July What's In-die Box?! *Pic Heavy*

Hi all, today I have the super awesome "what's in-die box" to share with you all! 

To start off, "what's in-die box" is a monthly box that contains 5 polishes from Australian indie polish makers. Every month will contain Glam Polish, Peitas Polish and Lilypad Lacquer as well as 2 other contributors each month. This month was Mckfresh Nail Attire and Shades Of Phoenix. Each month also has a theme, this month was "Little Miss". Each month you preorder the box if you want it and they get shipped out on a certain date. This is great because it means if you don't want it or can't afford it one month then you don't have to get it. If you're interested in preordering the August box you can do so over at the Glam Polish blog (sorry international readers, it is not available for International shipping at the moment). 

Now on to the fun bits! Sorry in advance for the crappy iPhone pics. 

This was how I received it. I hadn't seen other pictures before I got it either so it was a total surprise. 

First up is Lilypad lacquer I Am Miss Haughty Taughty (I haven't swatched all of these either so the description is based on just what I can see in the bottle) it is packed with different shades of green and holo glitter with some large pink and yellow hex glitter throughout it. It's really pretty in the bottle and would be a great topper over a green creme. I can't wait to try it out. 

Next up is Mckfresh nail attire Whoops! It is a pale purple shimmery base with a little tiny silver glitter throughout it, also white rectangles, long black bar glitter, black hexes and pink circles. It looks gorgeous in the bottle and this is one I swatched and found the glitter a bit difficult. I've never used a polish with bar glitter in it before and I found that getting the placement right took some time, not always a bad thing but I'm usually too lazy for that. The wear has been pretty good though. I put it on Thursday night and it is now Saturday night and its still going strong. I usually leave work on Friday afternoon with my polish badly chipped but this survived the whole shift without even any signs of tip wear! 

This picture is with 3 coats and a top coat of seche vite. 

Next is Peitas Polish I'm A Chatterbox. I love love love this polish!!! I think it is my favourite from this months box. It is a gorgeous glitter topper that is packed full of pink matte glitter with some blue and yellow matte glitter sprinkled throughout. I have a picture of this one but I will post it a bit further below as I used it over the top of the Shades of Phoenix polish. 

Next up is Glam Polish Little Miss Naughty. The first thing I noticed about this is that the glitter is a bit sinky. I haven't swatched it yet so I don't know if this will effect performance. I will update once its been swatched. In the bottle though it is a pretty light purple polish with small holo glitter as well as pink, green and silver holo squares. I really like the colour of this one. 

Last but not least is Shades of Phoenix Little Miss Bad. This is a gorgeous pale milky blue with pink and blue glitter in various shapes and sizes and black squares. The glitter came out really easily with no fishing required. 

The next photo is 2 coats of little miss bad with one coat of I'm a chatterbox with a top coat of seche vite. 

Once the rest of the polishes are swatched I will post them up for you all to see :)

Thanks for reading! Bye for now. 

- Naomi 

Born Pretty Store holo polish!

Hey guys, today I have a born pretty store holo polish to show you all. I am a huge fan of holos, they are just so pretty! 

I haven't had a chance to check this polish out in sunlight yet but I have taken some pics under direct light and indirect light. It's really hard to get the holo to show in photos, but like I said, I haven't seen this baby in sunlight yet. The one I am posting pics of is #8 but I also bought #2 at the same time. 

This is going to be a pic heavy post, sorry in advance! 

Sorry for the icky hand colouring, it was the best pic of the holo so I had to post it! 

This picture was taken in indirect light. 

What do you guys think? I will see if I can get some better pics in the sun tomorrow and will update if/when that happens (we've had incredibly crappy weather here the last few days so it could take a while for that to happen). 

Have a great weekend guys! Bye for now,

-  Naomi

Covergirl, gloss n' sparkle and sinful colors 

Hi all, today I have some holo goodness to show you all! I'm really happy with this mani, it is the first time I've been really happy with the way my stamping has turned out and it also has holo, what could be better?! 

The pink I used is covergirl everbloom, it is a pretty pink creme, the white is sinful colors snow me white and that holo! Oh my, it is gorgeous and the best part of it is that I can use it to make anything holo! It is gloss n' sparkle spectraflair holographic top coat. If you're a fan of holo polish then you need this! You can find the shop here. 

Now for the pictures! 

This picture was taken outside in direct sunlight. 

This was taken inside and as you can see it still has a beautiful holo effect. 

The stamping plate I used was from the born pretty store and can be found here. 

Thanks for reading guys, I hope you like my mani as much as I do! Bye for now, 

- Naomi

Savvy by DB

Hi all, I have some new polishes to show you today. The brand is Savvy by DB, I bought my first 3 polishes from this brand today and so far I am impressed! They are exclusive to Priceline pharmacy and cost $3 each which is a total bargain! 

I got UFO, razzle & dazzle, and galaxy

The mani I am currently wearing is 2 coats of UFO topped with one coat of razzle & dazzle, before I put pics of that up I have some individual pics of the swatch sticks.

 

Galaxy is a gorgeous green foil duochrome, I couldn't capture it properly but you can see a little of the gold flecks through it in this picture. 

UFO is actually a lovely deep purple with a subtle gold shimmer through it. This picture absolutely does no justice to the colour. Purples are so hard to photograph! 

Razzle & dazzle is gorgeous! It is gold micro glitter with rose gold hex glitter scattered through it. It is so pretty! 

Now for my current mani! 

As I said before I am wearing 2 coats of UFO and 1 coat of razzle and dazzle. Sorry for the bad lighting! 

Anyway, that was my purchase for the day :) did anyone else find anything new? 

Bye for now,

- Naomi 

Arcane + Ulta3 glitter gradient 

Hi all, hope you're all having a good Tuesday. Today I have a quick glitter gradient to show you. It didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped but it looks alright. 

For the base colour I used ulta3 soft hydrangea and the glitter gradient was done with arcane lacquer what a calamity? 

I really love the arcane polishes, they are so pretty and I'm slowly working my way through my collection. Bec, the mastermind behind the brand has opened an etsy store so you can now purchase her amazing creations that way. 

Thanks for reading, bye for now,

- Naomi 

KKCenterHK Review

Hi all, recently I was asked to do my first review for the online store KKcenterHK .

Their nail art decorations are really cute and there are so many to choose from! I received N.Nail 2.5mm mix star glitter (NNAIL-Mix-Star-2-5-mm) . 

I picked out some of the gold stars for my mani because I like to keep things the same. I'm really happy with how they turned out. The stars were incredibly easy to use and they look really nice. 

Next up was some N.NAIL Studs Circular Pink 2mm Nail Art Decorations (NNAIL-DRN664) .

I've never used studs before but I found it to be extremely easy. Make sure you work with one nail at a time, use a slow dry top coat and place the studs where you want them to be. I then finished it off with a coat of seche vite. Unfortunately the stamping that I did got a little smudged but overall I'm happy with the final results. The studs look really cute as the flower centres too. 

My experience with this company has been very positive and I will definitely be purchasing from them in the future. As an added bonus they have offered my readers a 10% off for orders valid until 31st Jan 2014. Simply use the code "justanotherpolishjunkie" how great is that! 

Thanks for reading, bye for now,

- Naomi

*disclosure - items were sent to me free of charge by the store for review*

Arcane + Revlon moon candy

Hi all, it's been a while again I know, I've been wearing naked nails for the last week to try and get my cuticles in order (which, by the way, didn't work! I got lazy and kept forgetting to use my cuticle oil). 

Anyway, today I decided to try Arcane Luna Madness. This colour is gorgeous! It's a black jelly base with pink and blue glitter. I'm not a big fan of wearing black nail polish but this one works. I like! 

So after wearing Luna madness all day I went into target this afternoon and found the Revlon moon candy I've been wanting and it was the last one so of course I had to buy it! I kept Luna madness as my undies and put 2 coats of the flakie side on top. WOW! It is so pretty! I can't stop staring at it!

It reminds me of a black opal. Seriously gorgeous! Thanks for reading, bye for now :) 

- Naomi