Massini Slammin Red

Massini or Studio M Slammin Red is gorgeous in blog pictures and it was pretty much first on my Lemmings List. Once I got my greedy little hands on it thanks to the wonderful Lady Lacquer, aka Court, I couldn't wait to try it.
The color is gorgeous, a deep but vibrant red with loads of rainbow holographic glitter, but the formula is dreadful and about the worst I have ever come across! I added an obscene amount of thinner which seems to have done absolutely nothing for the thick gloopiness, and I was quite disappointed at the time thinking application was going to be a nightmare. But this mani is only 1 coat, it is and did apply thickly and gloopily but I manage to control it on the brush before applying it *slowly* around my nails.
This color is best under artificial lights where the holo shimmer is at it's strongest. In natural light it dims to a glittery red as the 2nd pic shows. However, it's not as 'blingy' as Purple Medallion and twice as 'rough' in the glitter. This mani had 2 coats of Seche QD and it needed another 2 more at least to get a smooth finish.

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Swap Swatches & Pls Checkout This Blog

I still have Purple Medallion on my fingy's so have some swap swatches for you.
All are 2 coats.


This is Climax 660 by Rimmel. It's a gorgeous Purple duochrome and was opaque in 2 thin coats which was surprising for a polish on the sheer side.


Next is Pure Ice, Wild Thing. This is a lime green creme and altho I don't have Who the Shrek are you from OPI, I imagine this is pretty close to it.


I LURV this one. Wet and Wild, Morbid. A black with green shimmer. Awesome!


This one was also surprising as it looks sheer but it applies opaque on the nail and has a beautiful Butterfly wing sheen. Petites, Tahitian Green.


This one I was excited about in the bottle, but it dries matte and a bit of an ugly looking matte. After a topcoat it's a beautiful glitter Neon blue. China Glaze Blue Sparrow.


Then I added a coat of Finger Paints holographic Sapphire Shimmer to it and made it pop! Blurry picture only for this one, sorry!

And one of my followers has a super cute blog which I think you should all check out. She puts so much time into her mani's and they look so cute:

http://lacquerboudoir.blogspot.com/

Thanks again Court for a rockin' swap!

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Massini Purple Medallion

I'm worried that I haven't shown Purple Medallion to it's true magnificence in my pictures. I have also added a small video as well.....can you tell I'm in serious lust with this color?? 2 coats with one coat of Seche QD. It's still slightly rough feeling and a second Seche coat would have been perfect. It's the most magnificent in it's holo glory under artificial light, as the first 3 pics show. It's still super glittery in natural sunlight, like the last pic shows, but not as dazzling. I'm planning on having this one on till it starts to chip, so I'll be posting swatches for the next couple of days!

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Super Swap From Lacquer Lady!

The lovely Court from http://lacquerlovely.blogspot.com/ and I did a swap and mine has arrived first! I am sooo thrilled with what I got and Court cheekily and secretly wiped off some of my wish list for me, that naughty little minx!

She got me my highly coveted Massinni's in Slamming Red and Purple Medallion (look at that holo glitter shine peoples, DIVINE!), along with some Hidden Treasure (that brush is awesome and the flakies is way more packed with shine than Nfu-Oh makes, I am surprisingly impressed Sally H), loads of Wet n Wilds, Petites, a gorgeous holo glitter Finger Paints (this puts a beautifu holo shimmer over any color as the base is a very pale blue), a groovy Neon ChG which I had never see before and love, fimo sticks, nail stickers and some Duracolor nail stickers which I have always wanted to try.

And lookee at that HUGE bag of PEANUT BUTTER M&M'S! It says Medium on it but honestly, it's huge. Here in Oz this bag would have been labelled as KING sized.
And after my request, a packet of Twinkies. I had to know what all the fuss was about with Woody Harrelson trying to find one in Zombieland. But honestly guys, these are seriously disgusting! Blechhhhh! What was Woody thinking risking his life against zombies for one of these things???

Thanks again Court for an amazingly fun box, and I hope you feel better soon! xxxx

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Aussies!

I have been accumulating USA based polishes for awhile, from etail hauls and ebay buys, but they have arrived as dupes to what I already had or I didn't like the colors. They are good colors tho, glitters and flakies to name a few and all are from good brand names.

So I am searching for another Aussie who has a pile of the same stuff that we can swapover! Send me your rejects and I'll send you mine!

Who's game??? Email me!

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Houndstooth KOTD

I have been wanting to do a Houndstooth mani for months and I now can, now that it's freezing cold outside and warms coats are a must. So, this is me matching my coat!
2 coats of L.A Girl White Out with Warm Black Konading and 1 coat of Seche QD.
And my poor pointer snapped off even more yesterday. I think from now on my mani will only show 3 fingers....poor pointer! :(

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L.A Colors Power Outage

L.A Colors is a cheap brand to order from Cherry Culture, but the formula is comparable to expensive brands and they have a great range of colors. This is Power Outage from the Color Craze line, it's a gorgeous Fushcia Red with a pink and blue shimmer. 2 coats with Yellow Konading and 1 coat of Seche QD.
I'm not happy with the stamping and the Yellow was a bit of a let-down with the red.

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