Another tutorial I wanted to make was Chanel Inspired nails I did a while ago. I decided to go with same colors as before, because I loved it and now I'm loving it even more, because my nails are longer now. :i
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This video was easy to film and edit and I hope you'll like it. :$
I feel so elegant with this mani. :D
Nail Tek Foundation 2 China Glaze - Cheers to You / 2 coats
Let me know if you have already tried it out and what color combo is your favorite. :)
I think I'm done with video tutorials for some time now, because I have no idea what to film next. If there's a video you would like to see, let me know.
Few days ago I was spending my time on Tumblr checking nail art pictures, when I spotted this gorgeous manicure. Of course I googled more for details and after seeing more detailed pictures, I knew I had to try it myself. The manicure I'm talking about was done by Chanel and here's a picture.
http://www.vogue.co.uk
For the autumn/winter 2012-13 couture show, nails were painted in
a limited-edition Silver shade from 2007, before spring 2012's May was
applied in an oval shape.
Two colors that were used on Chanel Haute Couture Fall 2012 runway were Silver (2007, discontinued) and May (Spring 2012).
I don't own any of those, well I actually don't have any Chanel's nail polishes, because they're too expensive, so I decided to make something similar. :i
Two colors I decided to use were China Glaze Cheers to You and OPI Sparrow me the Drama. This is some kind of ruffian manicure but a lot easier version, because there is more free edge on sides of nails and with a flat brush like OPI has, you're done in 3 brush strokes. :)
I made lines even cleaner with brush soaked in remover. I gently removed the pink where needed without ruining the silver foil underneath, because foils really stick on nails. Of course you can always apply top coat over silver and before pink. to be really sure you won't ruin the base color with brush and remover.
I'm very excited to post this manicure today and I hope you'll like it too. :i I did my best to show you my both hands, but nothing can't compare to the original though... So, all you need is a metallic or foil silver and bubblegum pink and you can rock these as models did. ^_^
Let me know what do you think about Chanel's nails, would you wear them? :) Thanks for reading! :h
Edit - 20h September 2012 ~ Adding video tutorial :)
Let's continue with another beautiful polish from OPI's Holland collection. :e
Pedal faster Suzi! is a light pink with lavender undertones nail polish, packed with silver tiny shimmer. After first coat it was still sheer. My mom would definitely wear it with one coat only, because she just loves sheer shimmers. :D But of course I wanted an opaque look so I added 3 thin coats, even 2 thick would work (maybe the nail nail would be still slightly visible). Application is flawless, it dries fast and it looks gorgeous - subtle but special. <3
It's definitely more cool toned pink but it always show up too warm on pictures. :/ I hate when I can't capture the real color. :D Well, I did my best...
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OPI - Pedal Faster Suzi! / 3 coats
It looks so soft but the shimmer just pops out and makes it even more special! It's also great for those who're not allowed to wear bright or dark colors at work! :)
Well I must say I love it! <3 It's a perfect base for stamping too, I might stamp something over, we'll see. :) What do you think about Pedal faster Suzi!? Do you like soft pink like this? Did you get it?
Have a lovely day dear readers and followers and thanks for reading!
Temptation is part of OPI's Designer Series, which was released with DS Bold I think. I didn't want Bold, because I have Mrs. Claus (China Glaze) which is supposed to be its dupe, but I wanted this badly. :i I got this polish from Iris and I'm so happy she found it for me. <3 There's a lot of going on in this polish: navy dark sheer base with lots of blurple, purple and silver glitter.
When you check google photos of this beauty, you'll find lots of color inaccurate pictures, probably because this blurple is so hard to catch. I have so many photos where Temptation looks way to blue as in real. :/ You should definitely see this polish in person, so you'll know what I'm talking about. :D
Glitter in Temptation is very dense so 2 coats were enough. :) I wish it lasted longer, but next day after long shopping my nails were chipped. :/ I still didn't find a way to wear glitters longer, because usually the whole nail come off. :/ Maybe I should layer it over similar creme color so the glitter could have something under to stick better? Any tips?
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Nail Tek - Foundation 2
OPI - DS Temptation / 2 coats
Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer
Sometimes it looks more purple and sometimes more blue, depends on lightning. But I just simply adore this polish! <3
What do you think about this polish? Do you like it and own it?
Thanks for the lovely comments on my previous post and all suggestions you gave me are now on "to do list". :) It's absolutely great to hear what you think about my blog, what would you love to see from me, so it definitely gave me some ideas about my posts. :)
I was seeing manicure like this on Tumblr a couple of times and I was really interested to do it once. I actually did it once with studs but when I wanted them to seal with a TC the color came off and my manicure was ruined. But when genius Deniz from Emerald Sparkle did this manicure, I knew I should try it too. :D This is the manicure I'm still wearing and although I still have some swatches of two gorgeous polishes to show you, I need to show this one first. :i
I got so many compliments on this manicure, which always made my day. <3 It's so easy to make it, well all you need is a little bit of patience. :D First I didn't know what base color to pick but then I remembered Elsa's tweet that she would love to see a black mani with silver glitter. First I wanted to sponge a silver glitter but I really wanted to try this manicure out so I decided for black base and holographic glitter, I hope I won't disappoint you Elsa. :)
I started with a coat of Wet n Wild - Black Créme, best black polish ever. :) I didn't have patience to frame my nails with silver first so I decided to just place hexagonal silver holographic glitter around... I got glitter sample from Viva La Nails ages ago and I can't find them on their web page, but here you can see the glitters they have available at the moment. I'm not sure if they're thin like these I have but some colors really caught my attention. I prefer glitter over rhinestones, because they're thinner and the surface of a nail isn't bumpy as it would be with rhinestones.
I took a toothpick, put a layer of top coat and started placing the glitter around my nails. I was quickly done with my left hand but I have struggled a bit with my right hand, but I managed to place them as neatly as I could and I was very excited to see the lovely result. :)
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Nail Tek - Foundation 2 Wet n Wild - Black Créme / 1 coat
I like it better in person as on photos. :D My phone definitely see clearer than me, because those empty spots between glitter aren't so obvious and one of the line looks wonky but in person it looks just fine. :D It's so sparkly in person, I tried to show you all the rainbow going on on blurry picture but it's even more sparkly in person. :)
Let me know what do you think about these kinds of manicures. :) I love it this way but once I would love to have perfect framed nails just with nail polish but I think my hand isn't steady enough for perfect lines like that. :)
I'm so happy so many ladies decided to share a post for my blog. :e My nails are naked again, I just don't have patience to paint my nails when my wrist still doesn't cooperate with me, especially with holding things or writing. xo I hope I'll be back soon! :)
We're having Maria from Nails Made Simple here today. <3 Her nails are just amazing and she's just a cutie pie. :h Let's see what she decided to show us. :e
Hello to all of Ivana's fabulous readers! Its my pleasure to take over Ivana's blog for a day! woohoo ;) As soon as i was asked to be a guest for her blog the color Pink came to my mind BUT lets be real here.. no one can do Pink manis like Ivana so I didn't want to come here and make a fool out of myself ,So ill stick to what i love the most and that is GLITTER! oh yes! im a glitter lover! if it sparkles its mine . For NYE I went with one of my favorite glitters which is OPI-Crown Me Already from their Miss Universe collections 2011 ,this pretty gem is a clear base packed with silver fine glitter,slightly bigger silver glitter & hexagon shaped glitter which only means its a glitterbomb in your nails. Let's take a look shall we?
If you don't own this polish I suggest you put your shoes on and run to your local nail supply store and snag this polish its perfect for every occasion :) BTW this is only 2 coats & 1 coat of SV.
Ivana thank you so much for thinking of me when selecting your guest bloggers I hope i did you proud & didn't disappoint! :)
I wish you a very fast & painless recovery I miss your beautiful manis <3
xoxo
Maria
I went with Gold glitter and she picked Silver glitter for NYE. :i I totally forgot I have this one too, but now after I saw this beautiful swatches, I should wear it soon. I love wearing glitters, they've a special place in my heart, especially when you don't need lots of coats for full opacity. :L Btw Maria, Carmelo says HI! :P
Thank you so much for this lovely post Maria, please check her blog Nails Made Simple and show some love, she really takes amazing photos of her manicures. :L
Do you have Crown Me Already? Do you like glitters? What's your favorite?
Thanks for reading! I have few more guest post prepared for you. :e
We're having Carolina from Colores de Carol here today. :) I just love Carolina, she's so nice and sweet lady. We made lot of swaps, my WL would be so longer now without your help, thank you soo much! :h She's always showing her talent with creating so many different manicures, let's see what she's prepared for us today. :)
I am super happy to be here today, Ivana's blog has a very special place in my heart because she is the sweetest girl in the world and she's always featuring the most beautiful pink manicures I've ever seen. I was so flattered when Ivana asked me to do a guest post for her readers,I hope you enjoy this manicure I did for you.
For this look I used Rock Solid from Orly, a gunmetal grey with shimmer and holo glitter, then I stamped with Special polish White Pearl using IP Konad M69.
Thank you very much Ivana for having me over here.
Feel better soon...
Love,
Carolina
Another great combination! Holographic glitter really makes it special. <3 This Zebra would be so fancy with holographic glitter. :P I'm sure you all know Carolina but of course, if not, you don't know what are you missing! Check her blog now - Colores de Carol. <3
Thanks for reading and let me know what do you think about this lovely manicure! :)
The weekend is almost gone and I'd love to have a few days more just for sleeping and resting. :/ Oh well, I can't wait another Friday to be here. :e
It's NATventURista Time. :D When I saw swatches of this whole collection, I decided that I don't need anything. But when you find an untouched rack, which usually never happen, I decided to buy at least something. :D
You're my Dragonfly, Sugar! is a peachy nude with tiny silver glass flecked glitter. It's more on a sheer side so I had to add 3 coats for a full opacity. Well, I love the final result. <3 I just didn't like the brush, I went to find more pics about this polish and I stumbled upon this post at Mai senza smalto! and her brush was wonky as mine. I usually don't open any bottles in store but from now on, I definitely will especially when I'm buying Essence, because this was not the first wonky brush I got from them. :) On warm daylight look more peachy as on cold daylight as you can see on the 2nd photo.
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Nail Tek Intensive Theraphy II
Essence - You're my Dragonfly Sugar / 3 coats
Essie - Good to Go
Here's a bottle detail. <3 First I though that this shimmer won't be visible on nail but it is. :) I also love the cap detail, so cute. :)
This is my favorite polish from NATventURista Trend Edition. What do you think? Do you like it? I wanted to stamp it but my base coat wasn't cooperating with this beautie so after 2 days I peeled it off and my nails are still naked. :D As you can see, they're short too, I broke a middle finger while sleeping so I decided to shorten them a bit. But they're growing back, yay. :e
When I woke up, I saw a package for me and it's from Linnie at Linnieke.com, Nailpolish and more.... You should check her blog, her nails are so beautiful. :L I got her e-mail last week and she said I won her giveaway! How awesome is that! :D And few hours before her e-mail I's really thinking how I didn't won any giveaways lately. :D Here's what I got :party :
p2 - Golden Rush crackling TC
p2 - Silver Blast crackling TC
p2 - Powerful Orange (TE Your wild side)
Essence - Make me Holo (TE Black and White)
Thanks Linnie. :k
Yuuuup, p2 crackles which I wanted soooo bad but since p2 isn't available here I couldn't get them. I'm still totally in love with p2 polishes, which I got from Adora Belle, although I still didn't have time to try them all. :D I think I've so many untrieds in my stash. xo
I'm still wearing my Teeez mani but I's planning to remove it today. But then I get the idea, what if I tried my new crackles on 2 fingers to see how they look like on me. :D
Let's start with my favorite, Silver Blast. It works like mostly all crackles, you have to apply a coat over a dry polish. If you apply thicker coat, crackles'll be bigger and if you apply thinner coat, crackles'll be tinier. Their applications is amazing, I applied a thick coat on my ring finger. It dries matte so I added a coat of TC to make it shinier and sparkly. :L
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And next it Golden Rush. Same as Silver Blast but in gold on my middle finger. :L
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I look more tanned on last 2 pictures because the sun was going down so the light was more yellow as before. :)
I really love how they look like and I can't wait to try them as a full mani. :D I's actually quite sure I don't need any crackles from new China Glaze's collection but now I really really don't need them at all. Crackles are now really everywhere, what if someone would start a holographic phase or flakies? I wouldn't mind! :L So yes PLEASE. :L
Do you have p2 crackles? If you can get it, don't hesitate, you won't be sorry. I don't know how much they cost, probably not much so you really need them in your life, especially if you're searching for gold or silver crackles. Bingo!
I was too lazy to post aynthing this weekend. :$ On Friday I got results from the last exam and I passed it! With even better grade I expected! So I passed ALL exams I had. :e I just started typing my thesis because I have a month to complete it and we'll see if I'll graduate till September. :) Thanks for all your kind words and support! :h I think I found a perfect reward for myself and if everything goes like I planned, you'll see it soon! :)
I spent my whole weekend on pool with friends, got tanned and a tiny sunburn on my back, but I had a great time. :) I wore 108 Degrees till Saturday, which started chipping because of water so I decided to put something really shiny on my nails. :D
I got this polish from my lil' sister Veri a while ago but I didn't use it till yesterday. Golden Rose Nail Art #112 is a nail art polish full of holographic glitter in clear base. Its brush is tiny but it wasn't hard to apply polish all over the nail. Surface is gritty after a coat of this pretty polish so I added a coat of TC to smooth it.
Because it's quite sheer first I added 2 coats of China Glaze - Cheers to you, a silver foil polish, which I got from Biba. :h
You can't see its beauty in shade or daylight, but you'll be blown away how sparkly can be this pretty on sun! :)
Let's start with daylight picture... See, it's still pretty but this isn't it! :i
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Then I had so many problems to catch its beauty on sun. xo Holographic glitter didn't show up on picture at all, but I could easily see it with my eyes. This is the best I'd capture. :)
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See what I'm talking about? :L I feel sooo good with a great polish like this on my nails. 8) I think Essence - Hello Holo is same like this Golden Rose, so if you love holographic glitter, then you need it! :)
What do you think? Do you like this combo? :)
It just starts raining and I'm ready for a nap - there isn't better thing than sleeping in the summer afternoon when it's raining outside. :angel
Lovely Jessica from Born Pretty Store sent me a lot of new goodies to try out. Let's start with crackle polish I was most excited.
This is Kelier Crack Polish in Red. Color definetely isn't red but shimmery hot pink. I applied 2 coats of Cheers to you by China Glaze's last Holiday collection - silver foil polish. I waited just a few minutes so the second layer was half dry and then I applied 1 coat of crackle polish. You must apply it over not fully dry manicure or the crackle won't stay on your nail. When I got it I applied it over my dry manicure and I could wipe off the pieces of crackle.
I really don't like the brush - It's imprecise, plastic and nothing special, but you don't have to be careful while you're applying the crackle. I recommend you to clean the cuticle line quickly, because later it's really hard to remove crackle polish. I'm using a nail polish remover without aceton, but probably it would go faster with acetone.
This crackle doesn't start crackling quickly like OPI's, Barry M, etc. so you have to wait for few minutes or use a hair dryer like I was, so the process was even quicker.
I didn't apply any layer of TC, but if you want that your manicure last longer, you should. After long shower pieces of crackles fell off the nail, so don't forget to use a coat of TC to seal the crackle on the nail. If you want wider crackles apply a thick coat and if you want more crackles apply thinner coat and then the magic happens.
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After using the crackle I recommend you to clean up the neck of the bottle, because it dries fast and when I opened a bottle there was a big piece of dry polish. It could seal the bottle.
I really like this kind of crackle effect, what do you think? Which one do you prefer more - this one or OPI's Black Shatter and similar? If it comes in pink, I really don't mind what kind of crackle it is.
You can buy this crackle here in 7 different colors (use a cuopon IVANA and get 10% discount), you can also enter my giveaway, where I'm offering 3 of them - this one, purple and blue one.
I picked this one a while ago, when was Crazy about Color in DM. In this LE were 3 polishes - pink, lilac and green/blue. When I saw pictures, I already know that I will pick just Lilac forever one, but when I found this TE in store, I took also this one with me. And I'm glad I bought it, because it's so beautiful!
I add 2 coats and 1 coat Seche Vite. Think Pink - I always think like that. Name is just so cute! I would describe this color a reddish bright pink with creamy finish!
Outside on a cloudy day
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First picture was taken on 4th day wearing it, so it really last long without chipping or even without tip-wear. I had it for 5 days now so I upgrade it with ruffian. I really don't like the combination, but I took one picture just so show you my failed ruffian attempt.
I used 1 coat of Color Club - Worth the risque over Think Pink, silver holographic nail polish.
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Please don't mind different skintone on pictures, I always play with settings on phone to capture real color of my manicure, so I don't pay attention how my hands look like.
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Name is just so cute! I would describe this color a reddish bright pink with creamy finish!
