Fake Tattoos Review - Navy Nails

Hi dear readers !

Here's the last manicure I did with the nail tattoos I was sent for review by the Swedish company Fake Tattoos :)
Be sure to see more of these in the coming months as I still have a lot of designs to try out, but after spending a complete week using tattoos on my nails, I wanted some change ;)

So for today, I used the anchor design. That's not something that inspires me to be honest, but I never did a navy themed manicure before, so that was a good occasion to start it.
I went with a simple design and the usual navy colors: blue, white, red and stripes !

Now before you see the pics, I have to warn you, this is the WORST tape manicure job I've ever done. Even my first try was better. My blue polish was a bit runny, it went under the tape and litteraly flooded my cuticles ! I had to touch up every single stripe with a brush and white polish, I also had a very hard ob cleaning my cuticles haha !
With all I had to clean and touch up, please consider this manicure as a freehand work. It's almost that xD

Overall it's not too bad, finally ... It's just NOT straight :s
I painted all my nails except thumb and ring finger with China Glaze Snow. Once dry, I used some tape to create stripes and painted with Kiko 335.
My thumbs and ring fingers were painted in red with Essence Applause, Applause and I added the anchor designs on these :)

Still no bad surprise with the tattoos, they applied easily and smoothly. I really don't have anything bad to say about these :)


For a more complete review of the Fake Tattoos, you can check my previous post !
For more information about these funny decals, please check their website or Facebook page:

http://www.faketattoos.se

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fake-Tattoos

So, what do you think of this mani ? Do you like it ?

With all the mess I met with these nails, and considering I'm not a fan of navy themed stuff, I can't really say I liked it haha :)

Have a nice day :)

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Hello !

Voici le dernier nail art fait dans le cadre des reviews pour la société suédoise Fake Tattoos :)

Vous reverrez ces tattoos plus tard car j'en ai encore quelques uns, mais après avoir passé une semaine à faire des manucures "tatouées", j'avais envie de passer à autre chose ;)

Cette fois-ci,j'ai utilisé le motif ancre. Honnêtement, ce n'est pas quelque chose qui m'inspire, mais je n'avais jamais fait de manucure "marine" avant, c'était donc l'occasion idéale de me lancer.

Je suis restée dans quelque chose de classique pour ce genre de déco: du bleu, du blanc, du rouge et des rayures !

Bon, il faut que je vous prévienne tout de même (bien que si vous lisez la VF du blog, vous avez déjà vu les photos avant le texte ... bref ^^), ceci est la PIRE tape manicure que j'ai jamais réalisée. Même ma toute première tape mani était plus réussie. La raison ? Mon vernis bleu s'est avéré être plus liquide que prévu, il a donc coulé partout, s'insinuant SOUS le papier collant et noyant littéralement mes cuticules ! J'ai du retoucher absolument toutes les lignes avec du vernis blanc, sans parler de la galère pour nettoyer mes cuticules et bords ... 

Au final, avec tout ce que j'ai du retoucher au pinceau fin, on peut considérer ce nail art comme fait à main levée. Sérieusement, c'était presque ça xD

Bon allez, au final c'est pas si dégueu que ça non plus ... Juste pas droit !
J'ai commencé avec deux couches de Snow de China Glaze sur tous les ongles sauf les pouces et les annulaires. Une fois la base sèche, j'ai créé des rayures au scotch et ajouté mon bleu, le Kiko 335
Les pouces et annulaires ont été vernis en rouge avec Applause, Applause d'Essence et j'y ai ajouté les ancres :)

Toujours pas de mauvaise surprise ou de soucis avec les tattoos, ils se sont posés facilement. Franchement, je n'ai rien à redire dessus !

Pour une review plus complète des Fake Tattoos, vous pouvez lire mon billet précédent !

Pour plus d'infos sur ces tattoos bien sympa, rendez-vous sur le site de Fake Tattoos ou leur page Facebook:

http://www.faketattoos.se

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fake-Tattoos

Alors, vous en pensez quoi ?

Avec tout le mal que cette manucure m'a causé, et tenant compte du fait que je ne suis vraiment pas fan des trucs sur le thème de la marine, je ne peux pas vraiment dire que j'ai aimé :)

Bonne journée !

Christmas Sandwich

Hi dear readers !

Well, Christmas is gone now, but I still had this manicure I did for that day and didn't show you yet :)

At first, I wanted to do a glitter gradient starting from the cuticles with a method I never tried before. It's that method where you put some glitters near the cuticle line then drag them to create the gradient. I don't know if I did something wrong or if I just need more training, but I wasn't pleased with the result. Too much red glitters packed in some spots !

Anyway, here it is ...

I used Essie Marshmallow as the base and China Glaze Hearty Party for the glitters, I saw this combo on many blogs and I think they look really good together.
But Marshmallow is soooo sheer, after 3 coats I still could see my nail line and I hate that :(

I was in a hurry and didn't want to remove the complete many so I tried something else ...

I covered my whole nails with Party Hearty. Pretty, but not so original ...

I needed something else ! and so, I sandwiched :)

Oh, I prefer it this way ! I always love that milky look with Marshmallow used for the sandwich :)

I hope you like it, too ;)

Have a nice day !

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Hello !

Bon, je sais, il est un peu tard pour les manucures de Noel, mais j'avais encore celle-ci en réserve ...

Au départ, je voulais faire un glitter gradient avec une méthode que je n'avais pas encore essayée, vous savez, celle où l'on applique un peu de vernis pailleté près des cuticules, ensuite on "tire" le vernis vers le bas pour étendre les paillettes. Je ne sais pas si je m'y suis mal prise ou si c'est juste une question d'entraînement, mais je n'ai pas vraiment aimé le résultat. Trop de paillettes rouges sont restées en petits paquets :s

Voici quand même ce que ça donnait ...


J'ai utilisé Essie Marshmallow en base et Chine Glaze Hearty Party pour les paillettes, j'ai vu ce combo sur plusieurs blogs et je trouve que ces vernis vont vraiment bien ensemble !
Mais Marshmallow est tellement transparent, même après 3 couches on voyait la démarcation de mes ongles, et j'ai ça en horreur :(
Comme j'étais un peu pressée, pas question de tout enlever, donc j'ai essayé autre chose ...
J'ai simplement appliqué Party Hearty complètement sur les ongles. Pas mal, mais pas vraiment original, il me fallait autre chose !

Alors j'ai "sandwiché", et enfin ça m'a plu !
J'adore toujours autant le rendu un peu lacté que Marshmallow donne quand il est utilisé en sandwich :)

Et vous, vous en pensez quoi ?

Bonne journée :)

Summer Citrus Stamping & BPS review !

Hi dear readers !

It's time for a new review from Born Pretty Store ! I really love that shop, they have tons of nail art stuff for low prices but great quality, I've never been disappointed with their items !
They also started some time ago to sell other items like smartphone and pads covers, toys, hair accessories, make up ... Visit them, I'm sure you'll find something to please you :)

This time I was able to try some of their stamping nail polishes. I chose two colors that I don't have yet in Konad or other stamping brands, yellow and red.
And I decided to mix both of them for my first stamping using more than one color haha ! Let's see what I did, then I'll give you my advice on these stamping polishes :)

I painted my nails in white with China Glaze Snow (two coats), then I did the stamping with the two colors from BPS and plate BM308. I added thin coat of China Glaze Wireless for an extra bling and ended with one coat of Seche Vite.

Getting the two colors for the stamping is easy, you just have to work quick so it doesn't dry: I applied some lines of each color randomly on the plate, mixed them a bit with a toothpick, scraped and stamped, that's all :)

On to the stamping polishes !
To be honest, I was really disappointed when I first opened the bottles, as the polishes looked jelly. I though they would never stamp correctly or opaque with such a texture, especially the yellow one. So I made a test on paper and I completely changed my mind !
Once stamped on paper, they appeared to be totally opaque, but also very bright and beautiful. The red is not a vampy red, it has a bit of orange in it, but used on it's own, it's still red.
They don't dry too fast, which makes them easy to play with.

I also tried them over a black polish to test their opacity. They are not totally opaque but still work well, but I noticed a slight color change over black: the yellow turned like lime green, the red one turned pink.

I'd say these are perfect to work over light or medium colors. For very dark colors, I still prefer to use metallic polishes that always remain opaque :)
For the price, you won't be disappointed !

You can find these on Born Pretty Store, under the Beauty Nai Art/Nail Art Stamping category.
Each bottle contains 3ml of product and costs 2.05$.
Don't forget you can also have free shipping, and get 10% off on your order with my code AYUUMIK31 :)

Did you like this manicure ?

Have a nice day :)

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Hello !

C'est le moment de faire une nouvelle review pour Born Pretty Store ! J'aime vraiment cette boutique, ils ont des tonnes de produits Nail Art pas chers mais de bonne qualité, je n'ai jamais été déçue de ce que j'ai acheté là-bas !
Ils se lancent aussi dans la vente d'autres petites choses comme des covers pour smartphones et tablettes, des accessoires pour les cheveux, du maquillage, ... Je suis sûre que chacune peut y trouver son bonheur :)


Cette fois j'ai pu tester des vernis à stamping. J'ai choisi deux couleurs que je n'avais pas encore en Konad, à savoir le jaune et le rouge.
Et j'ai décidé de mixer les deux couleurs, ce qui fait mon tout premier stamping avec plus d'une couleur !

J'ai d'abord posé deux couches de blanc avec Snow de China Glaze, puis j'ai stampé les deux couleurs de BPS avec la plaque BM308. J'ai ajouté une fine couche de China Glaze Wireless pour avoir un peu de paillettes et j'ai terminé avec une couche de Seche Vite.



Faire un stamping bicolore est assez facile, il faut juste travailler assez rapidement pour ne pas que les vernis sèchent: j'ai fais des lignes au hasard sur mon motif avec les deux couleurs, je les ai mélangées avec un cure-dents, j'ai raclé et stampé, c'est tout !

Passons à mon avis sur ces vernis !
Honnêtement, à l'ouverture des flacons, mon premier avis a été négatif ! Les vernis avaient une texture jelly assez transparente et je me suis dit que jamais ils ne marcheraient pour un stamping, en particulier le jaune ... J'ai donc fait un test rapide sur un bout de papier blanc, et j'ai immédiatement changé d'avis ! :D
Une fois sur le papier, non seulement ils étaient opaques, mais en plus les couleurs étaient assez franches et vibrantes. Le rouge n'est pas un vrai rouge "vamp", il y a un peu d'orange dedans, mais utilisé seul il reste tout de même rouge. Ils ne sèchent pas trop vite, ce qui permet de bien pouvoir jouer avec ;)

J'ai aussi essayé ces vernis sur une base noire pour tester leur opacité. Pour le coup, ils ne sont pas vraiment opaques mais fonctionnent tout de même. J'ai remarqué un changement de teinte par dessus le noir, le jaune semblant tirer vers le vert et le rouge paraissant un peu rose.

En résumé, je dirais que ces vernis à stamping marchent très bien par dessus des couleurs claires ou moyennes. Pour les bases foncées, je préfère toujours les vernis métalliques, qui sont opaques à tous les coups :)
Mais à ce prix là, comment être déçu ? :)

Vous trouverez les vernis à stamping sur Born Pretty Store, dans la catégorie Beauty Nai Art/Nail Art Stamping.
Chaque flacon contient 3ml de produit et coûte 2.05$.
N'oubliez pas que les frais de port sont gratuits, et que vous bénéficiez d'une remise de 10% en utilisant mon code AYUUMIK31 :)

Que pensez vous de cette manucure ?

Bonne journée :)

Sunday Stamping Challenge: Red & Black

Hi dear readers !

Well, this is going to be my last post before my holiday break, but I don't really leave you ! There will be guest posts and interviews during the whole month of august. Stay tuned, more information will come this wednesday :)

 Yesterday's stamping challenge was to use red and black, and as soon as I saw the theme I knew what to do :)

I used the gorgeous China Glaze City Siren as the base. It's a very beautiful and classy red. I stamped some circles from the Bundle Monster plate BM322 with black Konad polish and filled some of them with China Glaze Ruby Pumps, using a dotting tool. That's all :)

It's simple but I like it !
City Siren was a bit hard to clean up as it stained my cuticles, but now I think it's okay. I just hope it won't stain my nails when I remove it !

Do you like it ?

Have a nice day :)

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Hello :)

Voilà, dernier billet avant la pause vacances ! Mais je ne vous abandonne pas, il y aura des billets avec des invitées et des interviews durant tout le mois d'août !
Plus d'infos à venir ce mercredi :)


Le thème d'hier pour le challenge stamping était le rouge et le noir. Il m'a inspirée immédiatemment ce petit nail art :)

J'ai utilisé le sublime City Siren de China glaze en base. Il est vraiment beau ce rouge, plutôt classe même. J'ai tamponné des cercles de la plaque Bundle Monster BM322 avec un vernis spécial Konad noir, et j'ai rempli certains cercles de China Glaze Ruby Pumps à l'aide d'un dotting tool. C'est tout ! :)

C'est simple, mais j'aime bien !
J'ai eu du mal à nettoyer les contours de mes ongles, City Siren laissait pas mal de traces sur les cuticules, mais j'en suis venue à bout. J'espère seulement qu'il ne déteindra pas quand je l'enlèverai !

Qu'en pensez-vous ?

Bonne journée :)

Independance Day Manicure

This is a quick message for my French speaking readers
Le blog est de nouveau dispo en français ! Il vous suffit de vous rendre à la fin du post et de cliquer sur Version Française ;) 

Hi dear readers !

In three years of blogging, I've never celebrated something with a manicure. It always came when I don't had time, or when I had something else planned ...
So today I'm very happy to pay a tribute to all my fellow American readers on this 4th of July !

At first I wanted to copy another blogger, Pshiiit, who did a great American flag using only stamping.
But once I came back home, I realised that I just don't have these plates ! How could I forget it ? I must be very tired haha :D
The only stars pattern I have is the one from Bundle Monster's first set, and it's made of stars of different sizes, far away from the even and well aligned stars from the USA flag ...
Anyway I decided to use it and go for something a bit unstructured, making my stripes with the sugar spun technique to make something uneven, too :)

My red base is Essence Applause, Applause, the blue accent is Color Club Cold Metal. I made the sugar spun with China Glaze Snow and the stamping with white Konad polish and plate BM 20.

I loved the result, I didn't plan at all to do this and thought I'd go more conventionnal but I'm glad of this interpretation of the American flag :)

What do you think ? Do you like it ?

Have a nice day :)

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Hello chères lectrices :D

Hé oui, me revoilà en français ... J'avais arrêté la traduction du blog suite à un gros manque de temps, mais je vais essayer de revenir dans la bonne vieille langue de Molière ;)

En 3 ans de blogging, je n'ai jamais fêté quoi que ce soit avec une manucure. Ca tombait toujours un mauvais jour, quand je n'avais pas le temps, etc ...
Aujourd'hui, je suis contente de rendre hommage a mes lectrices Américaines en ce Jour de l'Indépendance des Etats Unis !

Ma première "idée" était de copier Pshiiit, qui a fait un superbe drapeau américain tout en stamping.
Une fois à la maison, je me suis rendue compte que je n'avais pas les plaques nécessaires ! Comment ai-je pu l'oublier ? Je dois vraiment être fatiguée :p
Le seul motif étoilé que j'ai est celui du premier set de Bundle Monster, avec des étoiles de tailles différentes, ce qui ne colle pas trop aux étoiles identiques et bien alignées du drapeau américain ...
J'ai quand même décidé de l'utiliser et je me suis lancée dans quelque chose d'un peu déstructuré, en faisant mes lignes avec la technique "sugar spun" pour un résultat irrégulier !

J'ai utilisé Essence Applause, Applause pour le rouge, et Color Club Cold Metal pour l'accent bleu. Le sugar spun est fait avec China Glaze Snow, et pour le stamping j'ai utilisé un vernis Konad blanc et la plaque BM20.

J'ai beaucoup aimé le résultat, je n'avais pas du tout prévu ça et pensais faire quelque chose de plus conventionnel, mais je suis contente de cette interprétation du drapeau American :)

Et vous, vous aimez ?

An Unknown Polish and Shooting Stars

Hi dear readers !

Did this already happened to you ? You paint your nails, take pics for your blog or for record, want to post them some weeks later and then, you don't remember at all what you used ...

That's happened to me with these pictures. I loved this mani, but I can't remember at all what I used as the base. I searched into my stash, compared with my nail wheels and didn't find anything similar. That's terrible, isn't it ?

So, this is the unknown dark red polish, topped with one coat of China Glaze Shooting Stars and a matte accent on the ring finger.
My first idea was to make all the nails matte, but when I saw how glossy Shooting Stars is on it's own, I didn't want to lose that effect :)

I love Shooting Stars a lot, it's a very pretty and festive top coat with beautiful effects. And it works well glossy or matte :)

Do you like it ?
Maybe one day I'll wear that red polish again and remember what it was ... :)

Thanks for reading :)

Have a nice day ^^

China Glaze Ruby Pumps

Hi dear readers !

The week is finally over ! Today's post will be quick and short, I'm so tired, I really need to rest :)

I'll show you a classic beauty i don't have to introduce you anymore: China Glaze Ruby Pumps. That was the first time i wore it as a full manicure, and I still wonder why I didn't wear it sooner :)

See that red glitter beauty ? It's perfection in a bottle. I love everything in that polish, from the dreamy application to the gorgeous final look.
The removal needed the foil technique to remove those sticky glitters, but it didn't stain (which happens mostly with reds on me)

That polish is really a mus have in every polish lover stash - unless you really hate red lol :)

What's your advice ? Let me know :)

Have a nice weekend :)

Valentine Nails: Garden of Hearts

Hi dear readers !

Tomorrow's Valentine day ... Do you do something special for that occasion ?
My boyfriend and I don't do something special for that day ... Oh we ate a cute little heart-shaped cake saturday but that's all :) I don't really like the commercial part in that celebration ... But isn't it a good reason to make cute nails with hearts ? :p

This is what i did for this week Adventures in Stamping challenge, the theme was obviously Valentine Day :)

To get this result, I first used one coat of Catrice Rock Barock, a sheer nude pink with a very slight shimmer.
Then I sponged from the tips through half of the nail with China Glaze Phat Santa, and sponged again with China Glaze Ruby Pumps, only on the tips for a bling.
Finally I stamped the hearts with Konad plate m83 and special polish in white. Doens't this design look like little flower with hearts on top ?

Unfortunately, the glitter from Ruby Pumps don't show on my pics :( They are more present in real life.

What do you think of my V-day nails ? :)

I plan on doing another V-Day design as I'd like to try an idea I had ... Well, I won't tell more, in case I fail lol ^^

Will you paint your nails with something special for tomorrow ? If so, feel free to add the link in your comments, I'd love to see them :)

Have a nice day ^^

Explosion Tape Manicure

Hi dear readers !

I have already told you about my love for Jane's adorable tape designs on her blog, Nailside. When I found nails stencils with those peaked shapes, I immediatly thought of her Explosion manicure.
I found those in German, the brand is called Smart Nail Art but I have no idea where you can find them outside Germany. Well, it's a basic kind of supply so I guess you should find something similar easily (or be a bit braver than me and cut stripes of tape with your scissors lol)

I used Catrice Glamourista, a red creme from an old collection (Glamourama - Winter 2010) as the base, waited for it to be dry, applied the stencils and then used one coat of OPI Spark de Triomphe.

To be honest, I didn't really want to make an accent nail, but I failed with the stencil on the ring finger and didn't want to start again with base coat and red on that finger. An accent nail wasn't too bad :p

I liked how this turned. I should really try to cut some tape and do this design again with other colors :)

What about you, do you love it ?

Be ready, the next post will be posted here on wednesday ... but it will be a guest post !
Guess who will write something here ? Stay tuned ;)

Have a nice day :)

My Christmas Manicure

Hi dear readers :)

Today I'll finally show you what I had on my nails for Christmas ! I should have shown you it before, but well, I didn't have a lot of time ...

As I was wearing Ruby Pumps last week, I decided to go for little Santa coats on my nails. I saw that design on a lot of blogs this year and found it adorable :)

I'm not so happy about the final look I got ... The white stripes are too thick and the belt buckle was a bit hard to paint perfectly for me ... But I like it for a first try :)

What do you think ?

For the base I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps, the white is China Glaze Snow, the black is a liner from Essence and the buckle was painted with China Glaze Millenium.

Thank you for watching and commenting :)

Have a nice day ^^

Festive Nails with Essence Circus Circus

Hi dear readers :)

I wish you all a merry Christmas, I hope you spent a nice festive evening with your parents, friends and beloved ones :)

I have a festive manicure for you today. That's not what I was wearing for Christmas (I'll show you that later) but I did those nails during last week, invested by all the festive things around me in the city :)

I wanted to use My Sparkling Acrobat from Essence Circus Circus LE, a two sided polish bottle with black creme on a side and gold glitters on the other. But I also wanted to add a little something more in it, so I chose to layer the red glitters from Applause Applause (the other side of this one is a red creme)

So, I started with two coats of black, then added one coat of red glitters (I should have taken a pic at this point, it was really pretty), and finished with one coat of the golden glitters and top coat (Seche Vite)

Here's what I got:

A closer view of the pretty glitters ... As you can see, there are thin round and bigger squared glitters in these polish, like in some of the Essence's Twins :

I love that Essence LE, the polish are quite basics but they have a good quality, the glitters apply easily and evenly, I think that's the kind of basics every polish lover should have in their stash :)

Do you like that combo ?

I made two other festive manicures, more with the Christmas colors this time, I hope I'll be able to show you them this week :)

Have a nice day :)

Orly Rage & OPI Red Shatter

Hi dear readers !

I hope you're fine ! The weekend is approaching, yay !
Did you enter my giveaway ? If you haven't yet, check it here ! Oh, and don't forget to read the rules please ... I won't count any comment as entries, you have to use the form. I hate to dismiss people from my giveaways but it's much more easy for you and for me to enter with a form :)

Today I'll show you a combo I loved. When OPI's Red Shatter was released, it was possible to buy it as a set with Rally Pretty Pink. That's what I did but as much as I love RPP, I really don't like it topped with Red Shatter, so I needed to find something to match with red shatter.
I first thought of a nice gold shimmer, but I don't have such a polish (what a shame !) so I went for Orly Rage, a nice rose gold foil released for Spring 2010 in the Foil FX collection.

I was very glad of that combo. Orly Rage had a good application and was opaque in two coats. OPI Red Shatter applied easily, and I love how OPI's crackle polish look, the crackles are large enough to show the base polish, it's well balanced.

Do you like that combo ?
What colour would you use with a red crackle like this ?

If you're looking for Orly Rage, it's still available as it has been re-released in Orly's Holiday 2011 collection Bling in the New Year :)

Have a nice day ^^

Dexter Manicure

Hi dear readers !

Let me wish you a happy Halloween :D What do you do for that day ?
Here in belgium, we don't really celebrate it, except in some places where they organize a special Halloween event ... Some years ago when it started to be a trend here, children came to ask for a trick or a treat, but they are less year after year ...

I planned on making a special manicure for Halloween but it looks like my stamping skills are gone for today, so I'll show you something that's not really Halloween related but is a bit in today's mood :)

I'm not a big TV fan but there are some shows I really love and enjoy, and Dexter is one of them. I started to watch it two years ago, I saw all the seasons that were available and promised to myself that I'd make a "Dexter Blood Splatter Manicure" when the 6th season would be released. Well, it has been released in the beginning of the month, so here are my Dexter nails :)

For this easy manicure, I first made a classic white french (because my tips are a bit stained and I didn't want to show them like that) with an Essence Tip Painter and Catrice Rock Barock, a very sheer pink.
Then I created the blood splatters with a straw, using Eyeko Saucy Polish and this technique.
I finally added one coat of Seche Vite for the glossy touch. That's all :)

The pic above shows my right hand. When I do splatter manicures, I always prefer the result on the right hand, I can't explain it :p

That's all for today :)
Do you like that bloody look ?

What are your favorite TV shows ? Are you a Dexter fan as I am ? :D

Have a nice day, and a Happy Halloween :D

China Glaze Phat Santa & Milani Jewel FX Gold

Hi dear readers :)

Today i'd like to show you a manicure I made some weeks ago. I just got Milani Jewel FX in Gold that day and couldn't wait to try it, but I didn't want to use it as a full manicure... I think I was too lazy for the removal of all those glitters lol :)

Red and gold is a combo that usually works, so I too an untried polish from my stash: China Glaze Phat Santa from Xmas 2010 LE.
Phat Santa is a gorgeous deep red creme, a very sexy shade, but it was a bit sheer and I used 3 coats for a good coverage. That's not in my habits, I rarely use more than two coats, but this one is so pretty despite of that little flaw...

I used Milani Jewel FX Gold as an accent on my ring finger. Here's the result, soooo blingy ! I loved it :)

I had some tip wear on the second day, because of a top coat that I should throw in the trashcan ... I'm sorry to say that, but Catrice bases and top coats don't work at all for me. Their polish and colours are really great for such a price, I'll just don't use their nail care range again ... (except the whitening base which works great but dries fast in the bottle)

So, to hide those awful white tips (I know they are not that bad, but with such a red I really don't like it), I applied some glitters from Milani Gold, like if it had been sponged. I didn't use a sponge, I just tapped the brush to place glitters randomly on my tips. Fast and easy to create :)

I liked how it turned. Now I've tried Milani Gold, I totally need the silver one :p

What do you think ? Do you like that kind of polish or is it too much bling for you ?

If you want to know what it looks like as a full manicure and don't want to wait for a swatch from me, check Scrangie's blog to see her great pics and also what it looks like topped on a purple polish. So yummy !

Have a nice day :)

Pink Wednesday: Essence Fashion Stickers

Hi dear readers :)

I already showed you some Fashion Nail Stickers by Essence a while ago, here. They were a part of the I Love Berlin Collection but since, Essence released some other designs in their usual range.

I picked some pink stripes for you today :)

These are called Catwalk. The design ispink, red and white stripes. The red looks like orange on the pics, but believe me, it's red in real life (in fact a very dark shade of pink with red in it)

Each each Essence sticker pack, you'll find 14 pieces with different sizes, so you might find what suits you the best. With the Berlin stickers I had to cut some of them, but I had no problem this time. I just didn't follow the order they come in, for exemple the 6th sticker from a board (right before the smallest one) fits better my index.

They are easy to apply once you have the habit with these. To remove the excess, I just filed them with a very smooth file, then cut with a harder file. Filing makes some "tip wear" as you can see in the pic above, but it's not too much, and it didn't move on the next days of wearing.
On the  pic below you can see some bumps on the tips, this come from the dish washing. Except for that, they seem to stay well on nails. I still have them on right now and there all still well stuck :)

Oh, I thought using some top coat would protect the stickers, but it peeled after a few hours, it doesn't adhere to the surface of the stickers :)
However, I used a base coat even if they say it's not useful. I'm sure it will protect my nail bed better when I'll have to peel the stickers off.

My actual base coat is from Gosh and I totally love it, I have  less tip wear, a lot less chipping and a bit less stain (but I still have to try it with a deep blue to verify that point)

Do you like those nail stickers ? Do you use full nails stickers or decals ?

Have a nice day :)