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 :)
Category: Nails
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.
The neverending nail growing project
My nail nail growing project has finally reached a point where I’m starting to be really happy with the lenght of my nails. Of course I’ve had to file them shorter every now and then cos of peeling and things but now I have pretty healthy and good looking nails. My nails just happen to be so thin and they break really easy so this is sort of the max lenght I can grow them in to without breaking. I still want to try and grow them a tiny bit longer just to see if I can ;)
On the side of my index finger nail you can see a toiletpaper-superglue fixing attempt cos the nail already started to tear. I also had to fix the middle finger and the right hand index finger nails too. I’ve been able to grow them for 3 weeks with the fixing now and soon I have to file the broken parts off. I just hope my other nails will stay without breaking and tearing.
I started my nail growing project in May by removing acrylic nails. After that my nails were in a terrible condition.
More green nails – Color Club Under The Mistletoe with Sally Hansen Glow
Green manicure once again :D This time I wanted to try my new Under The Mistletoe shade, the green glitter polish from Color Club’s Wonderland collection. Since removing glitter polish is still big pain in the butt (IMO) I decided to put regular polish underneath it and I chose to use Sally Hansen’s shade Glow.
Under The Mistletoe is a sheer green polish with a lot of silver glitter in it. It looked so sheer in the bottle I thought it would be a good idea to apply a couple of coats of Glow first and only one coat of glitter polish. This helps the removing process too. The gold shimmer on Sally Hansen’s Glow transformed the silver glitter in Under The Mistletoe into a more gold-ish shade. The effect doesn’t fully show in these pics but the result was really beautiful :)
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Sally Hansen Glow x2, Under The Mistletoe x1 and Poshe on top as usual.
Sinful Colors – San Francisco
I got this Sinful Colors shade San Francisco from my trip to USA in August. Took me this long to try it out.
This is a really bright kinda poison green looking to me and it has a lot of micro-glitter in it. Shade is gorgeous and as a big green lover I just had to have it ;)
San Francisco is surprisingly sheer and it takes three coats for longer nails to be opaque. It also took quite a long time to dry but the cheap price and the stunning green shade makes the negative things much easier to handle. This lasted without chipping for several days and the removing wasn’t too bad either. Next time I’ll use two coats of base coat though cos this dyed my nails nasty green.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, San Francisco x3 and Poshe on top.
L’oréal Resist & Shine Titanium – 732 Black Violet
I bought my first polish from the new L’oréal Resist & Shine Titanium Blackgloss collection, shade 732 Black Violet. This is a very dark violet and in some lights it just looks black. In a little bit brighter light you can see the violet shade clearly though. Polish also has fine shimmer in it but you can’t really see it on the nails under a normal light. This is a very beautiful polish and I have already today gotten compliments on how pretty my nails look ;)
Black Violet is quite thick in the bottle but not impossible to apply. You shouldn’t even try to apply two coats of this cos it’s just too thick on the first coat. In this case thickness doesn’t really matter though cos this polish is so highly pigmented that you’ll have an opaque result with just one coat. Regardless of a thick layer of polish it dried very fast with Poshe.
I’m actually a bit surprised on the quality of this polish. Just one coat and a very intense and opaque result. I think I’m gonna at least get the blue and turquoise shades from this collection too. These are on stores for limited time only so go get yours while you can.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Black Violet x1 and Poshe on top. Pics taken under a very bright artificial light.
Black for Halloween! OPI – Baby It’s “Coal” Outside!
I’ll continue with the same theme and now it’s charcoal black for the Halloween week manicure. OPI Baby It’s “Coal” Outside! is from the Holiday In Toyland 2008 collection.
Baby It’s “Coal” Outside! is black, shiny polish with silver micro-glitter. This applies pretty well and needs at least two coats for an opaque result. With Poshe this dried quickly too and the result is SHINY! Perfect shade for the time of the year and Halloween parties :D
In this mani I used OPI NNS x1, Baby It’s “Coal” Outside! x2 and Poshe Super Fast Drying TopCoat.
Halloween week :D
This is Halloween week and I decided to start it with an orange-black combination mani. I used China Glaze Code Orange with a rose from Konad plate M13 done with Konad black special polish. I also added some black pearls. I started with a quite subtle mani and we’ll see about blood red and black nails with skulls on them later this week ;)
Borghese Espresso Brown with Essie Matte About You
And I just had to matte this mani too just because I can. This time I prefer the glossy version over this.
Borghese – Espresso Brown
Then more shopping from my trip to States. Borghese Espresso Brown is coffee brown polish with lighter brown shimmer. This is a spicy shade that is perfect for fall time. This was my first experience with Borghese nail polish and I’m happy with the quality.
Espresso Brown is a bit on the thick side and the first coat applied unevenly. The second coat fixed all that and it looked perfect. Two coats was also enough for opaque result and this dried fast.
In this mani I used: OPI NNS x1, Espresso Brown x2 and Poshe Super Fast Drying Topcoat.
