Twinkle Lights - China Glaze Let It Snow Holiday Collection 2011

This is the first in a series of posts I will be doing on colours from this years Winter/Holiday Collections, coming soon will be more colours from OPI Muppets Collection, China Glaze Eye Candy 3D Glitters, Essie Luxeffects & much more!

Twinkle Lights is a mixture of gold, red & green glitter in a clear base it is very sparkly, the formula is not gluggy and is very easy to work with as much as I like this colour I'm not a huge fan of gold nail polishes I prefer a lot of the rainbow and 3D glitter colours that have been released in other holiday collections, Twinkle Lights can be purchased separately or as part of one of the China Glaze xmas gifts sets.

Twinkle Lights (Natural Light)

Twinkle Lights (Flash)

Twinkle Lights (Natural Light)

Waikiki Surf - Island Girl

I was quite impressed by all the "Island Girl" nail polish colours available at the ABC stores in Las Vegas & Hawaii, I nearly drove my husband insane by testing out all the colours on him, not to mention they don't have a bottle of nail polish remover siting next to the nail polish display stand ABC stores like they do at Sephora or other beauty stores.

Waikiki Surf is gorgeous a turquoise green frost it applies easily but the formula is quite streaky as you can see in my photos below.

Waikiki Surf (Direct Sunlight)

Waikiki Surf (Photo taken in the shade)

Waikiki Surf (Direct Sunlight)

Confetti - Piggy Polish

Ulta Beauty has a great range of Piggy Polish nail polishes in stock and I couldn't resist buying a couple this nail polish colour "Confetti"is a Fuschia Purple with fine multi coloured pieces of bar glitter.

The consistency of the nail polish was very thick and hard to spread evenly I think I will add some nail polish thinner to the formula before I use it again, this colour was really pretty but hard to photograph, the colour of the nail polish in direct sunlight photo is more accurate the colour of the nail polish taken in the shade but the photo in the shade shows off the array of multi coloured glitter a lot better!

Confetti (Photo taken in the shade)

Confetti (Direct Sunlight)

Confetti (Direct Sunlight)

Essie Luxeffects - Textured Top Coats

Just a quick post today, Essie's new holiday textured top coats collection "Luxeffects" has just been released in the USA.

A couple of the top coats look quite interesting especially "As Gold As It Gets" & "Shine of The Times" and a couple of the top coats look quite similar to some of the colours from the China Glaze speciality colours glitter's collection, I think I will have try a few these top coats out when I receive them, stay tuned for more pics to come.

As Gold As It Gets, Shine Of The Times, A Cut Above, Set In Stones, Pure Pearlfection.

As Gold As It Gets

DS Magic - OPI Designer Series

DS Magic is fantastic colour it is a gorgeous sapphire blue with an amazing sparkle, my photos will just not do this colour justice the sparkle is phenomenal!
I will adding this colour to my list of favourite blue nail polishes of all time if you love blue YOU NEED THIS NAIL POLISH!

DS Magic (Flash).

DS Magic (Indoor Light)

DS Magic Flash

DS Magic (Natural Light)

Disco Dolls - Nicole By OPI Kardashian Kolor Collection

I picked up a couple of bottles of the new Nicole By OPI Kardashian Kolor Collection while I was away I love glitter nail polishes and this colour Disco Dolls is very pretty the base colour is very similar to China Glaze Cracked Medallion but I am just not in love with this nail polish the consistency is quite thick and the Nicole By OPI nail polishes have a quite a chunky brush which I'm definitely not a fan of, I would wear this colour for a day or two but after that I would be a bit bored and need something a bit brighter!

Disco Dolls (Flash).

Disco Dolls (Natural Light).

As you probably know by now I am addicted to all things holographic and couldn't resist adding a coat of DS Classic from the OPI Designer Series over this colour it definitely brightens it up a bit!

Disco Dolls with one coat of OPI DS Classic

Naughty Is The New Nice - Sephora By OPI Holiday 2011 Collection

I am loving foil colours at the moment and this is definitely one of my favourites, Naughty Is The New Nice from the Sephora By OPI Holiday 2011 Collection, I purchased this colour at the Sephora store at Scottsdale Fashion Square near Phoenix AZ.

Naughty Is The New Nice (Natural light)

Naughty Is The New Nice (Natural Light)

I also found the perfect match to layer over this colour, DS Sapphire from The OPI Designer Series is a Silver Holographic nail polish with a hint of blue, it turns Naughty Is The New Nice from a pretty blue foil to a one of the most perfect blue holographic nail polishes ever!

Naughty Is The New Nice with one coat of OPI DS Sapphire.

I will be swatching DS Sapphire separately but there is no sun today so I will have to wait for some better weather before I can swatch my OPI Designer Series Colours.

My USA Nail Polish Haul!

It's been a week now since I got back from the USA, I have desperately been wanting to swatch all the new colours I brought but have been super busy the last week and had to get to my nails done before I could start swatching, I brought some awesome colours while I was away lots of Holographics & Glitters and some really great finds only available in the USA.

Pictured above are some of the nail polishes I brought on my trip I will be trying to swatch them all over the next few weeks, I was in nail polish heaven while I was away some of the brands I purchased were Sephora by OPI, Nicole by OPI, Nails Inc London, Piggy Polish, Zoya, Island Girl, Sinful Colours, Sally Hansen, ibd, OPI  Designer Series as well as the usual OPI, Essie, Orly & China Glaze.

China Glaze Eye Candy 3D Glitters Collection!

I am so excited about the new Marilyn Monroe inspired China Glaze Eye Candy 3D Glitters collection that has been released in the USA this week, I only wish it could have been released while I was in the USA ten days ago so I wouldn't have to wait the extra couple of weeks to have it shipped to me.

This has to be the most exciting China Glaze collection this year I love Glitters so I think I will probably end up with all of these colours but I am most in love with Lorelei's Tiara I think it is the must have of the collection!

Blond Bombshell, Lorelei's Tiara, Love Marilyn.

Marry A Millionaire, Material Girl, Some Like It Haute.

I am expecting to receive the Eye Candy 3D Colours in approx 10-14 days and will try and get some swatches of these colours and all the other colours I brought in the USA posted on my blog asap!

Color Club Poptastic Collection - Age Of Aquarius

This is my holiday mani, Color Club Age Of Aquarius this colour is gorgeous I am really happy with how it turned out my Nail Tech used IBD UV Intense Seal underneath the nail polish colour which gave my nails an awesome shine I love this product and will have to stock up on it! I am planning on buying some OPI Designer Series Holographic Nail Polish when I get to the states next week so unfortunately this pretty colour wont be on my nails for very long.

Color Club Age Of Aquarius - Sunlight

OPI Holiday 2011 - The Muppets Collection

Exciting news the new OPI The Muppets has just been released in the USA and is shipping now, I am leaving for my trip to the USA this sunday for two weeks but am really excited to know the OPI The Muppets Collections will be waiting at the post office from me to pick up when I get back in November! 


There are some really awesome glitter colours in this collection with the best names of any OPI Collection so far I will definitely be swatching a few of these colours when I get back from my trip!

OPI The Muppets Collections & New Release Gold Shatter

12 Exciting New Colours!

Animal-istic - This wild bright red cannot be tamed!

Meep-Meep-Meep - Missing out on this fuchsia would make you weep, weep, weep!

Wocka Wocka! - The popular deep berry makes everything fun and merry!

Pepe’s Purple Passion - This deep, decadent shade is the best purple ever, okay!

Designer, de Better! - And this light metallic bronze is ready for the runway.

Warm & Fozzie - A feel-good shade of metallic copper.

Rainbow Connection - The rainbow glitter of your dreams.

Excuse Moi! - Ahem! This pink glitter has something to say!

Gone Gonzo! - The aqua-blue glitter is taking over the world!

Fresh Frog of Bel Air - A glitter that prefers the greener things in life.

Divine Swine - The finest, most fabulous magenta glitter ever.

Gettin’ Miss Piggy With It! - Red glittery fun for everyone!

The Muppets!

Color Club Foiled Collection - Perfect Molt-Ten

I really wanted to swatch this colour since I received the new Color Club Foiled Collection a couple of weeks ago, this metallic green is really pretty and it matches the dress I am wearing today! I have been a bit slack lately but I am going to start swatching a lot more new colours and collection once I get back from my holiday to USA at the beginning of November!

Color Club Perfect Mol-Ten

Color Club Perfect Mol-Ten (Sunlight)

OPI Crown Me Already!

When I first received OPI Crown Me Already! from the Limited Edition Miss Universe Collection I was not very excited I thought it would just be another silver glitter nail polish similar to China Glaze Techno or Nova but I was really suprised how good this colour looks on my nails it reminds me of a Hershey's Kisses candy wrapper I am loving it!

OPI Crown Me Already! (Silver Glitter Nail Polish)

Hershey's Diamond Kisses!

OPI Crown Me Already! (Sunlight)

China Glaze He's Going In Circles

Hi, I thought the best way to start off my blog would be to share my current manicure with you this is China Glaze He's Going In Circles from the Kaleidoscope Collection like most holographic colours  this colour is really rare I was lucky to get a couple of bottles of it, please let me know what you think??? 

I am going to the USA in 55 days (I am counting) while I am there I will be trying to find as many rare nail polish colours as possible sometimes OPI and China Glaze Glaze release colours exclusively for Sally Beauty, Ulta & Sephora so we never get a chance to purchase these colours in Australia :(

I will continue to upload more images of my manicures as well as images of new nail polish colours and collections, if you have any great images of your own manicures please contact me!

China Glaze He's Going In Circles! (Holographic)