Rainbow Polish Taffy

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates. I've been more busy with work over the past couple of months and truth be told, my interest in painting my nails seemed to slowly dwindle. I was/am still buying polish but I just didn't have the great urge to paint my nails on such a regular basis. And when I did, I was just too lazy to edit the pictures and type a nice narrative on the polish. I did take pictures though so I'm hoping to slowly revive this blog during my upcoming break from work. I finally managed to apply for a week's of leave so fingers crossed!

I've gotta be honest. Taffy wasn't my first of pastel glitter polish. I originally wanted to get Happy Hands Motherboy but Happy Hands is really hard to get where I live so that's where Taffy comes in. Taffy has the same glitter colour combi - white, green, blue, purple and pink.

This is two thin coats of Taffy over three coats of OPI Bubble Bath. I LOVE how soft and delicate this combination looks. LOVELOVELOVE. This is one of the most work appropriate glitter polish I've ever seen.



I actually wore this over the Chinese New Year weekend and I got tons of compliments! I even had cousins asking where I got my nails done.



Best thing about this is that it worked so easily with all my different outfits! YAY for soft and pretty nails!



Here's a close up of Taffy in the bottle. I can't wait to wear this over more colours!


Till next time! :)

#SGSwatchFest: Mothers' Day with Femme Fatale Cosmetics Crimson Acolyte

Hey lovelies! Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Mothers out there!

Just on a side note, I was thinking how to decorate my Mum's card this year and because I haven't done any sort of art and craft in recent years with the exception of nail art, look what I "resorted" to...



Nail polish roses!

Back to the polish, today I have a beauty to show you!

Femme Fatale Cosmetics Crimson Acolyte is a reference to World of Warcraft! It's a cranberry jelly polish filled with pink and red glitters of all kinds - hex, bar, holo.

Here I'm wearing three coats of Crimson Acolyte on my middle and pinkie, one coat of Crimson Acolyte over OPI Siberian Nights on my index and one coat of Crimson Acolyte over OPI Miama Beet on my ring finger.





Application wise, Crimson Acolyte was a pretty fuss-free polish and dry time was not bad. I also like how the base colour is pretty see through so it provides for tons of layering options!









Here are some close up shots. This is Crimson Acolyte by itself. It's squishy as hell (in a good way, of course)!



This is Crimson Acolyte over OPI Miami Beet. Miami Beet is the perfect base colour for Crimson Acolyte if you want a matchy-matchy look.



Finally, this is Crimson Acolyte over OPI Siberian Nights. I love this one the best actually. Siberian Nights is dark enough but it's not the predictable black base. LOVE IT! 



Definitely a recommended polish!

Four Month's Worth of Hauls

My nails and cuticles are in no shape to meet anyone so I'm going to share my recent hauls with you while I try to get them back in order. This seems pretty little for four months but that's what happen when work takes over! :(

As always, I'm starting with the indies. Every time I think I've gotten enough, more just seem to spring out and I can never resist them!



Loving the KBShimmer Spring polishes I got! I swatched them here. As for Bank Geek and Bejeweled, they will have to wait!



This next brand is becoming one of my favourite indie brands. I started taking notice of Hare Polish on tumblr quite a while back and I fell in love with the first few olours ever made - A Positive and Bisbee and I am so glad the brand is more accessible now! I'm still eyeing a couple of the older shades like Archipalego and Tropic of Cancer so I'm sitting tight and hoping they get re-released!





Now for the Australian indies...I swear everytime I see new pictures of the new creations made, my heart flutters and my wallet cries.



HOLO HOLO HOLO! Thee new holo shades from Emily de Molly are stunning!



These are the last of my Lynnderella haul (for now). I've got to start saving for my next haul because damn, they're expensive.



Moving on to the more mainstream brands, I got a friend to CP Lady Sings The Blues for me from BeautyAsia and I bought Ray of Light from the lovely Annette of Shoppe Eclecticco when she did some unearthing and found a spare bottle in her stash.



Here are the China Glazes I purchase recently. Ever since the indie craze, I haven't really bought much mainstream brands but these few still managed to capture my attention. I also got the three Zoyas from BeautyAsia.



Yes yes, I hauled the entires China Glaze Hologlam collection. I had to. I am a holo hoarder so this was such a no brainer. Swatches of the collection as well as comparisons can be found here and here.



I also couldn't resist the Color Club Halo Hues 2013. Seeing how amazing the 2012 ones were, I had to get the six new shades to complete the Halo Hues family!



That's it for my haul! I guess working does not have its perks for my wallet! :)