Lilypad Lacquer - Natures gift

Hello cuticle cuties! 

Guess what, it's actually cloudy in Lund, Sweden. HALLELUJAH! I'm so glad to have one day when I'm not sweating like a pig.

Today I'm wearing a LE polish from Lilypad Lacquer. It's called Natures gift which is a really appropriate name. It's a dark blackened teal with golden flakes and a scattered holo. The golden flakes makes the polish look greenish in som angles. It's also a tad duo chrome but unfortunately I didn't manage to capture it in the pictures. 

Natures gift has the most amazing formula. It covered perfectly with two thin coats. It dried completely smooth but since I wanted the manicure to be super glossy I added one coat of HK Girl top coat. I'm really pleased with this shade. I'm going to look for similar colours. Let me know below if you have any suggestions. 

That's all for now. Until next time, take care!

Love

Christina

Lilypad Lacquer - True blood 2014

Hi cuties!

It's been a stressful day that ended great with me and my BF having dinner with my parents. When we got back to our apartment I found a small package from Llarowe. It was True blood 2014 from the latest Lilypad Lacquer restock that had arrived!

I had no plans on buying anything from the LL restock, it just happened. But I'm so glad I did, because this polish is absolutely perfect. It's a deep blackened plum that is very pigmented. It can definitely cover with one single coat, I prefer thin coats so I needed two. The formula was great and the polish was easy to apply. The cleanup was minimal thanks to the great brush. 

It also dried extremely shiny. I did use HK Girl TC but it didn't add any extra shine, that's how shiny True blood is(!). The rainbows are really intense considering how pigmented the polish is. What I love is that the blue part of the rainbows almost looks bright purple because of the dark base colour. 

True Blood 2014 is such a classy colour and I absolutely adore it!

Let's let the pictures do the rest of the talking, because I can't even find the words to explain how stunning True blood 2014 is! 

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Lilypad Lacquer - I love lilac

Hola amigos!

I hope you're having a great morning, day or evening depending on where you live :) I'm having a great evening, watching Gossip Girl and drinking ice tea. 

Today I'm going to show you I love lilac from Lilypad Lacquer. I love lilac is a lilac creme with a subtle green shimmer and scattered holo. Unfortunately I did manage to capture the shimmer, I need to fix my lighting. The formula was great, three super thin coats that applied smoothly with minimal clean-up. 

I added one coat of fast drying top coat and that made the polish dry fast. I love I love lilac, it's a soft colour that is absolutely wonderful. I'm going to continue my GG-marathon now and try not to melt, it's ridiculously warm in our apartment.

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Nail art Sunday - Motivation

Stamping plate and rhinestones sent for my honest review. 

This weeks Nail art Sunday theme is motivation. That is such a tricky theme. I think that every nail nerd suffers from loss of motivation every now and then. I love nail polish but when I'm stressed, I totally forget that doing fun nail art designs calm me down. So when I'm stressed I usually just paint my nails.   

Today however I definitely have a nail art for you :) Let's start with the products I have used. 

Pinky Promise from Lilypad Lacquer, Nimbus from Smitten Polish, Sakura and Maddy's Magenta from Emily de Molly. I have also used stamping plate QA85 and rhinestones from Born pretty store. 

For the stamping I used Nimbus from Smitten Polish as base colour. The stamping was so much fun and I've never done a two-coloured stamping design before. I started with the lighter pink, Pinky promise, and stamped a couple of flowers. After that I stamped with Maddy's magenta which made it look like a stamping pond. I did the same thing on my thumbs.

On my middle and ring finger I applied three thin coats of Sakura and a couple of rhinestones. 

I'm really pleased with this mani and I'm really starting to get the hang of stamping. It's super addictive! 

Don't forget to head over to Lelack if you want to enjoy more nail arts :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Lilypad Lacquer - Orange-a-peel

I have the best BFF in the entire universe!

Emelie and I give each other monthly polishes. This month I got Orange-a-peel from Lilypad Lacquer. I love orange polishes and this one is so awesome. It's a neon orange scattered holo. I couldn't capture the holo-part very well because it's kind of cloudy in Lund today. If you want a better chance of rainbows you should check out Skimmerskuggan's holographic friday. 

Orange-a-peel was almost a one-coater. The formula was great, it applied like butter. I ended up with two thin coats but one thicker coat would definitely cover just as well. It dries matte like neons do so top coat is recommended. I used HK Girl TC and it didn't affect the holographic properties. 

That's all for now, I hope that you all will have a great weekend!

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

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Lilypad Lacquer - Creme de Mint

My family and I celebrated my dad's birthday yesterday so there was no time for the blog. Therefore I'm compensating by showing you this super pretty mint green discrete holo from Lilypad Lacquer. 

Creme de Mint has, as the name explains pretty well, a creamy mint green base with a holo dusty finish. I really like this colour. The formula was a tad to thin for my taste but it wasn't too tricky to apply. The first coat was really sheer but it covered perfectly when I applied the second coat. I also applied one coat of Digital flash TC. The polish does dry shiny on it's own though.  

I love discrete holos like this one, I know I've mentioned it about a million times already. This was my first LL-holo encounter and I'm overall pleased with it. I'm looking forward to try my other colours as well :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Lilypad Lacquer - Caspian crush

SWEET BABY BELL PEPPERS!

This is Caspian crush or as I would like to call it, PURE FRIGGIN' PERFECTION! Caspian crush is a beautiful multi chrome and I guess this polish is the definition of blurple. I applied two thin coats of CC over black. Although I think that one coat would have been enough. I finished the mani of with on coat of G&G HK girl TC. 

The formula was great, it was a bit sheer though so I would definitely recommend to layer it over black. I usually do so with my duo/multi chromes, the colours tend to pop and I don't need to apply as many layers to achieve full opacity :)

Until next time, take care!

/Christina