Alanna Renee - Reptar

Hey guys! I'm skipping Aussie Nails Monday today, again... lol. I was feeling particularly unspired. Today's a public holiday here today and I'm slightly disappointed about that. :P I was expecting mail today! Darn it. Haha.
Anywho, instead of ANM, I have a quick swatch to show you today from indie brand Alanna Renee! :) So still slightly "Aussie" Nails Monday, right?! Hehe.

Alanna Renee Reptar

Reptar is inspired by the green dinosaur on the Rugrats! I HAD to get this as soon as I saw it. Rugrats was definitely my favourite show when I was little! :D

Reptar has orange and grey-ish lavender hex glitters, and teeny tiny matte green, white and black glitters. I thought the sheer base was green but it's actually more blue. The green glitters make it look like the base is green, though.

This is 2 coats of Reptar + 1 coat of top coat (By the time I finished photographing this, the top coat had dried and the polish felt gritty so it would need another coat of top coat to be smooth).

Check out Alanna's store! And her blog Pretty Purple Polish - she's an awesome blogger. :) Her macro shots are serious to die for.

Were you a Rugrats fan as a child? (Who am I kidding - I'm pretty sure EVERYONE was hahah) I honestly would still watch it now lol! I loved the movies too. xD
What other shows were your favourite as a kid? :D

Mission Untrieds #5: Alanna Renee - Purple Addiction + Leopard Print!

Happy Australia Day to all the awesome Aussie ladies! :) <3
Today I have a really pretty manicure to show you that was inspired by my awesome friend Teneil, also an awesome Aussie! ;) (I actually swatched her new polish line a while ago! Check that out HERE). She does fabulous leopard print and I was inspired by this manicure she did! :) I didn't have any of the polishes she used so I just improvised with a few of my untried polishes!

The gorgeous purple you see is by a new indie brand, Alanna Renee. Alanna Renee is owned by Alanna of Pretty Purple Polish (coincidentally, she's also an Aussie!)! :) She's an awesome blogger and does great swatches (and EXCELLENT macros!!!) so you should follow her if you aren't already.
She launched her brand a couple of weeks ago and I could only get two at the time, which was such a hard decision because she's got so many pretties in her shop! I'll show you the other one I bought sometime soon. :)

This is Purple Addiction. Of course Alanna has an awesome purple in her line! :P I mean her blog is called Pretty Purple Polish! ;)
Purple Addiction is a purple jelly base that has some purple shimmer in it, with purple square glitter and holographic microglitters! It's sooo pretty and sparkly!

For my accent nail, I used a base of Goddess by Sportsgirl. It's a foil-y champagne-gold. For the leopard print I used Rimmel Pompous and a nail art pen from Sportsgirl. I really recommend their nail art pens! I was actually recommended them by Teneil actually haha. They can draw really thin lines and they come with rhinestones too! ;p

Here's a gorgeous macro shot of Purple Addiction taken from Alanna's blog post. PREEEEETTY!!

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I just realised that this mani includes ALL Aussie brands (and inspiration) except for one polish! :D Aaaawesome!

I'm getting much more into nail art lately! Just accent nails for now. ;)
Thanks for reading! :)

Also... some other Aussie bloggers have been doing Aussie themed nails all week for Australia Day! Here are the awesome nails if you'd like to check them out! :)