China Glaze Shell-o

Today I have China Glaze's Shell-o to show you! This is very similar to Heat Index, which is a blue toned pink, in regards to formula and finish. They are both very thin jellies. Although the formula is quite thin and watery, it's still quite usable. I really like the look of these jelly neons! I think I need more...

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China Glaze Heat Index

Today we have China Glaze's Heat Index! I am really interested in this shade because most neons tend to be quite chalky or stark looking, yet Heat Index is a jelly neon. I love it! This is two coats here, so you can see that it is definitely thin in it's formula and opacity. Great for layering and creating jelly sandwiches though! There is another polish, Shell-o, from the same collection but is more mango in appearance. That'll be up on the blog shortly.

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Mangled to Magnificent pt.3: Nail Juice Bird Song

 Welcome to part 3 of Mangled to Magnificent. I am absolutely loving the nail growth that's happening, although what comes with length is breakages lol. My job is pretty tough on these little guys, but they seem to be best when they have polish on protecting them. 

Featured today on my nails is OPI Thanks a Windmillion, topped with Nail Juice Bird Song. 

You can check out Nail Juice on Etsy here!

Featured! Dream Eater on Peacock Pie

 Thank-you Serra for the gorgeous swatches! Check out Dream Eater here on Peacock Pie.

If you fancy a bottle for yourself, head over to NJ on Etsy, here!

Featured! Lemon Pepper on Leona Carolina

Hot damn! Check out Lemon Pepper here on Leona Carolina. 

If you fancy a bottle for yourself, head over to NJ on Etsy, here!

Nail Juice: Petal Review

Today I have a new Nail Juice polish to show you, Petal. Petal is a beautiful jelly baby blue, peppered with small white, navy, and blue glitters. This is two coats shown here. I just love it!

You can have your very own bottle of Petal! Follow the links below :)

Etsy - www.etsy.com/nz/shop/NailJuicePolish

TradeMe - www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=4567838

Facebook - www.facebook.com/nailjuice

Email - nailjuicepolish@gmail.com

Thank-you for reading :)

Nail Juice Feel The Metamorphosis

Feel The Metamorphosis is one of my favourites! A bright blue jelly filled with blue and turquoise glitters. This is two coats shown here on it's own. The colour builds up easily and quickly, also perfect for layering!

You can find Feel The Metamorphosis here on Etsy!

Nail Juice Angel and Blue Boy nail art!

I was told off by one of the young girls at daycare the other day for not wearing polish on my nails, so I decided to do something cute, quick and easy to do. I chose Nail Juice Angel as the main colour, a white jelly with pink, blue, and white glitters. Then I used Nail Juice Blue Boy on my pinkys along with a matching rhinestone. Similarly on the pointer fingers, I wore an unnamed Nail Juice also with a matching rhinestone.

You can find Blue Boy here on Etsy

and Angel here on Etsy!

Nail Juice Angel

Or... Angel Farts as Dan likes to call it! Angel is a little sweetie near and dear to Dan and I. This cutie the softest of whites sprinkled with baby pink, baby blue, and white glitters. This is two coats shown here. 

Get your Angel (farts) here on Etsy!

Nail Juice Black Then White

 Black Then White was inspired by a favourite Tool song of mine, Lateralus. A sheer jelly black crammed with silver, charcoal and black glitters of all different sizes and finishes! Shown at two coats here, except for the ring finger. Which is one coat of Black Then White over Stirfry You In My Wok.

Get your Black Then White here on Etsy!

OPI Timeless is More

OPI's Timeless is More was always my favourite white polish of all time... until Funny Bunny found it's way in to my stash! Timeless is a gorgeous creamy-white jelly like polish. Funny Bunny is more of a 'crisp' white, like brand-new-sheet-white. Timeless was released in the Beyond Chic soft shades collection from 2008. This is two coats.

Star Kin Whale Farts - revisited!

Seeing as I was very new to polishes like this last time I played with Whale Farts, I thought I'd brush up on my skills and have another go! I've still got a way to go yet but I (and the 2yr olds) loved this one :D

I'm not sure why I haven't worn Whale Farts on it's own yet? Here is Farts over two coats of OPI Roadhouse Blues, a navy creme.

So I found out that if I swirl the brush around then pull it out, there should be quite a few big circles on there. So I grab my dotting tool, pick a circle and then place it on my nail. This is much easier than my old technique of just painting layers and layers on hoping for one to fall out lol! Next time I will pain Whale Farts on her own :D 

 Link Roundup!

- You can purchase Whale Farts from here

- This is the first Whale Farts Post

- Check out another Star Kin, Love Cookies & Cream

OPI My Pointe Exactly - New York Ballet 2012

Today I have OPI's My Pointe Exactly! to show you. Pointe is from the New York Ballet collection which was last year's annual sheer collection. This is three coats shown here. A very nice jelly like formula.

Star Kin: Whale Farts

*wipes up your drool* How beautiful was that? What WAS that? That my friend, was Whale Farts created by Star Kin.

For my manicure with Whale Farts, I layered it over OPI DS Fantasy for a deep shimmery ocean base.

As soon as I opened up my mail from Star Kin my partner said "YOU HAVE TO PUT THIS ONE ON RIGHT NOW!", but I already had a stunning mani on and can't change until it chipped. Well, it finally chipped!

I do have to admit that I am new to using these types of polishes, glittery ones I mean. So if you have any advice on how to fish the wonderful glitters out, please share with us! I feel like I didn't show Whale Farts at her best due to my lack of knowledge. However, my 2yr olds loved looking at the glitter and labelling the colours they could see.

> You can buy Whale Farts here <

> Star Kin here <

> And her other beautiful creations here <

Nail Art: The Hunger Games

Today I have a manicure to show you that is inspired by the book trilogy, Hunger Games. I think the first movie has just come out or is about to come out. I'm all booked to go and see it a day before my birthday! 

For this gradient I used two lovely Misa's called Under My Sunbrella and Endless Keys. These guys were released last year in Misa's summer collection Paradise Shore.

To create this manicure I started with a coat of yellow followed by orange just dabbed on the tips. The formula of these two polishes made it very easy to blend.

These polishes are quite sheer though. This is a huge benefit when doing manicures like this though! I kept adding layers in the order of yellow/orange/yellow/orange. Only painting the yellow half way down the nail though and slowly bringing the orange up on each coat.

This is how I envisioned Katniss's nails and dress to look when she entered the Hunger Games.

Can't wait for the movie! :D