Category: Nails

Femme Fatale – Noble Garden

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Hello lovelies! Today I have another Femme Fatale polish to show you. As many of you know I’m a sucker for green nail polish so this was a real treat for me. Noble Garden has a lot of sparkling green glitter in different shapes and sizes along with some little pops of color like pink and orange. Very beautiful combination of glitter.

I decided to layer this over a dark green jelly, NARS Zulu. This is two coats of Noble Garden over Zulu, a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Noble Garden applied very nicely and just one coat resulted in a good amount of glitter on my nails. But again I was greedy for bling and added another coat :P IMO there’s never enough green glitters and this one is a real gem :)

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.

 

 

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

Mint Manis for Talia Joy

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Today is the day nail community and nail bloggers want to honor and show their love for an amazing little girl that passed away, Talia Joy Castellano. Thank you Nail Polish Wars for this lovely idea!

Talia was a shining example of courage and strength. Despite of her long battle with cancer she was such a happy person and had an enormous amount of talent. Her videos and her legacy will live on.

We can all learn a precious lesson of how to live your life from Talia Joy ♥

Here’s my mint mani for Talia Joy. I used China Glaze Keep Calm, Paint On and Color Club Angel Kiss with HK Girl top coat to create this look.

 

♥ RIP Talia Joy ♥

NARS – Zulu

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Hello again! This is probably going to be the last two post day for now. We still have a lot to do around the house and I should have daily dates with a paintbrush. I’m also finally starting to work on my womancave so that is going to take some of my precious freetime also. I’m just so happy to finally have my own space and to move all the makeup and nail stuff out of our bedroom :)

And then to the polish. I have swatched this before but the photo isn’t very good. Since I wanted to use this as an undie to a gorgeous glitter I decided to photograph it alone first. This is the queen of green jellies, NARS Zulu. Very deep, dark green but still clearly green instead of looking black.

This is three coats of Zulu with G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Zulu is a little tricky apply. There’s some balding and dragging going on. Being careful and patient with the application helps. Let each coat dry for a bit before applying the next one. I love green nail polish and I love this gorgeous jelly one too. It looks great alone and makes a nice squishy base for layering glitter.

 

 

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

OPI – Innie Minnie Mightie Bow

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On my first post of the day I have yesterday’s Lynnderella manicure undies for you. This is Innie Minnie Mightie Bow from the Couture de Minnie collection. This is packed with gorgeous shimmer and all I can say is that OPI really does these classic reds better than anyone. Just perfection!

This is two coats of Innie Minnie Mighty Bow with  G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Application was smooth and perfect. This was almost a one coater for my nails too. Innie Minnie Mighty Bow is a perfect shimmery red.

 

 

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

Lynnderella – S.W.A.K.

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Here’s the second one of my new Lynnderella polishes. This is S.W.A.K. from the 2013 Groundhog Day collection. This beauty has a ton of different kinds of glitter on a sheer base, including hearts and stars. The sheer base is packed with pink/fuchsia shimmer and it just glows. This is a perfect Valentine’s Day or a romantic date polish.

This is two coats of OPI Innie Minnie Mightie Bow, two thin coats of S.W.A.K., a coat of Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Photo taken in sunlight.
Photo taken in sunlight.
S.W.A.K. applies well and one coat wouldn’t really even need Glitter Food to smooth it. But I’m a glitter addict so of course I had to add another coat and the result was a little chunky. This is a perfect blend of glitter and you can layer this over a lot of different base colors. I used a red shimmer base but also a bright red jelly would look absolutely gorgeous with this one.

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.

 

 

***S.W.A.K. 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.

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.