Toujours Pretty

Paul & Joe nail enamel bottles are super pretty! That was the main reason to purchase one. I chose number 29 Toujours, which means 'always' in French.

Toujours is a lovely peach pink creme which needs3 coats to become opaque. The formula is good and it dries fast. 

Since I made the glitter nail art wheel, I find it easier to make glitter combinations. Today's combination will be Toujours with 2 layers of Nubar White Polka Dot. White Polka Dot is a clear base with lots of white hexagon glitters and micro glitters that shine blue and green. 

Have a great one!

Glitter Nail Art Wheel

The Winter Holidays are around the corner, so it’s time for glitter and glamour looks! In order to make it easier to choose, I’ve made a nail art wheel with 18 different glitter/shimmer topcoats:

01 Essence Blair

02 China Glaze Party Hearty

03 Nubar Black Polka Dot

04 Nubar White Polka Dot

05 KIKO 270 Aqua Paillettes

06 MNY #142A Baby & Lights

07 Essence Julia

08 Essence Edward

09 Essence Night in Vegas

10 LA Colors Sassy Sparkle

11 Color Club Covered in Diamonds

12 American Apparel Meteor Shower

13 Chanel Illusion D’Or

14 CND Gold Sparkle

15 Catrice Return of Space Cowboys

16 Catrice Godfather of Pearls

17 Essence Mystic Mermaid

18 Anna Sui  #80

What kind of festive mani’s are you going to wear?

Have a lovely one!

Present and Past Visions

This is another one from the Essence Breaking Dawn Part 2 collection: Alice Had A Vision - Again. 

It's a dark purple base with lots of purple and green glitters. The formula was a bit thick. The pictures show 3 coats of Alice Had A Vision - Again plus topcoat.

There is another mani created with one from the old Essence Vampire's Love collection.

I used The Dawn Is Broken as base. Then I draw a rectangle with Essence Galactic Black and placed gold bullion beads on top of the black rectangle.

Have a great one!

Tony Moly Shooting Star

Tony Moly is a Korean cosmetic brand and the name means: "putting style into packaging". That is indeed what it promises, because they bring the cutest bunny lip gloss bars and many other products with adorable packaging.

Of course, my focus is on the nail polishes. This is GS09 Shooting Star:

Shooting Star is a pastel purple with lots of multi-coloured goodies in it. There are tiny silver, gold, red, blue and green glitters accompanied by larger hexagon glitters in gold, fuchsia, silver, green and light blue. I used Essence Peel Off basecoat to save the removal trouble. Maybe that is the reason why Shooting Star ended up looking pink on the nails, but it is definitely the cause of the tip wear.

Shooting Star looks great on its own for a glitter sandwhich mani or over a pink/purple base colour. The pictures show 3 coats of Shooting Star without topcoat.

Have a lovely weekend!

Jacob's Protection

Twilight fan and you love nail polish? Then you might want to get the Breaking Dawn Part 2 collection from Essence. This collection offers 4 beautiful nail polishes. This is the first one:

Jacob's Protection is a dark grey base with lots of shimmers in blue, green, red and purple. On the nails, the blue shimmers are more visible.

The pictures show 2 coats of Jacob's Protection with one layer of topcoat.

What do you think of this collection?

Have a great one!

Framed Blue Heaven

In my previous post, I swatched the Color Club Blue Heaven which is a beautiful blue holo.  Today, I added a design to it:

I stamped with KIKO 386 Light Pastel Blue and used the design from BM 203.

The answer to the question whether Blue Heaven is also suitable for stamping is: YES! I tested on a nail wheel, but I didn't make a picture. So, I'll come up with a mani later.

Have a lovely one!

CC Blue Heaven

Yeah, finally my 100th post on this special day. Happy Halloween!!!

Therefore, I've chosen a beauty to celebrate:

This is Blue Heaven from Color Club's Halo Hues collection. It's a gorgeous blue holo. Blue Heaven is the first real holo nail polish that I own and I totally love it! 

I'm curious if this one is suitable for stamping, because it's almost a one-coater. The pictures show 2 coats without topcoat.

Stay tuned for another gorgeous from Color Club's Halo Hues collection...

Have a great one!