Orly Flicker

I was actually planning to use Orly Flicker as a base for a Halloween theme mani (I'm still catching up on my posts >.< ) but totally didn't have any time or inspiration unlike last year so here's just a plain swatch.

Orly Flicker is like a glow-from-within burnt orange, but I had a little difficulty applying it as it will drag if I tried to go over the same area more than once. Anyway, this is 2 coats and below is another shot.

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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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Cats under tree in the evening using nail decals from KKCenterHK

Somehow when I got this decal, I simply wanted to do a evening/sunset kind of look with lovey-dovey cats under the tree :p And I'm happy that my choice of colors for the gradient worked out :D I used Essence Oh My Glitter, Essence Meet Me Now, Relvon Mad About Mango and Essence Little Miss Sunrise for the gradient and Essence Galactic Black for the black ground. The decals can be bought from KKCenterHK in this link - N.NAIL Cupid/Love Tree/Cats Water Decals Nail Art.

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Pink and orange checkered nails with stamped bow from KKCenterHK plate

Was in a mood for a sweet looking mani and since I received the stamping plate (NNAIL-SPPMF08) from KKCenterHK which had a cute bow in it, decided to do checks + bow :)

The pink is Couleur Inc Botein, orange is Essence Peaches and the gold stripe is Sally Hansen Golden-I.

Please click read more for pics of the mani without the bow and of the stamping plate!

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 Home Sweet Home blushes - Knits for chicks and Wool-d you cuddle me

This is my first non-nail related post and that's because when I saw the Essence Home Sweet Home collection, amazingly I walked away with NO polish and 2 blushes instead :p Above left is Knits for chicks and right is Wool-d you cuddle me

Below is a shot with natural light. Thought the sweater imprint was pretty cute :)

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Rainbow gradient with Orly, Essence, BYS topped with OPI Lights of Emerald City & Pirouette My Whistle

Happy Easter Sunday! Thought I would do a colorful mani for the occasion and hence the lengthy title :p

Used the following polishes, from left: Orly Prelude to a Kiss, Essence Peaches from Marble Mania, Essence Destination Sunshine from Ready for Boarding, Orly Jealous Much?, Essence Sure Azure and BYS Scented Pastel Purple

Below shows 2 coats before applying the gradients and glitter top coats.

Sure Azure is a light sky blue creme, Jealous Much a minty green creme, Destination Sunshine a pastel yellow creme (that doesn't clash with my skintone! :D), Peaches a pale orange jelly and Prelude to a Kiss a slightly peachy pink pastel. Destination Sunshine and Peaches will be better with 3 coats and Prelude to a Kiss probably as well since I found it quite streaky.

After apply the gradients with sponge, I put a coat of OPI Pirouette my Whistle. The glitter added to the mani but the hexes were not distinct enough for my liking hence I added OPI Lights of Emerald City after that. This time I turned the bottle upside down and shook it furiously before trying to fish for the white squares :p I must say I like it very much over the pastel gradient, especially with the iridescent squares.

Think I will keep this on for a couple of days ;)

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Color Club Cosmic Fate from Halo Hues 2013 with Essence Gorgeous Bling Bling

Here is the 3rd color from my Color Club Halo Hues 2013 haul - Cosmic Fate. Ring finger is 2 coats of Essence Gorgeous Bling Bling with round gold studs from Born Pretty Store and Cosmic Fate.

Color Club Cosmic Fate is a peachy shade and applies smoothly like Miss Bliss and has a strong linear holo. From the 3 shades that I have tried so far, Beyond has the weakest holo and thickest consistency.

Essence Gorgeous Bling Bling is a burnt orange with gold flakies and is quite pretty, but I guess it is at a disadvantage when put together with Cosmic Fate :p

Below left under halogen lighting and right is under fluorescent lighting with my camera but above is more color accurate, and it's actually with my iphone (=_=)

Liking the polish combi and studs so will probably keep this mani on for the next few days ;)

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Color Club Halo Hues 2013 haul! Swatches to come...

Just too excited about my Color Club Halo Hues 2013 haul which has just arrived, so here is a pic I shared on Instagram :D

Had been waiting for the China Glaze Hologlam collection since I saw info on it last year but ended up not very convinced by the swatches, which was such a disappointment after waiting for months! :(

Luckily, I saw Color Club Halo Hues and they were so gorgeous that I bought 5 of the 6 in the collection (o_o)"
Beyond
Cosmic Fate
Over The Moon
Miss Bliss 
Eternal Beauty

Will share pics shot by camera when I have the time to upload and of course, swatches as well since I can't wait to use them, hehe...

Update: 
1) Mani using  Miss Bliss (main), Beyond and Over the Moon
2) Mani using Beyond (main) and Over the Moon 
3) Mani using Cosmic Fate
4) Mani using Eternal Beauty
5) Mani using Over the Moon

Pics below are using camera, hopefully gives you a better view of the polishes ;)

Beyond

Eternal Beauty and Over the Moon

Miss Bliss and Cosmic Fate

Aren't they gorgeous? And this is only under fluorescent light, imagine them under the sun!

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Gradient Halloween nails

The timing of this is rather off I must admit :p but as I mentioned in my 2nd post, I am clearing my old pics first before catching up to "real time" ones, so pls bear with me....

Colours used:
Base - Essence Peaches (from Marble Mania)
Middle - Revlon Mad about Mango
Tip - Orly Flicker
Stamping polish - Konad
Plate - BM224, BM222, BM305, BM310

Flicker was quite sheer and I had to resort to dabbing it on with the brush instead of using the sponge. Anyway, I had just received the Konad black polish that day and was extremely pleased to see the darkness of it :D However, it dried faster than I expected, so I had to work faster as compared to when I used my metallic polishes for stamping. Also, as people have mentioned, you need to give it time to dry and use a light hand for top coat or it would smudge (which I couldn't avoid due to my impatience and heavy hand, sigh).

But overall, I'm glad to have gotten the Konad stamping polish as its density makes the images come out more crisp!

Orly Flicker stamped with Essie Penny Talk + BM214

Colours used:
Base - Orly Flicker
Stamping polish - Essie Penny Talk
Plate - BM214

Flicker has a the glow from within look which is not shown here unfortunately, but it is a pretty burnt orange which reminds me of autumn, hence I decided to add the leaves stamp. Penny Talk works well as a stamping polish, so I guess it's true that most, if not all, metallics do well, which is a good thing as I can save on Konad polishes :p