Different Nail Polish Finishes

Creme - a colour that has no shimmer/glitter/holo. Often mistaken as Matte. Take a look at OPI Gotta Get Pink!

Matte - A polish that dries matte, no shiny. Please do not get Creme and Matte mixed up :D
Neons often dry matte. Take a look at Matte Grape

Holographic - A polish that has rainbow coloured glitter and they look amazing in the sun! Take a look at Worth The Risque or under the 'Holographic' label :)

Holographic Glitter - A polish that has scattered pieces of glitter than shine different colors of the rainbow. Take a look at OPI Text Me Text You

Shimmer - A polish that has little bits of different coloured shimmer to the base or very similar to the base colour. These can vary quite a lot. Take a look at Misa No Shrinking Violetta and Superstitious or Pretty and Privileged

Frosted - A very smooth and fine shimmer. Take a look at OPI Suzi & The Lifeguard and Tangerine Scene for an example

Pearl - Similar to Frosted but has a somewhat pearl quality to it. Take a look at Misa Little Tease

Glitter - A polish that has chunks of glitter, often bigger and grittier than shimmer. Take a look at Cherry Much In Love, Emerald Sparkle or Midnight Blue Glitter

Duo-chrome - A nail polish that often flashes different colours. Take a look at OPI Tahoe Topaz and Santee Rainbow Pink

Irridescent - A shimmer in a polish that is often a different colour. Take a look at OPI Yokohama Twilight

Jelly - a translucent polish, usually very very shiny and creme. Take a look at Zoya Morgan.

Neon - a super bright polish that usually dries matte. If they are sheer, you can layer them over a white. Take a look at Pure Energy, The Grass Is Greener On My Side or Pink Flame

Sheer - a polish that is usually used for French Manicures, designed to show the white tip. Take a look at Ready To Wear, Bailey and I'm Yours.

If there are any I have forgotten or there is anything you would like me to explain, feel free to ask :D

NOTE: I will be updating the links shortly to newer photos.

Becoming A Make-Up Artist: Day 3 - Girl Gets Severely Attacked in Alley Way

Today we got to play with Special Effects!

It all seemed a bit intimidating at first but then once we had a big play around and experimented with everything it was good fun.

I took some photos with my phone but they turned out crap, so camera everyday to school from now on!

Our tutor decided that in the afternoon we would pair up with another couple from the other make-up class and create a scenario with a victim. So we decided that our victim would be brutally attacked in an alley way. She had cuts and bruises, black eyes, broken knuckles, grazes, swollen hands, the whole shebang.



Some of the other scenarios were:

• A boy was hanging out in the woods and he got attacked by a werewolf then he was starting to turn into one.
• A girl was trying to do a 'deal' but it didn't go down well so she tried to make a run for it but the other girl beat her up really good. The victim had massive grazes, cuts, bruises all over the show.
• What was another one... Oh yeah, she was in a car crash and went flying head first I think. She had glass in all of her cuts which was quite clever.

It was a lot of fun learning how to make these things and playing with fake blood. Tomorrow we will be learning about skin care, skin types and doing patch tests to see if we are all ok with the chemicals we will be using.

So far so good! Who knew becoming a make-up artist would be so adventurous.

Becomming a Make-Up Artist: Day One

Well, not much happening on day one other than boring paper work and meeting classmates your going to spend a year with. On the intro day there were about 50 people and some of the people that were there that I knew would drive me nuts were amazingly spilt into another class. Yuss.

Then I found out that we get to have a squiz round the major make-up counters like MAC, Napoleon Perdis etc. Then! I found out that we get a special card for MAC that gives us a discount! :D

Then! We get to do a photoshoot for Geisha/Kabuki later in the year. My fascination for Geisha and Japanese make-up is just way up their with my fascintation for polishes.

I already have a bright blue/canary yellow yukata. I am just going crazy over all the ideas and different things that I could do with that.

We also get to design costumes, accessories, whatever! I am wondering why I chose nails before make-up n_n; No doubt I will b showing you some of my photoshoots and costumes that I create. It is so exciting. So amazing.

To top that, I purchased MAC's Baby Goth Girl polish this afternoon. It looks pink/purple shimmer in a black base with golden/orange flakies. I cannot wait to try it! And of course, show you guys this weekend.

Today is good. I will be scribbling ideas down all night in my book.

A New Franken! Help me name it ;--:?

I'm so excited to go back to my new home. We had to move again because the people who got us in did the dirty on us. Our first rental together too :( Oh well! We found the most perfect apartment and roommate anyway! n_n



So I was craving a peach polish this weekend but being at my parents home, I have no polishes with me... so I had a sparkly pink franken and a bottle of Tangerine Scene.

So many colours were put into this franken I can barely remember half of them :( Sorry guys. It's not too difficult to franken a peach to your likings anyway.

That's what I like about frankening, you make it so it suits you! None of this seeing beautiful photos of it then buying it and finding out it looks like crap on you.

Please help me pick a name? I loved your suggestions last time! The only un-creative name I can suggest is Peach Ball... because you know, summer and all.... Ok, please help me.

OPI Sacramento Pimento .•:*¨¨*:•.

Love at first sight and an instant favourite.

I really wish this wasn't discontinued, otherwise I would have 2 or 3 back-ups!

Sacramento Pimento is just lovely to look at. The golden shimmer is so fine it looks like its glowing all the time.

I have a special love for Peaches, Apricots and Corals too... So I couldn't leave it at the store.

Sacramento Pimento is from that California collection which was only released in Australia about 8 or 9 years ago.

The formula is one of the best I have come across. Smooth, thin quick drying. All you need is two coats.

The store also had Yosemite and Californian Navel which I believe are from the same collection :)

Zoya Malia

I wasn't too fussed on Malia when it was first released, but when I was setting it up at the Beauty Expo it just looked really amazing. I know it has no shimmers or glimmers but cremes can look fantastic too :D

All it takes for Malia to be opaque is two coats.

I much prefer Malia over OPI Do You Lilac It or OPI Done Out In Deco. I think Malia is the best shade out of those to suit my skin.

MAC Make-up!

Well the sun has start to come out and i've been spending a lot more time outside so I went to MAC recently and found out that i've changed from my winter skin NW15 to my summer skin NC20 :D

Also Mum was very kind in giving me Fun N' Sexy from the Fafi collection. She didn't like the glitteryness and the blue flash, but I'm all for exciting lips colours!

We also had a trade, Sweet Thing for Patisserie. Patisserie I've almost worn every single day since I got it. It's pretty much the same colour as my lips but sort of defines the lines of my lips (if you know what I mean) and gives them a nice shine.

Why the random lipstick spam? Well, I love looking at photos of them deciding whether or not I should get them, so i'm hoping I will be aiding someone else :)

Did I tell you that I'm starting my make-up course in 8 or so days? I'm quite nervous! At the intro day there weren't people like in my nail class... But I suppose only half the class showed up so there might be!

What to wear on day one? (mani wise) We have to wear black everyday... for 34 weeks! >_<