KIKO 390 1 Kleancolor 197

Hello my pretties!!
As you may have seen in my IG post from yesterday I had a green polish on my nails some days ago. Well that polish was KIKO 390, that I picked up at their store a while ago.

It is a green polish, with white frost in it, but very subtle, it isn't the ugly type. I really liked it in the bottle, and on my nails, it was a bit bla, because my skin tone does not appreciate all green nailpolish.

This one is a good formula, it was opaque in two coats, and the color went on smoothly. But all kikos have good formula, we've all noticed that.

I added a coat of Kleancolor 197 which is a holo, and burgundy glitter, in a small round shape. I reall didn't think much of this one at the begining, but I noticed that it goes well on most colors, and I am starting to love it, but the thing with these polishes is the odour. It stincks.

Here are the photos:

L'oreal -Cosmic Green n°807

Ever since these came out I've wanted to try them. These are a Monoprix exclusive I think, because I haven't seen these anywhere else.
Depuis que ces vernis sont sortis j'ai voulu les essayer. Ce sont des exclusivités Monoprix, je crois, puisque je ne les ai pas vu ailleurs. 

This is kind of the low cost nail polish from L'oreal. I love them, small little bottles of all colors it's like a rainbow!! Just look at them:
Je crois que c'est le gamme de vernis low cost de chez L'oreal. Je les adore, des petites bouteilles de toutes les couleurs comme un arc-en-ciel!! Regardez:

But I do find them a bit expensive even for a low cost brand, they're 7€ a 5ml bottle, it's actually more expensive than OPI bottles because those are 14€ for 15ml. The comparison is made between prices here in France.If you make a small calculus 7€/5=1.4€/ml, and if we want to see how much a full bottle would cost 1.4€*15=21€!!!!! That's the price of a Chanel nail polish or Dior!!!
Je les trouve un peu chères même pour un vernis low cost, ils coutent 7€ la bouteille de 5ml, donc si on fait les comptes cela reviens à plus cher qu'une bouteille de OPI à 14€ pour 15ml (chez Sephora en France). Donc si on fait un petit calcul 7€/5=1.4€/ml, et si on veut voir à combien ça revient une bouteille de 15ml 1.4€*15=21€!!!!! Ça c'est le prix d'un vernis Chanel or Dior!!!


So I bought 2 nail polishes from Monoprix, with 10% off, for testing. The first one I am going to introduce to you is Cosmic Green. It's a scarab green, so a duochrome. It goes from green to yellow depending on the light.
J'ai donc acheté 2 vernis chez Monoprix, avec une réduction de 10%, pour les tester. Le premier que je vais vous présenter c'est le Cosmic green. Celui là est un vert scarabée, donc un duochrome. Il passe du vert au jaune en fonction de la lumière.  


This was two coats, and it applied a little streaky. Otherwise the application was pretty good I love the brush!!
Là je porte 2 couches, mais cela fais des traits à l'application. Sinon ç'est pas mal, j'aime bien la brosse.

From what I can tell it is very good quality, hasn't chipped hasn't worn and I have been wearing it for 3 days. It does not shrink with Seche vite either. And here are the photos:
De ce que je me rend compte jusqu'à maintenant le vernis est de bonne qualité cela n'as pas écaillé et ni usé au bout des ongles, depuis 3 jours que je le porte. Et cela n'as pas rétréci avec Seche vite non plus, donc c'est un plus pour moi.  Et voici les photos:

Some Rimmel spam

Some friends of mine came over last week, and they came baring gifts - some Rimmel polishes from back home. I am really enjoying each and every one of them. They are really pretty!

First of all I've noticed that they are all opaque in two coats, and that they don't chip, but I did notice a fair amount of tip wear. They dry pretty quickly and the brush is good too.

Now let's get on to the colors.
Hot shot is the first one I tried, it's an almost neon pink cream. It applies like a cream but it looks a lot like a neon. I loved this color, and it was the first one I chose to try because I liked it the most.

The second color soon became my new favourite. Wine not is a beautiful wine red cream.

And once I thought I was done, I tried Misty Jade and it became my favourite. It's a pretty almost neon green, but it finishes as a cream. I seriously love all three of these and thank my friends for getting these for me. Thank you Mirela & Ange!!

I have two more of these to try out and can't wait.

Gradient tutorial and Zoya Mitzi/ Manucure gradient tutorial/ Tutorial pentru manichiura gradient

My gradient manis had a lot of succes, and every friend of mine asked me how it is done. I know that there are lots of tutorials out there but I am doing my version.

So what are the steps to a perfect gradient:
Acestia sunt pasii pentru a realiza o manichiura cu gradient:
Ceci sont les pas à suivre pour réaliser cette manucure:

1. Do your mani as you normally would, choosing your base color - here I chose Zoya Mitzi - it applied not so well, very streaky, and needed 3 coats to reach opacity. This is a matte polish as you can tell so I didn't apply top coat, but you can, so it can dry quicker.

Incepeti cu o manichiura normala, deci baza, 2 straturi de oja si eventual top coat dc nu aveti rabdare sa se usuce singura oja. Eu am ales Zoya Mitzi  o aplicare destul de anevoioasa, cu multe dungi si dare. Nu am pus top coat pentru ca e o oja mata.

Commencez avec une manucure normale, avec la couleur de votre choix - j'ai choisi Zoya Mitzi qui ne s'applique pas d'une façon extraordinaire et nécessite 3 couches pour devenir opaque. C'est un vernis matte donc je n'ai pas appliqué de top coat.

2. The nail polish must be dry when you start this step. Once you have your mani done, apply 2 lines of polish on your work surface, one line of the base color and another line right next to it of the polish you want to apply on your tips - I chose CG For Audrey. Like in the picture bellow:

Oja trebuie sa fie uscata cand treceti la aceasta etapa. Odata ce aveti manichiura terminata, puneti pe o foaie de hartie sau pe ce vreti ca sa nu murdariti masa, o linie de oja la fel cu cea pe care ati aplicat-o mai devreme, si deasupra ei o alta oja la alegerea voastra eu am ales CG For Audrey. Ca in poza de mai jos:

Le vernis doit être sec pour passer à cette étape. Une fois votre manucure finie, appliquez sur une feuille de papier, ou votre choix de plan de travail, une ligne de vernis comme celui que vous avez déjà appliqué, et une autre ligne au-dessus d'un autre vernis de votre choix. Moi j'ai choisi CG - For Audrey:

3. Take a make up sponge and grab some of the two lines you applied like so:

Luati un burete de fond de ten si inmuiati-l in cele doua linii de oja ca in poza:

Prenez un éponge de fond de teint et prenez avec, une quantité des deux lignes de vernis comme dans la photo:

4. Press the sponge on your nail tips, as many times as you need to get the desired effect. Slide it from your tips downwards toward the middle of your nail, and dab more on the very tip, so the other color goes opaque.

Apasati cu buretele de la varful unghiei ( mai mult la varf) si treptat mai jos spre cuticula( mai putin) pana ajungeti la efectul dorit. La varf trebuie sa ajungeti la culoarea cealalta. 

Pressez avec l’éponge sur le bout de votre ongle en descendant vers le milieu de l'ongle, jusqu'à l'obtention de l'effet désiré. 

5. When you are done, do some clean up with e cuetip, or a brush, after apply top coat to even things out and tadaaaaaa:

Cand ati terminat, curatati pielea de excesul de oja, aplicati top cot pentru nivelare si tadaaaa:

Quand vous avez fini, nettoyez autour de l'ongle, appliquez du top coat pour la brillance et voila:

OPI - Jade is the new black

This is part of the permanent collection I think.

It's a dark green cream . I am not in love with this color, but I must admit it looks good on my short short nails. It applies very well and had absolutely no issues with it.

This is two coats, and I think I'm falling back in love with the color green. I had some nail polish go under my cuticule and couldn't clean that up so sorry for it.

Essie - Navigate her

Hi hello!
Posting two days in a row, wow!!
This is part of the new Navigate her collection and it was originally the only polish I was going to buy, because the other ones were too similar to other polishes in my collection, but decided finally to get Olé Caliente too, because I just fall for a good coral anytime.

This is a cream green kind of minty, it was opaque in two coats, but I found it too runny. And today tip of the iceberg, after one night I saw it chipped. I don't know if it's because of the formula though, because lately all polishes chip very fast on me, don't know why.

And bonus a make up I did using my Naked palette. I know I've shown you only brown looks, but I will soon do other colors.

OPI - Here today Aragone tomorrow & Kiko 228

Hey you guys!!
How are your?

I wore my Essie for like 3 days, had some chips, so I took it off in favor of this OPI, that I ordered on Transdesign before they stopped selling this brand, which saddens me greatly, because this was the last site that still sold these. Now I will have to buy them on ebay, or in Sephora for a wapping 14€ a bottle.

I am glad I did stock up on some basics, before it was gone forever.

This is a jelly dark green, it was opaque in 2 coats, and the formula is a bit runny, but great for me.

I applied a coat of Kiko 228 on top, which is a transparent base, and small white shimmer.

Bonus a photo of Mumu on his daddy's legs. Feeling happy and sleepy. 

Essie - School of hard rocks

Heeeeeey!! I missed you!! I am so sorry for the long pause. I have been super busy with moving out, moving in, unpacking, putting together Ikea furniture, cleaning, and other work stuff. And I am not done yet. So for a while the posts will still be scarce.

I found a little time today to show you one of the winter collection Essies - that is an all creams collection.

This is a dark mutted green, leaning towards gray.

I applied two coats, and it was easy, and a bit runny, but actually pretty good formula.

Don't mind the state of my nails, and fingers, I have had my nails naked for a couple of weeks, they broke, and exfoliated, etc because of the excessive cleaning products, and dust and other stuff. My hands are also super dry, because I could not moisturize, I had already packed my creams and stuff and it took some time, to unpack them.

The photos aren't great either, because my husband broke my natural light light bulb, and we've had no sun in like a week.

So here are the photos

Zoya - Yara

One of my three picks from the Zoya Smoke & Mirrors collection ( by the way did you know that Topshop released a new make up collection called Smoke & Mirrrors?) is this lovely charmfull polish.

This is a definite MUST HAVE!!!!! For anyone!!! I mean this is THE color!! Such an amazing polish.
It's a dark but raw green cream with lots of golden flecks in it. Love, love, love it!!

The formula is a bit on the thick side, but nothing bad, anyone can handle it, I actually like it better a bit thick, I find it easier to manage.

This need a top coat, because it dries a bit gritty, but a layer of top coat fixes that right up.
So did I mention this is gorgeous?

Photos:

Artificial light

Natural sunlight

Natural sunlight

Illamasqua Theatre of the Nameless collection - Kink and Faux Pas Swatches

I got some surprising nail mail on Friday. I opened the door and saw the mail man, and then he handed me a black package and in it there were two polishes from the new Illamasqua collection. Haley their PR was kind enough to send me these two to try out.

First I want to tell you that these are the polishes I would have bought myself from this collection.

Ok so first of all the polishes came with a nice sealed enveloppe. Love their symbol!!

The polishes are wrapped separately in individual boxes:

The caps are rubbery just like the finish of the polish, but the rest is just the same:

And now on to the polishes them selves:

Kink is a dark green matte polish. This look took two coats. I love the finish, at first when they released the images for add I thought they were normal mattes, but they actually look different from normal mattes. The finish on these really looks rather rubbery. 

Another thing I noticed is that when you apply hand cream on your hands the finish does not become shinny like on the other mattes.

And because you don't apply top coat on these, you can expect to get more tip wear than on shinny finish polishes. 

Faux Pas is a matte purple. The finish is exactely the same as the previous and the caracteristics of the polish too.

The application is easy, and the formula is great, the brush glides on smoothly, and both polishes are almost one coaters.

Here are the photos - clisk to enlarge. 

Natural light

Artificial light

And a small comparison with Misa sorry just can't help it and Zoya Mira. 

Comparison with glossy polishes

Comparison with glossy polishes

Comparison with glossy polishes with matte top coat

These last photos of comparison are after a two day wear and as you can see, these Illamasquas get a bit glossier with time. But I still love them. Due to the very original finish I think of these as must haves for a laquerhead.
What do you think?
Are you going to purchase any of these?