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Happy Friday ladies! It's winter here in Aus which means a new limited edition Face of Australia polish collection woohoo!! This season, it's all about evil villains with the release of the Dark Side collection that is inspired by yep - you guessed it - the most evil movie villains of all time. I had the pleasure of swatching the shades and guest posting again on their blog and I hope you'll all love the shades as much as I do.


The collection contains 5 gorgeous cremes, a duochrome and 2 awesome glitters. You can check out my swatches and review of the collection on the Face of Australia blog here but a sneak peek below for you too ;)


To celebrate the launch, Face of Australia have very kindly given me TWO sets to give away to two of my lucky readers!! To enter, simply head on over to my guest post on the Face of Australia blog to check out the shades and then let me know which is your favourite villian that's inspired one of the shades and why. I love Star Wars and Harry Potter so it's a tough choice but mine has to be Lord Voldemort! Leave me a comment below with your answer, the state you live in and email address for your chance to win!! (I'd really appreciate if you followed me on my Instagram and twitter and liked my Facebook page too!). The giveaway is open to Australian residents only and ends at 8pm AEST on July 5th 2014.

Good luck and I hope you all have a fab weekend!

I'm trying to make a conscious effort to work through my HUGE pile of untried shades and to swatch them for the blog. I like to swatch using natural light and being winter there's no natural light by the time I get home from work = no swatches. I've been unmotivated to blog since returning home so on my days off I haven't really felt like swatching and taking photos etc. I still polish my nails regularly but I just can't be bothered to take photos - hopefully this phase will pass soon! One shade I made sure I snapped pics of was Erre Due Mirror Effect 996 which is a pretty pink chrome that my dear friend Christina gifted me last year. I'm on a bit of a holo/chrome/glitter/duochrome kick at the moment!


996 is medium pink mirror chrome. How awesome is it?! It has a typical chrome formula so it dries super quickly which means you have to work fast. I used 2 coats here but you could definitely get away with just one as it's pretty darn opaque. The formula is on the runnier side and the shade is pretty unforgiving so I probably should have given my nails a good buff before applying! Chromes stamp really well so I'm dying to test it out to see if I can add it to my stamping polish collection.



What's your favourite chrome polish? Not that I need to add to my already overflowing polish collection.. xp Thanks for looking as always!

A very simple NOTD for today! With a very simple title too oops. Sometimes I just feel like a simple girlie mani and pink and glitter always work for me. This is 2 coats each of Hello Darling Ballerina La La and Trophy Wife glitter as an accent. Both are super pigmented and utter perfection to apply.


What's your go to girlie mani shades? Thanks for looking as always!

HELLOOOOOOOO everyone!! I am back home and it feels weird after being away for a month. I just want to continue honeymooning! It is nice to not live out of a suitcase but the worst thing about returning home is all the unpacking and laundry that needs to be done! URGH. We had an amazing time and I'll try to post some pics later but for now I have some of my hauls for you! We didn't really do too much shopping as we spent most of our time eating, sightseeing and doing more eating but I did buy a few polishes (of course!) and 2 big ticket items in Paris =D