NDLacquers - Pistacchio + nail art

Pistacchio was sent for my honest review.

Hey lovelies!

I hope you're having a nice evening. I'm trying not to look at the TV while my BF is watching The Conjuring. I've seen two seconds of the film and I'm already super scared. 

Today I'm showing you my back to school manicure. I'm going back to school tomorrow and I wanted to do a cute manicure :) The base colour is Pistacchio from NDLacquers, it's a white crelly with a drop of green. Pistacchio has green matte glitters in different shapes and golden flakes. I ended up with three coats of polish. It was very easy to apply and self-leveled perfectly. The only problem was that the larger green glitters required some fishing. It dried shiny but I always use tc when wearing polish with glitters. If you want to get your own bottle of Pistacchio head over to Edgy Polish :)

Since I'm in a nail art psychosis I decided to add some more gold with the help of nail vinyls. Below you can see a picture that shows how I placed the nail vinyls to make the smaller triangles. For the larger triangles I used straight vinyls and placed them in a triangular shape. The gold polish is Love.Angel.Music.Baby from OPI. It dries matte but added tc because I wanted a completely glossy manicure.

I love this manicure, the polish and the triangles look super cute together. That's all for now, I'll "talk" to you tomorrow. Take care!

Love, 

Christina

Too Fancy Lacquer - Drinking... Watermelon

Drinking... Watermelon sent for my honest review. 

Hey lovelies!

I have a wonderful polish to show you today, Drinking... Watermelon from Too Fancy Lacquer. This polish has been a lemming of mine since the first time I saw it. I got it in my swatch package from Katarina at Edgy Polish yesterday and I literally freaked. I know that summer is ending and autumn is approaching but this colour is so beautiful and it's definitely wearable all year around. 

Drinking... Watermelon is a peachy pink semi-linear holo. The application was great and the clean-up was minimal. Drinking... Watermelon covered with two thin coats and dried fast. A good tc is recommended because it dried semi-matte. On my ring finger I used Nail vinyls to create a chevron pattern. I started with a white base and used Drinking... Watermelon as the "top colour". Since the polish was layered over white one coat coverd perfectly. 

If you want your own bottle of Drinking... Watermelon head over to Edgy Polish before it's too late. 

Love,

Christina

Smitten Polish - Blue Footed Booby Dance & Radiant Orchid

Hi cuties!

I have a beautiful and simple manicure to show you today. I did a skittle(?), is it a skittle if you only use two colours? Anyway the colours I used are both from Smitten Polish, the blue is called Blue Footed Booby Dance and the magenta is Radiant Orchid. 

I love these two colours together, I think that this manicure is absolutely stunning. Both colours are so vibrant! I have three coats of Radiant Orchid, I did apply thin coats so two thicker coats might work just as well. Blue Footed Booby Dance did require four thin coats, so if you apply thicker coats I think three would be enough. I prefer thinner coats since it makes the holographic properties more visible. This is my personal opinion and you guys might disagree. Both shades dry rather shiny but I did add one coat of tc to avoid tip wear. 

Overall I must say that I'm very pleased with both shades and the manicure as a whole. What do you guys think? Let me know below. Take care and I'll "talk" to you tomorrow. 

Love,

Christina

Milani - Twinkle + water marble

Hi cuticle cuties!

I've been doing something super fun today, water marble. I haven't done any water marble manicures in over a year. Last winter I was recommended to use distilled water when water marbling, so I bought a bottle. I didn't think it was going to work but I tried it today and it really did. The nail polish spread evenly and it was easy to "draw" designs. I'm feeling so excited because I've had some serious problems when water marbling in the past. 

For the water marble design I used Something Blue from H&M and Fun in the Sun from L.A. Colors. I did however start with a white base. Unfortunately my tc did smudge the design a bit, which was kind of sad. I decided to add one coat of matte tc over the water marble nails which was a cool contrast to the shiny glitter. Speaking (writing?) of glitter, the glitterbomb is called Twinkle and is from Milani. It is the worst glitterpolish I have when it comes to drying uneven. I ended up with four coats of tc and one coat of glitter food and even after a total of five coats of tc the finish was still uneven.

Overall I'm really pleased with this manicure and I'm already planing my next water marble :) Take care and I'll "talk" to you tomorrow. 

Love,

Christina

Smitten Polish - Glacial Springs & Seahorse Rodeo

Howdy!

I'm going to continue my nail art spam, I hope you don't mind. I decided to do a fun gradient with Glacial Springs and Seahorse Rodeo from Smitten Polish. 

This is how I did it.

I started with a white base, by layering the colours over white they really pop. I didn't use a make-up sponge for the gradient like I usually do. I applied the darker shade (Glacial Springs) closest to the cuticle. Then I simply applied Seahorse Rodeo and overlapped it over Glacial Springs. I repeated the procedure two times and that was enough to make a nice and even gradient. I also freehanded two black and white triangles and added two round studs. The studs are from Born pretty store, if you use my code CYX31 you will get a 10% discount on your purchase :)

I hope you like the design, I think it's super cool. Take care and I will "talk" to you tomorrow. 

Love,

Christina

Darling Diva Polish - Sting ray nail art

Hi cuties!

I hope you're having a great day so far. When I posted This is my Tiara a few days ago I was asked how similar it is to Sting Ray. So here is a little nail art design to show you what Sing Ray looks like. 

So how did I do this? I started with a white base. Then I used a nail art brush and painted thin lines with Blue my Mind from H&M and Wait n' Sea from China Glaze. I let the colours overlap and made sure that almost the entire nail was covered with lines. While the polish was still semi-wet I dipped a q-tip in nail polish remover and dabbed it on the nail. By doing so the colours will blend and it will aslo give some areas a semi-transparent look. If you want to you could just leave it at this and add tc to seal the design. But as you know, I wanted to add one thin coat of Sting Ray before adding tc. 

Sting Ray and This is my Tiara are two completely different polishes. Sting Ray is not meant to be worn alone like the other polishes from the Muscle Car collection. The glitters are in various shapes and sizes while This is my Tiara only contains one typ of micro glitter. 

That's all for now. I hope you enjoyed this post. Take care and I'll "talk" to you tomorrow :)

Love,

Christina

piCture pOlish blog/insta fest 2014!

Oh my G! 

I've been keeping a really big secret from you guys, but now it's finally time to let you know. I was picked to participate in one of my favourite nail blogger events, piCture pOlish blog/insta fest. I'm so excited! This has been a secret since the 27th of May and I've been wanting to tell you ever since! 

What's really cool with this year's blog/insta fest is that it features my favourite nail vinyl brand, Nail Vinyls. As you know I've been using them for quite a while and I'm really glad to see that Linda's business is going so well. 

 

piCture pOlish - Shocked

First out are some lovely, if I may say so, pictures of an amazing polish. Dear readers I give you Shocked. I totally freaked when I got the e-mail with information about what colours I was receiving. As you all know by now I LOVE jellies with prismatic micro glitters. Guess what, Shocked is a jelly with prismatic micro glitters. It's like it was made for me, lol. 

Let's start with the review, shall we? As I mentioned Shocked is a jelly. The base is a bright raspberry pink and it's packed with prismatic micro glitter shards that sparkle like crazy. The polish did look  a bit sheer in the bottle and I was pretty sure that the mani wouldn't be completely VNL-free. Boy was I wrong! It covered perfectly with three medium thick coats. The formula was outstanding, it dried fast in between coats and it self-leveled perfectly. Most jellies with micro glitters tend to dry gritty, Shocked didn't. I assume it is has to do with the glitters being so tiny. I applied one coat of tc to add extra shine. 

I'm not sure if there are any other PP jellies like Shocked but if there are, I NEED THEM! Shocked is such a squishy and  fruity shade and it's definitely a Passionate About Polish colour :)

If you want more information about piCture pOlish check out these links!

Store: piCturepOlish.com.au

Every Day Deal: piCturepOlish.com.au/everyday-deal

International Stockists: piCturepOlish.com.au/network

Facebook: facebook.com/piCturepOlish

Instagram: instagram.com/piCturepOlish

piCture pOlish - Coral Reef & Marine and straight Nail Vinyls

I hope you're excited for the second part of the blog/insta fest! Now it's time for a two coloured nail art challenge featuring nail vinyls. The two colours that were chosen for me are Coral Reef and Marine. The nail vinyls I got were straight ones. I decided to do a cute little triangular splatter design. 

This is how I did the triangular part. 

* I started off with painting my nails with the two base colours, Marine on my ring finger and Coral Reef on my middle finger. 

* Then I placed the vinyls like a large V with the pointy end at the cuticle with a smaller V inside of it. I also placed one vinyl to protect the tip of my nail. 

* When I had placed the vinyls I painted one thick coat of polish over the vinyls, Coral Reef on my ring finger and Marine on my middle finger. 

* Immediately after applying the polish I removed the vinyls with the help of a pair of tweezers. I made sure that the polish was tacky before I applied the top coat to avoid the colours to smudge. 

On my index finger and pinkie I decided to do the opposite of a geometric design, SPLATTER NAILS! Splatter nails are so much fun to do, and pretty easy as well. 

This is how I did the splatter nails:

* I started with applying Coral Reef on my pinkie and Marine on my index finger. 

* Then I took a straw and cut it in half. I dipped the straw in nail polish and blew through it and tried to hit the target aka my nail. The tricky part is to actually manage to aim so you will get the splatter on your nails and not on your hands. 

The only downside with splatter nails is that it does require som serious clean-up. I would recommend that you cover your fingers with some tape or wood glue to minimise the clean-up.

As I already mentioned I love Nail Vinyls. They are the best vinyls I have tried and I definitely prefer the straight ones over striping tape. I hate cutting striping tape, I absolutely love getting pre-cut straight vinyls. There is one thing that is bad about them, I think that they might be to short if you're rocking super long nails. A few millimetres longer than mine and you might have problems with the length of them if you want to use them for diagonal designs. With that said, they work great for me and my nail length. 

Marine & Coral Reef are the first PP-cremes I've tried and I'm very impressed. Formula-wise they are similar to my favourite creme brand Barry M. The brush is flat and wide which I prefer, that's a big plus for me. Marine is almost a one-coater. It's really pigmented and a great nail art polish. When it comes to Coral Reef it's sheerer so I needed three coats for it to cover completely. It did however work great for both the triangles and the splatter since I applied rather thick coats of it. 

If you want more information about Nail Vinyls check out these links!

Facebook: facebook.com/nailvinyls

Instagram: instagram.com/teismom

Store: nailvinyls.com/

Being part of this amazing blog challenge have been so much fun! I hope you all, both my old and perhaps a few new readers(?) have enjoyed reading it. Check out the InLinkz below if you wan to read blog posts from all the other amazing participants. Have a great day and I'll "talk" to you tomorrow. 

Love,

Christina 

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