't think that there are any really stand out colours for me, however if you are new to polish then these are some good staple colours. 

The Red Carpet Collection is available now from Priceline, Chemist Warehouse and independent pharmacies nationally.

Emily de Molly 5th Anniversary Trio - Swatches & Review

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Time seriously just goes by so quickly (and I know I am not the only one who thinks that) so quickly that Emily de Molly's 5th Anniversary popped up out of know where.  Can you believe it has been five years of EdM pretties?  I was a little late to the indie scene so missed out on a lot of Hayley's earlier polishes but I have no complaints with my EdM collection.  Hayley does AMAZING polishes and her brand is easily one of my favourite indie brands ever!  Anyway, I was super honoured and very lucky to be asked to swatch the anniversary trio and now I am able to share them with you guys.  A couple of warnings for you: I have gone a little picture crazy with these polishes and I am head over heels with them so I may get a little repetitive with how much I love these polishes.

Bottle shot image from Emily de Molly

Dusk's Remaining Light is a gorgeous multichrome that shifts from a pink/copper/green/gold.  The shift is amazing and the colours are stunning.  I actually wore this polish for a couple of days and was sad to take it off.  The formula is amazing and is opaque in two coats.

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Picture taken outdoors (overcast)

Overcast Quartz is a light dusty pink with lavender undertones (the base is very similar to Heavy Aura) and is filled with different coloured iridescent flakes, pewter coloured flakes and some micro holographic glitters in silver and copper.  It also has a very slight copper overlay.  I love this one!  It's so beautiful and interesting.  I am sure every time I look at it I see something new in there.  The formula is easy to use.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Room For More is a neon green with copper shimmer and silver flakes.  I am sure I don't need to tell you that I love this one!  I think Hayley makes some amazing neons!  The formula is great and is opaque in two coats.

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How amazing are these polishes?  I am seriously so in love with them and think they are a perfect anniversary trio.  Do I have a favourite of these three?  I honestly don't think I could pick one so I would recommend grabbing all three.  Can you pick a favourite from these?

The Anniversary Trio is being released Thursday 8th June at 9am on Emily de Molly's Australian site and Wednesday 7th at 7pm EDT on the international site.

Uberchic Beauty Collection Eighteen Stamping Plates - Swatches & Review

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Uberchic Beauty have been pumping out the stamping plate collections really quickly lately - or perhaps it's not that fast and I am just slow at getting through them - or maybe it's a bit of both.  Anyway, today I have Collection Eighteen to share with you.  Can you believe that there are eighteen collections already?  It still surprises me how many Uberchic plates there are.  I probably shouldn't be surprised though. I have a lot of pink folders in my collection (my pink folders hold all of my Uberchic plates).  

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Image from Uberchic Beauty

I saw somewhere (and I honestly can't remember where) a mani using the images in the bottom left hand corner and I just had to have it on my nails.  I thought it would be fun to do a black and white mani with a pop of colour.  For my base I used Pretty Serious Cosmetics Presence and stamped using Mundo de Unas Black and Colour Alike neon pink stamping polish (it does have a proper name but I can't for the life of me think of what it's called).

There was something about this next image that said pastel!  For my base I used China Glaze Chalk Me Up!, Lotus Begin, Belle Of A Baller, More To Explore and Casual Friday, and stamped using Powder Perfect's White Stamping Polish.

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Image from Uberchic Beauty

I couldn't help but go for a really simple mani with this first design.  I really didn't want to take away from the detail of the image.  For my base I used Kiara Sky Skies The Limit and stamped using Powder Perfect's White Stamping Polish.

It has been quite a while since I have done a skittlette mani and I thought that this image was perfect for the look I was going for.  While I love it black and white I think the image would look cool with some lead lighting colour through it - or over a neon background.  Anyway, polishes used are Color Club Don't Toy With Me and Chalk Board Black, OPI Alpine Snow and Metallic 4 Life.

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Image from Uberchic Beauty

When I sat down to do this next mani I really didn't know what I was actually going to do.  I randomly picked out my polishes and sponged them on.  I then decided on this image.  I am super happy with how it turned out.  Polishes used are Color Club Play Date, Party Teal Dawn and Out Of Your League.  Stamping polish used is Mundo de Unas Black.

I know that this image was designed to be layered with the image on it's right but I couldn't resist just using it by itself.  I seriously love how this turned out!  For my base I used Pretty Serious Cosmetics Presence and stamped using Bundle Monster's Eldorado and Astronomical.

There are some seriously fantastic images among these plates.  I think there is a great mix of things and there are definitely some images that I am keen to use still.  Keep your eyes peeled on Instagram for those manis in the future.

Collection Eighteen Stamping Plates are available now from Uberchic Beauty.

Quick Update

Hey everyone!  I just thought I should sit down and do a really quick update.  For most of you it may seem like I have disappeared.  I haven't been posting on social media much and have stopped daily blogging.  I am not quitting so don't panic.  I am just taking a big step back from nails and blogging for this month.  I have had a couple of really huge months and need to play catch up with everything.  I am seriously behind with everything and I am not liking it.  I am also lacking inspiration and motivation for nails so taking a step back for now is really a good time.  I will be aiming to do about four blog posts a week for this month and then I will workout what my plan after that. 

Right, I think that's all I wanted to say.  Now to get editing some photos and write my blog post for tomorrow! 

Nail Crazies Unite: Music

Happy Saturday everyone!  I hope you have all had a good week.  Now depending on where in the world you are you may notice that this post is a day late.  I wish I had some exciting reason for being late in post this but really I just wanted to take the night off on Thursday.  I literally did nothing nail polish related (that is something that rarely happens - I'm either painting, editing or blogging).  While I did feel guilty because I do have things that I need to swatch and review, it was actually good to have a bit of a break.  That's a bit of a conversation for another day.  

Today I have my mani for this week's Nail Crazies Unite theme of music.  Now I took the easy road on this one and to be honest, I am happy I did.  There is something about a really simple black and white mani that I love.  I particularly love black and white accent nails.  Anyway, for my base today I used Sally Hansen's Well, Well, Well (from the new Color Therapy Red Carpet Collection - I will have my swatches and review of this collection very soon) and stamped using Powder Perfect's Black Stamping Polish.  Stamping design is from Bundle Monster BM411.

There really isn't too many more themes left of this challenge at all.  So crazy!

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Hit The Bottle Mixed Stamping Polishes - Swatches & Review

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I have been saying for quite some time now that I need some more stamping polishes in my life (you can never have too many of these things can you?).  In particular, creme stamping polishes.  I do love metallic stamping polishes in person but I am not a fan of how they photograph so I tend to avoid them most of the time.  Anyway, when Michelle asked me if I would like to swatch the new Lina Nail Art Supplies License To Be Sexy stamping plate (you can see my swatches and review of that plate here) she also asked if I would be interested in swatching some of her stamping polish.  I do have quite the collection of Hit The Bottle stamping polishes (I have swatched and reviewed them here) and was really impressed with them back then (that was 2015) so I jumped at the chance to play with some more.

Each of these four polishes have a slight shimmer in them, however you can't really see the shimmer once they are stamped on your nails so they give a creme finish with a slight glow if that makes sense.  They are quite pretty.  For each of my swatches I used over Pretty Serious Cosmetics Absence and Presence.  The stamping design is from Lina Nail Art Supplies License To Be Sexy 01 (which is also available from Hit The Bottle).

Drop Red Gorgeous is a bright red stamping polish with a shimmer finish.  You can definitely see the shimmer of this one on the nails which gives it a slight metallic look.  As you can see it stamps beautifully over both black and white.

Drunk Tank Pink is a pale pink stamping polish with a creme finish.  I really like this one.  I was quite surprised how well it stamps over black too.

Let's Go To The Peach is a peachy orange stamping polish with a creme finish.  I am extremely impressed how well this one stamps.  Look at that pigmentation over the black! 

Stop And Smell The Lilacs is a warm toned lilac purple stamping polish with a creme finish.  This one is really pretty too.  I can definitely see me using this one a fair bit.

Overall I am really impressed with all of these polishes.  They stamp beautifully over both black and white and are so easy to use.  

You can buy all four of these stamping polishes plus a bunch of other colours from Hit The Bottle.