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Untried Polish Challenge - Nrutral

Hi!

It's time to publish another manicure from Untried Nail Polish challenge. This time I had to make something neutral. I decided to use H&M duo nail polish set that I bought in September. I also tried to incorporate leaves since it is fall to have an excuse to finally try out my Red Angel image plates I received in my latest swap.

For this manicure I used:
H&M duo set, beige as a base and darker brown for stamping
Red Angel Stamping plates: RA-104 and RA-115

This is how it turned out:
 Maybe I should do something else to achieve a more neutral look, but I think that is still matches the theme.


Do you like it? Do you have Red Angel plates? They don't ship to Slovenia this is why I asked Amanda (my swapper) if I can order them to her house and then she ships them out to me, and she agreed and made me really happy!

Big mix 2

It's time for another big mix post!!!!

These pictures are at least 3 years old, probably even older, but they deserve to be published =).
Looking at this pictures really makes me wonder where'd my nails go? The looks so pretty and healthy, but now they are constantly pealing and breaking. It's probably my fault since I don't take care as much as I used to did.

OPI That's Hot! Pink from Bright Idea mini set stamped with Konad white polish and Konad m26 plate

Color Club: I believe in Amour stamped with konad m66 and Lacura pink and brown

Allesandro go magic! Queen Berry with included magnet
Which one is your favourite? I can't decide =).

Tip top Nails

 Hi!

Today I'm going to present you one of my favourite brands! I don't know this brand for a long time, but when I tried it I immediately fall in love in it. Now here is the story about how I got those new beauties in my collection =)

A while ago wonderful Joan from Tip Top Nail contacted me if I'd join their challenge on FB, and I said I'm really busy  but I gave a kind compliment on their polishes, and she was so nice that she offered me to send me something. I was expecting one bottle of nails polish, but when my package came I was really speechless =). I got 3 Nail chic polishes, one crackle polish, quick dry top coat and cuticle oil! I didn't know where to start with watching  but in the end I decided to start with the pink one!

You probably all heard about Tip Top Nails from South Africa, but I think that I should thell you a little bit about them!

Tip Top Nails was founded in 1981, and since that time they become the biggest retail nail brand selling out of our largest chain stores in South Africa. And because their quality is just too good not to be available for the girls from all over the world they decided to go international! I really hope that they come to Slovenia some day =). 
Their products are cruelty free and don't contain formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate, toluene and camphor. 
They offer a wide spectra of colours and their quality and application is great. 


Here is what Joan sent me:




I started swatching the pink one, it is called Tickled Pink
This is one of the most beautiful pink polishes I have in my collection! 
I used 2 coats, application was flawless and the polish dried quickly



Next is Armourplate ( I love the name)
I applied 2 coats, (I could have gotten away with only one if I were more careful with the first one), great application, great brush, dried fast
This one is a lovely metallic silver, it dried a bit frosty, but it didn't bother me. I'll definitely be using this one a lot, especially for stamping because it stamps awesomely =)






 Here is a proof how great it stamps =)


The last on from NailChic line is Creme De Banana
This one took 3 coats, but just because my Light Box has a strong light =)
Again flawless application, great dry time. I don't like that colour a lot, but I don't hate it ether.





After the first swatching day my nail broke so I had to file them down, so my swatches of crackling polish are made with much shorter nails and the lightning was bad, and I didn't have my lightbox with me so these 2 pictures seriously lack in quality

For this one I used 2 coats of Black polish from BeautyUK and one coat of U Crack Me Up from Tip Top Nails in silver.
This was the end result:




I didn't apply any top coat, because I really liked matte look =)
( crackle polish dried matte)

I also received quick dry top coat and cuticle oil in my package! I tested them both and here is my opinion:

Quick dry top coat doesn't dry as fast as Seche Vite, but it still dries quickly and it has a great shine. I like it a lot

Cuticle oils is the one that impressed me the most. I've been using it for a week now and I just love how nourishing it is to my cuticles. and it is not to greasy =). Really great product!

Some day I just have to try out Miraculous results( nail build base coat), because I think this is the most recommended item from their line.

You can find Tip Top Nails here:
Website
Twitter
and Facebook

I strongly advice you to like their Facebook page, because they share a lot of useful tips on nail care, nail polish removal, nail polish use and many other thing there, and they also host a lot of great nail art challenges!

Three challenge part 2-2: Favourite book

Hi!

It took mi quite a while to get back to my blog. My last few days have been really busy and ful of pretty unpleasant surprises and interruptions. I do hope that next week will be much easier for me =)

I was supposed to post this a few days ago, but I didn't have time to do  my nails 
For this post I had to prepare nails inspired by my favourite book. This is a part of Three challenge by Mateji Ustvarjata

I'm really ashamed, but I haven't read a book that is not related to school for more than 6 months. I used to be a big bookworm, but now I don't have time and energy to read any more. Because I haven't read a while I completely forgot about the great world of books and I couldn't find my favourite book, this is why I decided to pick a random book from my collection ( a very humble one). I ended up with Sushi For Beginners by Mirian Keyes
I don't know why I picked up this one, but I think it has something to do with the fact that this Thursday my friends Sara from Passing Fancy took me and my friend for a sushi in Japanese restaurant ( this is one of rare things that made my week a bit better)
I also broke a nail, so one of them is really short.
Here is what I ended up with:



It's not something I would be proud of, but let's face it, I'm not good at nail art =)

I used:
Catrice: sold out forever
acrylic paints


Here are other girls that put their fav books on their nails:
Purple Glitters
Mimi's Vanity Box
Nailing Nail Art
all stars could be brighter
moonchild
 Taya
Beauty by Shortylegs
Deja Zu
Imagination In Colour
Cosas de Krystalmer
Nail Crazy
The Nail Buff
Beauty by Suzi
baroque fool
Hysteria Of Decay
aydii*- Girl with pink lipstick
Nail by Tinks
Mostly nail polish
cats-n-nails
Beautiful living
Manicura de fantasia

Essence swatches

Today I'll show you some Essence swatches.
I recently bought 3 polishes from their regular line in shades: Cookie Love, Oh, My Glitter! and Gorgeous Bling Bling. These 3 were the ones that I thought are the most attractive, but later I changed my mind about one.

You probably all know about their new bottles and brushes, but here is my opinion:

Firstly I didn't like their bottles, but now I'm really in love with them, and I also think that the brush is really great. It makes application really easy. The only problem I had with this polishes is that Oh, My Glitter! and Cookie Love chipped in less than a day on my nails. I'm not sure if it is the formula, or maybe the brush. Yes, the brush! Although it is perfect for application, you can easily have too much polish on the brush, and we all know what happens with thick coats of polish-it chips easily. Their formula is super shiny and they dry fast so I don't have any complaints about that. I must try applying really thin coats next time to see if this will do the trick.  I will definitely buy some more shades in the future!
Here is the brush picture:
Now on to the swatches:



I really suck at describing colours so it is probably the best for all of us that I skip this part =)
The first one is Cookie Love. I really liked it on other girls swatches, but IRL it kinda disappointed me. It just didn't go well with my skin tone, so this one will probably have to find another owner. I still love the colour, just not on me.

This picture was taken in shade

and this one in the sun

The second is Oh, My Glitter! I love this one! 
 I wasn't able to catch it's beautiful shimmer/glitter, it looks a lot more awesome IRL
I used 2 thicker coats
Direct sun

and shade


The last is Gorgeous Bling Bling

For this one I thought I'm really gonna hate it, because it looks a bit dirty and I don't like dirty colours. I bought it because I don't have anything like that in my stash and because I saw how good it looks on other girls swatches. And when I applied it I fell in love. I'm not sure what is it that makes it so special, but I really love it. I already know it will be my favourite this fall.
I applied 2 coats 
 shade( on a cloudy day)

Under daylight light bulb. Really crappy quality, but I really couldn't do any better.


What do you think about them? 
Which one is your favourite?
Which shades did you buy?
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