China Glaze 'Just Be-Claws' + Bundle Monster Stamping ♥

Christmas is only just over 2 weeks away, and I have my first Christmas nail art for the year to share with you today, using a polish from China Glaze's Happy HoliGlaze collection for the Holiday season this year. I bought this set of 4 'mini' polishes from the collection. {Though they are definitely not your typical minis. They are 9.6mL each and most mini polishes, eg. OPI minis, are around 3mL!} I had to try one of them out right away. :D

Just Be-Claws by China Glaze is a super shimmery red foil. It has a little bit of a pink look to it sometimes too. It applied super opaque and smooth. I used 2 coats.

I stamped over Just Be-Claws with a plate from the new Bundle Monster Holiday set! The plate is BM-H01. I used a snowflake image on my pointer and pinky, and a full nail image on my ring finger. My stamping definitely needs some work so please forgive me haha. I am rubbish at stamping full nail images. The image is so pretty, though, so I will definitely be using it again. :) The polish I used to stamp is China Glaze's Passion which is just a nice metallic gold.

Thanks for visiting. :)

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}.

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Try It On Tuesdays: Orly Rage

Hi guys! It's Try It On Tuesday again! I think I skipped it again last week, woops lol. I have been wanting to try some more winter-y colours because it's almost the end of winter here and I feel as though I've only worn a few season appropriate colours lately!

This is Orly Rage. It's one of Orly's most popular colours (I didn't actually look that up but it has to be! It's especially popular in the YouTube beauty community) and I think that most people who have a large nail polish collection would own this colour, or at least have heard of it.

Rage is a rose gold foil. Not much else to say about it other than that! When you paint it on, it looks a little bit brush-stroke-y but as it dries the brush strokes go away a bit. I found that it dried very quickly. The first coat was a little streaky also, but the second was great. I didn't use a top coat on my swatch because it did dry so quickly.

I'd have to say this polish is a staple in anyone's collection! I think it's perfect for autumn especially, but you could wear it any time really. :)

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ANMonday - Heart

Hey ladies!

Today I'm back with another AN Monday post. Today's theme is heart.

I'm gonna be honest. The reason I chose "heart" as the theme for today is because it was my 6 year anniversary with my boyfriend on Saturday and I was going to incorporate a heart into my mani for Saturday anyway so I knew I'd be able to use that mani for AN Monday! ;) lol!

By the way, I'm so sorry but I only have iPhone photos of this mani to show you. :( We went out all day and by the time we got home it was dark outside so I couldn't take any 'real' photos. Also, my cuticles may look a bit dry in some of the photos because I snapped them as I was running out the door. Sorry! :(

On my thumb, pointer and pinky I've used Shades of Phoenix Aphrodite which is a gorgeous deep pink with holographic square glitters and a ton of holographic shimmer/glitter too. Sooooo beautiful and sparkly.

On my middle finger I've used Sally Hansen Celeb City as my base colour and then the heart is Zoya Blaze which I think goes with the SoP polish sooo well.

Lastly on my ring finger I've used OPI Stay the Night. I love using textures in mix and match/skittlette manicures!

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Blue - Aussie Nails Monday

Hello hello! :) Today is my first Aussie Nails Monday on my new blog! How exciting. If you're not aware of what 'Aussie Nails Monday' is, you can check out my Aussie Nails Monday tab. And while you're there, check out the blogs of all the other ladies who participate! ;D Today we're doing Blue nails! I wore this mani on Friday for my brother's school sports day because he's in the blue team, Dolphins! I was in this team when I was going to that school too. :)

On my thumb, pointer and pinky I have used 3 coats of OPI "Get Your Number", a liquid sand (textured finish) from the Mariah Carey collection. I love this polish, it's super sparkly while having a really cool texture. I like that the texture isn't too gritty, and it doesn't catch on your clothing or anything (not mine anyway).

On my middle finger I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors "Black On Black" and created a triangle shape at the cuticle using silver holographic hex glitters that I bought from BornPrettyStore. My ring finger is a base of 2 coats of Sally Hansen "Celeb City" stamped with a dolphin image from a random Fauxnad plate, in a periwinkle-ish light blue stamping polish purchased from MyOnlineShop (you can barely even see the dolphin image LOL, and it sadly was also hard to see in person).

So, are you into textured polishes or do you think they're the next crackle? :P By the way - starting tomorrow I will be having guest posts on here from some of my favourite bloggers & friends so be sure to come and check them out! :)
Elissa ♥
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