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Gradient Friday! Some of the girls from my favourite FB group PLOP had came together and decided to do a theme together, and it’s Gradient nails! I was happy to finally participate this time as I was busy the previous few rounds they did it. Be sure to check out the rest of the awesome gradient manicures here at the bottom! For my gradient nails, I used a bunch of neon polishes and stamped over with Cheeky plate CH14!  I didn’t use the new popular technique in Nailasaurus’s tutorial as some of the neons were quite sheer so I didn’t think it would work. Instead I used OPI Alpine Snow as base, and sponged on the neons 1/3 of the nail at a time to achieve this. So what do you think? Is this awesome or what?! :) Polishes Used: China Glaze Beach Cruise-R China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada China Glaze Orange Knockout (Neon) China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini China Glaze Pool Party China Glaze Towel Boy Toy

Gradient Friday!

Some of the girls from my favourite FB group PLOP had came together and decided to do a theme together, and it’s Gradient nails! I was happy to finally participate this time as I was busy the previous few rounds they did it.

Be sure to check out the rest of the awesome gradient manicures here at the bottom!

For my gradient nails, I used a bunch of neon polishes and stamped over with Cheeky plate CH14! 

I didn’t use the new popular technique in Nailasaurus’s tutorial as some of the neons were quite sheer so I didn’t think it would work. Instead I used OPI Alpine Snow as base, and sponged on the neons 1/3 of the nail at a time to achieve this.

So what do you think? Is this awesome or what?! :)

Polishes Used:
China Glaze Beach Cruise-R
China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada
China Glaze Orange Knockout (Neon)
China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
China Glaze Pool Party
China Glaze Towel Boy Toy


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China Glaze ‘I Herd That’ & ‘I’m Not Lion’


CG I Herd That (Left), CG I’m Not Lion (Right)

‘I Herd That’ & ‘I’m Not Lion’ are the glitters from the new Safari Collection from China Glaze! 

Safari collection comprises of mostly earthy cremes which are not bad, if you do not already have something similar. Seriously, we need new colors! In the end I only bought these 2 babies as I already have similar shades for the rest in my stash..

‘I Herd That’ & ‘I’m Not Lion’ had a pleasant little surprise for me when I shine my table light on them because.. they have micro holographic glitters in them! The micro holographic glitters are very very fine and really hard to see especially in the shade, and they are sort of like.. I’m there.. I’m not there.. But I still like them!

These photos are taken indoor, with indirect sunlight. 

‘I Herd That’ is filled with gold and copper glitters, and of cos, micro holographic glitters in a clear base. Formula is great, not thick at all. I used 2 coats for the above picture, looks pretty opaque to me but it’s hard to tell as I layered this over a silver foil polish. 

I compared ‘I Herd That’ with CG ‘Fireside Glow’ by the bottle and they are not dupes. “Fireside Glow’ is more brown and darker, while ‘I Herd That’ is more gold and lighter.

‘I’m Not Lion’ is filled with light brass gold and silver glitters, and micro holographic glitters in clear base. Formula is the same as ‘I Herd That’, smooth and easy to apply. 2 coats for the above layered over a silver foil as well.

The holographic glitters is more obvious in the bottle for ‘I’m Not Lion’, but actually shows up more for ‘I Herd That’ on the nails!

Love these 2 shades that I got, meh.. for the rest. Dont need them. I also have a nail art post scheduled next, so stay tuned!

Cheers!

Polishes Used:
China Glaze I Herd That
China Glaze I’m Not Lion


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Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black Today I have Chunky Holo Black from Kleancolor today! Chunky Holo Black is a brownish-black jelly fill with super super thin color shifting glitters! Chunky Holo Black is very sheer so it’s probably not a good idea to use it on it’s own. Black is  the best base for it, I think.. The glitters color shifts from orange to green and yellow depending on the angle that the light hits them.. Some blue are also spotted in the bottle but I can’t get them on my nails. The glitters do tends to sink to the bottom of the bottle and Kleancolors only have one steel ball bearing in it so it’s not easy to shake them up. Problem solved by turning and storing the polish upside down. :) Sorry for the slight tip wear! I was too lazy to do cleanup so I wore it for a few days to let the polish on skin drop off itself before taking this photo! :P Polishes Used: Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black OPI Black Onyx

Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black

Today I have Chunky Holo Black from Kleancolor today! Chunky Holo Black is a brownish-black jelly fill with super super thin color shifting glitters! Chunky Holo Black is very sheer so it’s probably not a good idea to use it on it’s own. Black is  the best base for it, I think..

The glitters color shifts from orange to green and yellow depending on the angle that the light hits them.. Some blue are also spotted in the bottle but I can’t get them on my nails. The glitters do tends to sink to the bottom of the bottle and Kleancolors only have one steel ball bearing in it so it’s not easy to shake them up. Problem solved by turning and storing the polish upside down. :)

Sorry for the slight tip wear! I was too lazy to do cleanup so I wore it for a few days to let the polish on skin drop off itself before taking this photo! :P

Polishes Used:
Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black
OPI Black Onyx


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Kleancolor Holo Chrome I’m having Holo Chrome from Kleancolor on my nails today! I’ve heard about this one for quite some time so I was really excited when I finally got it! Holo Chrome is a violet jelly packed with micro holographic glitters! The holographic glitters in this one is really fine and you can hardly feel them on the nails at all. Application is super smooth - it’s sheer at one coat, opaque at two. Look at the sparkly holo glitters! They’re so shiny under the light that they’ll actually hurts my eyes! Super gorgeous! :) Polish Used: Kleancolor Holo Chrome

Kleancolor Holo Chrome

I’m having Holo Chrome from Kleancolor on my nails today! I’ve heard about this one for quite some time so I was really excited when I finally got it!

Holo Chrome is a violet jelly packed with micro holographic glitters! The holographic glitters in this one is really fine and you can hardly feel them on the nails at all. Application is super smooth - it’s sheer at one coat, opaque at two.

Look at the sparkly holo glitters! They’re so shiny under the light that they’ll actually hurts my eyes! Super gorgeous! :)

Polish Used:
Kleancolor Holo Chrome


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CG Polka Dot Skittles I did a set of polka dot skittles nails today, and coincidentally they all are China Glaze polishes so hence the tittle. :) All of them are lovely China Glaze cremes you should have in your stash! :) Polishes Used China Glaze Lemon Fizz China Glaze Re-fresh Mint China Glaze Peachy Keen China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le China Glaze Below Deck

CG Polka Dot Skittles

I did a set of polka dot skittles nails today, and coincidentally they all are China Glaze polishes so hence the tittle. :)

All of them are lovely China Glaze cremes you should have in your stash! :)

Polishes Used
China Glaze Lemon Fizz
China Glaze Re-fresh Mint
China Glaze Peachy Keen
China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le
China Glaze Below Deck


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Princess Tears Today on my nails I have Princess Tears from A England! I got some of the A England Holographics awhile back from my colleagues for my birthday and this is the first time I’m using them! Princess Tears is a silvery lilac holographic polish from A England’s The Legend collection. Initially I thought the A England holographic polishes are all scattered holos, but Princess Tears is actually quite linear! The formula for my bottle is on the thick side and not as easy to apply.. pretty different from what I’m seeing online so I guess it might be just my bottle? :( I added this really unique lace sticker over my Princess Tears as you know.. I like to spice things up a little, but it ended up looking a little cheap in the photo. I assure you, it looks amazing in real life. Cameras are just irritating at times for picking up too much details. Hope you like my version of Princess Tears.. A funky Princess with zebra print lace! :) Polish Used: A England Princess Tears

Princess Tears

Today on my nails I have Princess Tears from A England! I got some of the A England Holographics awhile back from my colleagues for my birthday and this is the first time I’m using them!

Princess Tears is a silvery lilac holographic polish from A England’s The Legend collection. Initially I thought the A England holographic polishes are all scattered holos, but Princess Tears is actually quite linear! The formula for my bottle is on the thick side and not as easy to apply.. pretty different from what I’m seeing online so I guess it might be just my bottle? :(

I added this really unique lace sticker over my Princess Tears as you know.. I like to spice things up a little, but it ended up looking a little cheap in the photo. I assure you, it looks amazing in real life. Cameras are just irritating at times for picking up too much details.

Hope you like my version of Princess Tears.. A funky Princess with zebra print lace! :)

Polish Used:
A England Princess Tears


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Comparison: OPI Pirouette My Whistle vs Nubar White Polka Dot

Today I’m going to do a comparison post on OPI Pirouette My Whistle from the OPI NYC Ballet collection and Nubar’s White Polka Dot. I got these 2 polishes recently and thought they really look similar from the bottle so I decided to swatch them both! :)


WPD = White Polka Dot, PMW = Pirouette My Whistle

These are 2 coats of White Polka Dot & Pirouette My Whistle over 4 coats of OPI Don’t Touch My Tutu.

I guess the most prominent difference between the 2 polishes are the micro glitters. Pirouette My Whistle have dense silver micro glitters while White Polka Dot have sparse pearly white micro glitters. The larger white hex glitters looks the same for both polish (atleast from what I can see).

Between these 2 polish, I actually prefer White Polka Dot over Pirouette My Whistle. OPI tends to overkill with their silver micro glitters sometimes and this is one of them. (OPI Save Me is another one).

Signing off with another coat of OPI Don’t Touch My Tutu over all of them for a jelly sandwich!

Polishes Used:
OPI Don’t Touch My Tutu
OPI Pirouette My Whistle
Nubar White Polka Dot


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‘Minnie’ Nails Don’t my nails today look very Minnie Mouse inspired? I didnt actually had Minnie in mind when I picked out the colours but this whole mani really just screams ‘Minnie’ - especially with the white acrylic ribbon! The red polish used in this mani is ‘Red Lights Ahead.. Where?’ from OPI’s new Holland Collection. I didn’t think I would love this colour, but I do! ‘Red Lights Ahead.. Where?’ is a slightly coral red with a fantastic formula and coverage. I only used one coat for this polish and it’s just so opaque! It applies really smooth like butter as well! Love it!  Was really busy making nail polish jewelries this week so there wasn’t any new posts.. But I already have quite a few nail polish combinations and comparisons on my to do list. Hopefully I’ll be able to find the time to do & publish them soon! :) Polishes Used: Essence Sweet As Candy OPI Red Lights Ahead.. Where? OPI Alpine Snow

‘Minnie’ Nails

Don’t my nails today look very Minnie Mouse inspired? I didnt actually had Minnie in mind when I picked out the colours but this whole mani really just screams ‘Minnie’ - especially with the white acrylic ribbon!

The red polish used in this mani is ‘Red Lights Ahead.. Where?’ from OPI’s new Holland Collection. I didn’t think I would love this colour, but I do! ‘Red Lights Ahead.. Where?’ is a slightly coral red with a fantastic formula and coverage. I only used one coat for this polish and it’s just so opaque! It applies really smooth like butter as well! Love it! 

Was really busy making nail polish jewelries this week so there wasn’t any new posts.. But I already have quite a few nail polish combinations and comparisons on my to do list. Hopefully I’ll be able to find the time to do & publish them soon! :)

Polishes Used:
Essence Sweet As Candy
OPI Red Lights Ahead.. Where?
OPI Alpine Snow


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