Category: Brands

Wet n Wild Megalast – Heatwave

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Is it spring yet!? This Wet n Wild Megalast Heatwave, a delicious and lovely coral red creme polish made me feel like spring is right around the corner. I bought this from a local store when I went hunting for cheap nail polish on sale and decided to get one of these WnW bottles too just to try it out. There were other pretty pastel shades too and I was so pleased with this one that I just might have to go pick up another bottle (or two) later on.

When I opened the bottle naturally the first thing I noticed was a very large brush. I think my exact words were “Oh! Holy crap, look at this!” as I turned to show my finding to my husband. Of course he had no idea what I was so amazed by so he just rolled his eyes at my craziness. It took a little bit of getting used to but the brush was actually pretty easy to use and polish applied nicely with it.

Heatwave was very well pigmented, even so well that I wonder if it would work for stamping. Two coats was more than enough for opaque result and dry time was short with Inm Super Fast Dry Top Coat. The color range is, I’d like to say safe, on these Megalast polishes but there was a few really pretty pastels too.

You own any Wet n Wild Megalast polishes and if so what do you think of them?

 

Wet n Wild Megalast brush with OPI brush

 

Different Dimension – Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty

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Here’s my first indie polish, Different Dimension Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty. I love Big Bang Theory and I just had to get this polish for it’s name too. This is milky grey jelly with different size white, grey and holographic silver hexglitter. The polish lives up to it’s name and the result is soft and smooth, sandwich effect-y finish.

Polish itself is high quality, a little bit on the thicker side but applies very well. The larger glitter laid very flat on the nail and you can’t feel the edges through the top coat. I love that! Glitter came out of the bottle well after I kept it upside down for a bit and rolled it a couple of times before applying each coat. I also let the coats dry in between the application so the glitter didn’t start moving with the next coat. Next I’m going to try layering this with white, grey or baby blue polish. I’m very happy with my first indie purchase :)

On this mani I used two coats of base coat, three coats of Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty and Inm Out The Door Fast Drying Top Coat. Dry time for three coats was very fast with Inm top coat.

I ordered my polish from here.

 

ABC Challenge – A is for Age Of Aquarius

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I decided to join the ABC Challenge that is hosted by Kimber from Kimber’s Lacquer Corner. There’s quite a few of us doing this challenge and it’s not too late to join in if you’re interested. Just contact Kimber and come aboard, the more the merrier. We are posting once a week, on Wednesdays and rules are really simple. You choose a polish, brand or style of nail art that starts with a certain letter, naturally this week it’s A, next is B and so on.

I had actually already started this challenge on my own before Kimber announced that she is starting it and I post the letter A already. So I’ll be lazy and use the same polish, Color Club Age Of Aquarius and photo for this too :P

 

Golden Rose Matte Velvet – 103

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I found these Golden Rose polishes from a discount basket at a local store for 50 cents a bottle and decided to buy the blue shade number 103. I figured that for 50 cents it wouldn’t be such a great financial loss if it ended up being something awful. Also my 9 yr old niece gladly takes all the nail polish bottles I give her so I wouldn’t have to throw it in the trash either.

This polish ended up surprising me positively though. It applied well and was opaque with just one coat (I still used two coats). Dry time was very quick and I really like the color too. Without a top coat this dried to a nice velvet-y semi matte finish. I don’t have too many blue polishes so this one got to move into my polish drawer and make friends with other cheap polish bottles ;)

 

Nice velvet-y semi-matte finish without a top coat
Top coat just ads a bit of shine to it
This polish is packed with beautiful light blue shimmer

 

Urtekram hand soaps

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Last year January-February the skin on my hands started to be in a horrible condition. There were deep cracks on my fingertips and cuticles and the skin on my knuckles was so dry that sometimes there was a bit of bleeding. This was partly caused by freezing weather but the biggest reason was taking care of a tiny baby and constantly having to wash my hands. At this point I decided to change my regular hand soap into a more natural product. I ended up buying Urtekram Brown Sugar and Nordic Birch organic hand soaps and I’ve never looked back.

After starting to use those hand soaps my skin quickly started to get better and the fingertips and cuticles haven’t cracked since. There are a lot of natural cosmetics and organic products out there to choose from. I just like these two so much I haven’t felt a need to look for options right now. The scent is mild and they are sold in a store near where I live so I don’t even have to wait for an online order to come in.

Have you tried any organic or natural ingredients hand soaps?

 

 

Photos: urtekram.fi

OPI – On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

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By far I have only bought two polishes from OPI Skyfall Holiday 2012 collection and here’s the first one, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

Blue-ish grey shimmer polish packed with multicolored microglitter. This changes color depending on lights and angle. It’s a bit on a sheer side but three thin coats was enough for opaque result on my nails. Dry time was very fast with a little help from Inm Super Fast Drying Top Coat. I have no complaints, gorgeous polish!

 

Holiday theme month: Green-ish gold manicure again

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It was a time for the gold manicure again. Gold is just such a perfect color for this Holiday season that I can’t get enough of it. Again I used two coats of Color Club Editorial and on top of that a coat of Color Club Sultry Diva, golden glitter polish. This looked just lovely IRL. Editorial brought a hint of green to the gold glitter and the finish ended up being an interesting sandy/gritty looking.

I thought it would be a real pain removing this mani but to my surprise it was very easy. I might someday be brave enough to try Sultry Diva alone without fearing the removing process.

 

Macro-shot. Sultry Diva is all gold glitter so it must be Editorial that is
changing some of it to appear green.

 

Holiday theme month: Color Club Ho-Ho-Holly

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Green is always a great color choice for the Holiday season. Color Club’s Ho-Ho-Holly is part of their new Winter Affair Holiday 2012 collection.
It’s a green foil packed with gold shimmer. This polish is opaque with two coats and dry time is normal.
In this mani I used:  OPI Natural Nail Strengthener x2, Ho-Ho-Holly x2 and INM Out The Door Super fast drying top coat.


 

Holiday theme month: Diorshow New Look set

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I’m still updating the new design on my blog but I’ll take a little break from that to write you guys a post for a change. I’ve decided that December will be a Holiday theme month on this blog so every post will be about something holiday related and I’ll kick it of by introducing this Christmas set from Dior.
The other day I bought the Diorshow New Look set with mini-size eyeshadow palette 5 Couleurs Grège. I hadn’t tried the New Look mascara yet and I also didn’t have the Grège palette so I just had to buy the set.The brush on the mascara was surprisingly small but easy to use. My first impression of this mascara was very positive but I’ll be writing a full review after I have used it for a little while.
Grège palette is also quite excellent. The eyeshadows are silky smooth, well pigmented and easy to blend. The left side of the palette is warmer and the right side is cold. The middle shade is pretty neutral to me. I took a photo of today’s eye makeup which I did using the left side of the palette and the middle shade.

 

 

Color Club Oooooo La La with Snow-Flakes

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This time I wanted a lighter, fresh looking manicure. I decided to use Color Club’s Oooooo La La (Spring 2009 Femme Fatale) and Snow-Flakes (Holiday 2012 Winter Affair) polishes together.
I applied two coats of pearly white Oooooo La La and one coat of Snow-Flakes. I think it would’ve been better with two coats of each polish but I was afraid of a long dry time. Snow-Flakes brings depth and beautiful shine to the white polish and it looks a lot colder shade layered with white than it does in the bottle.
Unfortunately my camera couldn’t capture what the mani really looked like and all of it’s little color changes. Peachy-pink shimmer on the nail doesn’t show up on these photos at all.