LA Girl - Paparazzi

 Diffused Light (please excuse the shininess here, I'd just applied moisturiser)

 Flash

 
After last week's Soviet Summer Camp, I decided to brighten up this week with some pinky sparkle.I apologise for the crappiness of this swatch - the gap is way too large and my hands look like they've been playing in olive oil.  Sorry!

Paparazzi is from LA Girl's Rockstar Collection and is one of those lovely cheap lacquers that, whilst not entirely changing the universe for the better, easily changes your mood from sad to rad.

This can be used as either a layering lacquer or on its own - although it doesn't entirely succeed as either.  The pink base will alter the base colour you're wearing so you need to be aware of that when using it for layering.  At the same time the pink base is so sheer that it never quite gets opaque.  This is four coats and there is still a very clear nail line.

So whilst I love the pinky goodness of this, I'm not entirely sure how or where I would wear this?  What do you guys think?

LA Girl - Groupie or Punk?

I didn't even know I could get my hands on LA Girl here in Australia until I stumbled across them in a cheapie accessories store.  You better believe I snapped up a few of the colours.

I particularly loved their Rockstar Collection.  Specifically, I fell totally in love with this blue.  Now, I'm not sure if this is Punk or Groupie as the sticker has come off the bottom of my bottle.  I think it might be Punk, but if anyone can enlighten me in the comments, I send you a thousand virtual kisses!

This is an amazing colour.  Although it looks blue, there is a whole purple duochrome thing happening.  I can't quite explain it but, if you look at the top left side of the bottle in this picture, you can see the purple shining through a little.

Application on this was great in terms of it being easy to apply.  However, even with a Seche Vite topcoat, this took a little while to completely dry.  Maybe half an hour or so.  So not an eternity, but definitely something to be aware of if you're stuck for time.

I think this would be a great colour to wear if you're spending NYE in a club or concert.  The blue / purple hue makes it edgy, and yet the glitter component seems to make it a little more fun.

What do you guys think?  Is blue on your agenda?  Stay tuned for tomorrow when I reveal the actual colour I'm wearing for NYE.  It's GORGEOUS.  And I know I say that about alot of colours, but I truly rooly mean it.