Blue Green Gradient with Penélope Luz - Confetti

Hi there! I'm still alive and not going anywhere. If only the eczema on my fingers would disappear... I'm sick of it. The mani I'm showing you today is not one of my favourites, but it sure is bright and cheery! I started with applying an untried: OPI - Did It On 'Em. The formula was disappointing, three coats were needed for a streak-free result. On top of that, it's a very unflattering shade on me. I decided to do a gradient, with a england - Galahad, because gradients have the power to make everything better. I finished with one coat of Penélope Luz - Confetti.

Looks like Confetti is a Floam dupe, awesome!

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Curved Chevron & Shimmer Polish - Elsa

Oh, I love this mani! The colours, the combination of finishes and hey.. I see glitter. ♥ I used two coats of Essie - School of Hard Rocks and I added curved chevron tips with 2030 from China Glaze. On my ring finger nail I'm wearing Shimmer Polish - Elsa, a perfect match with gold, teal and red glitter. I can't get over how blingy and beautiful it is...

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PS I'm sorry for posting so little lately. The eczema on my fingers keeps bugging me, most of the time it's not a pretty sight. :( I can't say the weather is very helpful, so I'm hoping a change of season (warmth, yes please!) will make it disappear.

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Dots 'n' Roses - Teal Version

Today I'm showing you a re-creation of one of my favourite manicures (click). As you can see I used mostly teal coloured nail polishes. This is just so interesting to look at, I love it!

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products used

pinky: China Glaze - For Audrey

ring finger: Diamond Cosmetics - Don't Teal My Heart Away, Konad plate m65, Konad Special Nail Polish in White

middle finger: China Glaze - Optical Illusion ♥

index finger: OPI - My Boyfriend Scales Walls, China Glaze - For Audrey, dotting tool

thumb (not pictured): same design as the ring finger

P.S. I wanted to let you guys know that I'm taking a little blogging break. My husband and I are going to the beautiful Italian island Sicily for a couple of weeks. 8) Take care and see you soon!

Cirque - Epoch

Today I'm showing you Epoch from the brand Cirque. Epoch has a shimmery duochrome finish and shifts from dark teal to purple. It's a real stunner, I love it! Epoch was easy to apply and dried fast, I used three thin coats. 

Epoch is part of Cirque's Dark Horse collection. This handmade collection is available on the Cirque website and locally in New York at Annie's stand at Hester Street Fair. Prices range from $12 to $16 (13.2 ml).

Some useful links:

Cirque's Facebook page

www.hesterstreetfair.com 

www.facebook.com/hesterstreetfair

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Gussied Up Green On Steroids

My 'inspiration' for this layering was this mani. Lately I love combining shimmery and prismatic nail polishes. I applied three coats of Gussied Up Green from China Glaze and one coat of Speciallità - Hera. Hera is really pretty on her own, but layered over a dark colour she's magical! :d

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Essie - School of Hard Rocks & CND Effects - Crimson Sparkle

The two nail polishes I used here were part of my last Transdesign order and I just couldn't wait to wear them. I'm not sure if this is the best combination, but I do know both polishes are a-ma-zing. Essie - School of Hard Rocks is a dusty greenish teal creme. A difficult colour to photograph, so it's obviously the perfect choice to wear when you're learning to work with a new camera. :|| SoHR looks more greyed out/dustier in real life, it's a beautiful shade that appeals to me a lot! Formula was great, I applied two coats. Then I added one coat of Crimson Sparkle from the CND Effects range. I'm telling you nothing new, but the Effects polishes from CND really are the bomb!

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Dangerous Rainbow

I felt a bit uninspired today. Then, as I was looking through my Helmer drawers, I spotted Rainbow from Gosh. Perfect! I applied two coats of p2 - Dangerous and one thin coat of Rainbow. Flakies :L

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a england - Saint George

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You have no idea how excited I am about the new collection, called 'The Legend', from the brand a england. The story behind this collection appeals to me a lot, because Saint George is the patron saint of the city I live in. The city's oldest preserved seal dates back to the 14th century; this seal shows Saint George attacking the dragon to save princess Sabra (you can see her on the right). Fun to see, don't you think? Now it feels like this collection really comes to life!

Today I'm showing you Saint George. Wow, wow, wow! I love everything about it; the rich and deep colour, the prismatic sparkles, the formula... Perfection. It applied like butter, two easy coats for beautiful green nails. My new go-to polish for sure. Or am I too quick? I have more Legends lovelies to show you, can't wait to try them!

The Legend will be available soon on the a england website. Oh, and don't forget to take a look at The Mythicals. ♥

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Speciallità - Apolo & Comparison

Well, what can I say..? Anóther stunner from Speciallità! Apolo is a deep, tealish blue coloured polish with a beautiful and strong rainbow effect. Just how I like it, Apolo rocks! The formula was good, I applied two coats, no top coat.

This is how Apolo looks next to Glamour from OPI's Designer Series. Both eyecatchers, but as you can see no dupes!

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Speciallità - Hera

Another stunner from Speciallità's Hits No Olimpo collection: Hera. This nail polish has a bright teal coloured base with fine prismatic particles. The prismatic effect is insane, I wish I could have captured all its beauty on a photograph. I'm madly in love with this one, seriously.. could it get better than this? ♥ The formula was nice, no application issues with Hera (although the gigantic flat brush surprised me a little). I used two coats, no top coat.

The Hits No Olimpo polishes cost around $4 (for 6 ml) at Speciallità (the webshop is closed for the holidays till the 4th of January). You can also buy them for $10 a bottle at Llarowe. Please note that these nail polishes aren't Big 3 Free, they contain toluene and formaldehyde.

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Dangerous Duochrome

When I was applying Metallic Green from peripera for the first time I knew it would be great for stamping. I like how metallic stamping looks over a creme nail polish, so I applied two coats of P2 - Dangerous and I used the feathery/leafy design from plate BM-210. Great base colour, check; beautiful stamping design, check; awesome duochrome stamping, check! I am bedazzled... ♥

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Color Club: Wicked Sweet (Part III: green) + Kleancolor - Chunky Holo Teal

I have one polish from Color Club's Wicked Sweet collection left to show you, a green neon called The Lime Starts Here. The finish of this one is something between a jelly and a creme. I can certainly appreciate a good green neon on my nails and this one is hot (and looks much brighter in real life)! After trying the lemon scented highlighter yellow from the same collection I was afraid I wouldn't like the scent, but it's not bad at all. *phew* :)

The formula was great, I had no trouble with applying this one. The only downside is the sheerness, this is how it looks after applying three coats. 

Overall, I think this is a fun collection from Color Club: summery colours, different finishes and for me the scents really add something (the sour ones weren't my favourite, but that's taste related). Some of the polishes aren't the easiest to apply and you have to keep in mind most are sheer and require at least three coats.

I wanted to use one of the Chunky Holo's from Kleancolor, so I applied one coat of Chunky Holo Teal over the vibrant green. It would probably look better layered over a darker colour, but I really like the little pops of colour on top of The Lime Starts Here. Don't get me started on the scent though, the fruity scent of the Color Club polish mixed with the beloved Kleancolor smell: not good! ;)

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Dangerous Sparkles

I loved the sparkly tips I did last week so much I re-did them (without fimo this time, lol). This time I used P2 - Dangerous as the base colour (amazing polish!) and I sponged the tips with Charla from Zoya, another a-ma-zing polish. It looks like I dipped my nails in blue green sugar, yum! :O You can expect more of these sponged nails in the future, I love this look! And it's a nice way to refresh a mani and hide tipwear... ha!

The first pic is taken in sunlight to give you an idea how it sparkles (in real life there's a lot more sparkle-sparkle going on!), the second picture is taken indoors and the most colour accurate.

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Ombre Manicure

Last night I couldn't sleep and when I can't sleep my thoughts go everywhere, 'what am I going to wear tomorrow', 'what shall I put on my nails'.. Yeah, big worries, I know. :O 

I decided to make an ombre manicure. That was a big trend like a year ago, I'm thát slow in picking up trends, hehe. I can try to describe how to do it, but showing a picture is waaay easier!

The polishes I used (from thumb to pinkie): China Glaze-For Audrey, Catrice-I Sea You!, Catrice-Sea Of Green, Diamond Cosmetics-Don't Teal My Heart Away and P2-Dangerous.

Although it isn't the most ombre-like mani, I really like the result! It's also very fun to do; looking and testing what polishes would be nice together. If you're slow in picking up trends like me and haven't tried this mani yet, you should! :i

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OPI - Glacier Bay Blues

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On my nails at the moment: OPI - Glacier Bay Blues (don't you love that name? I do! :L). This is a black label OPI, meaning one of their older polishes with the non-big three free formulation. GBB is a duochrome or actually a multichrome with a teal coloured base. Depending on the angle of your nails and the lighting you will see teal, a beautiful dark blue and purple. Those three colours are clearly visible in the bottle as you can see. The purple on my nails was hard to catch on camera, but it's definitely there! I like it very much. It reminds me strongly of Nubar Peacock Feathers, but that one is a bit darker, with a more mossy green flash instead of the teal flash GBB has.

The application was ok. You just have to keep in mind that it is a black label OPI (often thin and less pigmented). This is three coats with topcoat.

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