Blog Changes

I have decided to start a new blog just for nail polish stuff and keep this blog for home, garden, lifestyle stuff.

I don't really expect anyone to read either blog, but it is a good record for me.

The new nail polish blog is Mani-Mad http://manimad.blogspot.com/ and I will keep updating this with my repaints and other nail polish / manicure info.

Thanks for reading. :)

Spring is coming...

It is certainly starting to look like springtime in my garden.

I thought my magnolias that I blogged about here had passed away, but to my surprise last night I found that both of them are flowering.

Magnolia Lennei Alba Magnificence:



More flowers to come!




Magnolia San Jose:




2 big flowers coming out:





And my hyacinths are well and truly out and looking gorgeous:

The bulbs are yet to come out, hopefully they won't be far away!

OPI ~ Chocolate Moose

Didn't think I'd love this colour as much as I do! Looks much better on than in the bottle.



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Repaint: China Glaze ~ Metro Collection ~Traffic Jam

Scuse the messy edges again, am still mastering the art of painting with my right hand after my operation.

This is Traffic Jam from China Glaze's Metro collection




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Repaint: Revitanail ~ Miss Scarlet

Another messy manicure thanks to a very shaky right hand. I'm thinking that doing manicures is good for regaining strength and muscle control in my wrist after the operation so am continuing on with them... Even though they're messy!

This is "Miss Scarlet" by Revitanail. It's meant to be a strengthening polish. This is 3 coats and I can still see the whites of my nail tips through the polish. I really need to start undercoating red polishes with grey.




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Repaint: China Glaze ~ Metro Collection ~ Urban Night

My nails are terribly short as I cut them short prior to having carpal tunnel surgery the week before last. It was all very sudden due to a cancellation and as the surgery was on my right hand I have struggled to paint my nails neatly as the ligament across the base of my palm was cut! So please excuse the mess!

This is from China Glaze's Fall 2011 Metro Collection and is called Urban Night.



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Nail Polishes For Sale!

I have decided that if my collection is going to grow {which it is}, I am going to have to get rid of some colours that don't suit me. So I am selling these polishes:

OPI Give Me Moor - $9

Image by Scrangie

OPI Japanese Rose Garden - $9

OPI California Raspberry - $9

Image by metrobloggen

OPI Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees - $9

Image by Nailinit

OPI Lincoln Park After Dark - $9

Image by Life and Style Madrid

China Glaze Sugar High - $7

Image by The Swatchaholic

OPI Brand New Skates - $9

Image by Scrangie

Revlon Minted - $5

Image by WeAreFish

Australis Blue Tiger - $5

Image by Steffels

Sally Hansen Cyber - $5

Image by MollyHell

Comment or email me annie_taz @ hotmail.com if you wish to buy any!

Repaint: Zoya "Caitlin"

Gorgeous greyish purple colour from Zoya called Caitlin. I usually just go for greyer shades but this one is a bit prettier.




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Repaint: China Glaze "Seduce Me"

Had some "nail mail" today and this is one of the colours that arrived.

China Glaze ~ Seduce Me

Nail Polish Storage #2

My fantastic husband did this for me on the weekend:




He even {mostly} replaced the polishes in order of colour that I'd originally put them in after he'd hung it.




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Repaint: China Glaze "Recycle"

Love this China Glaze polish called Recycle. Have made a bit of a mess of my repaint tonight but love the colour.



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Repaint: Portmans 'Combat'

Had to buy a couple of polishes yesterday when I was buying something else at Portmans, and am really happy with all the colours I got. This is one called Combat. It is pale grey with a real sheen and sparkle to it.








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OPI Brand New Skates

Another new OPI colour Brand New Skates from the Toyland range. This is 3 coats and I think it needs a 4th but I really like it.



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Nail Polish Storage Solution

I've been looking for the right storage for my nail polish collection for a while. I wanted something where I could see all the colours without having to pick them up.

I found this online a few weeks ago and after a bit of research, decided it was the right one for me.










It arrived yesterday and is yet to be hung on the wall but I couldn't help myself and filled it with {most of} my polishes.





I love it!





It's now full though so I may need another one!

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OPI "Skull & Glossbones"

This is "Skull &Glossbones" from OPIs Pirates of the Caribbean range. I have done 2 coats in these pics but think it needs another one. It's a nice neutral shade, I really like it!






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Repaint: OPI Lincoln Park After Dark Suede

This is another one of my new polishes. I have the normal OPI Lincoln Park After Dark, but this is the newer suede version of it. It has a matte effect to it, so it isn't overly sparkly, which I love. You can always put top coat over it to make it sparkle though!

Repaint: Sally Hansen "Tyin' The Knot"

I bought this colour yesterday when I was wandering in my lunch hour and I just love it. It is Sally Hansen "Tyin' The Knot" from the Diamond Strength range.









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I love getting parcels!

I have placed a few online orders lately that are slowly trickling in to my letterbox. I just love getting parcels!

One that arrived yesterday was another nail polish order from the USA.




{excuse the messy desk}

Included in this order were the following polishes:

China Glaze:
Cracked concrete
Swing baby
Below deck
Sea spray
Recycle
Bogie
Jitterbug
Robotica

Orly:
Iron Butterfly
Goth

OPI:
Bastille my heart
Brand new skates
Lincoln Park After Dark suede
Skull & glossbones

Just a few to add to the collection!

Unfortunately one bottle smashed in transit, so everything got a bit covered but some nail polish remover fixed all that!

I bought a grey crackle (China Glaze Cracked Concrete) to try to get myself into crackle polishes but I think they are just not my thing. I tried it over the red I was wearing yesterday and I think it just looks strange!





Hopefully some more parcels show up soon!

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Make Do Fix

Last week, by proxy, my husband wrecked one of my favourite Cue blouses.

Ok, so it may have been me wielding the iron and melting my shirt, but it was his iron, so he felt suitably bad about it and told me to go to Cue and buy myself a replacement. Which I happily did.

This is the one I bought:



I spoke to my friend about the iron debacle and she suggested that since it is my favourite shirt, maybe I could use a brooch to cover the melted spot. I have heaps of brooches that I don't wear that often so decided I should give it a try. And it works!




Noone will be any the wiser {unless they read this post}.


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Repaint: OPI A Oui Bit of Red

This is my new favourite colour, OPI's 'A Oui Bit of Red'. It is the perfect red.




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30 Day Photography Challenge ~ Day 14

{eyes}
14~06~2011



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30 Day Photography Challenge ~ Day 12

{sunset}
12~06~2011
I haven't been able to catch a sunset so here is a sunrise over a chilly Hobart CBD.



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30 Day Photography Challenge ~ Day 11 @fatmumslim

{something blue}
11~06~2011



My new thongs, so cute!

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30 Day Photography Challenge ~ Day 10 @fatmumslim

{childhood memory}
10~06~2011



When we were kids, we celebrated mum and dad's anniversary as a family, with everyone giving and receiving presents. One year when I was about 10, my older brother bought me "Around the World in 80 Days". I was deeply disappointed as, even though I loved reading, getting a book as a present didn't seem very exciting. Years later, I found this book on a box of my "special things" and decided to read it. I loved it. I wish I'd appreciated the gift of this book more at the time I was given it, but I have read it dozens of times since and love it for the classic story it is.

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