Showing posts with label best of 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label best of 2013. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

My top nail designs of 2013 as picked by you

For this list I used my Instagram stats on which photos have been liked the most. I'm doing this one in reverse and number 1 is first.


No. 1 - Blue Christmas



No.2 - Baubles


3. Glitter Christmas tree


No.4 Frosty the Snowman


No. 5 Winter Wonderland 


No.6 Zoya dotticure


No.7 Hollish Nails Murder on the Dancefloor


No. 8 piCture pOlish dotticure


No. 9 - Infant loss mani


No. 10 - Christmas Wrapping paper

Top 10 Mainstream polishes 2013

 This list was a lot easier than the  Australian Indie top 10. Again this is of polishes I purchased, and my favourites out of those purchases. Mainstream polish seems a little repetitive lately, and apart from Zoya's Holiday Collection no other collection completely grabbed me this year. That doesn't mean I didn't love any, there were some that I adore. Unfortunately I don't have individual swatches of all the polishes so there are nail art photos included.  Onto my top 10

10. Zoya Payton 
A gorgeous deep plum with scattered holo, what's not to love?



9. butter London Poole
Of course I have greens, this one Poole by butter London made my list as while there are similar colours out there the shade and application of this polish is amazing. It's deeper than a mint green but falls between green and blue perfectly.



No. 8. butter London - Squatter

You've seen me use this one a lot in Christmas designs, it's a fabulous bright and rich green creme. I love how it's lime green, bright but doesn't fall into that yellow green colour that a lot of lime greens do.


No. 7 OPI My Vampire is Buff

This makes my top ten as the ivory colour makes it so versatile and I've used it a lot in different nail designs. It's not the only polish in this shade on the market but My Vampire is Buff applies the best out of all of them. It deserves it's place in the top 10 as I use it so often and it's perfect light neutral polish.


 No. 6 - Zoya Dream

This polish is just a dream! In a rich and regal royal blue it is so gorgeous on the nail. The scattered holo adds that little bit extra and the result is one amazing polish.


No.5 Zoya Imperial Russia

This is the first in a trio released by Zang Toi, the colours have all now been re-released with new names but I'm using the name on my bottles. Imperial Russia is the perfect jewel toned purple polish.


No.4 Zoya Peterhof Palace

Again this polish is just the perfect jewel shade of sapphire blue, I adore it.


No3. Zoya Chinoiserie Fantasy

The absolute most perfect emerald green polish I've come across. I simply adore this shade.


 No2. Chanel Taboo

It took me a little longer than others to jump on the Chanel Taboo bandwagon but I am so pleased I did! This polish is so easy to use it just about paints itself. The colour is amazing!


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My No. 1 mainstream polish is Chanel Azure

I only received this for Christmas but I never want to take it off. It's an amazing duochrome and the colour change is very obvious. It turns from blue to green and reminds me of the ocean. Simply amazing!!!



Tuesday, December 31, 2013

My Top 10 Australian Indie polishes of 2013

This list is my opinion of the polishes I've purchased this year and how I found them to be for me. This wasn't an easy list to make and there are a couple I had a great deal of trouble cutting out, so honorable mentions go to

 Femme Fatale Cosmetics Ruby Hare, it was the start of an incredible range of gorgeous holos from Femme Fatale Cosmetics. As Ruby Hare was the first one I tried, it's a personal favourite


Also Emily de Molly's Monet's Garden, such a gorgeous blend of glitters with a beautiful green jelly base.

No10. Hollish Nails - Murder on the Dancefloor
I adore this polish as it gives me so many options in one bottle. The sparkle has to be seen to be believed. It's amazing as an accent nail as well as having the ability to be a texture polish with no top coat and giving a similar sparkle effect of a texture polish with top coat. A must have for any collection.


No. 9 Celestial Cosmetics - Santa's Blue Balls

This one is self explanatory, the depth of the blue in this holo is amazing. It is the most beautiful blue holo I've ever seen!



No 8. - Femme Fatale Cosmetics - Fatal Attraction
Fatal Attraction came out with Femme Fatale Cosmetics Valentine collection. It's a gorgeous deep red packed full of sparkle from the scattered holo. The red leans towards pink and it's so gorgeous!



No. 7 Alanna Renee - Drink of Despair
Of course there would be green in any top 10 list I made. Drink of Despair is the perfect Emerald green glitter.


No.6 - Lilypad Lacquer - True Blood

Lilypad Lacquer bounced onto the Indie scene this year offering never seen before colours in stunning holos. True Blood is the epitome of what Lilypad Lacquers has to offer, it's rich and deep with a heavily pigmented colour in an extra strong linear holo formula. Just superb!


 No.5 Emily de Molly - Blueprint

 The photos are self explanatory with this one, it's a super amazing blue glitter it's just to die for!


No 4. - Celestial Cosmetics Mother of Dragons

This amazing multichrome came from the Game of Thrones collection. The collection included other stunning multichromes that I adore but Mother of Dragons totally won my heart. It is so rich and satiny I could drown in it :)


No. 3 - Emily de Molly The Forces

Early in the year when Emily de Molly released Cosmic Forces we were all amazed and in love with the spectacular large holo dots. Cosmic Forces was the polish that started it all and we see large holo dots in so many other brands now. Everything about the range of Forces polishes is perfect from the jelly bases to the wonderful perfect combination of glitters. A huge winner in my eyes for this year.


No. 2 - Emily de Molly Bellissima

I love soft colours and the combination in this glitter topper is serene, feminine and romantic. I love this topper as it adds pop and sparkle to pale soft colours and I think the colour of the glitters is just perfect.


Emily de Molly - Princess Grace

Before we hit number one I have to share that this is my personal number one Indie polish of the year. As Princess Grace was designed by Hayley and I and isn't readily available it felt unfair to declare it the number one Aussie Indie polish of the year. However every thing about this polish makes it my number one, the colours are vibrant and the glitter a perfect match.


Ta da the No 1. Australian Indie polish for this year in my opinion is Emily de Molly Turbulence.

This is heaven in a bottle with a gorgeous array of colours and glitters it is just so beautiful. I love the different sizes and shapes of the glitter, this polish is so gorgeous and different to anything else I own. A definite must have for any glitter fan!





Saturday, December 28, 2013

My Favourite Nail Designs 2013

These are my top 10 favourite nail designs I've done this year. They aren't all technically challenging, but they all made it hard to take them off.


10. Mosaic nails - these were fiddly but I love the bright colours and the end result



9. Pastel Roses - this was my first try at doing roses and I simply love how they turned out.



8. My piCture pOlish Blogfest mani - I just really love the colours in this one and the classic design on each nail.


7. Body Image Awareness mani - this was my first time trying triangles, now I'm hooked on them but this one will always be my favourite.


6. This Christmas design is very 'me', I actually really just adore neutrals and simple design. It's not that I don't like bright and playful, I do, I just love simple but elegant.


5. Dotticure - this is a very simple look to achieve and I love the pop it gives to your nails with very little effort required. With just 4 simple colours you don't need to go over the top to have nails you can't stop looking at.


4. Sea Jewel - I'm not sure it's that I just adore this polish but I do also love that it's highlighted with a simple accent nail.



3. Australian Christmas - I'm proud of this design and just love how it turned out. Apart from forgetting to add a sandman it turned out even better than I expected.


2. Inspired by The Santa Clause 3 -I'm also really proud of this design. Again it turned out even better than I expected and it gives me warm fuzzies as it encapsulates one of my favourite things about Christmas.



No 1 - Hibiscus Mani - I love everything about this one. The colours are pretty and the peach adds pop, the design is simple but the hibiscus adds interest. It's not perfect but is the first time I attempted a hibiscus and I really enjoyed wearing this design.

Did I choose your favourite or is there one you think should have been included?

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