Great Aussie Swatch Watch - BYS - We Have A Winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered the BYS Great Aussie Swatch Watch.

In the end, it was pretty clear which colour you guys loved best: Pink Panic. The rather unloved colour was The Right Bright, with only four votes.  Don't worry, The Right Bright, as Whitney would say, 'I will ALWAYS love YOUUUUUUU'.

And now for the winner.  Congratulations to.....

Indie Amazon Princess

Indie Amazon Princess will receive, not only the colour she voted for (which, coincidentally, happens to be Pink Panic) but also one of the remaining three lacquers.

Next month, the focus lacquer will be Totally Beautiful Nails.  This is another $2.50 brand from Australia that is amazing value for money.

Don't forget that, tomorrow, the March Giveaway begins.  I won't give too much away but it involves nail art AND Ulta3.  The Squeeness.  :-)

Naily News #23

Stay tuned ladies, because I'm just about to draw the winner of the Great Aussie Swatch Watch!  I'll announce the winner later today.

And stay tuned to YGN because the March Giveaway kicks off tomorrow.  You won't want to miss this one - it's a doozy!

Short n' Chic has a beautiful cornflower blue to die for.

Nixxy = green = holo.  Jacie = mad jealous.

Nihrida has another cornflower blue that is just magical.

Where else would you find a polish that looks like pee AND The Young Ones all in one post.  Click here to find out.

Nail Juice shares a sweet peach.

Everywhere I look is cornflower blue.  Naive Nails mixes it up with a konad and it is SPECTACULAR.

If my love for grey lacquers wasn't enough, Laine now introduces me to slates.  *Shakes fist at Laine*

Sister Leanne has a polka dot manicure that is just the squee.

Ummm, it's RBL.  Just click.  And who else is as excited as me that RBL have reduced their international delivery prices?!

Kae has the best swatch of Mad as a Hatter that I've seen.

If you have a nail related post, paste a link in the comments!  Naily News is all about sharing the blog good karma.

LA Colors - Atomic

Atomic is from LA Colors' Color Craze Collection.  These are currently on sale for $2 from Cherry Culture so, if you are able to risk the occasional shady customer service, buy now, because this is a great price!

Atomic is actually a greenish-teal.  My new camera is washing out greens so just imagine this a few shades darker.  Or look at the bottle which is closer to the actual shade.

Formula wise, I was pleasantly surprised with this.  I was expecting, for some reason, that it would be streaky and require many coats.  Because the colour is so lovely, I was fully prepared to put up with that.

However, this colour glided on without a problem.  Two coats for it to become opaque.  It dried quickly and didn't require a topcoat in order for it to get shine.  Which, for a colour that is verging on neon, is pretty darned good.

I'm excited now to try the other two I bought from this collection.

Have you guys bought from this collection and, if you did, what did you think?  Is this teal a winner?

Barry M - Grey

Is it just me or does anyone else think that 2010 is the year of grey?

I just can't get enough of greys.  They are conservative enough for me to wear to work, but they make a novel change to the pinks, taupes and browns I typically favour.

Don't even mention the new Nubar Fortress Collection because I will have skin failure if you do.  That's how much I want that collection.

Barry M's Grey is a lacquer bought for me by my 'sister', Leanne.

This is a lovely, creamy dark grey.

The formula is fab.  You can get away with one coat but I did two because I like symmetry.  And it dries to a high shine.  This swatch is without a top coat.

Are you guys into greys as well?  Which is your favourite.

OPI - Brisbane Bronze

Brisbane Bronze is from the OPI Australia Collection.

From memory, the Australia Collection was OPI's first foray into 3-free territory (someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this).  Perhaps because OPI was still refining the formula, I found some colours to to be either a hit or a terrible hideous miss.

Brisbane Bronze is one of the hits.  A big hit.

The formula on this is spectacular.  Two coats and you're done.  It goes on perfectly, dries quickly, dries to a high shine and... well, the colour is stunning.

This picture shows the complexity of this colour to perfection.  On the index and middle finger you see how this looks in natural light, with the gold peeking through.  On the ring and little finger, you get a darker, altogether more sophisticated colour.

What do you guys think? What colours did you like from the Australia Collection?