I’m not usually a fan of glitter in nail polish, mostly because they are a pain to remove. But when I read the rave reviews of the flakie polish from Australis, and saw the gorgeous photos, I knew that glitter or not, a bottle of that nail polish will have to be mine. All I needed was a stop at my favourite Priceline, and I was good to go!
The Speck-tacular, as it’s so aptly called, is actually a top coat with holographic reflective flakes. This goes very well with very dark, cream lacquers. Today, I’ve decided to pair it with another nail polish from Australis, a gorgeous shade of mushroom called Rabid Revenge. Gotta love the name 
The top coat alone is not as good as the Seche Vite, so I’d still slap a layer of that on. Other than that, I really like it. The flakes go on very nicely against the dark mushroom, and does not overpower the base shade. Best of all, it’s a piece of cake to remove. An enthusiastic thumbs up from me for this one.
I’m trying this against a black creme next. Any recommendations for good blacks? 
I love Black Onyx from OPI. straight out black, can’t go wrong. Will pass you my bottle next time we meet
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Eugenia from http://ommorphiabeautybar.com/ loves a-england’s Camelot, it’s a straight up black I think based on her review
maybe you can give that a try?
i think i rather deal with flakies than your normal glitter though
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Plue: Woah that’s a black black. I’m getting a couple of a-england lacquers from Bee when she’s here. Will try them out to see if I like the formula. If I do, I reckon I’ll try out the Camelot
i think you’ll like the formula, very easy to work with!
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I used the Australis Speck-tacular over the Australis black polish (which I think is called Night? I can’t remember) – it’s one of the best blacks I have tried, and looked so beautiful with the little flakes!
Elise: Thanks for your recommendation, Elise. I’m so getting that since it’s less than a tenner
I want this flakie!
Imma gonna ask Bee to bring this back for me…
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Rinnah: Hehe she told me about it and it’s in her shopping list too! Love it when any of you ladies are here. My Priceline card gets heaps of points!
LOL I just picked up OPI’s Black Onyx – and yet another item to add to the list! :O Love the colour combi!!
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Beetrice: Hehe good thing these are light. Can get many more
It’s a very nice colour!! I love the dark purple nail polish very much!!
Michelle: It’s actually a mushroom shade, but hey, I like me a dark purple polish anytime!
oh, it looks good! i like how the amount of glitter is not a lot, but each piece is quite big.
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Jyoan: Me too. Not a fan of too much glitter, and the flakes are just big enough to see but not difficult to remove. Ticks all the checkboxes
its looking very pretty
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Swati: Aww thanks Swati. I think they’re gorgeous too
That looks so pretty!
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This is gorgeous! And I’ve been looking for a good mushroom shade since forever – I spy a trip to Priceline in my near future
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Sabine: Go for it! For less than a tenner, it’s a steal
I’ve been wearing this over a Maybelline Electric Blue polish on my toes, loving the combo!
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Megan: Oooh I’ve got to check out that Maybelline one now!
When you first look at it you kinda think hmm not sure about those colours, but it’s actually a beautiful effect in the end. Very nice!
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Kayekie: See that’s exactly what I thought. I wasn’t sure of the colours either, wasn’t sure of the flakie, ‘cos I’m not really a fan of glitter polish. Deborah Lippman’s Across The Universe is gorgeous, but such a pain to remove. This one changed my mind big time
Love the gorgeous color of the polish, love the glitter!
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Thanks Marisa!