The Nail File

Sure, dark nail polish is a total pain in the ass to get off, but sometimes it’s worth it. These dark Mecca polishes are definitely worth it.

I spent ages obsessively photographing these polishes to show you exactly what they look like and I still didn’t do them justice. Each of them has a micro glitter that catches the light in a way that is magical – it’s a flash and a shimmer and then you move and it’s gone.

Taken in artificial light

Essie. Essie Essie Essie. Why do you torture your antipodean fans with tantalising images of your new collections, when we won’t get them for another 6 months? It’s torture!

The newest collection from Essie, Carry On, is out now for (American) Fall 2011. The inspiration is handbags, and all the glorious hues of those beautiful accessories we cart around every day.

Do you have a favourite? I’m looking forward to Very Structured and Glamour Purse. They will be $18.95 each and available at Myer.

Images courtesy of Essie

Bold shimmers and amazing glitters – OPI have certainly delivered for the holidays! Their 12 piece holiday collection is a tie-in with the new Christina Aguilera movie Burlesque, and it references the OTT cabaret costumes and outrageous choreography.

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If you haven’t made friends with gorgeous new makeup brand Illamasqua yet, I suggest you hotfoot it down to Myer. Their latest collection, Art of Darkness, contains lust-worthy jewel tones that are designed to bring out your alter ego.

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Remember when I posted about the OPI Swiss Collection? I have been gradually swatching a handful of my favourites from the range – I say gradually because I fell in love with each and every colour and didn’t want to take it off. This obviously holds the swatching process up somewhat.

I picked three metallics and two cremes to swatch – two blues, two burgundies and a green. I went with winter-y colours that are also going to be wearable coming into spring.

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If you haven’t popped into Priceline recently, you might have missed the massive range of Twilight cosmetics. There are two lines, Luna and Volturi, with eye, lip, face and body products. There is now a third line that has been added called Nox which is just nail polish.

There are 12 colours in the range that are ‘inspired by the powerful Cullen coven’. Each bottle is emblazoned with a pewter Cullen family crest and would make a classy addition to any collection.

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Guten Tag. Today we’re off to the Swiss Alps to enjoy the glacial valleys, amazing chocolate and perhaps a bit of Roger Federer (all at once? It’s the dream…)

It’s always exciting times when OPI release a new collection and this one’s a real doozy. This is a 12 colour collection so it’s their biggest one for the year and it is packed full of amazing winter jewel tones. It hits shelves in David Jones on August 7th.

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How lovely are these nail polishes? Such great colours.

One colour? Or three? Taken in artificial light

No, that’s not a typo. Yes, I did mean polishes, plural. These are three different colours. Incredible.

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