Spotted in NZ: Sinful Colors

I spotted these in Life Pharmacy on Cuba Street in Wellington today.  

They are retailing for NZ$5.99

This display was two sided and had a good selection of polishes to chose from, 

with different polishes on both sides of the rack.

Lots of Love

Lisa

Cirque Hellebore

"Cirque is an artisanal line of hand-blended nail polish made in New York.  

The name Cirque, meaning ring or circle, represents the color wheel and 

the endless color possibilities in the continuum.  Creator, Annie Pham, 

sought to develop colors that transcend those of conventional brands 

by experimenting with unique pigments and raw materials."

Hellebore is from the new Cirque Objet d'Art Collection released at the end of 2012.

Cirque Hellebore - Natural Light

Cirque Hellebore - Shade

This has two small sizes of light green glitter in a clear base. What makes this special is the sparkly light pink bits of glitter scattered through out the polish (click the last photo to enlarge to see the pink bits of glitter).  This was three coats, which was enough to cover the nail with no gaps in the glitter. This can easily be worn like this by itself, or layered over other polishes as a glitter top coat.

Hellebore retails for US$13.  You can purchase Cirque polishes here.

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.

Ruby Wing Myth

Myth is another colour changing polish from Ruby Wing.  Luckily we actually have some sun here at the moment, so I was able to swatch this.  It has not really been a great summer so far yet.

Ruby Wing Myth - shade

Ruby Wing Myth - sunshine

This is three coats. It applies nicely like a regular creme polish.  Three coats was needed as it was still a bit sheer after only two.  This is a dusty light pink inside or in the shade. In the sun it darkens to a dusty mauve pink.  It takes between 30 and 60 seconds to full change in the sun, and a little longer to fade in the shade back to the lighter pink.  It is really cool to watch.

You can find Ruby Wing polishes for sale in New Zealand here.

Lots of Love
Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review

Sephora by OPI It's Real 18k Gold Top Coat

Happy New Year Everyone!

I hope you all had a good night.

2012 was pretty big for me. I got married, got an awesome new job and went on amazing holiday around America and Canada.  I don't think 2013 can really top that, as at the moment there are no plans for anything big happening.

Sephora by OPI It's Real 18k Gold Top Coat over black - sunshine

I picked this up while I was in America in October, once I found out that the OPI version was retailing for NZ$74 in New Zealand.  This was US$30, so was about half the price of the one back home. This is three coats over a black base. It is really fine little flecks of 18k gold in a clear base.  I like the effect, but I find gold hard to match with many other colours.

Lots of Love
Lisa

Ozotic 915

I hope everyone had a good Christmas! It is super hot here at the moment so I am just trying not to over heat. We attempted some boxing day shopping today, but the crowds were insane, so we left empty handed and went back home to melt.

Ozotic 915 was my Christmas Day Manicure. It is a subtle green that didn't shout Christmas too loud.  915 is from the 2012 Scatter Chrome collection.

Ozotic 915 - shade (this is the most colour accurate photo)

Ozotic 915 - Sunshine

Ozotic 915 - Sunshine

This is three coats. It does not actually have any glitter in it, but is a metallic chrome polish which has scattered holographic particles in it.  It is also slightly duochrome moving from green to a blueish teal in the shade (which you can see in the first picture).  I really like this polish and it was fun to look at all day yesterday in the sun.

You can buy 915 and the three other polishes in this collection from piCture pOlish in Australia or Gracie Lou in New Zealand, as well as a bunch of other online retailers listed on the piCture pOlish website.

Lots of Love

Lisa

This polish was sent to me for review