Nubar Night Sparkle

Continuing on with the Nubar Sparkle Collection we have the dark blue Night Sparkle

This one was a little bit of a disappointment (Maybe its just all dark blue glitters are) but just like China Glaze Blue Sparrow it dried matte-ish. So far none of the other Nubar sparkles have done this. Its a dark blue glitter in a medium to dark blue base. Because the base is so dark it takes the sparkle away from the glitter and makes it just look sort of like little bits of grit in the polish.

Outside in Sunshine

This was three coats. However when you went outside the glitter did show up a lot more in the sun.

Night Sparkle Close up

Hope your weekends are going well. We have had a week of non stop rain (with a break today) and it doesn't look too promising for next week either. Its also wayyyyyyy toooo coooolllllddddd now.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Essie and Shellac come to New Zealand

Essie and Shellac have arrived in New Zealand!!

Thread announced a while ago that Essie was coming to New Zealand. They say that Essie is coming to Salons and Department stores (I have been checking in Farmers but haven't seen them there yet). But I have as of this week seen them in New Zealand. Body and Skin in Wellington on Lambton Quay is the first place I spotted Essie. They are selling them for $23.50. I'm not sure of how big the range they are selling is yet.

Shellac has also come to New Zealand.

Image from Creative Nail Design.

I got a pamphlet from The Finishing Touch (Nail spa in Wellington) and they say:

"This revolutionary product is the answer to your nail problems. Shellac applies like a polish, wears flawlessly for 14 days of high gloss shine and is removed in minutes. A true innovation in chip-free extended wear colour."

The Finishing Touch are doing a Shellac Manicure for $55. So far there are 12 colours to choose from but they are aiming for 50 in the future. You can read about the release of Shellac in New Zealand, also on Thread here. And here is a list of Salons in New Zealand that are offering Shellac at the moment.

Check out the Creative Nails Website for New Zealand here.

I am so looking forward to getting shellacked when I have some money. I have to stop buying nail polishes for the next three months while I finish my thesis, otherwise I wont be able to pay my rent!

Lots of Love
Lisa

Orly It's up to Blue

Its my dads birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!
Mum and dad are coming to my house for dinner tonight and were having carrot cake with cream cheese icing for pudding. yummy!!

Today I broke one of my longest nails - from the hand I swatch polishes on. I'm so upset. I have very thin and brittle nails (swatching is probably not the best "profession" for me to be in) and they take ages to grow to a decent length.

The broken nail combined with the appalling weather we are having at the moment - There is a storm over our whole country - so no swatching is been done at the moment. I was actually thinking of putting some fake nails over the top of mine to protect them while they grow a bit.

Outside in Sunshine

This is Orly It's up to Blue, which I managed to swatch on the weekend (on the only sunny day we have had in over two weeks). Its not a very unique colour as there is lots of similar ones out there (OPI - Sea? I told you! - Comparison swatches will be done when the sun and my nails come back). Again its still weird with the thin little brushes that Orly has but apart from that its fine. This was 3 coats and there is still a quite visible nail line. It would have been nice if this was more dense and opaque.

Hope you guys are having a good week.
Lots of Love
Lisa

China Glaze 2NITE

Quick little post today.

The China Glaze OMG! Collection is by far my most favourite collection ever.

China Glaze 2NITE - Outside in sunshine

These polishes are amazing! They apply like a dream. 2 thin coats and they are completely opaque and smooth. They sparkle straight away, they don't even need to be in the sun.

I love all 12 of the polishes in this collection. More from this collection will be posted over time.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Yellow Creme Comparison

Hi all, Hows your weekend going?
Yay the sun came out for a little while today! So I finally have something new to post

Today it is light yellow creme polishes

Left to Right - OPI Fiercly Fiona, Orly Spark, OPI Banana Bandanna, Miki B03510

Orly Spark

This is from the Orly Hot Stuff collection. Spark applied crappy. I think this ended up being 4 coats. The first few were runny and icky and to even it out I had to apply more and then they were going on thickly and I was just getting frustrated. I still didn't have even coverage after the 4 coats. Another thing that bugged me about this polish was how thin the brushes are (It may be because I am so used to the OPI Pro-wide brush) but this made application harder again.

OPI Fiercely Fiona

From the OPI Shrek Forever After Collection. My first review of Fiercely Fiona can be found here. This one only needs three coats for an even finish.

OPI Banana Bandanna

Again this is so much easier to apply thanks to the OPI Pro-wide brush. It gives a much much smoother finish and takes less coats to become even and smooth. This was three coats (I think this is sort of a minimum for light yellow cremes).

Miki B03510

This is a horrible polish to apply (see my first Miki review here). Although after doing all of these yellow polishes I have to say most of them are not application friendly at all.

Left to Right - Miki B03510 (index), OPI Banana Bandanna (Middle), Orly Spark (Ring), OPI Fiercely Fiona (Little)

I was surprised to see that Fiercely Fiona and Spark were the closest to each other. In the bottles Fiercely Fiona looks slightly greener but on the nail they are almost identical.

My favourite though has to be OPI Banana Bandanna - it is the easiest and smoothest to apply.

My poor pussy cat is still feeling lost and confused. The cone on her head has really thrown her. I think she thinks that is the reason she cant get out the cat door - which is really frustrating her (shes actually not allowed outside so that she doesn't catch any kind of infection - but you cant explain that to a cat). She just sits at the cat door meowing and looking sad.

Lots of Love
Lisa

My poor pussy cat

So I got home at 4pm today to see that my cat had a massive gaping cut on her leg.
I completely freaked out. I love her to pieces and was so amazed to see her like that.
She was licking it clean but it looked way to big to me so I rang the vet straight away.
Luckily they had space for me to go there straight away.
She ended up having surgery and a whole thigh full of stitches.
Shes got a cone over her head and shes still wobbly from the anesthetic.

Keera looking all confused

My poor baby!!!!
Shes gone a bit meh and isn't sure what to do and where to sit.
She will be an inside cat again for the next two weeks before she has her stitches out. I don't think she is too happy about this as she keeps trying to get out the cat door.

Sorry this isn't polish related.
Lots of Love
Lisa