ANMonday - Red/Orange/Yellow {Indie Month}

Today's ANMonday theme, continuing on with the Aussie Indie polishes is Red, Orange or Yellow.

I felt a bit 'eh' about this theme because red, orange and yellow are not my favourite colours to wear on my nails, and I don't own many indie polishes in those colours.
But, I was going to an early Christmas picnic for my church yesterday, and thought it would be perfect to pull out a Christmas-y red polish! :)

The red polish I chose to use is Santa's Sunburn by Pretty Serious Cosmetics, from the Christmas Without Snow collection from 2012, which is a beautiful glow-y red foil. This beauty is almost opaque in one coat! I used two of course. ;) This is THE perfect Christmas red! If you don't have it, you need it.

I paired this with Alanna Renee's Golden Snitch from the Magical World collection, because for some reason I can't wear a polish alone. Too boring for me. ;)
I've done a swatch of Golden Snitch alone a few months back, which you can see {here}.

Thanks for visiting! :)

Studded Pink & Gold Leopard

This manicure I'm showing you today is definitely a bit out of my comfort zone, but I've been wearing a lot of manis like that lately! I usually do not wear anything this 'out there' and blingy. Haha. But I really enjoyed it nonetheless. :)

For this manicure I used OPI's Mod About You, one of my favourite baby pinks. This one has a bit more of a purple undertone than other pinks I own, though. I used Alanna Renee's Golden Snitch for the leopard spots and for the base on the accent nail. On the accent nail over Golden Snitch I used Femme Fatale Cosmetics Eventide. I also used a black nail art pen for the leopard print.

On my middle finger, I made a line down the middle of the nail with some gold studs that I purchased from Born Pretty Store. At first I had applied top coat to my nail, and then stuck the studs on while it was still wet. About an hour later I had lost 2 studs and was about to go to bed (and knew the rest would fall off during the night) so I pulled them off and re-stuck them on with some nail glue. That was much more effective and they were actually hard to remove haha.

I've seen a lot of manicures all over the internet featuring studs and leopard print (mostly with nude colours instead of pink, though) so that's what inspired me to do this manicure. :) I don't use studs often - or any other 3D accessories for that matter - so I thought I should pull them out.

Thanks for visiting! Hope you like this mani ♥

How I Apply Glitter Polishes (Video)

Hey guys! Just a quick little post for you tonight to share my newest YouTube video with you.

I had some requests to show how I apply glitter nail polishes, particularly indie brand glitters. They can definitely be much trickier to apply than a plain creme polish.

I hope this video helps those of you who are having trouble applying glitter polishes.

Lately I'm updating my YouTube channel at least twice a week, but I haven't been sharing all of my videos here in case some of you aren't interested in them. Haha.

Some of my other new videos:

• Collective Haul - Nail Polish & Lipsticks

• My Favourite Green Nail Polishes

• Colours of the Rainbow Tag

Please subscribe to my channel if you haven't already - I'd love it. :) And let me know if you have any video requests too. I haven't made a nail art tutorial in a while!

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What's In-die Box? Review + Unboxing Video

Hey guys! I have a super awesome & exciting post to share with you today! :)

What's In-die Box? is a brand new monthly box for INDIE POLISHES for Aussies! This is super exciting even just for the fact that there's finally a good monthly box available to Aussies! I was always super jealous seeing girls from the US/other countries receiving monthly boxes and not being able to get in on it!

You do not have to subscribe to What's In-die Box, which I think is an awesome feature. You just pre-order in advance for whichever box you want to purchase! So great because you're not locked into anything. :)

Every month the What's In-die Box will have a fun theme, and will include 5 polishes from 5 different Aussie indie brands! Some polishes may be exclusive to the box, or limited edition which is so awesome! Every single polish in the boxes is a brand new release, so you won't receive a polish you already own which is good for girls who already have a large indie polish collection.
The polishes come in a cute box with some tissue paper strips inside and all the polishes are wrapped up really nicely in bubble wrap. There's also a card inside that tells you exactly what's inside the box. :) (Keep reading and at the bottom of the post will be my unboxing video, so you can see exactly what it looks like when you open the box.)

The June What's In-die Box went out this month and the theme was Toy Story! So cool, and who doesn't love Toy Story?! :)
The June box includes a polish from Glam Polish, Peita's Polish, Love Thy Polish, Alanna Renee and Lilypad Lacquer.

Without further ado, the swatches are after the jump :D

I'm on Every Little Polish!

Hey guys! Today I guest posted for Rose @ Every Little Polish!

So excited to post for her as she's one of my fave bloggers and such a nice girl. :) Her photography is amazing.

Here's a sneak peek of my post! Head on over to Rose's blog for more info.

Hope you enjoy it! Make sure you follow Rose while you're there. You will love her blog! :)

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Alanna Renee Magical World Swatches

Hey ladies! :) I have some Alanna Renee polishes to show you today. Alanna Renee is an Aussie indie brand owned by Alanna of Pretty Purple Polish. I've tried 2 Alanna Renee polishes before and loved them so I'm excited to show you these ones today. :)

These 3 polishes are from the Magical World collection which is based off of Harry Potter! :) I love Harry Potter. I was a huge fan when I was younger! I still am but perhaps not as huge haha.

Just quickly before I get into the swatches - have you checked out my Blog Sale yet?! :) There's still lots of polish available and I keep adding to it, too. So if you looked a few days ago, have a look again because I've added some more stuff! :D I've also reduced the prices, but the prices aren't really set. If you think that I've asked too much for a polish and you want it, just email me and we can discuss it. :)

All orders of $20+ will get some free goodies too. ♥

Onto the pretties! :)

Drink Of Despair
"Drink of Despair is inspired by the potion Dumbledore drank when attempting to retrieve one of Voldemort's horcruxes. Drink of Despair is a mysterious potion which induces fear, delirium and extreme thirst."

Drink of Despair is loaded with emerald green flakes in a green base.

I found it a little thick to apply, probably because of how much of the flakes are packed in, but nothing terrible. :) This is seriously an amazingly gorgeous polish! I'm loving greens at the moment.

Swatch shows 3 coats of Drink of Despair with top coat.

The rest is after the jump! ;)