Glam Polish: The Supernatural Collection.

I know I said that I'd only be posting on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sundays during February, but I have an extra post for you this week! :D

Today I have my Glam Polish Supernatural collection swatches for you! This collection is made up of 5 jelly glitter polishes. They all have pretty much the same glitter mix in them, but each one has a different colour jelly base.

These are fantastic, so without further ado, let's get into the swatches!

A Pretty Perfect Package by Pretty Pots & Powder Perfect {Swatches & Review}

Two Aussie indie makers, Jalene of Pretty Pots and Jacinta of Powder Perfect have collaborated to put together A Pretty Perfect Package, a limited edition sampler pack of 4 polishes including two from each brand! I have all four polishes to show you today, and I can't wait! They are all right up my alley.
I'll start with the two polishes from Pretty Pots.
Paquita is a deep maroon base packed full of pink, red and silver micro-glitters. I loved this one more than I thought I would! It's very sparkly, but vampy and gorgeous. It was perfect in two coats.

Rockstar Rebel is a pale pink base with purple, neon pink, grey and black glitters, including neon pink stars! This polish is right up my alley. As you know, I can't get enough of cute shaped glitter! A very cute and girly shade. I gave my bottle a little shake before I used it to make the stars a little easier to get out. (And I didn't get any bubbling.) This one was also great in two coats, but definitely needs more than one coat of top coat for a smooth finish. So cute!

Now onto the two from Powder Perfect.
Midnight Planning is an amazing deep purple base with lots of circle glitters including blue, purple, silver and pinks. This is a really cool looking polish! It's very packed with glitter, which unfortunately makes it a little difficult to apply. Two coats is enough for an opaque finish, but the glitter does require some dabbing to get it where you want. However, the end result is worth it, in my opinion! :)

Pretending I'm a Mermaid is a gorgeous blue with teal, blue and silver micro-glitters. Oh my. This is an incredible glitter. Quite opaque in just one coat, but you will need 2 for full coverage. SO sparkly. Just love it. ♥

The Pretty Perfect Package is available now from Powder Perfect's site. :)

*Product(s) in this post were provided to me by the company or PR for my 100% honest review.  For more info please read my Disclosure Policy*

Bridal Nail Idea #2 {ft. Nailz Craze Stamping Plate NC 04}

Hi guys! I have my second bridal nail idea to share with you today! If you didn't see my first one, you can check that out here.

I was provided with a few stamping plates from the lovely Natalie from Nailz Craze a few weeks ago, and it's taken me a while to get around to completing my reviews which is quite pathetic on my part, so sorry about that, but I did show you one of the plates last month here.
Today I've used plate NC 04 to create this bridal nail art. I chose this plate specifically for the cute diamond ring image! So cute! I thought this plate would be absolutely perfect for some cute bridal nail art. It would also be cute for Valentines Day, which is less than a month away!

The polishes I used for this manicure were OPI I Theodora You {one of my absolute favourite pinks. It's a jelly but builds up pretty much opaque in three coats, which is what I did} and It's Frosty Outside, which I talked more about here.

I stamped the images using China Glaze Devotion, from the Romantique collection. It's a metallic chrome, and it's technically a purple colour but it almost looks silver to me. The whole Romantique collection is amazing for stamping. Along with this I used my favourite Winstonia XL squishy stamper and scraper to stamp with.

So far I have found that the Nailz Craze plates are amazing quality, and actually work better than some more well-known brand plates that I have tried! I find I get a much crisper image with Nailz Craze. Even the images with large areas are amazing!

I'm not sure that I would actually wear this on my nails for my wedding day... It's more of a novelty for me. It would be fun to wear for something like an engagement party, or maybe a bridal shower or hens party, however!

What do you guys think? :)

*Product(s) in this post were provided to me by the company or PR for my 100% honest review.  For more info please read my Disclosure Policy*

piCture pOlish Shocked

Hi guys! Just a quick post today to show you a polish I wore last week. :)

Shocked by piCture pOlish is a hot pink jelly with their signature scattered holographic shimmer. {Or at least the shimmer is something they're very known for!} 
It's a little sheer so I used 3 coats + 1 coat of top coat for the manicure. 
Shocked is a collaboration shade with fellow South Aussie girl, Sarah Claire from Shatter Me Claire! :)

Bridal Nail Idea #1

Over the next couple of months I am going to be bringing you a few posts {ok, more than a few} about all things nails for weddings!

My wedding is coming up quickly so I am trialling some different polishes and nail looks so that I can pick the perfect one for the big day! :) Because you know, the nails are the most important part, right?! ;)

Today I'll be sharing my first option for bridal nails. I actually wore this manicure when I went to look at dresses! :D

This manicure is a simple glitter gradient. Easy to do, but gorgeous and looks like you tried harder than you actually did.

For the base colour I used OPI Don't Burst My Bubble, which is a white-leaning pink jelly. I used three coats.

Over that, I created my glitter gradient with Savvy by DB's Razzle & Dazzle. I have a glitter gradient glitter tutorial video which you can see here if you are interested. :)
These types of glitters are really popular at the moment and you can find them in a few different brands. I'm sure they'll start popping up everywhere soon.

I really like this look. It's very girly and feminine. And it's glitzy without standing out too much. I think if I did this again, I would use a sheerer base colour {or just less coats}.

What do you think of this manicure? :)

I can't wait to share more bridal looks with you guys! I have many more ideas in mind!

PS. As you may have noticed, my square nail shape is back. But after I took this manicure off I actually went back rounded because I missed it! Sorry if any of you really prefer my square nails. I'm just loving the roundies at the moment. :)

Pretty Serious Bloody Bride

In October, Pretty Serious Cosmetics released the Till Death Do Us Party collection for Halloween, which was created for Kaz & Ben's horror theme wedding! ♥ I purchased the special Wedding Edition set a couple months back. It's still available now so I definitely recommend you go grab it {along with the new They Came From Beyond Space II collection which features textured glitters!}.
I can't believe it took me this long, but today I have one of the polishes to share with you!

{ Please excuse any fuzzes or dust in my photos... Oops hehe }

This is Bloody Bride, and it is the polish that Kaz wore on her wedding day! :) Definitely fitting for a horror theme wedding! It's a deep red jelly base with red and purple glitters, including some holographic ones. The formula was a bit thicker than I'm used to seeing from Pretty Serious, so I'll be adding a couple drops of thinner before I use it again. I used 2 coats + 2 coats of top coat to smooth out the glitter.

This polish actually kills my want for Essie's Toggle to the Top. Don't get me wrong - they are not dupes {the Essie is just a red glitter in a dark red base} but from swatches I've seen, it's similar enough for me to not need both. :)

1Q32 Instant Gellish {Swatch & Review}

I have a gel polish from a brand called 1Q32 Instant Gellish from their Christmas line to show you today!

1Q32 is a gel polish that cures under either a UV or LED lamp. This means that it will not dry until you put your nail under a UV or LED lamp. {I use a 36W UV lamp.}

They claim that you do not need a base or top coat with this polish. All you need is the colour! I think that's really cool because applying gel polish can be extremely time consuming with all the coats you have to put on {base, colour and top coat}, and the cure time. But with 1Q32, all you need is one polish!

These polishes don't have names, but they do have numbers. The colour I have to show you is called #QB26. It is a gorgeous red, with lots of little silver glitters throughout. The red base gives the glitters more of a red/pink look, though. A perfect sparkly Christmas red. Although Christmas is over, I would wear a colour like this any time. I wore it on Christmas Eve, and I paired it with OPI's My Favourite Ornament on my ring finger.

To apply, start with bare nails. Push back your cuticles and you can give your nails a slight buff too. Wipe them with pure acetone, or rubbing alcohol with a lint free wipe of some sort, to remove all dirt and oils from the nails and make sure they are totally dry and clean.

Apply one very thin coat of the 1Q32 to your nails making sure you don't get any polish on your cuticles or skin because it will harden and cause the polish to peel {make sure to lightly cap the tip of the nail also!}, and cure under the UV lamp for 60-120 seconds {30-60 seconds with a LED lamp}. Once your nails come out of the lamp the polish should be totally rock solid, and 1Q32 has no sticky residue after curing like some brands do. Then apply a second coat of polish and cure again. Once cured, you're ready to go! :) They say that the polish should last 15-20 days depending on how well your application was.

1Q32 says that the removal of their polish is easy, with no damage to the natural nail. And I do believe that there should be no damage to the nails if you apply and remove the polish correctly. To remove, soak a cotton piece in pure acetone, place on the nail and cover the fingertip with aluminium foil. Leave soaking for 10 minutes. Squeeze the foil and slide it off your nail. The polish should be mostly gone. Any little bits left over can be very gently scraped off with an orange stick or cuticle pusher. {This is the same method I use to remove glitter polish sometimes - I have a video tutorial here.} I found that this polish removed MUCH easier than any other gel polish I've worn. That may be because it's only 2 coats, whereas with another gel it would be 4 coats {including top & base coat} but it was still amazing. I wore it for 2 and a half days and I had no signs of wear by then. I'm sure it would have lasted at least a few more days with no signs of wear.

I really like that 1Q32 is all in one step. This would be great for when you need a quick manicure because it would really only take about 15 minutes for the full manicure, and once cured it's instantly dry. {I know I always have the problem of having to wait for my nails to dry when I'm in a hurry!}

The formula on 1Q32 is quite thick and pigmented. I was a little concerned that the polish may dry bumpy because of the glitter pieces in it, but it dried perfectly smooth which was really nice.

1Q32 can be purchased at 1q32.com.
Each polish is $24(AUD) for a 7mL polish, which is honestly a bit steep; but when you think about the fact that you don't need a base or top coat with it, it's not so bad. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a long lasting, shiny manicure that doesn't take ages to do right at home.

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