Electrifying

Today's post is a swatch of China Glaze "Electrify". This is one of many beautiful polishes that I received from my friend on my birthday earlier this year. It is full of red and gold glitter and is just so sparkly!! I found that it only took about 3 coats before the coverage was even with minimal bald spots. Application was pretty good compared to most glitter polishes, and there was no having to fiddle with the brush to pick up pieces of glitter. 

This is part of China Glaze's Capitol Colours collection- inspired by the book/movie The Hunger Games. Electrify is supposed to represent District 5, and with such bright shiny colours I think it is fairly accurate!

Funnily enough, my softball colours are red and white, so it gives me an excuse to wear this more often. Hehe.. not that I need an excuse.

 Regardless,  I think I am going to have to purchase some more of this collection, maybe Agro or Riveting? Decisions decisions....

Belated Halloween nails

I'm back! Sorry for the long hiatus, I have had a pretty stressful couple of weeks and I just didn't have the motivation or energy to paint my nails- let alone post.

Despite all this I couldn't resist the opportunity for spooky nails. Halloween isn't a huge celebration here in Australia, but my Dad often throws a small party just for fun. I made some skeleton cupcakes which were my inspiration for this design and my costume. There are so many different styles for skeleton or bone nail art, and I saw a similar design at Chalkboard Nails and have been meaning to try it out. 

Lastly, my cakes! I was so happy with these- I'm a bit of a cake nerd :P Also, sorry for the crummy images, these were taken on my phone... It's a bit of a short and sweet post today (no pun intended), but I promise I have more to come soon!