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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

My first for the year! Yay! Woohoo! Party! My nails are in pretty good shape at the moment (watch me break one as I finish typing this sentence) so I am really hoping to be able to get through some of my swatch drawers this weekend. They’re full to overflowing again (ugh) and I really need to make some more room before I start buying any more stuff. I got through twelve polishes last night though, so here’s a handful of colours fresh from the oven. Enjoy! Zoya Holly, Nina Ultra Pro Glamrock Revlon Smoldering, Chi Chi Hissy Fit Estee [...]

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 a sad feeling when you realise that you have less Prisms than you thought you had. I could have sworn I owned more, but as I discovered when adding these long discontinued beauties to my reference guides, my collection is rather on the small side. However, much like my OPI collection I’d consider it an ensemble of greatest hits. The collection itself might be small, but all the good ones are present and accounted for. Which is why I thought I would put this post together. I love all the Prisms that I own, but I really do think [...]

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? [...]