China Glaze Emotion (Romantique)

Today my nails are wearing Emotion from China Glaze:


Outdoors.



Indoors.

I'm not sure if I like this one or not. It's almost pink but not really. Dirty pink with metallic shimmer, I guess? Actually it's a bit deeper and brighter than in pictures.

But the one thing I love about this and other Romantique Collection's nail polishes is that they look totally different outdoors and indoors. You don't get bored with them that easily!

Read more...

Old-Timer of the week: Anytime Dates

Here's this week's Old-Timer:


Anytime Dates.

This one is a cutie (again!). It's actually more pink, almost fuchsia. I have no idea why I haven't worn it before (!), it's such a beautiful color and it has a great shimmer and nice bluish reflection. Actually I have many Anytime's nail polishes which I haven't worn yet so you are going to see many polishes from this brand...

And as you can see, polishes do not get old. They are just like women: they just keep getting better!



Best before 06/2007...

Actually I compared this with China Glaze's Limbo Binbo and they were almost identical! Now I don't need Limbo Binbo that much.

Read more...

OPI I'm Indi-a Mood for Love

Going pink again!

Today's pink polish is OPI's I'm Indi-a Mood for Love.



It's a beautiful, creamy polish. It covers well, I'm using two coats in this picture. For some reason I just can't resist these pink polishes.

At the moment I'm also really drooling for China Glaze's Limbo Bimbo, which I just keep staring and touching at work. I think it's the most beautiful pink I've ever seen and I just have to order it one day. But as you know there's no sense ordering just one nail polish when you have to pay the postage costs also so I have to order many other polishes too...poor me!

Do you have Limbo Bimbo? Do you love it too?

Read more...

OPI Italian Love Affair

What's the cutest color in the world?
PINK!!!



Look how adorable this is! It has almost a creamy finish (just a little bit of shimmer) and it's so beautiful and the color is so soft. It needs two coats, I'm wearing three in this picture.

I wanted to add some effect and added a layer of Lumene's Horizon on top and here's how it looks:

Read more...

OPI Mauve-lous Memories

Thankfully we here in Finland were blessed with another bright and sunny (but cold!) day and I was able to take a good picture of todays polish.

Today's polish is OPI's Mauve-lous Memories and it's so freaking awesome! I think it's a bit more pink than mauve, but I believe it's mauve because the name says so and I can not disagree with OPI. Please, take a closer look! You can see the delicate golden shimmer. Aww! <3 I don't want to take this off ever!

And as some of you might remember, I've made some promise not to buy any new nail polishes for a while. So here's a great information for those of you who might have been afraid that I'm not going to make that many new posts because of my promise: I just counted my nail polishes last evening and there were over 150 polishes that I haven't introduced to you.
So I just have to quote Apu from the Simpsons:

Read more...

Lumene Cinderella Story

Look at this beauty!




Lumene Cinderella Story.

I just found this lovely polish from my collection and I'm totally in love with it! I'm not sure if I even have worn it before, I've probably just tossed it with my other polishes after I've got it from work last autumn. Well, yesterday I decided to give it a try and now I'm totally hooked!

It covers well, it's easy to apply and it has adorable golden shimmer (which I couldn't capture perfectly in these pictures). Plus it's pink! It also stays well: I've worn this polish for two days before I took these pictures and in those two days I've been cleaning, scrubing and dealing with water a lot! And the polish still looks almost like I've just polished my nails! What else can you ask from a perfect nail polish!
<3>

Read more...

Lumene Horizon

Another Lumene nail polish again. These were my favourite nail polishes before I was introduced to the world of OPI and China Glaze and before I knew that I can get a lot cheaper polishes from the Internet.




Lumene Horizon indoors and outdoors.

This is a cute, sheer light pink polish with a lilac flash. If you can imagine the inner surface of a shell in good lighting this looks excactly like that.



It's quite sheer so I used three coats and Poshe on top. And because it is a see-through polish it also looks great on top of another nail polish. I still haven't tried it on top of a black polish but I believe it would look really nice. I must try that combo sometime.

At the moment I'm really into these light polishes. I don't like them to be completely nude and see-through, as I want them to also cover with two or three layers.
What kind of polishes are you into at the moment?

Read more...

Water marbling, first attempt

Today I finally got the water marbling technique right and I was able to do all my nails using it.

Here's my masterpiece:

Sadly all of the nails weren't that excellent. If you must see, here are all of my nails:

As you can see I tried out some different styles and techniques. The polishes that I used were Maybelline's French White and China Glaze's Rich and famous. After I had finished with my marbling and cleaned my fingers (there was plenty of polish to wipe off!) I used one coat of Anytime's Sparkling fizz to add a little sparkle.

If you want to learn about water marbling just type it to the Youtube and you will find many informative videos.

Read more...

OPI Skinny Dip'n in Lake Michig'n + OPI Princesses Rule!

Today I'm finally wearing different polishes at the same time.

I started with OPI Skinny Dip'n in Lake Michig'n...

...and added one coat of Princesses rule! on top of that.

After that I made white stripes with white decoration lacquer. (Photo is taken outdoors so you can see the base combo in natural light.)

And finally I added one coat of China Glazes Holographic topcoat.

The result somehow reminds me of this awning...:

...but I still like it for some reason. OK, the stripes may look a bit clumsy but for some reason I find them cute. In these pictures the base doesn't look so pink but actually it is a bit more pink. And Pricesses rule! really makes the base surprisingly pink when you compare the before and after pictures (even tough it is a sheer polish)!

Read more...

Princess nails

Sorry guys I haven't wrote anything this weekend, I've been busy acting princess. No, just kidding, I just loved my french manicure so much that I just couldn't take it off (plus I had my birthday party).

I've fell in love with OPI's Pricesses rule, so here's a picture of it again:

I prefer my right hand (lower picture) because those flowers look way better when they are placed in the middle of the nails.

Again I used Lumene's Smiling Nights (two coats) at first and then Pricesses Rule, but this time I added a layer of Anytime's Sparkling Fizz on top of that. Then I added Poshe and after my nails had dried I made Konad decorations and added rhinestones on ring finger (in both hands).

And look how little there's polish left on Lumene's bottle! OK, that's still enough for at least three or four manicures but this gives me hope that one day I might be allowed to buy new polishes.

These extra sparkles from Sparkling Fizz make this lacquering even cuter. Shame, that they don't show clearly enough on my photo.

I think I've made clearly to you that I love all girly things so you probably know already that I'm really, really pleased with this lacquering.

Read more...

Lumene Smiling Nights + OPI Princesses Rule!

Look at my sweet, cotton candy nails!

In this girly manicure I'm wearing two coats of Lumene's Smiling Nights (light, pale pink) and two coats of OPI's Princesses Rule!

And by the way, thanks to 8ty8beauty.com, I've always thought it's "Princess rule!". Take a look, in their lists it really says "Princess Rule!" in singular, not in plural form as it should be: http://www.8ty8beauty.com/nail_polishes/opi.htm. Has anyone else ever thought it's just "Princess rule!" ?

I have to admit that I just love Princesses Rule! on top of some other polish. Worn alone it's abit too see-through and lame, but on top of another polish it's really, really cute and sweet. And it has really nice, soft and gentle shimmer! I've tried this only once before and didn't really like it back then but that was only because I was trying to wear it alone that time. This time I just want to stare at my nails all the time and sigh (plus shout to my boyfriend with a singing tone "Look at me, look at me, I'm a princess!")

And why am I wearing Lumene again? Because this was the only bottle which had only half of the polish left...

Read more...

China Glaze Rich and Famous

Sadly it wasn't a sunny day. Sadly it wasn't a bright day. Sadly it hardly felt a day at all.

So I took my camera to work where we have really bright spotlights, waited till no-one could see me and snap, snap, snap! And here's the result:

With bright lights and a little bit of editing you can almost see the right color of this bright, creamy pink polish. Here I'm wearing two coats of Rich and Famous, made some decorations with Konad and white Konad polish and added glitter using Anytime's Sparkling Fizz. How adorable and girly!

I just love this lacquering!

Rich and famous is a great polish: It covers quite well (I'd still recommend using two coats) and it's easy to apply. It's not too thick but nor too thin. Overall this will be one of my favourite bright pinks at the moment and I will definitely keep using it, especially with Anytime's Sparkling Fizz.

Read more...

Anytime Silver White

Today I polished my nails with China Glaze's Rich and Famous but sadly I slept till noon and because here in Finland the daylight is strictly limited during the winter time I could not took a picture of it with my camera. As the Finnish readers know, my camera won't shoot pink colors properly anywhere else but in daylight. At almost 3PM when I was ready with my nails there were still some daylight but because the sky was cloudy my camera twisted the color a bit. So no Rich and Famous today.

Instead of that I will show you an old picture of my so called "fairy dust" lacquering:

I used Anytime's Silver White, made pink fairies with Konad and topped it with Anytime's Sparkling fizz. Quite cute, right? Outlines of the fairy don't show up so clearly, but please click the picture to see it bigger.

Hopefully tomorrow morning would be at least a bit sunny so I could shoot the "Rich and Famous" to you. It is a really girlish polish and now I even have some time do decorate my lacquering.

Read more...

NYX Girls Marigold

Leikin heti hieman eilen saapuneilla NYX:in lakoillani:

NYX Girls Marigold (kaksi kerrosta).

NYX Girls Marigold (kaksi kerrosta) ja päällä CN225.

Marigold on kiva, kevyt kultainen lakka, joka toimii sekä yksistään (vaatii tosin vähintään kaksi kerrosta) että myös toisten lakkojen päällä tuomassa kevyttä. Tässä kuvassa käytetty kerrostusta:

China Glaze QT ja päällä NYX Girls Marigold.

Toisen lakan päällä tämä läpikuultava ihanuus tekee kyllä todella kivan kultaisen efektin, yksinään käytettynä tämä on läpikuultavuutensa vuoksi ehkä vähän liian laimea makuuni.

NYXin lakkojen laatu on kuitenkin vakuuttanut minut.

Read more...

China Glaze Poetic (Romantique Collection)

Ihanuudet saapuivat tänään!

Heti ensimmäisenä kokeiluun lähti lämpimien sävyjen Poetic:

Tätä sävyä on todella hankala kuvailla. Lämmin, hieman lilalla taitettu kultainen/pronssinen sävy ehkäpä? Yllä oleva kuva on otettu kylpyhuoneen keinovaloissa, mutta kuvaan sävyn vielä huomenna päivänvalossa ja lisään kuvan tähän postaukseen. Muiden blogien kuvien perusteella sävyt näyttävät hyvinkin erilaisilta luonnonvalossa keinovaloihin verrattuna. Odotan siis innolla, että pääsen huomenna ihastelemaan ja kuvailemaan näitä ihanuuksiani luonnonvalossa.

Olen pariin otteeseen luvannut yrittää saada aikaan hieman koristelua kynsiini. Tänään lunastin lupaukseni, kaivoin Konadini esiin ja päätin kokeilla sellaista kuviota, jota en ole aiemmin vielä kokeillut. Lopputulos näytti tältä:

Söpöt pikkuiset rusetit!

Hetken lomalla ollut Konad-käteni vaatii hieman harjaannusta, mutta enköhän taas innostu vempaimellani pian leikkimään enemmänkin.

Vinkki: Romantique-kokoelman lakat ovat niin paksuja, että toimivat kuulemma myös Konadin kanssa. Tämän vinkin aion itsekin vielä kokeilla. Omissa kuvissani lakkaa on laitettu kaksi kerrosta ja yksikin olisi melkeinpä jo riittänyt (toinen kerros teki kyllä jäljestä tasaisemman).

Seuraavan päivän lisäys:

Tässä Poetic luonnonvalossa, ei kyllä uskoisi samaksi lakaksi:

Sävy on luonnonvalossa aivan roosa, joka kuitenkin taitaa kevyesti kultaan. Keinovaloissa sävy näytti kuparisemmalta. Mieletön muutos!

Read more...

Think Pink!

Teki yhtäkkiä hirveästi mieli laittaa jotain värikkäämpää lakkaa ja jo suorastaan räikeän pinkki Color Clubin Pink Flame sopi tähän tarkoitukseen mainiosti:

Päädyin vielä illalla ottamaan kukan pois ja koristelemaan kynnet Konadin valkoisella lakalla ja keltaisella koristelulakalla:

Kyllä, lakkana on edelleen sama Color Clubin Pink Flame, valo vaan tuo sävyn esille vaaleampana. Ylempi kuva vastaa mielestäni enemmän totuutta.

Ihanista pinkeistä kynsilakoista mieleeni tuli kesällä Anytimen Go Colour lakalla Pinkin himo tehty lakkaus, jossa käytin koristeluun Konadin valkoista lakkaa ja strasseja:

Tykkään todella paljon vahvoista pinkeistä lakkauksista, ehdottomasti lempparisävyjäni. Jos saisin valita vain yhden lakkasävyn, jota käyttäisin jatkuvasti, olisi se ehdottomasti pinkki: Sopivasti huomiota herättävä, mutta silti niin tyttömäisen naisellinen.

Millaisia sävyjä te valitsisitte ja miksi?

Read more...

Uusimmat hankintani

Tänään saapui postissa Head2toebeauty:n paketti, joka toi minulle seuraavat lakat:
-OPI Your Villa or Mine
-OPI Make love...
-OPI Italian Love Affair
-Color Club Bluff
-Color Club He Loves Me
-Color Club Pink Flame
-China Glaze Ghoulish Topcoat

Tehdessäni tilausta en ollut vielä yhtä innostunut tummista lakoista kuin nykyään, vaan minulla oli menossa hempeä, tyttömäinen kausi. Tästä johtuen paketin sisältö oli lähinnä pinkkiä ja vaaleanpunaista kahta poikkeusta lukuunottamatta.

Vielä en ole ehtinyt lakkoja kynsiini kokeilemaan, mutta tässä kuitenkin pieni ennakkokatselemus lakkoihin:

Vasemmalta oikealle: OPI Your Villa or Mine, OPI Make love... ,OPI Italian Love Affair.

Your Villa or Mine näyttää tässä kuvassa ehkä hieman liian oranssilta. Todellisuudessa taittuu hieman enemmän vaaleanpunaiseen.

Vasemmalta oikealle: Color Club Bluff, Color Club He Loves Me, Color Club Pink Flame.

Pink Flamen crememäinen koostumus houkuttelee kovasti, pullossa näyttää hieman OPI:n La Paz-itively Hotilta, mutta jälkimmäisessä on verrattaessa selkeä sinertävä shimmeri, joka Pink Flamesta puuttuu.

Tässä vielä noiden kahden edellä mainitun lakan vertailua (keinovalossa):


Kiekon sävy numero 18 on siis OPI:n La Paz-itively Hot ja sen kärkeä koskettava toisen kiekon lakka CC:n Pink Flame. (Ja mikäli jotakuta kiinnostaa, niin sävy 17 on Anytimen Go Colour 16 Pinkin himo.) Tässä CC:n rinnalla OPI ei enää näytä ollenkaan niin pinkiltä kuin pullossa. Jännä havaita.

China Glazen Ghoulish topcoatia yritin kuvata kiekolle lakattuna ja ihan vaan pullossakin, mutta vielä en ole keksinyt, miten saan kamerani nappaamaan siitä selkeää kuvaa pimeässä.

Read more...