You need to Just Keep Swimming in this heat.

We are looking forward to having Summer days with the temperature in the high 30s. That is in degrees celsius. It is times like these that I wish I lived closer to the beach. Then again, I lived on the beach as a child and I don't remember taking every opportunity to swim in the ocean.

I bring another Darling Diva polish today. It is Finding Nemo's Dory inspired Just Keep Swimming. This was one coat over three coats of Satin Nail Enamel 10 which is a smurf blue with pink shimmer.

I found the white bar glitter a little "hairy" but I managed it ok. I was able to get it put into position and not hanging over edges fairly easily. The white bar glitter seems to be rather finer than the bar glitter I have had in other polishes. You can easily see the hex glitters in my pictures but it is more difficult to see the green micro-glitter. Of course I say it is green but this is most likely due to the blue tinted base making yellow appear as green. The flecks can be slightly seen in the shade photograph below.

Awesome Aussie August: Satin Seasonal 01 and 03

This post will be light on words as it is being brought to you by a headache. Yes, I am dedicated to you and want to get this done.

When I saw the lovely purple of Satin Seasonal Nail Enamel 01, I had to add it to my little Satin collection. I am sure I have something like this already but I adore purple. In the same bargain bin dig I found Satin Seasonal Nail Enamel 03. AHA! These would look great together.

Satin Seasonal Nail Enamel 03

Sadly, I did not get a single good picture of Seasonal 01. This polish has a pretty shimmer and I could see red and blue particles in the dry polish. The only places you will see this colour by itself is on my thumb in the above picture and this blurry picture below.

I did manage to get a few pictures of the combination of 01 and 03. Satin Seasonal Nail Enamel 03 is a glorious glitter top coat with holographic hex and bar glitters. I am sure that there is colour changing regular glitter in there along with aqua and purple.

This was much more attractive in person. You have heard me say before that my camera won't capture all of the colour and holographic goodness.

And one last picture to share. This picture was taken in the shade to try to show the glitters better.

Awesome Aussie August: Peita's Polish Little Princess on Satin.

This will be a very short post as I only obtained one good picture.

I used a base of PVA glue. I have been experimenting using this and I am currently working on a post about my experiences using it as a base coat. Then I applied three coats of Satin Nail Enamel 6. In the bottle it seems as though it would be a pink foil. It is a lovely pink colour and Miss L has claimed it.

Over the top of Satin 6, I applied two coats of Little Princess from Peita's Polish. This is a pink holographic glitter top coat. Using two coats gave the polish plenty of sparkle to stare at and as usual my camera refused to pick up all of the action.

All in all, a very girly manicure.

Awesome Aussie August: Satin Nail Enamel 10 Gradient

Here we go with the imaginative names again. I have another Satin nail polish for you and this one is Nail Enamel 10. It is almost a smurf blue with a magenta shimmer. That shimmer is apparent in the bottle but harder to see on the nail and impossible to capture on camera.

I applied three coats of this to make it opaque. The previous two coats were patchy and I could have possibly gone with another coat. I did not bother since I knew I was going to add more polish with a gradient.

Satin Nail Enamel 21 was seen previously as the blue base colour of my Australian Flag manicure. I fell in love with the look of that polish. When the bottles of the two colours were placed together, I knew that they would work. I did not think that the shimmer would interfere. It didn't but, I was not to know that it would barely show on the nail.

My gradients are sponged on with a make up sponge. A large bag was bought at the supermarket but you can find them almost anywhere. The fine effect that the make up sponge gives to the gradient is the style that I prefer. Admittedly, I have never tried a gradient with a larger holed sponge.

Isn't this so pretty? I could have almost used it for a nautical scene. The difference in the colours is more noticeable in reality.

When I first posted about Satin polish I mentioned that they had a website that did not work. In my travels over the internet I found a working site from the brand. Here you can buy and take advantage of their three for the price of two offer. It also looks as though all of their polishes are toluene, formaldehyde, camphor and dibutyl phthalate free. The down side is that there is little information around to give you an idea of what you are buying. You need to guess at the colours you want from the screen and hope for the best. Is it a shimmer, glitter or creme? All I know is that they are $2.50 each and $4.95 for their classic range.

Awesome Aussie August: Seven Little Australians

I was not a part of the Great Australian Polish Challenge but I posted some Australian polishes so far this month. So with hindsight I am now declaring it Awesome Aussie August.

First was Chi Chi with two manicures from this brand. Cradle Snatcher Gimme Gimme a Man.

Chi Chi Cradle Snatcher with accents in Daring Digits First Love.

Chi Chi Gimme Gimme a Man with accents of Daring Digits True Love.

Second was Satin Nail Enamel 21 to create our flag.

Satin Nail Enamel 21 with Konad A1 ICNA plate images in Konad White and Dark Red.

Third was Colour by T.B.N in Passion and Adore.

Colour by T.B.N. Passion with accents of Adore.

Natio Brandy was the fourth.

Natio Brandy

I "Messed Up" with Mode for the fifth.

Mode Messed Up

Next to last was BYS.

BYS Kung Fu Blue

The Seventh Little Australian is Ulta3.

Awesome Aussie August: Australian Flag over Australian Made Polish.

Since the Olympics are on, I thought I had better show some Australian pride and have an Australian Flag manicure. Why not? It's the perfect excuse to give the Konad Australian themed plate some work.

This manicure is done with Satin Nail Enamel 21. I have only seen this brand at one local chemist and no where else. I am not sure how easy it is to get. You can not complain about price as it sells for $2.50 a bottle. Satin also manufactures other cosmetics such as blush, lipstick etc. When I was last in the chemist there was a display promoting buy two and get one free.

Oh how unexpectedly I liked Satin 21. I was worried when I did the first coat as it was very streaky and thin looking. When I had the second coat on, all I could do was admire the lovely navy with shimmer.

I used the ICNA Konad Australian plate for the flag and I <3 AUS. This was stamped in Konad White Pearl for both images. A fine brush was used to paint in Konad Dark Red for the Union Jack part of the flag. It looks good from a distance but close up... blech. I have to admit that I was not planning on keeping this on. After I had done it, I decided that I would keep it. That blue is so very nice.

Mr R wanted to help me out with something for me to hold for the picture. I had a koala but it was too large to get my hand around. He brought out his iPod with an Australian flag to hold. Sadly it was too large for me to hold easily too. We did get a picture.