Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Essie ~ Bahama Mama, a perfect fall shade

Hello everyone! How is it going? Here in Ljubljana we are just good 4 days away from the 3rd Sci-fi and Fantasy convention Na meji nevidnega and I am super excited about it!! I have a new costume, and I think it is just going to rock, I cannot wait! If you will be in Ljubljana, come visit us at Tabor! :) 


Another Essie, and by far my favourite one. Such a gorgeous deep purple, a bit jelly-like. Absolutely adore it. As you will notice on the photos, my fingernail on the middle finger broke horribly  about a  week before I shot the swatches. And even on these it looks ugly as hell, imagine how it looked like a week or so beforehand. And it hurts like a little bitch when it breaks like this. But anyway. Bahama mama, perfect shade for Autumn days, I think.




This was three coats, again with a bit wonky brush. But it was manageable and as the colour built, my love for the colour washed all the frustration for the brush away. ;) I do not think I will ever get sick of a good dark crelly, that doesn't look black in everyday light. That's why the three pictures look so different - I took a shot in different lights, so you will see it actually is purple in every light. FTW! Bahama Mama is on my "must have Essie" list, together with Bobbing for Baubles and School of Hard Rocks. Oh, and Angora Cardi, of course. Man, I need to wear these soon again.


Which Essie is on your "must have Essie" list?


Thank you for reading and commenting!


Have a good week!

~ Ulmiel

*I got the Essie from L'Oreal Slovenija as a gift.

Sunday, 26 April 2015

Catrice ~ Doll's Collection ~ Playing in Lavender Heaven

Hey everyone! Another Catrice polish. I am sort of re-discovering my love for Catrice nail polish. I have some true beauties in my stash by Catrice, I need to wear them again. Playing in Lavender Heaven caught my eye on the shelf because of the shimmer that was nicely visible when moving the bottle, plus it looked like a very nice subtle lavender shade, great for office as well, so I grabbed it. 





The application was good, this is three coats, as my nails were a bit longer at that point. I think Playing in Lavender Heaven will appeal to many, as it is a very wearable colour. I am a bit on the fence about it, I feel like shimmer is almost brush-strokey, even if it is really not. I don't know. It held beautifully on my nails, almost a week. 

Did you get any of the shades from Doll's collection? 


Thank you for reading and commenting!

~ Ulmiel

Monday, 13 April 2015

Essence Love & Sound LE ~ Glastonberry

Heya my lovelies! Today I have another new polish for you from the LE you already met on the  
shelves, probably, Love & sound LE. I am loving the matte and I am still on the fence about the sand finish, but this shade kind of called for me from the stand and I gave it a go. It is this fleshy-nude colour and desert-matt finish sounded interested enough to give it a go. I do not regret it, as I really loved wearing this colour.




The sand finish on this particular shade is not as sharp as it can be on some of them - I am wearing Sandhopper by Catrice ATM and I could file my nails with it - probably because it is not a glittery polish. The colour I love. No idea why, I can imagine a lot of people hating it, and it was more of a boring colour comparing to others in the collection, but it intrigued me. And I loved wearing it. Plus, it lasted for a long time for a nail polish sans top coat, especially considering I had longer nails on this photo, I think it went 5 days without a single chip. Very nice! 

On photos I have two to three coats on my bigger nails, the formula and brush were good. Actually the brush is major improvement from the last Essence nail polish I tried out. If this is their new brush, I am starting to buy Essence again! 


Did you get anything from LOVE & Sound LE? Do you recommend anything I should try and find on the shelves?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Rimmel London Velvet Matte ~ Sumptuous Red

Lately I have been on a matte kick. I want every nail polish colour to be matte. I had this phase before, and now it is back. I remember wanting ManGlaze mattes like crazy, especially the white one. I really need to get that one!
Luckily I found two matte lines when I was in Bratislava, from Rimmel and Sally Hansen and I took a couple of shades. First I wore Rimmels Sumptuous Red.



Why this is called red I will never know, because it is very much purple. In the bottle, on the nails, with first, second or third coat. Purple, people. But honestly, I care not for the name, as the colour is beautiful. 

My brush had a stray hair that I needed to cut off, otherwise the brush is good, flat and quite big, and also quite popular, I think. I would prefer it to be a bit thinner, because I think that application would be a tad bit better then. 
I wore three coats, to even everything up. The formula is good, but typical for a matte polish, it dries fast and for me that means bald spots on my nails. But it is a very fast done mani, you don't need top coat and it dries in no time. 

I adore the colour so I'm happy that I got it. I paid somewhere between 3 and 3,50€ for it in DM (12 ml bottle).


Do you like matte nail polish? Any recommended shades I need to check out?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

Thursday, 12 June 2014

Water Decals with Essie Angora Cardi ~ a review

Hello everyone! I'm finally back online! Sadly just here in Ljubljana, but hopefully I will get internet connection where I work soon, I cannot blog from my phone. The work is good, I am glad I have it, the people I work with are nice as well, so no complaints there. :) The lack of time shows, but I expected that. :)

Today I have another review from fabulous Born Pretty Store, I've already shown you the package I received and it is clear that I'm becoming a fan of water decals, I think they are wonderful addition to any manicure and they are really easy to work with. I'm sure you all know Born Pretty Store by now, they have just about everything, but specialise in nail art. :) 

I put the water decals on the beautiful Essie Angora Cardi. I do not have many Essies, but those that I have, I adore. Angora Cardi is utterly gorgeous and so easy to work with.






The water decals can be found under the name 1Sheet Fantastic Arabesque Wine Pattern Nail Art Water Decals Transfers Sticker (what a mouthful!) with item ID #13680 and are available in silver and gold colour. The use is so simple it is almost funny, you have them in your nails in no time.




I think they work great for a subtle manicure, I also got compliments on the mani, so yeah, great choice, if you want to spice it up a little bit and keep it classy. :)

Don't forget about my Born Pretty Store discount code when you shop there! 




What's on your nails today?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

*Product sent for reviewing purposes, you can read my disclosure here.

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Catrice ~ Berry Potter & Plumbledore

Heya my people! How are you doing? It's been crazy here lately, wohoo! But I really wanted to show you this beauty. Alas the pictures are not as good as I wanted them to be, IRL the colour looks much nicer. I feel like the shimmer is still a bit more tealish than on the pictures, you know? Those who have this colour, do you agree? 

Anyway. Naturally I bought this for the name itself. Geek references in make up names, that's what we want!! Lucky for me, the colour itself is gorgeous. It reminds me of a simple version of Royal Velvet by Orly, but it is different enough to have both.






I think that on the last one you can see the shimmer is in fact more on the teal side. Excuse the cable and the dust, I was improvising. :)


So yeah. New line of Catrice colours. I actually want another one, but the rest didn't really call me from the stand. But as I am on a mandatory no-buy (meaning I am too broke to buy nail polish), this might be the only one I buy. Luckily the brush on this Catrice was very nice to work with. It is not the brush from Catrice's former glory days, but it is by far better comparing to the previous two asortiment changes. Thumbs up! I needed three coats for full coverage, if that matters to you. The formula was good, it applied nicely. 

So yeah. One of those Catrice I would totally recommend! 

Which colours did you get from new line of Catrice, any recommendations? 

Thank you for reading and commenting!

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Caitlin in black lace (a review)

Hey everyone! Today I have for you a review I am awfully late with posting. Lace nail art was always one of my favourite ones, because I love love love lace and well ... lace on the nails, why not? But again, I am a nail art noob, so stickers with lace pattern sounded pretty darn awesome to me! Born Pretty Store offers the stickers for under 2 dollars and well, I was more than tempted to try them out! 

A lot of people try it on nude nails and I absolutely adore the end result, but alas I haven't brought any nude polish with me. Still, I wanted something classy, and Zoya Caitlin seemed perfect for the job. Lovely shade of purple that isn't too dark. And now I want a dress with similar pattern!




Blurry one to show the glitter the stickers contain.

And the sheet itself, with different patterns. The one I used is already missing.

I picked the pattern HL210, as it is obvious from the last photo, but these Lace Style 3D stickers (item ID is 7381) come in 12 different patterns and in both black and white! So you can have your pick, and for 1.99$ a piece you can knock yourself out shopping. :) Here is also my code for your 10% discount:



So yeah, I love the effect, but the stickers reacted badly with my topcoat (Essence fast drying one), they wrinkled a bit. That didn't ruin the effect, but consequently stickers came off the in chunks in couple of hours, as they got stuck to everything (especially my hair) and got pulled off. Too bad, I  need to try them with another TC. Just a fair warning for all Essence TC users. :) I did love the combo with Caitlin so much, I'll do it again, just with another TC. :)

Do you like the lace nail art on the nails?

Thank you for reading and commenting!

*Product sent for reviewing purposes, you can read my disclosure here.

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Review: Texture Metal Stickers on royal purple base

Hey girls! How are you doing? I finally finished with my exams for December and I'm looking forward to my visit from Ljubljana tomorrow, a friend of mine is coming for a couple of days and I'm really excited about it. :)) Blava is still gorgeous, even with Lady Winter showing her claws in last few days. Most of my colleagues are leaving for holidays, going home, but I decided I'll stay here, since I'm staying only for 6 months, three weeks/a month back home seemed a bit of a waste. :)

So I could finally make this mani, I tell you, I wanted to make this mani since the moment I saw these stickers. I'm talking about Embossed Texture Metal  Style 3D stickers (ID code: 5659) Born Pretty Store is offering and honestly, if there was only one product from now on I could buy from their store, it would probably be this one, I effing LOVE the effect! I won't even describe Born Pretty Store in these posts anymore, I'm sure you all know the store, it's like one of the best for nail art out there. :)

I wanted it on a very dark base, and Catrice The Dark Knight seemed perfect. Sadly my camera makes it a bit too blue, it is actually the royal velvet-y purple shade. I had the same problem with Illamasqua Baptiste, my camera just couldn't capture the awesomeness of this particular shade of purple. And it's probably my favourite purple shade. Oh well. :)




Seriously, love the effect, it is awesome. The stickers are really easy to use, I use tweezers to pull the pattern from the sheet and to place it on the nail and it takes no time at all. It sticks to the nail, but not so much you couldn't pull it off and replace it. The stickers can be cut, so if your nails are shorter, that is not a problem. You can also cut them to have more short tendrils all around the nail (I'll do that the second my nails grow out a bit). 

The only minus is that the edges don't stick to the nail really well, even after applying top coat. So it is not a mani that would last for days, edges on most of my nails started twirling a few hours later when I made my lunch, so yeah ... but nevertheless, I really love the effect, so I'm gonna wear it again. 

You get two patterns per sheet. 

And Catrice The Dark Knight, even if the colour is too blue on my pictures. The polish has a great sentimental value for me, as I bought it in Vienna in March, on our moot court competition. :)





The Texture Metal Stickers are available in Born Pretty Store and they are on sale right now, only 1.99$! And BPS has my favourite type of shipping - the free one. :) So go grab it! You can use my discount code to get 10% discount too: SSL91!




What do you think, your kind of thing?

Thank you for reading and commenting!


*Product sent for reviewing purposes, you can read my disclosure here.

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Stone and Grape flowers mani ~ a 3D Metalic Sticker review (ocena nalepk za nohte)

Hey my peeps, this one will again be only in Slovene. Still, you can check out my two manis I did for this review. The base colours were Stone Cold and Catherine the Grape, hence my weird title of the post. :)

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Živjo! Danes se bom posvetila drugemu izdelku iz mojega paketka, ki mi ga je prijazno poslala Mojadrogerija.si, 3D nalepkam za nohte. Skupno fotko vsebine paketa sem vam že pokazala:


In še close-up nalepk in navodil za uporabo:
 

Uporaba nalepk je sila preprosta. Jaz si pomagam s pinceto, tako da ne poškodujem laka ali nalepke same, in jo preprosto odlepim s plastike ter položim na noht kamorkoli želim. Nalepka se potem prilepi na noht, z nadlakom jo še dodatno zaščitiš, da podaljšaš obstojnost. So pa to res 3D nalepke, so reliefne in se bodo čutile na nohtu, tudi z nadlakom. Jaz osebno nisem pretirana ljubiteljica tega, ampak z nalepkami sem na to računala, tako da me ni motilo.

Bolj me je zmotila precej slaba obstojnost nalepk. Na prvi manikuri so nalepke brez vihanja zdržale dva dni, na drugi manikuri pa zgolj en dan, potem se je vse skupaj v treh dneh zelo poslabšalo. Ko se začno vogali vihati, se ljubezen hitro konča, ker slej ko prej odtrgaš del nalepke, pol cvetka. Na nohtu potem ostane samo lepilo od nalepke, kar je mene osebno izredno motilo, videti je, kot da imaš poškodovan lak. Zakaj se začnejo tako hitro vihati, mi ni jasno, saj je nalepka zaščitena z nadlakom in pritrjena na noht z lepilom. Tudi mat manikuro sem zaščitila z mat nadlakom, tako da nisem pustila nalepke nezaščitene (zanimivo, da mi je ravno mat manikura zdržala cel dan dlje kot nemat).





Drugo manikuro (z vijoličnim Catherine the Grape lakom) nosim tudi zdaj, tretji dan. Na sredincu imam še polovico zgornje rožice, na prstancu tri cvetke spodnje rožice (brez zelenih listkov) in en odpadli listek ter vejico, ostalega ni več. Pusti pa lepilo obliko nalepke na nohtu, kar v teoriji zveni lepo, na daleč pa kot da sem se v kaj butnila ko je bil lak še relativno svež.

Na kratko plusi in minusi:

+ enostavna in hitra uporaba nalepk
+ ugodna cena (1,62€ za celo folijo)
+ lep dodatek k preprosti manikuri, prvi dan obeh manikur sem dobila več komplimentov

- slaba obstojnost nalepk (z eno manikuro en dan, z drugo dva brez poškodb nalepk)
- ko nalepka odpade z nohta, pusti za sabo moteče lepilo, ki dodatno kvari izgled manikure


Jaz svoje manikure rada nosim vsaj 4 dneve, tako da me je obstojnost razočarala. Menim pa, da če želite poskusiti nalepke na lastno pest ali imeti cvetlice za kakšno posebno priložnost, da so dovolj ugodne, da se splača, tudi če morda ne bodo zdržale več dni. 
Če vsak dan menjate manikuro, je pa najbrž obstojnost itak irelevantna, en dan so meni v obeh primerih zdržale. :) Sicer pa mojih standardov obstojnosti ne dosežejo, niti jih ne bi priporočila nekomu, ki želi imeti isto manikuro na nohtih več dni.


Ste že poskusile te nalepke? Ste naletele na isto težavo, je to morda običajen problem pri 3D nalepkah?

Hvala za pozornost in komentarje! 

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*Product sent for reviewing purposes, you can read my disclosure here.

Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Jordana ~ Mystical

Hey my dear people! How have you been? Honestly, I had so many posts prepared this summer and I just let it fall apart. I even wanted to do a post about Iron Maiden concert in Zagreb. My BF bought us ticket for headbangers pit for our anniversary and it was insane. He took some photos and I thought about posting it and then just didn't. But I feel like my blogging is getting back a bit, so here is another very old set of photos of a polish I love, it is great. Judging by the notes in the background of the photos, these were taken two years ago. Whoa. My nails look awesome though. ATM I don't like them at all. I'm eating Biotin capsules, I hope they help. 







These Jordanas need three coats for full opacity and they are absolutely stunning. I think I've showed you the rest I own, my favourite still being Supernatural and Wicked. Plus the formula and the brush are great and they are not big TC eaters. Love them, I wish I had more Jordanas in my stash. 

Do you know Jordana brand, have a favourite shade you can recommend?

Thank you for reading and commenting, have a great end of summer!

Thursday, 22 August 2013

Illamasqua ~ Baptiste

Hello everyone! How are you doing? I am just a couple of weeks away from leaving for Bratislava for six months and I am already getting quite nervous. I hope everything will turn out right, I still have to wait for confirmation from my faculty about some things. But anyway ... I opened my folder of swatches today and saw I have tons of unposted pictures. One of the colours still unrepresented on my blog is Illamasqua Baptiste. Insanely rich purple shimmer. Lightbox pictures turn it out a bit too blue-base so I am posting also a rather poor set of pictures taken outside. The base is more accurate there, but the light is bad. Oh well. It is still a cool colour!







Two easy coats, really rich colour, very nicely pigmented, the brush is great too. The price tag is way too high for my taste, but Illamasqua does have some colours worth the coin. We do have Illamasqua now in Slovenia as well, which is great, especially since they didn't set the price even higher as I expected them to.

Do you have any Illamasqua polish? What is your favourite one?

Thank you for reading and commenting!