How to use: Better than gel nails

How to use it!

REview: essence- STUDIO NAILS- Better than gel nails

 Let me present to you this professional kit from Essence for home made salon looking manicure! Studio nails- better than gel nails! This kit includes six products, that are easy to use and even more important, easy to remove nails. With no UV light and no damage to your own natural nails. Here are instructions:

Five easy steps and less than 15 minutes to achieve a perfect studio nail look:

Step 1

It’s important to clean your nails with the essence studio nails – better than gel nails nail file before application. This will remove excess oil and dirt to ensure particularly long-lasting results. The file is available for  2,29 €*

Step 2

Next, select a suitable tip-size and stick it onto the tip

of your natural nails using the especially fast-drying

glue included in the set.

Nail tips  2.29 €*.

Nail tip glue  2,29 €*

Step 3

When the artificial tip has dried a bit, remove the little tip-handle

by moving it up and down gently. Then file the nails into the

desired shape (with included file- step 2)

Step 4

Now it’s time to use the base coat: simply apply the transparent base coat on the prepped nails. This ensures that the artificial tips and the subsequent styling have an optimal, long-lasting effect. The base coat is available for  2.89 €*.

Step 5

And the final step is – your finish! There is a special, glossy top coat

to give your gel-nail look the perfect finishing touches and to seal

it so that it lasts longer. For an especially gorgeous look, apply two

coats. So head for your polish and you’re done!

Top coat  2.89 €*.

Nail tip remover 2.89 €*.

So, now we are ready to use it! First, I filed my nails with step 1 file, that is included in the kit. This step removed all resedue from my last manicure and all oils.

Than I got my tips ready...  I measured all tips against my natural tips and the numbers that works with me are (from thumb to pinky): 1, 5, 3, 7 and 9. Than I used glue on artificial tips to placed them on my nails...When using glue you have to be carefull to use tiny tany amount, because when you place tip down, the glue distributes it self on whole tip.

When I placed my tips, I pushed down with a toothpick to completly cover my nail tips. Than I went over with one coat of base sealer, waited to dry (couple of minutes) and applied two coats of top sealer. And VOILA, this is the resoult!

 My expectations about this kit were very high and I can truthfully say that I'm completly satisfied! I give this product BIG THUMBS UP and definitely 10 out of 10!!! Now I'll just have to wait and see if this manicure will last me 10 days and I'll keep you posted!

My first scotch tape manicure feat. China glaze Party Hearty

 With this manicure I'm trying out new way of manicures- scotch taped one. I got inspired by fellow blogger- Chloe, who does amazing manicures! Well, I decided to try this tehniqoue and I'm very satisfied with it. This is very easy way to acchieve perfect straight lines on your nails...

 My first try is diagonal line with China glaze Party Hearty glitters. As you see on the pic it is clear polish with silver and green rounded glitters and some red hexagon glitters. Very appropriate for Christmas times, but I used it anyway :-) I't new polish in my collection, lol!

I like it a lot and I can't wait to try some french tips... I just have to wait that my nails grow little longer...

Comparison between SINFULCOLORS- Innocent and OPI- Who the Shrek are you?

 I have another interesting comparison for you and as you see from the title above, it's between OPI and SINFUL COLORS. OPI as the more expensive version of polish and SINFUL COLORS as much more afordable polish.

 First you can see Innocent from Sinful- this is my first time wearing it and I already like it a lot. Here you can see one coat and it's full on coveredge. The brush is good, easy to use and the formula is a bit on thicker side, but I like that, because of the full coveredge. The brush doesn't leave any marks behing, the polish is not bubbly or anything. ALL GOOD!!!!

 Here is OPI's Shrek, which I have used before. And this two are great to compare one to another. Well, here I applied two coats and I should go even with the third one. The brushes from OPI I don't like as much as for example China glaze's, because it's just to big for me to handle. I made a big mess around my nails. The formula is runny and watery and it went all around my nails as soon as I applied it. So, another mess :-(

 Here is the picture side by side on direct light (no, today is no sun) and the bottom picture is just on day light. As you see, both have cream finish and on first glance there is not a big difference between them. But I think Innocent has more yellow undertone than Shrek has more green on green color.

 I like Innocent much more and as far as application goes, Innocent wins for me big time! Easier to use, drys out more quick and only with one coat you get much more color payoff. So, I think Shrek will go up for swap :-)

And which one is you favorite?

Beauty Line deluxe- no. 2

 I did some shopping yesterday and in KIK store I found this polish. It's from Beauty line Deluxe and it just has #2 on it. I already have some products from this brand and I like them all, especially one silver pigment for make up. It's super pigmented and very vibrant silver color. so, I decided to try some polishes, but unfortunatley they had only this one- in gold.

 It's has full coveredge, I applied only two coats. It's extra shiny, so I went over with Essie Matte over you, to toned it down just a bit. And I like the resould very much.

 The brush is great, so is the formula. I like the bottle and the price- only few € ( I believe it's 3€, but don't hold me on my word)!!!! How amazing is that ?!? Big thumbs up!

Funky fingers and New York Fashion

 Hey! Long time no read, huh? Well, as you see I cut off my nails, so that's why I don't do a lot of posts, because I don't like my short nails... But I swapped for some polishes latley and I can't wait to show them to you!

 Firts one is from FUNKY FINGERS, called Southampton seafoam. Beautifull baby blue color, with cream finish. Very similiar to CG For Audrey. Very easy to apply and on the pic you see two coats. I love the bottle and the brush, very easy to use. It also gives good coverage.

Than I applied french tips stickers on the roots of my nails, to create moon shape, but those didn't work so well, they were coming off big time, so this one is not so good... I hope the next try will be better. So, I went over with New York Fashion polish called Hot baby blue. In real life difference between them is very visible, so the picture does not give them justice. Well, I leave this one for couple of days, so stay tuned for more new colors :-)))

Orly Space cadet

 I finally got this one! I've heared so much great reviews about this one and I can totaly see why. OMG, what a unique nail polish!

 This one has a duochrome finish, but with more colors than two :-) Can we say multichrome finish :-)? Well, in different angles you can see gold, green and purple color with shimmers in it.

 I tried to capture all the colors and I think the rainbow on my nails is really visible. Application is super easy and smooth. I love the brush, easy to use and you have great control of the application.

 I applied two coats of it, but I think I could went even with third one. Well, that's it, I'm super pumped about this one :-)

P2 Crackling topcoat - SILVER BLAST

 

 Today I have very funky looking manicure for you. As you see it has a crackling effect, which is very popular at the moment and I can see why. I got two P2 crackling polishes and I decided to try silver one first.

 As my base color I choose WHITE HYPE from Black&White limited collection from Essence, which I was presenting in my prevous post. I have to tell you this is one of the best white polishes I have ever tried and believe me, I tried a lot of white polishes, because I was looking for one that is really white, without applying 3 or 4 coats. Here I applied only two coats of white and you can see it is full on white! Next thing is that this on thicker side of polishes, maybe it would be even good for Konading...

Newt I used my new crackling nail polish from P2, in silver. It super easy to apply, application doesn't even have to perfect, because when it's dry you won't see any mistakes. It super fast drying, this manucire was dry in about 3 to 4 minutes. I didn't used any topcoat, because I think this way it just looks better.

KIK jewelry

Yesterday I did a little shopping in KIK store and becase I was kinda in a hurry, I just flew buy all the clothes (I saw some great stuff!!!) and stopped by the jewelry shelves and this two items just jumped into my cart :-))))







First is silver long chain with this interesting pendant, that is kinda twisted and swirly :-)  And it only costed 5€.












Second one is more my style, because it's a bit african :-))) It's on black braded necklace with this amazing pendant, that looks like elephant tusk. Awsome, right :-) ? And this one was even cheaper, 2€!

Me happy :-)))

Essence BLACK&WHITE limited edition

 Today I'm presenting you new limited collection from Essence, called BLACK & WHITE. As name says itself, this collection contains only two colored products, black and white. This collection has a lot of products, but only this ones catched my eye! Whole collection has: 2 mono eyeshadows, 2 nail polishes, 2 jumbo eye pencils, 1 duo eye pencil, 2 different lashes, 2 different nail stickers and nail file and top coat.

 I bought both nail polishes, one in black and second in white, obviously :-) and also top coat. #01 is called BLACK OUT and it's simple plain black color polish with cream finish and #2 is called WHITE HYPE, also cream finish. Top coat is called  MAKE ME HOLO and it's very interestig looking top coat. It looks like pearl color, but we'll see how it works as top coat.

 Next are two mono eyeshadows, first is BLACK OUT and second WHITE HYPE. They both have silky finish (as it says on the container) and I hope they are well pigmented, I have to try them out.

Last item is due eye pencil, with both, black an white eye pencils. I will use this one on my upper and lower waterline and I hope it's long lasting!
Did you get something from this collection? I will also try some nail stickers, one design also cought my eye, but stay tuned for this one :-)

New Year's eve manicure feat. OPI BLACK SHATTER

 Hi! Long time no read, a? Well, here I am, I'm back :-) Today I would like to present to you this amazing nail polish from OPI called Black shatter. As you see it has crackled effect! Awsome, right?

 Last week I was in Ljubljana and I went to Muller and ofcourse I saw new polishes from OPI that I just couldn't passed by... And this one was the only one left so I bought it. This one was a bit expensive for my taste - 13€, but I'm not disappointed at all! It was worth buying it!

 Well, as my base color I used China glaze- Millennium- plane silver color. It should be completly dry, before I used OPI, but as you see on the pictures, I was too fast with OPI application, so the crackles are also on my base color. So, I can't stress enough, you MUST wait to your base color is COMPLETLY dry, before you use any crackled nail polish.

 Well, because I was too fast, this manicure is not so perfect as it should be, but oh well.... Here it is anyways! So, when your base color is dry, than you just apply OPI over it and wait for it to dry. And as it drys, the crakles appears! Simple as that! Than I just applied clear topcoat and this manicure was done!

But next time I'll wait that my base color will be completly dry and it will be much better. You'll see it in my next post :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!