A England Gloriana with Stamping

Orange holographic polish - need I say more?! Gloriana is from the A England brand and is a glittery orange red.

Sorry my watches show tip wear - the photo was an after thought :)

I usually stamp with my trusty CG 2030 but it was nice for a change to use black - although I never like the clean up with black. The effect is pretty clean and crisp though.

Base colour: A England Gloriana
Nail plate: Konad M93
Stamp colour: Konad Black Special Polish
Topped with Essie Good to Go

Press Release - Color Club Backstage Pass - Arriving in NZ in July

INTRODUCING BACKSTAGE PASS: THE NEW NAIL POLISH COLLECTION FROM COLOR CLUB

July 2012 – Auckland, New Zealand

- Color Club NZ Ltd, distributor of the New York based nail color company announced today the debut of Backstage Pass, the new Glitter nail polish collection arriving this month. The Backstage Pass Collection features six chunky Glitter nail polishes.

Introducing the Backstage Pass Collection by Color Club:

#945 Take the Stage

#946 Wish Upon a Rock-Star

#947 Backstage Pass

#948 Platinum Record

#949 It's a Hit!

#950 Fame & Fortune 
Color Club’s Backstage Pass Collection will be available in New Zealand from early-July. All Color Club products are made in the USA and are not tested on animals.

About Color Club

A favorite of celebrity manicurists and nail color fans worldwide, Color Club is renowned for its high performance rich shades and exceptionally safe products. From the brightest neons, to glitter and French, all nail colors are vegan, formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP -free – and made in New York, NY with the best raw materials. Color Club is available in New Zealand in selected Pharmacies and Fashion Chains

OPI Number One Nemesis with stamping

Number One Nemesis is a lovely warm charcoal grey (see here on it's own) with warm undertones and gold glitter so I wanted to try and marry in some stamping. Here's what I came up with using my new Drikk stamping plate. I wasn't thrilled about the final result but I liked it a lot better in a matte finish.

Base colour: OPI Number One Nemesis

Nail plate: Drikk DRK-A
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go
Then topped with Essie Matte About You

OPI Number One Nemesis

Today I'd like to share a polish from the Amazing Spiderman collection. Number One Nemesis is a warm grey glitter with a super shiny finish. There's such a variety of colours in this that it's challenging to capture them with my camera. In the shade there's loads of gold shimmer which I love.

The formula is easy to apply and dries quickly. This shows two coats applied over a black base (as that's what I was wearing and was too lazy to take it off!)

Color Club Magnetic Force REVIEW - Sci-Fi

Today I'd like to show you something new to NZ - Color Club Magnetic Force. This is also my first experience with magnetic polish. I couldn't be happier with this golden green shimmer. It's not unlike Cult Nails In a Trance except Sci-Fi has large glitter chunks and the formula is a lot thicker - plus of course it has these amazing magnetic qualities!

So here's the bottle shot . . .

The lid slips off to reveal the actual brush lid. The top of the outer cap houses the magnet which has a small lip to position the cap over the wet polish on your nail. This magnet is what produces the wavy effect. It's a very simple process and easily corrected by adding another thin coat of polish and repositioning the magnet. The little lip ensures the magnet is just the right distance away from the polish on your nail, although care has to be taken to ensure you don't touch the magnet to the wet polish. Just hold the magnet still for 15 seconds and the pattern is revealed.

And this is the effect you get!

I'm looking forward to trying the other colours in this collection. Please see here for info on the rest of the collection.

This polish was kindly sent to me by Color Club NZ and will be available online in April 2012.

Awakening stamped with Millennium & Hypnotise Me layered

Do you know what's really cool about blogging - especially being on the other side of the world from most of you . . . thanks to the wonders of international time zones, when I get up in the morning there are all your posts and pictures of your amazing manis and stamping for me to see! What a way for me to start the day =)

Anyway moving onto nails . . . this is a wee embellishment on Cult Nails Awakening.

Base colour: Cult Nails Awakening

Nail plate: Bundle Monster BM208
Stamp colour: China Glaze Millennium
Topped with Essie Good to Go

EDIT: Wow can't believe I didn't do this sooner . . . . this is Cult Nails Hypnotise Me layered over Awakening. Hypnotise Me is a sheer jelly with loads of glitter. It's super thick but I don't mind that and the sparkle is really something to write home about! The only thing I'm not completely sold on is the rough feel it leaves when it dries, almost like a matte polish. Nothing that a topcoat wouldn't take care of though, so all good.

The Amazing Zoya Charla!

I haven't had a lot of experience with Zoya polishes as they aren't widely available in NZ and this lovely is from a haul from NaildeRoyale.com.

Wow - I just can't believe how striking this polish is, I just can't stop looking at it. While it's probably been reviewed and swatched to death - it's new to me! It's very difficult to accurately capture Charla's true colour but these photos are a pretty good likeness I think. In some lights this polish looks more blue that green.

I love this blue/green emerald sparkliness with a hint of gold. The formula goes on smoothly for glitter and is opaque in two coats and I was impressed by how quickly it dries, having read on some other blogs that Zoya polishes can tend to take a bit longer to dry. I'll happily put up with that to be able to feel confident that the polish I'm using is 3 free (plus camphor).

Onto the piccies  . . .

Probably the best colour representation

Essie Very Structured - Part 2

Well it lasted half a day just plain polish . . . and then I just had to do something to it! lol Not that I don't love the colour, it's just that, well, it needed something else. No stamping this time - today I broke out the delightful Nubar Golden Glow - wow!

Ok, but now I feel I might have overdone it a wee bit, so out with China Glazes Matte Magic. Ahhhh much better!

China Glaze Mahoganie

No stamping today . . . but this is my first glitter polish and it's LOVELY! China Glaze's Mahoganie is a rusty brown based polish with loads of glitter. These photos show one coat of Seche Vite but I think I made need another for glossy smoothness.

Click to enlarge for close up of glittery goodness!