Showing posts with label pale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pale. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Gelato in Venice: Swatch

Trying to keep up with my swatches is proving difficult. Since, these next few weeks coming up will be hell, from switching jobs to weddings, I decided to do a ton of swatching, so I could have photos up on a more consecutive basis until things calm down a bit.

First up is "Gelato in Venice" by Jesse's Girl.

Indoors.

"Gelato in Venice" is a really nice mint green. It's very light and creamy looking. The best part is that it's opaque in 2 coats. 

Direct Sunlight.
This went on really well, no streaking to be found. I'm not certain about the wear on this shade, simply because I had it on all of 2 minutes. But I will update once I've worn this shade out.

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Swatch: China Glaze Lemon Fizz

So today right when we were leaving work, we got hit with a blizzard. White-outs and black outs in some places in my city. Pretty scary driving home today.

But, I have a cheery yellow swatch for you:

January/30/2013
This is China Glaze's "Lemon Fizz" a nice pale, pastel, yellow creme. Took 3 coats, and I found some minimal streaking. This is a great colour for Easter nails. It's wearing pretty well, I've had very little wear on the tips, and the colour is very nice and soft. You might be wondering about the pinky finger. I got anxious and picked it off, also I apologize for the state of my cuticles, winter is being tough.

Friday, 20 July 2012

Flashback Friday: Wooden Shoe Like To Know? OPI

Today, I bring you the lovely paws of my darling cousin Shaheena. She's studying to be a doctor :) And is not afraid of the sparkly! Enjoy!

Close up.

Both Hands

Close up on the Pinky.
So for this, I was mostly practising a Spa-style manicure that school taught me. It was mostly about getting my time right as well as keeping all the steps. All in all it took me a touch over 45 min (not good, I should be at 45min or under). On to the polish! The base colour is OPI's "Wooden Show Like To Know?"; its a beautiful creamy brown with coppery-gold shimmer. I put one layer of "Sparkling" by Revlon over top to give her extra bling, as she never does her nails. I like this combination quite a bit, very subtle, and elegant.

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

Peachy Keen Swatch

This is one of the items I bought using my "Birthday $10 off Sally Coupon".


This is "Peachy Keen" from China Glaze. In the bottle it's paler, so it dries darker (which is fairly obvious despite my brain fart in buying it). I was hoping it would be more like the bottle colour which looks like a pale pastel orange. It is, it's just not as pale as I'd like, but no matter, I can add a drop of white nail polish to make it paler. 
It is a pretty shade nonetheless. I shall have to come up with something to do with it one day.

Monday, 30 April 2012

English Rose Semi-Nail Fail

I used two coats of O.P.I's "Don't Touch my Tutu" under the "English Rose" nail foil I bought ages ago.
This wouldn't be as much of a nail fail if it weren't patchy, and aside from those blue ink marks on my middle finger.... Yeah, apparently it transferred from the note I wrote onto my palm. I'll leave these for a couple of days, but they won't last the week.

Monday, 16 April 2012

Glittery Hearts

I love this ombre design. The reason is probably not why you think. I'll fill you in on how I did it down below :)


Close up of the thumb nail.
So, I know that last mani was also an ombre, but the technique I used this time was a tad different. I didn't try sponging it on, no no, I used acrylic paint on these paws. Yes, that's right, there is no actual nail polish here except for the Base Coat, and the Top Coat. All the rest is regular craft store acrylic paint, blended to create a beautiful gradient effect. So the paints I used were a basic green mixed with white to get the mint, and red, yellow and white for the pastel orange. The little glitter paillets came out of my bottle of "Synergy" from L.A. Girl.
I hope you enjoy this different take on an ombre mani!

Monday, 30 January 2012

Minted by Revlon

August/17/2011 to Aug/22/2011
Simple french manicure. Base colour is "Sheer Nude" by Kleancolor, the tips done in "Minted" by Revlon. The swirls were done using white and black acrylic paint.