Showing posts with label nail polishes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nail polishes. Show all posts

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Glitter Gal Fuschia - it's bright, it's holographic, it's eye-blinding!//Glitter Gal Fuschia 幻彩指甲油

I met up with Michelle from Cosmetic Cupcake last week and she owns the most enviable nail polish collection :P and she gave me a few nail polishes! I'm so happy to try out the first holographic nail polish in my life - Glitter Gal Fuschia. I could literally stare at the bottle and go oooh and waaahh for half a day.

上星期和 Michelle見面, 她是指甲油專家 :P 收藏量真令人羨慕! 她從澳洲帶了禮物給我, 當然不少得指甲油. 我很高興終於試了人生第一支 "holographic" - 幻彩指甲油 (如翻譯錯誤請指正!). 單看著瓶子都可已用上大半天了, 太漂亮啦.


Sunday, April 17, 2011

Born Pretty Store Review// Born Pretty Store 產品試用

This is a review on Born Pretty Store's nail art products, this post is long overdue because I've been extremely busy (hence not blogging frequently), plus putting on different nail polishes and removing them frequently aren't good for the nails! It took me a while to test out the following products they sent over: 2 nail top coats with glitters, a set of 10 pieces of nail decoration stickers; a palette of nail decoration half-pearls; a palette full of kawaii nail decoration objects; and a palette filled with deliciously-looking nail decoration pieces.

Born Pretty Store 是間專賣nail art,指甲油, 彩繪/裝飾的網上店, 本人用了很久才可以把它寄過來的東西試勻! 經常塗+去掉甲油對指甲很不健康的, 所以便試了很久. 今次用過的有2支topcoat, 都是有閃粉/閃片的, 另外還有一些珍珠片指甲裝飾, 3D指甲裝飾貼紙, 和3D甲面甜品裝飾.

First I decided to use a deep ruby red nail polish from Jill Stuart (mini-size given to me from a friend) to pair with the glitter top coat:

我先用Jill Stuart的一隻迷你版酒紅色甲油作底色:
The Gold Glitter topcoat which I will layer on:
這就是金色閃片的topcoat了:
Ta-da!
The dark ruby red color is stunning itself but after adding the Glitter Gold Art Enamel Gel Paint, instant glamour <3 Also I noticed the glitter topcoat itself is like a kaleidoscope just by looking at the bottle. The effect of the topcoat makes my nails look like they've a 'gel' layer on them. Thumbs-up on this Glitter Gold Art Enamel Gel Paint.

我用了酒紅色去突出個金色Topcoat, 好Glamorous, 加了Topcoat之後同後真係好大分別.

The second topcoat I picked was the Star Silver Art Gel Paint:

第二試用的是這個銀色星星topcoat:

I randomly pulled a nail polish shade from Bourjois, which is a creamy nude shade as a base.

隨便選了一隻creamy的裸色系顏色做底色.

Topping it with the Star Silver Art Gel Paint:

然後加銀色星星的topcoat:

The Star Silver paint fairs less well than the Gold Glitter one, as you can see in the pic below, the glitters are very fine and you need to take a really close look in order to notice them. But I suppose using a darker color as base would make the effect more obvious. I have figured that these glitter gel coats work best with darker colored polishes.

至於個銀色星星Topcoat, 搽了都不太覺有閃粉, 因為閃粉都比較幼細, 個人認為與底色比較淺色的原因有關. 如果以深色作底色就會好看得多!

Next up is the palette of half-pearls decorations:


I used a shimmery black polish as the base colored and used the white half-pearls to line and decorate, for some reason the black and the pearl going together reminds me of a luxury brand ;) This palette has various colors of half-pearls pieces so there would be something for everyone, from elegant styles like in this demo to cute-ish ones when paired with girly colors (see below for another demo).

用了深黑色微閃的顏色作底色, 然後用了白色的珍珠片作線條, 黑+珍珠白拼在一起令我想起某名牌子 ;) 一盒裡有很多顏色, 由成熟到可愛的style都可以做到.

Now the exciting bit! How cute is this palette full of desserts/sweets decorations pieces?! And most importantly, these are 3D, haha!!

主菜來了! 它就是3D甲面甜品裝飾組合了.

I figured a more girly color would look best with these desserts decoration pieces, here's how they looked! And I used the half-pearls from above to decorate as well. The dessert motif is just too sweet to look at.

我想甜品主題的裝飾應配些可愛女孩系的顏色如粉紅及紅色, 我亦用了珍珠片作裝飾, 下圖的demo絕對不難弄!
Lastly, the Flower 3D Nail Art Tips Decoration Stickers. I had a hard time choosing which pattern/print to use, there were just too many to choose from.

最後便是3D指甲裝飾貼紙, 有無數款色可選, 選擇很困難, 哈!

I used some stick-on nails to do the demo: here I used the flowery 3D decoration stickers, the Gold Glitter enamel coat, and the Star Silver gel paint. The effect looks like the nails have undergone 'gel' treatment at some nail spa boutiques! I'm surprised how well these items worked together in this lady-like nail-do.

我最終用了可貼上指甲的甲片, 下圖使用了帶閃片的金色topcoat, 銀色星星topcoat, 3D花花貼紙, 有否留意效果與 gel 甲十分似??? 估不到3項產品加起上來的效果很lady-like!

To conclude, I'm pretty impressed by how versatile the Gold Glitter topcoat is (workable with just any color!) but I'd advise second thoughts on the Star Silver one because it's showing itself very humbly in pictures. The flowery nail deco stickers are such a steal (10 big pieces of decoration stickers at under $5 USD...hello?) and most importantly they're ideal for lazy folks like me to do konading LOL. The 3D dessert decorations are cute and sweet to look at, I wonder if there are any other motifs of 3D decos besides the dessert items. The half-pearls can play up the elegance of dark colors yet could add cuteness with paler/pastel colors in my opinion. If you're going for something unique, I'd really recommend the Gold Glitter topcoat and the 3D dessert decorations.

個人最喜歡金色閃片的topcoat (和任何顏色都配搭得很好!), 但銀色星星那支的效果不太明顯. 一份10張的花花貼紙款色多得眼花瞭亂, $40 HKD左右已經有10張, 最重要的是適合懶人使用 XD 至於珍珠片, 我認為都很多用途, 配深色底色的話很elegant, 配粉彩系顏色的話也可以很girly/可愛系.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Jill Stuart Valentine Love Collection Info and Photos

I was kindly informed by a blogger who reminded me that Jill Stuart's Valentine Love Collection is coming up, in fact it's set to release on 24th Jan! Oh how quick...another 2 weeks to go before Chinese Lunar New Year!
(all images taken from Jill Stuart official website)

My heart fluttered as I checked out their promo pics! I felt so bad ever since I missed out last year's Bridal Collection from the brand :( because I was outside Hong Kong. But I know this year I will be able to get my hands on this collection and can custom-purchase a few sets for bloggers too! I am loving the dessert-theme here, the gloss trios look like candies in a box!
4 new and limited edition products would be released:
They are:

1) Heart Gloss Trio neatly put in a heart-shaped tin:
The cap carries heart-shaped crystal with a "J" on it:
There are 3 different colors in one tin: #101 Sweet Rendezvous (bright fuschia pink); #102 Cross My Heart (pure red); #103 Platonic Romance (nude pink).
2) The second product is 6ml nail polishes (they're smaller than regular-sized ones) and come in 5 shades: #109 Love Scandal (far left); #110 Captive of Love (second left); #111 Love Potion (the middle shade); #112 Love is Blind (second right); #113 First Love (far right). Each is sold individually.
3) Also being released is a set of two blotting papers. The one on the left is #01 Heart and Cupid; the one on right is #02 Love Key
4) 2 Emery boards for nails will be introduced:
How they look when flipped over: (not sure which from the above corresponds to the ones below :P have to find that out!)
(Source: Jill Stuart official website)

I am eyeing on the gloss trios and some of the nail polishes as I think they're absolute value for money, not to mention the heart-shaped tin looks cute on the dresser :)! The nail polishes look decent and are cheap to invest when compared to their regular-sized bottles too.

P.S. If anyone needs help purchasing these, please email me in advance as I will be able to make pre-orders. Limited Edition collections and products are sold out in a matter of 2-3 days (not to mention their Christmas Coffret last December!). More info on my custom-purchase services here.

What are you eyeing on :)?

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Jill Stuart Spring 2011 Collection info and photos!

Happy New Year people! Life had been busy since I returned from Taiwan (Christmas gatherings, birthday celebrations, new year's eve countdown and work), I'm planning on a few upcoming posts but first I want to post this: Spring 2011 Collection from Jill Stuart!

This year there are a few products up in the alley so hopefully there's something for everyone. They will release a new line of lip glosses called Lip Jewel, a new color for blush blossom, a new color for Mixed Blush Compact, 2 new shades for Jewel Crystal Eyes Palette, and 3 new nail polish colors.
12 new shades are included in the new Lip Jewel line, each gloss is named after some precious stones like ruby, catseye...there will be 2 limited colors, #11 and #12.

06 Little Anemone will be the new color for the blush blossom range. Also notice that the price of blush blossoms is increased. *o*
Price of the Mixed Blush Compact is also raised, the new color will be #13 Milky Pink.
Dolly Bloom, Marshmallow bonbon, Petal Shower will be the 3 new colors added to nail polishes range. Retailing price is increased.
Angelic Topaz, Sweet Amethyst are the 2 new shades for Jewel Crystal Eyes palette range. Retailing price is raised too.
And finally, something for Jill Stuart Club Member who spent over $5000 HKD in the past year until March this year. They can redeem the following set of dishes and plate (without the products), I say this set looks very classy!!
(all images taken from Jill Stuart official site)

Which item catches your eye?! :) Personally I will be picking up the Mixed Blush Compact in #13 Milky Pink 'cause I'm a big fan of the mixed blush compacts anyday over the blush blossoms lol!

P.S. If you need help purchasing these, contact me early in advance because their new products are always sold out in a matter of 2-3 days.

On another note, do you have any new year's resolutions for 2011 (both beauty and non-beauty related)? Please SHARE! ^_^

Thursday, November 4, 2010

NOTD: MAC Bad Fairy

Bad Fairy nail polish instantly got my attention from the MAC Venomous Villains product info. It's a duochrome shade of red and orange with intense glitter in it. Although I'm not a big fan of glitter nails, I can't say enough how much I adore this color :)

In the following pic you can see how the color changes from red to slightly orange (the second finger):
All of these pics are taken after applying two coats of Bad Fairy. It's not as sheer as I expected, after two layers it came out like this:

Under artificial lighting:

It's a lovely color indeed, and if you can grab it, please get yourself one! Although it's retailed at a higher price than most drugstore polishes, this is worth it! My only gripe is the brush that came along - the bristles are hard to work with, some even fly out (-.-) think of a thoroughly used toothbrush, and you get the idea. LOL

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Jill Stuart FALL/WINTER Collection 2010 Product Info



After knowing Jill Stuart will discontinue 2-3 of their mixed blush compact shades, we now know they will come up with new designs for blushes and the brushes attached are different too!

What you need to know about this collection:

- new blushes will come in loose powder format, 5 new shades and one being a LE shade (05).

- 3 new colors for eye jellies, none of them is LE.

- 1 new variation for their eyeshadow quads.

- 2 new shades for jelly lip gloss, one of them being LE.

- 2 new shades for lip luster, both shades are LE.

- 3 new shades for nail polish, and one of them is LE.

Source: Jill Stuart member email

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Review: Jill Stuart nail polish in 106 Romantic Mararon + Another new release from Benefit

OMG I can't stop SNIFFING AT MY NAILS!!!!!! read on...

Ladies, this is going to sound crazy and you probably won't believe me. The day I used this nail polish coming from the 09 Christmas holiday coffret, a sweet candy scent lingers afterwards (I didn't smell my nails deliberately.). And i discovered this smell actually came from my nails after the nail polish has dried O_O!!! *Ahem* don't try to smell from the bottles directly, and don't even try to think about doing so at the counters lol!!! the smell only came after it's on your nails! :D

Most nail polishes are awful in their smells (you know, like Thinner liquid), the smell of thinner is still here in the polish but it has a kind of sweet scent coming from it as well, this sounds crazy coz I have never tried nail polishes that doesn't stink (that much).

Lets come to the color of the polish, it is a milky/pearly white and pink color with lilac shimmer in it, so in the bottle it looks like its milky pink, but after i painted it on, its like a purple-ish milky pink (really suck in describing colors, lol).


The color looks very natural =] Yet I should have put on a few more coats just to ensure it lasts on my nails...
I accidentally spoiled the coats of polish before they dried :( have to remove them and paint again...

Quote of the day: Nail painting is a patience training.
After 3 coats:
(my hand is actually not that big and long, I crooked it to make the nails reflect light, :D)

On another note, Benefit has come up with another new product, an eyeshadow primer called 'Stay don't Stray'. It claims to hold your eyeshadow without creasing and stuff like that, but I'm more interested in knowing the amount of product they have!!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Review: Canmake Nail Polish in 91 Barbie Pink with red tones

I'm on a Canmake kick lately (Japanese drugstore brand, but not very cheap though!). I was browsing their makeup shelf lately, mainly for their eye jellies (called Jewel Star Eyes) but the one in brown color was sold out, so I turned to things that I hardly use: nail polishes. Being a huge fan of Barbie products (speaking of which, I'm dying to receive my Stila Barbie palette to arrive from the mail), I wanted the kind of barbie pink color on my nails. Canmake have those fake nail samples with different colored polishes on them and my eyes landed on this one!


As you can see, the bottle shows that it is red in color, but the nail sample and the color showed up on my nails is exactly that kind of Barbie pink I was looking for!! Pink with red undertones instead of pink with lilac tones like Barneys the dinosaur, or pure candy cotton pink like that flower in the picture.



Apologies for the poor quality of my camera (my dad took the better one away!), the color showed up on my nails after 2 layers of the polish looked red if viewed from a distance, but they're pink when you looked at them closer!

I was too happy with this purchase, and I wanted to stock up on one more bottle. But they were all sold out and I wasn't sure if they will restock this color :(