Cosmetic Cupcake

Hi ladies! My loooooong overdue blog sale is now up! It's not everything I need to get rid of but I'm a hoarder (seriously I need to go on the show!) so it takes me a while to part with stuff haha. I have some makeup and skincare to sell as well as of course nail polish. I have a few HTF (hard to find) ones including a brand new in box China Glaze OMG collection.



Head on over to my Blog Sale page to check it out! Happy shopping =)

I have another awesome new Ozotic Pro polish for you today! 908 is from their new Beam collection. I love that Ozotic Pro are bringing out these new finishes!


908 is "nspired by 'reflecting luminous light beams' hence the moonlight colours with sparks!". In the bottle it's pretty unassuming but OMG on the nail it absolutely comes to life! Especially when layered over a dark base it just looks amazing. It contains gorgeous white, pink, purple and green glass flecks - here I've layered a VERY thin coat over a black base.


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I find applying a thin coat works best for the Beam and Sugar polishes so that the it contrasts against the dark base and so you don't get any patchiness. 2 coats makes it too opaque and I like seeing the dark base through it! I haven't tried it over a light base just yet.




Details: You can purchase the Ozotic Pro Beam collection from piCture pOlish for $12.

Have you tried these yet? Thanks for looking as always!

The product featured in this post was provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.

For some reason whenever I want to do a glitter gradient mani I always reach for the Jill Stuart Bare Petal Spring collection polishes I hauled in HK earlier this year. The colours are so pretty and perfect for the warmer months! They're perfect for any time you feel like a girlie colour really haha. Also because they're on the sheer side they show some VNL so glitter tips are perfect.


I used 3 coats of 55 Floret Bud which is a sweet pink with shimmer and applied China Glaze Medallion to 2/3 of my nails, then went back over the top 1/3 and dabbed some Milani Jewel FX Gold here and there too. So easy to do but always looks fantastic!




You might have noticed that I've changed the positioning of my watermarks. I am SICK AND TIRED of people on Instagram/weheartit/all over the internet etc cropping watermarks and claiming blogger's manicures as their own. I hate having to make it so prominent but I'm just over it. OVER IT!!! These people should spend less time making "inspiration" accounts and practising nail art themselves.

anwyay, glitter gradient manicures satisfy some of my need for nail art but I still need to get back into proper nail art! What do you think of glitter gradients? Thanks for looking as always!

The lovely Susan from The Subtle Shimmer opened up her online store Star Trinkets earlier this year selling 2 things I absolutely love - nail polish and jewellery! She stocks a number of polish brands such as PicturePolish, China Glaze, Pomegranate Nail Lacquer and Ozotic Pro. She kindly offered to send me some Pomegranate Nail Lacquers to review and I asked her to surprise me with the shades. She sent two gorgeous shades my way and I have Cardigan for you today which is a beautiful jelly. I ADORE jelly polishes like crazy!


Cardigan is a gorgeous rich teal jelly. It's one of those teals that my camera absolutely hates unfortunately so I've tweaked the colour to show the colour as accurately as I can. It's such a beautiful shade! 3 coats is needed for opacity which is pictured here and it dried quickly to high gloss finish. It's not as squishy as other jelly polishes but just squishy enough. I'm dying to do jelly sandwiches with it!


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Details: Pomegranate Nail Lacquers are available from Star Trinkets for $11SGD and from the Pomegranate online store for $9USD.

Thank you Susan for sending me this beauty to try! Have you tried Pomegranate Nail Lacquers before? I have another pretty shade to show you shortly!

The product featured in this post was provided to me for consideration but this in no way influenced my review in any way. As always, my reviews are my 100% honest opinion. My Disclosure Policy can be viewed here.