Showing posts with label china glaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label china glaze. Show all posts

Monday, 6 January 2014

Nail Stamps!

Sorry for not posting recently! I went away on holidays to the Central Coast - I may/may not do a post on it, but long story short it was amazing!

On the first day, we checked into the hotel and got settled down. That was went my friends and I decided to do our nails! I'd only bought one nail polish colour as well as top and base coat, whereas my friend told me she had a surprise for me - and that was... stamps! Her cousin had bought these really cool stamps for your nails and they look awesome, so she wanted to try them on me. 

So here's the tutorial and here's what you'll need: 


My friend's cousin bought 4 special nail polishes and a bunch of stamps online. However we only used one stamp plate with our desired patter on it, and one special nail polish. 

 
I used Cutex '2 in 1 Basecoat with Pro-Vitamin B5', and as a base colour I used China Glaze 'Avalanche' (Which I've previous mentioned in my Favourite nail polishes for 2013 post)

So lets begin! 

Tuesday, 31 December 2013

My favourite polishes for 2013...

If you know me, you'd know that I have quite a vast collection of nail polish - I might do a post on it one day cause apparently I have a lot. But anyways, I picked out a few of my favourite nail polishes out of all the ones I have added to my collection this year, and here they are! 

Starting off with top coat! 
I personally think top and base coats are very important when it comes to protecting your natural nail and/or the colour/design on your nails. My favourite top coat has got to be the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat. It dries super fast which is great for people who can't be bothered waiting for nail polish to dry. 


 Moving on to more bold colours. starting from left to right, I have the shade "Chatroom Rendezvous" by China Glaze, "Avalanche" by China Glaze, "Out of the Blue" by Covergirl, "Blue Tiger" by Australis and "Exposure" by Essie.

The China Glaze ones are both the most recent ones, and I love them! I'm currently wearing "Chatroom Rendezvous" on my toe nails. It's a lovely deep red. "Avalanche" is an amazing holographic/futuristic nail polish that has a tint of purple in it. 

"Out of the Blue" by Covergirl is a great colour for spring or autumn/fall - it's not too dark but not too bright either, and "Blue Tiger" by Australis is great for autumn or winter as it's more of a deep blue shade. 

"Exposure" by Essie is great for summer or spring, or when you want to add a bright pop of colour to your outfit - it'll definitely catch people's attention! :) 

All of these polishes are great and easy to apply. I especially love China Glaze and Essie.

Next we have more pastel colours. I love wearing pastels around spring. So again from left to right I have: "Lilac Pastelle" from Revlon, "Absolutely Shore" by Essie, "To Buy Or Not To Buy" from Essie, and "Riviera Blue" by Mimco. 


I personally think Revlon make great nail polishes. They can be price-y but when you find them on sale, grab one! (I got all my Revlon nail polishes on sale haha). I love this shade as well, its a soft pink-purple colour which looks adorable on. 

I also love Essie nail polishes, although they can be too thin for some people, I don't really mind it. Essie can also be pretty expensive, so when they're on sale I definitely recommend trying one out. The two shades I have are also great on your nails. "Absolutely Shore" is a faint pastel green which is easy to pair with any outfit, and "To Buy Or Not To Buy" is a pastel purple (more purple than Revlon's Lilac Pastelle). For Essie polishes, I recommend putting on around 3 coats cause they can be quite thin. 

And lastly Mimco's "Riviera Blue." I didn't even know Mimco sold polishes until I was gifted one this year. I loveeeee love love this shade! It's like a dull pastel blue, something I'd wear in autumn and possibly spring. This polish also lasts pretty long

I hope this post wasn't too long for you (I'm sorry if it was haha) and I'll see you lovelies in my next post! 

Sunday, 22 December 2013

Ying and Yang

The ying and yang symbol has become one of the archetypal representation of balance and natural dualities. Recently I've just left my nails bare and natural, but last night I thought I'd play around with the ying and yang symbol and paint them on my nails.




So I decided to make a step-by-step tutorial for you!