Yesterday’s Color Club Linen & Silk again but this time with Essie Matte About You on top. Beautiful, velvet-y look!
Category: Brands
In a mood for nude – Color Club’s Linen & Silk
Right now I love having nude nails. I spent quite some time without wearing any polish. If I do my nails I use sheer/light colors or do a basic french mani. This happens to me every now and then and passes quite quickly ;)
Color Club’s Linen & Silk is a perfect choice when I’m in a mood for nude. Light sand colored shimmer polish applies perfectly starting from the first coat and is opaque on the third coat.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Linen & Silk x2 and Seche Vite on top.
Color Club Poptastic Collection – Jackie Oh!
Another bright color to cheer up this cloudy and wet winter day here in Finland. Jackie Oh! is a lovely coral-y pink neon shade. This is also from the new Poptastic collection.
The quality on this one is also very good. Polish applies well and is opaque in 2-3 coats depending on the length of your nails. Seche Vite dried this one super fast. This shade isn’t a basic neon pink, it’s bright coral color and it makes me think retro-pin up when I look at it. Regardless of the crazy bright color this polish still looks elegant and will look great next to a tanned summer skin.
If these neon shades feel like a bit much to be worn on your finger nails you still might wanna get a bottle for your toes. Bright, summer-y color makes your spring toes look great and summer feels like one step closer :)
Again, the photo does not do justice to the shade. It is much brighter IRL. These neons are just too hard to photograph correctly. You have to try these yourself to know how they really look.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Jackie Oh! x2 and Seche Vite on top.
Color Club Poptastic Collection – Mrs. Robinson
Nyt seuraa tunnustus :P Tämä on ensimmäinen kerta yli kuukauteen, kun lakkasin kynteni. Loppuraskaudessa ei enää jaksanut keskittyä kynsiin ja vauvan synnyttyä energiaa oli vielä vähemmän. Noin pitkän tauon jälkeen teki mieli lopettaa kuiva kausi jollakin räväkällä sävyllä ja valitsin siihen tarkoitukseen Color Clubin Mrs. Robinson sävyn uudesta Poptastic neon kokoelmasta.
Here’s a fun fact for you guys :P This is the first time in over a month that I have polish on my nails. Late pregnancy didn’t make me feel like doing my nails and after the baby arrived I had even less energy. After a break that long I needed an energetic shade and I chose Color Club Mrs. Robinson from their new Poptastic neon collection.
This shade is very close to the Power Play shade from their older neon collection. I don’t know if it’s cos of the age of my Power Play bottle but I can see a slight difference between these two shades. I also tested them next to each other on a piece of clear plastic and I was still able to see the difference. Unfortunately this polish is a BIG pain in the butt to photograph and my camera isn’t able to capture the subtle difference between these two shades.
The quality of this polish is excellent. It’s thin, applies like butter and is opaque with two coats. It also dries fast. This is a perfect shade for my skin tone and cos of the great quality I will be using this one more than once.
The photo does not do justice to this shade at all. It is real hot-neon-purple and the camera just sucks all the life out of it :( It might not be a truly unique shade but it sure is beautiful.
On this mani i used: OPI NNS x1, Mrs. Robinson x2 and Seche Vite on top.
Color Club Pink Lust meets bling!
Here’s the mani I made on New Years Eve. I got inspired by my new Dior eyeshadow and wanted my nails to be pink and silver too. The base is Color Club’s neon creme Pink Lust and the glitter is Color Club mini, Wonderland, from their Holiday collection.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x2, Pink Lust x2, Wonderland x1 (another coat on the tips) and Seche Vite to dry it all faster.
Another addition to my Dior family!
Lovely Dior eyeshadow palette Graphic Lights arrived from garden.co.uk-online store today. I’ve been wanting this palette for a while now and I finally got around to ordering it. I actually intended to buy it last summer but I was too late trying to do so, it was already sold out on all the stores in my hometown. Thank gawd for online shopping :D Next I need to get the Electric Lights palette from the same look.
This is such a beautiful eyeshadow palette. I could just sit here and stare at it for quite a while. Perfect pink shades with a stunning silver shade. There’s so much pigment in these shades too and they are velvet-y smooth. Pure Dior perfection!
I think I just have to test this out today to celebrate New Years Even and my day off ;)
Max Factor Second Skin Foundation
I got a new Max Factor Second Skin Foundation to test. The shade was 075 Golden.
This shade was too dark for my fair and warm toned skin but I tested it anyways. It felt moisturizing and a small amount of it was enough for coverage. Because the shade was too dark for me I couldn’t test it out wearing it all day at work. So I can’t say much about how long it stays looking good. The time that I wore it at home it felt comfortable and didn’t start to make my skin feel dry or tight.
As you can see my cheeks are quite red, especially during the freezing winter season. The foundation was well enough pigmented to cover the redness. I believe a lighter shade of the foundation together with some red neutralizer would’ve created a flawless and smooth looking finish. This is also liquid enough to create a natural looking and not too cake-y finish.
This foundation comes in six different shades. I’ll add the INCI information below again.
INCI Max Factor Second Skin Foundation – 75 Golden:
Aqua, Cyclopentasiloxane, Tridecyl Neopentanoate, Titanium Dioxide, Propylene Glycol, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Cyclohexasiloxane, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Squalane, Butylene Glycol, Ammonium Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Isopropyl Titanium Triiostearate,Polysorbate 60, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Trisodium EDTA, Methylparaben, Phenoxyethanol, Propylparaben, Zinc Oxide, (+/- CI 12085, CI 19140, CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499)
Color Club – Worth The Risque
After all of those red Christmas manis I felt a need to have something a little more neutral on my nails. Color Club Worth The Risque is a perfect choice for that plus there’s something festive about it so it’s great for preparing for New Years Eve ;)
Worth The Risque is silver-y grey holographic polish. It’s quite thin and applies very well. Two coats is enough for an opaque result and it dries quickly. The holographic effect is not too strong but it’s still clearly visible. I love the quality of Color Club holographic polishes. They are all very easy to apply, well pigmented and they dry real fast.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x2, Worth The Risque x2 and Seche Vite on top.
Ruby Pumps for Christmas!
This is my actual Christmas manicure, China Glaze’s stunning Ruby Pumps. This is the most christmas-y polish I own. I meant to do a little Konading too but i ran out of time. Oh well, Ruby Pumps is just perfect on it own :)
Color Club – Reddy Or Not
Näin joulunaikaan punaiset kynnet kuuluvat asiaan. Niinpä päätinkin tällä kertaa lakata kynteni Color Clubin Reddy Or Not sävyllä. Tämä on yksi täydellisimmistä omistamistani punaisista creme lakoista. Kirkas paloautonpunainen, oranssipohjainen sävy on todella näyttävä. Jos haluat omistaa ainoastaan yhden punaisen creme lakan tämä olisi erittäin hyvä valinta.
Christmas time is here and what would be a more perfect color for a mani than bright red? So here we go, Color Club’s Reddy Or Not. This is one of the most perfect red cremes I own. Bright, orange based, firetruck red shade. If you only want one red creme this is a great choice.
Reddy Or Not is also perfect quality. It applies like butter, is very well pigmented and dries fast. Two coats was enough for my nails.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x2, Reddy Or Not x2 and Poshe on top.
