My Love of Pahlish!

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Pahlish Your Fortress Fades

Your Fortress Fades is a neutral light taupe with gold shimmer flecks. This is a work appropriate polish with a little sass! Two coats.

Pahlish Sleep to Dream

Sleep to Dream is an aubergine with blue, gold and other indiscernible colours of shimmer flecks. Absolutely stunning!!! I applied two coats for completely opaque coverage.

Pahlish Sink in the Silence

Sink in the Silence is a deep chocolate brown creme with gold and rusty orange/bronze shimmer flecks. This is a shade I'll be sporting this Fall/Winter. Two coats - seriously opaque!

Pahlish Forest of the Dead

Forest of the Dead is a dark swampy green bursting with green, gold and bronze shimmer flecks. Absolutely stunning. If you don't own many greens, this is the one you want. Two coats.

Pahlish Fleur de Sel

Fleur de Sel is a white/very pale pink creme with red and pearl shimmer flecks. I've never seen non-metallic red flecks before and I'm totally obsessed with them! This was just two coats.

Pahlish El Topo Petite

El Topo Petite is a deep purple leaning taupe with rusty orange glitter flecks. It's gorgeous, perfect for Autumn/Winter. Two coats.

Pahlish Bad Wolf

BTW I'm holding a bottle of Your Fortress Fades in the photos above because I temporarily misplaced Bad Wolf and the colours were close enough, I thought I'd get away with it. Fail!

I freaking love Bad Wolf and for that matter any polish that has these colour-shifting (pink-gold) flakes in it! Way to make a putty taupe stand out Pahlish!

All the flakie shades need a thick topcoat for a smooth and glossy finish - but otherwise the formulas are easy to apply, if slightly thick.


Pahlish is available here and at several e-stockists.

Pretty in Pearls

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I got my stripe on with the help of some striping tape & this pack of pearl flatbacks.

I used China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On and Mimosas Before Manis for my base coat, then OPI Alpine Snow for the stripes.

Don't feel like writing so that's that :)


xxx
NPA

Frozen Treats

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Sation Feliz Navi-doll & Love is in the Heir covered in Candy Lacquer Frozen Treats!

Looking at this now I ought to have done a gradient with the Sations...

xxx

NPA

What I got for Christmas: Rainbow Honey Sweet Talk

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How are you enjoying seeing my xmas presents one by one? Can you tell I'm stalling because I have NO swatches left in the 'vault'?!

I'm not regularly a fan of this next brand, but I am taken by this glittery concoction. Enjoy.

Rainbow Honey Sweet Talk

Sweet Talk is a white crelly with pink, purple and pale blue matte glitter. I think it was a Valentine's Day polish from Rainbow Honey. I applied two coats plus Gelous & Seche Vite for these swatches.

I'll be showing you my last xmas polish tomorrow - saving the best for last, I promise!


xxx
NPA

Dotti Gradient

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*Press Sample*

Today I'm crazy for polka dots!

I used the following polishes for this manicure:

OPI Rumple's Wiggin'

OPI Alpine Snow

OPI Sparrow Me The Drama

OPI Planks A Lot

I tried to do a polka dot gradient but I sort of ran out of room early on! Anyway, I used these dotting tools:

You can get yourself this 5 Piece Dotting Tool Set from KKCenterHk. 

And for a 10% discount on your next order, feel free to use my coupon code NPA10.

xxx

NPA

Even More Girly Bits Swatches

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I shared some Girly Bits swatches with you the other day from a sizable order I received a few months back.

Now I have the second lot of swatches for you.

Girly Bits Fathomless

Fathomless is a dark teal jelly with blue/green iridescent micro-glitter. It's deep and dark, just as the name suggests! Two coats allows for full coverage.

Girly Bits OVbunEN over piCture pOlish Twinkle

OVbunEN is a mix of pastel mauve, yellow, pink, periwinkle blue and baby blue matte glitters plus holo micro-glitter and iridescent bar glitter; all in a clear base. It's very spring appropriate - like an easter egg! This is one coat over the shimmery lilac Twinkle.

Girly Bits Heirloom over OPI Pedal Faster Suzi!

Heirloom is a glitter topper with silver, pink (some square glitter) and wine hexes. I paired it with a shimmery light pink and it looks fabulous! I'm wearing two coats for fairly decent coverage.

Girly Bits Ornamental My Dear Watson over OPI Alpine Snow

Ornamental My Dear Watson is another glitter topper. It's an explosion of pink, blue, fuchsia and gold square and hex glitters. It adds a lot of sparkle and pizzazz over a number of bases but I love it over white! Again, I applied two coats for great coverage.

Girly Bits lacquers are available from a number of online stores as well as their own web store.

xxx

NPA