copper coup

Metallic nails aren't always my cup of tea but when I'm in the mood I can really love them. The other day I decided to give Copper from Australis some love. It's pretty okay in one coat (which is what these polishes are marketed as - one coaters), if you're careful but these photos have two coats just to be sure. I really like copper shades but I'm not sure if they like me quite as much...but oh well! Still a pretty polish. x

trying out clear topaz

For starters, I apologise for the blurry pictures. I took these when I was sick and they looked fine so I'm thinking my vision was a bit blurred too... haha

Anyway. This was my first Australis polish I've tried and I got it for $2 on clearance so I was pretty pleased with that. The name of the polish is Clear Topaz and I don't really have any other bronze polishes in my collection so it was nice to try out both a new brand and a unique colour to me. The formula was pretty decent for a lower end brand. Quite pigmented. The pictures are 2 coats. The bottle says streak free, which a guess it lives up to but not really sure why they're making it a selling point... but whatever works for them. I'd probably pick up more Australis polishes if the colours were good enough but I wouldn't go out of my way for them.

with flash

natural light