Couleur Inc Iris stamped with Pueen 44

Have a couple of posts to catch up on so hoping I can clear my backlog soon (-.-)" Here is Couleur Inc Iris, a very dark navy blue (such a misnomer right? :p), which I got as it reminded me of Chanel Blue Satin.

I stamped with Sally Hansen Silver Sweep + Pueen 44, and added Daiso holographic glitter polish for a starry night look :)

I also tried out Revlon Liquid Quick Dry but it was a major fail. Click below for plain swatch and the result of the quick dry.

Catrice No Snow Petrol stamped with Pueen 49

With this, I have finally finished swatching my Catrice haul, phew....Catrice No Snow Petrol is a gorgeous medium petrol blue with blue shimmers and applies easily in 2 coats. I got the Pueen stamping plates as I loved the upholstery/wallpaper kind of design ;) So here I have stamped with China Glaze Passion and Pueen 49 and I like the result despite my sub-par stamping :p

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Couleur Inc Garnet stamped with Pueen 15

Here is 3 coats of Couleur Inc Garnet, a very very sheer aqua with silver and light blue glitter, over 1 coat of OPI Solitaire, mattified and stamped with Essence Let's Get Lost and Pueen 15. As my poor stamping skills left quite a big gap in the design on my ring finger, ended up sticking on a nail sticker :p

Quite disappointed that Couleur Inc Garnet is so sheer as I was looking forward to getting the color that is in the bottle (>.<). Even over a white base, the color barely shows up.

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Color Club Halo Hues stamped with BM323

Merry Christmas! I did this mani hurriedly before I went on holiday so no step by step shots, just this one which was taken in the middle of my hol :p This is Color Club Eternal Beauty sponged with Miss Bliss in the middle (though can't really be seen) and tips with Over the Moon. I then stamped with the snowflakes image in BM323, which is one of my favs, and topped with a holographic glitter from Daiso.

That's all for this post, have a great Christmas! :)

Catrice It's All I Can Blue with Essie Under Where?

Finally had some motivation to do some nail art :D

Index and ring fingers have white base with Couleur Inc Snow White (very appropriately named :p) and I used the watercolor technique with Catrice It's All I Can Blue and Essie Under Where?

Middle finger is Catrice It's All I Can Blue with roses painted on with acrylic paint. Pinky is Essie Under Where? with a pearl stuck on and dotting with white acrylic paint.

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Etude House PBL601 and Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop

This is from some weeks back when I still had time for nail art (my subsequent posts will be much plainer >.<). Anyway, this is Etude House PBL601, a milky light blue with multi color hex glitters in 2 sizes, and Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop, a pink base with multi color hex glitters as well. Please ignore the staining, which was caused by Essence Off to Miami (beware!)

Etude House PBL601 looks blue-er in the bottle than on the nails. On the nails, it was more whitish and I had to apply 3 coats to get closer to bottle shade. Will probably try it over a blue base next time.

Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop normally doesn't look too flattering on my skin tone but it works well here when mixed with Etude House PBL601.

The white lines were using acrylic paint and I like the resulting patchwork-like/wrapping paper look of this :)

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Essence Destination Sunshine with flowers

Been really busy for the last few weeks, finally trying to catch up on my posts -_-"

This is Essence Destination Sunshine sponged on and the flowers were dotted on using Essence Absolutely Blue and Orly Cotton Candy. I dabbed on a glittery holographic clear polish from Daiso between the clear and yellow polish as well.

That's all for this simple mani...thanks for viewing!

Etude House WH901 over China Glaze For Audrey & Essence Enchanted Fairy

Love this pretty Etude House glitter polish, WH901, with white/ yellow/ blue/ pink hex, diamond and heart glitters. Index and pinky is Essence Enchanted Fairy, middle is China Glaze For Audrey and ring finger has the 2 polishes along with OPI Do you lilac it.

Think this is my favorite Etude House glitter so far, with its soft pastel colors and different shapes/sizes :D

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OPI Give me the Moon! and Eternal Basic with flowers

Base is OPI Give me the Moon! and I added chervon tips with Eternal Basic mini-m18 (Japanese brand) before drawing on pink flowers with acrylic paint. OPI Give me the Moon! is a very light grey sheer with blue shimmer, while the Eternal Basic polish is a pretty blue polish with flakes that flash pink (which you can see in the bottle). Click read more for plain swatch of OPI Give me the Moon!

Soft look gradient with flowers

Wanted a soft look and to try out my new nail art brush, and here's the result :) Base is Essence Ballerina's Charm, then I used a fan brush to put on Essence Sure Azure and Destination Sunshine. Drew on the flowers and swirls with white acrylic paint and topped it with OPI Pirouette My Whistle.

Nubar Rockin' the Garden & Essence Miss Universe

Here is Nubar Rockin' the Garden on the index, middle and pinky and Essence Miss Universe on ring finger. I sponged on Sally Hansen Celeb City before sponging Essence Miss Universe on the non-accent fingers and drew on flowers with acrylic paint (I think my brush was too thin so it looks rather feathery? -_-"). Lastly added a square stud surrounded by blue rhinestones on accent.

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Orly Plum Pixel with Innisfree 101 and 102

Simple sparkly mani here: Base is 2 coats of Orly Plum Pixel, a dense taupe glitter (tiny and larger hexes). Added Innisfree 102 2/3 of the nail and Innisfree 101 on the tips. I did add top coat over this but below is without:

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Barry M Watermelon, China Glaze Adore and Orly Miss Conduct

Sorry this looks really worn out but it was 2-3 days of wear and I think adding an additional layer of Poshe fast dry top coat after I added the "clouds" on the 2nd day shrunk it even more :( Anyway, this is 1 coat of Barry M Watermelon, 1 coat of Essence Time for Romance, blue is China Glaze Adore and pink is Orly Miss Conduct.

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OPI Into the Night, Polka.com and Orly Miss Conduct

Here is 2 coats of OPI Into the Night as base, Orly Miss Conduct sponged onto the tips and 1 coat of OPI Polka.com over them. Also added a sticker as an accent. Was rushing for time when doing this so didn't even take a plain swatch shot (-_-)" but I just got some swatch sticks so maybe I'll share via that instead :)

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Essence That's What I Mint! with roses and pearls

This is my second shot at doing roses after a long time and I'm happy that it turned out much better than my first time :) Base is 2 coats of Essence That's What I Mint! and for the roses, the dark pink is OPI Kiss Me On My Tulips and the light pink and leaves are acrylic paint. Added pearls on the index and pinky to bring in more of a vintage look and I really love this mani (^_^)

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Essence Date in the Moonlight & Winmax Nail Sparks 81 stamped with Color Club Eternal Beauty

I'm finding that Color Club Eternal Beauty really works well as a stamping polish :D Here it is stamped with plate BM203 over Essence Date in the Moonlight & Winmax Nail Sparks 81. I had previously stamped with Eternal Beauty here and here with little difficulty too.

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Color Club Beyond and flowers

Was away for a while so will try to catch up on my backlog :p I had an urge to use my holographic polishes again so here is Color Club Beyond with some aqua blue flowers on middle and ring fingers and pearls on index and pinky. Below is the plain swatch.

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Barry M Lychee and flowers

Have always wanted to try out the multi-colored flowers since seeing it on others on Bloglovin (credit to Mr.Candiipants) and here it is :)

Base is 2 coats of Barry M Lychee, a nude that is luckily not a dupe of the rest of the nudes that I have. The consistency is a little thick, but also means 2 coats are sufficient. On a side note, it is not really aptly named as a jelly polish would be more appropriate for lychee :p

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Essence Date in the Moonlight and Max Factor Fantasy Fire

This pic was taken a few days after painting hence the growth and tip wear. But I must say that I am experiencing shrinkage using the Poshe top coat from both cuticle and tips, and the bottle is only 1/4 through :( Will probably have to switch to another brand after finishing it, sigh....

Base is 1 coat of Essence Date in the Moonlight and 1 coat of Max Factor Fantasy Fire over it. I then applied a holographic glitter from Daiso on the tips and added white rhinestones. It reminds me a lot of space actually so I think I gotta try the galaxy nails again with these polishes someday ;)

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Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe with gold star studs

Deborah Lippmann Across the Universe was one of my rare polish splurges and when I got the 3mm gold star studs from KKCenterHk, I decided to put them together for a starry night kind of look :)

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