Beauty Collection: Nail Polishes - Brights

The second last part in my nail polish section. I have a lot, I know. I have got rid of a lot too, so don't worry, and I just cleared it out again. I normally get rid of nail polishes if they chip in a day and a half. Because my nail polishes don't last longer than 3 days, no matter what I use. It lasts better depending on brand too.

Essence Color & Go; Off To Miami This is a recent addition to my collection. Its a gorgeous Coral.

Rimmel Super Gel; 041 Darling Dahlia This probably lasts the longest out of all polishes.

Dior; Princess I haven't worn this pink yet but it has pretty silver sparkles through it.

Ulta3; Kiwi Kaos Another new addition to my collection. I don't have a green like this.

Essie; Garden Variety Please excuse the sticker. This is a stunning teal.

Essie; Bikini So Teeny  Everyone has this periwinkle blue in their collection.

Essie Style Hunter I love this watermelon shade.

Sally Hansen; Pacific Blue I actually prefer this over Essie Butler Please

OPI Planks A Lot This is a grey toned purple.

Mac; Vivid Effect Haven't yet tried this, but I'm not the biggest fan of Mac nail polishes.

Essie Play Date My first Essie Polish. And I love it! Best purple ever!

Essie Mini Polish This one has no name, but I don't know how I feel about it.

Orly; Jealous Much? Best true mint I've come across.

Essie Mint No Name I haven't use this one yet, but its a really light blue/mint

Chanel; June I don't know how I feel about this one either. I'm not sure if it will suit my skintone.

Illamasqua Speckle The only Illamasqua item I own

And I'm pretty sure thats it for my nail polishes. The next post will be on false nails and things like that. And creams and such. Mainly an etc. post.

Beauty Collection: Nail Polishes - Darks

Nail Polish Shades that I'm always drawn towards are the darker shades, and I have a few. Here they are!

Essence Happy Girls Are Pretty; Happy Girls Rock: I like this shade but it chips on me, like most matte finishes do. I want to give it another go, but I don't have high expectations for it.

Orly; Lunar Eclipse: I love this shade. Perfect for a night out. Its a blue with purple glitters.

OPI; Russian Navy: This is a dark purple with navy, or the other way around. I haven't worn it yet.

Essie; Trophy Wife: This is a gorgeous, emerald green with blue undertones

Australis; Trackie Dacks: I think I might wear this next as we are transitioning into autumn and I think its a perfect shade for transitioning.

Essie Bahama Mama: My favorite. Its a beautiful burgandy shade.

Deborah Lippmann; Ray Of Light: This is a really unique shade. Its purple with gold flecks in it.

Rimmel Aye Aye Sailor: This is a stunning navy blue.

Rubi; Wine Glitter: A burgandy with silver and gold glitters.

Zoya No Name: I love this blue so much. Its more darker than a cobalt blue and its glittery too.

Avon; Wine and Dine With Me: A darker blood burgandy.

Sally Hansen Cherry Cherry Bang Bang: This is a really unique purple. Very light, unlike anything I have.

Sally Hansen Red Carpet: This is my most recent purchase. Its a red with red glitters through it.

Beauty Collection: Nail Polishes - Neutrals and Blacks

I love neutral nail polishes. They are perfect for the "I don't know what I want to wear this week" situation, which happens to me a lot. But when it comes to nude polishes, its a lot like lipsticks, finding the right shade, which we all have hits and misses with.

Maybelline Color Show Porcelain Party: This is the only white I own, and its okay, quite patchy, I need 3 coats, but its better than what I have tried.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Mudslide 250: I love this shade, but It doesn't look good on me, or so my Mum says. I want to try it again and see if I love or hate it. And if I don't like it, I might just get rid of it.

Covergirl No Shade: This is a nice pink toned bronze I'd call it. I haven't worn it, but I can't wait to.

Essie Mini No Shade: This shade reminds me of a Chinchilla. Why? I don't know. So if I were to name it, I'd call it Chinchilla. But I have this on my nails (Which are chipped) and I love it. Its a purple toned grey, or grey toned purple. Depends on what light you look at it in.

Butter London Tea and Toast: My only BL product I own and I want more. The formula is amazing and it lasts. The colour is weird, like a.....a toast colour....wow thats the only way to describe it...weird.

Loreal 617: I don't wear this alot, but I like the formula.

Jacqueline Burchell PHD In Retail: I always forget I have this! Its so nice though. I got this in a BellaBox over a year ago.

Essie Eternal Optimist: My favourite nude. It looks great on me.

Essie Penny Talk: A Gold Toned Bronze.

MAC No Shade: I'd call this Camel cause it reminds me of one. I don't like the colour on me though so I'll probably get rid of it.

I have a ton of blacks I know. But like white, its hard to find the perfect black!

Covergirl No Shade: I haven't tried this yet. But I think this has tiny shimmers in it.

Rimmel I Heart Lasting Finish 080 Black Cab: This is patchy, I'll probably get rid of it soon.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Nails Black Out: Best black I have found so far.

Chanel Graphite: I might put this on my toesies tonight.Its a silvery, grey, black.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City: Whenever anyone wants a nice silver I recommend this, its stunning. So opaque, and it actually lasts.

Beauty Collection: Nail Polishes Part 1 - Top/Base Coats and Glitters

Well, Lets start off with what I have most of. Nail Polishes. I don't know how many I own, and I don't want to know!

I'm seperating this into 3, maybe 4 categories because theres a limit to what I can type in each post and I'm intending on doing mini reviews on my nail polishes too, unless I have done one in the past then I will attatch a link. But lets start off with the base of nail polishes. The Top Coats, Base Coats and Glitters. Even though a glitter isn't a base....oh well.

Top/Base Coats

I have a few, but 98% of these are Top Coats and, the others are just either a Base Coat or a Glitter Base. Let me tell you what I have. (In No Order)

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Cleared for Take Off: I haven't used this, But I plan on using it as a base coat when I run out of the one I'm currently using. 

Rimmel Finishin Touch Glitter Top Coat: This one is so pretty. If you want that little bit of glitter on your nails but not whole chunks, its perfect. The glitters are fine and, pretty much see through, there might be a silver reflective from it but thats it. So it goes with anything.

Maybelline Dr. Rescue CC Nails Base Coat: HOLY GRAIL. Only one I have ever tried and I love it. I do want to try more though, but this one is just, its impressed me from the get go. It dries fast, in like 1 minute, theres no colour, and the shade you put on top just seems to glide on!

Picture Polish Glitter Base: I have to do some research on this because I don't know if its for glitter, glitter or glitter polish. I basically bought it second hand for 50c and I know it retails for a lot more.

Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Top Coat: This one is pretty good. Makes my polish last for up to 3 days, even though it claims to last longer, but whatever. Nothing is going to beat professional nails

Essence Gel Look Top Coat XXXL Shine: For Essence, this is actually really good. I quite like this for the price, even though it does take forever to dry.

Essence Gel Look Plumping Top Coat XXXL Volume: I don't know the difference between the both really. I just think the shine one is more glossy.

Rimmel Super Gel Top Coat: This is basically the same as the SH one, just a different brand. I did a review on it here.

For glitters, I recently got rid of a lot, as they just, go all funny after a while. I need a silver and gold, thats what I want but I haven't found one yet...

Australis Rio Riot: I haven't used this in quite a while. Its a nice glitter, but I don't use it all too often. I should get rid of it if I don't use it, I know but then I have days where I want to use it.

Dior Addict 010: I don't ever use this, I just keep it cause its Dior. Its a nice glitter though, very fine.

Nubar Petunia Sparkle: I wore this the other week and it is such a nice glitter. The glitters are fine, but it comes out with a ton so you don't have to keep dipping in and getting more.

OPI Polka.Com: I love this glitter, but hate the formula, you have to shake the crap out of this because the glitters just seem to float straight to the bottom.

Face of Australia Dark Side Voldemort: Basically had to buy it because of the name. But I do use this, its a nice glitter.

September Favourites 2015

Feels like yesterday was the first of September. Next thing you know, we'll be celebrating new year!

As for my favourites this month, I don't have too many. Though I did buy some things this month, most of them I didn't end up liking. But heres what I did like...

This month I made my first MAC Purchase. I bought the Paint Pot in the shade Soft Ochre, and it is perfect! I love it. I use it as a primer before applying shadows and it stops creasing and fading during the day.

I've been getting hugely (Is that a word?) into highlighters this month and these 2 by Essence are my favorites. I also quite like the highlighter that came in the AC ON TOUR Palette and use that with more natural looks. 

These 2 nail polishes are the perfect way to start off Spring. Play Date by Essie is one of my favourite nail polishes I own and was the first Essie purchase I made. And Cheeky Chap, well I have a review coming shortly on it. Although it is a beautiful colour, it dissapointed me. Its in my favorites because of the shade.

Nail Polish Collection!

Sally Hansen Sugar Coats: Lick - O - Rich, Sour Apple, Razzleberry, Bubble Plum

Essence Colour and Go; Flashy Pumpkin - Sally Hansen Lusture Shine: Lava

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Green with Envy - Essence: Thats What I Mint! - Australis: Trackie Dacks
Essie: Trophy Wife - Rimmel Kate Salon Pro: Acid House

Rimmel 60 Sec: Rapid Ruby - Essie: Bahama Mama - Rimmel Lycra Pro: Hypnotise
Rimmel 60 Sec: Red Carpet - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Crushed - OPI - Lincoln Park After Dark
Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine: Shining - Essence: Redvolution

Colour By TBN: Blue - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Pacific Blue - Sally Hansen Triple Shine: Dive In, Wavy Blue
Rimmel 60 Sec: Aye, Aye Sailor

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Golden-I - Rimmel Metal Rush: Bronze Princess

Essie: Come Here! Cutex: Cashmere Mauve - Bourjois: no name - Essence: English Rose
Rimmel 60 Sec: Hot Shot

Sally Hansen Salon Manicure: Butter Cup

Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine: Flair - Essie: Play Date - Rimmel Space Dust: Mook Walking

*Since taking photos for this post, I have purchased more nail polishes.

Review: Sally Hansen Triple Shine Nail Polish

Hey Beauties,

I never normally would do a post or a review on nail polishes, but I've been super impressed with Sally Hansen's new nail polish range, the Triple Shine.

It takes alot for a nail polish to impress me. It has to have a good brush, good formula, good drying time (I'm impatient), and last me about 3 days before chipping. And this one ticked most of those boxes.

The nail polish comes in a 10ml bottle. Which is a pretty decent amount of nail polish, comparing it to Essie's 13.5ml and Essence's 8ml.

The brush itself is hidden under the lid, the bottle seems to remind me of the Butter London packaging with the way you lift the lid to reveal the brush. The handle of the brush is pretty big and round and its easy to hold onto and apply your nail polish. The brush itself (Which I just remembered I should've taken a photo of, silly me) reminds me of an Essence brush. Its nice and big, and easy to apply the nail polish.

The nail polish formula itself is pretty thick, not thin like some nail polishes can be. Its also not gluggy - if thats even a word applys like a breeze. It takes up to 2 coats to be fully opaque.

If your wondering about the scent, its not a rich smell at all. Its a pretty neutral scent and is bearable.

The nail polish drys within about 2 minutes which is good for most beauty gurus who absolutley hate waiting for the nail polish to dry.

The range comes in 26 shades to choose from. The colour shown is Dive In.

You can purchase these polishes at all Sally Hansen Retailer and they are currently (As of 13/1/2014) on sale at Priceline for $6.95 - Retails for $9.95

I can certainly see myself buying some more from this range, I've already got my eye on: Sparks Fly, Slick Black (Can never have too many blacks), and Clam Up.

Dive In paired with Essence's English Rose

Glam it up by adding Sparkles. Used: Dior 010, OPI Save Me, Nicole By OPI Stars At Night

Have you tried Sally Hansen's new range? What do you think?

Keep Smiling,

xobrontie

Christmas Haul: Nail Polishes

Hey Beauties,

Its time to share with you all what I got for Christmas this year!

Please note that I did get spoilt this year and I did not expect it. My Nan went over board with the gifts (God Bless her). I am in no way at all bragging about what I got, I am purely just sharing with you all my gifts as I would like to see others posts too.

Starting off with the nail polishes, I got quite a fair few this year and I'm going to stop myself from buying anymore cause I honestly don't need anymore.

BYS Glow in the Dark Top Coat & Colour Changing Nail Polish

Cutex Cashmere Mauve & Christmas Confetti

Australis Trackie Dacks & Nicole by OPI Stars at Night

Rimmel Metal Rush & Essie Bahama Mama

Rimmel 60 Sec. Rapid Ruby and Fast and Fuchsia

Avon Ultra Dry & Collection 2000 Sherbet Lemon

Pro Nail Dryer

Colour By TBN Vixen Nails

 I love all the nail polishes I got given this year! I'm going to prevent myself from buying anymore for a while now cause I seriously don't need anymore!

Keep Smiling

xobrontie

WTW: Nail Polish Picks

Hey Beauties,

With Christmas getting closer, we have these constant thoughts running through our heads;

What am I going to wear? | What accesories will I choose? | What makeup will I wear? 

What will I wear on my nails? | What shoes will be the most comfortable? | How will I do my hair?

Well this season I will be answering some of these questions in a mini series called "What to Wear" (WTW) Where I will be giving you ideas as to what you can wear and to what I may possibly be wearing.

Also with Christmas coming up, I have decided that on Christmas Day I will be doing a Get Ready with me post and recording me getting my makeup/hair ready and I'll show you my full outfit too!

Anyway, onto todays topic, nail polish. Now there are plenty of colours out there but when it comes to Christmas, its hard to decide what to wear. These are my top 5 picks that I was drawn to, and I'm also going to include some other alternatives that can also be used at well. All of these nail polishes can be purchased in Australia, apart from one which was given to me in a beauty box.

L-R: Savvy; Ginger Ale, Sally Hansen; Celeb City, Jacqueline Burchell; Call Me Sexy, OPI; An Affair In Red Square and Sally Hansen; Golden-I

Savvy by DB; Ginger Ale - This is a glitter nail polish but I figure it would be perfect over a white nail polish or a red one. 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear; Celeb City - This is most likely the nail polish I will be wearing. I debating over this one and another one featured in this post. Its a gorgeous Silver nail polish and is opaque within 2-3 coats. You could wear this alone, or have red or white nails and have this as the accent colour. 

Jacqueline Burchell; Call Me Sexy - This is the other nail polish I'm debating over wearing. Its a gold based nail polish with hints of silver and red. And I feel like its the most perfect christmas nail polish. You can buy this nail polish via Jacqueline Burchell Online.

OPI; An Affair In Red Square - I've been wearing this nail polish all week and although I love the colour of it, it just chipped in the first 24 hours, even when I wore Seche Vite. Which is a pity. But this is a gorgeous rich red colour and reminds me of christmas.

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear; Golden-I - I haven't worn this nail polish too often, but its basically exact same formula (well they are from the same line Brontie!) as the silver nail polish. I'm not quite a fan of how this nail polish looks on my hands either but oh well!

Some other nail polishes that would be great to wear this season include

OPI; Fly, Sally Hansen; Shining, Essence; Redvolution.

I've heard that Blue is trending this season for Christmas colours, so keep that in mind!

I'll be posting every day this week, and up to new years. Then I am changing my posting schedule back to every second day.

Have a Merry Christmas Beauty and Fashion Lovers.

xobrontie