Candeo Colors Divebomb

This is the last of my Candeos (except for Orchid, but I don't have the energy to tackle its sunken, unfriendly glitters at the moment!). Here is Divebomb, a glitter top coat consisting of blue, aqua/green, copper and brown hex glitter. I think the aqua/green glitters are holographic too, but it's not very obvious. I was on the fence about this one for a long time but when my package arrived from my Llarowe shopping spree I discovered I'd bought it in my excitement. I don't regret it at all!

This is 2 coats of Ulta3 Spring Shower, 1 coat of Divebomb, 1 coat OPI Top Coat and 1 coat Seche Vite.

EDIT: There is definitely some cuticle shrinkage there! The last photo under the lamp was taken straight after painting my nails, but the daytime photos were taken a day or two later. My nails definitely don't grow that fast so the shrinkage must be from the Seche Vite... How annoying! Sorry it looks so terrible!

Overcast

Overcast

Shade

Incandescent lamp - can you see the holo?

Candeo Colors are available from Llarowe or direct from the creator at http://www.candeocolors.com/.

Butter London Marrow & Candeo Joker

Here is another Candeo Colors polish I got from Llarowe recently. Joker is a mix of large silver glitter, medium electric blue glitter, and multi sized periwinkle, purple and pink glitters. I didn't realise until I got out into the sun that there's also some tiny holographic glitters in there too. I love surprise holo!

Here is 2 wiped coats over Butter London Marrow, topped with a coat of OPI Top Coat and Seche Vite. I didn't have any problems with this formula, it was easy to get a good variety of glitters on each nail and they lay flat and smooth. In the photo it looks like they're curling a bit but this is definitely not noticeable in real life.

Sun

Shade

Hidden holo!

 Here is Butter London Marrow on its own, 2 coats. It's a sophisticated muted shade of purple with a silver shimmer. The formula is smooth as butter (ha ha) and so easy to apply.

Candeo Colors is available at Llarowe for $12 each with reasonably priced tracked shipping to Australia, or directly from Candeo Colors for $9 each, but I'm not sure how much shipping is from them.

I purchased my Butter London polishes from my local chemist which sells them for around $24 each - exxy but so worth it for the colours, formula and sexy square bottle! I've also seen it in sales on BrandsExclusive and Ozsale for around the $13 mark with $10 flat rate shipping.

Thanks for reading!

Welcome! Cult Nails Annalicious & Candeo Sprouse

Welcome to my nail polish blog! I'm Rose and I'm a nail polish addict from Sydney, Australia. This is the virtual equivalent of sticking my nails in my friends' faces and insisting on showing them every new polish I get. I figured I have a pretty big collection now and I love to share the joy of nail polish, so hopefully this blog will allow me to do that! I aim to show a variety of Australian, international, cheap, expensive, indie and well known brands - if it's nail polish, I'll wear it :)

I also started this blog as a way to distract myself from doing uni work. I'm expecting it to fulfill that goal easily!

To kick things off, here is my nail mail from Llarowe which arrived today:

Candeo Divebomb, Candeo Joker, Candeo Sprouse, CrowsToes Gomez

I couldn't resist putting Sprouse straight over the top of what I was already wearing. Cult Nails Annalicious is a vibrant orange-based red with gold and red shimmer. The formula is fantastic, probably one of the easiest to apply polishes I've ever used.

Candeo Sprouse is like CtD, but cooler! It's packed with matte black and white bar and hex glitter of different sizes, with a fine holographic shimmer and a smattering of blue holo glitter. Unfortunately I'm not good enough with the camera yet to capture that amazing sparkle from both of these polishes, but trust me, it's crazy in real life! Next time I might try it over something that makes the blue pop a bit more, like a grey or something.

I really like the Candeo brushes, they're thick and flat, but not as wide as the OPI brushes which are way too wide for my pinkies. I had no problems with getting the glitter on the brush. This is 1 coat of Sprouse over 3 coats of Annalicious.

Cult Nails Annalicious is available directly from http://www.cultnails.com/. It's $10 and limited edition.

I bought Candeo Sprouse from Llarowe for $12. Shipping is reasonably priced and tracked (bonus!). Subscribe to Llarowe's facebook page for updates on when it will be restocked.

Thanks for reading my first blog post! Feel free to share the nail polish love in the comments :)