Stamping mani with Orly and Born Pretty Store

Hey my people! For today I have a manicure that I really like even though it was not executed as well as I hoped it would be. Still, I love the combo, I need to practice it even more!

This stamping plate was sent to me as a part of my review package, I already shown you the package in my New-in post. This template is called Exquisite Arabesque Floral Pattern, number QA65 (item ID is 12025) and I think it is my favourite from all the templates I own. I love the arabesque patterns!! So Born Pretty Store kindly sent it to me. Right now it is only 99 cents too, so if you feel like buying it, it is your chance to get it!

As you can see, the pattern did not come on the nail as perfectly as I would like it to. Still, from afar it looks fantastic. And I love all the patterns on this plate, so I will definitively use it more when trying to work on my nail art. 

If you are shopping at Born Pretty Store, don't forget to use my 10% discount code SSL91!

Do you have a favourite template?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

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

OMG Nail Polish Strips ~ Crow

Hello everyone! How are you doing? Hope you had a pleasant Monday! I slept today for 11 hours, catching up on my sleep, as during the weekend I barely slept at all. I had a blast at our Small Annual Meeting, it was fantastic.Right before I left I finally tried one of the OMG Nail polish strips. As I had a great experience with Incoco strips, I hoped these will not disappoint too, and they did not.

 The two designs I picked.

The strips themselves look pretty standard, the only novelty I noticed is the measurement of the sticker at the bottom of it.

I really love the design on Crow. A good friend of mine said it looks like Dalmatian spots from afar, which is also very cute, so it is a win win situation. :) 

Let's see, pros and cons system, yes?

+ Their site is very easy to use, I also like the fact that they split the designs into categories, plus their choice of designs is vast and great..

+ The strips are really easy to apply, and although I was sure they will be too big for my nails, they actually fit perfectly. 

+ They do not wrinkle with TC (I encountered that problem with the very first stickers I tried a while ago)

+ You can slowly remove them from the nail if you mess up the position of it. Do it gently in order not to tear up the sticker.

+ They lasted 5 days with very minimum chips even on my damaged (split) nails, which is admirable. I didn't do the full 10 days test, as I needed to change my manicure for the weekend, but I think I could pull it off for another day or two. Which is pretty neat, a great nail art mani for 6-7 days.

+ They have two different prices for the stickers, 4,99$ and 7,99$, all of them with actual designs, not just one nail polish colour. As I stated before in my Incoco post, I would pay their price for a good nail strips design, and OMG nail polish strips come even cheaper. It is a great deal, and if you wish to try nail polish stickers just to see if you like the idea, I would recommend you try these, it doesn't hit you on the wallet. 

- The removal is a bit tricky, again with the glue-ish nail polish. It is the nature of the nail polish strips, I suppose, but it does make a bit of a mess. 

The removal is actually the only negative thing I can fin in the Crow Nail polish strips. They are really great, I am a fan of nail polish strips, especially when they exceed my expectations on time of wear. Plus OMG Nail Polish Strips are affordable. The site also offers free shipping on all orders, so if you wish to try them out, now is a great chance to do that. 

Are you a fan of nail polish strips?

Thank you for reading and commenting!

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

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!

New In February ~ A Haul post

Hello my darlings. I'm back. I haven't written anything in the past two weeks of being home, because I did not feel like it. Coming back home hit me pretty hard. I was warned that this will happen after my Erasmus exchange ends, but you do not really realise how hard it hits you until you experience it on your own skin. The first week was pretty hard and I still have bad mornings and evenings (during the day I occupy myself with million things), but seeing all my friends really helps, I am tons thankful for them. Plus me and my BF started looking for a flat (baby steps, slow, wonky baby steps, but nevertheless, we are doing it), which, even if we are only discussing our options at this point, gives me an idea that being on our own isn't THAT far away. Oh yes, and of course I need to finish my studies. Small thing. ;) All in all I am not in a bad place. But I miss Bratislava like hell, every thing about it. My flat, my awesome flatmate, my room, walking in the old town ... just about everything.

Enough with the yammering, yes? I will show you the goodies I received in the past month, also to show you what is to come on the blog in March.

Group photo!

Review stuff from OMG and Born Pretty Store, nail polish, skin care, hair care (going nuts about my hair care!) ... I tried to put the purple scarf to break the whiteness under the products, and failed.

This being a nail polish blog in its essence, let's begin with nail stuff. Two nail stripes from OMG, I am looking forward to trying them, and a bunch of goodies from Born Pretty Store that I am super excited to try!! Especially the foil, I have never tried that technique, so I am curious. 

I bought one nail polish from new Catrice line, mainly because of the name: Berry Potter & Plumbledore. COME ON, HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! Plus the colour is amazing as well, epic win! I am wearing it right now and love it, I need to show it to ya ASAP.

 

Lately I am going nuts about hair products. My hair is getting pretty long and is at this point pretty damaged, so I need to visit a hairdresser pronto. L'Oreal Leave-In Spray I got from my flatmate and it is amazing stuff. Smells like heaven and it really works wonders on the hair, they look so much nicer, fall really nicely, they don't tangle ... perfect stuff. I do not think we can get it in Europe, which is a pity (let me know if we can, please!)

Subrina's Hair Code I also got as a gift, it is a two-faze shine serum. I used it once, but it looks promising, it did not grease up my hair. 

Got2b anti-frizz lotion again I got from my flatmate (she cut her hair completely short, so she does not need the products anymore), and it is pretty neat stuff, you just need to be careful not to overload it as it does get your hair greasy fast. Smells like grapefruit, sometimes i like it, sometimes I don't. 

Estee Lauder travel set for very dry skin, alas it does not suit me (my skin is combination to greasy, so it is a no-go), but my mother will love it. 

Essence eyeshadow brush from the new LE. I actually bought another one after testing this one, I love it so much. I regret not buying the smaller one too, but it went superfast. I bought this one off completely full stand in the afternoon, came back next day around noon and it was basically empty. Girls work fast!

A set of Aldo Vandini Olive & Granatapfel with a gorgeous bag. A good friend of mine surprised me with this, and it smells amazing, I already tried all of them. The set contains body peeling, body milk, hand creme and travel sized shower gels. Love them! And the bag is perfect for my purse!

And an additional photo of a present my girls brought me in Bratislava. I framed it the other day for my room here in Ljubljana, and remembered I haven't even shown it on the blog. It is perfect for moi. :)

Coffee and Lord of the Rings? Yes please!


What did you get for yourself lately? Oh, and of course, if you wish to see a detailed review of anything in the haul posts, all you need to do is ask in the comments. :)

Thank you for reading and commenting!