Beauté Gazette's Christmas Wishlist 2014!

ASOS Pearl Stud Earrings $14.95

When Rihanna wore the original Dior double pearl studs my heart popped out of my chest and I had 'love heart' eyes and I yelled internally 'gimme gimme' a'las the Dior double pearls are way out of my budget. So for $14.95 you can pick up the ASOS version which are totally budget friendly, and you wont have a minor heart attack if you accidentally loose an earring on the dance floor at your office Christmas party.

Available from www.asos.com

Christian Dior 5 Couleurs Couture Eyeshadow in Tutu $103.00

Oh you pretty thing. How divinely beautiful is this Christian Dior palette, the colours are perfectly angelic and like all Christian Dior shadows I'm sure they are soft, creamy and beyond blendible. I am hoping this ends up in my Christmas stocking but if it doesn't then I don't think i'll be able to resist picking it up because I NEED IT SO BAD!

Available from www.davidjones.com.au

Equipment Silk Pajama Set $501.00

Ok I know $501.00 is quite excessive for pyjamas but if you have a really rich Aunt or someone that doesn't know what to do with her millions then just email them the Equipment section of Net-a-porter and tell them to go bananas! Seriously. Or just put them on your forever lust list that you keep for when you win the lottery like I do.

Available from www.net-a-porter.com

Bella Freud J'taime Jane Candle $55.00

#BBLOGGER confession time....I don't enjoy fruity floral candle smells, they make me gag and the packaging sucks and I don't want to look at it in my room. The Bella Freud candles are woody and musky just the way I like it and the jars look impossibly cool on your mantle.

Available from www.net-a-porter.com

Stella McCartney Lips iPhone Case $55.00

I like my phone cases like I like my gay night clubs: Loud, obnoxious, brightly coloured and also massive. This Stella McCartney case ticks all my boxes and then some and I cannot wait to get weird looks from people on the bus whilst I'm using a big set of lips as a phone to take calls and send a million texts.

Available from www.net-a-porter.com

IAM by Ileana Makri 'I love you' ring with Sapphire $440.13

This ring is so kawaii I can hardly take it, and I need it on my fingers ASAP! Please Santa I've been saaaa good this year.

Available from www.net-a-porter.com

Clueless 20th Anniversary 2015 Calendar $14.95

No words.....Clueless is 20 years old.....I feel so old but I still this calendar above my desk for the whole of next year.

Available from www.urbanoutfitters.com

Pretzel Pool Float $24.00

Oh hey babes, what are you taking to the beach? Nothing much just an inflatable pretzel! Ummm yes please this is one amazing Christmas gift and I cant think of anyone that wouldn't want one, so if your stuck on what to get your whole family? Why not just buy one for each of them.

Available from www.urbanoutfitters.com

Floss Gloss Nail Polish in Wavepool $8.00

Holy Mac! Floss Gloss make the prettiest nail polish in all the land/s, with no stockists in Australia Urban Outfitters is where I have to get my Floss fix. 'Wavepool' is my pedi colour of choice during the summer it is perfection.

Available from www.urbanoutfitters.com

So there is my Christmas wish list, I garentee you that not one of these will be wrapped up in pretty paper under my tree because usually I just recieve weird socks and useless cooking items. FYI you wanna know what is not on my list and noone elses in the world : A Cake Pop maker...They suck and just take up room in your kitchen cupboards.....

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Beauté Gazette LOVES! Revitanail polishes and nail care

Revitanail 3D Top Coat $14.99, Triple Strength colours Black Plum & Marshmellow $14.99 and Nail Strengthener $29.95 available from www.priceline.com.au

It's all to often I hear someone say 'I'm not wearing nail polish because my nails are in bad condition, so I'm just giving them a break' Revitanail is about to change that! Revitanail nail polish and nail care actually helps your nails from flaking whilst you wear it. So no need to go polish free for the sake of your nail health any longer!

I completely swear by the Revitanail Nail Strengthener as a base coat, it protects bare nails from polish staining and polish damaging your nails and dries in seconds.

It's also refreshing to see such a classic line of polish, which will appeal to trend focused nail polish addicts with the darker plum colours as well as classic colour lovers who will love the nudes.

Having nice healthy groomed nails will always be chic, and should never be put into the 'I just don't have time for them' category especially when there are products like Revitanail in the market place. Try it! You and your nails won't regret it.

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Nail Week! Day 3 MATCHY-MATCHY! Matching your nails to your eyeliner.....#trendalert!

Becca Ultimate Créme Liner $40.00 available from www.beccacosmetics.com.au and OPI 'I sing in colour' Nail Polish $19.95 available from www.davidjones.com.au 

I woke up this morning (#notlikedis!) and wanted to completely switch it up with my makeup, sick of my regular simple makeup. So searching around my makeup collection I decided to try out a hot new makeup trend: MATCHING MY NAILS TO MY EYELINER! Instead of going with a bright look, I toned it down and went for a warming winter shade of deep plum - purples are so hot right now!

Becca's Ultimate Créme Liner is a deep plum which is amazing at bringing out the blue in my eyes. The liner is very easy to apply, and was deep in colour and didn't take too much tidying up. 

OPI's 'I sing in colour' was a limited edition release as part of the Gwen Stefani collection which is still available online and instore. The shade feels like an update to everyone's favourite 'Linkin Park after dark, a mulberry based dark which looks close to black in most lights but in the sun it is very much a wine based dark red. It is a beautiful colour and would be a great new option if you are a dark polish devotee for you regular mani/pedi.

I love this trend and next time I might even experiment with something a little more on the bright side! Stay tuned. 

Vogue Nippon, Nasty Gal, Barbara Palvin and Kenzo! Lovin' this #trendalert!

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NAIL WEEK!! Day 1: Rimmel's new Salon Pro by Kate Nail Polishes

Rimmel Salon Pro by Kate Nail Polishes $8.95 each available from www.priceline.com.au

Rimmel Salon Pro polishes are one of the best nail polish formulations on the market, high and budget beauty included. The brush is wide enough to cover nails with colour in 2 strokes, applying polish evenly without streaking. The finish is always opaque in 2 coats - no matter the colour and dry time is about 10mins touch dry 30mins bump dry. The colour selection is a standard mix of trend colours, nothing ground breaking in terms of chromes or texture but all the colours are pretty and very wearable.

Rimmel Salon Pro by Kate Nail Polishes $8.95 each available from www.priceline.com.au

The new range of colours for Summer 2014 (that is Summer in the UK, it is winter for Australians) is filled with great poppy feminine colours, here are my top 4 colour picks:

444: SEDUCE

Purple is having a big come back in the beauty world with many of the high-end spring/summer collections injecting purple into eye shadow palettes, liners and mascaras. I like to team my nail polish to my eye look and have been loving the smokey purple of Seduce. Purple was also Prince's signature colour and I am a massive Prince fangirl 'purple rain, purple rain'!

125: OH, MR DARCY

This is a beautiful fleshy nude, which is almost gel like in appearance on the nails, it is full coverage in 2 coats but keeps a translucent depth to the finish. Very posh and proper, I could see it on the nails of the Made in Chelsea cast especially that snooty Victoria.

264: TEMPTRESS

Ever since Lisa Eldridge wore a bright fuchsia nail with her green rings in a tutorial I have been obsessed with bold pink nails. They're more fun and girly than a standard red nail but give the same pop of bright colour to the nails, pink looks great on all skin tones and hair colours too.

115: HAPPILY EVER AFTER

Orange based reds have been HOT! on the nail-o-meter for the past 2 seasons, and they aren't slowing down. As it is winter in Oz I would stick to using Happily Ever After as for a pedicure colour but if you are in a warmer country then dare to wear this bright hot orange on your fingers and toes.

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OPI Celebrates THE MUPPETS with a second limted edition collection of nail lacquers.

OPI Celebrates The Muppets, Limited Edition Colours $19.95each, 4 Colour Mini-Pack $24.95, Full-Size Duo Pack $24.95 available from www.davidjones.com.au for all other retail stockists please call 1800 812 663

With the success and frenzy of the first OPI and Muppets collaboration, I was not surprised that a second collection is being released with the sequel ' The Muppets Most Wanted' this April. The first collection created a glitter polish craze with the popularity of 'Rainbow Connection' it was insanely  popular and still sells on eBay for hugely inflated prices, so what is the new 'Rainbow Connection'? Nail trends have moved on since the first collection was released and the multi-coloured glitter trend being been done in every way possible, 2014 is all about the multi dimensional chrome which is on every nail trend hot list right now. 

The second Muppets collection gives 3 amazing duo shade chromes, 2 ladylike pastels and 3 glitter polishes, here are is a description of all the colours:

CHROMES:

Miss Piggy's Big Number - Midnight blue chrome

Kermit Me To Speak - Silver mauve duo chrome

Int'l Crime Caper - Opalescent pink based mother of pearl

GLITTERS:

Muppets World Tour - Silver and Pink small fine rounded glitter

Let's Do Anything We Want - Pink and Rose gold chunky glitter with White confetti

Gainging Mole-Mentum- Rose gold and pink chunky un-even glitter

PASTELS:

Chillin' like a Villan - Sheer apricot nude

I Love Applause - Sheer pink nude

I was most excited about 'Miss Piggy's Big Number' because of my obsession with navy blues, it didn't disappoint. It is the consistency of the chrome polish from the OPI x Gwen Stefani  collection only Navy Blue, within 2 coats it was opaque and it had the usual OPI dry time which is around 30mins. It is definitely an on trend nail colour for winter and the update to a flat navy I have been looking for.

Expect lots of #NOTD (nails of the day) posts on the @beautegazette instagram, so make sure you are following.

How amazing was Amy Adams in the first Muppets movie, I cannot wait to see Tina Fey do her thing in the sequel.

BTW I am constantly having a me party, it's the best way to be!

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'Pink Ladies' - Rimmel Salon Pro '701 Jazz Funk

Rimmel Salon Pro in '701 Jazz Funk' $8.85 available from www.priceline.com.au

Sometimes you just need to paint your nails pink and feel like a lady, preferably whilst listing to love power ballads and in a silk dressing gown. This is what I did yesterday.
Pink polish has been pushed to the back of my collection (yes, I own a LOT of nail polish that it is a 'collection') favouring neutrals, glitters and that 6 months that Rouge Noir ruled every girls nails. My love for pink polishes is back and first stop was Rimmel's Salon Pro by Kate Moss polish in '701 Jazz Funk'. Shit name, amazing polish! This range of polishes has my favourite type of brush, wide and flat which evenly coats the nail with polish. The polish applies smoothly and does not well in your cuticles which gives you that salon manicure look. It is opaque in two coats and dries fairly quickly. 'Jazz Funk' is dulled down fuchsia, it is more a flamingo pink and is totally girly!

Sally Hansen Diamond Flash Top Coat $13.95 available from www.priceline.com.au

I had to mention that I have been trying out a new top coat Sally Hansen's Diamond Flash Top Coat, it is amazing! The dry time is under 5 minutes, sealing in your coloured polish and making it dry too. The shine factor is beyond sparkling and gives the look of gel nails. Try it out if you are as inpatient as I am and need to get on with your life ASAP after painting your nails.

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MANICURE MONDAY : Model Co's Nail Polish in 'Model Co Pink'

Model Co Nail Polish in 'Model Co Pink' $14.95 available from www.modelco.com

Have you ever seen someone wearing a nail polish and just thought 'I need that on my nails...like right now asap!'. Well this happened to me whilst watching Lisa Eldridge's latest YouTube video 'Beauty Nightmares! Solutions from my Pro Kit' she was holding up products and all I could do was stare at her glossy fuchsia nails.

I have no idea what the exact nail polish she was wearing but it made me search through my nail polish collection to find my beloved Model Co polish in 'Model Co Pink'! My perfect bright pink, it is blue based fuchsia with an undetectable slight shimmer which pops on any skin colour. I have a few Model Co Polishes and they are all great, applying to the nails easily without at fuss and drying fairly quickly. I will say they do need a good glossy top coat to protect them and give them some lasting power on your nails.

Because sometimes a girl just needs bright pink nails and a glass of Chardonnay to lift her mood.

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Saxony X Strange Beautiful : The Blacks Nail Polish Trios

Saxony X Strange Beauty Collaboration Nail Polish Trios $25.00each available from

www.saxony.com.au

Saxony X Strange Beautiful is my newest favourite fashion X beauty collaboration! Saxony is known for its monochrome simplicity in the fashion game and Strange Beautiful is a collectible cult brand in the nail world : I couldn't think of a more perfect pairing for an amazingly unique collaboration.

The collab named : The Blacks is a limited edition range of 3 sets of polish trios Dickensian, Malevich & Muybridge.

The trios are inspired by 'Surreal deep pit caves in Croatia captured by photographer Nenad Salijic, Katsutoshi Yuasa's thoughtful translations of photographs through the ancient art of woodcut printmaking, the silhouette's and sculptural forms of our clothing collection and the raw concrete textures of the Saxony store experience.'

I am really impressed with the polishes they are a very opaque and glide onto your nails with one coat giving full coverage to the nail, the polish doesn't well into your cuticules and dry time is about 5-10mins for a no smudge 'out the door' ready manicure. The colours are a 90's minimal Haim goth girl dream,  which is totally my vibe at the moment.

                                        

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Deborah Lippmann's 'Across The Universe' VERSUS Sally Hansen's 'Mermaids Tale'

The word 'dupe' is used quite a lot within the online beauty world and I don't really believe in dupes. If you want to buy a Chanel lipstick then there are many more reasons you are buying it rather than just for the colour i.e packaging, branding, prestige etc. So in this case if you want to splash out and order a Deborah Lippmann nail polish from the states and that's what your into then its totally cool but if you are more likely to pop into Priceline and pick up a bottle of Sally Hansen's 'Mermaids tale' then that's cool too. Both polishes give a very similar finish to your nails, but are quite different in application.
So I am just going to give you the facts:

Deborah Lippmann 'Across The Universe'
Availability: Only online for Australian consumers at www.revolveclothing.com
Price: $19.85each
Application and lasting time: The appearance of the polish in the bottle is deceiving, the glitter is suspended in a sheer jelly base. It takes about 3 and a half coats to become completely opaque on the nail making dry time a real pain, time to put on Benjamin Button or some other really long movie and not touch anything for about 2 and a half hours. Only apply a topcoat to your nails once the polish is dry, otherwise you will move the glitter pieces around and it will look a bit of a mess. Lasting time was ok, but because of how thickly you need to apply the polish it does chip in a 3 to 4 days. I like applying this polish over a navy blue base colour to avoid having to apply so many coats.

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in 'Mermaids Tale' 
Availability: From Priceline stores and www.priceline.com.au
Price: $14.95each
Application and lasting time: Applying this polish is a dream, the Salon Manicure range has very wide brush which fits neatly into your nail bed and requires less stroke to cover your entire nail. It takes 2 coats to achieve an opaque finish on the nail with the glitter applying evenly and not clumping. It definitely needs a topcoat to give the surface an even and glossy look. 'Mermaids Tale' lasted 5 days with minimal chipping which is quite good considering the amount of washing up and champagne drinking I did on the week of wearing the polish.

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DIY TRIPPY-HIPPY DAISY NAIL TUTORIAL

Who doesn't want TRIPPED OUT DAISY NAILS?

Here is an easy-peasy DIY tutorial on how to achieve some pretty sick petals.

Switch up the design and colours with whatever you have at hand and get painting!

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Mother's Day Gift Guide : David Jones, Kikki K, The Balm, Moét Chandon, T2 & Sussan

My Mum is the best! She is always up for a cup of tea day or night, she pretends like she is interested in most of the nonsense I tell her about 90% involves makeup, she makes really good 'Mum-Pasta' (everything in the fridge with pasta!), She reads every blog post I right and leaves funny comments. Like most Mums when trying to buy them gifts she says 'Oh don't spend your money on me' or 'Don't be silly a cup of tea in bed and a card is the best gift' but on Mother's Day it's good to spoil your Mum with something sweet and special.

David Jones Celebrating 175 years Glasshouse Candle in Daphine $39.95 & OPI Nail Polish $19.95

Mum's LOVE David Jones - Fact! To celebrate their 175th Anniversary David Jones has released commemorative gifts, boxed in beautiful Florence Broadhurst prints. You cannot go wrong with giving the gift of a scented candle to any woman for any occasion. OPI have released a limited edition 'OPI loves David Jones ' a classic universal pinky-nude, matching mother-daughter mani pedis Mum?

Available from www.davidjones.com.au and in David Jones Stores

Kikki.K Leather iPad Case $79.95

The other weekend I had 2 friends over for an afternoon of wine and biscuits, and we all could not get over how much all of our Mothers were obsessed with their iPads. Tech accessories can be so dull and boring, I love this bright poppy Kikki K iPad case - is it bad to want to buy one for myself and one for Mum?

Available from www.kikki-k.com

The Balm Nude-Tude Eyeshadow Palette $49.95

Sometimes mums can get stuck in a bit of a makeup rut, they have their favourite lipsticks and don't venture far from that. The Balm's Nude-Tude Eyeshadow Palette is a great way to experiment with different shadow colours and combo's using neutral colours, the texture of the eye shadows is so smooth and soft which is very important for mature lids. 

Available from www.davidjones.com.au

T2 Wonderland Tea Cup & Saucer $18.00

'Would you like a cup of tea?' Is a question I have heard from my Mum about a million times. Fancy tea cups are such a cute present idea and will never not be used.

Available from www.t2tea.com

Sussan Cable Knit Slippers $24.95

To keep your mums tootsies warm this winter.

Available from www.sussan.com.au 

Kikki K Pop-Up Card 'If Mums were flowers I'd pick you' $7.95

Sometimes all you need to do is tell your Mum how much you love her in a card, but it may as well be a damn cute pop-up card from Kikki K.

Available from www.kikki-k.com

Moét Chandon Rose Brut NV Champagne $77.70 

Pink Champagne says I love you better than most gifts. If your Mum likes a few bubbles for her troubles then you can't go wrong with Moét Chandon Rose Brut NV.

available from www.vintagecellars.com.au

I LOVE YOU MUM!

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Valentine's Day Nails

1.Kester Black - Fairy Floss 2. China Glaze - Snow 3. Revlon - Tulip 4. Model Co - Lilac Haze

5. Sally Hansen X-Treme - Golden

Happy Valentine's Day sweet beauties!

Last night my boyfriend said that my increasing excitement about Valentine's Day was scary - as if! 

This is what's on my nails this February 14th, using a dotting tool I totally went to town on my talons. After I had finished my slightly OTT nail art I topped it off with Revlon's Colorstay Gel-Shine Top Coat....OMG! It is amazing, seriously it glides on and creates the most glossy amazing finish to your nails. Dry time is about 10mins, but once it is dry there is no budging this stuff - total new favourite!

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xoxo Nella

P.S What's on your nails this Valentine's Day?

Vintage Minnie Mouse Collection by OPI

When I first saw the images for the O.P.I Minnie Mouse collection I almost died of cute a overload, the packaging and marketing behind the collection is beyond adorable.

If you are a massive Disney fan or have a Minnie obsession you are going to love the collection. But if you aren't a super-fan then you're not missing out on much in terms of colours if you pass on this collection. I was given the Mini-Minnie's as a gift from my bestest friend Josephine because we are both totally Minnie Mouse obsessed. 

*SIDE NOTE TO OPI* If you are going to put out a ridiculous amount of collections a year, please make them worth while in collecting with new and unique colours not just filler colours with cute packaging.

Here is my colour round up:

Nothin' Mouse 'Bout it : A slightly pink but almost clear polish with a pastel pink micro glitter and matte-pearl-pastel-pink heart glitters. This is the star polish of the collection, it is ok, very cute, but just ok. You can find these types of polishes with heart shaped glitter in china town or cheaper variety stores I'm pretty sure. Also Nothin' Mouse 'Bout it is not available in the mini set, so if you want to try it out you will need to purchase the full size.

I'm All Ears: Unexpectedly is my favourite of all the colours, a pink based jelly red with magenta coloured mirco-glitter jelly consistency. Opaque in 2 coats, a very pretty colour and looks lovely on they nail, very easy to apply and dried the fastest out of all the colours.

If You Moust You Moust: Not a fan of this colour, it applied with loads of streaking and needed 3 coats to become even on the nail. A heavy lilac infused bright pastel pink which on darker skin tones would look beautiful, but on me it looks too barbie-esque. My big problem with this colour is that there isn't anything original or special about it and I have about 10 that are very similar.

The Colour of Minnie: A true apple red with a fine silver micro-shimmer running through the polish, applied like a dream needing only one coat. This is a great polish. and reminds me why OPI are the leaders in the nail game, if only all OPI polishes applied like The Colour of Minnie. 

To round up, I am not totally blown away by this collection it was probably the weakest of the year not coming anywhere near the amazing Sky Fall collection which was released most recently. But if you are a die-hard Minnie fan like me you will love how this looks sitting on your dresser or in your bathroom cabinet.

I have had some questions about polish definitions from readers so here are some common terms de-coded for the not so polish obsessed:

Jelly Consistency : When the polish is tined and not opaque, usually you can tell this if you hold the bottle up to light and it will appear more translucent. 

Micro-Glitter: A very fine glitter suspended in the polish, usually in a jelly polishes.

Micro-Shimmer: Shimmer running through a polish very fine with no obvious glitter particles. Usually found in an opaque polish to create a sheen or pearl effect to the nail.

Duo-Chrome: A term given to glitter or shimmer that can cast two different colours i.e. blue in some lights and purple in other lights.

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xxx Nella