Saran Wrap

Hello Loves!

Today I want to show you a Saran Wrap manicure. This is actually my first attempt and I wanted to try out different techniques. Lets get started!

I used the manicure I had on yesterday and had two completely dry coats of 2k beauty Mauve on all my nails except the ringfinger. To my pinkie and middlefinger I added a generous layer of OPI - Schnapps Out Of It! and immediately dabbed on it with a wrinkled piece of plastic bag to take off some of the second colour.

On my thumb and indexfinger I used a different technique. I poured a bit of polish out and dabbed the plastic ball in. I then dabbed it on plastic a few times until there was only a little polish left before I added the secondary colour to my nails.

Can you see the difference? On my pointer the Mauve colour is way more present then on the middlefinger. It looks more like a marble stone. 

I covered my ringfinger with two layers of Schnapps Out Of It! and let that dry well. Using the second saran wrap technique I addeed Misslyn - lilac poison to this nail.

As a final touch and for some sparkle I dabbed on a little bit of lilac poison to my other nails befor I added topcoat to smooth everything out.

The original saran wrap technique is to remove the secondary polish from your nails, but I like the other one better. You have more control of how much polish you will add and you can use more colours if you wish. So I will definitely be giving this another try, because this combo didn't really sweep me off my feet.
Maybe it will also work better with a more rigid plastic than the bag. I will use a cellophane foil next time.

How do you like it? Have you ever done a Saran Wrap?

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2k beauty - Mauve & Lilac

Hello Lovelies!

Today I want to show you two polishes from my 2k beuty set. As my main colour I used Mauve and added Lilac as an accent on my ringfinger.

Mauve is a dark brownish purple creme polish with a good formula. The first coat went on a bit streaky, but the second coat leveled that out beautifully. It didn't take too long to dry and has a very glossy finish. For these swatches I used a Maybelline base coat and no topcoat.

Lilac is a metallic creme polish with a slightly frosty finish. Ithe formula was easy to work with on the first coat, but the second one was a bit streaky. I had to apply more polish to the brush than I usually would for a merallic polish. Therefore there are more visible brushstrokes. I guess I could have done a third coat to level that out, but the bottles are so tiny and I didn't want to waste any polish on a perfectly opaque nail... Besides I wanted to add some rhinestones to my ringfingers anyway.

I covered Mauve with seche vite before I used an orange stick and a bit of clear polish to apply the trianglular rhinestones to my Lilac nails. After taking a few pictures I also applied Seche Vite to my ringfingers. Even though I was very generouse with the polish, tiny bubbles formed around the edges of the rhinestones.

I do like both colours a lot. In these pictures the Mauve polish appears a tad more brownish than it really is. In real life it was more on the purple side. Nevertheless I think the triangular rhinestones look really good! It reminds me a little of a tribal pattern.

What do you think about this manicure? Do you like your rhinestones in different shapes?

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claire's - Grey Day

Hi everyone!

Today I want to show you claire's - Grey Day from my Christmas Shopping trip. It is a glitterpolish with a clear base and square, dark-grey glitterparticles in it. It is very easy to apply and the glitter density is good. For all pictures below I only used one coat of Grey Day with some additional dabbing here and there to cover bald spots. I did not use a topcoat.

First I have GD over 2k beauty's - Teal.

 Second is GD over LOOK by BIPA - beige. (I will link back to the swatches once they're up.)
(Update: did that! :-D)

And last but not least is GD over a matte pink polish from claire's you can see here. Of course it is no longer matte after using a topcoat.

I like this glitter topper quite a lot and am glad that I picked it up while I was out shopping for Christmas Presents (see my haul here). It is a unique glitter polish to my collection. I have nothing alse that can be compared to it.

I do think that it looks beautiful on all these colours.

Do you have a favourite combination? How do you like this glitter polish? Do you own any square glitters?

2k Beauty - Teal

Hello everybody!

After swatching the 2k beauty set here this morning, I felt like trying one of them instantly and decided to go for Teal. It is a beautiful sea-green, aquamarine colour that dries to a gritty finish and has a wonderful silver shimmer to it. The formula was fantastic! I used two very thin coats and am happy with the good coverage this polish has. One slightly thicker coat would have reached full opacity too.

For these swatches I used a Maybelline basecoat.

Pics above: Indoors with flash or under LED lighting. Below: outdoors in direct sunlight.

I then added a generouse layer of Seche Vite to get rid of the texture and was surprised that it brought out a foil-like finish. I liked it before, but now I love it! It is sparkly and shimmery and almost as shiny as a mirror. It is just fabulous.

Pics above: Indoors with flash or under LED lighting. Below: outdoors in direct sunlight.

Sorry that this is such a picture heavy post, but as you can tell I totally fell in love with this polish and could not decide wich pictures to post... :-) I really was surprised about the good quality of this polish, considering the low price!

Do you like this colour? Have you ever heared about the 2k beauty brand befor?

2k Beauty - Nail Varnish Collection

Hello everybody!

Today I have to show something to you, that I picked up sometime in november. It is a set of 18 mini nailpolishes made by 2k beauty.

I only paid about €10.- for the whole collection and am quite happy with my finding. 

Sadly the colours don't have a name or number to go by so I will just try to find a good description for every one of them.

Here we go!
 Top: Silver - Black - White - Nude - Mauve - Lilac

Middle: Antique Pink - Pink - Orange - Red - Scarlet - Gold

Bottom: Turquoise - Teal - Blue - Navy - Purple - Brown

Application was very easy on most of these colours on the display. I hope it will work as well on the nails. Once I have done swatches and reviews on the polishes, I will link them back to the colours here.

How do you like these colours?