Author: RiaG

Born Pretty Store review – Oval Gemstone wheel

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I got this gemstone wheel from Born Pretty Store a while ago for review. This wheel has 12 different color and size oval or raindrop shaped artificial stones. These lay very flat and might be challenging to place on curvier nails. It helps to add rhinestones, micropearls etc. around the gemstone to hide the possible gap between the nail and the sides of the gemstone.

 

 

I decided to do a jewelry type design using pearly white oval gemstone from the wheel I got. I added rhinestones from my own previously bought kit and some chain that I have purchased from Born Pretty Store. The base color is Wet n Wild I need a Refresh-Mint.

 

 

There’s a lot of options on what kind of designs you can use these stones for. They allow you to do lovely 3D designs on your nails and why not even use them as a special effect on your make up look.

You can buy the gemstone wheel from Born Pretty Store and they also have a wide range of other nail art supplies. Born Pretty Store offers free worldwide shipping. Please use the code “NZL91” when you order and get extra -10% discount.

***The gemstone wheel was sent for review.
www.bornprettystore.com

 

Try It On Tuesday: Wet n Wild Megalast I Need a Refresh-Mint

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Happy Tuesday lovelies! It’s time for another TIOT with Sassypaints. This time I have a pretty minty green shade for you from Wet n Wild. I bought this one a while back and naturally threw it in to the Helmer without trying it out. I have read this shade being very close to China Glaze For Audrey but i don’t own that one so I can’t compare it myself. Though Google is your friend and I bet you can find some comparisons if you want to check it out yourself.

This is two thin coats of I Need a Refresh-Mint with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

This applies really well and smooth. The formula is a bit on the thick side and very pigmented so this could even be a one coater for shorter nails. Great quality for the price! This is a second Megalast shade I tried and I liked it as much as I liked the first one.

 

 

***All products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking the links on this post.

Jindie Nails – Strawberry Cupcake

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Here’s an older Jindie Nails shade for a change. This is the lovely Strawberry Cupcake. It was released in 2012 Winter collection.

This is how it’s described on Jindie Nails website “It has a pastel pink crelly base with an assortment of shaped glitters like round, square and hex in teal, matte pastel lavender, metallic berry, matte grape, metallic turquoise, matte pastel aqua, matte white, metallic deep teal, metallic lavender and periwinkle.  It also has a gorgeous aqua/turquoise shimmer.  Opaque in 2-3 coats and meant to be worn on its own”.


Strawberry Cupcake is absolutely adorable and such a cute, girly shade. For some reason the shade seems to lean a bit to purple-ish against my skin tone.

This is three thin coats of Strawberry Cupcake, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Strawberry Cupcake applies very smoothly and evenly. Glitter comes out of the bottle without any problems.  I just absolutely love the color combination on this!

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***All products used on this manicure were purchased by me. I don’t benefit from clicking  the links on this post.

Femme Fatale – Mana Ruby

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Happy Sunday! Today I have another Femme Fatale polish to show you and this one is a real beauty. Mana Ruby is the squishiest, juiciest jelly I’ve ever tried. It is absolutely delicious! It has red hex glitter and iridescent blue glitter that gives this an amazing glow from within. I almost never layer jelly polishes over cremes cos I love to get the depth showing and you lose that effect if you layer it on a base color. That being said nothing stops you from layering this one on top of another polish and it’ll still be gorgeous.

This is three thin coats of Mana Ruby with G & G HK Girl top coat. The color is somewhat more vivid red in real life than I was able to capture on the photos.

 

Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken in sunlight.
Photo taken in sunlight.

Mana Ruby applies perfectly and applying three coats didn’t look too thick at all. Since this one has a true jelly formula it’s never really opaque but the visible nail line wasn’t really a problem either. I absolutely love jelly polishes and this one is instantly one of my favorites :)

Femme Fatale polishes and cosmetics can be bought from their website if you live in Australia. International customers can find Femme Fatale polishes from Llarowe, Harlow & Co, Norway Nails, Shoppe Ecclecticco and Ledouxnuage.

You can also follow Femme Fatale on social media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***Mana Ruby was sent for review. HK Girl top coat was purchased by me.

Lynnderella – Karma Carnelian

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Today I also have my first ever Lynnderella manicure to show you. This is Karma Carnelian from the Summer 2013 Talismans & Birthstones collection. This is absolutely gorgeous sheer shimmer based glitter polish. Karma Carnelian is full of orange and reg glitter in different shapes and sizes. It’s also packed with fine glowing shimmer that gives this polish great depth. Since this is quite sheer I decided to layer it over a creme polish. I wanted to achieve a really flaming, fire-y result so I chose a bright coral-y red base color.

This is a coat of Essie Ole Caliente, two coats of Karma Carnelian, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken in sunlight.
Photo taken in sunlight.

Karma Carnelian applies very smoothly and evenly. In a nutshell my first experience with Lynnderella polishes was very positive. I loved the result over red base and next I will try a gradient over an orange base.

Karma Carnelian and the other shades from Talismans & Birthstones collection along with other Lynnderella polishes are available to European customers at Norway Nails. You can use the code “POLISHAHOLIC” to get -10% off of any purchase. Norway Nails offers a wide range of gorgeous indies and other polish brands. You can also follow them on Facebook and Twitter.

 

 

***Karma Carnelian was sent for review, Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me. I do not benefit from clicking the links on this post or use of the discount code.

Femme Fatale – Planar Anomalies

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I recently received my first Femme Fatale polishes and they are gorgeous! First I’m showing you Planar Anomalies.

This is how it’s described by Femme Fatale “Planar Anomalies is a really complex polish that is nearly impossible to photograph. It’s a murky black base (sheer crelly, suitable for layering over another shade) with a subtle pink > green shift. in this darkly delightful base we have an assortment of grey, black, holo, purple and teal”.


I totally agree with the “nearly impossible to photograph” part. This one really gave me trouble. It is so unbelievably sparkly and has this amazing depth IRL and only a small part of the awesomeness this polish is can be captured on photos *sigh* I decided to wear this alone to get the depth showing but it would also look great over dark colored undies.

This is two normal coats of Planar Anomalies, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken in sunlight.
Photo taken in sunlight.
Photo taken with daylight bulbs.
Photo taken in sunlight.

Planar Anomalies is really packed with glitter and I think you’d get a better result with three thin, carefully applied coats than two normal ones. You need to be careful with the amount of the glitter on the brush so this will apply evenly. I was a little too generous with the glitter and there’s a few visible bumps. I absolutely love this deep dark color and I will most certainly wear it again when the fall comes. I’ll layer this with a dark shimmery purple and it’ll look stunning!

Femme Fatale polishes and cosmetics can be bought from their website if you live in Australia. International customers can find Femme Fatale polishes from Llarowe, Harlow & Co, Norway Nails, Shoppe Ecclecticco and Ledouxnuage.

You can also follow Femme Fatale on social media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***Planar Anomalies was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me.

Jindie Nails – Dancing with the Stars

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And here we go again :) This time, as promised, I have another brand new glitter topper from Jindie Nails. This is part of the Mod Quad collection.

On Jindie Nails website Dancing with the Stars is described as: “An assortment of shapes & colors of glitters including opaque matte baby pink, neon pink, white, matte opaque gray, black, silver holographic and matte opaque white diamonds, stars, dots, short bars (just a few), hex and a few hearts and butterflies.  It has neon pink stars, hearts and butterflies!”

This is super cute and girly! You can layer this with a lot of different base colors. I chose bubblegum pink but I’m also going to try this out with baby blue and pale lilac in the future.

This is OPI Chic From Ears To Tail, two thin coats of Dancing with the Stars, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Dancing with the Stars is packed with glitter but it’s also easy to apply. I wanted to keep on adding more and more and ended up dabbing more glitter on few spots after applying two coats. It’s so pretty and I just couldn’t help myself :D I turned the bottle upside down before application to help get out the bigger glitter pieces. This didn’t work for the butterflies though and they decided not to work with me on this and stayed in the bottle. I could see them pretty little pink things taunting me through the glass though. I’ll get them next time :P

Jindie Nails polishes are available at www.jindienails.com. International customers can also click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please go follow for latest news and swatches of awesome upcoming new shades!

 

 

***Dancing with the Stars was sent for review. Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat were purchased by me.

OPI – Chic From Ears To Tail

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Another day, another blog post :D This is OPI Chic From Ears To Tail, a very pretty bubblegum pink with a subtle silver shimmer. It’s from OPI Couture De Minnie collection of five polishes. Not really all that unique but very pretty either way.

This is three thin coats of Chic From Ears To Tail with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Chic From Ears To Tail was a little streaky to apply on the first coat and it took three careful coats to be smooth and opaque. This is a very summer-y girly shade that is great to wear alone and it also makes a good base for nail art or layering glitters.

Later today I’ll show you another new Jindie Nails glitter topper layered over this pretty pink thing. So check back for that!

I bought this polish along with the whole collection from Glisten & Glow’s online store. If you haven’t tried their Stuck On Blu base coat or the amazing HK Girl top coat be sure to correct that mistake soon enough ;) I promise you won’t be disappointed!

 

 

***All products used on this manicure were purchased by me.

Glam Polish – Star Candy (Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive)

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Hello again :) Today ended up being another two posts day. I have so many cool polishes to review and show you that I think there will be a few two posts days ahead.

This time I have a fun and bright glitter topper from Glam Polish. This neon explosion is Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive and you can’t buy it anywhere else. Star Candy has different shapes and sizes of glitter in several neon colors. It’s bright and fun and can be layered over a lot of different base colors. I chose two different ones to try it with.

First I layered it over Delush Polish It Takes Two To Mango. This is two coats of Star Candy and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Second I tried it over a black creme cos I really wanted the colors to pop out. This is a coat of Color Club Where’s The Soiree?, two coats of Star Candy and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Application was very good and glitters came out of the bottle easily. Formula is a little thin and runny but as long as you make sure not to have too much polish on the brush it applies just perfectly.

This can be bought from Mei Mei’s Signatures along with a lot of other goodies. Service is always great and friendly. Shipping has always been fast but this time it was super fast, five days from Singapore to Finland. Excellent if you ask me!

 

 

***All products used on these manicures were purchased by me.

Delush Polish – It Takes Two To Mango

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It’s time for another lovely Delushie from the Bombastic Summer Love Collection. This is It Takes Two To Mango, a delicious mango shade polish that is packed with shimmer. This is a very summer-y and feminine shade.

This is three thin coats of It Takes Two To Mango with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

It Takes Two To Mango applies perfectly and dries fast. You can see some brushstrokes on the photos but they are barely visible IRL. This is perfect to wear alone or layer over a darker color. I myself layered an awesome bright glitter polish over this but that is a story for another post.

You can find Delush Polish website here and you can also follow in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***All products used in this manicure were purchased by me.