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!

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.

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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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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Mosaic nail art with Bourjois Vert Chlorophylle

Had been a busy week, so much so that even though my previous mani was pretty chipped, I simply had no time to change it :( But anyway, at least I managed to do this one during weekend.

Base is a shamrock green - Bourjois Vert Chlorophylle, the yellow is Bourjois Jaune Trendy and blue is Essence Date in the Moonlight. I applied Essie As Gold As It Gets on the green as well. The white lines are using acrylic paint. I always wanted to try out a mosaic design but gosh, I wanted to give up after the first nail (ring finger), haha.... But I persevered and really liked the result (^_^), even though the lines are not crisp.

Click read more for plain swatches of Vert Chlorophylle.

Essence Destination Sunshine and A Lovely Secret with flowers

The reason why I did this mani was because I saw the NARS Pierre Hardy Sharks Nail Polish Duo on Makeup and Beauty Blog and really liked the yellow-lavender pair :) But I figured I should have similar colors in my stash and decided to use them together. 

Base is 2 coats of Essence Destination Sunshine and I dotted white polish for the flowers before adding the lavender dots with Essence A Lovely Secret as flowers and in the spaces in between. I still need more practice with dotting but I like the spring-like look of this mani :)

Pls click read more for plain swatch of Essence Destination Sunshine.

Bourjois Jaune Trendy vs Essence Little Miss Sunrise comparison

After the struggle to capture the color of Bourjois Jaune Trendy, thought I would put a side by side comparison with a true orangey yellow, Essence Little Miss Sunrise.

Doesn't Jaune Trendy look more mustard yellow like that, as compared to when it's on its own? :p

Below is a side by side shot. Feel that Jaune Trendy is more toned down and still wearable to office (if the environment is not too strict), while Little Miss Sunrise is brighter and more in your face.

In any case, they are not dupes and although I didn't think I was a fan of yellow/orange polishes, I really enjoyed wearing them :)

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Bourjois Jaune Trendy with abstract dandelions

Here is Bourjois Jaune Trendy, a mustard yellow, which appears orangey yellow here but I can't capture the right shade or color-correct no matter how I tried! (-_-)" Think I might have to try to get a picture in the sun to see if I can get it right.

Update: Tried another shot in indirect sunlight, it is a bit light but the color is more accurate.

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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Essence Little Miss Sunrise stamped with BM302

Colors used:
Base - Essence Little Miss Sunrise
Stamping polish - Konad White
Plate - BM302

Yellow isn't really my color but when I saw Little Miss Sunrise from the revamped Essence collection, I couldn't resist getting it as it looked so cheery and more suited to my skin tone unlike the other yellow, Be your sunshine that I have from Essence. This is a warmer, more egg yolk kind of yellow and applied okay in 2 coats.

I was itching to use this stamping image as it is so cute (chicks and snails) but unfortunately my stamping skills are not up to par so they did not appear clearly, sigh...I still don't do well with thin lines....

But in any case, still liked it cos of the colour :)

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Essence Wanna Be Your Sunshine with flowers

Colours used:
Base: Essence Wanna Be Your Sunshine
Flowers: Acrylic paints

Here was another attempt at freehand flowers with acrylic paint whereby I managed to get in smaller strokes but think the yellow clashes with my skin tone? Plus I guess I should have painted in some leaves (-_-)

But the thing was that later on, when I went to brush my teeth, I noted that it totally matches my toothpaste (Darlie), haha...if you don't know of the brand, google and you will see that the yellow and green is practically the same shade as the toothpaste packaging :p