ulta3 nail crush

$2 nail polish is difficult to resist at the best of times, but these colours are so nice! You've seen fruit tingle in my previous post, I'm slowly working my way through them to see which ones I like best. 

Left - Right, gossip, fruit tingle

Left - Right, twinkle toes, silver grey

Left - Right, over the rainbow, striking

What's your favourite?

Fruit Tingle

As you're probably already aware I'm having a huge crush on this brand, ulta3. The nailpolishes are only $2 each and they have such an amazing range to choose from. I'm currently crushing on this neon pink shade called  fruit tingle

Check out some other colours (atomic OJ) I've posted about here

Will post more nail colours soon!

Essence Cosmetics Review

I've never tried this brand before but was curious as everything was so cheap. I thought I may as well try it out. The display looks quite young so I wasn't too sure how the products were going to be. I'm definitely happy I gave it a go.

Price: $3.50

Not a re purchase

This coverstick wasn't my best purchase, compared to my usual Rimmel concealer this one is very dry and hard to blend. It doesn't last long and creases.

See here from Priceline

Price: $2.49

Colour: 17 tu-tu-turquoise

REPURCHASE

I love love love this, possibly one of the best eyeliners I have ever purchased, I went and got the black also. The colour is super vibrant, really smooth, doesn't smudge and lasts all day

See here on the Essence website

Price: $4.25

REPURCHASE

This is one of my favourite mascaras, definitely definitely waterproof, gives great volume and lasts well. It does thin throughout the day however, and cannot be reapplied smoothly. Still love it.

See here from Priceline

Studio nails, ultra strong nail hardener

Price: $1.75

Repurchase

This polish dries super quick and has an instant effect, good for when you're in a bit of a rush. Its not as nourishing as the XXL thickener, but I would still recommend it.

See here from Priceline

Studio nails, XXL nail thickener

Price: $1.47

Repurchase

I cannot believe that other products cost so ridiculously much, at only $1.47 you could buy 10 of these for the price of one nail hardener. This one is so great, its kind of like a gel, a instant nail thickener without going flakey, I use it as a base coat under all of my nail colours. AMAZE

See here from Priceline

Nail Stickers

I couldn't be bothered painting my nails so I pulled out the old faithful nail stickers, I got these Sally Hansen ones for $3, winning! and because I'm so cheap I can use the packet for two manicures, $1.50 for each time, sounds great!

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Fatal Attraction - BYS Nails

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BYS is actually a really inexpensive but good brand, every time I go into this one $2 shop I want to buy the neon collection nail polishes, mainly the green but someone always talks me out of it. This time I decided I was going to do it, biiig decision at only $4 each right? I was initially really dissapointed with the consistency as it's very thin, I tried doing a base of white, but my polish was very dry and I had to start over again. In the end I had to do three coats to get the brightness I was after, which turned out to be quite a nice colour.

Excuse my poor nails, I'm currently in the process of trying to strengthen them, look out for that post soon!

 Pros;

- Amazing colour

- Affordable
- Against animal testing

Cons;

- Thin consistency

- Stains nail bed (need to do a base coat)

Still a repurchase :)

Whats your favourite nail polish?

For more neon colours check out their website here
For even more nail products click here

Nails Nails Nails

Don't you love cosmetics that have cute names? I have so much fun picking up a lipstick that's called Barracuda Berry as opposed to just... purple or even a number, or in this case ATOMIC OJ! What! I actually think this is a big factor in me buying things. Sadly... consumer consumer.

Left - Right, atomic oj, a lister, triple threat

At only $2 a pop I don't feel so guilty, also they are made in Australia, so points to you! 

I also snapped up some nail stickers (Cala - $2), a thing I'll only purchase if it is on sale, no Sally Hansen I wont pay $14.95 each! These ones however, were an interesting task to accomplish. You have to cut them to size before peeling of the backing and sticking them down, which is fine... except when you try to do it to yourself. These ones were super thick, which meant they stayed on for a fair while but I had a lot of trouble trying to get them to fit my nail shape perfectly, which meant some began to peel. Luckily I did a clear topcoat, and they stayed on in Bali for a few days too! $2 not bad... but probably not a re-purchase.

Cala nail stickers

Ulta3 - atomic oj

Ulta3 - a lister, Rimmel 60 seconds - Green with envy, base

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Glitter Nail Ideas

 Nail ideas to brighten your day with glitter

Cosmic Nails from Let them have polish

Geometric Glitter

Ombre

French Tips Twist

Geometric

More nail ideas here, 

All images sourced on Pinterest

Glitter Nailpolish

Are you looking for the most amazing glitter nail polish and you just havent found it? Searching through all the chunky glitters, fine glitters, coloured glitters and sick of spending money on ridiculously expensive polishes... Well well, BYS I love you. I picked up this colour from a $2 Shop for $4. This is a super fine glitter and looks amazing over any colour, it's called Diamond Glitter Crystal (N342)



Please ignore my burnt finger, LOL

Whats your favourite polish?

Nail Stickers

Sally Hansen - Salon Effects Nail stickers

I love having painted nails but always give up after three attempts of putting the polish on, whether it be sloppy application, ruining the nail when trying to clean it up or accidently touching something whilst they were still that tiny bit wet... 3 hours later and my nails look the same as when I started... Bare, Damn!

Helloooo nail stickers! These have been around for quite a while, but I had not gotten around to actually giving them a go, my mum bought these for me last week! I was in Queensland for a week, and considering I was at theme parks and water parks, they lasted almost a week in pretty good condition!

Pros;

Amazing effects

Strengthens Nails

Lasts a few days

Cleaner finish than polish

Cons;

Pricey

Tricky to apply

Difficult to remove

Awkward sizing

Application; I was extremely confused when I opened the box, after messing up the first few nails I slowly got the hang of it. The pieces are odd sizing, so for smaller stickers you can slightly stretch them to fit your nail perfectly.

You peel the two layers off the sticker - The base and the clear protection - and attempt to fit it perfectly to your nail. Slowly file off the edge with the supplied file and 'tuck' the excess under the nail, this is what made my nails super strong and helped them last longer! Its very hard to explain the method, but you get a diagram with instructions in your little box, so hopefully you will be better at it than me!

Check them out here and colours/designs here

Have you ever used nail stickers?

Ombre Nails

So I'm loving everything Ombre right now (in otherwords dip-dyed) and thought I'd try out the nail trend myself!

My attempt

There are a couple of different ways you can do this, theres the whole hand or individual nails. Check these out. (Sorry for the overload in glitter)

Style 1;

Style 2;

Love this one, super easy and looks good with a solid colour also