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

Darling Diva Polish - Violets Are Blue & Enchanted Polish - 2 A.M. Summer Night

Hey (again) lovelies!

I did a super simple nail art that I thought I'd share with you. I used the base colour I showed you earlier today and decided to use nail vinyls to create a cute chevron pattern. Nail vinyls are so much fun to use, they are a really easy way to make your nails look super fancy. If you follow @teismom on IG you will get tons of inspiration on how to use them :) 

The "top" polish I decided to match 2 A.M. Summer Night with is Violets Are Blue from Darling Diva Polish. I think it turned out great, I really like the combination. If you want to get more nail art inspiration head over to Le Lack! 

That's all for now, I hope you enjoyed this little bonus post.

Take care and I'll "talk" to you tomorrow :)

Love,

Christina

Darling Diva Polish - Don't call me mommy in public

'Don't call me mommy in public' was sent for my honest review. 

How fun is the name of this polish!? 'Don't call me mommy in public', I just love it. This gorgeous dark raspberry red jelly is the last polish from the 'I hate pink!'-collection. It has blue flakes and scattered micro glitters. 

The polish was wonderful to apply, two super thin coats and it covered perfectly. It dried really fast and pretty glossy. I did add some top coat to prolong the durability. 

'Don't call me mommy in public' is available here and it only costs $8.50, that is a BARGAIN! It's been a blast reviewing this collection and, as a pink polish lover, I must say that I absolutely adore all five polishes.   

The golden heart is available here. If you use my code CYX31 you will get a 10% discount :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Darling Diva Polish - Bad bad lulu pink

Product sent for my honest review. 

Time for the forth polish from Darling Diva's "I hate pink!"-collection. Bad bad lulu pink is a raspberry pink holo with blue shimmer. It is absolutely stunning! 

I ended up with three super thin coats. The formula was perfect, or as we say in Sweden, "lagom" thick. It dried fast and a tad matte so I added one coat of Seche vite and that really helped the blue shimmer to pop. 

Bad bad lulu pink is available here and costs $11. I've tried four of the five colours from the collection and I'm really impressed with all of them. Have you tried any of the "I hate pink!"-polishes? If so, what did you think of it/them? Let me know bellow!

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Poem for polish Thursday: Darling Diva Polish - Gag on this!

Sent for my honest review. 

Hi cuticle cuties!

I've been skyping with my sis this entire evening and we came up with the most awesome idea ever. My sister studies literature and we decided to have a theme on my blog called poem for polish. I will send her a picture of my Thursday manicure and she will pic a poems that matches the mani. I think that the reason that I really like this idea is that I've been up since 04:30 am and I'm super tired. Anyway, today is the first ever POEM FOR POLISH THURSDAY and I hope you will like it. 

The lucky polish that is the first ever Poem for Polish-participant is Gag on this! from Darling Diva Polish's "I hate pink!"-collection. Gag on this! is a pale pink jelly with blueish flakes and a scattered holo finish. It applied easily, and it covered perfectly with three thin coats. The flakes made the finish a bit uneven so I ended up with two coats of Seche vite.

This wonderful polish is available at Darling Diva's Big cartel and costs $11 for 15ml.    

What is pink? a rose is pink

By a fountain's brink.

What is red? a poppy's red

In its barley bed.

What is blue? the sky is blue

Where the clouds float thro'.

What is white? a swan is white

Sailing in the light.

What is yellow? pears are yellow,

Rich and ripe and mellow.

What is green? the grass is green,

With small flowers between.

What is violet? clouds are violet

In the summer twilight.

What is orange? Why, an orange,

Just an orange!

Color by Christina Rosetti

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Darling Diva Polish - Call Me Jiggly!

Sent for review

Time for the second polish from Darling Diva's "I hate pink!"-collection. Today I'm showing you Call me jiggly! and I assume, and will not take no for an answer, that this polish was named after the adorable pink Pokemon Jigglypuff.

I have three super thin coats and that was all I needed to achieve full coverage. It does dry semi-matte so a good TC is recommended. I read that it's better to apply many thin coats of holographic polish than one or two thick coats. It's supposed to make the holographic properties more visible. I'm not sure if it's true but I tried it and this cutie is pretty holo :)

Call me jiggly! is a soft pinkish lavender and I really like the colour. Many of DDP's holos are a kind of jelly-ish. They aren't cremes and therefore they tend to have a really intense holofactor. The same goes for Call me jiggly!. 

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Poodle nail art

Sent for review

Are your ready for some cute nail art? I hope you are :)

I have some awesome water decals from Born Pretty Store. As you might know, my family have two super cute poodles and when I saw these decals I just had to try them. If you don't now how to apply water decals here is my tutorial. 

These decals where really easy to apply, the smaller ones usually are. The water decals I used for the Pikachu nail art I did a while back where definitely trickier. Anyway, these cost $2.89 and you get one sheet with 20 small decals. I decided to use them on all my nails and I think it turned out great. The base colour I have in the pictures is I hate pink! from Darling Diva Polish.

Don't forget to use my code CYX31 to get a 10% discount on your entire purchase from Born pretty store. 

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Poodle bonus picture :D 

Darling Diva Polish - I hate pink!

OMG! 

I while back Carrie asked me if I wanted to try her all Pink collection. The answer for a pink polish horder as myself was pretty obvious. I could never imagine that the collection would be this awesome. The "I hate pink!" collection contains of five different polishes. I asked my BF to pick one of them because I couldn't decide, he went for I hate pink! without knowing the name :P

I LOVE I hate pink! The polish is a pinkish lilacish awesome colour. It's super holo and the holo is really intense even in non direct sunlight. I took these pictures in the evening and the holo is, as you can see, pretty visible. I hate pink also has some really nice metallic pink micro flakes which makes the colour extra intense. 

The formula was great which made the application smooth and painless. With the help of one coat of SV it dried fast. In the pictures I have three super thin coats but i think that two would have been enough. At least for anyone that rocks nubs :) 

The I hate pink! collection is available at Darling Diva's big cartel. They cost between $8.50 and $11 USD. 

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Nail art Sunday - Dotticure

Don't you just hate days when it literary feels like you don't have a single pretty polish? Today is one of those days. 

I finally decided to do a dotticure with a couple of different colours from Darling Divas Diamond collection. I used the following colours: Diamond polish, Blue Diamond, Black Diamond and Green Diamond. All of these colours are really pigmented and I actually bought them for stamping. Haven't tried to stamp with them though. Anyway, I used Diamond Polish as the base colour and the three other colours for the dots. 

I had som serious lighting issues today so I give you flash pictures only. I'm not really sure what's going on with my lighting but I'll try fix it later today. 

Don't forget to check out Le Lack's blog if you want to enjoy more nail arts :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Darling Diva Polish - Space Beetle

Ohh! Look at this baby. This is Space beetle form Darling Diva Polish. A gorgeous army green linear holo with gold to copper to pink glass flecks. I'm in love! 

I saw this polish a while back over at Rock jewel nails and I fell in love. It's stunning! The formula was classic DDP (=amazeballs). I love the thin brush, it really does make the application so much easier IMO.  Especially on my slim jim pinkies. 

I have three rather thins coats in the pictures and one coat of TC. The TC didn't affect the holographic properties what so ever.

Until next time, take care!

/Christina