BYS Confetti Top Coat White Noise

Hi guys, you know how much I love black and white matte glitter so when I spied the BYS Confetti Top Coat in White Noise at the shops the other day I knew I had to buy it. Yep that's me, no self-control at all! I see nail polish and then in a blink of an eye I'm handing over my money at the register.

 Anyway, I layered White Noise over Sinful Color's Timbleberry which is a stunning and a super bright coral polish. It's coming across more as red in the pictures for some silly reason but let's just ignore that...

White Noise consists of a mixture of both small and large black and white hexagonal glitters in a clear base. It is one of the best matte black and white glitters I have ever come across. It's density is really good, one coat gives you plenty of glitter, two thick coats gives you heaps and heaps of glitter. In the photos I used two thick coats.

There is absolutely nothing bad to say about this polish at all. The brush and density are both great and I really love how all the glitters are hexagonal. As a side note I will point out that in these photos I used a top coat.

I really really really LOVE this polish!!! You can get yours for a mere $4 from Gloss.

Overall score: 9/10

Cheers :)

ABC Challenge: B is for...blue nails!

Hi guys! I've got another installment of the ABC Challenge for you. B is for...blue nails using my fave blue polish. If you want to join in on this challenge please feel free, there is no strict schedule but I'm personally trying to get one post done a week. The inlinkz is below...blah blah blah.

'Endless Blue' from Sinful Colors is an amazing blue polish and I absolutely love it! It's a one-coater, dries quickly and applies effortlessly. And because it was Friday afternoon and because, well I just felt like it...I added some holographic glitter on top! This was only one coat of 'Diamond Glitter Crystal' from BYS and boy is it sparkly!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was kind of ridiculous how many photographs I took of this NOTD. Generally you would think that the better the lighting the better the photgraph...yeah? But I found, after lots of frustration, it nearly turned out better when I was in darker room. What the heck? So I want to assure you this was seriously sparkly ( and therefore, awesome) but my camera fails to show you how it really looks :( Any tips for photographing holographic glitter?

And to finish on a happy note here is a picture of my dog looking at me while I was photographing my nails...she probably thinks "humans" do really weird things. Hahaha

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Girly Girl Challenge - Delicate and Elegant

Hi guys! I am so sorry this is two days late!!!! University is crazy at the moment and I have five major assignments due this month so I'm worked off my feet. Unfortunately that means that I don't have time to do my nails very often and when I do....it's nothing superb. Although I did find a beautiful polish in my collection that I had totally forgotten I had! The polish in question is 'Lion Around' by Essie. It is a beautiful pale pink with a pretty shimmer in it.

So the prompt for the Girly Girl challenge was "delicate and elegant" so I decided to do some stamping over Lion Around using my favourite stamper. I know, I know!!!! I am boring and this stamp features way too often on my blog but I love it! Anyway, I used 'Lilac Love' by BYS for the stamping. If you live in Australia you should definitely check out the BYS polishes. They are $4 and can be found in K-Mart and Gloss (and probably other places too!). They are great polishes, especially for the price :)

Hope you have all had a fantastic weekend,
Take Care

Purple & Silver dotticre

Hi guys, okay so I'm getting back on the blogging band-wagon after my exams. Whilst studying for exams I ordered some dotting tools and this is my first proper manicure I've done with them. So please be kind.... I'm still getting use to them. My right hand is super wonky because my left hand is very uncoordinated however I'm pretty pleased with my middle finger on my left hand (photographed). Maybe my dots need to be smaller though, or arranged differently?

Anyway, one thing I know for sure, is that I love the colour combo!!! The purple polish is 'Fierce' by Revlon and is a magnificient royal purple with silver shimmer. I think you would classify it as a foil (?) And the silver dots are made using a BYS polish called 'Metallic Silver'. 

Please let me know what your thoughts are on this manicure, I'm undecided. 

Cheers and thanks for reading!

31 day challenge - day 31!

Hi guys, for the final day of the 31 day challenge we had to recreate somebody else's manicure.
After seeing Anna's manicure using magnetic polish I decided that I needed some magnetic polish too :p Well maybe not needed but I didn't have any and I wanted it :D

Click here to go check out Anna's blog!

So I present to you my first ever magnetic polish manicure. I'm still learning how to use the magnet, hahaha, I kept bumping the magnet on my nails so you might see a couple of smudges!

This is a polish from BYS called 'Magnetic Mars'. I L.O.V.E this colour and love how the magnetic effect gives the polish a super intriguing depth.

I am so happy that I have completed the 31 day challenge. Think I missed one or two days but that doesn't matter! I can always (and am planning to) go back and do them when I get a spare five minutes!

A big congratulations to everyone who participated, all of your manicures were astoundingly good!

Signing off for now, take care :)

31 day challenge day#18 - oldest untried

Woah! We are 58.06% of the way through the 31 day challenge :)

left hand

Today the prompt was "your oldest untried" so it was a pretty easy day for me since I only have 5 polishes untried (4 of those were given to me by one of my best friends in the world for christmas) and the other I bought while christmas shopping (mostly because it was a mega-bargain). Like as if I need another purple polish!

left hand

Anyway this is 'Lilac Love' from BYS and it is a beautiful purple creme. Slightly dusty it is the perfect colour for autumn and winter and applies effortlessly. It probably could be a one-coater if you were careful but I did two coats here (no top coat) and then since I loved my dotticure from yesterday I decided to have some more fun with dots today (sorry, I know its boring. I promise - no dots tomorrow!). I actually liked the dots more on my right hand but stupid me only did one coat of 'Lilac Love' on my right hand (and it's messy) so it could look better. Also, I found it impossible to take a steady photo of my right hand!!!

right hand 

The dots were done using a wooden cuticle stick and 'Black Satin' by Ulta3.

Thanks for reading and cheers! Enjoy your weekend (can you believe it s Friday already?)
And don't forget to check what the other girls have done :)

The NEW 31 day challenge - day#2

Day 2 of the new 31 day challenge is here already and the prompt for today is 'silver'. So this is the perfect opportunity to show you the most spectacular silver polish I have ever laid my eyes on! I would like to introduce to you: 'Metallic Silver' by BYS which featured in their platinum range and wow this is one wicked polish!!! An extremely reflective, metallic silver polish that dries in an instant, requires 3 thin quick coats and looks divine. Whenever I am wearing this polish I feel very 'bling bling' :)

Tomorrow the prompt is 'gold' and I am looking forward to doing some royalty-inspired nail art. Cheers and thanks for reading!

Holographic love - BYS Diamond Glitter Crystal

Ever since seeing swatches of holographic polish online I have had a massive massive MASSIVE lemming for holographic polish.....but the only holographic polish I have been able to find in Australia cost $20 but then today I found a much cheaper alternative :) yay!!!!!!! So what is this amazing polish? It is called 'Diamond Glitter: Crystral" by BYS and costs only $4. You can buy BYS from places such as K-Mart, Gloss Costmetics and Ice Accessories.

'Crystal' is a glitter polish in a clear base. It contains silver holographic glitters and (I think) some multi-coloured glitters, all of the same size. This is quite a dense glitter which is impressive (don't need to layer it over anything) and it dries quickly. Formula is satisfactory, a little thick but this means you can get it opaque within 4 coats so I'm happy :)

4 layers of 'crystal'

4 layers of 'crystal'

I also brought an awesome metallic silver polish from BYS which I layered underneath 'crystal' on my right hand. But on my right hand I just used four thick coats of 'crystal' and this is actually the better option out of the two because the polish dries very quickly and it looks better...

'Crystal' layered over a silver metallic polish

'Crystal' layered over a silver metallic polish

Overall score: 9/10

Product vs Product - BYS Mega Shine Lip Gloss / Rimmel London Royal Gloss

Another week has gone by - wow!!!! Time is really flying at the moment.
I decided to do a lipgloss battle this week for my product vs. product post. Lipgloss is always floating around, on my desk, by my bed and I usually have 3 or 4 in my handbag......I don't wear them all but they just accumulate!

The two lipglosses I will be reviewing are:

• BYS Mega Shine LipGloss in Strawberry 
• Rimmel London Royal Gloss in 701 Cookie

The BYS gloss retails for $4.95 and I think the Royal Gloss was recently discontinued :( as I saw it in a sale bin for around $4 but originally it was probably around $10. If I knew that it had been discontinued I obviously would not have included it in this review but oh well. 

Both glosses come in a tube and are marketed with a scent, are quite sheer and basic glosses useful for layering over lipstick if you like doing that. 

The BYS gloss is quite thick and a little sticky but not unbearable, the stickiness becomes more apparent after wearing it for awhile. It lasts for around an hour (no drinking or eating) and gives your lips a very sheer, shiny appearance. The scent is of strawberries and is quite strong, even after applying it onto your lips however after around 20 mins I found that the scent faded away. As I said, it is a little sticky but I wouldn't say it is too sticky. 

 Overall score: 6/10 because it is an okay product and does what it's suppose to do but nothing more.

The Rimmel gloss has a lovely scent of cookies and smells delicious. It is a subtle scent that is not as strong as the BYS gloss and does not last very long once applied. The gloss applies very smoothly and as advertised, this gloss is definitely not sticky! It lasts for a little over a hour and gives your lips a subtle glossy/shimmery look. I love this gloss and often wear it on it's own but I'm guessing you could whack it over some lipstick too.

Overall score: 9/10 because it smells great, moisturises your lips and is a great formula.

The winner of this battle is the Rimmel Gloss however it should be noted that the BYS gloss is a great, cheaper alternative. Perhaps useful for a kris kringle gift (Mum told me this week that it is 3 months until Christmas-yikes!!!!) or a birthday gift for a teenage lip gloss junkie :)

31 day challenge - galaxy nails day 19

Galaxy Nails. You are probably expecting me to shudder and run away because I’m not a “nail art” person (yet….) and I’m not known for amazing idea but I actually don’t mind galaxy nails! Surprised???

This is only my second time of galaxy nails so I don’t have a pre-determined routine yet for galaxy nails but I really loved my first attempt {click here to see it} so I was excited for today’s theme! This time I decided to use a purple base for my galaxy nails.

The polishes I used for this manicure are:

Essence – Where is the party?

Revlon – Fierce

Revlon – Bold Sangria

BYS – Crystal Daze
Chi Chi - matte top coat

No matte top-coat

No matte top-coat

No matte top-coat

No matte top-coat

Not sure why but I always love my galaxy nails more with a matte top coat!

Matte

Matte

Matte

Matte

So people following the 31 day challenge will know that galaxy nails is the theme for day 19....and today is day 25. Yes I know I am horribly behind. My stupid nails broke so I cut them all down and decided to re-grow them with TLC. Today I put nail polish on for the first time in two weeks!!!! SHOCK HORROR but then, this evening, one of my nicest nails split so now that it short again and I have a weird split nail I think I am going to have to stop wearing nail polish again and give my nails more TLC :( so sad!

Hope you have a fantastic Saturday!!!!

Please check out everybody else doing this challenge:

Sally Morgan

http://nailpron.blogspot.co.uk/

Nikki Muldrew

http://www.cutie-cles.blogspot.ca

Kimberly Rybak

http://www.bleedglitter.com/

Felicia Renee Banuelos

http://fesnails.blogspot.com/

Belén

http://nailpolishlane.blogspot.com.es/

Cristina Santos

http://theclockwisenailpolish.blogspot.pt/

Courtney Mendoza

http://cute-iclechronicles.com

Natalie Elise

www.walkinmyeyeshadow.com

Rebecca Russell

 http://rebeccasramblings-tenderheartr.blogspot.com/

Jessica Beswick

http://rubysnails.blogspot.com/

Raquel Soares

http://9mluniverse.blogspot.pt/

  

Briana

http://nailacollegedropout.blogspot.com/

Kimberly L

http://to-polish-or-not.blogspot.ca/

Kelly Cooke

http://crazynaillady.blogspot.com

Carina Martins

http://polishitall.blogspot.pt/

Laura Carls

http://justagirlandherpolish.blogspot.com/