I know, I know. I said I would have two posts today, but we’ll just have two to finish up tomorrow. It’s almost 11pm here and I’m still up writing notes about lip gloss formulations, so I have a good excuse for my tardiness I promise! I have a great bunch of polishes for you again today, and yes, three of the five are green. I just can’t help myself!! 36. Maybelline Electric Apple – This colour was on my long time lemming list until I was able to snap it up (cheap as too!) on eBay just over a [...]

Well here we go again! A few more HTF vintage weird and wonderful swatches direct from my helmers to you. I’m really excited about what I have to show you in the next few days, so let’s get this show on the road! 6. Naturistics Aura Pearl – I’m telling you – this photo does this gorgeous polish absolutely no justice. I have a lot of Naturistics now (matching brush handles! Wheee!) and some of them have to be seen to be believed. A lot of people talk about polishes being lit from within – this one truly is. The [...]

This is my third year writing this post (wow, how time flies! See 2010 here and 2011 here) and I am such a fan of lists and putting your wishes down on paper, or a blog entry in this instance, that I am going to do it again. Not only because it seems to have some sort of cosmic HTF attracting powers when I do these posts, but also because it’s fun to look back upon lemmings fulfilled. 2011 was a good year on many fronts, especially for ticking things off the ol’ wishlist. Rarities procured in the last 12 [...]

It’s another vintage swatch collection this week. I went out last night, and my nails are a lovely shade of red that I just couldn’t bring myself to remove, especially seeing as I’m going out again tonight. For those of you wondering, it’s Covergirl Candy Apple. Amazing. But on with the swatches! China Glaze Peace on Earth, Sally Hansen Saturday Night Fever China Glaze Out On Safari, Joe Fresh Moss Nails Inc The Mall, Mavala Electric Green Nails Inc Bow Street, Sinful See You Soon Chanel Holographic, China Glaze Atlantis (over NARS Purple Rain) Sally Hansen Pacific Blue, China Glaze [...]

I should probably have titled this post: Why I don’t think I’ll notice my no buy at all. I haven’t been photographing any of my new stuff over the last month or so, and I just had a couple of mammoth packages arrive yesterday too. So why not celebrate the awesomeness with some lovely bottle pics to round out the weekend? YES. LETS. First up is some bottle shots of my fantastic Beauty Joint order. Kleancolor Chunky Holo Teal, Clover, Purple & Bluebell Kleancolor Chunky Holo Candy, Fuschia, Poppy, Scarlet & Black Kleancolor Metallic Red, Aqua, Fuschia & Green Kleancolor [...]

Finally! Some new swatches! It’s been a long time since I’ve done any swatches so I apologise if these are crap. Winter is way harsh on both my skin and nails. I don’t know about you guys but this week has royally kicked my ass. The only thing that can save us now is pretty, pretty polish. So let us begin! Nails Inc Buckingham Street, Zoya Karina OPI Extravavaganza, Chanel Cobra Lippmann Wicked Game, Classic Emerald Sea Fingrs Teddy Blue Glitter, NYC Color Goldfish SOPI Go My Own Way, Duri Midnight Blues OPI Diva of Geneva, Amour Rain Glitter Happiest [...]

It’s still Saturday for another 19 minutes! I MADE IT! Nina Ultra Pro Sailor, Max Factor Extra Frost (over Nina Ultra Pro Sailor) China Glaze Jitterbug, OPI Take The Stage Nails Inc Pimlico Road, Misa Deep Sea OPI Simmer & Shimmer, Chanel Metallic Vamp Orly Luxe, OPI Ski Teal We Drop China Glaze Midnight Mission, Splash Sparkling Sea Spray   Have a great weekend everyone, and remember – Batman loves you!

I’m breaking one of my newly imposed rules about getting all my actual work done before blogging because I really want to post these right now. In case any of you don’t read my blog and just look at the pictures, I’d like to explain to you that I adore vintage fashion. More specifically, 40′s, 50′s and early 60′s. Although if I guess if you are only looking at the pictures, you won’t be reading this anyway and I’ve just done something totally redundant purple monkey doobie copy paper enlarge your penis free. I don’t know what my attraction is. [...]

Well I’m back! And since last week ended up being a write off, I am going to continue the dupe posts through to Friday! That’s an extra two days! I have a STACK of content and a whole bunch of amazing dupes to show you, so be sure to check back each day this week. The posts sort of came to a halt last week when I decided that I had had enough of B2evo and that it was time to migrate to WordPress. I spent Friday night designing this theme, tweaking code and importing all my old stuff (I [...]

I guess that’s to be expected. My blog is called Pretty Random after all. I have had the most amazingly kickass day. Everything has just seemed to go right and we can finally close the book on a difficult chapter in our household. Time not only to move onward, but upward too. The major good luck started yesterday, when I came home to find that a generous friend had sent me the most amazing packages containing one of the polishes I had to sell in order to keep our heads above water a few weeks back. This friend has asked [...]