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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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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Etude House QR203 over Essence Off to Miami

Just very basic mani with Etude House QR203 over Essence Off to Miami. I hit my nail before it was fully dried hence the wrinkly looking middle finger :(

Etude House QR203 has white, yellow, orange glitters in hexes, diamonds and stars while Essence Off to Miami is a bright coral-orange, which I must warn you stains badly, grr.....

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Essie Come Here! and Etude House PBK803

Base is Essie Come Here!, a bright red shade with orange undertones, and for the ring finger, I drew some random white flowers with black dots. I was too lazy to do it for all fingers :p so I decided to tie in the black and white accent with Etude house PBK803, a black/white/pink hex+bar glitter.

Below is plain swatch of Essie Come Here! (2 coats). I don't normally wear reds but this is a great color for summer :)

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Etude House Fashion Queen medium and light blue nails

After using the darkest one of the 3 in the Etude House Fashion Queen set, have put on the medium and light ones here. The medium blue creme is actually more dusty/faded than in the pic and reminds me of the Nubar Boyfriend Jeans. It applies well in 2 coats and I really like the color. See below for plain swatch with no top coat.

The lightest shade is a very very light blue/almost white base with various glitter: white and blue bars, dark blue and light blue medium hexes and large and tiny white hexes. As I only applied to 1/3 of the nail, hope the photo below is able to show you some of the glitters. Had to fish a little for them but generally the glitter is easy to apply.

The dots are Color Club Over the Moon.

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Etude House Fashion Queen dark jeans nails

I had previously shown the bottle and sticker shots of Etude House Fashion Queen collection and have finally sat down to use it.

Above is 2 coats of the darkest shade, dark navy blue with lighter blue glitter. 3 coats would have been better as it is quite sheer but I was rushing for time. The beige on the ring finger is Orly Nite Owl, my first nude shade and it is a great nude with silver shimmers, one of my favourites. Was trying to do stitches across the nails with Sally Hansen Celeb City but probably should have used a finer brush. This is already with 1 layer of top coat and still kinda gritty, so would probably need a gel kind of top coat if you wanna get it smooth.

Below is a pic without top coat, which is grittier and less shiny. In the pic on the box, it looked gritty as well so maybe Etude House actually meant it to be a textured polish?

Btw, this is the first time I'm using nail stickers and they were thinner than I thought they would be. Love the zipper sticker, hehe, will place them on more fingers another time....

In any case, I like this dark blue with hidden shimmer and the jeans theme goes well with my dress down Friday coming up ;) Can't wait for the weekend...

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Etude House nail polish Fashion Queen nail collection

Haven't changed my polish from Cosmic Fate :p So thought in the meantime, I would provide a close up of the Etude House nail polish Fashion Queen nail collection set that was part of my Etude House and Innisfree nail polish haul.

This has a jeans theme, hence the light blue, medium blue and dark blue polishes, kinda like the Chanel and Nubar Jeans collection, but these are not cremes - the light blue has various shapes and colors of glitter and the dark blue has blue glitter as well. You can see close up shots below.

Also, they provided zipper stickers for you to match with the polishes, which I thought was so cute, hehe....

Can't wait to try them out once I'm done with the Color Club Halo Hues polishes ;)

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Etude House nail polish PBK803 on Golden Rose Rich Color 31

Colors used:
Base - Golden Rose Rich Color 31
Glitter - Etude House nail polish PBK803 + Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple

Had always been fascinated by the Lynnderella Connect the Dots and when China Glaze Bitz n Pieces came out, considered getting one but in the end, I saw the Etude House version and decided to get that instead since it was right in front of me and cheaper :p

Etude House's has light pink, white, black and silver glitter in it and there are squares, hexes and bar glitter. Above is 2 coats and orange flashes comes from Kleancolor Chunky Holo Purple.

Golden Rose Rich Color 31 is a plum creme and opaque in 2 coats. However, it is a "one step maxi brush" design, so the brush is rather wide and hard to control, especially since I found the polish a little thick. Below shows it without the glitter.

This shows 1 coat of glitter (dabbing method) without Chunky Holo Purple.

It looks rather dull in the pics, but I promise it actually looks nicer in real life :)

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Etude House blue glitter nail polish PPP503 swatch

So this Etude House polish was from my Korean nail polish haul and I decided to start with it as I have a soft spot for blues, heh....

Isn't it pretty? :D It's a sky blue jelly base with tiny, medium and large blue and gold hex glitter. Above is 3 coats and I do have to consciously dab on the glitters a little.

Will show you how it looks with 1 and 2 coats as well [pls ignore my stained nails (>_<)]

Hope this has helped if you are considering getting it....thanks for viewing!

Nail polish haul from Etude House and Innisfree

Below are the polishes I got in Feb 13, so my posts are finally gonna be up to date :p

I don't really have that many glitter polishes but somehow quite a few caught my eye this time. And I guess a key factor is, with PVA glue, I no longer fear wearing glitter polishes, and so wouldn't hesitate to buy any I like, haha.....

Innisfree polishes, of which one looks like a Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream dupe.

From left (click on links for swatches):
#102
#101
#49
#104

Etude House polishes - the black one is like the recent China Glaze Bitz n Pieces collection, while the Fashion Queen collection is a cute trio of blue polishes; a light blue with hex and bar glitter, medium blue creme and dark navy blue with hidden glitter. It also comes with stickers for you to decorate your nails. More pictures of it here. For manis, darkest one used here. Medium and light blue ones here.

Swatch of the below leftmost one here, and the second from the left here

Some up close shots:

Do you like them as well? Will be showing some of them in upcoming posts, if there are any you would like to see first, just let me know :)

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