SPOTTED: Sinful Colors in Australia

Spotted: Sinful Colors in KMART Australia!

Hi guys, just a quick post to let you guys know that K-Mart in Australia is now selling Sinful Colors nail polish! It was in quite a large display near the cosmetics section at my K-Mart (sorry no photo as they were setting it up at the time). These polishes are selling for four dollars each which is reasonable. They also had a huge range of colours! Including some of the favourites like Nail Junkie & Hottie

 

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What's in my Z-Palettes?

Hi guys! So I've been so busy working and getting ready for my big move in a few weeks that I literally haven't been wearing polish, so I thought I'd do a post showing you what's in my five z-palettes.

First off is my "everyday pallette" which has most of my neautral shadows and a few coloured ones. I can create so many looks with this palette. This is the PRO or jumbo size palette while all the others are the large size

 

 At the top of the palette is my favourite shadows palette is my favourite shadows from my Naked palettes. Now obviously this isn't all of them, some I used up completely, some broke when I depotted them, and some I keep in a box somewhere lol. I'm about 98% sure that my naked2 palette was actually fake but the shadows all work well so yeah

L-R:

Virgin, Buck, Naked, Half Baked, YDK, Smog, Snake Bite, Sin, Chopper, Sidecar,  Suspect, Hustle, Blackout

L-R: MAC Vellum, MAC Ricepaper, MAC Woodwinked, MAC shadow from Dynamic Duo 1, Makeup Geek Drama Queen, MAC Black Tied

L-R: MAC Solar White, MAC Femme Fi, MAC Charcoal Brown, MAC Coppering, MAC Cranberry, Ben Nye Cake Eyeliner in Black (I keep this in here for when I travel and forget my eyeliner)

At the bottom of the palette I keep my favourite shadows from Urban Decay 

L-R: Blackout, Back Door, Muse, Baked, Mushroom, Never Mind, Echo Beach, Laced, Anonymous

Along the side of the palette I keep some shadows from the Sigma Paris Palette

L-R: Eiffel, Triomphe, Ellyses Seine, Notre Dame, Versellies

My next most used palette is where I keep my face powders. 

On the left is my Australis huge bronzer which is a big pain because it takes up so much space!

The blush at the top is Rouge from the Sigma Paris Palette. Top right hand corner is a bronzer from Sleek Makeup in Light. I keep my Rimmel Stay Matte powder in here and Brule eyeshadow by Wet & Wild... I'm not really sure why thats in there lol

Next is my Sugarpill palette!

I keep all my pressed Sugarpill eyeshadows in here

Love +, Flamepoint, Acidberry, Taco, Poison Plum

Buttercupcake, Mochi, After Party, Midori

Poison Plum (again), Velocity, Dollypop, @#$%!

Next is my purple palette where I keep Urban Decay shadows (& two from Sigma)

L-R:   Zephyr, Skimp, Kinky, Sin, Missionary, Freestyle, Midnight Rodeo, Provocoteur, Freebird

L-R: Midnight Cowgirl, Penny Lane, Blitz, Jagged, Cobra, Barlust, Lost, Armour, Bust

L-R: Vice, Gravity, Rockstar, Rapture, Blue Bus, Chaos, Evidence, Unhinged, Junkie

L-R: Loaded, Hijack, Bender, Desperation, Asphalt, Occupy

L-R: Gunmetal, Black Market, Noise, Crystal

And Finally is my "everything else" palette

L-R: Makeup Geek Manderine, Makeup Geek Razzleberry, Coastal Scents Hot Pot 'Vampy', MAC Passionate, Coastal Scents Hot Pot ME16, MAC Sketch, MAC Bronze

L-R: MAC shadow from Dynamic Duo 1, MAC Stars & Rockets, Coastal Scents Hot Pot ME05, Coastal Scents Hot Pot Lavender Lace, Coastal Scents Queens Jubilee, Makeup Geek Unicorn

L-R: Coastal Scents (CS) Blue Hawaiian, CS Tropic Green, CS Cyan Frost, CS S02, Urban Decay Haight, CS Deep Veridian, MAC shadow from Double Feature 4

Coastal Scents Fresh Chive, Makeup Geek Peacock, Makeup Geek Shimma Shimma, Urban Decay Baked mini from Fun Palette

Thanks so much for reading guys!

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My late Christmas Manicure!

Hi guys! So I was away with my family on Christmas and haven't had the chance to post my Christmas Manicure. I actually did this same manicure last year and loved it, so I thought I'd try it out again. I used a base of China Glaze Poinsetta from last years Christmas Collection and then Tinsel Town sponged onto the tips.

I also wanted to remind you guys about my blog sale where I'm selling HEAPS of polishes, including some of my absolute favourites and HTFs to make it easier when I move states next month !
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My Five Favourite Manicures of 2012

Hi guys! Today I wanted to show you my favourite manicures of 2012. I've picked five that I've posted in the last twelve months! Let me know what you think!

1. Galaxy Drip
 The Galaxy Drip manicure I recreated after Coewless. I used Zoya Purity, Song, Zuza, Charla & Nubar White Polka Dot

2. Glitter Gradient
This glitter gradient was using China Glaze For Audrey as a base and OPI's Crown Me Already

3. Cherry Blossoms
It was fairly early in the year when I did this manicure inspired by Indigo Novas youtube tutorial. I used OPI A Oui Bit Of Red, China Glaze Frosty & some ORLY Striper polishes

4. Just Dance!
I swear to got this combo of OPI Fly & Deborah Lippmann Just Dance was possibly the greatest idea I ever had. It was just truly stunning.

5. Champagne Kisses
This is probably a bit boring for my top five, but I absolutely LOVE it. China Glaze Champagne Kisses from their 2012 Holiday collection was an absolute stand out for me.

China Glaze Running In Circles!

Hi guys!
I know it's been forever since I've posted but I've been so busy getting ready to change universities and with work, and then I got sick etc etc but I have a post for you today! yay!

This is China Glaze Running In Circles from their new Cirque De Soleil Worlds Away Collection. It's a vibrant light emraldy green with a gold shimmer, it reminds me a lot of Zoya Apple.
I used two thick coats for full coverage

And another thing you might notice! I've gone back to short nails!

Holographic Party: Color Club Halo Hues Picks

Hi guys! So When I saw the Color Club Halo Hues collection was coming out, i was amazed at how amazing these polishes looked! They have the holographic quality of China Glaze OMG, Nfu Oh, old OPI DS polishes and many other amazing brands. I only picked up two, because I own sooo many holos ahaand these aren't particularly cheap

This one is Angel Kiss which is a light sea-foam green.

This was three thin coats.

Now, I also got Blue Haven and when they arrived I was suprised how similar these two are.

Maybe because I swatched them one after another, but they look the same to me, especially in the sun.

 Left- Right

Blue Haven, Nfu Oh 62, Angel Kiss

Essie Butler Please

Hi guys! Today I'm showing you another polish from Essies Winter 2012 collection. This is called Butler Please. It's a medium-dark cobolt blue creme. I'm not immidiatley drawn to these colours for some reason, I like creme light blues, but once they head into medium blue teritory I like them to be shimmery or glittery. 

Anyway, I used three coats here, but you might be able to do two if you're careful with the application because I found this to be a little bit gloopy and harder to work with than other Essie polishes usually are.