Sunday, August 23, 2015
OPI Venice Fall Winter 2015 - O Suzi Mio
O Suzi Mio is from OPI's most recent collection inspired by Venice. This shade is a glorious deep purple totally opaque in two thin coats. The formula was perfection. It is dark enough to look 'just dark' in certain lights, but is fairly obviously purple in the daylight. Dark purples are an all time favourite of mine, so it's an instant hit with me.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Nail Juice - Retired Shades Pt. 2
Nail Juice Queen of Peace - a soft peach with golden sheen.
Nail Juice Jewel Turquoise - a sparkly blue glitter topper.
Nail Juice Ship to Wreck - a soft pastel green with golden sheen.
Nail Juice Jewel Violet - a sparkly purple glitter topper.
Nail Juice Crimson Butterfly - a black with red, garnet, and gold glitters.
Nail Juice It's Not Over - fiery glitter topper.
Nail Juice Hades - a blackened blue with iridescent glitters.
Nail Juice Use It Well - a sparkly silver glitter topper.
Nail Juice Never Let Go - a purple that turns lavender when warm.
Nail Juice Jewel Turquoise - a sparkly blue glitter topper.
Links:
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Nail Juice - Retired Shades Pt. 1
Nail Juice Elixir - a white crelly that turns a soft blue in the sunlight.
Nail Juice Dulcet - a soft pink crelly that turns a bold purple in the sunlight.
Nail Juice Ethereal - a glittery green that turns a soft turquoise when warm.
Nail Juice Dalliance - a bright purple crelly that turns bright pink when warm.
Nail Juice First Day of Summer - a delicate cream jelly filled with pastel coloured glitter.
Nail Juice NSFW - a neon pastel filled with pink and red glitter.
Nail Juice Harvest Moon - an earthy brown crelly sprinkled with brown, copper, and green glitter.
Nail Juice Lila - a soft pink jelly with chunky pink and purple glitter.
Nail Juice Scintilla - a glittery peach that turns to a lighter, whiter peach when warm.
Nail Juice Hades - a blackened blue with iridescent glitters.
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Sunday, August 16, 2015
Jamberry Nail Wraps Sample Sheet - Subtle
Jamberry is releasing in Australia and New Zealand on October the 1st. With having loved the nail wrap designs, I gave the sample sheet a try! This is one side of the sheet, what I call the 'subtles'. This side of the sheet came with a zebra print, plaid, nude to white ombre, black and white floral, as well as a clear/white striped design.
The wraps are fairly easy once you have your system in place of getting them on. I highly recommend doing some research online first because there are so many different ways of applying them. I used tweezers, a hair dryer, and a small plastic baggie. This method was fairly easy and pain free. Although it is time consuming, I made sure to do it while I was doing other stuff on my computer. I will post a tutorial later this week.
What I really liked was how it doesn't need to dry like polish, so I was able to do little jobs here and there when I needed without worrying about messing up my nails. However in saying that, the sticky side of the wrap does need time to set. I've seen people recommend doing your wraps before bed as this gives the wraps ample time to set. Otherwise they can come off or lift quite easily when in contact with water.
Another point to note is that because the wraps come presized, you may need to trim them down, or simply deal with the inaccurate sizes.
My favourite part of the Jamberry wraps are the designs. They are just simply beautiful. I also especially loved the clear ones, like the white stripes on my ring finger here. This means that you can have a negative space mani (showing your bare nail underneath), or you can layer them over a different wrap or polish to create an interesting look.
Links:
Other Jamberry look
Jamberry NZ/Aus
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Nail Art - Neon Spike
The Look:
This look starts of with two coats of Haze to create our neon purple base colour. Then, with my dotting tool I place small amounts of base coat around the base of each nail. I picked up the spikes with my dotting tool and placed them in a formation on three on each nail. I then sealed the design with my top coat.
Products Used:
Links:
Black spikes
Nail Juice Haze
This look starts of with two coats of Haze to create our neon purple base colour. Then, with my dotting tool I place small amounts of base coat around the base of each nail. I picked up the spikes with my dotting tool and placed them in a formation on three on each nail. I then sealed the design with my top coat.
Products Used:
- Orly Bonder base coat
- Nail Juice Haze
- Out the Door top coat
- Black spikes
- Dotting tool
Links:
Black spikes
Nail Juice Haze
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Jamberry - Upper Eastside
The Look:
A smart, sophisticated, and simple nail look using Jamberry's nail wraps. To get this look I started with two coats of Checkmate, a nice smooth beige, I then used the Upper Eastside Jamberry wrap on my ring finger. After the polish and wrap were dry, I then placed a black stud upon each nail using my dotting tool and a tiny bit of base coat. I then used a coat of top coat over the nail polish.
Products Used:
- Revlon Checkmate
- Jamberry Upper Eastside
- Black studs
Points to Note:
The Jamberry wrap requires heat and pressure to adhere tightly to your nail. I suggest using the baggie method with heat 2-3 times so the wrap really shrinks on to your nail.
Links:
Black studs
Upper Eastside Wraps
Jamberry Australia/New Zealand
Maureen's Jamberry Store
Youtube Tutorial
Maureen sent me these samples of Jamberry to try.
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Nail Juice - So Kawaii!
So Kawaii! is one of Nail Juice's playful shades. A sweet light grey crelly filled with neon pink and turquoise glitters. A shade inspired by Japan's Kawaii pop culture.
Links:
Nail Juice So Kawaii!
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