AUS: Thongs and a bonus N.O.T.Australia.D.

 

Hello there.. I have a few pics and youtube clips in this post, first some to nails to celebrate everything that I love about Australia.

 

 I stamped thongs. The shoes others call flip flops.

I actually live in them about 9 months of the year.

 

 

I also used tape to create a letter "A".

I had a bad break so have trimmed them down to nubbins.

 Australis: liquid gold (stamping polish)

 Ulta3: purple pumps

 Sportsgirl. Nail it!: emerald city

Stamping plate: BM309

sticky tape

essie- 3 way glaze

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My sister won tiks 24 hours before Australia Day to: Big Day Out- Melbourne.

My mani for the day was inspired by Michelle Wong who said in an Aussie Nails post she was using a blue polish and adding ulta3- disco fever (a red glitter), and a white glitter.

Base polish: models own- feeling blue, ulta3- disco fever, ulta3- silver glitter (one nail)
Stamping polish: Barry M- silver foil (thumb)
Image plate: CH31
no topcoats used, yes there is a bit of tip wear.

I had a moment staring into the eyes of the lead singer of the Killers; and loved singing along with everyone to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers "under the bridge".

Not my video. Sound is good though.  Uploaded by Rilian 2584

 

Not my video. Crushing on those eyes ;) Uploaded by Hercusoid

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SSSP: taped firstly

Hello.. Welcome to another Sunday Stamping Sneak Peek (SSSP)..
The theme for this week from AIS is using tape.

Base polish: Sportsgirl. Nail it!- phoenix, Australis- emerald star
Stamping polish: Barry M- silver foil
Image plate: CH40
sticky tape

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AUS: Maate

Hello.. This mani is one of my Aussie themed.
Remember I'm only using Australis, Ulta3 and Sportsgirl brand polish.
I'll put the nail pics up first, then do an explanation after..

 



 Australis: flip flops

 

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 Ulta3: allure

 

 Sportsgirl. Nail it!: volcanic sparks

 

Stamping plate: BM304

Stamping polish: konad- white

 

• 2 coats of Ulta3- Allure (except 3rd nail).
• Saran/glad wrap technique: with Australis- flip flops over 2 nails, with Sportsgirl- volcanic sparks over pinky.
• Stamping over each nail.

 

 

Okay, so you have perused my mani. Are you wondering why its got happy faces stamped on it?
Well hear me out, remember the post title- MATE!
Of course, a mate is someone who is good for a party in a group, and is fun. These nails are a group of smiley face mates! Now where's my drink, mate?

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AUS: Pineapple

Hello.. in the lead up to Australia Day (26 January), I've some manis depicting things I love about Australia.

Also I am only using polish brands that begin with A, U and S.
A for Australis, U for Ulta3 and S for Sportsgirl (it also has "nail it!" name on the bottle).

Australis: limited edition 2

 

Ulta3: crazy

 

Sportsgirl. Nail it!: love potion

Stamping plate: CH20

Stamping polish: ulta3- gold rush fever

Have you been to the big pineapple? I love how we have a lot of giant fibreglass-y items that make an area famous.

Image credit

 

Now, as well as the mani, I need to ask if you are for or against pineapple appearing on a pizza (a sweet fruit on a savoury food)? What about pineapple in a salad (a fruit in a vegetable salad)?
Love some of the responses I have heard over summer, it's fun to hear the explanations why you have it in a certain food?

Also I'm piggy backing on Cathy's Aussie Day Nails lead up, that features an inlinkz.
So if you are reading this and are also Australian, get on it (before the 26th).
And if you came from another blog through the inlinkz-- thanks so much for reading down to the end !!

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AUS: Footy

Hello.. Here's another Aussie Day theme-y post.

I have to admit I'm not at all a hardcore fan of footy, or rugby, or soccer, or many sports at all.
Also I haven't had anyone close explain their love for it to me.
I'm happy if yo9u love it, but please don't hate me, cos I really don't get it!!



Australis: speck-tacular

Ulta3: black plum

Sportsgirl. Nail it!: star bright

 

Stamping plate: CH35

Stamping polish: konad- black, ulta3- black plum

Claire's- black nail art pen

The black lines on my pinky are goal posts.
There are2 long ones in the middle and a shorter one either side.

Speck-tacular is on all nails.

It's really hard to capture on the white gold :(

 

 

 

 

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SSSP: gold polish

Hello.. Welcome to another Sunday Stamping Sneak Peek (SSSP)..
The theme for this week from AIS is gold (anywhere)

Base polish: essie- marshmallow, Nail it! (sportsgirl)- star bright
Stamping polish: Barry M- gold foil, colorclub- blue heaven
Image plate: CH31 (music notes), CH36 (sunnies)

All pics taken outside..

 In shade.

 

In sun.

In shade.

In shade.

My thumb is here too :) In shade.

In sun.. ahhh the holo-ness.

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What to do now the 30Day Challenge is over?

Hello.. Here is the magic post where I have a go at an awesome mani someone did during the 30 Day Challenge; as well as a tally of how many new polishes I have had to accommodate in the nail polish palace- aka silver helmer.



Polish: ulta3- purple pumps, sportsgirl (Nail it!)- phoenix
Crescent: L'oreal- mystic blue

 

Inspired by:
http://purple-polish.blogspot.fi/2012/09/31-day-challenge-day-18-half-moons.html

I loved this mani because of the bright polish colours and the pretty looops on the half moon. Earlier in the month when it was half moon mani day I cheated and used stamping plate image in the crescent shape.

Today I used the image from purple-polish as inspiration to complete a mani similar to hers.

 

 

 

In total I have used:
16 (days 1-10) +
19 (days 11-20) +
10 (days 21-30)
= 45 previously untried polish bottles :)

Join the "This is Halloween challenge" !!!!!     Today's theme (Ocober 1) is horror movie.

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2- orange. [30 day challenge/ untrieds]

Hello.. I don't make it a regular thing to wear orange polish, but I have 2 I can use today for   [30 day challenge/ untrieds].

Rimmel- pop! & nail it! (sportsgirl)- Phoenix.

RI used 2 coats of pop on all but accent nail (ring finger). It got 2 coats of Phoenix on it.

On the left hand I used 1 coat of pop on all nails. This polish went on great and though it is a light colour, so you get a VNL, but there are no patches.
On top I put 1 coat of Phoenix, which gave it a different look from the polishes on their own.

This then reminded me of ulta3- crazy in my collection. So put it on 1 nail to compare (ring finger).

It's not a match. The ulta3 is more jelly like, I needed 2plus coats to get the colour the same shade.. Crazy does have the shimmer like phoenix does, but it is much smaller and more greeny instead of the goldy shimmer in the sportsgirl..

 



Tomorrow:  an untried Yellow ?




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Pole-ish or pol-ish: My week in nails

Hello.. the past week has been so cold, and with the London Olympics- the Australian team need my support my showing you all my colourful recent manis ..

I rummaged to find my Aussie brands of polish in our colours of green and gold.

The easiest mani I could think of, I couldn't find any stamping that was sporty or Australian themed.

Also I did this mani, with the plain yellow accent nail. I love the depth of colour in the green polish.
I bought it from Sportsgirl.

The green and gold had done its job, Australia finally won some gold medals. After all the Bronze and silver we'd won I chose to wear them plain for a few days each.

3rd place: BRONZE--  Face of Australia- Bronze
2nd place: SILVER-- nails inc. for Cleo- Cleopatra's kiss
1st place: GOLD-- Face of Australia- Gold

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