Colors by Llarowe - Chillin' in paradise

Chillin' in paradise sent for my honest review.

Hi cuticle cuties!

I've been enjoying my day off today and I've had a great day. I hope everything is well with you :)

I'm participating in Tove's Blue Monday today, it's been forever since I did so last time. The polish I'm wearing today is Chillin' in paradise from Colors by Llarowe. Chillin' in paradise is a light blue super holo. It was easy to apply and covered with two thin coats. Chillin' in paradise is even more holographic in direct sunlight, it's a true stunner. It dried really fast but I did add some Seche vite for extra shine :) 

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Colors by Llarowe - Mystery & Mayhem

Mystery & Mayhem sent for my honest review

Hey cuties!

It's time for yet another wonderful jelly with prismatic micro glitters. I NEEDZ THEM ALL!

Mystery & Mayhem is part of the Summer collection by CbL. M&M has a dark teal jelly base. It is really pigmented and if you prefer thicker coats of polish I think one coat will do. Personally I'm a thinner coats kind of gal so I ended up with two. 

CbL's usually have a rather thick formula and therefore I would recommend thinner coats. Otherwise the brush will become "overfilled" with polish and your cuticles will have a pool polish party. 

As most jelly micro glitter polishes M&M dried superfast and kind of gritty. I have used to much thinner in my top coat so I needed three coats of TC, however I think two coats will do if you're not a thinner junkie :P

That's all for now. I hope you guys are having a great weekend <3

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

piCture pOlish - Ultra violence

Hey guys! It's time for my question of the day. 

Why do I keep buying polish that I really want and put it in my untried rack to gather dust? I've been wanting this polish literally forever. So I bought it, in JANUARY. It's almost July and I haven't worn it until now. I have a serious problem. 

Ultra violence has gotten it's name from the movie A clockwork orange and that was the primary reason that I bought it. I am however big fan of purple so so I did really like the colour as well. This was also my first piCture pOlish purchase.   

Ultra violence is a deep blue leaning purple polish with a shimmery touch to it. It has small red glitters that make this polish unique in my collection. I ended up with three rather thin coats and one coat of Seche vite. At first I thought that the small amount of glitter in the polish would look weird, but when applied it turned out to be the perfect amount. I really enjoyed wearing this colour. 

What do you guys think of it, yay or nay? Do you buy polish just because of the name or if it's part of a special collection? Please tell me that I'm not alone :P 

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

China Glaze - Drastic and Innocence

Hi lovelies!

I hope you guys are doing great :) I'm going back to work tomorrow and I can't wait. It's been so boring to stay at home, I hate being sick. 

For this manicure I used a light pink jelly called Innocence. It was easy to apply and didn't end up streaky as soft light pinks usually do. I have three coats of Innocence in the pictures. When Innocence was completely dry I placed striping tape in the shape of a large triangle on each nail and applied one coat of Drastic over it. The only sad thing was that Drastic bled a little bit when I applied Seche vite. Overall I'm really pleased with this manicure and I'm definitely going to do similar nail arts in the future. 

That's all for know. Do you guys have any special plans for the weekend? 

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Neverland Lacquers - Vinyl nail art

Nail vinyls sent for my honest review. 

I've got something exciting to show you guys today! 

I got some nail vinyls sent to me from Neverland Lacquers, formerly Pop Culture Cosmetics to review. I'm loving their new name btw :D 

The first vinyl I'm going to show you is the Single wave vinyl. As you might know by now I'm a big vinyl fan. I think they are a easy way to create advanced looking nail arts really fast. 

I decided to go for a gradient as base "colour", I used four different colours from Smitten Polish. These are the colours I used: Sunny side up, Be Mine, Blue footed booby dance and Electric Lime. I used a make-up sponge and gently dabbed the colours on my nails. I applied top coat and waited until the gradient was completely dry, that's the most important part. After that I added a nail vinyl, painted the nail with Liquid leather from China Glaze and gently removed the vinyl with a pair of tweezers. 

So what did I think of the nail vinyls? 

I like the fact that these vinyls are much thinner than other vinyls I have tried. That makes them follow my curved nails much better. They did however have a tad too much adhesive on them. That was not a very big problem though. All I did was to gently dab my fingers on the sticky side of the vinyl and it became less sticky. Another big plus is that there are so many different designs to choose from on their web site. I love classic patterns such as chevrons, as you might know already, but I do enjoy some variation and Neverland Lacquers have almost 60 different designs(!).  

I'll sneak in these reviews every now and then. I hope you enjoyed the first one :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Colors by Llarowe - Smokin' in the boys room and China Glaze - Nova

Smokin' in the boys room sent for my honest review. 

Hi lovelies :)

Time for a jelly sandwich, it's been forever since I made one. If you don't know, a jelly sandwich is when you layer a glitter polish in-between a jelly polish. The glitter polish I used is a silver prismatic glitter polish from China Glaze called Nova. The jelly I used is Smokin' in the boys room, a soft grey jelly from the CbL summer collection. 

Smokin' in the boys rooms is a great jelly sandwich polish. It covered the glitters not too much nor too little. I have three coats of Smokin' in the boys room and two coats of Nova. I also have two coats of top coat. Even though I ended up with so many layers of polish, it didn't feel thick which is a big plus. 

I really like this jelly sandwich and I'm definitely going to use Smokin' in the boys room for ponds and other jelly nail arts :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Colors by Llarowe - Olivia

Olivia sent for my honest review.

I'm dying, well almost I've got the flu. I had to go home from work so this will be a short post. 

Olivia is a olive green linear holo with a stunning golden shimmer. You can see the shimmer really well if you look at the bottle shot. 

I ended up with two thin coats of Olivia. The formula was as most CbL-holos are, which means buttery smooth. The first coat seemed a bit sheer but the second coat covered really well. I don't have top coat in the pictures but it's semi-shiny on it's own. It did dry really fast which is a big plus. 

I really like this colour but it's not a summer colour in my opinion. I think that I will wear a lot during the winter though.  

I need to lay down and die for a while now :P

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Colors by Llarowe - Independence day

Independence day sent for my honest review. 

Hi cuticle cuties :)

Time for a fancy schamncy nail art with rhinestones and a amazing blue polish.

Independence day is a deep blue jelly with prismatic micro glitters. I ended up with three super thin coats. Since I applied such thin coats the polish dried surprisingly fast. I did however apply Seche vite because the polish dried gritty because of the micro glitter. I also added about a million rhinestones, I glued them on with false nail glue. 

Independence day is a stunning blue polish. I'm so glad that Leah Ann added a couple of jellies like this in the summer collection. It's a must have for anyone who loves the jelly polishes with micro glitters from Smitten Polish. 

What do you guys think of it, yay or nay? Let me know in the comments bellow :)

If you want to enjoy more nail art check out Nail art Sunday over at LeLack. Todays theme is Summer and this blue is a perfect ocean colour that works great during summer IMO :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

China Glaze - Be more pacific and Colors by Llarowe - Refresh...ing!

Refresh...ing sent for my honest review.

Hey guys!

I'm sorry that the blog has been quite the last few days but my boyfriend and I have been celebrating midsummer with our friends. But now everything will be back to normal. 

Today I have two lovely colours to show you. Be more pacific from China Glaze and Refresh...ing! from CbL.

Be more pacific is a newfound love of mine. It applied smoothly and covered perfectly with three coats. It's a pale neon green. It is however greener than it looked in the bottle when I purchased it.

After Be more pacific had dried completely I added a chevron vinyl diagonally on each nail and topped it with Refresh...ing! from CbL. Refresh...ing! was highly pigmented and covered really well over the green base. 

After I had removed the vinyl strip I used a dotting tool and added light green dots. I finished the design off with Seche vite. I love this manicure and I feel really pleased with it!  

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Misslyn - Crushed silk

Time for a super pretty texture polish from Misslyn. I love the name of this polish, Crushed silk. It looks like sand taken from a magical Island where unicorns and mermaids live. 

This polish was sent to me from a nail buddy I have in Germany, I'm not sure if this brand can be purchased in Sweden. 

I have three coats of Crushed silk in the pictures. I did take some time for the polish to dry since I didn't apply top coat. I really like the colour and I think I might buy some more of Misslyn's textured polishes. 

Have you guys tried this brand? If so what did you think? Let me know bellow :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina