Rococo Nail Apparel Swarovski Nail Set

Last week SpaceNK had a sale, and I couldn't resist the affordable £10 price ticket attached to these £40 sets.  

 FAlthough not my style, the ornate packaging is quite pretty.

The set contains a supergloss topcoat, a base colour (in this case Supergloss black creme), and set of swarovski crystals.  The black creme polish set comes with a clear crystal.

 

 

The next set comes with the base colour called Nightshade Luxe.

 

 

and it came with sapphire crystals.

 

 

I'm really looking to try this set, and will most likely do so on a night out.

Rococo Nail Apparel in Eccentric Matte

I am just going to jump right into a review, because I am very excited to have this polish.  I was going to write something to preface this review, but why waste time right? :)

SpaceNK had a sale recently and this polish was marked down from £13.50 to £5.99.  I was very interested to see what a Rococo matte polish was like.  Firstly, this is not matte but more like a rubber texture.  It reminded me a lot of Illamasqua's theatre or the nameless polishes.  Trust me, I am not complaining at all. I was pleasantly surprised.

It was the gorgeous packaging and one coat opaqueness that made me so happy to own this polish.

This polish is a lot more darker and cobalt in real life, but the sun was really brightening up this polish.  I hope you all can see the rubber texture of this polish.  I am absolutely loving it.  I know there are a million colours this shade, but none with this texture. 

It is now further discounted to £5 from £5.99 (rrp £13.50) on the Space NK site.

Love this!  Rococo is now part of my top 5 nail polish brands.

NOTD: Rococo Nail Apparel in VIP

Ok I couldn't handle having naked nails for two days. Today I have VIP by Rococo Nail Apparel.  I know a lot of people find classic red a bit too "classic" and outdated, but Dior's new Les Rouges have really brought back how modern and edgy the classic red really is.  I don't have those and frankly can't afford them right now, so I pulled out something from my collection.  VIP is a beautiful blue red jelly goodness.  The formula is divine, but the brush made it quite difficult.  This is probably one of the best formulas that I have tried. Imagine Illamasqua's one coat wonder but not as thick, and you basically have Rococo's formula.  Wonderful I tell ya!


Onto the pics...

I think every girl needs a classic old hollywood red.  There is just something about it that doesn't say vintage, but sex appeal. It's just one of those colours that will never go out of style.


Sorry .... I had to edit this post. I never thought I was this rude ever...but this polish was given to me by a friend, and I am so thankful for this polish and every other polish she has given me. Excuse my bad manners, as I forgot to mention that in this blog post. doh!

My HG Polish: ROCOCO Nail Apparel - Gold Leaf Lacquer

When things get rough, I always force myself to sit there and write down the blessings in my life.  One of the blessings in my life are my internet/forum friends that share my passion and also have a huge heart.  I could not even run this blog, if it wasn't for the generosity and kindness bestowed upon me by my forum friends.  There is something about a community of complete strangers that meet together to talk about something so miniscual as nail polish and beauty products.  It is quite special.  I hold these distant friendships pretty close to me, because I don't really have anyone in my real life who share this level of passion for it. 

 My day is always brightened up by a gift from any of my friends, but this gift made my yeart.  It's extravagant, and absolutely stunning! What could it be, but a nail polish made out of 24k gold flakie leaves HAHA!  DH is not pleased with the price (even though he didn't buy it lol), because he finds it ridiculous that a nail polish cost this much.  I reminded him it was not a nail polish per say, but it was an accent top coat for "special occassions". That's all I could come up with, I know it was horrible, but I was still in shock from receiving this.  

I actually was going to buy this for myself for Christmas and have been putting aside my loose change to fund it, so Christmas came very early for me this year :) :) :)

Ok I'll stop talking now and show you this beauty.

I am afraid to use it haha.

But I know when I'm going to wear it and what with!

I just love it, love love love love!

And come to think of it, my HG bag was also gold!

Louis Vuitton Limelight in Gold

As this bag is much more yellow/24k gold in real life,

I can't wait to carry this bag with my nails to match!

A little backstory about this bag.  It was something that I wanted since I saw the promo pictures of the LV runway show, I believe this was 2007 or 2008. It was right before after I got married, and I remember wanting this bag so badly that my DH saved and splurged on this bag and postponed getting himself studio equipment (that he needed).  It was quite self-less of him, and it really means the world to me.  Him, he means the world to me, not the bag hehe, although the bag does mean a lot to me as well in the material sense. :)

I feel so complete right now, it's a rare feeling for a shopoholic like myself xx

OH and don't forget to enter my giveaway
http://tokkiandoliver.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-first-ever-giveaway.html

Rococo Gold Leaf lacquer

Where to do I begin?
I begin by showing you the picture first...

This my friends has been my obsession for the last week. I saw it on mouldyfruit's blog against a stark black background and it was stunning. Anyone who knows me in real life knows I am quite keen on black with gold jewellery, so obviously that love transfers to my nails too.

It is 24k gold "leaves" floating in a clear base.  It is very luxurious and extravagant and just something that the girly girl in me screams for. 

The retail is £25 at SpaceNK or £22.50 at Cultbeauty.  SpaceNK does have a rewards program but Cultbeauty does not.

I'm blogging about it, because usually when I obsess over something for more than a week, it means it's time for me to obtain it and although I have put this on my X-mas to buy list, I don't think this will last until Christmas, so I'm going to have to bump this up a tad bit (aka my next trip to London).

I really wish I had a swatch to show you all, but as some of you may know, moving overseas has emptied me out and finances are a bit tight, but I'm still breathing! and as long as I'm breathing, mama needs a new polish :)

So I wanted to show you all my beautiful new lemming. I hope to be able to swatch it for you in the near future!