Pretty Serious Cosmetics Naughty Night Shift Nurse

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Naughty Night Shift Nurse was a special polish designed for Kirsty from The Polish Haven for her birthday as a gift from her friends and released in June 2013.  Originally 100 bottles were made, and sold like crazy.  Last month though, Pretty Serious released another 100 unnumbered bottles of Naughty Night Shift Nurse. And I managed to get one!

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Naughty Night Shift Nurse - Natural Light

This is three coats. It is quite a thin polish.  It is a duochrome fuchsia with lighter iridescent flakies.
It is purple and red duochrome base with added blue shimmer that also changes to orange in the right light, with pink flakies. This is a pretty complex polish, I mean flakies and duochromatic in one bottle!

Pretty Serious Cosmetics Naughty Night Shift Nurse

This picture was taken underwater to show the colour shifts

The Polish Haven actually swatched this over black, and it makes the polish appear a lot more purple, so I am thinking of trying it out that way.  As it is not really 'me' in this form.

My sister is a nurse and I'm wondering if she would appreciate this one. But I am torn, because it is Limited Edition and I am a nail polish addict, and she is not.

Lots of Love

Lisa

Spotted in NZ: Sally Hansen Lustre Shine Colletion

I spotted the new Sally Hansen Lustre Shine collection in Farmers on Friday. This is a collection of duochrome polishes, similar to the China Glaze Bohemian Collection. 

These polishes are "An intense and radiant nail lacquer infused with real silver. Inspired by the lustrous color flip of molten, liquid metal and the iridescence of a peacock feather. Creates an iridescent effect on the nail."

These are retailing for NZ$12.99, which isn't bad because when I was in America last year I saw these for about US$7.99.  However do note that these bottles are only 10mls (regular polishes are 15mls)

Lots of Love

Lisa

Ozotic Beam 906

Ozotic 906 is from the 2012 Beam collection. This is the purple to pink version of the four polishes from this collection.  This collection was "Inspired by 'reflecting luminous light beams' hence the moonlight colours with sparks!"

Ozotic 906 over black - sunshine

Ozotic 906 over black - natural light

Ozotic 906 over black - natural light

This is two coats of Beam 906 over a black creme.  It is has multicoloured glass flecks that flash from pink to purple.  It is very delicate looking in the bottle, but kind of mesmerizing to watch all day long.

This is available in New Zealand from Gracie Lou.

Lots of Love

Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review.

Max Factory Fantasy Fire (over black)

I found Max Factory Fantasy Fire at Farmers a few weeks ago. This is NZ$10.50 for a teeny tiny bottle of polish. Google says that these polishes are only 4.5 mls, which is one of the tiniest bottle of polish I have ever seen.  Price per mls makes this more expensive than even Mac polishes are here.

Max Factor Fantasy Fire over Black - Natural Light 

As you can see from the bottle this polish looks purple and blue in the bottle, but on top of black the red, gold and green duochrome shows through instead of the blue and purple.  

This little tiny bottle of polish is a million different manicures in one. Layering it over different colours makes it look completely different.  Unfortunately I don't have time to swatch this over any other colours before my holiday starts, but I will when I get back.  Only two more days until holiday time!

Lots of Love

Lisa

Sally Hansen Lavender Sky

I went to one of those make up sales a few weeks back.  These sales pop up every few months in Wellington so I went along and broke my no buy again.  Often they have Sally Hansen Prism polishes for super cheap. And I got lucky last time, by finding 5 of these, all for only $3 each (that is super super cheap for a nail polish in New Zealand).

Here is one coat of Sally Hansen Nail Prisms in Lavender Sky over black.

Sally Hansen Lavender Sky over Black- sunshine

This is a pale blue duochrome, that when layered over black flashes between purple and green (but mostly purple).  It is a super fine shimmer.

It seems that a lot of the polishes I have obtained lately are designed for layering over others. I am quickly running out of black polish to put under all of these pretties.

In other news its now only 11 sleeps until me and my husband head of to America and Canada for 5 weeks. I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!! I am going to buy so many polishes!!!!  Also stay turned for a giveaway while I am on holiday.

Lots of Love
Lisa

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard is one of the many Chanel Peridot dupes available at the moment.  You can also find similar dupes by Color Club, GAP, Jessica, China Glaze and Sally Hansen to name just a few, but this is the only one I have found in New Zealand so far.

Just Spotted the Lizard is from the 2012 Amazing Spider-Man Collection.  It is a golden green teal blue duochrome metallic polish.  This is three coats. Mine was quite runny and because of the metallic-ness of this polish you can still see brush strokes from application once it has dried.  I think this polish and all of its dupes maybe slightly over hyped if I am honest, but it sure is pretty in the bottle though.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Lilacquer Schrodinger's Catastrophe

I saw some swatches of Lilacquer Schrodinger's Catastrophe on Make Up Alley and had to have it straight away. Not only is it a gorgeous polish but its name is awesome. I love Cats and Schrodinger is often mentioned on The Big Bang Theory, which is my favouritest TV show ever (I am crossing all my fingers and toes that we can go to a taping of this show when we are in LA next month.)


Lilacquer Schrodinger's Catastrophe is designed as a top coat.  It is two different medium sized iridescent glitters that shift from blue to aqua to green in a base full of blue/green shimmery goodness. I layered one coat over two coats of black. Here is a whole bunch of pictures for you to look at....

Lilacquer Schrodinger's Catastrophe is officially my first indie polish and I am so glad it has turned out to be a good experience.  Cathleen is the maker of Lilacquer polishes which she sells here on Etsy and also at Overall Beauty.  I have heard some not so good stories about indie polishes and their sellers, but took the chance and it turned out well.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Models Own Pinky Brown

 Models Own Pinky Brown - Natural Light

 Models Own Pinky Brown - Natural Light

Pink Brown is another duochrome polish from last years Models Own Beetle Juice collection.  This one is a glass effect polish, which goes from a mauvey pink to a medium golden brown.  This is three coats.  It dries in a regular amount of time.  I found all of the polishes in this collection quite runny so you need to make sure you don't have too much polish on the brush when you apply it so as not to flood your cuticles.

Lots of Love
Lisa

China Glaze Full Spectrum

China Glaze Full Spectrum - Sunshine

 China Glaze Full Spectrum - Shade

Full Spectrum is from this years Prismatics collection.  These swatches are three coats.  This one is a light lilac/silver duochrome glitter in a clear base, with extra bits of slightly bigger multi coloured glitter.  


These photos were taken a while ago now (when we actually had sun) and unfortunately my nails are shorter now due to some unfortunate breaks. :(


Lots of Love
Lisa

Ozotic 528

Ozotic 528 is from the now discontinued Duochrome Glitter collection.  For some reason Ozotic discontinued all of their series 500 polishes. That was a sad day for nail polish.  The Ozotic 500 series is a must have for serious nail polish lovers.  If you can get your hands on some of these, I suggest you do asap!

 Ozotic 528 over black - White light

Ozotic 528 over black - Shade

I am in love with this polish. It is a fine purple/teal duochrome glitter in a clear base.  This is two layers over the top of two layers of black.  It changes from purple through to blue and then a pretty teal green colour.  I could stare at this on my nails all day (actually I kind of did all day today).  

Lots of Love

Lisa

China Glaze Optical Illusion

Optical Illusion is the blue/green duochrome glitter from the 2012 China Glaze Prismatics collection.

 China Glaze Optical Illusion - Sunshine

China Glaze Optical Illusion - Natural Light

This is a beautiful polish. This is 3 coats. The glitter is dense and pretty and in the sun this looks stunning. The base is a blue/green duochrome glitter with a hint of pink, gold, silver and orange pieces of glitter scatted through out.  This looks so much better in real life than on the internet.

China Glaze Optical Illusion over Black - natural light

Lots of Love
Lisa

Models Own Golden Green

Models Own Golden Green - Sunshine

Golden Green is from the Models Own 2011 Bettle Juice Collection.  This is a collection of 5 duochrome polishes. Golden green is a grass green base that flashes golden yellow. The duochrome is pretty evident all the time.  The base has a shimmery metallic finish. This is three coats.

You can order these from the Models Own website and have them delivered to New Zealand pretty quick. They are much cheaper than polishes in New Zealand, although Models Own is not B3F.

Lots of Love
Lisa

My Prismatics Arrived!

Look at these beauties that arrived in the mail.

Left to right - Prism, Ray-diant, Polarized, Liquid Crystal, Full Spectrum, Optical Illusion

The press release for the Prismatic collection said:
Array your nails in a myriad of color this spring with China Glaze®’s limited edition Prismatic nail polish collection! Inspired by the colors formed by the refraction of light through a prism, Prismatic by China Glaze® combines glitter and holographic particles to create the ultimate eye-catching, 3-dimensional manicure.

Bursting with color and dimension, Prismatic shades include:

Ray-Diant
Greenish-gold shimmer filled with specks of silver, pink, green, orange and blue
Polarized
Silver metallic sheen sprinkled with yellow, pink, orange and green glitters
Liquid Crystal
Bright blue holographic with purple tint dusted with silver, gold, green, pink and orange
Prism
Grape purple holographic gleams with pink shimmer and glitters with pieces of pink, blue, green, orange, silver and gold
Full Spectrum
Baby pink bursts into holographic magenta to party with silver, gold, blue, pink and green particles.
Optical Illusion
Aqua green glimmers with a hint of purple filled with pink, yellow, silver, orange and green flecks

This is the last lot of nail polish I am allowed to buy until our trip to North America in September/October. Its going to be hard, but I have to think that the price of one polish here equals about 4 polishes in America.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Orly Cosmic FX

Orly Space Cadet - sunshine

This one is four coats. It is the most sheer of the six polishes. It actually has a teal blue base which disappears with each additional coat. It is funny to look at when you take it off because it separates into the teal base and the orange glitter on the cotton pad. The duo-chrome flashes teal/orange and red. It is an odd combination. This is the "dupe" for Mac's Mean & Green from the Venomous Villains Collection. The Orly version is easier to work with as the brush is normal and much easier to hold.

Orly Out of this World - sunshine

This one is actually a surprise stunner of the group. From the outside of the bottle it doesn't look too exciting but once you put it on you will be mesmerized. It is a dark vampy shimmer purple. The picture does not do it justice. This one isn't so much of a duo-chrome, but does have a nice shimmer and subtle pink touch to it. This was three coats. This is a polish I will be wearing lots next winter. It is stunning.

Orly Lunar Eclipse - sunshine

My second favourite from the Cosmic FX collection. This is a stunning shimmery blue that in the right light shines a purple/fuchsia colour. This is really hard to capture on camera, but is very easily seen from the outside of the bottle. Again not so much of a duo-chrome as some of the others but a very pretty shimmer with the glass fleck that they were aiming for. This one needs to be seen in real life.

Orly It's not Rocket Science - sunshine

This three coats. Again another polish that doesn't have the duo-chrome effect and is more just a snot green colour (sorry but that is what it reminds me off). It does have the glass fleck and a slight teal flash to it, but really is just a mossy green colour.

Orly Halley's Comet - sunshine

Three coats. Again no duo-chrome just a straight bright blue colour. It does have the glass fleck though. This would be a really pretty polish had it not been seen so much already. This polish has a lot of known "dupes", such as OPI Catch me in your Net. There is also an essence dupe (not available in New Zealand) and Zoya Charla.

Orly Galaxy Girl - sunshine

This is also three coats. This is purple with a teal duo-chrome to it. Again it is easily seen on the outside of the bottle. This is the dupe for Mac's Formidable! also from the Venomous Villains Collection.

My favourites in this collection are the ones that don't have "dupes" available for them. At least they are unique and pretty.

All polishes went on easily with no clean up needed. All three coats (except for Space Cadet which I used 4 for).

These are still not in shops in New Zealand, but keep an eye out in Farmers stores as that's where Orly is being sold now.

Lots of Love
Lisa

MAC Formidable!

MAC Formidable! is another of the MAC Venomous Villains Polishes. Another Duochrome polish that changes in different lights. It has a purple base with teal flashes throughout it. These pictures were three coats. A fourth coat or thicker coats may have been required to get better coverage as these polishes are quite sheer.

MAC Formidable! - sunshine

MAC Formidable! - shade

Just like Mean & Green there is an Orly dupe for this polish from the Cosmic FX collection called Galaxy Girl. Cosmic FX is still around 6 months away from reaching New Zealand, but fingers crossed we will get it here for next winter.

I still haven't worked out which of this collection is my favourite yet. Bad Fairy is still to come later on.

Lots of Love
Lisa

MAC Mean & Green

This is the first of the 3 Venomous Villains polishes I tried out.

Mean & Green is teal with pink pigment and even in the same light can look completely different.

The best I can explain this is through pictures (please excuse my stubby nails - this is a result of a bunch of breaks over the weekend)






I personally like it when it is looking pinkish. This was three coats.
I'm not really a fan of of the silly little brushes that accompany these polishes.
When you take off this polish the cotton pad goes blue, showing the base of the teal that the polish has, which isn't so visible on the nail.

Orly Space Cadet from the 2010 Cosmic FX collection is said to be a dupe for this polish. Cosmic FX has not yet made it to NZ, so I an unable to do a comparison (We have just got the Sweet collection in NZ). I know that over seas Orly is much cheaper than MAC, but in NZ MAC is $26 and Orly is $23 so there isn't much difference at all.

One of the big problems with these MAC polishes is that they are only 10mls as opposed to the standard 15mls of other brands. This is a shame and makes me not want to waste these Limited Edition polishes.

Lots of Love
Lisa