Sally Hansen Golden Cinnabar

I picked this little beauty up a awhile ago from a cosmetics expo, I guess you could say. There was a few tables FULL of nail polish, ranging from $2 to $6. Mum and I just went nuts.

I don't really have any background info on this polish, other than it's not really sold anywhere. I think it's old? It looks old. It's not too hard to get a hold of though.

Superb coverage! You could get away with one coat. I was expecting a sheer-watery mess. Golden Cinnabar is the total opposite.

I think it looks the most interesting when not in direct sunlight. As is with most duochromes. The sun likes to pick just one colour.

This is what you see when you are inside, not under any direct lights. A slightly olive gold. How beautiful!

OPI & The Rugby World Cup

How cool is this?! OPI is putting a special set out just for the rugby world cup.


They are current colours, but I think it's nice that they did this. Still waiting on that New Zealand themed collection though... The rest of the world probably hasn't even heard of NZ though, so it probably wouldn't do too well in sales.


The colours: Black Shatter, Silver Shatter, Black Onyx and Birthday Babe.


I've supplied some swatches below and i'll add a few more once the pics are taken :)

OPI Silver Shatter

OPI Silver Shatter

NFuOh 050 over OPI Black Onyx

OPI Do You Think I'm Tex-y? and NFuOh 59

I absolutely love Tex-y. A fuchsia jelly that looks brilliant with anything layered between it! And NfuOh 59 is just such a versatile polish. I love that one too.

For this manicure I did a layer of NFuOh 59, Texy, 59 and then Texy.

Thanks to my camera, you cannot see all the flakie goodness that this manicure provided. I am seriously thinking of parting ways with this camera. Although we've been a great team for four years, it just ain't performing 100%.

You can kinda see a glimmer of flakie in this shot.


Side note: I've been quite busy at Uni lately but I have a couple of manicures to show you,  I just have to sit down and actually work on the posts. Uni has got us having our own Interior Design blogs, so i've been kind of working on that blog more recently... The only hard part with this course I find is the conceptual thinking. I just don't understand how some of the links they make are actual links. Who knew a bookshelf could have such a deep connection to the universe?



Hoping a miracle of some sort will happen and I will be able to understand what they're on about.

Spring Wardrobe - Makeup Store Young

Spring Wardrobe is a new series on Nail Juice, suggesting easy to find, beautiful polishes for Spring! Don't forget to check out the Spring Wardobe series page!

My mum brought back Young with her from Australia, I am so glad she did! I have been smitten with it ever since. One of the best polishes I have ever used.


Young packs a little more punch than Essie's Borrowed and Blue or Color Club's Take Me To Your Chateau or Blue Light.


I kind of like Young's name as it reminds me of my hometown. There's quite a lot of horticulture and agriculture, my dad is right into all that sort of stuff, and he has always known several Chinese families named Young. My sister and I went to school with their kids and everything, a nice bit of nostalgia I suppose. 


It's always nice to go back and remember the good and less stressful times in life :)

Spring Wardrobe - Color Club Oh Naturale

Spring Wardrobe is a new series on Nail Juice, suggesting easy to find, beautiful polishes for Spring! Don't forget to check out the Spring Wardobe series page!


Next in the series is Color Club's Oh Naturale. This polish was released in the Pardon My French collection earlier this year, so it should still be pretty easy to find. I've seen it in quite a lot of stores.

Oh Naturale is a very light mango colour. It reminded me of the fluffy skin of a peach, or the insides of a rock melon.

Oh Naturale's partner in crime is Turn The Other Chic. I do apologise, I couldn't for the life of me find it when I was taking photos of Oh Naturale. I'll be sure to update it when I can :)

Spring Wardrobe - OPI It's a Girl

Spring Wardrobe is a new series on Nail Juice, suggesting easy to find, beautiful polishes for Spring! I know we still have a whole month to go, but it's never too early for polish shopping! And each time a post is made for the series, the polish will be listed on the Spring Wardrobe series page. 

To kick off the series is the time-less sheer pink. OPI's It's a Girl was released last year, but is relatively easy to find.

I think every nail wardrobe needs at least one! Sheer pinks may seem boring compared to holographics and duochromes, but you get such clean, crisp looking nails from a sheer pink.

I've got two coats on here. It's a Girl is one of the best pinks that I've come across. You can wear it at one, two or however many coats you like. It's not streaky and has an almost jelly finish. It looks cute and squishy, doesn't it?

Topped with OPI's Text Me, Text You here. This polish was released a couple of years ago but you may be able to find it at a nail salon or online.


Just a side note: I am studying again next week, so the posts may not be as frequent as they have been. But nonetheless, I still have some pretty polishes to show you :)

Jessica Shopping on Rodeo

Today we have Jessica's Shopping on Rodeo. This was picked up by my mum at the beauty expo. I haven't really seen Jessica around really. The guys running the business didn't seem to keen on keeping Jessica going. It's a shame because the polishes are really pretty and have a great formula.

Rodeo could be a one coater. It so could be. I only did two because I couldn't get my shaping right on the first go. The formula is something else. It is to die for. Amazing coverage, so smooth and easy to maneuver.


I did a manicure for mum not too long ago and she let me choose the colour, I chose Shopping on Rodeo. I don't think I have ever done a manicure that quick before. It was amazing!

Rodeo freaked out my camera a little bit. It is a bright fuchsia pink with an even brighter frost, along with scattered silver glitter. I didn't think the sparkles were going to work but they are a nice little surprise. Rodeo glows, radiates, illuminates... under any light source too.

Mum has two more Jessicas for me to review, so keep an eye out :)