tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14173506243712242372024-03-16T11:40:04.700+10:30Shatter me ClaireAustralian ... Nail Polish ... WIN!!♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.comBlogger352125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-21652337871414846532014-08-25T17:26:00.001+09:302014-08-25T17:26:18.278+09:30... piCture pOlish blog/insta fest 2014!! ...Well it's that time of year again people! It seems like only yesterday that I was posting last years fest post. Time flies!<br />
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So annual piCture pOlish blog/insta fest is today and this year the girls are featuring "Nail Vinyls" aswell as some beautiful polishes. Awesome! I'm really excited to be able to participate for the third year running. This is the fantastic package that I received from the girls at piCture pOlish to showcase today. Three gorgeous shades plus some funky looking nail vinyls! Let's get to it!<br />
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Firstly, here is the beautiful polish "Grace". Lately, I've been using a lot more subtle colours in regards to nail polish and this definitely will be getting a lot of wear from me! It's a beautiful gentle colour that is appropriate for every situation.<br />
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I've used 3 coats plus a top coat for these pictures. Grace is slightly on the sheer side but I didn't notice the nail line until seeing these photos through the computer. <br />
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I'll never fail to stop loving a holo! Even though I love the "in your face" linear holographics, this is still beautifully stylish. As soon as it catches the sunlight, it lights up into that beautiful sprinkle of rainbow.<br />
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The description for this polish nicely which is "Paint
your nails like a Princess" which I think sums it up. Princess Grace was
always flawlessy elegant and classy and that is exactly what I think of
when looking at my nails.<br />
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And now for something completely different *queue Monty Python music* ... It's Nail Vinyls!<br /><br />
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Now it's no secret that I suck-diddly-uck when it comes to using striping tape. It is my biggest pet peeve when it comes to nail art. No matter what I do it is always destined to end up as a megafail and then I'd have a little cry in the corner. I thought I'd be stuck in this trap forever ... Then along came Nail Vinyls!<br />
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LIFE SAVER!! Words cannot describe the joy of actually creating this manicure. Look at those fantastic straight chevron lines! BAM! And the best bit is, if I can do this with my years of tape mani failures, then you are definitely able to grab some vinyls and rock a design with no issues. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy! <br />
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The piCture pOlish colours that are used in this design are Swagger and Fairy Floss which surprised me on how well they worked together! And I didn't realise that Australia is the only place that uses the term Fairy Floss? Everywhere else is Candy Floss or Cotton Candy apparently! There you go!<br />
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While the Nail Vinyls come with full instructions to use, my best tip is to have patience! The bottom coat of colour needs to be fully dry or you will end up catching it when you pull off the vinyl. I didn't have any dramas with the chevrons not sticking down or other issues that I find I have constantly with striping tape.<br />
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So my steps to recreate this look is to paint the base coat, wait til it was fully dry and then position and place the chevrons. Press them down firmly (especially on the edge of the nail) and then paint over. Pull the chevrons off and voila!! Easy. </div>
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Also I really want to mention that Swagger has the best formula of a polish that I've come across lately. It beautifully glides on the nail and then sort of levels out to hide any streaks. One coat is all I used for the Swagger base and it was perfection!<br />
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So that sums up this years blog/insta fest post! I'll put the inlinkz at the bottom so you can see more beautiful creations from the day.<br />
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piCture pOlish can be found online at the following places:<br />
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The girls at piCture pOlish will also be retailing a special exclusive 4 pack "Nail Vinyls" including Chevrons, Mini Chevrons, Straight and Right Angles.<br />
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Alternatively Nail Vinyls can be found at these links:<br />
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So it's 7 days - 7 ways!! For those who aren't long term readers, I use 1 polish for a full week and try to make the most out of it with various combos and techniques. I originally made this series after being asked by friends on how to make the most out of their small polish collection (and by small, I mean like under 10 polishes small, not small as 1 helmer small!)<br />
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I've chosen this time around to use Wisteria by piCture pOlish which is available online worldwide. This is the new "reborn" shade that is currently available. Sadly I don't own the original but if anyone has it in a blogsale I'd love to own both!<br />
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So as always, day 1 is just wearing the polish as is! No gimmicks. Just 3 coats of gorgeous plus a top coat. Easy peasy! I think it's a really pretty purple. It's bright and warm enough to chase those winter blues away! I'm already looking forward to wearing this colour every day this week!<br />
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So I'll be here tomorrow with another suggestion on how to wear this polish. If you have a suggestion on how you want me to use it, then leave a blog
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I've chosen Iron Man and I've used Essie Bordeaux, Essence A Piece of Forever and piCture pOlish Nude. While I think that the colours work really well together if I had to do this mani again I wouldn't use the Essie. Being a jelly it was just too thin and runny for what I wanted to do. Also I found it really hard to match the opacity on each nail.<br />
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Iron Man is reversed stamped from the FUN 11 plate and I think he looks quite good considering the issues I had with Bordeaux.<br />
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-25235812402039318352014-06-15T16:22:00.001+09:302014-06-15T16:22:52.390+09:30... Too Fancy Lacquer - This Love Is Smokin' Hot ...A bit of a milestone today! Apart from the fact that I've managed to blog daily for half a month, this is the most I've blogged in a month since October 2012!! WOW!!!<br />
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A month or so ago I left a memory card at my husbands work and I've only just rediscovered it. It had this beautiful gem on it which I had to show.<br />
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This is "This Love Is Smokin' Hot" by Too Fancy Lacquer and being a big fan of pink polishes, I was in love from the time I pulled it out the mailbox! All these swatches are 3 coats with the HK girl top coat.<br />
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So bright and so pretty! Sunshine is sadly lacking here at the moment so I'm so glad that I got a chance to wear this when the sun was out as it looks like it'll be awhile before I see blue skies again in my neighbourhood.<br />
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I give it bonus points as it still looked a pretty pink inside. YAY! It's definitely most brightest in full sunlight but the shade that it gives indoors is still adorable for any pink fan.<br />
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And I couldn't leave it alone so I stamped over it! Now if someone knows what plate this is from I'd be ever so grateful! I can't seem to find it again and I really want to use it as I love how this looks.♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-61476213374689305842014-06-14T15:59:00.002+09:302014-06-14T15:59:43.044+09:30.... Mckfresh Charity Duo - Coral Kisses & Bubble Toes ...Something super special today! During the past week I received some fantastic mail in the post.<br />
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I was very lucky to be a winner in the <a href="http://meimeisignatures.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/charity-polish-raffle-2014.html">Charity Raffle</a> over at <a href="http://meimeisignatures.com/">MeiMeis Signatures</a> that was full of one of a kind polishes! I received a beautiful duo from Aussie indie brand <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MckfreshNailAttire">Mckfresh Nail Attire</a>.<br />
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There is a fantasic coral polish named Coral Kisses and also a glitter combo in a white base named Bubble Toes. I was so excited to be a winner and it's not often that I'm organised enough to have swatches straight away but here goes!!<br />
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Coral Kisses seems to have a bit of everything. Apart from the divine colour, there is a soft scattered holo throughout and on top of that there is beautiful golden red shimmer going on as a bonus.<br />
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Onto the second polish ... Bubble toes consists of various sized and shaped glitter in black, purple and shades of pink, all in a milky white base.<br />
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Now I'm not the biggest glitter fan out there but I really liked this. I love the colours and most of all I love that it dries smooth without having to smother it in top coat. I've put a coat of Seche Vite on top of this anyway but I love any glitters that are smooth. If there is a hint of bumps or lumps, I will pick at it and that's a nervous habit that I try to avoid.<br />
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I'm been lucky enough to contract bronchitis in the last few days but I'm hoping to keep putting along with daily posts for you.<br />
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It's a real short one today but I found this while looking through my memory card and while it's a bit of a nail fail, I wanted to show it anyway as a lesson to myself that you just can't always tell what the camera is picking up. I only took a small amount of pictures of this combo before I decided it wasn't worth the effort as the replays weren't looking anything like the original colour but when I looked at it today on the PC, it's closer than I thought it would be.<br />
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This is the extremely gorgeous Zoya Maya and I used Zoya Chloe on White for an accent nail. Chloe is a beautiful fleck polish in a pink tinted base but it didn't work for me here. I should have just layered it by itself or on a nude instead of on white.<br />
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I chose this oldie because a) I really like it and b) it's up there with the first Aussie indies that I ever owned.<br />
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This is "Aussie Bee" by Peita's Polish which is a beautiful bright sheer yellow with an assortment of different sized black hexes. I've layered this over white (OPI Alpine Snow) just to show off it's superb colour!<br />
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The bees are from the QA2 plate which is a Winnie the Pooh themed octagonal shaped stamping plate that I brought from eBay many years ago.<br />
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Thanks so much for asking me to guest post sweet Sarah Claire! Congrats on 3 wonderful years of blogging and I wish you the best of luck in the future!♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-16080528484839329352014-06-10T09:32:00.000+09:302014-06-10T09:32:00.417+09:30... Celestial Cosmetics LE June 2014 & Giveaway Post ...Bit of a double post today people but bare with me! Firstly, I want to share with you the beauty from over at <a href="http://www.celestialcosmetics.com.au/">Celestial Cosmetics</a>. <br />
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This LE June 2014 and obviously from it's name, it is the monthly limited edition polish! There have been some stunners from the Celestial LE range in the past and this is no exception. <br />
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And now I couldn't turn the big 3 without having some sort of giveaway!! So here it is! YAY!! The lucky winners will win this prize pack of lots of things that I love!!! Holos, Flakies, Pink Polish, Fantastic Cuticle Balms, Awesome Nail Files and Chocolate Biscuits!! What's not to love!!!<br />
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<b><u>** FIRST PRIZE **</u><br />Celestial Cosmetics - LE May 2014</b></div>
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<b>Love Thy Polish - A Beautiful Mistake *</b></div>
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<b>Love Thy Polish - Shangri-La</b></div>
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<b>piCture pOlish - Shocked by Shatter me Claire</b></div>
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<b>Australis - Speck-tacular</b></div>
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<b>Help Me Ronda cuticle balm - Limited Edition Coco Love</b></div>
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<b>Czech Glass Nail File in a hard plastic case</b></div>
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<b>Treat Pack of Tim Tams</b> (om nom nom)</div>
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Open Internationally<br />
All items are brand spanking new<br />
Items with a * were donated for this giveaway. All the rest were purchased by myself.<br />
Shatter me Claire is not responsible for any lost post or opened parcels.<br />
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Multiple entries may be removed<br />
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-9075997641743632732014-06-09T13:06:00.002+09:302014-06-09T13:06:42.005+09:30... AN Monday - Welcome to the world! ...Hiya! Welcome to another episode of Aussie Nail Monday. We've had a few newly baked additions arrive recently so today theme is "Welcome to the World" for baby Ella and Asher. YAY!<br />
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I've chosen to do a pink and blue mani. The pink is Lollipop from <a href="http://cateruby.com.au/">Cate Ruby</a> and I've stamped over the top using the turquoise stamping polish from<a href="http://www.mundodeunas.com/"> Mundo de Unas</a>.<br />
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The stamping design is from the Cici & Sisi 05 plate which I really liked. I can't believe I've had these plates for awhile and never used! They are fantastic.<br />
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-23166283468726453442014-06-08T08:43:00.000+09:302014-06-08T08:43:00.774+09:30.... Guest Post by Sparkly Vernis ...Todays super awesome guest post is written by the beautiful lady behind the blog <a href="http://www.sparklyvernis.com/">Sparkly Vernis</a>. I am so lucky that I have been able to meet awesome people online like her. I have enjoyed her fantastic swatches for a long time so I hope that you love them too! If you like what you see, swing on by her blog and check it out! It's worth the look :)<br />
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Claire
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from a bit before that. I am really happy to have been invited here, to
celebrate these three years with her. <br />
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I chose an Emily de Molly
lacquer, because if I recall correctly, this was one of the first, if
not the very first, Aussie Indie maker that quickly gained popularity in
the US. I remember when it all started, I used to ask Claire to send
me chunky EdM glitters and other goodies from her beautiful country.
Thanks to her, I have a really nice collection of Aussie nail polish.
I am very lucky to have her as a friend, and I wish her many more years
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-71641823016406448542014-06-07T08:46:00.000+09:302014-06-07T08:46:00.034+09:30... Lego Wyldstyle Nails ...I recently went to a birthday party with my youngest son and wore nails featuring Wyldstyle from The Lego Movie. There is a reason why I flunked art in high school and it's because I make things look like a 2 year old with a crayon has been past but I've been trying extremely hard lately so I hope that I can continue improving this year!<br />
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I've used my favourite yellow for the base which is ChiChi "Walkin on sunshine" (woahhhhhhhh-ohhhh) and I've used Zoya "Jewell" for the lips and the pink hair, Nails Inc "Baker Street" for the blue hair and the rest is acrylic paint.<br />
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Smudges and all I think it looks fab. I'm definitely getting better drawing in minature and honestly, if my kids (and all those at this party) could work out who it was then it's a plus in my book! I'll definitely give other lego characters a go in the future as I very much enjoyed these!</div>
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<br />♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-51200343227948772902014-06-06T15:02:00.000+09:302014-06-06T15:02:10.741+09:30... Mani Swap with Natalia from @Cats_n_nails - Part 2 ...Yesterday I featured my part of my Mani Swap with Natalia from <a href="http://instagram.com/cats_n_nails">@cats_n_nails</a> on Instagram and <a href="http://cats-n-nails.blogspot.com.au/">Cats-n-nails</a> on Blogger. Now it's her part!<br />
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Definitely looking better than the originals from way back then! I really do like this design though! I'll have to whip it out again in the future!<br />
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Dots, dots and more dots! Now, frequent visitors to Shatter me Claire will have realised that dots and myself have only recently decided to be friends. Before that it was failures of epic propotions. So I was really looking forward to being challenged!</div>
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So I've done dots in Illamasqua colours, Jo'mina, Devotee Optimist and Collide over OPI Alpine Snow. Really I should have found a darker orange/light red to match closer but I think it worked out ok. The main point is that I had a lot of fun doing it!</div>
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Again I was really pleased with how the dots turned out. I'm so happy that I finally can say that I can dot! YAY! Possibly the only thing that I wasn't happy with is the fact that the orange decided to bled slightly but that's my fault for not testing out the polish before hand.</div>
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Tomorrow I'll post up what magic Natalia created as her part in the mani swap. In the meantime if you want to see more maniswaps, head to instagram and look for the hashtag #maniswap<br />
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<br />♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-56654410773078373442014-06-04T13:39:00.001+09:302014-06-04T13:39:23.279+09:30... Glam Polish - Dancing In The Moonlight ...Todays pretty is from the April edition of the Aussie polish subscription box "What's In-Die Box". It's called "Dancing in the Moonlight" and it's from Glam Polish.<br />
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This is a gorgeous polish that has a lot going on. I definitely don't think my photos give it enough credit but it's seriously pretty. Firstly it's a shade of blurple but there is also pinky purple and blue shimmer going on in the background which is a pleasant surprise.<br />
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This was the "hint" photo given for this shade and I think it really capture the colour quite well. Unlike some of the other polish boxes out there, What's In-Die Box is super secret until you get your box in the mail. It's always nice to get a surprise and I honestly haven't been disappointed with the boxes that I've received.<br />
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Sadly I had zero natural sunlight come my way while the camera was out to showcase it's beauty in the light.<br />
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If you want to find out more about What's In-Die Box, check out it's Facebook page<a href="https://www.facebook.com/whatsindiebox"> here</a> and you can find more beautiful Glam Polish polishes <a href="http://glampolish.bigcartel.com/">here</a>!♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-17920490273225983662014-06-03T10:18:00.000+09:302014-06-03T10:18:33.281+09:30... Guest Post by @LilyandJinks ...Continuing on with the months theme of "Things I like", it's time for a Guest Post!!! Now it's been a long while since someone came over to do one but I've definitely missed showcasing the fantastic work that others create for the world to see!!! Todays post is the fantastic nails that is<a href="http://instagram.com/lilyandjinks"> lilyandjinks</a> over on Instagram. Seriously clicky click click and check out her work as it is divine!! Her link is <a href="http://instagram.com/lilyandjinks">http://instagram.com/lilyandjinks</a><br />
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My name is Sylvia and normally I post my manis solely on my Instagram account, <a href="http://instagram.com/lilyandjinks">@lilyandjinks</a>. I was very excited at the chance to write a guest post for Sarah Claire, whose blog I’ve been enjoying<br />
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I wanted to do something special for today’s post, so I’ve opted to combine two of my favourite nail<br />
art techniques, stamping and water marbling. I discovered this combination around Halloween last<br />
year when a marble went terribly wrong. Rather than removing it and starting over, I tried stamping<br />
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The great thing about this technique is the marble does not need to be uniform or precise. To start<br />
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Finally, a big Happy Blogiversary to Sarah Claire. Three years is quite an achievement! Thank you for<br />
having me as a guest. Can’t wait to see all the other exciting things happening this month♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-7000347773778191222014-06-02T08:13:00.000+09:302014-06-02T08:13:00.482+09:30... AN Monday - Winter ...I wanted to showcase things this month that make me happy! Aussie Nail Monday always makes me smile. Even though I don't always find the time to showcase nails on Monday, I do give it a go and I always love to see what the other Aussie ladies come up with weekly. There are so many creative souls out there!! So ... Happy Aussie Nail Monday everyone! Todays theme is "Winter" being that down here in the southern hemisphere, June signals the first month of winter.<br />
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I was rather excited about doing todays manicure. Mainly because I really wanted to use my MoYou London festive plates at Christmas but simply ran out of time between the day my order arrived and the big day itself!<br />
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I've gone for a simple black and white festive sweater look using OPI Alpine Snow and Black Onyx. The design is from the MoYou London Festive Collection 04 plate<br />
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I was really pleased with how these turned out and I love the contrast accent finger. Plus the design itself is extremely cute and I had a really hard time narrowing down which to use since this plate seems to have some gems on it.</div>
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-56943384392358808222014-06-01T09:11:00.000+09:302014-06-01T09:11:00.020+09:30... Happy 3rd Blogversary plus Ozotic 504 ...<i>"I had a dream last night that I had a pretty blog about nails and polishes. Dreams intrigue me - especially ones that I can actually remember." </i> - Shatter me Claire, June 1 2011<br />
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Wow. Just Wow! I can't believe my blog is now the big 3!! More importantly I can't believe I've actually managed to still be motivated enough to update it. Generally I lose interest with blogs and journals pretty quickly even though I have good intentions but I'm so pleased that I managed to stick it out even though I have massive hiatus periods.<br />
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While visitors (and posts!) have dwindled over the years, I am thankful for friendships that have been made via SMC and also that I can clearly see where I've come. My skills still have a long way to go but it's clear that my painting, nail art (and my photography!) have come far over the years. Also I was clearly following the crowd in my early posts and I like to think I've found my own style now.<br />
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I decided to go back to where it all started for me. Ozotic 504 was the first polish I featured here and it seemed right to go back to the beginning. That and the fact that I wanted to make amends for <a href="http://shattermeclaire.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/ozotic-pro-504.html">the cringefactor that was my first post</a>.<br />
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504 was one of the first polishes I brought from piCture pOlish. Sadly they no longer carry the Ozotic range but back when I first received this, multichrome polishes weren't as common as they are now so it was such an exciting time to see something that changed colours before your eyes.<br />
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Back in the day, Ozotic 504 was called "Twilight" and it's so easy to see why. The colour shifts from that orange/brown/red right through to a purple/blue. 504 is also quite sheer so I've layered it over a black polish.<br />
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I highly doubt I'll ever EVER be able to take a shot like this again with a clear split of colour down the middle. I haven't mastered underwater shots so natural light it is!!<br />
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As I mentioned earlier, 504 has been discontinued but you can still find bottles popping up on blogsales and on storenvy if you are super wanting it but there are many dupes now on the market that don't require layering which is handy for those lazy people like myself!<br />
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Thanks for popping by and if things go to plan then June should be a great month. Hope you pop your head back in to see what's happening! :)♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-20002069338507521602014-05-31T00:04:00.000+09:302014-05-31T00:04:00.049+09:30... Polish Party - Splatter ...I joined a new Facebook group in the last few days called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/polishparty2014/">Polish Party</a> who are doing monthly challenges! That sounds right up my alley! A whole month to complete the task!! Woohoo! I have great intentions with my weekly ones but often I run out of time to paint (or in most cases, photo and edit!)<br />
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This months theme is Splatter Nails and thankfully I am just scrapping this into the month! Woohoo!<br />
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I've chosen to use a 2 coat base of Nails Inc Cadogan Place and splatter over it with the vibrant Nails Inc I <3 Ita. If you are new to splatter manicures, the straw is everything. Too big and it won't work and you just end up with polish everywhere. I personally love the straws that come with kids Fruit Boxes/Poppers/Juice Boxes. They seem to be just the right size to dip and spray!<br />
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It's been awhile since I've done a splatter mani and I'd forgotten how easy and simple it is to get a fantastic looking mani. I'm very much liking how this turned out and how the contrast in colours works.<br />
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The base for this mani is Pretty Serious Creature Crush which I guess is appropriate! It's an extremely pretty dark blue with black and silver glitter. I really like how the larger hex pieces are not overwhelming if you are like me and not a huge glitter fan. Sadly it's being discontinued so if this looks like a polish you need in your life, run over now to <a href="http://www.pretty-serious.com/">Pretty Serious</a> and grab your bottle!<br />
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Boo is from the ever loved FUN3 stamping plate while Mario is from MoYou London - Back to the 90s 01. Both have been filled in using acrylic paint. Marios overalls got a tad smudged when placing the reverse stamping which is due to my impatience in not letting the paint dry! But who can blame me when this looks so good!<br />
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I've got big things planned for the 1st of June so I hope you pop back then to check it out!!♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-22516095908363910552014-05-27T17:53:00.000+09:302014-05-27T17:53:25.210+09:30... AIPAS Hulk Nails ...Woah! Better grab a chair as 2 days in a row never happens! Shocked!<br />
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The Australian Indie Polish Appreciation Society had a theme this week of "Revenge of the Nerds". Now I don't really consider myself nerdy but I have wanted to do Hulk nail art for awhile and here's my chance. I've always had a soft spot for him and for a bit of an odd reason. Until recently my grandparents had a massive hulk fridge magnet which I presume was left behind from my Uncles when they moved out when I was really little. Anyway ... onto the pics!<br />
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Now the polish is the super beautiful Lilypad Lacquer Peita's Potion which now has the proud award of being featured on the blog more than once!! It's honestly so beautiful! The Hulk himself comes from my super favourite stamping plate FUN11 and even though I seem to use it all the time, I'm not even half way into using all the characters! I'll get there though!<br />
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The Hulk is painted using acrylic paint and his hair is actually Zoya Veruschka for a bit of extra sparkle. Not that this needed it! It's gorgeous! Today has been extremely gloomy with rain and I got so lucky that as soon as I finished painting, the sun appeared for a few precious seconds! Score! It's not often that I get a mani looking as fab as this first time with minimal effort and then get rewarded with sunlight aswell.<br />
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To say I'm happy with this mani is an understatement. Everything just went so right and the purple worked so well with the green. Loving that green acrylic paint though *makes note to use it again*</div>
♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-71190913349817695722014-05-26T20:17:00.000+09:302014-05-26T20:17:15.805+09:30... AN Monday - Disney ...Hmmmm ... *insert excuses for not blogging here* ... Well that definitely wasn't the way I was hoping May would turn out but hey! Live and learn :)<br />
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Guess what ... It's AN Monday!! Todays theme is "Disney" and with the exception of the Pixar movies, there are only a handful of Disney movies/characters that I seem to like but my favourite of all time is Tigger!!<br />
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T-I-DOUBLE GRR-ERRRR! I gave this my own twist from the many Tigger inspired french manis on google images (I'm crediting the first one I saw which was <a href="http://nailartgallery.nailsmag.com/stoneycute1/photo/333278/tigger-nails-3">here</a>). I've used piCture pOlish beige for the base and then have used piCture pOlish mellow yellow, candy and popsicle for tigger himself. The image is reverse stamped from the FUN11 plate! LOVE!<br />
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It's been so long since I used Popsicle and I'd forgotten how much it shimmers! Divine! Even though I painted Tiggers tummy the wrong colour (doh!) I'm pretty happy with how these turned out. Simple yet effective! I can see I need to work on my french manicures but practice makes perfect. I'd love to revisit this another day.</div>
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-91068488370599552342014-05-01T20:39:00.002+09:302014-05-01T20:39:31.830+09:30... Untried May ** Celestial Cosmetics - Sun Kissed ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have this gorgeous beauty to show you today. The weather here has definitely turned to gloomy autumn now and I really got lucky taking these shots in the one bit of sun that managed to shine on through!</div>
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This is Sun Kissed by Celestial Cosmetics and it's a real beauty. I'm so glad that I pulled this one out of the box to try first. This is 2 coats of pure holo droolness! It's a fantastic colour that I thought worked really well with my skintone. There needs to be more orange in the world!</div>
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The holo in Sun Kissed is what I've come to expect from Celestial. Instant! BAM! All these shots are taken in full natural sunlight which is always the way to go but you definitely won't be disappointed in the shade. It's a gorgeous colour.</div>
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Sadly I only own 5 orange holo polishes (note to self - remedy that!) and Sun Kissed is nowhere near the same shade as any of the others. While the Celestial website doesn't ship worldwide, if you drop the owner Nicki a line I'm sure she will be able to help you acquire these pretties via her stockists.</div>
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-47384416552171369292014-04-28T19:32:00.000+09:302014-04-28T19:32:36.954+09:30... AN Monday - Subtle/Neutral ... Hurrah! It's AN Monday!! Todays theme is "Subtle/Neutral" so I've chosen to go with a Shellac colour with stamping and gemstones. Now I haven't had a gel colour appear on the blog before so feel loved that you are witnessing this moment!!<br />
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Originally I was going to just go for a simple French mani but I saw this design on a stamping plate and thought it would work well.<br />
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So this is 2 coats of Shellac "Beau" with stamping on top using Konad White. I was really impressed with Shellac Beau to be honest. Even though it's on the sheer side, it still managed to cover up things like stains that I had on my nails previously that I'm trying to grow out. The stamping is from a plate I brought from Cheeky that seems to be the L plate. I've just rotated the image so that it runs along the nail.</div>
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I added the gemstones as a last minute thing as I felt it needed something else. I really like the combo but I can see I need to do a lot more practice with placing the gemstones down where I want them to go!</div>
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Even though this mani has some major visible nail line going on, I really like it. It's simple yet effective. I really think I'll be revisiting this in the future if I have an event where I need my nails to sport something subtle.</div>
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Now I wanted to point this out incase you haven't had a bottle of Shellac before in your little hands. The packaging shows how sheer it is! I love that and it's so simple!! How I wish general nail polish came with a similar system!! I would have saved a lot of money on things that I thought were something they weren't.</div>
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♥ Sarah Claire ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/17419185076630847185noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417350624371224237.post-84714216309052875802014-04-07T08:35:00.000+09:302014-04-07T08:35:00.338+09:30... AN Monday - Animal Print ...YAY! AN Monday is back and I've combined it with the "Paint it Blue" theme for Autism Awareness. ASD is a big part of my daily life but I'll get onto that another day soon. Todays theme is Animal Print and I had a really hard time narrowing down my choices for this! Recently I had a bit of a complaint about <a href="http://shattermeclaire.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/piglet-nails.html">striping tape hating me</a> and someone kindly sent me some nail vinyls which appear to be all the rage lately!<br />
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I've chosen to use the stunning Pretty Serious Crystal Lake as the base with an unamed black on top covered with a matte top coat and I've used the zebra print nail vinyls. I think the blue and black works really well.<br />
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For a newbie I'm quite pleased with how these Zebra stripes turned out! They need work but compared to how much rage striping tape produces, I can see we will be friends.<br />
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And because I've had this in my head for the whole time I was doing this mani ... Sit back, relax and enjoy! Zebra Zebra Zebra!!!<br />
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