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SWATCH: OPI Dulce de Leche
Sometimes you can’t go past the simple classics. OPI Dulce de Leche is a soft pinky caramel with the tiniest shot of shimmer. It’s not a high frost or sparkle polish; rather the shimmer just lifts the colour slightly and stops it from looking flat and plastic-looking. Application is up to the usual OPI standard – two ...
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SWATCH: Illamasqua nail polish in Fern
Conventional wisdom: as the weather gets cooler, your make-up and nails should get more subdued. Berry tones. Plums. Nudes. Bullshit, I say. One of the best things about living in a country where snow is a merciful rarity confined to some out of the way corner of the mountains is that even our winters are spent ...
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MBFW S/S 12/13 – Napoleon Perdis, Goldwell and OPI for Camilla
Circumnavigating the globe on a whim, the Camilla woman is free-spirited, strong, and culturally curious. Key makeup design notes: eyes reigned at Camilla, with Napoleon Perdis creating an earthy spin on a boho smoky eye. Eyeliner (Eye Pencil - Brown Sugar, AU$28) was worked along the lashline and buffed into the socket, matched with a complimentary ...
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OPI – I Have A Herring Problem
I don’t know about you but I’m ready for winter to start right now. I’m so keen for a cold snap, I’ve already bought myself a lovely big chocolate cardigan from Zara and OPI have helped me to choose my cool weather nail polish du jour in I Have a Herring Problem, a greeny-blue shot through ...
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Darling nail lacquer – Lola Like It
This is exactly what I need to get me through a rainy Monday morning: fierce firecracker hotrod red nails courtesy of Lola Like It by Darling. A one coat wonder red, loaded up with enough candy apple red shimmer to make a vintage Cadillac blush. Perfection. Darling nail polishes are AU$16.95 for 12ml, available from HelloDarling.com.au. ...
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Nicki Minaj for OPI – Pink Friday & Save Me nail swatches
I just can’t say no to Lifesaver Musk candy pink nail polish. I mean, obviously I can’t say no to a lot of different nail polishes, but I do have a weakness for cartoony pink nail lacquers. Maybe it’s the antidote to my enormous, seemingly unending collection of steely dark greys? Pink Friday from Nicki ...
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Kit Cosmetics – Up Beat nail polish
Sometimes the name doesn’t quite match the polish. Kit Cosmetics Up Beat is a muted grey-blue cream without any shimmers or sparkles. It’s a summer stormcloud murky grey, or the ocean on a choppy overcast day. Not quite upbeat and chipper, but perfect as we’re sliding into the tail end of autumn (and in my case, ...
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Australis – Flip Flops nail polish
Grey nail polish may be my one true love, but blue will always have a special place in my heart. My first nail polish was a navy mica shimmer, and ever since that heady year of, err, 2001, I’ve always had a few blue polishes stashed in my collection. Which brings me to this heady ...
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Myer Miss Shop – Jacob Does It nail polish
Did… did I just post a nail lacquer with a Twilight reference in the name on my blog? If I did, don’t tell me. Some things are better off a mystery. Jacob Does It from Myer’s Miss Shop nail polish range is a subtly sparkly black nail polish. I’m 99% certain the flakes are just plain silver, but ...
