Candy cane nails with Catrice Marilyn & Me

It's been more than a year since I started painting nails frequently but this is actually my first time at taping (o_o) Which didn't turn out that well unfortunately, argh....totally reminded me of water marbling when I was all thumbs (-_-)"

Anyway, starting to be in the mood for Christmas so decided on some candy cane nails :) The red is Catrice Marilyn & Me, a red with red glitter (it stains!), white base is Couleur Inc Snow White (which had no application issues again, yay) and the white glitter is Innisfree Eco Nail Color 20.

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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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Innisfree 104 stamped with Color Club Eternal Beauty and Over the Moon BM212

Innisfree 104 is a pretty indigo with plenty of shimmer, flashing blue and pink/purple. It is well pigmented and 2 coats were sufficient to cover my nail line. I left it plain for a day, then couldn't resist adding to it by stamping Color Club Eternal Beauty (top half) and Over the Moon (bottom half) with BM212. Still quite a klutz at stamping so the image is not too clear, but the dark base contrasts nicely with the holographic shades (just don't look at it too closely :p)

Update: Added some flowers to it using Over the Moon and Eternal Beauty the next day ;)

Click read more for plain swatches of Innisfree 104.

Innisfree nail polish #49 and Essence One Kiwi a Day ruffian

This is my 2nd ever attempt at a ruffian mani (the first was so horrible that it was never shown on this blog :p) and I decided to use my one of my long untrieds, Essence One Kiwi a Day (which was actually purchased along with Mashed Berries) and one of the Innisfree polish from my Korean polish haul.

Here is 2 coats of One Kiwi a Day, a lime green with darker green glitter. Would need 3 coats if I were to wear it alone.

I applied 3 coats of Innisfree nail polish #49 as it was rather sheer. It looks orangey in the pic but is actually more pinkish coral and has lots of holographic glitter in it. 

I was considering dotting on black to make it watermelon-like but decided it was too kiddish for my workplace and the color combi reminds me more of pink guava instead :p

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Innisfree peel off base coat review

As I mentioned in the previous post, I used the Innisfree peel off base coat. And would just like to report that it worked great! :D As you can see from the polish at the bottom of the bottle ;)

Update:

Realised I didn't mention about staying power and normally I'm in no position to comment as I remove my polish after 1-2 days :p But as I was busy the last few days, I had my polish on from Sun morn/afternoon to Wed night. Below is after 4 days. Original is in this post. You can see there's a bit of growth at cuticles area but otherwise, the polish stays on well :)

Will show the pictures again: just applied (left) and dried (right)

Found the consistency great (like a jelly polish) and dries in 5-10mins. The brush is pretty easy to handle as well. I wanted the Essence peel off base coat initially but couldn't get hold of it so Innisfree is a good alternative.

Believe you can get it online but in case you are going to Korea and wanna get it, below is the shot of the back of the bottle:

Hope this has helped if you are considering getting it :)

OPI Polka.com over Max Factor Fantasy Fire and China Glaze Manhunt

Couldn't wait to play with my new polishes so here are 2 of them: OPI Polka.com on the tips, with Max Factor Fantasy Fire over China Glaze Manhunt :) Polka.com is a pretty pink and blue medium and tiny hexagon glitter and dense enough to not require dabbing. Max Factor Fantasy Fire is what is giving the red/orange sparkle and the base is China Glaze Manhunt which is a cobalt blue creme.

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Innisfree nail polish 101 (dupe of Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream?)

This was part of my Etude House and Innisfree nail polish haul and I grabbed this when I saw it as it reminded me of Deborah Lippmann Mermaid's Dream, with its fine aqua and gold glitter and turquoise bigger glitter. Unfortunately I don't have Mermaid's Dream so I can't do a comparison but I think it is a close dupe? Scroll down to the last pic below for a shot in the sun which is probably more color accurate. It applies well and above is 2 coats.

Below is 1 coat FYI.

1-2 days later on I was bored and decided to sponge on China Glaze Passion and mattify it with Rimmel Mattifying top coat.  

Reminds me of beaches and clear turquoise waters....what do you think? :)

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Orly Miss Conduct with Innisfree nail polish 102 gradient tips

Colors used:
Base - Orly Miss Conduct
Tips and ring finger - Innisfree nail polish 102

Orly Miss Conduct is a beautiful polish, medium raspberry pink with scattered holographic shimmer. I had to get it once I saw its swatches :p Above is 2 coats.

Innisfree nail polish 102 appears pinker in the bottle (see bottle shot here) but looks plain silver on my nails, which is a disappointment :( But it is very dense and 2 coats were enough for full coverage. It has bigger pieces of pink glitter mixed with the fine glitter and this gives it a nice textured look :)

Above shows my final design with the cross and the stud on the ring finger under fluorescent lighting and below shows it in the sun but with the plainer ring finger. Do you prefer it plain or with the cross?

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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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