Mini Blog Sale

SOLD OUTAll polishes are 1 mani usage unless as shown or otherwise noted.Nars Tzigane - $12Soo Nails S28 - $1Hema Nail Polish 04 - $1Catrice I Scream Peach! - $3 SOLDOPI:William Tell Me About OPI - $5 SOLDSki Teal We Drop - $4 SOLDLet Them Eat Rice Cake (90% remaining) - $4BBCouture Kokomo - $4BBCouture Obsession - $6Nfu Oh (FYI the colors...

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Classic vamp - OPI LPAD

A complete and utter classic for winter...OPI Lincoln Park After Dark.An impossibly dark and rich purple...reminds me of stumbling into a jazz club after too many drinks - everyone is smoking, everything is hazy, but the music wraps around you like a mink stole and makes you just want to purr...kittytoka...

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China Glaze Ginger

Things I am a sucker for:1) Spice colours,2) Holo glitter.This is a two in one! I love the colour - it's subtle but striking. There are flecks of silver microglitter that give the polish a bit of dimensionality in sunlight, and the scattered holo really pops in low light. It's pretty sheer so 3-4 coats are needed for opacity, but this lasted...

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Clean Slate - Essie T-Bills Putty

I'm struggling in my relationship right now, so I needed a "clean slate" polish. Something neutral that wasn't sugary sweet and pink. Essie T-Bills Putty has rapidly become one of my favourite nudes - I used it previously as the base of my new French mani. A beautiful neutral creme...just perfect. It is quite similar to my old stand-by -...

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OPI Funkey Dunkey and Mad as a Hatter

After my last go at glitter tips, I decided to buy some of those PVC stencil things (off ebay) and try doing it properly. This is the result! The base is funkey dunkey (two coats) with two coats of mad as a hatter and two coats of lumos, to try and smooth out the gritty tide mark where the glitter met the creme. The Alice glitters are my...

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Gateway drug - SpaRitual Sacred Ground

So this is a bit of a story...As some of you know, I have a strict "brand rule". I stick to a couple brands that I know work for me and have good lasting power for two primary reasons - a.) it limits my spending and b.) saves me the frustration of trying to get formulas to work for me that just...don't. I placed an online order a while back...

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China Glaze Starboard

So, it only took me six months to wear this one. Actually I probably like this more for Autumn than Spring anyway; it has a slightly dusty, warm quality to it that I usually associate with leaves. In the picture it looks a little like Illamasqua Elope and while they're in the same family, this is much more muted and subtle. And only two coats,...

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Berry Yoghurt - Essie Neo Whimsical

Trying to sneak one last summery polish in before I go full-on fall!Essie Neo Whimsical - it really reminds me of multi-berry yoghurt - my favourite!This borders on "not really working for my skin tone" as it makes my hands look a bit dirty, but its such a cute little colour, I can forgive it! Are you ready for fall or still holding onto...

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Illamasqua Load

Load and I have history. The first time I applied this was on the train on the way to a gig (Innerpartysystem's last London show, in case you're interested. Probably not.) In retrospect, I was a little ambitious thinking I could get away with applying a pastel in a moving vehicle. The result was pretty predictable: it went everywhere and...

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Something a little special - OPI Merry Midnight

With so much hubbub over Orly's release of Fowl Play - a near dupe to OPI Merry Midnight - I thought I'd bust out the original and see how it felt!This is OPI Merry Midnight over OPI Lincoln Park at Dark - prepare for many pics!Merry Midnight is a very complex polish full of different colours of glitter and flakies......slightly subdued by...

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