Mattifying my Nail Art

And once again I decided to experiment with my matte top coat (Cobertura Fosca da Cor - Efeito Fosco, from Colorama).

I love the effect and the texture, and I also love how quickly I can change the look of my nails. I'll just apply it on top of whatever I'm wearing, wherever I am. No hassles with cleaning or anything!



Too bad the look doesn't last that long, at least not with this brand. The look gets greasy after a couple of days. No wonder why I wear it a couple of days before changing polishes! ;-)


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PRIS

Addicted :-)

I was preparing my posts and hubby was playing with his flash (to take the pictures for the previous post) and we ended up with a well composed pic!

It represents my nail blog, my two addictions combined. :-)


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Redemption - a 2nd attempt at Nail Art

After my first (frustrated) nail art attempt, I decided to try again.

Rosa Chiclete (Colorama) was my base colour, since my first lesson was to use a lighter shade.

For the Water Marble, I used the Rosa Chiclete and Maxi (Colorama) pair once more. I L-O-V-E-D IT!!! ;)

Not so happy with my ombré, though. It looked a bit like a failed (and crooked) Colour Blocking, lacking a smooth transition from one colour to the other.

The base colour was Rosa Chiclete, followed by 5ª Avenida, Vinho Fashion and Maxi (all from Colorama).

I gotta learn how to sponge better, tapping lighter and less. And the colours were not my best choice


I find cleaning to be the hardest part of these Nail Arts. Specially Water Marbling!! My being right-handed is the reason for the marbling to be on my left hand...

So, is it any better?


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Polish Days: Jelly Sandwich

This is my Polish Days debut!

Polish Days is a polish addicts round-up, when a bunch of nail bloggers get together and publish a themed manicure. It's amazingly well organized by Hannah, the lady behind Polly Polish. And today's theme is Jelly Sandwich (#SandwichPD), layering a glittery/flakey coat in between two coats of jelly.

I'll be breaking my polish timeline with this post, and I debated if I should post my first Jelly Sandwich, or the second and most recent one. Even though I absolutely loved the first, it didn't photograph that well. The Jelly effect will be better seen on the manicure I was wearing last week (although the picture is still not great).



I'm going through a colourful phase, and started by alternating "Oh My Magenta" (Revlon) and "Lapiz of Luxury" (Essie). Using the Revlon polish as one of my base layers was my little twist on the sandwich, as it is not a jelly or sheer polish.





The glittery effect was brought by "Big City Dazzle" (New York Color).

The top jelly was an even more colourful experiment. Colours used were "Lapiz of Luxury" (Essie) and "Shar Pei" (Risqué). The layers didn't follow the same alternating pattern as the bottom coats, resulting in 4 different shades. Colours used in each finger are listed below, from bottom to top layer.

Left hand: 

Thumb: LofL, BCD, LofL 

Index finger: OMM, BCD, SP 

Middle finger: LofL, BCD, SP 

Ring finger: OMM, BCD, SP 

Pinky finger: LofL, BCD, LofL

Right hand: 

Thumb: OMM, BCD, SP 

Index finger: LofL, BCD, LofL 

Middle finger: OMM, BCD, LofL 

Ring finger: LofL, BCD, LofL 

Pinky finger: OMM, BCD, SP

I found that Essie's Lapiz of Luxury is not a good polish for Jelly Sandwiches. It is a bit sheer, but not exactly jelly, as it doesn't spread evenly sheer (some opacity can be clearly seen on my right hand middle finger). Shar Pei, on the other hand, is the perfect Jelly layering polish! I loved the purplish effect on top of Lapiz of Luxury (left hand middle finger).

Jelly Sandwiches are a great way of renewing your manicure. What I'll do is put on the base colour and keep it for a day or two. Add the glitter and, a couple of days later, add the jelly coat. That way, I have three different manicures throughout the week. And it's not a lot of effort! ;-)

Since this is Polish Days, you can find lots of other Jelly Sandwiches on several other blogs. Go check 'em out! ;-)

• 
  Alexis
• 
  Alyssa
• 
  Ariane
• 
  Carolina
• 
  Cassie
• 
  Charlotte
• 
  Chiro
• 
  Chrissy
• 
  Christina
• 
  Deborah
• 
  Emily
• 
  Emma
• 
  Esther
• 
  Haitch
• 
  Heidi
• 
  Inky
• 
  Ishah
• 
  Jasmine
• 
  Jen (NPP)
• 
  Jenny
• 
  Julie
• 
  Karine
• 
  Kat
• 
  Keisha
• 
  Kerrie
• 
  Lani
• 
  Laura
• 
  Lynn
• 
  Mara
• 
  Melissa
• 
  Mihaela
• 
  Pris
• 
  Sabine
• 
  Sabrina
• 
  Salla
• 
  Sophia
• 
  Stephanie
• 
  Susy
• 
  Wendy

Interested in taking part in the Polish Days to come?

Polly Polish explains how they work!


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PRIS

My Nail Art Debut

Even before I started blogging, I used to follow a couple nail blogs here and there. Then I'd see a link to another one, and another, and a few more. Nowadays, I follow zillions of blogs through RSS feed, and a few more through email, because they don't offer the first option.

I saw that Nail Arts were trending and, at first, I thought I'd never venture that way. Oh boy, was I mistaken!

My first attempt was somewhat disastrous. I started by layering one coat of Maxi (Colorama) on top of my swirled mani, to even it out. On my ring fingers, I tried Water Marbling. And my pinky fingers suffered from a weird ombré art.


Lessons leaned:
#1: The base colour has to be lighter. Probably the lightest "of them all". ;-)
#2: It's a lot of work, and requires lots of patience! :-p

But I'll keep on trying...


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PRIS

Ski Ready!

Second part of the ski-outfit-matching series. This time we went to Mont Tremblant (QC) for a weekend, in a group trip organized by one of the student associations at the university.

In search of a reddish pink combination, I decided to layer two nail polishes from Colorama. Rosa Chiclete, bubblegum pink would be the best translation, looks like a failed attempt at a neon pink. It's very bright, though (my husband didn't like it, said it was too pink :-p). Maxi is a jelly burgundy, that I thought would go perfect layered on top of Rosa Chiclete.

My layering experiment didn't work that well, and the colours ended up swirling into each other. But I LOVED the effect. And I would've never achieved it, had I been trying it!


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PRIS