Gradient Friday : Minnie Mouse

I am so excited that OPI is releasing their new Vintage Minnie Mouse Collection. This collection consist of 4 colors in red and pink of course! I will show you some swatches soon, but I decided to use them for a gradient for this mani. I started out with 1 coats of a gorgeous red named The Color Of Minnie. Next, I sponged on I'm All Ears followed by If You Moust You Moust. Lastly, I stamped on some dots diagonally. I failed a bit in this as I was in such a hurry that I smudged it. Sorry! Hope you still enjoyed.

Polishes were sent to me for review. All opinions are my own. 

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ZigZag Refresh

Thought I would try taking pictures with instagram...that app is so addicting. I used Essence Ultimate Pink to stamp on a zigzag image with BM-201 plate to refresh my birthday caviar mani. Essence nail polishes seem to be great stamping polishes...maybe I will pick up a couple more.

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Birthday Caviar

The caviar manicure is getting quite a bit of attention lately, so I thought I would try my own version of it for my birthday mani. I started off with OPI Pedal Faster Suzi! as my base coat. It is a very pretty lilac pink with subtle multi shimmer. This applied smoothly and was opaque in 3coats. Next, I used a clear top coat on my ring finger and sprinkled different colored multi-colored glass microbeads on top. I pressed them lightly down after sprinkling, and sealed this off with Seche Vite.

I am so glad I picked up these microbeads by Martha Stewart at Michaels! They can make so many awesome designs. To see more designs with these beads, click here and here!

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Gradient Friday : Pink Edition

I am truly grateful and extremely fortunate to have such wonderful friends and family. I am so glad I got to spend my birthday with some of them and it was truly a fantastic time. Special thanks to one dear friend who took the time to make me a pink cake both inside and out! Since pink is my favorite color at the moment, it seems only fitting this week to do a recap on pink gradients I have done in the past. Enjoy.

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Lemming : Essence Nail Art Twins

Today I am super excited to show you some polishes I've been lemming for a long long time. One of my sisters best friend was nice enough to pick up a set of these for me when she was in Germany. The limited edition polishes from Essence always makes me drool, but these nail art twins are my absolute fave. I have been looking for these online, since they don't sell in Canada, but no one was selling them. I shrieked with joy when I received these in my hands and can't believe I own them. This nail art twins set is inspired by the couple in Twilight, Bella and Edward.  Bella is a gorgeous cream aqua blue that was opaque in 2 coats and applied smoothly. Edward is a sparkly (...just like his skin in the sun! I know, I'm a dork.) blue and aqua glitter top coat which contains both square and round glitter. I used 2 coats on top of Bella and it's stunning. I love this combination so much! What do you think? Any readers out there were lucky enough to pick up any of these essence sets? 

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Gradient Friday : Happiness

Here is a gradient I did for my cousin's wedding. It was such a joyous and happy event and seeing my cousin so happy brought tears to my eyes. For this layer gradient, I used Canmake 45, a sheer bright jelly pink. To blend in all the layers, I used two coats of Canmake 33, a muted sheer pink sparkle polish. I finished this all off with Canmake Gel Volume Top Coat, which is a top coat that is supposed to make your nails look like gel nails. What do you think? Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading. 

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essence makeup in Vancity

Essence has finally arrived in CANADA! I finally hunted down a Shoppers in Vancouver that had the essence line in. I think I may have scared the salespeople there with my enthusiasm…picked up tons of great things aside from polishes. How can you resist when everything is 4.99 and under?

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Fun Nail Sets

Remember back when I posted about Beauty World's awesome nail cocktail sets here, here, and here? Well, on my recent trip to Hong Kong, I discovered that they have been making more awesome sets that included some nail art tools and better instructions as well. Aren't these a good idea? People are so smart at marketing...and I am such a sucker for marketing.

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Happy Easter

This design was inspired by Cadbury mini eggs! My favorite (especially the ones with crackle candy inside)! Dots were made using a dotting tool and Sally Hansen White On. Base color from thumb to pinky: China Glaze Sweet Hook / SkinFood BL005 / SkinFood BL001 / Essence Mellow Yellow / China Glaze Something Sweet

Happy Easter everyone.

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Sneak Peek: HK Haul Part I

Hi all! I am back from my trip and it was wonderful. I got to see my family and friends and spent some much needed time resting, eating, and shopping! Here is a picture of the first part of my nail polish haul. I tracked down CanMake and bought some really cool polishes. The brown one is a texture coat that deposits sprinkles so you can make doughnut nails! I can't wait to try it out.

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