Orly now at Farmers

I know Orly has been sold at Farmers for ages - but that was only ever the little ting bottles - which are really hard to actually paint your nails with because the brush and handle are sooooo small.

But now they have big bottles!!
And lots of them. Lisa (one of my best friends and fellow polish lovers - and yes we do have the same name) discovered this at our local Farmers last week. They now have about 50 colours as well as the Foil FX collection and Metal Chic collections.

Foil Fx Collection - Rage, Shine, Luxe (Left to Right)

Metal Chic Collection - Solid Gold, Iron Butterfly, Glam Rock (left to right)
These are metal polishes with a matte finish.

I did not see the latest Sweet collection, but as you know New Zealand is always behind the rest of the world - we might see it here for our spring in a few months time.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Shellac 4 days later

Yesterday we got some sun and I managed to take a picture of my shellac in the sun.


Here you can see the shimmer in the polish much better than in my previous pictures (click on the picture to enlarge it).

I have some tip wear especially on my right hand and I'm not sure if this is meant to happen or whether with Shellac its not.

I was peeling potatoes for dinner tonight and also managed to peel a bit of my shellac off with the peeler - completely by mistake, so that was a bit of a bummer.

That's all for the moment.
Lots of Love
Lisa

I got Shellacked!!!!

I got Shellacked!!!

This was my first ever nail salon visit and I enjoyed it.

I went to The Finishing Touch in Wellington. They were the first salon in the world to have shellac - they actually bought the demo kit off CND so that they had it before anyone else - they had it at the wedding show I went to a while ago. New Zealand was the first place CND released Shellac. Shellac kits have been so popular that they have sold out around the world and demand can not be met. Apparently Oprah's Nail technician cant even get hold of it for Oprah.

Kathy was the lovely lady doing my nails.
She cleaned, shaped and lightly buffed my nails. I was embarrassed by how short they are, but as we discussed I have thin nails (and they always will be) and it just makes my obsession a difficult one.

Next I got to pick which shellac colour I wanted. At the moment there are 12 colours to pick from, with more colours to come in the future (I'm hoping for some blues, purples and greens)

I knew that I wanted a bright pink colour and there were a couple to pick from. I was thoughrly suprised to find that one of these was actually a shimmer colour! I ended up choosing Hot Chilis which was a bright pinky/red colour with shimmer in it.

A UV base coat is applied and then set under UV light for 10 seconds. Then the first coat of colour followed by 2 minutes under the UV light, another colour coat, 2 more minutes under UV light and a final top coat followed by another 2 minutes under UV light.

Outside in shade
The shimmer is not visible here but I can tell you it is definitely there.
And this is more pink in real life.

I love it! This product is amazing. It is thicker than regualer nail polish and my nails feel much stronger with it on. I'm hoping I can gain back some of my length over the next two weeks while I am wearing the Shellac. I haven't even had it on for a day yet and its amazing. Normally (even with a top coat) I would have chips and nicks and be trying to be really careful but with Shellac I don't need to be.

The Finishing touch guarantee no chips for the first week - but are unable to do it for any longer than that because of how people treat there own nails. This cost $55 and took around 45 minutes for the whole process.

Shellac took over 5 years to create and perfect - removal time was the biggest issue, with it originally taking over an hour - they have now reduced this to 5-10 minutes with the use of acetone.

More information on shellac can be found on the CND wedsite.

If you are OK with having the same colour on your nails for 2 weeks I highly recommend trying Shellac. You will be pleased once you do.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Quick Update

Hi all,
Hope your weekends went/are going well.
Just a quick update today.
Keera got her stitches out in the weekend, so the cone has come off her head and shes allowed back outside again. Were not seeing her much now - but it is pouring with rain outside so she comes in soaking wet.
At the moment I am working on a comparison of my left and rights hand - One has OPI top coat and base coat on it, the other has none. Pics and review to come when we get some light - its too late at night her now.
I'm also wearing my nails really short at the moment as they all decided to break all at once. Its really sad as I just got a bunch of Nfu Oh flakies I really want to try out.
I have so many ideas and no nails to carry them out on.
Also its been raining non stop for about three weeks here so pictures aren't easy to take with the crappy light we have here.
Sorry I am so not trying to make up excuses but my nails are short and I feel embarrassed about them.
Thanks for following me anyway :)
Lots of Love
Lisa

China Glaze BFF

Another amazing holographic polish from the China Glaze OMG collection. This one is a rosey red colour called BFF.

Outside in Sunshine

Again only 2 thin coats that glide on easily and dry quickly. You can not really fault china glaze for this great collection. These all look amazing in the sun, and still show up holographic in the shade.

Lots of Love
Lisa

What I Use: Nfu Oh Cuticle Remover

This only arrived the other day with my Nfu Oh order from the NZ Nail Academy.

Nfu Oh Cuticle Remover

It is AMAZING!
You can't even feel it working its magic. It just does it. I just brushed it against my cuticle and 2 seconds later wiped away the whole cuticle with a cotton bud and they were gone. If you can get this I highly recommend you do. It seems like it will last for ages aswell because its a large 17ml bottle and you need hardly any to do both hands. Only took about 2 minutes to do both hands.

Lots of Love
Lisa