GGNAC 2: Gimme That Bling!

This is going up a little late but I almost forgot about this until late last night! So here is the September 9 post for the Girly Girl challenge! The theme is "Gimme That Bling: Diamonds are a girl's best friend, so put some sparkle on those nails!" :) Since I didn't remember about this till late last night, I again didn't have any time to do nail art. :( But I did get to try a new polish of mine! :D

I'm doing a polish swap with a lovely girl from the US who I met on Instagram, Natalie! Check out her page if you have IG, she does gorgeous manis! :) She sent me this gorgeous polish along with some others that have been on my wish list for ages! Thank youuuuu so much Nat if you read this! :) I hope to show you guys my new polishes ASAP!
I also hauled 7 new polishes at the Royal Adelaide Show today that I'm sure you'll be seeing soon! :)

This is Milani One Coat Glitter - Pink Flare! The first thing I thought when I saw this was, this looks just like OPI - Teenage Dream! So I googled and yup, it's basically a dupe! Very exciting for me because I got into polish after the Katy Perry collection.

This would definitely have to be one of the bling-iest polishes I have! Pink Flare is a pink tinted base with a buuuuunch of glitters. Lots of pink micro glitters, and slightly larger holographic glitter. Soooo pretty! As the base is tinted, and the glitter is so dense, it doesn't take a lot to be opaque like some other glitters. I used three coats but I wish I'd left it at two because the third coat made the overall colour on the nail a tad darker. I don't like to wear glitters like this but are in a clear base or have less glitter because I like my glitter to be opaque. This one was perfect for me! Suuuper sparkly!

On the back of the bottle it does say that if it gets thick that you will need to use a polish thinner, because glitters like this do get thick very quickly!

Thankyou again Natalie for this totally gorgeous polish! I loveee. :)

Elissa

GGNAC: 1 - Think Pink

Hi girly girls! Lucky you, two posts from me today. ;) Here I have the first day of the Girly Girl Nail Art Challenge (GGNAC)! I'm a couple days behind on it but I hope you'll forgive that. :P I was supposed to have this up on Sept 2nd but that day was kinda hectic so here we are.

The first day of the challenge is "Think Pink: Wear your favourite nail polish & nail art". I don't really have a favourite pink polish! I guess I don't really wear pink super often but I do have quite a few in my collection. I chose to wear one of the pinks that I've liked on myself before. :) I've actually already showed it here once before but I hope you won't mind seeing it again!
This is Essie - Off the Shoulder, a pretty basic bright pink polish. But I don't have an exact dupe in my collection! I try to steer clear of hot pinks like this because they aren't really unique and I don't find myself wanting to wear them often either.

Natural Light

Artificial Light

I was supposed to show some nail art with this colour.. Oops! :P I've already shown some nail art with this polish before however, HERE.

Next week's GGNAC theme is "Gimme That Bling"! So hope you'll be looking forward to that! :)

Elissa

31 Day Challenge and Girly Girl Challenge

Hi there!
So I decided I'm going to participate in some nail challenges this month! I saw a lot of girls say they're going to participate in the 31 Day Challenge, started by Sarah @ Chalkboard Nails and thought it looked like fun, and will motivate me to blog and do my nails more! :) I think it's meant to be strictly nail art but I'm not exactly that creative to come up with nail art EVERY DAY for a month. x) I'll post swatches as well as some nail art.

I also stumbled upon the Girly Girl challenge, a weekly challenge! I'll try to do this one too because it looks fun and isn't as full on. ;)

Feel free to join in with us doing the 31 Day Challenge & the Girly Girl challenge, and hope you'll look forward to my posts!

Elissa