Rimmel London have just released their latest collection, Sweetie Heart Matte Pastel Nail Colours ! These are gorgeously delectable pastel shades that dry to a matte velvet finish and just scream Spring/Summer to me. The lovely people at CotyPr sent me these shades to try out and review for you all so lets get straight into it !


Cheeky Girl
This is pale pink that is my favourite of the whole collection. It's delicate, sophisticated and absolutely gorgeous. This shade and Love Bug both needed three coats for opacity.





Love Bug
I normally try to stay away from yellows as they tend not to suit my skin tone however this is a soft buttery yellow that is actually quite pretty.





Cheeky Chap
This is a soft purple/blue similar to Essie's Bikini So Teeny except with a velvet matte finish. I found application the hardest with this shade and it was the streakiest of the collection.





You're Mine
I really liked this shade, it's a mix between a pink an apricot colour that has a little neon to it as well. It would look really nice with olive or a darker skin tone and application was pretty easy.






I really really like these shades and I can see myself wearing these a lot. I love matte finishes at the moment and I've always had a weakness for pastel colours. I wish that the finish was little less streaky but they aren't streaky enough that it stops me from wearing and loving them.

Rimmel London Sweetie Heart Matte Pastel Nail Colour’s, $5.95 each, are available from September 2015 at Priceline, Priceline Pharmacy, Target, Chemist Warehouse and selected pharmacies. For stockists please call 1800 812 663.

Marc Jacobs have just released the new member of the Daisy Dream family, Daisy Dream Forever.

'Inspired by eternal blue skies, Daisy Dream Forever embodies the youthful reverie and ethereal charm of Marc’s dream girl.'


Daisy Dream Forever is a deeper interpretation of the signature Daisy Dream with key notes of blackberry, blue wisteria, and white woods, this scent leaves a lasting impression of floracy and airy succulence. The perfume has top notes of blackberry, grapefruit and pear with heart notes of jasmine, lychee and blue wisteria and base notes of white woods, musks and coconut water.

The bottle is elegant and dainty and is a deep blue glass, adorned with blue daisies. I think that the bottle design is really pretty and complements the other perfumes in the Daisy Dream range.

 I really like this perfume as a change from my usual perfume but did find it slightly sweet when smelt directly. I'm definitely going to keep wearing it as I really hope it grows on me !

Thanks to CotyPr for sending me this gorgeous perfume, I'm feeling very grateful. Daisy Dream Forever Eau De Parfum 50mL is RRP $120 and is available from the 3rd of August at Myer and David Jones and from the 1st of September at Sephora and selected pharmacies nationally. For stockist enquires, call 1800 812 663.
 

The already extensive colour range of Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear Collection has expanded even further with the addition of 5 new shades ! The new shades range from nudes, soft and bright pinks and even periwinkle. Each new shade features streak free application and extreme shine. The wide brush made application a breeze and the formula was easy to work with.

L-R Bare It All, Giant Peach, All Bright, Babe Blue, Tickled Pink

Bare It All

'The perfect sheer nude nail in a bottle.'

This is a brown based nude and I was surprised how brown it actually was on my nails. It reminds me of OPI's Do You Take Lei Away from their Hawaii Collection. It wasn't as sheer as I expected it to be and was opaque in 3 coats. It was a super glossy polish and I imagine that it would be more flattering on darker/ more olive skin tones.



Tickled Pink

'This is it. Your absolute go-to for plushy soft pink nails.'

I love love love baby pink polishes and this was no exception. It was slightly patchy and needed quite a few coats to get completely opaque. It's quite a pale pink and looked great with my skin tone. I can see myself wearing this a lot in the future.



Giant Peach

'Playful and peachy-keen, this coral is equal parts fun and fundamental.'

I wasn't sure how this would look on my nails but I really like it. It's a dusty peachy pink that is really pretty and the formula was really easy to work with. No complaints here.



All Bright

'Amp it up with this perfectly punchy, hot magenta.'

This polish is so much brighter in person and the picture doesn't do it justice. It's such a bright pink and like the other polishes in the range, it's super shiny and glossy. It was opaque in 2 coats and wasn't patchy or streaky at all.



Babe Blue
'A subtle, baby periwinkle that serves up just the right amount of flare.'

This has to be my favourite of the newly released shades! It's such a gorgeous baby periwinkle with a slight shimmer running through it. It's pretty much a dupe for Essie's Bikini So Teeny and I could wear it pretty much for the rest of my life.



I really like these new shades and I now want to try other shades in the Xtreme Wear Collection. All of the polishes were super glossy, leveled out evenly and the wide brush made it easy to apply to polish. Winning all round !

You can pick up these shades now for RRP $6.95 from Priceline, Chemist Warehouse, Target and select pharmacies nationally.


Disclaimer:
These polishes were sent to me by the wonderful people at COTY PR Australia with no obligation to review them. Any opinions expressed are unbiased and completely my own.

With this horrible weather we're having at the moment, I was in dire need of some bright nails and lucky for me, this came in the form of OPI's new Brights collection. These polishes were delivered to me by COTY PR and I can't wait to share these gorgeous polishes with you! The collection has 6 polishes with one of them (On Pinks and Needles) not being part of the Australian collection. Overseas they also re-released two polishes (Life Gave Me Lemons and Down To The Core-al) and Put A Coat On as part of the 2015 collection.


I STOP For Red
This is a super bright red that will definitely make people stop and look ! It has less of a creme formula but it's more of a jelly. I needed about 3 coats for an opaque finish but it's super glossy and even though I have quite a lot of reds that are similar to this, I can see this being one of my favourites.



Can't Hear Myself Pink!
This bright pink reminds me of Go With The Lava Flow from the Hawaii Collection released earlier this year. It has a metallic shimmer through it and this comes through nicely on the nail. When I did the first coat, it was really sheer and I thought it was going to take a lot of coats to reach full opacity but it was pretty much opaque by the second coat.



I Sea You Wear OPI
I feel like this polish is basically a blue version of Can't Hear Myself Pink! and I prefer this colour more.  It's a mid-blue that reminds me of Teal The Cows Come Home except darker and would be really nice layered with other colours.



My Car Has Navy-gation
I love this colour but unfortunately the formula is tricky to work with. It definitely has a jelly formula that's a bit gloopy on the first coat but evens out on the second and third coat.  

The Berry Thought Of You
This is a darker shade of pink that's almost magenta. The formula of this polish is a crelly and was opaque in 3 coats. When I swatched it, I put it over Put A Coat On! to try and get a more vibrant colour but I found that this really affected the drying time. However it is still a gorgeous colour and I don't have many colours like this in my collection.



Put A Coat On !
I like the idea of this and it's essentially a white undie to make polishes brighter. It's like a thicker, more opaque version of Alpine Snow and was completely opaque in 2 coats.



I really like this collection however I feel like the Brights 2014 collection had a wider range of colours. This collection is mainly reds and pinks so if that's your thing then you'll love it. The formulas could be a little easier to work with but they're not horrible and the colour pay off is worth it!

Hi everyone, hope you're having a fantastic weekend !

Recently I shared my brand new nail polish shelves on Instagram and I thought I'd do a blog post on how I made it and how it's organised.



I've been wanting to reorganise my nail polish collection for a long time and I've always wanted to be able see all of my colours and brands clearly. My collection was previously in a set of drawers and I was fast filling them up.

My dream was to have a giant nail polish rack and I had a look online and I found ones that stored around 100 bottles for $200 which seems ridiculous to me as I would need to get 3 or 4 = $$$$$.
There was no way I could afford that so I started researching how to make my own. Luckily my dad is pretty handy with carpentry so he helped me out a lot. The total cost of making the shelves would have been around $100 and considering the size of them, I think it's pretty cheap.

I got the timber from Bunnings Warehouse and it was pre-primed. The timber only had to be cut for the shelf length and vertical pieces but the depth was perfect so that didn't need to be cut.  We then sanded it and put it together using dowels and glue. We painted it using spray paint (I used Dulux Dura Max enamel spray paint in the colour in Vivid White Gloss) and once it was dry, we screwed to the wall.

Here's the shelves against the wall

The finished shelves are floor to ceiling so they're about 2.5m tall and have 20 shelves. It stores pretty much all of my collection (around 300 polishes) with 2 free shelves. It's the first thing I see when I walk into my room and makes me so happy.


I've organised my polishes by brand and then by colour. I just get so much satisfaction out of seeing the same bottle caps grouped together.

Top: BYS, B&C Co, Bottom: Sportsgirl, Natio, ORLY

Essie, Toy, Rimmel London

China Glaze

Sally Hansen Triple Shine

Sally Hansen Triple Shine

OPI

OPI

OPI

OPI

OPI

Ulta3

Ulta3

Ulta3

Rimmel London, L'Oreal

Nailene, Mode, Sally Hansen Miracle Gel, Color Club, Morgan Taylor etc.

OPI Minis, w7

OPI Minis

Phewf that's a lot of photos. I hope this post helped anyone who is thinking about making their own nail polish shelves or just wanted to check out my collection. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask :)

 I was lucky enough to review some more products from the Born Pretty Store ! You can check out their website here. They've also recently released an app for your phone so you can browse their website and buy your favourites right from your phone. You can download it for free in the app store. Now onto my review, I got to try out some studs and a brush set that I'm sure you'll all love !
 

Lip Nail Art Decoration Product ID #19648

This is a fun little charm that will spice up any mani ! The option I selected was the red colour but it also comes in light pink, hot pink and gold all with a white pearl. The charm is quite large so I had to stick it on with quite a bit of glue



Nail Art Brush Set Product ID #16587

This brush set has 4 different brushes: 3 different lengthed striper brushes and a flat brush. I used the shortest of the striper brushes for my mani below. The brush made it super easy to do detailing work and I didn't even have to trim the bristles !



Round Metal Studs  Product ID #17225 in option 3

These are really small, dainty round studs  that you can wear individually or cluster them like I've done in the pictures below. They were pretty easy to apply to the nail, I just stuck them to the nail with a clear topcoat.