Patterned Zoya Thandie nails with tutorial :)

Hello lovelies,

I'm still loving patterns on my nails and today I have here another one! It is a pattern I've seen on a fabric sample but I know it also pattern that is often use in Zentangle drawings.

I have used Zoya Thandie as a base colour and black acrylic paint for the pattern. Keep scrolling, there's a tutorial ;)

This is another manicure that I don't love and which looked better in my head but I still think it was worth sharing :)

Review of three Cadillacquer polishes - Bring On The Night, Effervescent and Once More, With Feeling

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Hello lovelies,

I've had a chance to swatch few more gorgeous Cadillacquer polishes from lovely Madeleine! Today I'll show you three shades, each is different and pretty in its own way :) If you've missed previous Cadillacquer swatches, view them here.

Bring On The Night - black jelly base with emerald green glitter and with just a hint of magenta specks. I find the shade quite unique as usually I see black base paired with blue or red glitter. The polish itself is not very opaque and I think I would need three thicker coats for full coverage so I've layered it. I've applied one coat over A England Camelot. Application was easy and the polish dried fast.

Effervescent - warm orange jelly base with blue iridescent particles and pearl white glitter. Imagine warm beach sand, sea and sunset...that's what I think of when I see this polish. The orange has red undertones making it really warm and pretty. It has white pearl glitter that is coloured by the orange jelly. I'm wearing two thicker coats.

Once More, With Feeling - lavender blue sheer jelly with magenta shimmer and white and pink square glitter. Another pretty combination for the lovers of blue shades. It applied very easily and I'm wearing two thicker coats. They dried average to fast but a bit gritty so I needed to apply topcoat.
 

All three polishes had nice formula but were a little bit sheerer than I would have expected. Each bottle of Cadillacquer has 15ml and black ridged cap that makes opening the bottles easy.  

You can purchase Cadillacquer polishes in Madeleine's Etsy store and they are also available at Harlow & Co. Polishes are priced between $12-14 and international shipping is available. Stay up to date at Cadillacquer Facebook page. 

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Sunset Gradient Nail Art with Sticks 'n' Stones glitter & Hex jewelry charm and video tutorial!

Hello lovelies,

I haven't done a gradient for a while so here's one :) I have used the new Zoya Stunning polishes Yana, Thandie and Darcy and it kinda came out as a 'Sunset' gradient. I wanted to make it special so I've added Ninja Polish Sticks 'n' Stones. It would have ended there but then I thought that the nails really lack something special, an accent nail. So I've removed the nail polish from ring finger, done a two tone gradient with Yana and Thandie and added Hex Jewelry charm.

Well, ehm... the charm says "Fuck you!" and I really wanted to use it! :D  A while ago I've been lucky and I've won Hex Jewelry's Twitter competition for a set of these swear word nail charms. They fit the nail curve great, I'm co happy they are not flat!

And as a bonus I made a video tutorial for you! I would love to hear your thoughts and don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel! x

Morse code Nail Art Design using Barry M Nail Art Pen Black

Hello lovelies,

So since I've shown you swatches of the Nicole By OPI mini neons yesterday, I've done some nail art with them too. This manicure was kinda inspired by Morse code (which I used to know but probably have to think hard today about it :D)

I've used all polishes from the Nicole By OPI Notorious! Neons set and Barry M Nail Art Pen Black.

So what do you think? I liked it a lot and it was easy to do - just dots and dashes ;)

Nicole by OPI Scandalous! and Notorious! Neons sets - Review and skittle swatches

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Hello lovelies,

I've got these cute Nicole by OPI mini neon sets for review so hope you'll enjoy them! There are two sets, each contains three neon shades and white creme polish to be applied underneath them.

Scandalous! Neons set - This set consists of White Base polish, Blue Neon, Purple Neon and Pink Neon polishes. I've swatched each polish over two coats of the White Base polish. Each of them were streaky in the first coat but the second coat made the colour look more uniform. They are nicely bright although I would call only the Pink Neon truly neon shade. The Blue Neon is absolutely stunning though, it's deeper and more vivid in the real life.

Notorious! Neons set - This set consists of White Base polish, Green Neon, Fuchsia Neon and Orange Neon polishes. I've again swatched each polish over two coats of the White Base polish. This set is brighter than the Scandalous! set and it's also more 'neon'. My camera didn't capture Fuchsia Neon quite right, it is more neon pink, awesome colour in real life. They all applied well but needed two coats of white and two coats of colour to achieve nice look.

Are you going to be rocking neons this Summer? I sure will, I just can't decide which ones to pack into my holiday suitcase. Which ones would YOU pick?

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Zoya Stunning Collection for Summer 2013 - Review and swatches

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Hello lovelies,

Today I'll show you the second part of the Zoya collection for Summer - Stunning. If you've missed the review of the first half of the collection. Irresistible, you can read it here.

Stunning collection consists of six creme polishes in mostly basic colours.





Darcy - warm yellow with very subtle silver shimmer. Wow, I need sunglasses for this one! The colour is super bright and glossy. The application was a bit tricky (I don't know why but yellows usually are). I needed to apply thick coats otherwise the first coat was a bit patchy. Two coats were enough for full coverage.

Thandie - orange creme with very subtle silver shimmer. Pretty but not very original orange shade, might look very nice on toes :) It applied easily and two coats provided full coverage.

Micky - medium pink creme with very subtle silver shimmer. It's a very pretty and girly shade for summer with a hint of coral undertones. The formula was a bit sheerer so I needed to apply thicker coats. Also when I was applying it it was a bit patchy so for this reason I've used the thicker coats as well.

Yana - bright raspberry creme with very subtle silver shimmer.This is so gorgeous shade which my camera just didn't want to picture right! The shade is rich and glossy and it's a great raspberry colour. It applied well and two coats were enough for full coverage.

Rocky - medium blue creme. All I can think of is a clear blue summer sky, such a gorgeous colour. I'm wearing two thicker coats as the polish seemed to be little bit sheerer to me. It applied well and dried glossy.

Josie - pea green creme. Grass or peas, both match perfectly this green creme shade. If you're one of the green-shade lovers, you probably won't want to miss it.Two coats provide full coverage and the formula was nice and easy to apply.

This collection offers classic creme shades with a hint of shimmer. They all have good formulas but can be a bit patchy if you're using thin coats. All shades were opaque in two coats and dried fast. I've applied topcoat over all swatches.

Zoya polishes are available at your usual outlets or at zoya.com

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