Divergence

Hello lovely readers! For this post I have this colorful divergence mani to show you. In the pictures I'm holding China Glaze Life Preserver, a dusty orange creme. Orange is probably my least favorite color when it comes to nail polish (next to browns), but I actually really like Life Preserver in this mani! It adds that bit of warmth to the whole. The other polishes you see in this tape mani are Diamond Cosmetics Don't Teal My Heart Away (absolutely smitten with this polish ♥) and China Glaze 2030, the gold chrome. Thank you for reading! :-)

Comparison: Blues

Hi everyone! This comparison is specially made for Ivana, who was wondering how similar OPI's Dating A Royal and Essence's Chuck are. I also included two other blues that were worth comparing. The difference between all four polishes was hard to see in the bottles, but once applied one the nail their true colors became more noticeable. The blues I used from left to right:

China Glaze - First Mate (1 coat)

OPI - Dating A Royal (3 coats)

Essence - Chuck (1 coat)

Diamond Cosmetics - Blue Bell (2 coats)

Formula-wise all of them are decent, with OPI and Essence with the greatest. First Mate's formula is a bit thicker than the others but still manageable. And I love the fact that in can cover in one thicker coat. In the bottle it's harder to see, but once on the nail the difference between the navy blue of First Mate and the royal blue of Dating A Royal is quite clear. The formula of Dating A Royal is bit thin, but really nice to work with. And even though it does require three coats (or 2 thicker ones) for opacity, the great formula, short drying time and nice brush make it a very fine polish! Next is Chuck, which I don't have anything to complain about. The formula is just perfect and I love how pigmented it is. As you can see Dating A Royal  and Chuck are close but definitely not dupes. Chuck is brighter and consists more purple. One that I would call a Chuck-dupe is Blue Bell, which I wasn't that happy about. It applies quite uneven with the first coat and even though a second, thicker coat fixes that and makes everything smooth and opaque, the too flexible brush was a bit of a bummer. So clearly, Chuck's my favorite of the two, plus it's cheaper and I like the bottleshape better, haha.

So I hope this comparison was useful to some of you, and just let me know if there's anything I can change. Good night!

Bonus pic! I added China Glaze Calypso Blue on my thumb, turning this comparison mani into an ombre (of course it would've been better to have a lighter blue on my pinky then...)

Chacalaca and some glitter

Hi guys, yesterday I showed your the lovely blurple polish Chacalaca from Essence. The dark color seemed great for a base for glitters, so here used it to create a subtle glitter look. (Doesn't sound very logical, right?) I applied two different glitters from Diamond Cosmetics with the unique names Purple Glitter and Turquoise Glitter, then I mattified it with my favorite matt topcoat from Essence.

Superhero nails

Hi guys! On my previous lightning bolt manis I got many comments saying how they have a superhero quality, I really liked the comparison and I do have a thing for stereotypical superhero outfits ;) You know, with the bold colors and graphical patterns. So for today I made actual, intentional superhero nails. And yes, I used my last lightning bolt mani to achieve this look ;) The colors I picked are Diamond Cosmetics Blue Bell, China Glaze Millenium and a red shimmer from Etos, a Dutch drugstore. I really like how it turned out, I think it definitely says superhero! Hahah. This mani would probably work well too with the MAC Wonderwoman polishes, but with a gold lightning bolt in the middle instead of silver. Unfortunately I don't own those cute polishes, but I'll live :) Anyway, hope you guys like it and have a great weekend!

Blue and silver lightning bolt

Hi everyone! Today I have another lightning bolt mani to show, because frankly I'm still hooked :) And I hope you guys aren't bored with this design yet, because I've got more of 'em coming up this week... Mwuahahaha... This time I used China Glaze Millenium for the tips and the blue is Diamond Cosmetics' Blue Bell, which is quite similar to Essence's Chuck, so I'll have to do a comparison of those two soon.
Thanks for visiting!

Diamond Cosmetics - Sparkling Sherry

Great job, Diamond Cosmetics! Sparkling Sherry is a stunning, berry-pink foil and what every polish should be like. It covers in one coat, almost applies itself and dries fast. No clean-up necessary. It's so pigmented, so vibrant, so gorgeous, A+!

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Strawberry Milkshake

Hi everyone,
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thank you very much...
Anyway, just a few more days before valentines and that is also the day of our wedding anniversary, so I decided to do something sweet, a Strawberry Milkshake look mani.
Hope you like it...

I used diamond cosmetics spicy orange for the base coat, f04 and f06 amisy image plate, green konad special polish and white special polish for stamping, rhinestones, and dotting tool. I used sally hansen first blush for the dots.

also big thanks to Frougal for tagging me on best blog award... =)

SPECIAL MONTH

Hi all, I miss blogging a lot, I have no time to post due to my busy sched here at home, I have new 5 image plate, and new organized album for my plate, I wanna share it to you soon.. Can you guess how many image plate I have?

3 weeks to go before hearts day, that's our wedding Anniversary of my beloved Bhabhe, I'm glad for 5 years we both shared together, I love him so much, and I will love him for the rest of my life...=)

visit my site for more valentine nail themes...thanks and God Bless you all..

inspired by nihrida...

mani I made for my cousin... and a splat image plate gave by thriszha of fab your nails .. thanks sis... miss you!

my personalized image plate album...

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HELLO KITTY

HELLO KITTY RANDOM PIX


base coat: diamond cosmetics # 55 rasberry
octagon fauxnad m71 i.p.
konad s.p. black
top coat: arezia gold glitz
red and black rhinestone




base coat: wet n' wild pink petal
octagon fauxnad m71 i.p.
konad m65 i.p.
konad s.p. red
amisy s.p. black




base coat: diamond cosmetics thunder
octagon fauxnad m71 i.p.
local brand gold n.p. #14


hope you like 'em! God Bless