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• OPI New York City Ballet Collection - Review and swatches

  20 April 2012 ( #Silver, #French manicure, #OPI, #Glitter, #Jelly, #Beige, #White, #Pink, #Layering )

  Hello my lovelies! I'm excited to finally show you OPI New York City Ballet Collection. It took some time to get it from US so that's why I'm showing it to you a bit late. But hey - better late than never, right? Big thanks to Karen from Frazzle and Aniploish...

• Nicole by OPI Texture coats - review and swatches of last six shades

  29 April 2012 ( #Silver, #Crackling polish, #Blue, #Turquoise, #Red, #Nicole by OPI, #Gold, #Black, #White )

  Hi everybody! Today I'll show you the rest of the Texture coats that Nicole by OPI offers... Turquoise Texture - vibrant turquoise Texture coat. Awesome bright shade that stands out the best over white and black. It looks like metallic finish...crackled...

• Catrice Return Of Space Cowboys and ¿Holo Qué Tal?! spectacular combo!

  05 July 2012 ( #Catrice, #Blue, #Glass Flecks, #Creme, #A England, #Purple, #Black, #Pink, #Aqua )

  Hello lovelies!Oooh, I have something very special today! Thanks to one special lady from Holland I got my paws on Catrice Return Of Space Cowboys and ¿Holo Qué Tal?! from Million Styles collection! I'll show you both! Both are basically glass flecks...

• Buttercups nail art manicure with tutorial! Featuring SpaRitual Optical Illusion

  18 July 2012 ( #Acrylic paint, #SpaRitual, #Glass Flecks, #Tutorials, #Yellow, #Green, #Nail Art, #How to, #Rimmel )

  Hello lovelies!Today is a great Summer Challenge topic - Buttercups! Buttercups are little bright yellow flowers which I tried to paint on my nails :) I've also tooks pictures as I painted the nails because I had some requests to show how I do shading...

• Gradient tape manicure with Sparitual Slate and Gold collection

  22 September 2012 ( #SpaRitual, #Glass Flecks, #Metallic, #Gold, #Brown, #Shimmer, #Nail Art, #Bronze, #Grey )

  Hello lovelies, It's almost here! I'm so excited about tomorrow's beauty exhibition I hope I'll be able to get some sleep. I already have a list of polishees I want to get and OPI Skyfall is on the list! I'm also hoping for China Glaze Bohemian collection...

• HJ Manicure Festive Collection polishes - Review and swatches

  29 November 2012 ( #Gradient, #Silver, #HJ, #Red, #Metallic, #Glitter, #Brown, #Shimmer, #Nail Art )

  Hello lovelies,Today I am trying a completely new brand to me. It's a British brand called HJ Manicure. I think it's really important to raise awareness of new brands. About the brand: "HJ Manicure is a new luxurious boutique nail care range which launched...

• 'Come on summer' dotticure with Sparitual polishes!

  29 January 2013 ( #SpaRitual, #Dotticure, #Blue, #Creme, #Red, #Berry, #Jelly, #Nail Art, #Pink )

  Hello lovelies, Hope you're all well :) I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to summer so at least I've created this 'summer dotticure'. I have used SpaRitual Calm & Clear from the new Meditate collection (reviewed here), Henna from pigment collection...

• Zoya Lovely Spring 2013 Collection - Review and swatches

  04 February 2013 ( #Zoya, #Blue, #Creme, #Yellow, #Purple, #Pastel, #Green, #Shimmer, #Pink )

  Hello lovelies,I can't wait for spring so at least this new Zoya collection brings it little closer to me. The Zoya Lovely collection consists of six shades - three pastel cremes and three shimmers. Blu - pale pastel blue creme. It's a lovely blue shade...

• Another patterned manicure featuring Zoya Blu! Includes two tutorials!

  05 February 2013 ( #Zoya, #Zentangle, #Acrylic paint, #Blue, #Creme, #Tutorials, #Black, #Nail Art, #How to )

  Hello lovelies,I continue with exploring the waters of patterned nails and today I've got here two patterns with tutorials! I couldn't find the name and the original creator of the first (top) pattern so feel free to let me know and I'll credit properly....

• Splatter Manicure featuring OPI Euro Centrale colours. Includes TUTORIAL!

  19 March 2013 ( #Blue, #Turquoise, #Creme, #Tutorials, #OPI, #White, #Nail Art, #How to, #Lavender )

  Hello lovelies,I haven't done any splatter manicure for a while, haven't I? I really liked how the colours in the OPI Euro Centrale collection matched together so I have used them in the following splatter mani :) I have used OPI Can’t Find My Czechbook,...

• Models Own swatches Part II

  07 September 2010 ( #Models Own, #Blue, #Creme, #Pearl, #Purple, #Green, #Shimmer, #Foil, #Grey )

  Here it comes - next swatches of the Models Own nail polishes :) Lime Green - creme pastel lime green. It was really nice to work with this colour, the application was smooth and polish was opaque so 2 coats were absolutely enough. It's an unsual colour...

• OPI Muppets Collection swatches - Part 2: Glitters

  04 December 2011 ( #Silver, #Blue, #OPI, #Purple, #Green, #Glitter, #Jelly, #Black, #Pink )

  Hi girls :) I finally swatched the whole Muppets collection :) Today is the summary of all the glitters. You can have a look at the Part 1: Colours if you haven't seen it already. All the glitters except Excuse Moi! were exactly the same only differed...

• Layering experiment: Facets of Fuchsia & Bad Romance with Revlon Star

  04 January 2012 ( #Silver, #Blue, #Revlon, #Purple, #Glitter, #Jelly, #Black, #Layering, #Deborah Lippmann )

  Hi girls :)In the previous post I've compared Revlon Facets of Fuchsia with Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance. Since they were almost identical I've used them as a base colour for another layering experiment. I've used one coat of Revlon Star (silver and blue...

• OPI Nicki Minaj mini Collection - Review, Swatches & Nail Art

  08 February 2012 ( #Silver, #Blue, #Creme, #OPI, #Yellow, #Glitter, #Black, #Nail Art, #Pink )

  Hello girls!I got my paws on OPI Nicki Minaj mini collection so here are the swatches :) In the beginning I didn't want to buy any of these because they are just not my colours but I thought what the heck, I'm a blogger and this is a new collection! :D...

• Gold flames manicure - with photo and video tutorial!

  21 April 2012 ( #Video, #Tutorials, #OPI, #Gold, #Brown, #Shimmer, #Nail Art, #Foil, #How to )

  Hi everybody! So many of you have asked me for a tutorial for this manicure and here it is! I've used OPI Base coat, 2 coats of OPI Wooden Shoe Like To Know? from Holland collection, Best Glue Ever, regular gold mylar foil and Seche Vite top coat. I wanted...

• Foil Graffiti and tape manicure with tutorial

  02 July 2012 ( #Models Own, #Tutorials, #Red, #Berry, #Purple, #Black, #Nail Art, #Foil, #How to )

  Hello lovelies,so yesterday I've shown you the 'graffiti' style foil nails and I've promised you a tutorial. Today is the second part of the whole mani where I've used tape and craft scissors to enhance the 'industrial' look. I've also created tutorial...

• A blue manicure for the World Diabetes Day 14 November

  14 November 2012 ( #Blue, #Creme, #OPI, #Glitter, #Black, #White, #Nail Art, #Layering, #China Glaze )

  Hello lovelies, so as you know today is the World Diabetes Day. I've decided to join the cause and paint my nails blue to raise awareness and show my support. I've been personally affected by diabetes as my dad has it and I can see what negative effects...

• Review and swatches of Darling Diva polishes (Ménage à Trois, BJ, Leprechaun's Gold, Sugar Rush)

  12 January 2013 ( #Darling Diva, #Neon, #Purple, #Green, #Glitter, #Holographic, #Gold, #Black, #Pink )

  Hello lovelies,My days of exploring indie brands continue, today I'll show you four Darling Diva polishes. I've got here awesome neon glitter polish, one for St. Patrick's Day and two Valentine's Day polishes! Carrie created the Darling Diva brand in...

• Models own swatches Part III

  17 September 2010 ( #Models Own, #Blue, #Teal, #Purple, #Green, #Glitter, #Shimmer, #Pink, #Grey )

  And the third part of Models Own swatches is here! So here we go:Peacock Green - shimmery greenish-blue, really teal, peacocky colour. It was opaque in three coats, which is a little shame but the colour is kinda worth it if you like teal shimmers :)...

• Barielle Gemstone Earth Collection - Review and swatches

  31 March 2012 ( #Silver, #Creme, #Olive, #Metallic, #Green, #Barielle, #Beige, #Shimmer, #Pink )

  Hello everybody! Today I will show you the whole Barielle Gemstone Earth Collection for spring 2012. It consists of five shades with creme and metallic finish. I couldn't find any official press release but as you can see, colours are inspired by Earth...

• Ozotic Elytra 529 over KIKO 379 & mattified! Includes Ozotic 529 Review

  14 June 2012 ( #Blue, #KIKO, #Creme, #Orange, #MASH Nails, #Purple, #Glitter, #Pink, #Ozotic )

  Hi everybody!I finally own Ozotic Elytra polishes!!! I absolutely love them in the bottle but they've disappointed me a bit on the nails. I will try more combinations so I can explore their full potential. Today I've layered Ozotic 529 over KIKO 379....

• China Glaze Metro Collection - Part 2: Downtown

  19 August 2011 ( #Blue, #Creme, #Red, #Yellow, #Green, #Glitter, #Jelly, #Grey, #China Glaze )

  Hello ladies :) It's time to show you the second part of the China Glaze Metro Collection - Downtown. This half of the collection if full of unusual shades. Downtown consists of the Skyscraper, Concrete Catwalk, Westside Warrior, Trendsetter, Loft-y Ambitions...

• Elegant half-moon nail art manicure with Models Own Jade Stone

  24 September 2012 ( #Orly, #Models Own, #Mint, #Creme, #A England, #Green, #Black, #White, #Nail Art )

  Hello lovelies, I've had this little idea in my head for ages and didn't get around to doing it until now. First I thought I would use some beige shade like Zoya Avery but then I got Models Own Jade Stone from lovely Vic. I couldn't resist! So for this...

• Wimbledon nail art tape manicure - Summer Challenge Day 22

  26 June 2012 ( #KIKO, #Creme, #OPI, #Purple, #Green, #Devilish Polish, #White, #Shimmer, #Nail Art )

  Hello lovelies!Today's post is all about Wimbledon. I don't care much about tennis but Wimbledon is today's topic of Summer Challenge so I caved in and created Wimbledon mani :) This manicure is inspired by Wimbledon logo which has green, purple and white...

• A Day at the Zoo with elephant nail art!

  25 July 2012 ( #Silver, #Black, #White, #Shimmer, #Nail Art, #Foil, #Layering, #Grey, #China Glaze )

  Hello lovelies, Another nail art ahead! Today's Summer Challenge topic is A Day at the Zoo. I've chosen to use China Glaze Elephant Walk and paint a little elephant on it with acrylic paint :) Some time ago I've received gold and silver sheets for nail...