I decided to try a Xmas-y manicure over the Color Club Reddy Or Not red creme polish (which is a great quality polish that is opaque with just one coat on shorter nails). It ended up being quite a mess…
On top of the red polish I painted white, green and gold stripes using acrylic paint. Over the stripes I applied different glitter polishes. Needles to say this mani didn’t stay on my nails for more than today and it’s already gone ;)
Here’s Color Club Berry and Bright from their new Winter Affair collection. Bright shimmer-microglitter red polish. This was opaque with just one coat. Removing was a bit slower than usual cos of all the shimmer and microglitter in it, but not too annoying.
I’m just so annoyed by these short nail photos that I’ll most likely photograph these ugly nail pic polishes again someday.
In this mani I used: OPI Natural Nail Strengthener x2, Berry and Bright x2 and INM Out The Door Super fast drying top coat.
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In this mani I used: OPI Natural Nail Strengthener x2, Vampsterdam x2 and INM Out The Door fast drying top coat.
Since my iPhone 4S has been able to take such accurate pics of my daughters pink clothes and Hello Kitty blanket I decided to test if it works well on pink nail polish too. Photo turned out ok and the color is probably a little closer to reality than it would be if I took the photo using my regular camera.
Warhol is coral-y neon-pink polish. It dries fast and the finish is semi-matte without a topcoat. This needs at least two, rather three coats to be opaque. The shade of pink is delicious on this one :)
In this mani I used Nail Tek II x2, Warhol x2 and Seche Vite.
Been a long time again since I wrote my last blog post. Seems I have absolutely no time for my nail addiction at the moment. Maybe spring, sunshine and longer days will fix that :)
NARS Zulu is a nail polish legend of some sort. Back in the days when it was discontinued if you could even find a bottle of Zulu, it cost you an arm and a leg on eBay. NARS brought Zulu back in a limited edition collection of popular discontinued shades and of course I took an opportunity to get myself a bottle of the green greatness too. As you might know, I’m a sucker for green
Application was good and two coats was enough for my short nails. Under a bright light tips are somewhat visible so for longer nails you might want to add a third coat. Dry time was pretty fast with Seche Vite. I did this mani yesterday and the tip wear you see in the photo is mostly cos I was in a hurry and applied Seche Vite too thickly.
My nails are still short and not an even length due to the lack of time and basically I’ve just been too lazy to take care of my hands. I think this is the first time I have color polish on my nails this year…
In this mani I used: Nail Tek II x2, Zulu x2 and Seche Vite.
Here’s my review of Misa Shields Up multichrome polish that I promised for today. This is a beautiful lilac polish that has green and grey tones to it plus some silver micro-glitter. Very discreet shade that has just the thing to make it something that people will notice. I was a little afraid the shade would be too cold for my warm toned skin but luckily I was wrong and it looks beautiful on me.
Shields Up is pretty sheer and applies nicely. It would require at least three coats but I only did two since I read Scrangie‘s review about these polishes and found out that they might bubble and the drying time is a bit on the long side. First I applied two coats of Poshe base coat and let dry very well. Then I applied one thin coat of Shields Up. I waited about 10 minutes before applying the second coat. Once again I used Seche Vite as top coat.
Even though I tried to be careful with the application the polish still bubbled a little bit. Also the dry time was long. I still managed to get the mani all dried up without denting it once and Seche Vite made some of the bubbles disappear. IRL you can’t really see the bubbles unless you look really closely but they are pretty obvious on the photo. Anyways, this is such a nice polish that it’s worth a little trouble.
This one was really hard to photograph so that the true beauty of it would be captured. On the first photo you can see the light lilac which is the main color of this polish. On the second photo you see how it looks green depending on the light and angle the light hits your nails. On a certain light it can also look silver grey.
In this mani I used: Poshe base coat x2, Shields Up x2 and Seche Vite on top.
Today I wanted to test my dotting tools on yesterday’s Color Club Best Dressed List mani. Dotting tool is such an easy and quick way to do something a little extra for your manicure. Even a complete nail art mess like me can succeed with those :D
For the dots I used Color Club’s Who Are You Wearing? and Charity Ball polishes from the same Rebel Debutante collection. I think these shades go together quite nicely and the result is pretty and very simple. I think I’m gonna do something else later using these same three polishes together.
I find it kinda interesting that Rebel Debutante was a spring collection on 2010 even though most shades look more like fall colors to me.
Here’s something a little more neutral after the leopard nails. This kind of shade is always a good choice when your nails aren’t an even length and/or shape. It doesn’t stand out too much and make the little flaws more obvious. This was a perfect polish to choose for my nails right now. Caramel-y shade also flatters my warm skintone (which looks cold in this photo for some reason). I find this shade to be quite elegant and I have to use this again when my nails are longer.
Best Dressed List is quite well pigmented and applies like a dream. One coat was enough for an opaque result for my nails. Longer nails will require two coats. Drying time was also quite quick with Seche Vite.
In this mani I used: Poshe Nail Strengthening Treatment base coat x2, Best Dressed List x1 and Seche Vite on top.
