China Glaze - When Stars Collide

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Today I have a short post for you of swatches of my first China Glaze! This is two coats of China Glaze 'When Stars Collide' (no topcoat). Not only this is my first China Glaze, it is also my first Holographic polish. When in direct sunlight this polish comes alive, it has a gorgeous holographic rainbow shimmer and is a deep purple plummy colour.

2 coats (no topcoat), direct sunlight

2 coats (no topcoat), direct sunlight

2 coats (no topcoat), shade

Holographic polishes hadn't really bothered me till I bought this one and now I know what all the hype is about. I am definitely going to be on the look our for more Holographic polishes, especially since we have just started summer here in New Zealand so we'll be getting heaps of sun to show off the holographic rainbow.

That's all for now, check out my Instagram to see a couple Christmas mani's I have done in the past week!

Nail Art - Floral Nails

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Today I've got some floral nail art to show you. These were inspired by lacquerstyle. You can find lacquerstyle's blog post with tutorial here. I really enjoyed doing these and love how they turned out, although I did manage to smudge my pinky with the top coat. 

Polishes used :

Orly Bonder

OPI - My Vampire is buff

OPI - Elephantastic Pink

OPI - My Chihuahua Bites!

Essie - Fiji

Essie - Bahama Mama

Sinful Colors - Be Happy

Poshe Top Coat

I used a small nail art brush for the design

Over the next few days I hope to have my first Christmas Nail Art up!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Let me know what you think.

Nail Art - Simple Glitter Gradient

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Today I tried out a glitter gradient using My Favourite Ornament from the OPI Mariah Carey Holiday Collection 2013. I simply used the brush from the nail polish bottle to carefully apply the glitter polish to the tops of my nail creating a gradient effect. 

Polishes used: 

Base Coat - Essie Grow Richer

 OPI Got a Date To-Knight

OPI My Favourite Ornament 

Top Coat - Poshe

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Mariah Carey Holiday Collection 2013 Swatches & Review

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Today I have five of the Mariah Carey Holiday Collection 2013 polishes to share with you. This collection includes 18 polishes and features a range of glitters, cremes, shimmers and liquid sands. The colors in this collection are perfect for the upcoming Christmas season and I'm hoping to get a lot of use out of them.

L to R - Underneath the Mistletoe, Ski Slope Sweetie, My Favourite Ornament, All Sparkly and Gold & Sleigh Ride for Two.

First up, is All Sparkly and Gold. This is a dark gold glitter in a clear base, prefect for Christmas. 3 coats.

My Favourite Ornament is a white gold is a clear base. A very dense glitter, 3 coats. I am definitely going to be using this one a lot!

Ski Slope Sweetie is a white and gold shimmer. This is just gorgeous and can be layered over other colors. 3 coats.

Sleigh Ride for Two is a dark chocolate red shimmer with a hint of purple. Definitely a christmas staple. 2 coats.

Last but not least, my favourite, Underneath the Mistletoe. This is a red jelly full of tiny glitters. Absolutely gorgeous! 2 coats.

And because I love this polish so much I have to share more than one picture!

Well there you have it, five of the Mariah Carey Holiday Collection. These are all gorgeous polishes and I can't wait to continue to use them as we approach Christmastime. I will definitely be looking out for the rest of this collection, I would love to get the liquid sands. Let me know which is your favourite in the comments below.

That's all for now, thanks for taking a look!

Distressed Nails - inspired by Chalkboard Nails

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Today I have some nail art to share with you. I saw Chalkboard Nails recent tutorial for this and just had to give it a go. It was very simple and I got heaps of people asking me how I did it. If you would like to see the tutorial by Chalkboard Nails you can check it out here. 

I used Sinful Colors 'Snow Me White' for the base, BarryM 'Blueberry', 'Prickly Pear' and 'Grapefruit' and Opi 'Black Onyx'

I will definitely be trying this again in the future with different colours and I'd also like to try it with a matte top coat.

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First Blog Post

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to my blog! I've decided to start a blog to share my nail art and nail polishes with everyone. I started doing my nails about a year ago and my collection of polishes has multiplied. I've been planning to start this blog for a while now but I decided to finish University for the year first so I could focus on it more. 
So first a bit about myself, I live in Auckland, New Zealand. I have just finished my second year of a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Accounting and Commercial Law. Painting my nails has become a hobby for me to get away from my studies and be a little bit creative. 
If you would like to know more about why I started this blog, my plans for it and how I decided on the name 'skinny nails', as well as a little more about myself, check out my about me page here.