China Glaze Sun of a Peach with little black bows

China Glaze Sun of a Peach - Sunshine

China Glaze Sun of a Peach - Shade

China Glaze Sun of a Peach is from the 2013 Sunsational Collection. This is three coats, although the crème formula lets you get away with two. The top picture in the sun isn't as colour accurate as the second picture in the shade.  This is a pink toned peach, and definitely looks more peach than orange. 

It is not quite that bright, so is more wearable than a straight out neon. I actually have a top the almost exact colour of Sun of a Peace that I love to wear with a black cardigan, so that was the inspiration for this mani.

China Glaze Sun of a Peach with little black bows

The little black bows came in a wheel full of bows, sequins and fimo shapes. I used one coat of Gelous and then a coat of Seche Vite to stick the bows on.  They stayed stuck on really well. I actually got bored of them, before they fell off.

Lots of Love

Lisa

Ruby Wing Festival Paint Collection

The ruby Wing Festival Paint Collection was released for Summer 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere.  It is now summer here in the Southern hemisphere so I decided to give this collection a try.

IN THE SHADE

Top Row: Crowd Surf, Groupie, Summer Love

Bottom Row: Eternal, Green Peace, Electric Firefly

IN THE SUNSHINE

Top Row: Crowd Surf, Groupie, Summer Love

Bottom Row: Eternal, Green Peace, Electric Firefly

This was honestly the hardest collection I have ever had to photograph. Neons are so hard to photograph and even harder to photograph when you cant go in the sun, because they will change colour.

Ruby Wing Crowd Surf - Shade

Ruby Wing Crowd Surf - Sunshine

Crowd Surf is a crelly fuchsia purple in the shade and a darker plum colour in the sun.  This is three coats.  Its consistency is a mixture of jelly and crème (crelly), so is like a jelly polish, but not as see through and squishy.  the Picture in the sun is not quite colour accurate as it is a darker deeper purple in real life. Purples are notoriously hard to photograph.

Ruby Wing Electric Firefly - Shade

Ruby Wing Electric Firefly - Shade

Electric Firefly is the only shimmer polish in this collection. It has a bright electric blue shimmer running through it. This is three coats and I found the formula on this one quite runny.  In the sunshine it changes to a vivid orange colour.  The shimmer is still present in the sunhine too.

Ruby Wing Eternal - Shade

Ruby Wing Eternal - Sunshine

Eternal has the most drastic colour change in the sunshine out of all the polishes in this collection.  It changes from a teal green crème into a grey/purple crème in the sun.  This is two coats and the formula on this one is great.  I found all of these polishes to dry quite quickly as well.

Ruby Wing Green Peace - Shade

Ruby Wing Green Peace - Sunshine

Green Peace is a crelly (a mixture of crème and jelly finish) polish.  This is three coats. It changes from a bright highlighter neon green into a forest green in the sunshine. 

Ruby Wing Groupie - Shade

Ruby Wing Groupie - Sunshine

This one was hardest to photograph. It is a bright neon highlighter pink. It is a Barbie pink, that looks like a highlighter does in the shade.  The bottle shot in the top photo is the most colour accurate photo of this polish.  This polish has a crème finish and only needs two coats, as it is the perfect consistency.  It changes to a darker non-neon pink in the sun.

Ruby Wing Summer Love - Shade

Ruby Wing Summer Love - Sunshine

Summer Love is a bright neon orange in the sun and a red/orange toned brown in the sun. This one also has the crelly finish, being a cross between a jelly and a crème polish. This was three coats. Logically it makes sense for orange to turn brown in the sun, but it is a hard polish to match with clothing. It feels totally 80s.

Lots of Love

Lisa

This collection was sent to me for review from Color Club New Zealand.

Different Dimension Gnarly

Different Dimension Gnarly is from the 80's Baby Collection.   It is a neon green scattered holographic polish.  The formula on this is great. Two coats gives perfect coverage.  The holographic particles in this one are scattered and subtle so are hard to capture on camera, so this is a polish that does look better in real life.  

Different Dimension Gnarly - Sunshine

Different Dimension Gnarly - Shade

This polish is totally unique in my collection, I can honestly say that I do not have any other holographic polishes this bright!

This was my first experience with Different Dimension polishes, and I love it.  I think I will have to get some more.  You can purchase Different Dimension Polishes here on Etsy or from llarowe.

Lots of Love
Lisa

piCture pOlish Sunset

"totally neon for anyone who dares!" 

piCture pOlish Sunset is a highlighter neon orange crème polish.  Neon polishes are notoriously hard to capture on camera, and look different on ever computer screen.  

piCture pOlish Sunset - Natural light

piCture pOlish Sunset - Sunshine

This is three coats. On my computer screen the picture in the Natural light is the most colour accurate.  Sunset is a pink toned orange.  It applied great, but it was difficult to tell how much polish was on the brush.  I think this is because the brush is a clear/white colour and soaks up the all the bright orange.

piCture pOlish is available from their website in Australia (with worldwide shipping), Gracie Lou in New Zealand, and check out this page here for other worldwide stockists.

Lots of Love
Lisa 

This polish was sent to me for review.

Its my Birthday Give Away

 THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

It is my birthday on Wednesday and what better way to celebrate than sharing some polishes with my followers.

I have a brand new set of the Color Club Wicked Sweet collection to give away.  This collection is made up of scented neon polishes.

Left to right: Get your Lem-on, The Lime starts here, I Always get my Man-darin, Yum Gum, Raspberry Rush, Gimme a Grape Big Kiss, Wicked Sweet

Entry is easy.
Be a follower of Never Ending Obsession.
Leave a comment below with your email and how you are following the blog and the name you follow under below.
Extra entries for those who share this (can be done through blogs, facebook, twitter etc)
Give away closes Saturday 24th of November.
Give away is open to all countries.
I will randomly select one winner using a random number generator.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Spotted in NZ: Orly Feel the Vibe

I spotted the Orly Feel the Vibe collection in Farmers the other day.  Out just in time for summer.  Neons are in all the stores here at the moment and while I am not keen on wearing neon clothing, I definitely do not mind it on my nails.

Melt Your Popsicle, Dayglow, Skinny Dip, Glowstick, Beach Cruiser, After Party

Lots of Love

Lisa

Color Club Neon Fracture Collection

This picture is from the Color Club Facebook page.

Left to right: The Big Bang, Burst Thing's First, Bomb-blast-ic, Shock rock, 

Living on the Edge, Take a Crack at it.

I think these look totally cute. Who knows how long this fracture trend is going to last?  China Glaze and OPI are also still releasing more shatter/crackle polishes. So its not ending any time soon then.

These are available online here in America for $8 each.

Lots of Love

Lisa

Spotted in NZ: Color Club Mini Poptastic

I spotted these on Monday at Life Pharmacy.


They are totally cute little bottles. They would make great Christmas presents and stocking fillers. And would be great for younger girls.

The Poptastic collection is a great collection of bright creme shades. There were also 4 packs of Starry Temptress (bright glitter shades) and Wicked Sweet (neon fruit scented polishes).

The Poptastic Minis were selling for NZ$9.90 a bottle. I am sorry but I totally did not take note of the prices for the four packs.

I have some little bottles, they are 7mls (so half the size of a regular bottle), but still have a great sized brush that makes application easy.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Color Club The Lime Starts Here

This is another of the scented polishes from the New Wicked Sweet collection. And the novelty of fruity smelling polishes has still not worn off on me.

Color Club The Lime Starts Here - White Light

This is actually quite a nice neon lime green. It has the right balance of blue and yellow and it is totally wearable. The lime scent is a nice one as well. It is more of a lime lolly smell than actual limes. This is three coats and the polish has a nice creme finish. I like the fact that even with a top coat you can still smell the lime.

Lots of Love
Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review

Color Club All That Razz

All That Razz is another one of the three extra polishes released by Color Club as an extension of the Poptastic Neon collection from summer 2010.

Color Club All That Razz - sunshine

It is a bright pink that reminds me of the furniture my Barbie had when I was about 7. This is three coats. It starts of thin but the colour builds up well after the second coat. It applies nicely and dries quickly. The visible nail line isn't so noticeable in real life, but the camera seems to capture it more than it should.

I am informed that these three new colours will be available at www.usanailsonline.co.nz soon for New Zealand purchase.

Lots of Love
Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review

Color Club Space Case

I am just going to put it out there.... I think that Color Club created the Starry Temptress collection just for me.

It is perfect. Shimmery neons and rainbow glitter combined into amazingly awesome polishes!!!

Space Case is the first polish I tried out from this collection.

Color Club Space Case - Sunshine

Color Club Space Case - shade
(Enlarge the pictures to see the rainbow glitter better -
unfortunately compressing these pictures ruins them)

It is a medium neon pick full of rainbow glitter. It also has a ultra violet blue shimmer running through it like the Electro Candy collection polishes do. In saying that Space Case is a lighter pink than Electro Candy.

This is three coats. It is easy to apply and the formula is perfect.

Lots of Love
Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review.

Spotted in NZ: Color Club Electro Candy Collection

The whole Electro Candy collection is now being sold in New Zealand online at

www.usanailsonline.co.nz

These are selling for $13.90 (which is $2 cheaper than in stores) with a flat rate shipping to anywhere in New Zealand of $3.90.

I love the Electro Candy collection. Ultra Violet is my favourite polish of all time. The whole collection is made up of neons, with flashes of blue shimmer running through them. They are all gorgeous.

Go and get yours now!!!! It might be a little late to wear them this summer but you can wear them next year! (or like me and all year around)

Electro Candy

Volt of Light

Ultra Violet

Tangerine Scream

Pure Energy

What a Shock!

Lots of Love
Lisa

BYS Shimmer Hollywood Hills

Just a quick post today. Tomorrow we drive up to New Plymouth for a wedding over the weekend and I have so much to do.

This is BYS Shimmer Hollywood Hills.

BYS Shimmer Hollywood Hills -sunshine

3 coats. Applies easy. Is quite sheer for the first few coats. It really is a neon bright lime green. Im not sure how the name fits in, but its a cute colour for summer. It has a gold shimmer running through it, and is very unique in my collection.

I'll see all you lovely chickadees in 3-4 days! Have a good week!

Lots of Love
Lisa

P.S. 3 more followers and there will be a 300 followers giveaway! Hopefully when I get back from the wedding.

Color Club Pure Energy

Quick post for today. I have been super busy lately and feel guilty for not posting more recently. I had just managed to grow my nails to a good length when in one day they all managed to break :( and I always feel bad about posting pics with uber short nubbins.

I love the Color Club Electro Candy collection. It is one of my favourite collections, and doesn't contain a single colour I don't like.

Here is the blue polish from the collection.

Color Club Pure Energy - sunshine

This is a great medium shimmer blue, that has a neon blue/green/gold flash running through it. I love it. This is a collection of neons that you can wear any day and not feel slightly over the top in.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Color Club Age of Aquarius

Color Club Age of Aquarius is another polish from the summer Poptastic collection. These retail for $16 in New Zealand and are now also being sold in Amazon surf stores.

Color Club Age of Aquarius - natural light

The whole Poptastic collection is made up of bright creme polishes. Some are neon and some are just bright. Age of Aquarius is a medium aqua/teal colour. It matched the top I was wearing when I bought it. This is three coats. The formula of this was slightly on the runny side for my tastes, but is still easy to apply.

Again here I am rocking the broadway fake nails. As I said the other day the white tips on them tends to bubble underneath polish. This is in no way the polish fault but more the fact that these nails aren't designed to be worn with polish over the top.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Color Club Volt of Light

This weekend was amazing in Wellington. It was so sunny. It is not normally this sunny or hot in November in New Zealand (it doesn't normally get like this until January).

Chris made me go for a walk with him at Makara (this is a beach about 25 minutes from the center of Wellington). We hiked up this massive hill.

This picture is from about 1/10th the way up. It was a huge steep hill but has great views from the top. you can see the South Island from up there.

Here is a pic from up the top of the hill. The hike took a lot longer than I thought it would and I got seriously sunburnt and now can not sleep properly because my shoulders hurt so much. This is the down fall of living in a country with a damaged ozone layer.

Anywho because it is so summery I was wearing Color Clubs Volt of Light - another stunning shimmery neon from the Ultra Violet collection.

Color Club Volt of Light - sunshine.

This is actually 4 coats (but they were thin ones). I love this. The blue shimmer that all these polishes have make them unique and so pretty. You can enlarge the photo to see the shimmer better. This whole collection is truly my favourite summer polishes.

Lots of Love
Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review.

Color Club: What a Shock!

What a Shock! is another amazing neon shimmer from the Electro Candy Collection.

Color Club What a Shock! - sunshine

This is three coats and applies great. If you enlarge the pics you can see the blue shimmer that is in all the polishes in this collection. I like these so much more with shimmer in them than regular neons.

Lots of Love
Lisa

This polish was sent to me by the awesome people at Color Club New Zealand.

Color Club Electro Candy

Color Club Electro Candy - I'm having a really hard time trying to decide which of the polishes from the Electro Candy collection is my favourite. I want to put the whole collection on my top 10 list. But i sure do love this one.........

Color Club Electro Candy - sunshine

(Enlarge pic to see the shimmer better)

This is a bright pink with a ultraviolet blue shimmer. LOVE in a pink bottle. This is 3 coats and applies easily. I'm still wearing this now and with out a top coat it hasn't chipped at all after 2 days, does have a little bit of tip wear but not bad for no base or top coat.

Lots of Love
Lisa

This polish was sent to me by the awesome people at Color Club New Zealand.

Upcoming Summer Trends: #3 Neon

Neon is a regular summer trend and you can see why - these colours are designed to be fun and brighten up your summer manicure (and pedicure). Think highlighters and if you pick up a colour and it reminds you of a highlighter then it is perfect for this summer.

A couple of my favourite Neons are:

Color Club Tangerine Scream

Tangerine Scream is from the Electro Candy collection and is just amazing!!!!!
Color Club New Zealand has this collection still listed as available in stores this summer (I have never managed to find this collection in store so if you do let me know asap as I'm still missing 4 of this collection)

Orly Oh Cabana Boy

This is from the Hot Stuff collection. Orly is now available at Farmers for around $23. They have quite a big display there now :)

Orly Hook up

I have the mini bottle of this polish and wish I had the big one. It is a great yellow shimmer, that doesn't require heaps of coats and just makes me smile and feel sunny when I wear it (sorry no swatches) This is also from the Hot Stuff collection. The mini polishes are also available at Farmers for about $9 or $10.

Left to Right: Almost Famous, Wham! Pow!, Poptastic, Warhol, Pucci-licious, Twiggie, Chelsea Girl

Color Club Warhol

The Color Club Poptastic Collection has 20 bright neon shades available in store from the start of September . See my previous posts on the Poptastic collection for swatches and reviews of this collection. See the Color Club website for stockists (I get mine from Life Pharmacies for about $17)

Anti-clockwise: Neon Fire (orange), In di club (blue), Get ink, make it pink (pink), Fatal Attraction (green), the right bright (Yellow)

The BYS Neon Collection is available from Cosmetics Plus for around $8 each. BYS has also just released a collection of UV polishes. Check out You've Got Nail for swatches and reviews of these new polishes.

Essie Pink Parka

A Shocking Bright Pink - needs to be seen to be believed (available at pharmacies and salons for around $23)

Lots of Love
Lisa