Showing posts with label Red. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Coming Up: Glitter Gal Holographic Polishes
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Kerry at Glitter Gal sent me 2 of their holographic, or 3D, polishes that I didn't own to review. I'm really excited about both of these colours, check them out!
Left to Right: Glitter Gal 3D Copper and 3D Dark Purple
The white balance on my camera was set all wrong, therefore the yellow'ish background, but the bottle colours still look pretty accurate to me.
The white balance on my camera was set all wrong, therefore the yellow'ish background, but the bottle colours still look pretty accurate to me.
The purple has the same chunky holo glitter as in the previous Glitter Gal polishes that I've tried. The copper on the other hand look more like a China Glaze OMG holo in the bottle, with the fine glitter and more of a smooth holographic finish. I'm definitely excited about these, I had been eyeing the purple before and the copper one with the different holo finish definitely looks interesting. Pictures of these on my nails are coming up later this week!
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Orly Bloom Swatches
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I've finally swatched the Orly polishes I got, all but 2 anyway. So I'll show you the Bloom colours today and Sweet tomorrow
L to R Thorned Rose, Wandering Vine, Blushing BudThis is half of the Bloom Collection.
Orly Thorned RoseThorned Rose was the one colour out of the 3 I didn't find appealing at first. In the bottle it looks like a dark berry red creme, but I was wrong! It's a blood red jelly and it's really pretty on the nail. I can definitely see myself wearing this again, it makes me think of vampires. This is 3 coats, it was kind of opaque after 2 but I had some lighter areas and did another coat to even it out.
Orly Wandering VineWandering Vine is everything I had hoped Enchanted Forest (Orly Fall 2009) would be. I wore that shade once and then I trade it off, it just fell flat on me. This on the other hand is gorgeous! Pretty dark green creme, that looks green in pretty much all lights. It's shiney and I love this colour. Took 2 coats for it to be opaque and it went on smoothly.
Orly Blushing BudBlushing Bud is a hot pink creme. Nothing spectacular about it, but I didn't own any pinks like this so it was very welcomed in to my collection. I like pinks, even though I tell myself I don't when I go polish shopping, hardly any pinks end up in my basket and I'm not sure why. This colour looks brighter and almost with a neon touch in some lights and like a regular hot pink creme in others. It would have been opaque in one coat if I had been a little more careful, but I had to do two to even it out. The formula was a little thick and I think I might thin it a little to make it easier to work with next time.
I ended up liking all 3 of the colours Orly sent me from this collection. Wandering Vine was my favourite as I had thought but Thorned Rose was a surprise and is a very close 2nd. I'm really happy they sent it to me cause I would never have bought it myself judging from how it looks in the bottle. Over all the formula was good and they were easy to work with, and the colours were gorgeous even though they kind of feel like fall colours more than spring to me.
*Products courtesy of LaForce + Stevens
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Coming up: Orly Spring and Summer Collections
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I know you guys might have already seen these, but I am super excited about these colours. Orly was super kind and sent me 3 bottles each from the Bloom (Spring 2010) and Sweet (Summer 2010) collections to try out. They look great, most of them are colours I had planned on buying, and the rest looks much better in real life than in the pictures I had seen so I'm excited about them too!
Here is what I got
Here is what I got
Orly Bloom Collection - Available nowLeft to Right: Thorned Rose, Wandering Vine and Blushing Bud
Orly Sweet Collection - Available April 2010Left to Right: Gumdrop, Cotton Candy, Lollipop
Out of the Bloom collection I had already been eyeing and thinking about buying Wandering Vine and Blushing Bud, they look great in the bottles! Thorned Rose is not a colour I would have picked myself, it is pretty though and look better in reality than in pictures. I don't own anything like it so it'll definitely be interesting to try it out. I'm a sucker for pastels so I've been looking forward to the Sweet collection. Gumdrop and Lollipop are my spontanious favourites out of the three I recieved. I hadn't planned on buying Cotton Candy at all as I thought it'd be a straight pastel pink, but it kind of has a peachy tone which makes it much more appealing to me. Going to be interesting to see how these look on the nails!
*Products courtesy of LaForce + Stevens
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Nail Art: Leaf Nails
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Hi guys!
Got an archive manicure for you today! Some of you might have already seen this, it was my entry for Jamie from Nail Art Tuesdays nail art contest back in september. I won the peoples vote part of the contest and I'd like to say a very late thank you to all of you who voted for me :)
Materials L to R: China Glaze L8R G8R, Nameless 2-way nail art glitters in Gold, Orange, Red with gold glitter and Black. Topped it all off with a thick coat of my beloved Poshé
I love making glitter gradations, you'll definitely see more of those here!
Thanks for reading!
Got an archive manicure for you today! Some of you might have already seen this, it was my entry for Jamie from Nail Art Tuesdays nail art contest back in september. I won the peoples vote part of the contest and I'd like to say a very late thank you to all of you who voted for me :)
Materials L to R: China Glaze L8R G8R, Nameless 2-way nail art glitters in Gold, Orange, Red with gold glitter and Black. Topped it all off with a thick coat of my beloved PoshéI love making glitter gradations, you'll definitely see more of those here!
Thanks for reading!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Nail Art: Christmasy!
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Hi everyone!
I decided to do some nailart on yesterdays NOTD, and what is better on red nails than gold for a Christmas feel?
For this I used China Glaze passion with Konad m73, a thin striper brush and a dotting tool.
I really suck at using the striper brush, it's like it's too stiff and dont want to follow the line I want.
Not sure if I need a new brush or just practice :)
I love using the Romantique polishes with konad, they're really opaque and give crisp lines. Excuse the tipwear, been wearing Short and Sassy for a bit now.
China Glaze Short & Sassy and China Glaze Passion. And a very wrinkled background, any ideas on how to iron/straighten polyester? It's like it has a thin plastic coating on it and I'm afraid it'll melt :(
Special Guest Paw: Siri!
Thanks for reading!
I decided to do some nailart on yesterdays NOTD, and what is better on red nails than gold for a Christmas feel?
For this I used China Glaze passion with Konad m73, a thin striper brush and a dotting tool.
I really suck at using the striper brush, it's like it's too stiff and dont want to follow the line I want.
Not sure if I need a new brush or just practice :)
I love using the Romantique polishes with konad, they're really opaque and give crisp lines. Excuse the tipwear, been wearing Short and Sassy for a bit now.
China Glaze Short & Sassy and China Glaze Passion. And a very wrinkled background, any ideas on how to iron/straighten polyester? It's like it has a thin plastic coating on it and I'm afraid it'll melt :(
Special Guest Paw: Siri!Thanks for reading!
Monday, November 30, 2009
NOTD: China Glaze Short and Sassy
7:26 PM | Posted by
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Happy Monday!
Wow at all the new followers! Hi guys! Hope you'll enjoy my blog =)
Today I was going to show you this beauty, Zoya Trixie
But the pictures of my mani turned out blurry and just horrible, so you get a bottle pic and the color I'm currently wearing instead!
Short and Sassy by China Glaze
Short and Sassy is a gorgeous lit from within red, a little bit darker and more brown toned than what my picture shows. This was 2 coats and it applied like a dream, easier than finding Paris Hilton upskirt pictures on the internet!
This is a part of the Retro Diva collection, and I love almost every color in it! You'll see more from that collection soon.
Thanks for reading!
Wow at all the new followers! Hi guys! Hope you'll enjoy my blog =)
Today I was going to show you this beauty, Zoya Trixie
But the pictures of my mani turned out blurry and just horrible, so you get a bottle pic and the color I'm currently wearing instead!
Short and Sassy by China Glaze
Short and Sassy is a gorgeous lit from within red, a little bit darker and more brown toned than what my picture shows. This was 2 coats and it applied like a dream, easier than finding Paris Hilton upskirt pictures on the internet!
This is a part of the Retro Diva collection, and I love almost every color in it! You'll see more from that collection soon.
Thanks for reading!
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