Claire's Mood polish in Awesome/Silly
Hi ladies!
My plaid nails manicure got me so much attention at work which was so funny. Nearly all the patients commented on them and my favourite was that "they look grouse!" which is Aussie slang for great or terrific haha. Even the male registrars were like "What's up with your nails??" and they can be pretty unobservant and caught up in their own world at the best of times! One of my colleagues actually thought I had gotten bored at work and used liquid paper to draw the white lines to decorate my nails!! HAHA. That's the fun of working in a hospital with all sorts of people =p
Anyway, my nails have finally grown out a little so I decided to try out Claire's Mood polish in Awesome/Silly which I got in my swap with Chris from Lacquer Ware for Tips and Toes! I've been lemming these ever since I saw them swatched on nail blogs and I was so excited to receive them from Chris and to finally give it a go myself! I used to love mood rings as a kid so what could be cooler than mood polish??!!
Awesome/Silly is dark pink and light pink colour combination with a tiny bit of shimmer through it. I found the formula a little streaky on the 1st 2 coats so I used 3 coats to even it out. I got some little bald spots too which are more obvious in the Silly pic. It dries to a semi-matte finish so the drying time was very quick. The pics below are 3 coats topped with a coat of Nailene Acrylic Strong Topcoat.
Awesome (when cold):
The colour changes:
Silly (when warm):
I love both the colours and I couldn't stop staring at my nails today! The colour change is just so awesome. I didn't find the formula that easy to use (maybe it was from travelling in the post?) but I don't care because this is THE coolest polish!!
I'm currently (slowly) tallying up the results of my 200 followers giveaway - please give me some time as work has had me totally exhausted this week. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thanks for looking as always =)
My plaid nails manicure got me so much attention at work which was so funny. Nearly all the patients commented on them and my favourite was that "they look grouse!" which is Aussie slang for great or terrific haha. Even the male registrars were like "What's up with your nails??" and they can be pretty unobservant and caught up in their own world at the best of times! One of my colleagues actually thought I had gotten bored at work and used liquid paper to draw the white lines to decorate my nails!! HAHA. That's the fun of working in a hospital with all sorts of people =p
Anyway, my nails have finally grown out a little so I decided to try out Claire's Mood polish in Awesome/Silly which I got in my swap with Chris from Lacquer Ware for Tips and Toes! I've been lemming these ever since I saw them swatched on nail blogs and I was so excited to receive them from Chris and to finally give it a go myself! I used to love mood rings as a kid so what could be cooler than mood polish??!!
Awesome/Silly is dark pink and light pink colour combination with a tiny bit of shimmer through it. I found the formula a little streaky on the 1st 2 coats so I used 3 coats to even it out. I got some little bald spots too which are more obvious in the Silly pic. It dries to a semi-matte finish so the drying time was very quick. The pics below are 3 coats topped with a coat of Nailene Acrylic Strong Topcoat.
Awesome (when cold):
The colour changes:
Silly (when warm):
I love both the colours and I couldn't stop staring at my nails today! The colour change is just so awesome. I didn't find the formula that easy to use (maybe it was from travelling in the post?) but I don't care because this is THE coolest polish!!
I'm currently (slowly) tallying up the results of my 200 followers giveaway - please give me some time as work has had me totally exhausted this week. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thanks for looking as always =)
Plaid nails manicure
Hi ladies!
Here is my attempt at plaid nails inspired by the lovely Asami's plaid nail tutorial . Asami always has the prettiest nail designs and her tutorials are fantastic! I love the look of plaid and these nails are so cute and perfect for winter. My version is nowhere as neat as Asami's unfortunately =( But I gave it my best shot!
I used Catrice London's Weather Forecast which I got in my awesome swap with Inge as the base. This is no ordinary grey polish! It's a lovely dark grey with silver shimmer, perfect for winter and should be renamed Sydney's weather forecast for the day because of the weather here at the moment - wet, grey and dreary! Application was OK, if I had been more careful I probably could have gotten away with 1 thick coat. Below is 2 thinnish coats without topcoat. I find the Catrice brushes decent to use but I tend to be a little more careful when applying the polish. Drying time was very good!
I used BYS Black Satin to paint a big stripe for each nail and then used Kiss striping polish in white (read my review here) to do the thin stripes. The mani also matched my work clothes today which was totally unintentional!
What do you think? Thanks for looking! =D
Here is my attempt at plaid nails inspired by the lovely Asami's plaid nail tutorial . Asami always has the prettiest nail designs and her tutorials are fantastic! I love the look of plaid and these nails are so cute and perfect for winter. My version is nowhere as neat as Asami's unfortunately =( But I gave it my best shot!
I used Catrice London's Weather Forecast which I got in my awesome swap with Inge as the base. This is no ordinary grey polish! It's a lovely dark grey with silver shimmer, perfect for winter and should be renamed Sydney's weather forecast for the day because of the weather here at the moment - wet, grey and dreary! Application was OK, if I had been more careful I probably could have gotten away with 1 thick coat. Below is 2 thinnish coats without topcoat. I find the Catrice brushes decent to use but I tend to be a little more careful when applying the polish. Drying time was very good!
I used BYS Black Satin to paint a big stripe for each nail and then used Kiss striping polish in white (read my review here) to do the thin stripes. The mani also matched my work clothes today which was totally unintentional!
What do you think? Thanks for looking! =D
Swap with Inge from Polishsis
June/July has been a major swapping month for me, I am so lucky to be able to to try so many polishes I would never be able to purchase myself =) Swapping is just so much fun! Thank you to all the lovely ladies who responded to my post last month! Here is another wonderful swap for you that I did with the fabulous Inge from PolishSis that arrived this week.
Aren't the colours Inge chose for me great! I love Werther's Originals sweets so they are all gobbled up already =p
The polishes were all wrapped so beautifully. I didn't want to open them up however I did of course but very carefully!
From L - R:
Catrice Plum Play With Me, London's Weather Forecast and GOSH Ocean. Isn't the GOSH stunning? I don't have any other blues like this so I'm so happy to add it to my collection. And more Catrice to play with yay!
From L - R:
Essence Return to Paradise in my little orchid and Essence Colour & Go in Sundancer and Hypnotic Poison. Inge also very sweetly included a very pretty purple Essence Return to Paradise lipgloss for me =)
From L - R:
Hema polishes in 81, 82 and 205. I've been lemming after Hema polishes for some time now after seeing them on Inge's blog. Thank you Inge for crossing these off my wishlist!
Unfortunately I ruined my last manicure using Adamo 83 which gave me a great excuse to try out Hema 81. It looks like an unassuming but very pretty blue in the bottle, so imagine my surprise when I opened it up to find that it was a jelly!! It is absolutely gorgeous on the nail and I love it. Application was a dream and below is 2 coats for opacity. No clean up needed either! I didn't want to konad or do anything much over the top of this beautiful colour, so I just added a rose water decal from Viva La Nails on my accent fingers. If other Hema's apply like this and are just as gorgeous as 81 I want more >.<
Thank you so so much for this awesome swap Inge! I cannot wait to do manicures with all the other colours =)
Thanks for looking! Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here! It ends tonight so get your entries in!
Aren't the colours Inge chose for me great! I love Werther's Originals sweets so they are all gobbled up already =p
The polishes were all wrapped so beautifully. I didn't want to open them up however I did of course but very carefully!
From L - R:
Catrice Plum Play With Me, London's Weather Forecast and GOSH Ocean. Isn't the GOSH stunning? I don't have any other blues like this so I'm so happy to add it to my collection. And more Catrice to play with yay!
From L - R:
Essence Return to Paradise in my little orchid and Essence Colour & Go in Sundancer and Hypnotic Poison. Inge also very sweetly included a very pretty purple Essence Return to Paradise lipgloss for me =)
From L - R:
Hema polishes in 81, 82 and 205. I've been lemming after Hema polishes for some time now after seeing them on Inge's blog. Thank you Inge for crossing these off my wishlist!
Unfortunately I ruined my last manicure using Adamo 83 which gave me a great excuse to try out Hema 81. It looks like an unassuming but very pretty blue in the bottle, so imagine my surprise when I opened it up to find that it was a jelly!! It is absolutely gorgeous on the nail and I love it. Application was a dream and below is 2 coats for opacity. No clean up needed either! I didn't want to konad or do anything much over the top of this beautiful colour, so I just added a rose water decal from Viva La Nails on my accent fingers. If other Hema's apply like this and are just as gorgeous as 81 I want more >.<
Thank you so so much for this awesome swap Inge! I cannot wait to do manicures with all the other colours =)
Thanks for looking! Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here! It ends tonight so get your entries in!
Adamo 83 leafy silver NOTD
Nail swapping is so much fun! It's so wonderful getting to know ladies from across the globe over a shared love of nail polish. I now have SO many untried polishes now that I am determined not to purchase any new polishes until I go to HK in November! We'll see how I go sticking to it lol but I just have so many lovely overseas lacquers to try yay! Here's my quick NOTD using the Greek polishes I received from Christina from Cel's blog.
I used Adamo 83 which is a gorgeous bright pink creme. The formula is a little thick so I added 1 drop of Seche Restore which did the trick. I had to be careful to not go over my strokes as it would create tiny bald spots but nothing too difficult =) The 1st coat was streaky so I did 2 coats which is pictured below without topcoat and it dried to a high gloss finish. It's such a pretty pink! It's just bright enough without being too in your face. I also love the fact that these bottles contain a whopping 16mls of polish! Most polishes are between 10-15mls only. Just a little trivia!
I then konaded the full nail leaf design from Bundle Monster plate BM20 using Erre Due 197. 197 is a frosty silver polish that stamped really well for me. Over the pink it came out very subtly which is great for the Bundle Monster full nail designs as they cover so much of the nail. You can just see the design as it catches the light =)
Hope you like it! Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here! It ends tomorrow!
I used Adamo 83 which is a gorgeous bright pink creme. The formula is a little thick so I added 1 drop of Seche Restore which did the trick. I had to be careful to not go over my strokes as it would create tiny bald spots but nothing too difficult =) The 1st coat was streaky so I did 2 coats which is pictured below without topcoat and it dried to a high gloss finish. It's such a pretty pink! It's just bright enough without being too in your face. I also love the fact that these bottles contain a whopping 16mls of polish! Most polishes are between 10-15mls only. Just a little trivia!
I then konaded the full nail leaf design from Bundle Monster plate BM20 using Erre Due 197. 197 is a frosty silver polish that stamped really well for me. Over the pink it came out very subtly which is great for the Bundle Monster full nail designs as they cover so much of the nail. You can just see the design as it catches the light =)
Hope you like it! Don't forget to enter my 200 followers giveaway here! It ends tomorrow!
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