Superstar - Remember Me Red

Helloooo!
Bit of a break in transmission, but we're getting down to the last month before Kaz and I head to Blighty so it's getting seriously busy, dudes.

Anyway - quickly on with my samples of Superstar polishes, and my utterly un-photogenic nails! Honestly, I just look back at old photos of my nails on this blog and want to cry. They used to be so nice - now 6 months of peeling, peeling, peeling. I don't understand it :(

Today I have a classic red, which usually makes me yawn. But as usual, as soon as I get it on my stumps it's a different story and I love it. I think I have red-blindness or something...

Unfortunately these are the only two photos that are good enough to print and don't show my completely shoddy cuticles in all their horror.



It's a jelly, people!
Red jelly. Highly pigmented, 2 coats.
Lush.

Even my bad application and crappy nails can stop this from looking good :D
This is actually just as good as the Streetwear red jelly Kaz sent me, which was up til that point the best red I'd ever tried - jelly or no. Now I have two faves :)
Slam dunk again, Superstar!

Now, in other news - if any bloggers are up for meeting Kaz and I in London in early October, Helen over at Nice Things is helping us organise a day out. We're gonna hit Bond and Oxford Streets and scour them free of nail polish! Followed by a boozy lunch. And possibly more polish. Hopefully no police or ambulances....
In other words, it's gonna be a sexy party!

If you're interested, get in touch with Helen over at Nice Things and she'll give you the deets :D

Superstar - Party Purple

OK guys - another Superstar Lacquer - this one was my surprise favourite. :)

In the bottle, Party Purple looks like a nice enough dark amethyst polish, but on the nail - sooo gorgeous!

Unfortunately, with my nails the way they are, these are the only two pics worth publishing - complete nail fail!

Opaque in one coat (this is two, though) - high gloss, applies like buttah! I totally wasn't expecting to fall in love, but this is definitely down as one of my favourite purples of all time....

Don't you just love it when you get a nice surprise with a polish and adore it when you don't expect to?

Now, Ariana at Superstar also sent me a little something that anyone who loves neons will splooge over! Observe -

Can't see what I'm talking about? Blame Blogger.

NIXX-ENHANCE!!

Gah! Dark skinned honeys of Australia! It's almost Spring - get yourself some yellow polish now, O-M-Freaking-G!

(BTW - that colour is "Eccentric Yellow")

Superstar - Teterboro Teal

Hi guys! Long time no bloggy :)

Been busy and had some problems with Blogger, so I'll make do with a small post instead of a big one with four polishes like I was planning.

So today I have for you the first of some Superstar polishes the lovely Ariana at Superstar sent me to try. I'd vaguely heard of them before - mainly through Scrangie and Brooke's blogs, but I hadn't heard their formula was formaldehyde & formaldehyde resin free! YAY!

It's weird, but whenever I write "Superstar" I have Molly Shannon saying "Supastahh!" in my head :D

So anyway, Teterboro Teal is from the "Party in the City" collection, and the first one I tried cos I'm a sucker for blues :)

Now, Teal doesn't really come close to describing this colour. It's a very mermaid-y metallic, which sparkles blue/green depending on how the light hits it. I actually have a few colours very like this, but they've all disappointed me by being very transparent on the nail and needing copious layers to get to the bottle colour.

Not so with this...

Now, I'd like to ask you to PLEASE not look closely at my fingers - just the polish! Part of the reason the blog has been so silent lately is because my hands just look SO awful! I can't get certain nails to grow, the cuticles keep peeling and bleeding, and I have dozens of tiny cuts from work and the cats.

Suffice to say, my hands are really not photogenic right now, so these pics are the best of a bad lot!

Anyhoo - this is two coats, but the formula has a good consistency and pigmentation, so I could've done with just one. I need the extra protection a couple of layers of polish gives me, so I'm an habitual 2/3 coater.

The brush is just the right shape for me - being not to wide, and it's pretty glossy even without the top-coat I put on.

It practically glows - even in low light, as you can see.

I wore this to work three days in a row while we were re-stocking the shop and it only started chipping on the last day, which is a minor miracle considering what hardship it was up against :)

I was really impressed with my first try of Superstar, and I have 3 more to show you soon, too.

Superstars aren't readily available in Australia yet, but you can find them at their online store for $10 US.

Back soon - with a killer purple!