Emily de Molly February Releases - Swatches & Review

Wednesday, 7 February 2018


I have mentioned in a few posts now that I have some exciting new things being released this month and that I will have a lot of Emily de Molly posts....well today I get to share with you guys the new releases for February.  These polishes are awesome and I really struggled to narrow down my favourites but I have managed to (just!).  Before we get into the swatches and review I should warn you that this post is very picture heavy.  You can't have too much of a good thing though can you?


Art Of Structure is a honeycomb orange/yellow holo with silver micro glitters.  The formula of this one is fantastic and it is opaque in two coats.  In terms of the colour, it's not my personal taste but I am sure there are many of you that will probably love it.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Picture taken in light box

Picture taken in direct sunlight

Picture taken in direct sunlight
Change Of Pace is a very pale pink with strong violet shimmer, silver micro glitter and copper flakes.  I love this one!  It's so pretty and interesting.  In different lights it looks different.  This one is definitely better in person than in my pictures.  The formula does apply a little unevenly and I needed three coats for even coverage.

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Picture taken in light box

Picture taken in direct sunlight

Picture taken in direct sunlight

Picture taken outdoors in shade
Embellished Response is a bright pink with gold shimmer and gold flakes.  Huge fan of this one - I mean it is pink after all and I am a sucker for pinks!  The formula is awesome on this one too!  You could easily get away with one coat.  I did use two coats for my swatch. 

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Picture taken in direct sunlight
Jaded Visions is a dark teal blue (cold) to light teal green (warm) thermal with copper shimmer and green to purple iridescent flakes.  Now I am going to apologize for my lack of pictures of this polish in its cold state.  It has been so hot here that I really struggled to get it to stay cold.  I can promise you that it does transition though.  Both colours are great and so is the formula.  My swatch shows two coats.

Picture taken in light box (warm)

Picture taken outdoors in shade (warm)

Picture taken outdoors in shade (warm)

Picture taken in direct sunlight (warm)

Picture taken in direct sunlight (warm)

Picture taken in light box (cold)
Linked Irony is a silver holo with gold/pink/green iridescent flakes and black micro glitter.  I am obsessed with this  polish!  I think it is so interesting and looks awesome.  The formula applies evenly and is easy to use.  I did find it a little on the sheer side for my personal taste so I used three coats for my swatch (although I am sure most people will stop at two coats).

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Picture taken in light box

Picture taken outdoors in shade

Picture taken outdoors in shade

Picture taken in direct sunlight

Picture taken in direct sunlight
Little Whispers is a grey leaning purple with gold to green shifting shimmer and silver holo micro glitter.  Such a gorgeous colour and so sparkly.  The formula is awesome and applies evenly.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight
Modern Muse is a red (cold) to pale pink (warm) thermal with turquoise shimmer and blue chrome flakes.  This is such an interesting and unique polish.  I don't know what it is about it but this polish gives me Halloween vibes.  I'll definitely be breaking it out again in October for some nail art.  Anyway, the formula is great and easy to use.  I used two coats for my swatch.

Picture taken in light box (cold)

Picture taken in light box (cold)

Picture taken in direct sunlight (cold)

Picture taken in direct sunlight (transition)

Picture taken in light box (transition)

Picture taken in light box (warm)

Picture taken in light box (warm)

Picture taken in direct sunlight (warm)

Picture taken in direct sunlight (warm)
Ruined Cities is a red based plum with green to pink shifting shimmer, copper micro glitters and gold flakes.  I really like the added gold flakes in this polish.  It gives it that little extra something.  I am a big fan of the colour and shimmer as well.  The formula is fantastic and is opaque in two coats.

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Picture taken in light box

Picture taken in direct sunlight

Picture taken in direct sunlight
I told you there was a lot of pictures but how gorgeous are these polishes?  With the except of Art Of Structure (and only because it isn't my type of colour) I am a huge fan of all of these polishes.  My favourites of favourites would have to be Linked Irony and Change Of Pace, closely followed by Ruined Cities and Little Whispers.

The February releases will be available on Saturday 10th at 10am AEDT on Emily de Molly's Australian site and on Friday 9th at 6pm EST on their International site.

Uberchic Beauty Got Chevron 02 Stamping Plate - Swatches & Review

Monday, 5 February 2018


Last year you may recall me raving about Uberchic's Got Chevron 01 stamping plate (you can see my post about this plate here).  I still love this plate and would say that it's one of my all time favourite stamping plates I own.  Well, I am excited to introduce the latest edition to my favourites - Got Chevron 02.  As soon as I got the email saying there was a second edition I knew it was going to become a favourite of mine and it most definitely is!

 
Image from Uberchic Beauty
It feels like forever since I have done a simple gradient so I thought why not do one?  I absolutely love how this mani turned out.  For the gradient I used China Glaze That's Shore Bright and I Got A Blue Attitude .  Stamping polish is Powder Perfect's White Stamping Polish.
 

Now I couldn't go past doing one of my usual sponged backgrounds.  They are so simple and I think look awesome with all stamping images.  I used the entire OPI Retro Summer Collection and stamped using Hit The Bottle As Black As Night.


I really don't know what else I can say about this plate.  It is amazing and it will most definitely get a lot of love from me.  Do yourself a favour and grab this plate before it sells out!  Also grab Got Chevron 01 too.  They are both amazing!

The Got Chevron 02 Stamping Plate is available now from Uberchic Beauty.

Lina Nail Art Supplies Totally Negative Stamping Plate - Swatches & Review

Sunday, 4 February 2018


Lina Nail Art Supplies plates that I buy a lot of and then end up with them sitting in a pile waiting for ages for me to get around to using (not because I don't want to, it's more a time issue).  Anyway, at the start of this year I had three Lina plates waiting for me, and now I am happy to report that there is only one left in my pile (it's the Spookilicious 02 stamping plate but it will stay in the pile until October - seems a little silly to play with it now).  Today I have the Totally Negative Stamping Plate to share with you.

Image from Lina Nail Art Supplies
With a whole plate dedicated to negative space images you just know that I have to do my usual sponged background.  They just look so pretty under these types of images.  For my base I used the entire Pastel Pets Collection by Pretty Serious Cosmetics and stamped using Hit The Bottle As Black As Night.


Negative space images don't always mean that you have to have a fancy background (although if I am honest I do love the fancy backgrounds).  Sometimes it's nice to go with a simple colour scheme.  I like how fresh and summery this mani looked.  Polishes used are Pretty Serious Cosmetics Presence and Hit The Bottle Apricot Sour from their new Fruit Tingles Collection (I will have swatches and a review of this collection soon).


I love this plate!  I have always been a big fan of negative space images so to have a whole plate with them is a dream.  The images are all really pretty and stamp well.

The Totally Negative Stamping Plate is available for pre order from Lina Nail Art Supplies.  If you want this plate sooner then go to Hit The Bottle, they have it in stock now (plus you can shop for lots of other goodies).

26 Great Nail Art Ideas: Black & Neon

Friday, 2 February 2018


It's 26 Great Nail Art Ideas time again!  It feels like forever since I have done nail, but really it hasn't been that long.  I have just been busy swatching or doing basic stamping (plain base colour with a single stamp).  Today's theme is a very exciting one for me.  If you know me then you know that my go to nail art is neon polishes with black stamping - and today's theme just so happens to be black and neon.  Woohoo!

For my base I sponged on Orly Glowstick (my favourite neon yellow), Scenic Route, Beach Cruiser, Vintage and Push The Limit.  Stamping is done using Hit The Bottle Black As Night and Uberchic 21-01.




In case you are interested in joining this challenge and you haven't seen the themes...


I am so excited to see what everyone does for today's theme.  I am sure I will find lots of nail inspiration.