Catrice Week [Day 3]

Catrice Week Day 3.

Catrice Clay-ton My Hero

light brown taupe with gold shimmer. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. I really like how it suits my skintone and shimmers!! Another one of my favorites♥

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Tickle My France-y!

November 11, 2010

Today's NOTD includes layering! Trying to do something more than swatches :P Today's manicure is OPI Tickle My France-y. The color is amazing itself, it's a muted pink/mauve taupe creme but it's so beautiful! I used 2 coats of it and then I layered Color Club Hot Couture over it. I got this from a blog sale. It's a pink jelly base with micro glitter that shines in different colors. I layered this over TMF with one coat and then put on top coat. I feel like I made something beautiful already into something BEAUTIFULLY AWESOME lol! :)

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

My Favorite: Dots

I did these when my nails were long, which was a while ago. I haven't gotten around to posting these and other swatches because there are more important updates haha. :)

Again, design credits to Pan; I think I really like doing this when I don't feel creative. :P

The base for my ring finger is Essie Playa Del Platinum (2 coats), which I finally got my hands on and I love it. The dots are Essie Splash of Grenadine, OPI Alpine Snow and OPI You're Such A Kabuki Queen. I used a dotting tool to make the dots :)

The other nails are Essie Splash of Grenadine (2 coats).

we can do this! 5 more followers ;) until giveaway♥

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

[Part II] Barielle Swatches

This is the last group of Barielle's that I got. :) I really like the bottle that you'll see in some of my swatches. It's a glass water bottle that I got from a restaurant. I love the bottle and I filled it up with paper stars that I made a long time ago.

Belly Dance. a light taupe shimmer. It looks really cute but it looks neutral compared to my skintone T__T; maybe if I get whiter over the winter haha! Or whitening soap ;) This is 2 coats and no top coat.

Blackened Bleu. the name says it all, except that the black is jelly. The thing I love about it is that the blue shimmers A LOT. :) The swatch is 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat.

Myrza's Meadow. a lime yellow green jelly with gold glitter that shines rainbow. I read a review about it and someone said it was one of the worse ones from the collection to work with. But generally, I had no problems with this nail polish except for the VNL - it shows the white tip but if you have short nub nails, you'll have no problems. The swatch is 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat. A little bumpy when it dries, but that's no problem if you always seal your manicures with top coat :). Still love it though! *my picture might not be as good; probably will redo this swatch.

Slate of Affairs. medium grayed out cornflower blue water-y base but not jelly (probably glass flecked; I'm no good with identifying finishes =x)with blue shimmer. OH HOW COULD I HAVE DOUBTED GETTING YOU? :( I'm sorry but I'm glad I decided to get you. :) You're totally awesome and beautiful. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat.

Swizzle Stix. a greyed out sky blue/turquoise thin but not jelly base. This reminded me of Brucci's Kathy's Baby Blues but then that was more sky blue than this. :P The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat on my index and middle fingers & 3 coats on my ring and pinky fingers (for full coverage on my nail tips). Good formula, not hard to apply though it seemed a bit "water-y" but not really.

Overall: Barielle's formula is a thick, but mostly it's opaque when you apply it. You get a glob of polish when you're about to apply but it won't ruin your manicures. I still like the formula a lot despite the 'thickness.'

5 more followers until my giveaway!! & tell me your favorites in this group :)

hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Inspired

After doing my nails with Orly Country Club Khaki, the new addition to my collection, I was thinking about a design to go with it. I tried leopard but I've already done that and I couldn't replicate it with a regular brush; the last time I tried it that came out nice, I used a thin nail art brush. My friend happened to update her nail album on Facebook and I was inspired to create my own version of it. Here's her version:

And here's my version:

I didn't add stars though because my nails are kind of rounded so the ends of the stars would poke out and scratch me :(

Orly Country Club Khaki

Zoya Trixie

LA Colors Nail Art Silver Glitter

Cover Girl Boundless Color Disco Dazzle

I hope you enjoyed,

<3katherine

Country Club Khaki

The SOTD is Orly Country Club Khaki, that I got in a swap! I've been looking for this for a while ever since I've seen nail bloggers comparing taupe polishes.

Orly Country Club Khaki

light brown/taupe. The swatch is 2 coats and no top coat. It's lighter than Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Commander in Chic. Love it!!

<3katherine

Teal & Taupe

Hope everyone enjoyed their July 4th weekend! Yesterday, I went to Rite Aid to print out pictures for my scrapbook that I'm giving to my boyfriend and I saw that Sally Hansen, Revlon and Sinful Colors were buy one get one 50% off. Of course I couldn't resist so I picked up 2 bottles Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure.

Here are the swatches for

Fairy Teal #450

teal. The swatch is two coats and no top coat. At first I didn't really like the brush for Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure when using Hidden Treasure but it was sheer so I didn't mind. So I was kind of hesitant on using the brush when I was swatching them, but turns out better than I expected.

Commander in Chic #370

dusty grey brown - taupe. The swatch is two coats and no top coat. This is one of the only taupes I own besides Essie Chinchilly. I absolutely adore this color and after I saw swatches of this, I wanted it soo bad!

hope you enjoyed!
<3katherine