More of the Wet N Wild Summer Getaway Set and Vogue Fantastic in Morado

I think it's been taking me too long to update this blog but I promise that I will be updating it. I am so lazy editing pictures but when  I do I kinda do them in bulk so when I write my post they're kinda in bulk as well ^_^

I'm going to continue with the review of the goodies I won from  Sekhmet's Purple Castle

  

 This is Sage in the City which is from the Wet N' Wild Summer Getaway Set

I've said on my previous post that this polish would look great over black so that's what I exactly did here.

I used one coat of black as base then applied two coats of Sage in the City.

This green really pops, it's almost a metallic finish.

 

 I love pinks and greens combo so I decided to use this baby pink crackle polish on top. The crackle polish is thin so the pink didn't take over the whole nail and it dries to a matte finish.

 

After one coat of top coat here it is looking sweet and shiny. I love this color combo but I barely do it on my nails. The contrast of the metallic green and pink is so pretty! ^_^

First I want to say sorry because my phone's camera is not giving me a break and I can not take a true color of this nail polish, aaarrrggghhh!!!

Buffy the Violet Slayer is a deep electric violet. Once on your nails it is so mesmerizing, every time I would look at it it feels like I'm looking at someone else's nails. I know it sounds crazy hahaha!

 

On this pic I sponged in a dark semi metallic blue then applied an orange flakey like glitter, I was hoping that there would be a contrast but it isn't very visible on pic. I was trying to take a pic of it in a well lit area so I won't have to use the flash but my phone doesn't want to show the violet still *sigh*

 

 Here I did some skull stamping using an orange nail polish, unfortunately my top coat turned the orange into a murky shade good thing it didn't melt the copper gold pen I used in the crown.

 

Here's a better pic I think ^_^

 

I cheated a bit here :)

I first applied two coats of jelly orange polish then used one coat of 9.0.2.1.Orange

I really like this orange polish because of the gold shimmers, even if it's sheer it's great for using as a topper.

  

I did a Halloween theme with it! ^_^

 

 I'm going to do a little break from the Summer Getaway set....

I used two coats of this polish which I believe is a dupe of a Sweet Nail Polish brand, the number is 04.

I only used two coats, I didn't mind that it was streaky because I've decided to use it as a base for Vogue Fantastic in Morado.

 

Here it is! I love this combo because the purple really popped!

Like most crackle/shatter polishes the finish is matte so....

 

I used two coats of top coat just to smoothen the surface. 

 

Just because I then added a coat of my favorite gold glitter polish that after a few minutes I realized that it was a bad idea, hahaha!

Next time I'll just leave the shatter polish alone ^_^

 

I still have a few more polishes to review and I've made some new manis that I hope to post soon.

Thanks a lot for hanging out here! ^_^

Sekhmet's Purple Castle giveaway prize arrived!!!

Last late August I announced that I won Sekhmet's Purple Castle's giveaway, we have been corresponding through email since then.

A day ago I received a notice from our local post office which means a package had arrived and I need to pick it up. So yesterday my boyfriend and I went to pick up the package just bringing the notice with me.

When we got there they laid the package in front of me then they asked/conveyed that they would open it. So giddy as I was I said 'Okay!'

If you could see me my eyes they were probably twinkling with happiness because I was seeing and touching the polishes for the first time and saying 'Ah they're so pretty!'

We waited a few minutes for the Customs Manager to check out the package, when she arrived she looked at the items and asked how I got them. I said that I won them from a giveaway, she then asked me for a proof that I did won them from a giveaway because unless that I give them the proof they wouldn't release the package to me. I think they're thinking that I purchased the items online and that I didn't print out the receipt. While this was going on my boyfriend is starting to get tiffed at the manager because of the way she spoke and then suddenly grabbed the package to store it inside again.

So since I didn't want that to dampen my enthusiasm I suggested we search for an internet shop nearby and print out the email conversations I had with Lydia starting with the first email she sent me that I won.

After that I went back (my boyfriend did not want to accompany me again near the Customs area :D) then gave them the email print out, she then started reading the email aloud while asking me questions in between. Since all questions were answered she had no choice but to release the package to me then I just paid the minimal postal fee of P40.

The moral of the story... if you won a giveaway print out the necessary details so they won't have the chance to tax you or worse keep your package as an unclaimed package. ^_^

Let's continue to the goodies.... yes please!

These are all pretties I received from Lydia, the press-on Manicure is a surprise because it wasn't originally included in the giveaway... Thanks Lydia!!!

I couldn't help but notice Lydia's personalized card, it's so pretty and kawaii!!!

Notice her own nail art work at the back, dancing Hello Kitty ^_^

First up is Color Club in Wild at Heart, this is my first time owning a Color Club nail polish so I'm very excited with this one. I've read that this polish might be good for nail stamping, I'll try it out soon. ^_^

This is Vogue Fantastic in Oceano it's a nail art polish, the brush is super nice and thin which is going to be great in making free hand nail art. I hope I can do justice to this one, hahaha!

Vogue Fantastic in Morado is a crackle polish, the shade is a bit intense. Looking forward to trying this one out. Must think of a good base color for this one.

Next are the Wet N' Wild Summer Getaway Set...

First I want to say that the name of  the polishes in this set are based on TV show names which I find really quirky, hahaha!

9.0.2.1.Orange is an almost metallic shimmery polish which is on the sheer side. May be great to use as a topper and since Halloween is coming I'm already thinking of using this in one of my manis. ^_^

Buffy the Violet Slayer is a deep pearl like purple, at least in my opinion. It looks so pretty in the bottle!

How I Met Your Magenta is a very bright pink almost a neon pink with very fine gold shimmers. It would be truly perfect for summer but it's a bit on the sheer side though but none the less a very pretty color!

Sage in the City looks like a dark apple green with a pearl finish. This might be a nice color to use over black.... I take that back this would be a great color to use over black! ^_^

The Wonder Yellows, out of all the polish in this giveaway this is the first one I tried. I only have a handful of yellow polishes on my stash so I was curious how this would look on my nails. This polish looks like a dark lemon yellow, it's quite sheer I think this would be better as a topper because I think you would need at least 3-4 coats for it to be opaque. I'll post the mani I did with this polish on my next post. ^_^

Last but not the least is FuchsiaRama, it's a red violet with a jelly like consistency. I'm not sure if the color will be opaque with just two coats which I'm hoping it will. I'm planning to use this then use Wild at Heart for stamping... do you think that's a good idea?

The last of the goodies...

I didn't expect this because it wasn't part of the items in the giveaway. I have no experience with press on nails before, I do have some faux nails that I use for swatching some polish but I never really used them on my nails. So I'm not sure how this would work on me because I wear my nails a little longer and the faux nails for the thumbs are kinda short so I won't be able to use this any time soon. These are really handy though when you want perfect nails in a jiffy, no drying time and no need for clean up as well.

So there it is, my first experience winning a giveaway! I am just so thankful to Lydia for taking the time and effort to host such an awesome giveaway, it has been such a great experience for me and making a friend from half way across the world is such a huge plus.

So do check out Sekhmet's Purple Castle she does free hand nail art, stamping, tutorials and swatches, what else could you ask for?! ^_^

Thanks for hanging out here, I will be posting some manis soon!

Did My Nails 150 follower giveaway!!!

Elizabeth of Did My Nails is hosting a nail polish giveaway for having 150 followers on her blog but currently now it's at 250+! ^_^

This is her first time hosting one as a thank you to all her followers and everyone who has visited her site. I myself just found her blog and I love the swatches and nail art she's done.

The swag pics....

The list...

OPI Warm & Fozzie

OPI Designer... De Better!

OPI Natural Nail Strengthener 

 Revlon Whimsical

Revlon Scandalous

Revlon Popular

Revlon Radiant 

Dotting Tools

Can't wait to join???

So just head on over to this LINK then fill out the Rafflecopter form to get 4 easy entries. ^_^

You need to hurry though because this ends in less than 5 days!

Good Luck!!!

Nail Polish Haul ^_^

First I want to say that I didn't buy all this in one day

I did get them in a span of four days though ^_^

I wasn't really looking for a particular color of polish, I just wanted to check what new nail polish shades the local beauty supplies shop have at the moment.
I was so surprised to see these Guppy polishes, this is said to be a Korean brand of polish though I'm not 100% sure that it is.
The Guppy polishes are the those that have gold with tiger print bottle lid on them.
I'll do a separate post for the Guppy polishes since there's seven of them.


Now onto the others....

Ever Bilena Lagoon

It's been a long time since I've seen an Ever Bilena nail polish anywhere. This brand is a local brand here in the Philippines, though they did start out as a company that makes nail polishes nowadays their main product line consist of cosmetics, colognes and body lotions.
I think they may have decided to get back in the nail polish game since there are so many new things going on in the nail world today.
I mean you have your crackle, shatter, matte, glitter, holographic, magnetic, spotted etc. and even stamping polishes ^_^
Okay let's talk packaging, Ever Bilena likes to mimic other brands when it comes to their product packaging and this nail polish bottle is no different. When I first saw it, 'hhhmmm looks like my L.A. Colors bottle and Color Craze sounds very familiar...'
When I got home I looked at them both and I was right, EB did try to channel L.A.'s packaging and even the writing of the ingredients at the back are almost identical.The most obvious difference is the lid bottle which I'm pretty sure they got from Orly.
Now the polish color, Lagoon is a teal color very much the same with Caronia's On The Go which I own as well but I only use it as a stamping polish because it's so pigmented. Lagoon is just slightly darker than On The Go but I prefer Lagoon because the formula is much easy to work with and dries faster.
This cost Php25 ($0.59) cheaper than On The Go but you cannot use it as a stamping polish because the formula is thin.
I would repurchase, hopefully it would still be readily available when I do decide to get one again.

OMG Bikini

I only decided to get this when I tried OMG in Sunset for stamping and it turned out well so I wanted to see if this will work too ^_^
OMG nail polishes only cost from Php18 - Php20 ($0.47) depending where you're going to get them. As you can see they're really quite cheap but most of their nail polish have very good color pay off and the formula are pretty easy to work with, thin coats is the key.
Bikini is a hot pink shade, I tested it on my nail and it looked so bright I took it off :p
I'll probably use it mainly for nail art and stamping but if you like bright colors you'll love this one!

Caronia Golden Sun

 Okay I picked this up from our local grocery because it's a gold color that has less yellow tone to it than all of my gold polishes. There are times that you just want to wear gold on your nails that isn't going to look tacky, I prefer cool toned golds than warm toned ones.

Here's a comparison with an EPSA gold nail polish (only bought this because I thought it might be good for stamping, it isn't though). Do you see how more yellow the EPSA polish is?
Golden Sun is a sheer shimmer polish, it would only be good as a topper. I mean you could still use it as a base color but I think it would take 3 or 4 coats or maybe more for it to be really opaque.
This cost about Php33 ($0.78) ^_^

Bichun #3

I really like this polish, its a cool toned silver with small hex glitters that are holographic. It's quite sheer though but perfect as a topper if you don't like how your base color looks like *_^ and it could be good for layering too.

On the brush you'll see the silver glitters and how small they are, on the bottle you'll see the holo effect of glitter. I wish I took a picture of it with the flash on. :/
This was Php25 (($0.59) and it was the last bottle they had, lucky me ^_^




 To sum it all up I guess it was a pretty good haul ^_^
Good thing I decided to drop by that store and it's awesome my boyfriend was supportive enough to get me the other Guppy polishes.
By the way I'm planning to do a franken glitter polish, I don't have a suspension base so I'll be relying on my glitter polishes for that. I hope it works out though.

Thanks for hanging out here!!! ^_^

Small and cheap nail polish haul ^_^

 

A couple of days ago my sister and I went to Mall of Asia to pick up her phone that was serviced by Sony Xperia service center. Of course I couldn't help to make a look see at some nail polishes. I know I can only get cheap ones since she bought me a couple of Etude House nail polishes a week ago. I got two Chic polishes from the mall and before we went home I got another one called Winnie. I'll try to make swatches soon ^_^

Vintage Curtain Nails

Materials used:

Sponge

Style Essentials nail polish in Gala

Jocarste in 26 (shimmery silver)

Jocarste in 24 (pinky gold)

Stamping polish: Mei Ya in 76 (dark brown)

Stamping plates: BM 21, BM 17 & BM 08

*disregard the BM 20 on the pic I grabbed the wrong plate for this pic ^_^

How to:

First please apply your base coat polish, it could be any brand personally I use Caronia nail hardener and base coat which helps to make my nails stronger and I noticed my nail color don't chip as easily or not at all (but I only keep my nail designs for about 5 days max that is if I really like it.) I haven't used any pricier base coats and I don't think I'll be splurging for that, I prefer to save my moolah for stamping plates ^_^

Okay now for the real how to, hahaha:

Take your sponge, I prefer them cut into small rectangular-square pieces

spread Jocarste in 24 (pinky gold) on the sponge, apply it to your entire nail doing a tapping motion

you can use this one sponge for all your nails

after that use Jocarste in 26 (shimmery silver), same procedure but this time apply it more sparingly you just want a touch of shimmer to your nails

next is Style Essentials in Gala, this time you sponge it at some part of the nails only this color is quite opaque so don't over sponge your nails :)

Now this is going to be your base color:

Let it set and dry before stamping over it, you can choose to place a top coat prior to stamping so the texture would be smoother but I skipped on that since I don't like too many layers on my nails because it'll be a pain to take off ^_^

Just view the finish product on top, this actually made me realize that the first set of Bundle Monster plates which has the full nail designs are too small for my nail bed, it doesn't look obvious here because of the base color. *sigh*

Anyway that's it for my first tutorial, hope I could come up with another one soon ^_^