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)!

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China Glaze Wagon Trail + MUS Linnea

Today's picture is a bit...eeh...interesting? I'm rearing two coats of China Glaze's Wagon Trail and one coat of Make Up Store's Linnea.

Linnea is a nice polish to be worn with other polishes (by itself it's just a see-through polish with large shimmering particles), but I'm not sure if I like it with Wagon Trail. The colors work great together but there's just something that I'm not sure of... Definitely it's not my style at all. And it does seem a bit messy, doesn't it?

I just can't describe this lacquering or decide weather I like it or not, so you can be the judge. Tell me your honest opinion about this lacquering!

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OPI Skinny Dip'n in Lake Michig'n

At first I have to make a confession: After just 20 days I broke my New years promise and bought a nail polish. But who could resist the temptation of an inexpensive and cute nail polish? Me either.

So here's the latest member of my OPI family, Skinny Dip'n in Lake Michg'n:

The reason why I wanted this so badly is that I don't have many nude polishes, especially nude browns. And this is just perfect! Light and warm nude brown with almost a creamy texture but not completely. When you look closely it actually has a tiny bit of shimmer. In this picture I'm wearing three coats (and Poshe) but I think two would be enough.

I don't feel any guilt for my forbidden purchase and I'm really happy with my nails. I don't even remember if I ever had worn a polish like this before!

Do you guys like to wear nude polishes? What are your favourite shades?

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China Glaze Harmony (Romantique)

I haven't tried all my Romantique Collection -polishes yet so today was Harmony's turn:

This is so adorable! Bright lilac which is deep enough but not too dark. This is more of a summer-lilac than winter-lilac, I think.

Imagine this with light pink polish (like my favorite combo Pricesses rule! and Lumene's Smiling Nights). I just have to try to polish my nails with light pale pink and then the tips with Harmony so the lacquering would gradually darken towards the tips of the nails. Sounds really nice! Only problem is how to execute it...ideas, links? I have some ideas about it but maybe you have better ones.

Here are more pictures of Harmony:

The first one is taken indoors and the second one outdoors. The last one is taken indoors and it has Konad patterns with China Glaze's OMG on pinkie and China Glaze's Devotion on other fingers. Romantique polishes really do work well with Konad!

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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.

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Lumene Silver Moon + Color Club Sex Symbol

I love my french manicure so much that I just couldn't take it off yet. So I'm going to show you some older photos again.

Here's one of my favorite silvers, Lumene's Silvery Moon:

In this picture I'm wearing two coats but one would be enough because this polish covers really well. This is certainly my favourite silver without any glitters.

In this picture I'm wearing Lumene's Silver Moon but I've added one coat of Color Club's Sex Symbol on top of it. Sex Symbol covers quite well so it can also be used alone, you just need to use two to three coats of it.

Of course there are so many great silver polishes and here's only two of my many favorites.

What are your favorite silvers?

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My Favorite French

Today I finally got inspired and made a french manicure. I have posted similar manicures before but today I'm posting again because this is my absolute favorite.

In this manicure I'm using Maybelline's Colorama polish 51 French White (one coat) on tips and on top of that L'oreal's Pastel Topcoat (two coats). Then I added the stickers and then finally Poshe.

This is the easiest french manicure ever! It doesn't matter if the line on your white tip doesn't go perfectly straight, you are anyway going to cover it with a sticker.

As I said earlier, this is my favourite french. It's really girly and decorative enough but still chic. My friend calls these "wedding nails" because of the flowers and I can actually see myself wearing this manicure in that kind of situation.

What do you think about my floral french manicure? Cute or tacky?

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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...

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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.

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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.

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