Quick Post

Hello everyone! :D Hope you've all had a good week so far as the week is coming to a close! Here's a new nail post today - Here's Essence Hang Loose from their Surfer Babe collection in 3 coats - which you could get away with 2 but I had some uneven spots. It's a dusty lilac creme with a glossy finish. And I added on the accent nail Essence Surferama for the spots and used a black nail art brush for to complete the spots. :) Hope you like it!

I would've posted more swatches today (pssttt... my Nfu Oh holos just came in today) but the weather was horrible, raining on and off! :( So hopefully another day!


Hope you enjoyed & happy polishing :)
<3katherine

Fly like a Butterfly!

Hey everyone! :) I'd like to show you a new nail art that I've been wanting to do. This is my first attempt which took a few tries to get it to my approved passing. :P

I used Essence Surferama from their Surfer Babe Collection in 2 coats. It's a berry creme that applies easily and dries quick. :) 

Now here's my first attempt at doing a monarch butterfly that I was inspired by lacquerized. For this part I only used a black nail art brush, white nail polish which I used a dotting tool to place the dots. It isn't perfect but it's close for a first try :)

 

Hope you all enjoyed & happy polishing!
<3katherine

Cult Nails

Hey everyone! Quick update on my giveaway counting, I'm about half-way done... I believe! Lol and more than 234+ entries including additional entries and minus a few disqualified entries so far. I'm taking a break from studying for 2 exams I have on Thursday to post these long overdue swatches. You've definitely seen them tons of times, but here's my pictures! This set of pictures were actually my re-take of the original pictures that I was not satisfied with. Luckily there was better lighting in this picture and it looks a lot clearer than the original. Hopefully there will be better weather like this more often when my nails grow out. And don't worry I've taken in consideration and thought about what YOU would like to see on my blog. I hope to post about how I take care of my nails in the near future, when my nails grow out because I hate nubbins!

By now, I'm pretty sure that you've heard of Cult Nails, which is a nail polish company a blogger by the name of Maria of R3daily created. She created 4 nail lacquers and she just recently opened up pre-orders for her 2nd collection. And if you haven't gotten the first 4 nail lacquers maybe this will help you decide!

First nail lacquer up is Iconic. Maria describes this as a berry red with gold shimmer and red flakies.  The swatch displays 2 coats and 1 layer of top coat. What a total beauty ;) It worked with 1 coat for me but I used 2 in the swatch just in case.

Next up is Living Waters, Maria describes this as deep navy blue with green and blue micro-glitter. The swatch displays 2 coats and 1 layer of top coat. THIS IS AN AMAZING COLOR - I love ittttt!!<3 This polish was actually Maria's version in creating another nail blogger's color in creating how water looks at night with the shimmer. Definitely a must have and very unique in the nail polish world, in my opinion! I've actually worn this color for swatch and 2 mani's. :P

And here's My Kind of Cool Aid, which Maria describes as purple/gray with a shimmer; a "gravender" :P. The swatch displays 2 coats and 1 layer of top coat. This is definitely a different gray than what I'm used to seeing, which are normal or dusty grays.

Finally, the last one is Quench, which is described as a red polish with a very glossy finish. It definitely can work with different skin tones and the color changes depending on the lighting.

Overall, I love the formula which is B3F and organic =) and the drying time is quick as well. I'm very satisfied with Cult Nails and I'm definitely going to get the next collection!

Hope you enjoyed and I'll definitely try to finish with the giveaway entries as soon as I can (after exams?)
<3katherine

That's Berry Dazzling!

November 21, 2010.

Here's my second franken named That's Berry Dazzling! It's a berry pink creme with glitters :) The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I think that the formula is a little thick so I'll have to add like 1-3 drops of nail polish thinner. But I really like it !! :D

Here's what I used to make That's Berry Dazzling!

• Wet N Wild - Dream Poppy
• Wet N Wild - Hallucinate
• Wet N Wild - White
• Medusa's Makeup Glitter Eyeshadow in AK47

hope you enjoyed & more frankens coming~

<3katherine

Extravagance

November 8, 2010

Another post in one day because I just added a new layout and I wanted to also create another new post to go along with it, just because. :) Everyone has been raving about OPI DS Extravagance. I got my hands on it as an extra in a swap which totally made my day!

DS Extravagance is a berry/fuchsia-mauve holographic polish. The manicure is 2 swatches and 1 coat of top coat. :) When the polish hits the light, it comes out with an orange aura. :P Totally hot! I love the formula and application also.

The next two pictures are taken at my train station. Sooo beautiful!

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Borghese Glitters

November 8, 2010

Sorry for the lack of updates :( But today I'll have multiple swatches to make it up :] School has consumed my time! But I went to a haunted house on Saturday and it was frikkin' awesome!! :D I looooved it and it definitely makes me want to go to other haunted houses. I thought it wasn't going to be scary at first but going through all that, boy it was SCARY! LOL! :P

Here's my swatch of Borghese Vigneto Berry. It's a berry red-fuchsia with pink shimmer. It dries matte but with top coat, it's beautiful! :) The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

Next up is Borghese Purple Confetti, which is a purple-berry base with different color glitters. It dries matte but when you put top coat it comes out shimmery :) The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

And finally is Borghese Medeiterraneo Sea, which is a sapphire-royal blue base with blue glitters. It dries matte but it comes out so beautiful with top coat! :) The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine