Cirque Bejeweled and Vesuvius Swatches

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Cirque's Arcus collection has been sitting on my desk for way too long waiting to be swatched but I've been a bad blogger and not given it the attention it deserves. I got a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of swatching a full collection of 12 polishes and kind of shied away from the whole thing which was silly. I've decided that it's best to work my way through it at a reasonable pace so I want to show you guys my favourites over the next few weeks at my own sloth pace!

Today I'll be showcasing the to holographic polishes in the collection - Bejeweled and Vesuvius. I'm a huge fan of holographic polishes and these two are both welcome additions to my collection. I don't have anything else similar to these and the blue just makes me go weak at the knees. There's not too much to say about these polishes except that they're perfect. They apply like a dream and the colours are stunning but you guys can see that for yourselves!

This is two coats of Bejeweled with a top coat. I also couldn't resist adding an accent of Queen Majesty! 

I would describe Vesuvius as a dark salmon colour. It's very romantic and dreamy. I don't have many polishes of this shade in my collection but after wearing this one I think I need more.

These particular polishes retail for $15.00 but most of the other colours in the collection are $13.00.

Cirque nail polish is available on the Cirque Colors website if you're in the US or Sally Magpies for UK buyers. There's a full list of stockists on the Cirque website so be sure to check that out if you're in the rest of the world!

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piCture pOlish - Vampire

Here is another gorgeous piCture pOlish shade which I can see myself wearing various times this Fall. It's called Vampire and the name completely suits this blood red jelly! Squishy and gory, perfect for Halloween!

This is two coats but you can add a third coat to get a deeper burgundy red colour!

piCture pOlish can be purchased directly from their website - picturepolish.com.au. They do international shipping. You can also purchase it at various etailers throughout the world. Check out their Network page for more info. You can keep updated on any piCture pOlish news via their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

*The product featured  in this post was sent to me for review.

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Contrary Polish Color Context Collection Review!

Hi girls!
I don't know about you but I'm always super excited about Contrary Polish releases! I mean I love indies but sometimes I get glitter-overloaded and I really love that Carrie focuses on shimmers.

So the latest addiction to the Contrary Polish line is a trio of contrasting shimmers, formulated to transform the base color in an overall different color. I hope this makes sense... If not, it'll probably do after the jump LOL

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Nautical But Nice

I really love nautical nails. There's something about wearing the scheme of red, blue, white and gold in the summer that just makes you feel very sophisticated; like you're always ready at the drop of a (captain's) hat to hop on to the yacht and sail around Europe!

I spotted these water decals at Born Pretty Store and fell in love immediately! The pack is $2.86 (approx £1.90) and you get a selection of 20 decals in compass and anchor designs. I'm beyond impressed with these. As you can see, they're the kind that are really thin so as long as you apply them carefully and give them a good smooth over, you can't even tell they're decals. Although this does mean they're very delicate so you have to be light handed when applying them!

1. My base colours are Barry M White and NYC Raindrop on my index finger.
2. I applied the nautical themed water decals using a pair of tweezers.
3. Using striping tape, I marked off some stripes on the other fingers and used a nail art brush to fill in the gaps with Barry M Gold Foil, Essie Mezmerised and Rimmel Heart on Fire.
4. I finished it all off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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Watercolour Florals from Lucy's Stash

Welcome to my holiday week! First up on the list of mystery guest posters we have Lucie from Lucy's Stash! Most of you will know Lucie already but in case you aren't familiar with her blog, Lucy is a fellow British blogger whose nail art is always impeccable and she's really got an eye for the little details, as you're about to find out!

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Hi everyone,
I'm very excited to write a guest post for Sammy as she’s always been one of my favourite bloggers. It wasn't easy to decide on what nail art I should do as sometimes it feels like everything has been done before. Lately, I fell in love with watercolours so that’s the technique I’ll be doing today.
I've started with two coats of China Glaze Snap My Dragon and one coat of OPI Matte Top Coat. Then I've diluted white watercolour paint and started to draw four-leaf flowers.

Then I've continued to paint the rest of the flowers. This is how it looked before topcoat – lovely matte finish!

I was curious as to what the design will look like glossy so I've applied one coat of Seche Vite top coat. 

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Nailtopia Alice In Wonderland

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Hi! I have another set of Nailtopia nail stickers to show you today. I tried out the Rose Fantasy deign a while ago which you can see here, and now it's the turn of Alice In Wonderland (which incidentally I am a huge fan of)

You get lots of cute, quirky little stickers in this pack, including Alice silhouettes (my favourite), playing cards and tea pots! I used a base of piCture pOlish o'hara, and sponged a gradient on 2 of my nails. I used tweezers to place the stickers and finished by applying a top coat over them.

I placed a little card soldier on my thumb, how cute is he??

You can find the Alice in Wonderland set here on Nailtopia for £2.99 a pack.

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Fiery Waterfall

So it seems you guys like the waterfall mani as much as I do! Thank you for letting me know your amazing ideas for colours. I've noted them all down and will be trying them out asap!

The weather today has been insane. I've spent half the day moving around at quarter speed and the other half laid down completely still with a fan pointed at me trying to cool off! I'm really not one for this scorching heat... when it gets to May I'm always like, 'Hmmm this isn't too bad. Maybe I like summer now', but as soon as July hits I remember the torture and start counting down the days to October!

For this nail art I used Sally Hansen Crinolin, a super pale pink, as my base colour then painted on streaks of Barry M Papaya, Essie Lollipop, NYC Lexington Yellow and NYC Full Metal Jacket.

I topped it with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

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Happy 4th of July!!!

Hi girls, I hope you're all having a fantastic day today!!! Happy 4th of July!!!

Today's post will be very short, you all probably have much better things to do than to read my long ramblings so I'll (almost) keep it pics only ^_^

To create this manicure, I exclusively used piCture pOlish colors : Bright White, O'Hara, Cosmos and Ruby Blou.


Here's a quick break down of the look :

pinkie/index

start with 2 coats of Bright White

allow them to fully dry (use fast drying topcoat if necessary)

carefully position stripping tape

apply 2 thin coats of O'Hara

immediately remove the tape after the second coat of red

ring

start with 2 coats of Bright White
allow them to fully dry (use fast drying topcoat if necessary)
brush down thin strokes of Ruby Blou creating a gradient effect

middle 

cut out a star shape in scotch tape and press it on your nail

apply 2 coats of Bright White

immediately remove the scotch tape with pointed tweezers after the second coat of white

put a few drops of  Ruby Blou over a sheet of paper 

apply a layer of topcoat on your nail

pick up Ruby Blou large glitters and place them one after to other alternating blue, red and silver

thumb

apply 2 thin coats of Cosmos

allow them to fully dry (use fast drying topcoat if necessary)

free hand a star shape with Bright White

gently apply Ruby Blou glitters on the white star

And don't forget to finish with topcoat ;-)

Well I hope you've enjoyed this manicure. Happy 4th of July girls!!!



ps : Cosmos is part of the piCture pOlish collaboration collection. It was created by the utterly talented Camille at pshiiit.com, you can read her Cosmos review here.

piCture pOlish Bright White, O'Hara, Cosmos and Ruby Blou can be purchased directly from piCture pOlish.com.au or through their international network. Prices vary from AUD$10 to AUD$12.

For more information, please refer to piCture pOlish.com.au or piCture pOlish on Twitter / Facebook.

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