I can’t believe it’s been two weeks since I started this series of posts! Time has just flown, and now here we are with the last five shades. I’m a little sad that this series is coming to an end, but even though it’s been a lot of work, it’s been nice to look back on my blog and see so many recent posts! I really think I need to do this again in a couple of months. I am pretty sure that I can rustle up another 50 amazing and rare polishes from within the depths of my helmers. [...]

Seriously you guys, I am exhausted. Kudos to you gals that post every day. I just don’t know how you do it. I also have a touch of the flu so that probably isn’t helping my mental faculties at the moment. Insert something witty and/or endearing here, blah blah blah, time for more swatches! Day nine! Nearly done! 41. Urban Decay Big Bang – It wouldn’t be a party if I didn’t include at least one Urban Decay. We’ve already seen a whole lot of Hard Candy these last two weeks and I had to throw Big Bang into the [...]

I’ve started to notice that most of these polishes are green. Probably at least half. I guess considering that it’s me writing these posts that’s to be expected. Only three more days to go after today! I’m definitely thinking I should try this again sometime soon. I’ve had so much fun fishing out and swatching these rare polishes but I have so many more! Doing this forced me to swatch some new and exciting stuff – definitely something I want to repeat in the future. 31. Hard Candy Candy Man Oedipus – Another Candy Man shade. I think the Candy [...]

Gah! Quickly throwing this post together while I sit here with hair dye in my hair. I’m seeing Roxette tonight and I have so much running around to do before my big sister picks me up at one. I apologise if this entry is missing my usual dribble witty repartee. 16. Revlon Color Illusion Steel Magic – This is another of my oldest polishes. There are so many great duochromes in the Color Illusion line, and I’m seriously thinking that this should be my next collection once I have found the last two Zings that I am looking for. Steel [...]

Wheee! I’ve made it to day three! Fifteen polishes in, 35 to go! 11. Gap Horror Flick – I hope you’re all excited because I have started off today’s proceedings with a doozy. I know next to nothing about this polish except for the fact that someone bought it from the Gap, then I bought it for next to nothing on eBay in 2008. It’s been sitting in m drawer since then and this is the first time I have ever swatched it. This is two coats layered over Pretty Serious Forbidden Fruit (EEEEE SHAMELESS SELF PLUG). How unique and [...]

So I had this idea… Now you’ll have to hang in there and stick with me because my ideas are not always great ones, but I think this one is so I’m going for it. I was putting some polishes away in my helmers and I found myself getting distracted by cool stuff I had forgotten that I owned in each drawer (oh the burdens of an enormous stash). About an hour had passed and I still hadn’t packed all my things away. In fact, I probably had more out of the helmers than when I started. That’s when I [...]

Firstly, I just want to say thank you to all of you for your wonderful supportive comments and well wishes on my last post. I’m so grateful for all of you, and I’m going to do my absolute best to make sure that my polishes and makeup are available worldwide. I’ll keep you all updated on my progress via Pretty Random, but you can also follow Pretty Serious on Twitter or Facebook. For Bottle Spam Sunday today, I thought I’d fish back through my twitter for some discontinued goodies. Enjoy! Covergirl Crackles in Smashed Pumpkin, Electric Shock & Fire Crackle [...]

Purple edition! I haven’t had a chance this week to swatch anything new so I’m digging into the abyss that is my flickr account for some purple swatches to share. No idea why, I’m just really feeling the purple right now. I’m even wearing purple on my toes! (RBL Mismas for those wondering – along with Zoya Robyn, it’s my go-to pedi shade) After green and blue, purple is probably the colour that I own the most of. So let’s get purple! Quirius Harlem Passion, Versace V2045-W Sally Hansen Night Hydrangea, H&M Mad About You Icing Grape-a-licious, BYS Voodoo Violet [...]

In case you missed it last week, I started a new tradition around these parts. Less talkie, more naily. Let’s begin. Nails Inc The Mall, Hard Candy Frenzy Loreal Rebel, Hard Candy Lava OPI Jade Is The New Black, Loreal Plumage Hard Candy Sweet P, China Glaze Let’s Groove Nails Inc Goodge St, China Glaze Atlantis over Let’s Groove Nails Inc Trafalgar Square, CND Sapphire Sparkle over NARS Purple Rain Have a great weekend everyone! And try to remember, no matter how bad things look…

First of all, while doing some research, I found the owner of the old Urban Decay & Hard Candy pages! Clockwork Dahlia has a blog here and has mirrored her original Hard Candy and Urban Decay pages. I’ve sent her an email asking permission to keep the images of hers that I have used in my Urban Decay entry so hopefully she will be okay with that, and I gotta say that I am so thrilled that these sites aren’t dead! Check out her amazing Hard Candy and Urban Decay collection! It puts mine to shame! So before I get [...]