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 […]
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. […]
Essence Jeans On! & So What?
I recently picked up two of the new polishes available at Shoppers Drug Mart from Essences The Gel line. While some of the new colours are online or Loblaws exclusives, there are six new shades available at Shoppers. My local store only got four and I picked up Jeans On! and So What? The selection […]
Blue Jays ALCS Game Mani
Last year, I couldn’t be bothered to do my nails blue for the game against KC – something he has not forgiven me for, so I promised him not just blue, but Blue Jays inspired nails for the ALCS. It is a good thing they swept the last series because as much as I love […]
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Avon Gel Finish Dazzle Pink – Breast Cancer Awareness Polish
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and like many beauty brands, Avon has several new Crusade products that will benefit breast cancer research programs. The 2016 Crusade Collection includes Avon’s Gel Finish nail polish in Dazzle Pink as well as a key chain and necklace with up to $3 being donated to the cause with […]
Quo by Orly Breathable Stronger Than Ever
It feels like it has been ages since I posted an #AlphabetNails look, so much so that I had to look back to remember what letter I was up to in the challenge. For S I chose Quo by Orly Breathable in Stronger Than Ever. Shown here with two coats of Quo by Orly Breathable […]
Avon Gel Finish Barely There & Sterling Nail Art
The first of the colour reports for fall was green and it looks like Avon got it right as the new Pantone colour of the year is Kale! The second of the colour reports is metallics and neutrals and I have two Avon Gel Finish polishes to share, Barely There and Sterling. On trend nails are […]