2013 was a big year of swatching for me, and it was the year where I think Australian indie polishes really blossomed. It was very difficult...

I recently scored Camouflage Colour Black in a Lust Have It! sample box - at first I was disappointed, since it's just a plain black, b...

Ciate Power Dressing This color was a bit of a surprise. I applied it inside one evening very low-light conditions and thought it was go...

I've been super busy (writing thesis, other blog stuff) that I've been bad and left poor minnie to do all the work here! So I'm ...

Revlon Sparkle Aplenty The heck kind of name is "Sparkle Aplenty"? This is also another polish that I've bought during my ...

CND Sapphire Sparkle over OPI Y'All Come Back Now Ya Hear?  I'm super lazy of late so I generally apply a creme, jelly or a very...

Where on earth did summer go? This has been sort of one hell of a year so far, and I think I'll leave it at that and post a pic of polis...

Ciate Paparazzi is one of the English polishes ilexica sent me. It's a vampy the exact red-brown colour of blood, somewhere between a ...

As I do with almost every Essie collection, I've been anxiously anticipating the release of their Fall 2012 offering - Stylenomics! In t...

Today I felt like something sheer with a little sparkle that wasn't the stereotypical pink, and this is what I came up with! OPI My Poin...

I always love the look of jelly sandwiches :) there's a pretty depth to them that you can't get with regular polish! ...

Ahh, the multichrome glory of Fantasy Fire ! I've had this one sitting in my collection for a while now, just waiting to be tried, but...

It's been raining endlessly in the UK. I've scheduled this in advance since I'll be away for a fortnight in July toasting myself...

I love red! It's probably the colour that looks best on me in clothing, so it was hard to pick just one red, but I managed. This is ulta...

Had to get this because of Piff . Had to. Essie Clutch Me If You Can... A jelly blood red. Reminds me of something that Pam from True Blood ...

I don't understand at all why my SO didn't like these polishes. He's loved most of the other Lippmann chunky glitters I've w...

Just put this on about an hour ago. I know it's a dupe of OPI Merry Midnight (which I have as well) but I still like it. Orly Fowl Pl...

There are some swatches I wish I could have done better... but I didn't sufficiently like the polish(es) enough to redo them. So I'm...

OPI Red Shatter over OPI Rally Pretty Pink I have been so pleasantly surprised by the gorgeousness of the Serena Williams collection -- I th...

Anna Sui 504 I really wanted to love this polish. I hadn't seen anything else like it: dark auburn jelly with a lot of gold glitter an...