Thursday 15 September 2016

"Monochrome" floral design using Bow Polish Solar top coat

Hi guys!


It's nearly time for me to go home, but I was desperate to try this new(ish) Solar topcoat from Bow Polish whilst on holiday.
I had a lot of ideas how to show the beauty of this polish in the best possible way, and I opted for a full coverage design.

Here are the items I used for this manicure:


First I applied my base coat. I use Nailtiques Formula2, the only base coat which is actually helping with my peeling nails. (I can not believe how much my nails grove since last week...)


This time I applied only one coat of "Wedding Gown White" from Glisten & Glow:


Then I used two coats of Bow Polish's "Solar top coat", which is a milky semi sheer white crelly with a lot of silver micro glitter:


At this point it does not looks interesting, but keep reading, as this product got some amazing surprises! :)

I applied some liquid latex, and with a black stamping polish from MoYou, I stemped on the floral pattern. For the image I used FabUr Nails FUN16 plate and my clear stamper, both from Rainbow Connection:


At this point I started to really love this design! :)

After a clean up and a coat of high shine quick dry topcoat, I was finished, and actually very happy with the outcome!


The story of this design doesn't ends here, the magic just begins! :) The Solar top coat reacts with the UV in the Sunshine (also works with the UV light used for gel nails), so here are some indoor pictures:




And the beauty of this polish: on the Sun!!! :)



I love, love how the design is looking both in shadow, and on the Sun! The colour changing is a very interesting procedure, and in the shadow it transforms back quiet quickly.

Definitely unique, love the purple, and it's also a build in UV level tester, so you would know when to avoid the Sunshine (the purple gets darker).

I really enjoyed to create this design, and had a lot of compliments since!

If you like something special in your collection, this polish is a definite must have! Also, I would like to highlight, that Bow Polish changed the cap, the big square kind of silly cap is removable, leaving just a round, much more manageable cap to use.


Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this tutorial/review, and see you soon! Xxx 






Wednesday 14 September 2016

Neon yellow and orange gradient with stamping

Hi guys!


As I'm writing this post I'm in Spain enjoying the the heat and the endless sunshine. This combination inspired me to do this nail design I will share with you today.
I thought once on holiday, I will give my nails a long due pampering session and also a new design (nearly every day)

Here are the ingredients for today's nails:


First I started with a mani bomb from Lush, which is not exactly a many bomb, but because it's small, it's perfect for the occasion. It is one of their Luxury Bath Oils and let me tell you, it smells divine! :) You can find it here.


It dissolved quickly, and became a hot green mess, but it was a pleasure to soak my hand in it. My nails looked shiny and hydrated, oily but not greasy. I do enjoy, when my nails are long, but in the same time using them is getting more difficult, so I filed them back, also included a manicure. Here is a before and after picture:



As a base I used my trusted and beloved Nailtiques Formula2, the only base coat which is actually helping to restore the strength of my nails and also prevents flaking.
Then I applied two coats of Glisten&Glow "Wedding Gown White". Have to admit this beautiful one coater was not performing as it was before, but I'm blaming the heat and the dry breeze! ;)


Also applied liquid latex around my nails, as it will help with the clean up.
I grabbed a make up sponge, and for the gradient I used China Glaze "Celtic Sun" with Girly Bits "Thump Your Melons".
I slowly build up the layers, I did only three, as the white base gave enough umph to achieve the opacity I was going for.


For the stamping I used my Clear Jelly Stamper from Rainbow Connection.
along with MoYou black stamping polish.
For the image I chose Moyra Geometry plate, also from Rainbow Connection.

With the stamping done, there was only the cleaning left (and hubby behind me, telling me we will be late from dinner...) :D


A quick layer of my all time favorite Seche Vite, and in 5 minutes we were out the door.



I do love this design so much! It screams Summer in so many ways! Deep in my heart I can't wait to put some nice fall shades on, as Autumn is my favorite season, but for now on, I hold on to the Summer until the last minute!

I really hope you enjoyed my little fest of brightness, and thank you very much for stopping by!

See you soon! Xxx

Monday 12 September 2016

Pastel neon rainbow nail art

Hi guys!


Today I would like to share the step by step tutorial of a recreation with you. I saw this design on Mysimplelittlepleasures's YouTube channel. Although I do love Colette's creations, and nearly every time I say: "Yes, one day I will do this!" This one was just instant Summer for me, I knew I had to do it! :)

I took a lot of polishes with me for holiday, including the whole pastel neon Pet Names Collection from Pretty Serious. Love these polishes! Amazing colours, very pigmented, and easy to work with! You can find them at Rainbow Connection.

Here is a picture of all the products used for this design:


I know, it's a lot! :) But it's so worth it! :)

First I started with a re-freshed manicure and my all time favorite Nailtiques Formula2 base coat.


For a base colour I used two coats of the beautiful "Wedding Gown White" from Glisten&Glow.


I also applied a layer of fast drying top coat, as for this design I will use striping tape. I like to pre-cut all the pieces, so when it comes to the time, it's easy to use them:


Now the fun begins! :) With the striping tape placed, the design starts to take shape:


After that I started to fill in the little triangles with different colours. I used one drop of polish on a piece of foil, and also a tiny nail art brush:


Hubby made a picture of me in action:


Once all the colours were filled in I carefully removed the striping tape, and left enough time them to dry.

I also wanted to have some sparkle, so I added a coat of "Fairy Dust" from China Glaze:


As a last touch I did a bit of clean up and one coat of a glossy quick dry topcoat:



All in all I really enjoyed doing this nail design. It's unique, very colourful and fun. Not gonna lie, I felt like it takes me light years to do it, but I absolutely love the result, and had a lot of compliments.
I was wondering how it would look like with a matte topcoat, but I haven't got any with me...

Thank you again to Colette for sharing her design, I hope to do more in the future!


Thank you very much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed reading! See you soon! Xxx



Friday 19 August 2016

Colors by Llarowe "The Journey" Collection swatches and review (partial)

Hi guys!

Today I have swatches and review of five polishes from the brand new "The Journey" Collection by Leah Ann behind Colors by Llarowe.

Little history of our relationship before I jump into the swatches:

I spent years dreaming about Indie polishes, as for me they were absolutely unreachable...

About four years ago for unfortunate reasons I spent a lot of time home watching YouTube videos. I discovered JessFace90 (when she was sitting on the carpet in the front of her bed), making not really high quality videos - not like today - all about Indie polishes. These videos literally kept me alive, my knowledge and curiosity was slowly growing day by day.

At one day I came across Rainbow Connection. Well, that day changed my options, suddenly I was able to put my paws on a large variety of gorgeous Indie polishes. Have to admit, my bank account haven't recovered since... :)

I tried nearly everything I could reach, and it did not take long for me to realise, which brand I really like.

Hands down, CBL is my favourite Indie brand! I love the quality, the bottles, the wide brush, the simplicity of the logo, the incredible variety of colours and finishes.

The newest collection called "The Journey" is not an exception either. This collection contains 12 stunning polishes, today I will show you five of them.

Here is a little overview of my precious five:


These polishes are all very pretty, and each of them got a very special meaning to Leah Ann, which makes me feel, that she is sharing herself, her story with me, so I feel special!

The firs polish I will show you is called "Out of the Darkness". This one is also special to me, as I have been in the darkness, and I'm lucky to be out of it!


It is a stunning white/silver extremely sparkly micro glitter polish with a gold sheen and subtle purple shimmer.


It is very a complex, rich polish with a depth screaming Winter to me! I see a peaceful moment in the park covered in snow, the faint Sunshine is joining us, playing joyful on the glitters...


Absolutely stunning, breathtaking sparklyness! The formula is just as perfect, smooth, easy to apply, completely opaque in just two coats! Can't wait to wear this polish again! :)

Second in the row is "Dance with the Devil". If you are following me on Instagram, you know, I have a weakness for red polishes. It was not a question I will order this beauty:


I was just: WOW! :) Actually was staring on the bottle for several minutes... before I had to remind myself, that I have to open it! And the magic began!


OMG! This blood red sparkling pretty is just incredible! If there is the One Ring, than this is the One Polish! Ladies and gentleman, the picture above shows one coat. Blown away, One Coat! I couldn't believe! Very easy to apply, such an amazing depth again! I'm head over hills in love with this baby!


I didn't really wanted to take it off, but this is the best/worst dilemma of swatching: being surrounded with the most beautiful polishes... :)

Here comes "The Journey Begins":


This is a dark raspberry red polish jam packed with holographic micro glitter! It is fully opaque in two very easy coats, and it's just sparkle on crack...


The picture above is not entirely perfect, I have a bit of a struggle to hold the camera at the moment.


This picture gives the colour back perfectly! It is such a rich juicy shade! Absolutely stunning!

"Healing Waters" is next!



This is in a shade of blue which is my favourite, and just as the last one, this is also full of holographic glitter, but also a duochrome glitter/flakie which shifts from dark blue to teal green.


It's not easy to describe the glow what is coming from this gorgeousness, somewhere from the deep water! I absolutely love this polish! Reminds me of the time in my life when water played a huge roll to keep me going! True to the name, heals my soul!


The last polish I bought form the collection is "Empty Heart":


This tiny bottle of mesmerising complexity is everything but "Empty"!


I would say it's the most difficult to describe! It's a dove grey holographic polish leaning a bit mink, sprinkled with silver to blue holographic glitter. It's like the most beautiful secret, what doesn't reveals itself easily.


In certain ways it's very simple, but eye catching, neutral but intangible. The more I look at the bottle, it gives me a slight feel of sadness, like I'm locked into a room, where the Sunshine is only coming through the keyhole. I know how the Sun feels on my skin, but I only have a ray of it... Sounds silly, but I want to go trough the keyhole, I want to go into the bottle to be part of this indescribable amazingness! Mesmerising polish, nearly opaque in one coat, but gives full coverage in two coats.

All these polishes have the perfect consistency, very easy to apply, glides on nearly from itself! They all dried slightly dull, so they all would benefit from a topcoat, but they all dried smooth, and were very easy to remove.

All in all I'm very happy with my purchase, all the polishes are amazing, some of them reminded me of long forgotten things, making me appreciate where I am now, and who I became!

Thank you so much Leah Ann for creating this collection! As it does to you, it means a lot to me as well!

If you are interested on this collection, you can find the individual shades here.

I hope you enjoyed my very long post, thank you so much for stopping by! Xxx




Wednesday 17 August 2016

Esmaltes da Kelly "Kelly Negri" stamping plates swatches and review

Hi guys!

Here I have a few of the new "Kelly Negri" plates from Esmaltes da Kelly to show you. If you know Kelly and her polishes, you probably know that she is making amazing cream stamping polishes, and the most incredible holographic stamping polishes.

Today I have swatches and review of her newest creations, the "Kelly Negri" stamping plates. 

The collection contains 8 plates, they are all beautiful, and I think she had everybody in her mind creating this collection containing all sorts of images.

The plates are 8x8 cm, and the images 1,5x2 cm. Some images are smaller, some much bigger! :)

I bought three of them, here they are:


I will show you 3 images from all the plates, and one bonus :)

If you follow me on Instagram, you will see my latest manicure, wearing "Tristam" from A England. This polish is amazing! It is a deep navy slightly holographic polish with a hint of dark purple flash, and a mesmerising depth.
I used this base for all the stamping today, and I will use one of the best silver holographic stamping polishes on the market, "Andromeda" from Esmaltes da Kelly:


First of all I protected my skin with liquid latex. Normally I'm to lazy, but with a holographic polish it's a little bit different. If you are looking for a bottle of this time saver, you can find one here.



Let's start with the first one, KN01.


This plate is a mixture of geometric, floral, and abstract patterns. I do like all of them! Here are the swatches:





The second plate is just as amazing! I really had a hard time choosing the image! :) Here is KN02:


This plate is another crowd pleaser with all the different designs! :) Here are the swatches:




The last plate is amazing too! I sound like a broken record here, but they are really a joy to work with! So this is KN08:


This plate has smaller and larger pictures as well as the medium ones throughout the collection. At this point you can tell I love geometric patterns... Here are the swatches:




After a quick clean up and a layer of topcoat, here is the result:



And a rare picture of my Cindy hand:





All in all I'm in love with these plates! The images are large enough for my wide nails, but even for smaller nails the designs are full of opportunities!
The quality of these plates is excellent, I haven't had a problem picking up at all!
Again, I'm full of ideas of colour combinations, as these plates are offering so much more!

If you are interested on these plates you can find them on Rainbow Connection's website.

I hope I could inspire you to try stamping, or if you are into stamping already, I hope I could introduce you to a new brand!

Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you soon! Xxx