Sassy Sparkle

This is how it was before I layered 'Sassy Sparkle' from L.A. Colors over my Dolly Wink polish:

With one coat of Sassy Sparkle:

If you are wondering where my index finger went on the 'after-picture', well...I ruined it during the photo-shoot *sigh*

Have a wonderful day!!!

A Closer Look at Dolly Wink

As promised in my very first blog-post, I will swatch the Dolly Wink polish collection. These polishes are cutely packed and the bottles are soooooo beautiful. The application was smooth and it was opaque with only 2 coats! The finish was super glossy, no topcoat needed.

From l-r: No. 3 ~ No. 7 ~ No. 8 ~ No. 9

Confession: I only bought these because of the cute bottles...haven't read any reviews about them... (-_-)"

Would you also buy nail polishes only because you fell in love with the design of the bottle?

Have a wonderful day!!!

Flowerzzz...

First, let's take a look at the base color. It is from the LUCIDarling collection from Etude House, which is a Korean brand. I acknowledge this brand through the hot CF with Jang Geun Suk and Park Shin Hye, the main leads in the Korean drama: You're Beautiful. LUCIDarling no. 03 is a nice warm peach colour with tiny gold shimmer, which is very hard to capture with my camera. The formula was a bit streaky, but the moment the topcoat was applied, it looked gorgeous =]

Etude House LUCIDarling Collection No. 03

If you are interested, you can visit their global website: http://www.etudehouse.com/eng/main.jsp

For the lucky ones who live in the United States, you can find Etude House products on their US online shop: http://etudehouseusa.com/

Furthermore, I used Barry M's Chocolate to stamp the flower-motive of image plate M73. And this is the final look with Konad Topcoat:

Have a wonderful day!

Multi-French-Mani

As promised, I would swatch the Dolly Wink (DW) nail polish collection. Well, at least a little part of it.

Today's mani is inspired by the Vivid Dolly look from the Dolly Wink website:

http://www.koji-honpo.co.jp/tsubasa/lineup/nail/

Only 2 colors are featured in this mani from the DW collection: no. 3 (Salmon) and no. 8 (Blue).

From index to pinkie:
DW no. 8 ~ L.A. Colors 'Fun In The Sun' ~ DW no. 3 ~ Models Own 'Lemon Meringue'

The bottle in the picture is: Catrice 'Back To Black'. This is also the color that I used to do the black french.

What you do think of the multi-french-mani? What colors would you pick to create this look?

Have a wonderful day!

KOTD 'crack nail polish design'

Yes, you heard it right. There is a Konad image plate that makes your nail polish look like it has cracked! Well, at least from a little distance, I will show you.

First of all, I used the grey colored polish of Topshop, which is called 'Hopscotch' as base color. I prefer a light base color with this design. As for the stamping color, I used Koh's nr. 134 'Rainy Day'. This is my first Koh nail polish, so I was very excited to try it out. The formula was quite thick, which is normal for a creme polish. It was opaque with only one coat, how cool is that?! This makes it suitable as stamping color.

Hopscotch

nr.134 Rainy Day

And with image plate M73, the final look is created:

Yes, that is the Catrice 'C02 Looking Greyt' from the fall collection: Expect the Unexpected. Doesn't the design on the polish bottle look like the KOTD? This is totally a coincidence, since the mani was created last night and I had no intension to buy this nail polish at all (well, at least not this particular day ^^ ). But this afternoon, the whole Catrice LE collection was displayed in the drugstore...you can fill in the rest of the story...

What do you think? Does this design of M73 look like the nail polish has cracked?

And to those who were just looking at the 'Looking Greyt' bottle, I will swatch it very soon...

Have a wonderful day!

First Konad Post

This was during my battle to obtain the Catrice LE from the Carame Collection. I only conquered 'Bronzed Brown' and 'Spiced Bronze'. The first one is featured in today's konad mani.

What I used:

Konad Regular Polish
'R55 Pastel Green'

Catrice 'Bronzed Brown'

I used the regular polish of Konad 'R55 Pastel Green' as base color. When I was in a store that sells all the Konad stuff, there was aside from the Konad special polishes, also a wide collection of these regular polishes. I picked one just for a try-out. The formula is smooth and it is opaque in 2 coats!

As for the Konad design, I used the 'Bronzed Brown' from the Catrice LE collection and the Konad image plate M64.

Have a wonderful day!

~*~Hooray~*~

Finally joining the world of nail polish blogging! I'm very exicited about all this and I hope you all will enjoy it.

So for my first post, I'll show you my latest nail polishes from Japan: The Dolly Wink nail polishes. This brand is actually known for the beautiful collection of false eyelashes. However, in July 2010 the Dolly Wink nail polish line was launched. The collection consists of 10 nail colors and 4 lame nail colors.

More information can be found on their site: http://www.koji-honpo.co.jp/tsubasa/lineup/nail/

You can also find mani's in two categories: Pastel Dolly or Vidid Dolly.

My tiny collection

No. 8 (left) and No. 9 (right)

No. 7 - No. 3 - No. 2 (from left to right)

No. 7 Lavender

I will take these cute tiny nail polishes out of the box and swatch them next time.

Have a wonderful day!!!