Category: Nails

Jindie Nails – Nude Beach

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Happy Saturday everyone :) Today I have Jindie Nails Nude Beach for you. This one is again in from the new Spring Chic collection and will be available without the star shaped glitter later on. Jen describes this as “Nude crelly base with a mix of metallic sand colored sparkling hex,  iridescent hex, matte white hex & tiny stars plus and abundance of neon orange, neon blue, neon pink, neon purple, neon green & neon yellow hex in several  sizes”.

I’m so sorry about my dry, horrible cuticles on this photo. Removing old wall papers, constantly washing my hands, having paint all over my hands, etc. has really done it’s job. I spent last night drowning my hands in lotion, cuticle balm and oils. Maybe today I actually will remember to wear gloves :P

 

 

Nude Beach applies well and as long as you remember to turn the bottle upside down for a bit before application all the glitter comes out easily. I really like the sand-y nude base color with neon glitters.

This photo doesn’t really do this polish any justice and I will be revisiting this one later on. I filed some length off my nails and now I feel like they are a little bit too short for my taste :P So new photos coming when my nails grow back a little and my cuticles look a little less like sandpaper.

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.



***This was sent for review

 

KKCenterHk review – Purple marquise nail art studs

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I got purple marquise nail art studs to try out from KKCenterHk and here’s my review of them. These studs are rather large 6 mm x 3 mm but they are made of metal so you can bend them to match the shape of your nail. I usually use a dotting tool handle to bend bigger studs like these to curve slightly so they are easier to place on the nails.

 

 

This time I decided to go for a floral design with these studs and I also used round silver studs that I have previously received from KKCenterHk. I quite like how this turned out. The studs were easy to use, bend and place on the nails. To attach the studs I used a drop of top coat (not fast drying) and I also sealed the design in with a layer of top coat. The base color here is Essie Lilacism.

You can find these nail art studs from KKCenterHk and if you use the code “polishaholic” you’ll get -10% off.

 

 

***These were sent for a review

 

Essie – Lilacism

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Quick post of a good base polish for glitters and other decorations Essie Lilacism. This was a little streaky on the first coat but evened out quite nicely on the second coat. I really like this pale lilac creme shade :)

This was two coats of Lilacism and HK Girl top coat.

 

Jindie Nails – HipStar

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Today I have another polish from the new Spring Chic collection, HipStar. Jindie Nails website description for this polish says that it’s “Periwinkle crelly with a mix of neon pink, neon purple, metallic silver hex, stars & dots”. This will also be available without the stars later on. HipStar was another winner for me! Color combination is great and I love the soft base color.

 

HipStar has a good formula and application was easy. Just remember to turn the bottle upside down and shake it lightly before application and the glitter pieces come out just fine. For this manicure I used three thin coats of HipStar, a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat.

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.




***This was sent for review

 

ABC Challenge – R is for rainbow gone wrong

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Wednesday once again :O Time really flies nowadays! Anyways, here’s my nails for letter R. I wanted to try and do rainbow gradient nails. These didn’t turn out as I imagined so I’m calling them “Rainbow gone wrong” nails LOL. Though I actually really like how these turned out even if the outcome wasn’t what I was going for.

 

I used Different Dimension 80’s baby collection of six polishes to do these nails. I painted each nail with different polish for a base color. Then I took six little sponges and just randomly layered the colors over each other multiple times. As a final touch I added HK Girl top coat.
All the polishes in this collection have a great formula and I just love the bright colors :) I’ll be swatching each polish on this collection individually in the future.

OPI – What Wizardry Is This? Liquid Sand

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Been another crazy busy day and I’m totally exhausted but I just really want to show you this OPI awesomeness before I dive into my bed and turn on the “tv staring zombie mode” :P

When I started seeing these liquid sand finish polishes I was really not excited about them at all. I’m not big into textured polishes and I drown most of my glitters in Glitter Food to smooth them out. But I kept seeing these awesome swatches of different liquid sand polishes and I decided to just give them a chance. I mean so many people seemed to love that finish so it can’t be that bad. Turns out all of those people were right ;) I got my first liquid sand polish What Wizardry Is This? and I was sold. The finish wasn’t too gritty at all. It doesn’t get stuck on my clothing and I don’t feel a need to pick it or anything. I actually really like the rough, gritty look and now I can’t get enough of this finish. I need all of them and I need them now!

This is two coats of What Wizardry Is This? No base coat, no top coat.

 

What Wizardry Is This? applies effortlessly and dries fast. I didn’t use a base coat since I have the UV-gel coating on my natural nails. I really love the subtle sparkle this one has and the shade of gold-ish brown is just perfect for my skin tone.

 

Jindie Nails – Pickled Tink

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Today I have a limited edition polish for spring 2013 from Jindie Nails. This is Pickled Tink and oh man, I’m in love!!! Here’s how Jen describes it ” It has a bright hot, neon pink jelly base that can be fully opaque to a crelly finish in about 3 coats.  It has silver and light pink metallic tiny stars, silver and light pink smaller dots and light pink holographic larger dots.  It also has bits of blue, green and purple iridescent, glowing glitters (does not actually glow, just appears to light from within)”. She also calls it magical and that it is. I love this shade so much! It really glows and the shade of pink is just perfect!

 

Pickled Tink is again on the thinner side and application is flawless. I did turn the bottle upside down for a bit before applying each coat. That helps to get the stars and larger dots out easily. Dry time is also fast. Pickled Tink is juicy and squishy looking perfection in the bottle!

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

***This was sent for review





Jindie Nails – Mango with the Flow

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TGIF! Let’s continue with another new Jindie Nails shade, Mango with the Flow. This is another shade from the new Spring Chic collection and here’s how Jen descripes it: “pastel peach crelly (cream/jelly) with metallic silver hex, blue & purple iridescent hex, lime green/gold iridescent hex”. The base color is just lovely and also has subtle shimmer in it. I’m in love with the iridescent glitters. They give this one such delicate look. I’d love to see a polish like this with just iridescent glitter. I bet it would give me magical, sparkling fairy fingers ;D

 

Application is the typical glitter bomb, not difficult but requires some attention. Some of the iridescent glitters got stuck together and I used an orange wood stick to pick them apart a little. That’s not an issue with me, I often do that to spread out the bigger glitter pieces anyways. Mostly this applied very smoothly.

For this I used three thin coats of Mango with the Flow, a coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat. This one didn’t want to let me capture all her prettiness but the close up photo show some of the glowing iridescent glitter quite nicely.

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 


***This was sent for review

Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter A-Peel and Is Someone Loving You?

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Second post of the day and I was supposed to be posting less ;) I have fell behind on my posts and answering the comments, so I’m trying to catch up a little here. I also want to get this post out now cos Nail Pattern Boldness is having a restock tomorrow, Friday at 3 PM EDT and it’ll be the final restock for the Hello? collection. So last change to get yourself some of those beauties. Here’s one of them revisited, Is Someone Loving You?

This is two coats of Is Someone Loving You? alone, no undies. A coat of Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat.

 

Also I have some GREAT news for you who love glitter but hate the removal process. Nail Pattern Boldness has come out with Glitter A-Peel, a peeling base coat. I have purchased a bottle but I haven’t been able to test it out properly yet so I can’t say much. I have read reviews saying it works excellent on natural nails though. So you might want to get a bottle for yourself asap and test it out. I will be writing a full review as soon as I have been using it enough to give my opinion on how it works with UV-gel coated nails :)
Nail Pattern Boldness products can be purchased from their Etsy store. You can also find NPB on Facebook and Instagram plus they have a blog.

 

Jindie Nails – Fantastical

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I just received the Jindie Nails Spring Chic collection and I’m so excited to show you guys these pretties! Here’s the first one of the six polishes in this collection, Fantastical. There’s so much going on glitter wise that I just use Jen’s own description of this polish: “Bright, pastel coral crelly (cream/jelly) with a mix of satin matte aqua hex and regular sized stars, metallic and holographic teal smaller sized stars, squares, hex and large dots, turquoise, green/gold iridescent hex, plus beautiful color shifting teal shimmer”.

 

This is truly unlike anything in my collection and the color combination is quite interesting. In the bottle this looks a little dull but on the nails, just wow! The crelly base color is so fresh and summer-y looking. This is a little bit on a thin side for a glitter bomb and application was just flawless. No need to fish for the glitter, even the stars came out easy. I did turn the bottle upside down for a bit before starting to use it. This was three coats but it was almost opaque already on two. Based on the bottle pics I didn’t expect to like this as much as I do. It’s always nice to be pleasantly surprised :) This is a perfect shade for my skin tone and will look awesome when my hands are a little tanned during summer.

For this mani I used: three thin coats of Fantastical, coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat.

I also have good news for those of you who don’t like the star shaped glitter in your polish. This will be available without the stars in a near future along with some other Jindie Nails shades.

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.



***This was sent for review