Gloss n Sparkle New Products {Swatches & Review}

Hi guys! I have some new shades from Gloss n Sparkle to share with you today! I haven't had any new Gloss n Sparkle colours in probably close to a year! How crazy is that?! The first indie brand I ever purchased from was Gloss n Sparkle, actually, back in the day when she released her first polish; the Spectraflair Top Coat. :)

Damsel in a Dress is a pink base with purple, pale pink and coral glitters.

Overall, the formula on this polish was nice but I did have to fish for the larger glitters a little and move them around once on the nail. But apart from that, it was great. Super cute & girly colour. :)

2 coats + 1 coat of top coat.

The Lotus Eater is a bright blue base with pink, purple, teal, blue and dark red glitters.

Awesome glitter payoff with this one! Again, a little nudging of the glitters to get them where I wanted was needed. This is such an awesome combination of glitters. Love!

2 coats + 1 coat of top coat.

Tonality is a clear base with black, white, silver holographic, purple , green and blue glitters in various shapes and sizes. I had a little trouble placing the glitters in this on the nail, they wanted to stick together haha. This is a pretty cool topper! You could layer it over practically any colour and get a really awesome look.

1 coat layered over OPI You're Such a Budapest.

Gloss n Sparkle has also recently released some new cuticle care products! They have a cuticle balm, that you can purchase in either a 5g lip balm-like twist-up tube, or in a 10g pot. I have the tube to review for you today (but I also purchased it in the pot form - I like some variety when applying cuticle products haha).

I love using a balm in a stick like this when I'm on-the-go because it's quick and easy to apply and you don't need to be dipping your fingers into a pot. 

All these products are available now from Gloss n Sparkle's shop!

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B Squared Lacquer Christmas & New Years Set {Swatches & Review}

Hi guys! I have some swatches to share with you today from a new to me indie brand from the US! B Squared Lacquer is owned by the lovely Mia {@miadillpicklenails on Instagram}. She has a fantastic range of polishes in her store so I definitely recommend you check them out.

I have 8 polishes from B Squared to share with you today, from the Christmas & New Years set.

This post is going to be majorly pic heavy so please click the Continue Reading button below to see the swatches. :)

Fat Lacquers - Dollar Menu Collection {Swatches & Review}

Hi friends! I have a new indie brand to show you today. Fat Lacquers is a US brand that just released for pre-order. I have swatches of their 4 piece Dollar Menu collection for you.

This collection is inspired by fast food; so unique! The labels are adorable, and check out these Nutrition Facts labels on the back! So cute!

30oz Sweet Tea is a very shimmery golden brown.
I found the formula on this one was quite thick, so I did add a couple of drops of polish thinner to it before I swatched it, as it was just a tad too thick for my taste.
2 coats {no top coat}.

Daddy Chicken Patty is a clear base with gold, copper, brown, white, black and green glitters.
This one also has a thick formula.
1 coat over 30oz Sweet Tea.

Soft Serve is a shimmery bright white.
This one had pretty much the same formula as 30oz Sweet Tea, so I also added polish thinner to it.
2 coats {no top coat}.

Two All Beef Patties is a clear base with brown, gold, black, copper, green, lime green and red glitters.
Again, another thick polish but that does help a bit to give a good coverage of glitter.
1 coat over Soft Serve.

By the way, when I say that these polishes have a thick formula; don't get me wrong. It's not an awful thick formula, they aren't gloopy and unusable. But for my taste they are a tad too thick and would benefit from a couple drops of thinner.

This collection is now available for pre-order, from Fat Lacquers' BigCartel store.

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Cyrene Lovette Lacquers {Swatches & Review}

Cyrene Lovette Lacquers is a new indie brand in the US, being manufactured by The Juice Box Lacquer. I have 6 polishes from their line to show you.

Cyrene is a coral red. The formula on this colour was quite thick which threw me off a bit but it wasn't so bad. I would probably add a couple drops of thinner before I use it again, though. Thankfully it dried pretty fast. It also dried to a satin-y finish.
I used 2 coats + 1 coat of top coat.

Grace is a vibrant {but deep - is that possible?} purple jelly. As it's a jelly formula, it was quite sheer on the first coat but the second one built up nicely. The formula on this one was nice, it was a bit thick still but not as thick as Cyrene.
I used 2 coats + 1 coat of top coat.

Jewel is a cobalt blue jelly. The formula on this was pretty much the same as Grace.
I used 2 coats + 1 coat of top coat.

June is a yellow toned nude jelly. Again, the formula was pretty much the same as Jewel and Grace.
I used 2 coats + 1 coat of top coat.

Lovette is a standard black. It had a similar formula to the other jellies, but a bit thicker. It was pretty much opaque in one coat, so that's all I did! {Under the bright lights it might look a bit patchy but in normal daylight, it looked opaque.
{This was so shiny I could actually see my reflection in it, haha!}
I used 1 coat + 1 coat of top coat.

Taja is an olive green with gold shimmers. This one was similar in formula to Cyrene. It's pretty thick, but that makes it basically opaque in one coat. But for me, I wouldn't wear this again without putting some thinner in it. But it is a really pretty colour!
I used 1 coat + 1 coat of top coat.

These polishes are all available to pre-order from the CLL website. They are offering worldwide shipping {excluding Italy}.

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Halloween Sprinkles Nail Art!

REMINDER: My blog sale is still live! I just added some new polishes to it yesterday, and reduced the prices on almost everything on there! There's still about 80 polishes available in the sale. :)

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After recreating jauntyjuli's Halloween Cupcake manicure the other day, I really wanted to do some more Halloween nail art. I'm not into anything gory or creepy though, so I still wanted to keep it cutesy.

I find it quite hard to come up with my own designs for nail art and usually end up doing recreations of other manicures I've seen online, but this design I didn't recreate! I came up with it on my own. :D I was quite proud of that, even though it's a fairly basic design haha.

I've seen sprinkle/icecream manicures many times before - but never a Halloween icecream/sprinkle manicure! :D

For this design I used:
Sinful Colors Black on Black
Essie Fear or Desire
Born Pretty Store Glow in the Dark polish #03 {layered over 1 coat of white}
Essie Play Date
Femme Fatale Cosmetics Tricky Treat {discontinued - sorry!}

On my right hand I used the same colours, but mixed up the design.
On the black nails I did a polka dot design, kept the glitter on the ring finger the same, and stamped on my pointer and middle finger with Winstonia plate W116. I haven't stamped in a while so it's pretty rusty but it'll do, hehe.

This is by far the craziest nails I have worn... maybe ever! Yes, I did leave the house wearing these nails. :| Most of the time when I do nail art that's not subtle, it's just for fun and I don't actually wear it as a manicure. Buuuut, these I did.

Hope you enjoyed. Thanks for visiting ♥

Halloween Cupcakes {Inspired by jauntyjuli}

It's almost Halloween and I haven't done any nail art in forever, so I decided I'd do some Halloween nail art!

We don't really celebrate Halloween here, as I've said before; but I still wanted to do some festive nail art.
Halloween is becoming more and more popular here every year, though. Mainly for children who want an excuse to get chocolate & dress up, and teenagers {and probably some adults as well} who probably want to have a party & dress up too. LOL.
I've never actually celebrated Halloween myself. Some of the food and decorations that come out in the shops are pretty cute, though! :D

I saw {this freakin' adorable design} by JauntyJuli on YouTube and I knew right away I had to recreate it because it's the cutest Halloween nail art I have seen by far! Halloween Cupcakes! My version is nowhere near as good as her's but I still think it is so cute. ♥

I used so many polishes for this design so I won't list them here, but if you do want to know what a certain colour is, just leave a comment.

Thanks for visiting ♥ If you have any {easy} nail art requests, please leave me a comment! I'm not good at coming up with designs. I get inspired by a lot of things I see, but don't know how to execute it on my nails. So suggestions/requests would be lovely. :)

What's In-die Box? {October - Little Box of Horrors} Swatches & Review

Hello lovelies! Today I have swatches of the October What's In-die Box to share with you! I showed you the July What's In-die Box a few months back, which you can check out {here}. That post contains an explanation of what exactly this box is, but it's basically a monthly box containing 5 Australian indie nail polishes, all based around a theme!

October's theme for the In-die Box is Little Box of Horrors. So all the polishes are Halloween themed which is really cool, since I actually only own one or two Halloween appropriate nail polishes!

{ If you don't want to see swatches because you're waiting for your box to come - DON'T READ ANY FURTHER! }

Please click the 'continue reading' button to see the rest of the post. :) It's pic heavy!

Peita's Polish Sweet Treats Collection

Hi guys! I have a new collection from Peita's Polish to show you! I've only tried one Peita's Polish before from the What's In-die Box a couple months back and I really really liked it so I'm very excited to show you her new Sweet Treats collection! :)
This collection contains 6 polishes which are made up of all small matte glitters! This type of polish has been known as the 'Floam' type of polish to most people.
They all had the same formula pretty much so I will talk about that at the end of the post. :)

Peita's Polish Fizzilicious

Fizzilicious is a mix of pink, yellow and white small matte glitters. It kind of gives an overall orange look in the bottle. I love this! It totally reminds me of Wizz Fizz or something! Haha.
For this swatch, I layered 2 coats of Fizzilicious over Revlon Buttercup on all nails except my ring finger, where I used 3 coats of Fizzilicious alone.

ANMonday: Pets

Hi there! Hope you all had a nice and relaxing or fun weekend, depending on what you like to get up to haha. :)
Today's ANMonday theme is Pets! :) I have only had one pet in my life, a cat named Sooty, so I decided to do a cat mani! :D (More about my cat later in the post for those interested!)

The base colour I have used is OPI's Can't Find My Czechbook. A really pretty blue creme from OPI's Spring '13 collection. I used 2 coats but it was a little streaky, not sure if it's visible in my photos at all. I think that may have had to do with the brush from the mini bottle, however.
For the nail art I used black & white polish, as well as OPI's Red Lights Ahead, Where? for the heart, and OPI's Pink Friday for the kitty noses. For the grey part on the kitty's ears I mixed some black and white polish.

I'm actually quite proud of this nail art! Although it's quite simple, it was all free-hand and I'm not very good at freehand nail art haha.

I don't often share much personal stuff on my blog but I thought it would be nice to show you a few photos of my kitty, Sooty. :) I have had him for almost 12 years now! He was a teeny little scared kitten when I got him, and he didn't really like me or my family for a while LOL. Only in the last two years or so has he actually let me pat him! And now he likes to sit next to me while I'm on the computer and have his head scratched. If I stop scratching his head, he'll put his front paws up on my chair or leg and then jump up on the desk so I'll scratch his head some more, LOL. ♥ :)

Here is Sooty up on my desk. :D

^ This one's an older photo but eep his face. So cute. ^_^

Hope you enjoyed those bonus kitty photos haha. :) I love my Sooty. I also love dogs, though, so someday I want one too! I only like smaller dogs, though. I've always been scared of big dogs haha.

Do you have any pets?! :) Please tell me about them! I think it's so fun to discuss everyone's pets! :D

Thanks for visiting as usual! ♥