Author: RiaG

FOTD – UD Naked

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It’s been a looooooong time since my last makeup/FOTD post and I have to apologize to lack of photos and poor quality of the ones that are actually there. I haven’t taken makeup pics for such a long time that I had a really hard time getting anything to show up on the pic. Maybe I’ll get better again if I have energy to take makeup photos more often :)

 

FOTD products used:

Lily Lolo Blush Away
Lily Lolo Mineral Foundation – Warm Peach
Lily Lolo Flawless Silk Finishing Powder
Dior Skinflash Radiance Booster Pen – 2

Dior Eyebrow Pencil – Sand
Urban Decay Brow Box – Honey Pot

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
Urban Decay Naked – Gunmetal, Creep, Hustle, Toasted, Sin, Virgin
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil – Zero
Maybelline Volum’ Express Colossal – Black

Dior Illuminating Powder – Flower Blossom
Helena Rubinstein Urban Beauty blush – 01 Star Light
Ariane Inden Pressed Powder – Tawny

Dior Addict High Shine – 382 Model Mauve

 

My hair looks like a mess too… Thank goodness I have a hair appointment tomorrow :D

About gel nails again

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In these photos I’m showing how my nails have grown with the gel during two weeks and how to fade out the gel line with a coat of clear nail polish.

If the gel/acrylic line next to the cuticle is filed carefully enough just one coat of clear nail polish is enough to fade out that line. After 3 weeks you might need a second coat of polish. If your nail-tech did a sloppy job there’s no product I know of that can get rid of that line unless you file and fix the nails.

I try and fix my nails every 3 weeks even if they haven’t lifted at all yet. In 3 weeks the shapes of the gel nails (so to speak) grow into a wrong spot and the nails don’t look beautiful anymore.

 

2 week growth without clear polish
1 coat of clear nail polish fading out the line

 

Color Club – Pucci-Licious

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I got tired of the pink glitter on my nails and decided to cheer myself up with some nail polish. I chose Color Club’s Pucci-Licious for that and it did it’s job perfectly. This shade is from CC’s neon collection although it’s not exactly a neon color.

IRL my nails look great but on the photo they look too big and tips are too round. Camera has no mercy on me and my nails as usual ;)

This is an interesting color. On the other hand it’s strikingly beautiful and then again it’s just your everyday creme. Either way I love it and on these nails it looks fierce.

Quality on this is excellent and it’s opaque with two coats (obviously not a neon shade then). This dries semi-matte so you shine junkies out there need a topcoat with this one.

In this mani I used Pucci-Licious x2 and Seche Vite on top.

My skin tone on the photo looks weird cos I had to adjust the camera settings and also adjust the colors with photoshop. This was one of those pain-in-the-ass shades to photograph. No matter what you do it looks too blue *sigh* I think I got the color to look pretty accurate though (on my monitor anyways).

 

Gel nails with gold glitter

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Here’s gel nails I did for my friend using silver and gold glitter. Unfortunately you can’t really see the different shades on this pic. Gel and silver glitter is from Cesars Secrets and gold glitter from eBay.

I think I have to fix my own nails very soon. Getting bored with this sheer-ish pink. Hmm, what should I do next…

 

Gel nails with gold glitter

 

Sephora by OPI – Cab Fare

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Here’s photos of Sephora by OPI Cab Fare polish. Bright yellow shade with yellow, pink and green shimmer.

Yellow polishes are usually like nightmares to apply but this one was great. Though this time the problem was the fact that Cab Fare is very sheer. Three coats wasn’t enough for an opaque result and I don’t think a fourth coat would’ve made much of a difference. Should try this over a layer of white polish for more opaque result.

As I said this applied very well and three coats dried quickly with Seche Vite. As sheer as this was I still love it!

The closeup photo is very blurry and I was just trying to get the shimmer to show up a little.

 

Gel nails

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I got tired of my nails chipping and peeling and I decided to use some uv-gel to get them back to being nice and long again. I did stiletto nails using clear tip and pink glitter. You can see my natural nail having some lenght through the tip cos I didn’t want to trim them shorter. That way I can get my own nail to grow faster. I like having my natural nail under the gel instead 0f tips.

The pink color is stunning and pics don’t do it any justice. I have a lot of ideas for what I’m going to do next but we’ll see if I have energy to fix these even once :P Now I just wait to get some more length on these and next time I’ll get even prettier shape.

These are not perfect stilettos but this is the shape I like so this is what I do :D

 

Sephora by OPI – Leaf Him At The Altar

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Let’s continue with the Sephora by OPI mini collection polishes. This time I’m wearing gorgeous green shade, Leaf Him At The Altar. This one is a metallic-frost (or something of the sort) polish. In my collection this is unique and it’s a totally beautiful color. This is clearly green and doesn’t have for example gold tones in it.

Application was alright and two coats was enough for my nails. Longer nails probably need the third coat. Drying time was short with a little help from Seche Vite. Brush strokes are somewhat visible but it doesn’t look bad at all. For all of you green lovers out there this is a shade worth owning.

In this mani I used Nail Tek II x1, Leaf Him At The Altar x2 and Seche Vite to dry it all up nice and fast.

 


Xmas mani – part 1

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This Christmas time I’ve been so lazy it’s not even funny. So I might continue being lazy when it comes to manicures too ;) I’ve only done two Xmas manis (very simple ones) and this is the first one of those.

Here’s the yesterday’s Sephora by OPI Sample Sale mani with Sephora by OPI Only Gold For Me top coat on the tips and Art Club liner Gold Hologram.

 

Sephora by OPI – Sample Sale

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This one is like Opening Night’s red little sister, stunning red shimmer polish. In a certain light this one looks like it’s glowing from the inside. The red shade on this is gorgeous and fits the time of the year perfectly.

This also applied very well and dried fast. Two coats was enough for an opaque result. I like this shade so much I might actually finish whole mini bottle someday.

In this mani I used: Nail Tek II x1, Sample Sale x2 and Seche Vite on Top. The photo doesn’t do justice to this polish and I couldn’t capture the inner glow this one has.