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 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 [...]

Firstly I just want to thank you all for your wonderful messages regarding the passing of my beloved pet bunny. I didn’t mean for it to overshadow my beautiful Brazilian polishes in my Saturday Swatch Party post, but I just couldn’t not mention him – he was a part of my family and you have warmed my heart with your messages of love and support. The nail community is truly phenomenal. Enough of the mushy mushy though – time to get to the good stuff once again. We’ve reached day six! 26. Chelsea Psycho Green – Back when NARS Zulu [...]

Day five! Half way! Can you believe this? Lucky I only picked fifty. Can you imagine if I was doing my entire collection? Ugh I get woozy just thinking about it. I think my fingers would be falling off by the end of it! Now, on to the swatches! 21. L’oreal Laquiresist VIP – As you can probably tell, I’m really drawn to these deep velvety purples, and yes, this is yet another Laquiresist that came from the UK. The shimmer through it is almost silvery as opposed to the more common blue sheen that you see in these range [...]

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 [...]

SSP makes a triumphant return! I know it’s technically Sunday, but I’m sure it’s still Saturday somewhere in the world, and considering that Monday is a public holiday here in Sydney this still counts as a Saturday of sorts. Enough of my excuses though, here’s some pretty pictures. YES! I actually did new swatches! Hurrah! Essence All Access, Misa Spinning Out Of Control Dreams Glamtastic, BYS Blue Hawaii Revlon No Shrinking Violet, Sally Hansen Jealous Frost Ulta3 Pacific Fever, Loreal 732 P2 Viibrant Green, Revlon Carbonite Maybelline Night Affair, Milani Silver Dazzle Any of you ever owned a Siamese cat? [...]

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 [...]