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

Pond full of grape juice - nail art

Hello dear pond, long time no see. 

It's been almost a year since the last time I did a jelly pond. I don't really know why since they look awesome and are so much fun to make. 

To make a pond you will need three things: 

- a jelly polish of your choice.

- a white creme polish. 

- some sort of dotting tool, if you don't have a dotting tool you can use a bobby pin or the top of a needle instead. Google "home made dotting tool" and you will find more things you can use. 

Start with one coat of your jelly, after that you apply a few dots on your nail. Then you repeat the process with a new coat of jelly polish and new dots. The amount of layers you will need depends on how sheer your polish is. I have three layers of dots, and four layers of polish. The most important thing when doing a dottipond is time, patience and thin layers of polish. 

The polish I used is Grape juice from Colors by Llarowe. It's a polish that works really well for both ponds and jelly sandwiches. The white polish I used is a rather new one in my collection. It's 323 from Dance Legend and is a pure white. I was hoping that it would be the perfect white but it is kind of sheer. I think it will require three coats for full opacity. Therefore the searching for the ultimate white continues. 

If you want to look at more nail art, you should check out this weeks nail art Sunday!

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Moody blue young grasshoppa - Stamping nail art

Stamping sent to review.

Hey cuties!

Today I'm showing you some stamping. I don't stamp very often because it's both rather time consuming and tricky IMO. But I must say, it's a lot easier with shorter nails. 

The plate I have used is QA82 from Born pretty store. I really want to have time to stamp more often but since I'm a n00b it does require booth patience and time, something I don't have a lot of. 

I picked Young grasshoppa from Colours by Llarowe as my base colour and I stamped with Moody blue from Too fancy lacquer. Young grasshoppa applied smoothly and covered perfectly with two coats. This is the the new formula and it's not sheer like the old one. You might remember this post when I wore the old Grasshoppa, VNL alert! Moody blue worked great to stamp with and I'm really pleased with the colour combination. I used this rectangular stamper from MoYou. 

Overall I'm really pleased with this manicure. Since I'm not a pro and I still managed to stamp quite well I'd say that Moody blue, the MoYou stamper and the plate makes a great trio.  

Until next time, take care!

/Christina

Dollish Polish - Totes magotes!

WOWZA!

Sometimes when you finally get a polish that you've been wanting forever it's like, is this it!? That is not the case with Totes magotes! 

I absolutely love it! Totes magotes! is a minty creme holo with a discrete shimmer. I applied three thin coats and it covered perfectly. I also added one coat of Seche vite and it added some extra shine. I think it's absolutely stunning and it climbed right up to the top and I would say that it's my favourite mint in my entire collection.  

If you want to enjoy more holos check out Skimmerskuggan's blog :)

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