Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Nailart: Pink glitter party nails




My latest design. These are actually my birthday nails! I love glitter and i love pink, so this is THE perfect combo for me!
Thanks for watching and have a great day!
xx

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Essence Crystalliced

Hello you all!

Last week Essence released their limited edition "Cristalliced".
I got my hands on 3 of the polishes. The first time i went, they didn't have it in the store yet, the second time, of course, not all was available anymore! So i got 3 out of the 4 polishes they sold. I think there may be a 5th according to one of the pictures i've posted. Anyway, let's take a look at them.

The first one is a purple-isch one. I didn't like the brushes this time, i don't know why. This one is called "It's a snow-woman's world". I applied 2 coats and no topcoat.





The second one is a blue one. I applied 3 coats, no topcoat, and i think it actually needs 4. It's called "Ice eyes baby". I don't know what went on with this polish, but it came out all bumpy and stuff....






The last one, this one is my fave of all three. It's a pink colour. It's called "Ice christals on my window". I applied 3 coats and finished with seche vite topcoat.






In the picture below you can see which colors seem to be out, but my store had only 4 colors. The 3 colors i swatched are the numbers 1, 2 and 4.






To give my mani something extra i applied some waterdecals. Those are available at bornprettystore.com. Click HERE to go directly to the waterdecals.




Thanks for watching ;-)

Waterdecals were send to me for review purposes.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Swatch: Mavala Berlin 12

My 3rd swatch from Mavala. I really like this nailpolish. It dries quite quickly and the brush is good to work with. Although i think the bottles are pretty small, it 5ml (17 fl.oz.) This swatch takes 2 coats and it's without topcoat.
This time it's a beautiful grey color. It's not a dark grey, but it isn't a light grey...it's exactly in between. Well...just judge for yourself what you think of it....



Inside light




Outside  light




Inside light


After swatching this beautiful color i decided to do some nailart. It's an inspired design. Click HERE to go directly to the tutorial on my YouTube channel. 
After i finished the nailart i added a matte topcoat. I haven't used this before, but i really love the result!




Wednesday, January 11, 2012

nailXchange: GUESS THE NUMBER OF BOTTLES CONTEST!

nailXchange: GUESS THE NUMBER OF BOTTLES CONTEST!: Are you all ready for my next CONTEST ?! This time around, I would like for you to guess how many bottles of lacquer you think there are ...

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Mavala Lagoon 153

My next Mavala swatch is Lagoon (153). I applied 2 coats, and it's without a topcoat because i've added some waterdecals and nailart on top. It's really a beautiful color. It's a seagreen color.

After polishing my nails i've used some waterdecals. These are from Bornprettystore.com. These were send to me for review purposes. The waterdecals are sooo cool! It's really easy to use and apply them. Feel free to check out their website. And if you order anything, don't forget to use my discount code:

http://www.bornprettystore.com/ site-wide 5% off coupon code CAK31





Click HERE to check out the video to see how i created this design.

The Polished Perfectionist: Giveaway Time!

The Polished Perfectionist: Giveaway Time!: That's right, I'm having a giveaway! The start of a new year, passing the 2000 (!) follower mark.. time to celebrate me thinks. And the priz...

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Lush Lemony Flutter

I recently read a lot of posts about Lush Lemony Flutter. The miracle for your cuticles. My cuticles aren't that bad at all, but i like to pamper them anyway. I also read it's good to use for dry spots, like your elbows or feet. So i decided i was going to order it online. Darn....sold out! Which i could have think of, because many people use it this time of year. Then, let check out where they have any stores. Oh my gosh, only 8 stores in my country....what the....i can't believe it, one is in my town! Wooohoooo! My neighbour girl was going there that afternoon, what a coincidence! So, now i'm the proud owner of a can of Lemony Flutter. Of course i couldn't wait to use it. It's awesome, really! The smell....hmmm....i don't know. At first you smell a great lemon sence, but it ends with a sort of creamy sence...i don't know how to explain. It's not a real bad smell, but also not one of my favorite... It leaves a thin layer of oil. You have to like that and i DO! For those who don't i recommend using it before going to bed at night. It's an all natural product. I took some pictures, also of the ingredients so you can see what they used to create this product.



As soon as it reached my hands i openend it and tried something.


In this last picture you can see which ingredients they have used and who made it LOL I thought that was so funny. Imagine your "cartoon" sticker on this can, hehehe.



I will keep you all updated about this. I received this yesterday, so when i'm using this for a week i will tell you if anythings changed my cuticles. I may use my hubby as a experimental subject, because he does have very dry cuticles. I will make a before and after picture (if i can convince him to co-operate LOL)

Thank you for taking the time to read this!