Nail Art: The Hunger Games

Today I have a manicure to show you that is inspired by the book trilogy, Hunger Games. I think the first movie has just come out or is about to come out. I'm all booked to go and see it a day before my birthday! 

For this gradient I used two lovely Misa's called Under My Sunbrella and Endless Keys. These guys were released last year in Misa's summer collection Paradise Shore.

To create this manicure I started with a coat of yellow followed by orange just dabbed on the tips. The formula of these two polishes made it very easy to blend.

These polishes are quite sheer though. This is a huge benefit when doing manicures like this though! I kept adding layers in the order of yellow/orange/yellow/orange. Only painting the yellow half way down the nail though and slowly bringing the orange up on each coat.

This is how I envisioned Katniss's nails and dress to look when she entered the Hunger Games.

Can't wait for the movie! :D

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Australis Blue Tiger and NFUOh 053

Here is my original photo and post of Blue Tiger if you are interested, http://nailjuice.blogspot.com/search/label/Australis.

For this manicure I used two coats of Blue Tiger (I forgot how awesomely pigmented this one is) followed by two coats of NFUOh 053. They're like a match made in heaven!

These next few weeks I'm going to be focusing on my NFUOh polishes and trying different combos with them. They always wear so well, I don't like removing them before I have to. Flakies tend to stick to your nail.

These angles seemed to be the only way to show accurate colourings in this crappy weather today. It's really nice to see variations of green, blue, orange, gold and purple through out the day.

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Jessica Shopping on Rodeo

Today we have Jessica's Shopping on Rodeo. This was picked up by my mum at the beauty expo. I haven't really seen Jessica around really. The guys running the business didn't seem to keen on keeping Jessica going. It's a shame because the polishes are really pretty and have a great formula.

Rodeo could be a one coater. It so could be. I only did two because I couldn't get my shaping right on the first go. The formula is something else. It is to die for. Amazing coverage, so smooth and easy to maneuver.


I did a manicure for mum not too long ago and she let me choose the colour, I chose Shopping on Rodeo. I don't think I have ever done a manicure that quick before. It was amazing!

Rodeo freaked out my camera a little bit. It is a bright fuchsia pink with an even brighter frost, along with scattered silver glitter. I didn't think the sparkles were going to work but they are a nice little surprise. Rodeo glows, radiates, illuminates... under any light source too.

Mum has two more Jessicas for me to review, so keep an eye out :)

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Australis Blue Tiger

Blue Tiger is one bold blue! It is much bluer in real life, my camera just couldn't capture it's awesomeness.

I haven't really bought Australis polishes before but they are pretty cheap, usually around $8 from most places that sell make-up. I'm really impressed with the coverage of them! They could be one coaters if you were careful enough. I used two coats here and applied the Color Club Vivid Color Intensifying top coat to really make the colour burst!

It also dries semi-matte so you definitely want a top coat on this (why wouldn't you be wearing one anyway?!) but it also helps make the blue even more vivid. It's just great. I love this colour. 


I am wearing it for my exhibition night with OPI Silver Shatter over the top. What a great combonation. Piet Mondrian was one of my influences in the exhibition so it seemed only right to wear a rich primary blue.

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L.A. Disco Vinyl Record

Once again, our faithful cameras let us down again. Vinyl record is much more teal than what is shown here.

You can get this for $7 at Dress Smart in Onehunga. I haven't really seen the L.A. girls colours anywhere else.

The formula was quite consistent with the other shades I tried from this range. Quite a nice thickness to it, very smooth and excellent coverage. It can apply thickly quickly though, so be careful with these ones.

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L.A. Disco Can U Dig It?

I recently discovered these polishes at the wonderful Dress Smart in Onehunga. They were pretty cheap too, only $7! They have OPI polishes too but only a lot of sparkly poo coloured ones. Hmm I wonder why no one buys those shades...

Any who, this little beauty is called Can U Dig It? I don't really care much for the name, but I adore the colour! (Still pining over that OPI Shrek colour!). I wore it on my toes first and wore it for weeks. I couldn't get enough of it!

You only need two coats of Can U Dig It? The formula is quite good, a nice thickness and opacity to it. Quite fast drying too as I put it on my toes again the other day, then got distracted and forgot to apply top coat. It dried just fine, maybe not as shiny, but pretty well.

I think the colour of Can U Dig It is a little more vivid than what my photos show.

It also says it glows in black light, I haven't tested that but it sure would be cool to see!

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Color Club Tangerine Scream

Tangerine Scream is from Color Club's Electro Candy collection released a little while ago this year.

It is a BRIGHT orange with green shimmer.

I wouldn't really call it neon... Sure it's bright but it's not like retina burning bright.

It was really easy to use, nice smooth formula. Can Color Club do wrong? I haven't found a crappy formula yet :D

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OPI Shorts Story

Hey! Good morning! This is just a quick post because I am supposed to be leaving in a few mintues and I didn't want to leave you deprived for a few days n_n

This is OPI's Shorts Story. My sister absolutley hates the name as it really makes no sense. Well of course you have 'short stories' and then this pink comes from a jeans/shorts collection... But really they make no connection.

Just two coats here. Extremely pigmented, could almost get away with one.

Have a good weekend!

Also... I chose Purple With A Purpose to wear to the 70's party tonight... Violet Fire is a little more painful to use lol.

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OPI Shootout At The O.K. Coral

This was another one that OPI re-released for their Colorcopia collection, Shootout At The OK Coral.

Coral really is a stunning shade... just not on me. Mum has worn it about 100 times already, it just looks so bright and vibrant against her skin tone. It appears much more subtle on me.

I used just two coats here.

The formula was impeccable, nothing to complain about :D

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OPI That's Berry Daring

One of my favourite shades ever! I've had it on my toes (with little white bows) for about 2 weeks now, it's just so awesome to look at.

That's Berry Daring is in OPI's core Brights line. So you should be able to find it with ease :)

I think one reason why I love it, is because of the formula. Its perfect, nothing you would change about it. It's the right consistency, goes on so smoothly, builds up quickly.

The brush is also really lovely, so it helps me create the gap with ease.

I used just two coats here.

I wish I had a lipstick like this n_n

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OPI That's Berry Daring

TYPED A LITTLE WHILE AGO:
Just when I am about to file my nails right down, I find a shade that makes me want to keep them at their length. This shade is OPI's That's Berry Daring.

My sister, mum and I had a huge polish sort out today, lots of organising and trading going on. This was one of the shades my sister traded me. I had no idea that this colour existed until she brought it.

Do you know why I like it? It's the same sort of shade as my lovely Morgan. You know how I love my Morgan. It is the same base colour but with purple and pink shimmer! It applies quite nice, a little runny though and it is quite sheer, my tips are still clearly visible at three coats.

The first photo is the most accurate, my camera wanted to make Berry Daring a lot brighter than it was n_n

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Zoya Audrina

Woo 3 posts already! I'm so excited about tomorrow! n_n I can't wait!

Audrina, why I put wearing you off for so long, I don't know... You never let me down.

This is two coats of the lovely Audrina. Although you have to be a little careful with her, she's not fully opaque so if you don't apply it evenly or as thick on every nail, you will have some nails slightly pink and others more purple. That is the only issue with Audrina, can simply be fixed with thick coats or a 3 thinner coat :D

You guys just wait until you see what my awesome parents are getting for my birthday, I'm already trying to plan out how to organize everything >_<>

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OPI Cajun Shrimp

Two coats of coral hotness!

I am wearing this as a pedi also. That'll probably stay on for a month haha

I really love this polish and couldn't bring myself to get rid of it, Little Red Wagon on the other hand... I think Cajun Shrimp is really the only red/coral/orange that I've ever *really* wanted to wear again. It made no sense to see it go :)

The pinky shows the most accurate colour of Cajun Shrimp, the camera fails to pick this up a lot. But it sort of shifts between the two coral shades shown. 

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