The first of five gorgeous holographic polishes in the Tennyson’s Romance collection from A England for winter 2016, The Beggar Maid is a beautiful scattered holo dark mink polish. It ranges between steel grey to a slight pink-mauve or brown depending on lighting and is just stunning in person. The inspiration for this shade definitely […]
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Ciate Risky Business Swatch & Review
A weird angle, I know but you needed to see the beautiful purple shift in Ciate Risky Business. It has a colour shifting base of blue to purple with blue gloitter “sequins”. Risky Business looks a lot more opaque in the bottle but is really sheer so better as a topper or effect coat. To […]
Quo by Orly – The Best of the Best Collection Swatches
One of the things I love about the holiday season is all of the beauty sets that you can buy. I remember as a teenager, buying a beauty gift set was see as a lazy gift. Now it is all I want apart from a crazy amount of the DAVIDsTEA holiday stuff! Makes it easier […]
Monochrome Plaid Nails #CBBNov
We have a new challenge over at the Canadian Beauty Bloggers. This month, we are going to be sharing some makeup and nail looks with various prompts. Check #CBBNov to see all of the other looks. The prompt for Day 1 is Plaid and I went for a monochrome look rather than more traditional plaid […]
Dollarama Halloween Nail Stickers & Decals
So remember earlier this week when I tried out some of the Halloween nail options from Dollarama? I found their full nail options to be decent for the price. Well onto the nail stickers and I will start by saying, save your money! The press on nails are definitely worth buying. They have cute designs, don’t […]
Five MoYou Stamping Plates You Need In Your Collection
I recently reviewed the Comics collection from MoYou and while it is not beginner friendly, Trade Secrets sells lots that are. If you are Canadian and want to start nail stamping without waiting 4-8 weeks for items to arrive from the other side of the world, here are 5 plates you can use as a […]
Avon Nailwear Pro+ Green Sheen & Gold Dust Swatch & Review
As promised, the nail polishes included in the Mega Metals collection from Avon I reviewed last week. The collection includes two beautiful metallic polishes from the Nailwear Pro+ line. Choose between Gold Dust or Green Sheen – or just get them both. Both have great opacity, important for metallics to cut down on brush strokes. […]
Dollarama Halloween Full Nail Options
If you do not want to do nail art for Halloween yourself, Dollarama has quite a few nail options this year to help you out. I picked up a few different items to check them out and see how well they work. The selection includes press on nails, various full nail stickers or wraps and […]
How To Shrink Nail Stamping Images
No matter how long your nails are, we have all had images that are too big for our nails but really wanted to use them. You can shrink the images by stretching your nail stamper carefully and when it bounces back into shape, you get a smaller image. It does take a few tries to […]