Nicole by Opi : Ladies in the Limelight & Make Mine Lime

When I saw that there was a sale at Qoo10 for nail polishes, I knew I was going to purchase at least 1-2 bottles. :P

Since most of the colours that I want are sold out, I decide to get 2 colours that I would seldom try. :P This was easy with the help of my nail polish display rack. hahas. It's that obvious that I'm not a huge fan of yellows colour. :P

Overall a good experience. Delivery is fast. Item came with 2 layers of bubblewrap.
Product is a little thin but colours does show well in 3 coats. I tried it immediately after receiving, with Opi's servin up Sparkle on top and it's gorgeous.

Poshe Basecoat, Seche Vite fast dry top coat, Ladies in the Limelight, Make Mine Lime, Opi Servin' Up Sparkle.

My First Neon Orange Nail Polish

Received China Glaze's Neon Orange nail polish in my Bella Box for August and decide to test it out with Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails as base (which I received in my May Bella Box). Maybe orange's just not for me, the colour's a little too bright for my liking. :(

Comparing SH's Hard as Nails to the normal base coat I use, I still prefer my normal base coat. Don't really see the "hardener" effect. My nails still felt like it's going to break all the time. :(

Comparing China Glaze Neon colour to my other China Glaze colour, it seems that Neon's a tiny bit thicker, would prefer pastel colours or glittery ones. :D

Used OPI Silver Shatter on top of the Neon Orange and it instantly makes it less "刺眼" imo, should have tried black shatter though. :p

Nail Addict Journal 29/Dec

Notice sometimes we purchase similar nail colours without realizing it? What you see on the bottle might not show the actual colour that will be on your nails.. Which is why I like to see people posting photos of swatches. :D

Today I'm going to show some of the common colours that I own and hopefully will ease your pain of trying to get the colour you want. :)


1. The Noticeable Pink Battle
China Glaze's Dance Baby Vs OPI's Sparrow Me the Drama






Dance Baby's pops up more, Sparrow Me the Drama's more pastel.


2. The Blue Greens Battle
OPI's Mermaid's Tears Vs China Glaze's Kinetic Candy Vs China Glaze's For Audrey





Mermaid's Tears's more of greyish kind of green, Kinetic Candy's more light bluish, For Audrey's quite close to Tiffany blue.


3. The Glitter's Battle
OPI's Servin' Up Sparkle Vs China Glaze's Techno Vs China Glaze's Fairy Dust





If you ask me, I would say Servin' Up Sparkle, Techno and Fairy Dust are pretty much same, only difference is that Fairy Dust doesn't have the holographic hexagonal pieces thingy and Servin' up Sparkle has more tiny glitters.

Servin' Up Sparkle - Holographic hexagonal pieces + more tiny glitters.
Techno - similar to Servin' up Sparkle but sightly lesser tiny glitters.
Fairy Dust - Only tiny holographic glitters.

If these doesn't help you make up your mind, maybe searching for more swatches will help you in making the choice. :D

Nail Addict Journal 28/Dec

Last batch of nail polish for 2011. :D

After the previous OPI batch in November, I kept telling myself no more OPIs for 2011 but when China Glaze came out with these numbers I just can't stop my fingers..... :p



The EVIL people who keep bringing in pretty nail polishes at affordable rates.. I need to buy a special box just to keep my babies soon! :p



Now whenever my husband sees this sign, he knows it's my nail stuffs. :p



All wrapped up.. Xmas pressie for myself. :D



China Glaze's Electropop range. :D

I so wanted to get the reds too.. but reds are so hard to pull off.. other than CNY and National day, I seldom wear red leh..


Dance Baby, Gothic Lolita, Electric Beat, Kinetic Candy, Techno

Some swatches in the next post. :D

Nail Addict Journal 22/Dec

I-Relax @ Nail Suite



Bought a voucher through Streetdeal.sg for Classic Manicure and Pedicure at $22 only! :D


It's easy to locate, very nicely decorated. Chairs are comfortable and staffs are friendly. Spacious and clean feel.

Topped up S$5 for the milky thingy for hands and S$5 for feet. Have to topup for OPI designer range so I picked normal colours. No need to top up for quick dry top coat which is something I'm really pleased with. :D


Before.


Before.

2 different ladies doing my mani and pedi so I was out in less than an hour. The lady doing manicure for me seems a little distracted as she forgot to put top coat on a few of my nails and cuticle oil but other than that everything is fine. They open 2 sets of fresh tools pack for mani and pedi. Overall satisfied. :)



After.


After.



:D

Skills not too bad it's been 6 days and no signs of chipping yet. :D

Nail Addict Journal 23/Dec

I failed to keep my hands off gmarket, and bought more random nail stuffs.

Total damage: S$30.50 (inclusive of registered post)


French Tip Sticker (1 for S$2.30, 3 for @$6.30, free normal post)



Nail Art Dotting Tool Set + free gift (S$7.80, free normal post)


One end is all the same size the other end is 5 different sizes.


This is the Free Gift. A pack of 2mm silver rhinestones.



2mm White Pearl (S$5.80, free normal post)


3mm Pink Pearl (S$5.80, free normal post)

Bought 2mm White and 3mm Pink but Pink looks a lot bigger, I measured using ruler and the measurements are correct. Would be great if there's 2mm pink and other colours too.



Little box of 2mm Rhinestones (S$4.90, free normal post)



Nail Art Glue with brush (S$2.30, free normal post)

A small little bottle, took a photo of it together with an AA battery as comparison. Comes with a brush inside but yet to use it so not sure if it's good.. :D



Free Gift. :D

Can't wait to try them out! :P

Nail Addict Journal 15/Dec

What do you do when your nail polish starts to chips?



Normal respond would be to clean them away using nail polish remover, right?

I do that too.. but not before I do a little experiment with it! :)

In 2011, one of the hits in nail polish would be Shatter Nail Polish. Just in case you've been leaving under the rock in the world of beauty, Shatter Nail Polish also known as Crackle Nail Polish are nail polish applied on top of a dried nail polish (as base) and cracks form while it dries, creating an unique artwork.


Pedicure done using OPI Katy Perry's Teenage Dream + Black Shatter by Michelle. :)


I've 2 Shatter colours from OPI, they are Silver Shatter and Black Shatter.
Base nail polish is China Glaze For Audrey + Matte Magic.



This is how Silver Shatter and Black Shatter looks like without top coat on..
Notice that silver shatter doesn't look as obvious as the black shatter..



But with a normal top coat on, the silver shatter looks more obvious and I actually prefer the silver shatter effect as compared to the black shatter with top coat on. How about you? Which effect do you prefer? :)


I've just remove all nail polish to let my nails breath.. till then..

Nail Addict Journal 12/Dec

China Glaze For Audrey + Matte Magic





Opi Grape..Set..Match + Servin' Up Sparkle