The Great Aussie Polish Challenge - Here's something Unique

Unique polishes are sold in Australia by Unique Nail and Beauty Supplies in Sydney.

I was introduced to this brand when I went to study Beauty and Nails at Meadowbank TAFE in Sydney as they are the suppliers of the student nail kits.  I've been a customer ever since I was a student so I'm sure if you need qualifications to buy polishes from there but I know for sure that you need qualifications or student status to buy acrylic etc and some equipment.

The polishes don't have names, they just have numbers.  This one is no.59.  It's actually a pinky-purple colour but it photographed more pink looking.  I'm not sure if that was because of the light or because my camera is dying.  My new camera will be here next week!

The other blogs in this challenge are:

Kellys Kolors

Shatter me Claire

Lab Muffin

Polished Peripherals

The Polish Haven

Epitome of Superficiality

Osiris and Loki paint their nails

Lacquer dreams

Jas's Blingtastic Nail Blog

Pretty Purple Polish

Thanks for reading
Debbie

The Great Aussie Polish Challenge - Glitter Gal

Today for The Great Aussie Polish Challenge is Glitter Gal - Blue.

I've been on a Glitter Gal boycott since their St Patrick's Day competition where you could only enter your nail art design if you had used Glitter Gal green polishes so that you could win Glitter Gal green polishes.  Seemed stupid to me because if I already owned their green polishes why would I want to win more of the same thing?

So the boycott ended the other week when I read on Tara's blog (Osiris and Loki Paint Their Nails) that you could get these for $2 a bottle at a clearance place in Penrith.  I bought two of every colour I could find.  One set for me and one lot for my sister.

This one is a light blue and it was a bit sheer so I think next time I would layer it over a creme so I don't have to use so much of it because these are only 9ml bottles.




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 Available from Glitter Gal or Ninja Polish.

The other blogs in this challenge are:

Kellys Kolors

Shatter me Claire

Lab Muffin

Polished Peripherals

The Polish Haven

Epitome of Superficiality

Osiris and Loki paint their nails

Lacquer dreams

Jas's Blingtastic Nail Blog

Pretty Purple Polish

Thanks for reading
Debbie

The Great Aussie Polish Challenge - Colour by TBN - Part 2

Colour by TBN - Lulu, Stevealicious, Iridescent Rose

Hello and welcome to Part 2 of Colour by TBN.  As mentioned in Part 1, TBN cost only $2.50 and are Australian so they can be included in The Great Aussie Polish Challenge.

Colour by TBN - Lulu is a sheer sparkly light mauve/pink with blue shimmer.  I love this one but it's not a one-coater.

Colour by TBN - Stevealicious is a dark but bright blue/purple with blue shimmer.  This one looks more blue in some light and in different light it looks more purple but photographed more blue with the blue shimmer showing through strongly.

Colour by TBN - Iridescent Rose is a dark dusty rose pink colour with a very strong gold shimmer.  I didn't realise how much gold this had in it until I was out in the sun.

Check out the other blogs taking part in this challenge:


Kellys Kolors

Shatter me Claire

Lab Muffin

Polished Peripherals

The Polish Haven

Epitome of Superficiality

Osiris and Loki paint their nails

Lacquer dreams

Jas's Blingtastic Nail Blog

Pretty Purple Polish

Thanks for reading
Debbie

The Great Aussie Polish Challenge - Ozotic 505

Continuing on with the The Great Aussie Polish Challenge for this week. 

This is Ozotic 505 which is a multi chromatic polish that if applied over black shows green, pink, cyan and blue colours depending on the light. 

Unfortunately this is being discontinued but there may still be some available at a discounted price from piCture pOlish.


Check out the other blogs taking part in this challenge:


Kellys Kolors

Shatter me Claire

Lab Muffin

Polished Peripherals

The Polish Haven

Not Skin Deep

Osiris and Loki paint their nails

Lacquer dreams

Jas's Blingtastic Nail Blog

Pretty Purple Polish

Thanks for reading
Debbie

The Great Aussie Polish Challenge - Ulta3 Tuesday

This week I have joined with a few other Aussie bloggers for a week of showcasing Australian nail polishes.

Yesterday was piCture pOlish with the release of their new shades.  Today is Ulta3, which only cost $2 a bottle and have a huge variety of colours varying from cremes to shimmers and even glitters and metallics and more recently magnetics.

This one is Ulta3 - Crystallina.  A sparkly white with gold shimmer.  I've used this alot as a basecoat for indie/glitter polishes.

Check out the other blogs taking part in this challenge:


Kellys Kolors

Shatter me Claire

Lab Muffin

Polished Peripherals

The Polish Haven

Not Skin Deep

Osiris and Loki paint their nails

Lacquer dreams

Jas's Blingtastic Nail Blog

Pretty Purple Polish

Thanks for reading
Debbie

piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2012

Hi everyone

Today is very exciting as I have some new piCture pOlish shades to show you.  These are just a few of the new shades available from TODAY online in Australia and from all network members.

First one is Amethyst.  I love this one not only because it's purple but also because it's what I think of when I hear the word Amethyst.  Most polishes that are called Amethyst are more on the pink side than the purple side but this one is definitely purple.   It has a purple tinted base with small flakes and lots of blue shimmer. 



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Zoom - see the small flakes




Zoom - see the gorgeous blue shimmer

 Amethyst is new and exclusive and was jointly created with Susan from Star Trinkets who is the network member in Singapore.  Amethyst forms part of piCture pOlish's 'Collaboration Collection'.


Second one is Orbit.  This is from the new 'Mesh' collection of shades.  It's a very dark blue / purple colour that is packed with heaps of fine silver glitter.  This one is also gorgeous and very reflective in full sun.



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You can stay updated with piCture pOlish on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. 

Remember all the new shades are available from TODAY, Monday 30 July 2012! 

I wish to thank The Girls from piCture pOlish for allowing me to participate in Blog Fest 2012 and for sending me these beautiful new polishes for review.

Thanks for reading
Debbie

Swatch Sticks

SWATCH STICKS

This is what I've been doing for the last few weeks in my spare time.  I've been swatching my polishes onto sticks and labelling them so I can see quickly what I have and what will go with what.  It also helped me identify any dupes that I had but didn't realise I had.

Problem was that silly me only ordered 100 sticks and honestly I thought that would be plenty.  I severely underestimated how many polishes I have so I have now ordered another 150 sticks and hopefully that will be enough for me to swatch the rest.  I just found these on ebay and also got the stainless steel cable wire keyrings from ebay too. 

I have them separated into their colour groups on the wire keyrings.

I also found this helpful to match indies/glitters/top coats etc to a base colour.

Thanks for reading

Debbie