Loki's Lacquer - Good News Everybody!

Hey guys! First of all I just wanted to say thank you SO much, because I hit 250 GFC followers yesterday! ^_^ I'm so thankful for every single person who reads my blog, even if there were only 5 of you I'd still be so happy. Thank you for all your lovely comments too! ♥ I also hit 123 followers on BlogLovin'! Thank you so much guys :)

Today I'll be showing you my first polish by Aussie indie brand Loki's Lacquer! I've wanted to try Tara's polishes for a while :) She recently came out with an awesome Futurama collection and she also has a cute Easter collection out right now.

Loki's Lacquer Good News Everybody!

Good News Everybody! is a minty green base with a subtle blue shimmer through it. It also has white mint green and teal glitters in it.

This is 3 coats + top coat.

I would probably use this over a mint green or something next time because it was a bit patchy and at 3 coats it was a wee bit thick.

The square mini bottles Tara uses are SOOO cute too, eep! ^_^

I definitely suggest you check out Tara's Etsy shop :D She has some really unique polishes!

Also, I just wanted to let you guys know about my Facebook page. I don't really update it a lot at the moment, I mostly just post pictures and a link to each blog post (some days I forget, though lol) but I'd love to update it more. I update Twitter and Instagram A LOT but I know that some people don't use those.

Feel free to ask me any questions you have through my Facebook page and even send me pics of your manis! Even if it has nothing to do with mine, I would love to see your photos. :)

Have a great day ♥

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Smitten Polish - Hocus Pocus

Hey guys! I've gotten some EPIC nail mail in the past week or so! So I have a lot of exciting things to show you! :D I squashed a LOT of lemmings lately. I'm so excited!

This is Smitten Polish Hocus Pocus! I don't really know a lot about the brand Smitten Polish but I saw this polish on Teneil and it blew me away.

Hocus Pocus is a bright purple jelly base packed with purple microglitter as well as holographic glitter.

I'm wearing 3 coats + Seche Vite top coat.

I did have to colour correct these photos so I hope they look okay. They turned out super blue on my camera haha.

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Femme Fatale Lacquer - Formally Invited

Hey lovelies! I have another swatch for you today. :)

This is from indie brand Femme Fatale Lacquer. I bought this in October, I think and it took me this long to try it. lol!

Femme Fatale Lacquer Formally Invited

Formally Invited is a sheer white base with small black glitters. I think it's super cute!

The formula on this was fantastic. Not too thick, not too thin. And even the mini brush was great! I usually hate mini brushes but this was totally fine.

This is 3 coats of Formally Invited + 1 coat of top coat.

This shade is discontinued from Femme Fatale Lacquer I believe, sorry! :( That's what I get for waiting so long to swatch it lol.

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

Shades Of Phoenix - Chaos Glitter Tips

Hey guys!

Guess what - today, at 9pm AEST, Shades of Phoenix is launching two new colours to her line! I am SUPER excited about this so I can't wait! :D Definitely head on over to her Etsy shop at 9 and get your hands on these beauties. :)

In honour of Teneil's new polishes, I did a mani using one of her old colours! In January I did a glitter tip mani using a different SoP shade and LOVED it so much. So I thought I'd do another!

I used Essence Sweet As Candy as my base just to make my natural nail colour look a bit better haha. Sweet As Candy is a really nice sheer pink that I like to use for manis like this one where you can see some of my natural nail. It's a LITTLE streaky but not too bad, it levels out by itself pretty well.

And then I created my glitter tips with Shades of Phoenix Chaos. 

Unfortunately this was a LE shade so it's no longer available, sorry! I have a video tutorial on Glitter Gradients which you can see HERE if you're interested!

I love doing glitter tip manis like this. Must find more polishes to do this with! It's really easy and a bit more interesting and flashy than a plain mani. ;)
I can't seem to make the glitter totally cover my tips, though, no matter how much I put on LOL. So yeah, I do realise that you can see my nail through. :P

You can see my first swatches of Teneil's polishes HERE. Be sure to head to her Etsy shop to snatch up her new colours! :) And follow her on Facebook too, she updates very regularly and shows a load of sneak peeks!

I'd love to know your fave SoP shades! Leave me a comment :D

Hare - Midsummers Midnight

Hey guys!

Today I have a mani to show you that I wore last night! :D This is also my first polish from the brand Hare Polish! :)
Apologies in advance.. The photos of this turned out really horrible. :/ So I'm only showing you two. For some reason the polish looked super cloudy in most of the photos, and my hands looked a really weird colour, lol!

Hare - Midsummers Midnight

Midsummers Midnight is a black base with pink, purple, green and blue glitter! I layered 1 coat of Midsummers Midnight over one coat of Essence Black Is Back, and topped it off with 1 coat of Seche Vite top coat.

I looooove this polish! The glitter payoff in one coat was awesome! :D I sort of dab the brush when I apply glitter polish, though, instead of just wiping it on like you would a normal polish. (I'll have a video demonstration of this coming soon!)

EDIT: I actually found a much better photo on my phone that I took right after I did this manicure. Go figure, my phone took a better photo than my camera did LOL.

Do you guys have any Hare polishes? I really want to try some more... but kind of don't want to go through all that restock drama etc. lol. I don't even know where to buy them! lol! So I usually leave a link to where you can buy indie polishes but I have no clue where to get these. Sorry! I guess you can just Google it? ;) Google's your friend! I bought this one from a blog sale, by the way.

Mrs P's Nail Potions - I ♥ NY Collection Swatches & Review... Finally ;)

Guyssss! Guess what I FINALLY have to show you today! The I ♥ NY collection by Mrs P's Nail Potions! This collection is based off of Sex And The City. I've never watched that show so I can't say anything about whether the colours fit the characters or the show. Sorry haha. I'm sure some of you have watched it, though.

Unfortunately the post takes a long time from Canada to Aus but it's ok because these were well worth the wait! :D Don't quote me on this (seriously, don't lol) but I heard that the postal system in Canada has changed very recently and now things won't take so long to ship from there? (Correct me if I'm wrong... I just heard it lol).

I posted a preview of this collection a few months ago, HERE. If you'd like an in depth description of each polish and where the inspiration comes from for each polish, you should check out that post. :)

All Lawyered Up

All Lawyered Up is a pink-ish red jelly base with medium red and orange hex glitters.
This was great to apply, I had no issues at all. I did have to move the glitters around a little to get them where I wanted but that's nothing unusual for glitters. :) Swatch shows 2 coats with top coat.

Can't Colour Enough 

Can't Colour Enough is a pink shimmery base with loads of glitter in different colours, shapes and sizes!
 This is so fun! :) It would be perfect for a birthday party or something! I didn't want to take this off when I swatched it! Haha. I added a little thinner to this one because it was a teeeeny bit too thick for me but nothing terrible. :) Swatch shows 3 coats with top coat.

Searching For Mr Right 

Searching For Mr Right is a white base with pink hearts, small pink holographic glitter as well as iridescent glitter.
This is so insanely cute but unfortunately it was a bit of a pain to apply. :( It was very thick, much too thick for me, so I thinned it but even then it was hard to work with. :( I'm sad because I was SO excited for this one! I think this polish would be best to wear over an opaque (or sheer) white polish so you don't have to do multiple coats. This also would've been so perfect for Valentine's Day! Dang! haha. Swatch shows 2 coats with top coat.

The Big Apple

The Big Apple is a black jelly base with small silver glitter, red hex glitter and white diamonds.
This looks so awesome! I love it! The diamond glitters required a bit of fishing to get out of the bottle but it wasn't impossible. The black base would be pretty sheer on its own I'd imagine, so I layered it over an opaque black. Swatch shows 1 coat over an opaque black with top coat.

The Naked Dress

The Naked Dress is a nude jelly base with small and medium gold hex glitters.
I'm not totally sure how I feel about this one on me. I don't think this nude works great with my skin tone but I still really like it! It's probably one of the most work appropriate indies that I've seen! It's subtle but still sparkly and pretty! Swatch shows 3 coats with top coat.
PS. Sorry about the close up shot for this one. I forgot to take a proper close up and I didn't want to leave it with no close up at all. :(

My favourites would probably have to be The Big Apple and Can't Color Enough! :) I just wish the formula on Searching For Mr Right was a bit nicer, then that would definitely be up there in my faves too!

Mrs P's Nail Potions are available on Etsy! You can also check out the Facebook page for updates :)

Loony Lacquer - Disney Princess Collection Swatches And Review

Hey guys! Happy Valentine's Day! :) I hope you have a fantastic day! I know that Valentine's Day is mostly celebrated by people who are in relationships but I really think that you can even if you aren't in a relationship! Hang out with a friend or your family or someone else you love! :) Or just spend some time alone and pamper yourself and watch a movie! :D

Anyway, today I will be showing you some polishes from an awesome new Aussie indie brand, Loony Lacquer by Mani Madhouse.

This is the Disney Princess collection by Loony Lacquer! I may have squealed with excitement when Marie told me about her Disney Princess collection! I love Disney! <3 If I could go anywhere in the world, I'd go to Disneyland/world. I've dreamed of going there ever since I was really little and would watch Disney movies on VHS, where they had ads for Disneyland/world before the movie.

Anywhooo... Onto the polishes because I know that's what you're here for. :D

Ariel's Ocean

Ariel's Ocean is a sheer, frosty, shimmery base that is teal-ish blue (super hard to describe!!!) with small and medium white (or maybe baby blue...?) and lilac glitters, plus larger red glitters.

Just looking at this in the bottle I wasn't sure if I'd like it, but on the nail it is GORGEOUS! It really does remind me of the ocean! :)  I did have a little bit of trouble getting the red glitters out.
2 coats + top coat.

Aurora's Sleep

Aurora's Sleep is a clear base with white microglitter, as well as holographic pink microglitter and slightly larger (but still very small) pink holographic glitters.
This is really cute and you could put it over pretty much ANY colour! :)
1 coat over OPI Lincoln Park After Dark + top coat.

Belle's Gown

Belle's Gown is s beautiful yellow gold foil-ish polish with some small gold flakies mixed in.
This isn't a great colour for my skin tone but it suuure is pretty! :)

3 thin coats + top coat.

Cinderella's Slipper

Cinderella's Slipper is a shimmery white base with blue microglitter (I think there's a lighter and darker blue), as well as larger blue holographic hex glitters and white (or light blue...) squares!
This is definitely my favourite of the collection! It's so adorable! :) It looks a little patchy at 3 coats but that doesn't bother me too much.
3 thin coats + top coat.

The Loony Lacquer Disney Princess collection will be launched tomorrow, Friday the 15th of February! You will be able to purchase them on the Loony Lacquer Etsy store. Australian only shipping at the moment. You can also like them on Facebook for updates! All Loony Lacquer polishes are handmade and 3 Free.

*Product(s) in this post were provided to me for review but this does not influence my opinion in any way. My reviews are 100% my honest opinion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy.