This was too funny. Had to share.

YEAH TOAST!

But no need to be shy... It goes on fingers too! And rather nicely!

L to R: Jingle, Holiday Sparkle, You Sleigh Me

These three (plus Sunshine on Snowflakes) are my only Piggy Polishes. They aren't exactly that easy to come by in my neck of the woods, nor have they really come out with anything that I felt was worth tracking down in my usual rabid manner. That is, with the obvious exception of the ones that I own. Apparently they are made for toes, but since I have RBL Frugalista on my toes and no sandblaster on hand, these bad girls are going on my hands.

(Just editing to add - its just a marketing ploy! There is NO difference between toenails and fingernails and there is no specific toes only polish. It goes anywhere. Just not in your mouth. (I'm sure it would taste gross)

Piggy Polish Jingle

Jingle is a Christmas Polish (all of my Piggies are), but I have no idea what year it was from. 2007? 2006? Sorry guys, NFI. But what I CAN tell you about it, is how much I freaking LOVE IT! My swatch above is three coats, and Jingle is a little on the sheer side. But once you get toa few layers, WOW. It practically glows on the nail. Lit from within gets thrown around a lot, but Piggy Polish know how to get that shit done! It's easily one of my favourite greens. A perfect emerald shade. I wish they still made it. I need a backup.

Piggy Polish Holiday Sparkle

Holiday Sparkle was part of one of last years Christmas sets. It came in a duo pack with You Sleigh Me, which we will get to later. The polish has no name, which is a shame. I'm guessing its meant to be a gold version of Sunshine on Snowflakes, but I would have liked a name. Maybe Sleigh Bells? Something nice like that. I would assume from the formula that the polish was intended to be a top coat for You Sleigh Me. It's pretty sheer. The swatch above is four coats. I love the pale colour of the gold glitter in contrast to the larger bronze pieces. This is a very unique polish. I love it.

Piggy Polish You Sleigh Me

Finally, You Sleigh Me. This, ladies and gentlemen, is my new favourite red. The depth is nothing short of amazing. Not to mention that it also has the BEST name for a seasonal polish ever thought of. I bet Suzi got word of this polish and got super steamed that she didn't think up that awesome pun of a name herself. She would also be even more steamed because You Sleigh Me craps on all her reds from a great height. Oooh double burn, OPI. Swatch is 2 coats, went on smooth and easily. Much love.

Aaaand the moral of the story here kids, is that Kaz needs to pay more attention to Piggy Polish, most notably their seasonal offerings. You should too!

Edited to Add: Turns out the Gold is called Holiday Sparkle. Thanks Piggy Polish website!

His name is Rabbit Number #3 and he NEEDS to stop trying to out-cute Princess Boo because it is just not going to happen!

Just so you know, Rabbit #3, Boo considers this an official glove slap and now challenges you to a cute off!

You have been SERVED Rabbit #3!

via Daily Squee.

Ever had one of those days where your swatches just look like crap?

Welcome to my week. I haven't been happy with anything I have photographed since my Sally Hansen Xtreme Wears, but I'm just going to say the heck with it and post the last two polishes I considered good enough to save the pics of.

Borghese!!

Fun to say! Borrrrghaaayzzzaaaay!

I got two of them courtesy of an amazing US sweetheart, and here are my terrible pics that do the polish no justice AT all. Arriba!

Borghese Stellar Notte

This is a shot of the green side of Stellar Notte, Borghese's kickass duochrome. The colour range in this polish is amazing and it shifts from the green you see here, through a gunmetal grey, through to purple. Fabuloso.

Borghese Stellar Notte

Here's a shot of the purple angle. Gorgeous. If only my application didn't look like doody we would have some winners on our hands!

Borghese Plumaggio Purple

To my eye, Plumaggio Purple looks a lot like OPI Russian Navy. I should note though, that I need to wear glasses when driving. It's really blue on my nails. I don't know whether it's my skintone pulling out the blue or what? It's definitely blurple if anything.

So I love the colours. But lets talk about the brush. Again. Because much like Sally Hansen, these new Borghese's have a super hyoooge brush. I didn't think anything could be worse than the India Pro Wides, but I stand corrected. It might be easier for gals in a rush to just slap on a coat and rush out the door with their nails lookin like caca, BUT for those who paint with precision for a neater look, it's a pain in the ass!

It's not always about speed, nail polish companies! Give us a brush we can work with and we will save half the time cleaning off the mess from our fingers.

AAAAND rant over.

I'm running late with this post today. Let's see what I can rustle up.

Oooh I like that idea. An old collection. 2009's Sally Hansen Passport to Harajuku collection, from Canada. For some reason Sally Hansen has a bad habit of releasing totally badass collections in Canada only, much to the infuriation of the rest of the polish loving world. Lucky for me there are awesome Canadian babes that I know that have been willing to purchase them on my behalf.

I briefly wrote about these polishes last year, before I got them in this post. Here's the pic of the display that my lovely Canadian pal took for me.

But now that I've owned them for a while and have swatched them I thought I might cover them in a little more detail.

Sally Hansen Harajuku Station

Harajuku Station is a gorgeous, vibrant hot pink. My laptop monitor (that I am working on now) dulls the colour a little, but my PC monitor shows it as the gorgeous bright pink that it is. This is two coats, and although the formula on all of these polishes was pretty bad, this was manageable and I think worth the effort.

Sally Hansen Yoyogi Park

Yoyogi Park is a medium purple with a blue/lilac shimmer. I like it a lot, although I am pretty sure I already own a lot of other purples like it. This is two coats, and being a shimmer, the formula was much better than the cremes. It picks up more blue on certain angles and the colour is actually pretty neat.

Sally Hansen Cosplay

Like it's namesake at a bad convention, Cosplay was nothing short of a disaster. This is the only swatch I have ever taken off FOUR times and put back on again and still not been happy with the end result. It was gloopy and thick and runny at the same time. How does that happen? Well whatever freakish forms of chemistry Sally Hansen used to make this polish I hope she never uses it again. I can get the same shade from my Zoya Creamy with half the hassle. Boo Cosplay! BOOOOO!

Sally Hansen Gothloli

Gothloli probably handled the best out of all the cremes, but it's just a flat black creme, Nothing special. It does have a ridiculously cute name though. But I would have thrown in some pink or silver sparkles. Just to jazz it up a little. Two coats here, unlike a bunch of my other black cremes that are one coaters. I'm keeping this one because of the name (and also because it is part of the collection).

Sally Hansen Meiji Jingu

I saved the best for last. Meiji Jingu is a pretty cherry red with a teeny pink flash. It's unique in my collection and even though I don't usually gravitate towards reds without gold shimmer, I can definitely say that this was my favourite of the bunch. What a fab coincidence that it also had the smoothest formula!

So there you have it. I can bang out a post under pressure. Booyah.

*runs in circles*

Models Own is having a whopping 50% off sale right now! It runs through the weekend, so this is your chance to pick up some awesome shades at half the price! The minimum order is £20 so round up some frenz! The promo code is FIFTYFIFTY.

They do ship worldwide, flat rate to Australia was only £7.95!

I do already have some Models Own, and while my swatches arent the best, I will share anyway. Because sharing is AWESOME.

Models Own Top Turquoise, Pink Explosion, Blue Gem, Lemon Meringue, Green Tea


Models Own Top Turquoise


Models Own Blue Gem


Models Own Pink Explosion

Run! Run right now! Or errr... type really fast and go to http://www.modelsownit.com

Sale ends Sunday!

China Glaze Stroke Of Midnight

I only made my 2010 lemming list a few weeks ago and already, one of my amazing friends has come forward to fulfill one of my wishes.

To my "fairy godmother", (geddit? Cinderella reference...LOL) thank you so much for being so awesome and I will help you out with anything, anytime!

*admires nails for the 400th time today*

Sally Hansen Mint Sprint

When I was young I had a treasured set of crayola pencils. There was one shade in the lot - Aqua - that I loved so much that I NEVER let anyone else lay a hand on that pencil.

"Oh hai, you're colouring in your mermaid? No you may not use my aqua. Try the green, bitch. I hear it's fantastic."

This polish is the EXACT match to that pencil. It arrived with a Borghese CP that a friend did for me and if there hadn't been an amazing HTF lemming in the package too, the biggest squee would have been awarded to Mint Sprint. Please to ignore the bubbles. This thing slathered on. The brush... well. Let's talk about the brush.

I have had Jumpin Jade sitting in my untrieds for about a year, so this was my first run in with the Insta Dri line. My first impression was pretty much the same as everybody else.

WTF is up with that brush?

Are ya catching my drift here? I could paint my house with the damn thing. I kept expecting a clown to burst through my door, exclaim that I had found his comically oversized nail polish, honk his nose at me and run away giggling.

I have large nail beds, so it wasn't too much of an issue. BUT for girls with little hands, Insta Dri may just be a giant pain in the ass.

Gorgeous colour, but the brush... well she needs some work. Today Sally, you are 50% ho.

I just got these babies the other day and I was so excited when I opened the package that I had to swatch them right away! Sally has been on the ball with her latest colour creations, and these four new additions to the Xtreme Wear line are almost enough to make me forgive her for changing the shape of the Salon bottles.

(Ohhh how I loves me some square salon bottles. So klasseh.)

Sally Hansen The Real Teal

The Real Teal looks more aqua than teal to me, but I'm not going to sit back and quibble about names when the colour is this hot! It's glowy and shimmery without being brushstrokey and I love it. I thought it might be close to China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise and Misa The Grass Is Greener on My Side, but I'd have to find them to make a comparison. My helmers look like a Monet. Nice from faraway... but when you get up close... whattamess! Off the top of my head I would say that The Real Teal is lighter than those two.

Sally Hansen Pacific Blue

OH. EM. GEE. Pacific Blue hurtles straight into my top ten. Seriously. I think this may well be my favourite blue. Ever. How did it take so long for someone to release this beautiful shade of cornflower blue? This is the blue of my dreams! I don't own anything like it, not even in any other finish. Shamayzing. Ten points Sally Hansen, today you are not a ho.

Sally Hansen Going Green

I wasn't sure I was going to like this one, but the green is much bluer than I thought and that tiny shimmer just about stole my heart! Look how green and gorgeous this is. LOOK!! LOOOOOOOOOK! I am glad that this one wasn't a yellowed flat creme like I expected. Pleasant polish surprises are the best!

Sally Hansen Purple Pizazz

Purple Pizazz is deep purple jelly with pink glass flecks. Beautiful, just not really original. This shade of purple jelly has many sisters. Just the other day I posted my new Mode Polish, Glitterati. Here they are side by side.

Sally Hansen Purple Pizazz vs Mode Glitterati

The colours are close (and you can tell by the redness of my skin that the SH photo is brighter overall). The glass flecks in Purple Pizazz are also a lot more dense. But then there's also Milani Totally Cool, Sinful Daddy's Girl and even to a lesser extent Urban Deacy Toxin. Pizazz is a great shade, but there are many others like it. They should have made the same thing in a different colour. Blue or Green perhaps.

One thing worth noting is the brush. They are a lot bigger than the Xtreme Wear's used to be. I have larger nail beds, so these aren't a problem for me, but petite gals may struggle.

I hope to see more badassery from Sally Hansen like this in the near future!

Have you ever looked at a house and truly been able to see yourself living in it?

We all like to look at big, expensive houses and dream about what it might be like to live in such grandeur, but something about this house is different. My younger brother is looking at building his first home and is incredibly excited about it. Real estate talk always makes me want to check out what is on the market, and I had literally looked through about a hundred houses before stumbling on this one, just south of Kiama.

Sitting on 100 acres and backing on to national park, it suits our "dream house" specifications perfectly. Spacious, lots of land and away from everyone and everything. Beautiful high ceilings, five bedrooms, triple garage - the place is amazing.

But with its 2.8 million dollar price tag, it's more than a little out of our range at the moment. Strangely enough though, I don't feel devastated by that. This house has an appeal to me that seems oddly comforting. I feel like this already is my house. I can see myself sitting on the pool deck with a drink. I can feel the grass underneath my feet. I can see myself with a book in the bay window of the bedroom.

I am reading a book called "The Answer" at the moment, not to be confused with "The Secret", although one of the authors is the same. I have not read The Secret, to be honest, I'm kind of put off by it. The Laws of Attraction are principles that are a big part of my life, and to see them commercialised in such a way and latched on to as the "newest fad" like they were kind of cheapens them. It's not something you read about and discuss excitedly with your trend hopping friends at a cafe before skipping on to whatever new religion Madonna is promoting. Learning about the Laws of Attraction was a powerful revelation for me. They changed my life and made me a better person. They have brought me things I didn't think possible. They have helped me help people.

But I digress. Very early on in this book, the author describes unpacking boxes with his young son in his new home. A box his son discovered in the study contained inspiration boards long forgotten. Some people call them treasure maps, mine is simply a wish list - but what it is, is a bunch of pictures of things you want in your life. Cut from magazines, newspapers etc.

The author was shocked to discover a five year old board with a picture of the house he had just moved into. Years ago he had cut the picture from a magazine, not knowing where it was, or how much it cost. Now, he owned it.

When I look at this house in these pictures, there is an odd sense of familiarity that I can't shake. Could this be my house? In five years, will I look back at this entry and be shocked and amazed too?