Metallic gold leopard konad

I've been doing a bit of konadery lately. Something I haven't done in a little while. Here is today's KOTD.

Most of the time, I swing between hating animal prints to really enjoying them. Clearly, it is right up my alley today and I am quite fond of this mani. Here's what I used:

I started with a base of China Glaze Passion, konaded the print with plate BM221 and then filled in most of the spots with Essence BBC Golden Sands which I mixed with a varying amounts of Passion to create different shades.

Super Klassy!!

A-England Perceval and Lippmann Ruby Red Slippers

Adina from A-England recently contacted me to see whether I would like to review one of her polishes. Since I already own and love quite a few of her polishes, of course I said yes! So here is what I chose, Perceval...

Glowy, metallic red shimmer. Very dense and pigmented. It's opaque in one coat but I used two for depth.


And because I've been unable to resist glitter lately. I slapped on a coat of Lippmann RRS.

The black base in RRS looks lovely over red. The whole look is very deep and vampy. I did a mani like this I think for Christmas back in 09.

Perceval is available directly through A-England's website. And um, three words: Free. International. Shipping.

Some Red Spam

Reds can be so overdone but they are so very sexy! I know some people have trouble finding reds that suit their skin tone (kittytokaren!!) but I don't think I've ever met a red that has looked "off" on me. I've met some I didn't like, but never one that didn't suit my skin tone. Here are just a few I enjoy...

China Glaze Phat Santa. Love the name, love the colour. It's slightly jelly-ish.

Here it is with a coat of Dare to Wear Disco Ball sandwiched between. I loved this mani.

BB Couture Napa Valley Red. A particularly gorgeous take on the "red glitter in red jelly" polishes. It's a little deeper than others I have but not so deep that it's vampy. Actually, I'm wondering if the formula's changed since my bottle seems much lighter than other pics I've seen.

Chi Chi Va Va Va Voom. I keep wanting to write that as just Va Va Voom with only two Va's. Anyway, it's a bright red with hidden pink shimmer. The shimmer didn't want to come out and play in any of my pics though.

China Glaze Thunderbird. Super glowy metallic red. My camera had a mild freak out trying to capture this one.

Bloom Adelaide AKA Jessica Mauboy I. I heard that Jessica Mauboy I has been discontinued which is a shame since it's one of my favourites. Lots of lovely flaky shimmer.

Reds always apply so nicely, so smooth and opaque. I think it has something to do with the pigment... just like how yellow is always a little troublesome. Sometimes, at moments like this, I even understand why Suzi seems to love them so much.

A Little Spam And a New Look

What do you think of the new look? :) I've been meaning to update the design for a while and this weekend was the perfect time to do it. I wanted the design to be clean and simple so as to not take away from the actual content.

I love it lots, especially the cute little birdie in the corner! So cute!! Thanks so much to Smitten Blog Designs!

Okay, now onto today's post. I've only got a small offering of swatches since I've been busy trying to wrap my head around html coding. Never again...

Chi Chi Scene Queen. I wish there was a way I could type Chi Chi with those little lips. They make me laugh :) Now for the polish.. just look how pretty that green is! And the subtle silver veining is just beautiful.

OPI Show It And Glow It! So. Many. Colours. Here's a macro. Does someone want to count?

China Glaze Millennium. Silver chrome. Perfect silver chrome. Maybe not as mirror-like and reflective as Maybelline Mirror Image but it applies so much better. This is one coat. Perfect.

The Face Shop BR802. I wished so hard for this to work with my skin tone but just take a look above at how red and blotchy and gross my skin looks with this on. Ugh. BR802 is a peachy nude with lots of silver flaky shimmer. You can see it better up close...

A-England Tristam. I tried to resist. I tried so hard. But who can resist free international shipping. Did you hear me? FREE. *edit* Sadly, it looks like the offer has ended already. So I caved and bought Tristam. Dark navy blue with a really subtle holo sparkle. Nice!

KOTD NYX Girls Luscious Green and Konad White

Woo! All my exams are finished! Done and dusted. Finito! Well, at least for another five months until the next batch comes along.

Here is what I wore during my exams.

This is plate M64. What a nice design. I very much liked it with Luscious Green.

Here is a pic of Luscious Green all by it's lonesome..

Isn't it gorgeous?! I wore this for a day before I decided I wanted to slap some konad on. It's a metallic greeny-gold. Super glowy. This is close to the fabled Moonpool apparently. Ahhhh... those ribbons of gold metallic shimmer is so pretty. It's not too brushstrokey either. Very nice!

Misa Like It Like That

From Misa's What I Like About You collection...

Like It Like That. Bright, zingy metallic green with just a slight blue duochrome. So gorgeous. Didn't look like much in the bottle, but it really glows on the nail.