L'Oreal Paris Colour Riche Nail Polish

I won 4  L'Oreal new nail polishes during the summer and I guess it’s time to tell you how I felt about them. I should tell you in advance that I usually wear nudes, classic reds or murky colours, but I just wanted to test these and give you an overall review.

207 Babydoll

Babydoll is a pearlescent baby pink. Not really a colour I’d wear normally,m which is why I used it on my toes. Someone commented that my toes were “glowing”, which was a bit weird.

303 Lush Tangerine

Lush Tangerine is a really bright orange. I wasn’t expecting to like it as much as I did, the quirky brightness really grew on me!

213 Sassy Pink

Sassy Pink is a bright fuchsia. Again, I was not sold on this, nor am I now, but it seemed a bit more complex to me than the usual fuchsia, having a little more blue in it.

205 Rose Bagatelle

Rose Bagatelle, a nude dusty pink, was right up my alley. Perfect for work without being overly boring.

Overview

I think that the new L'Oreal polishes are pretty nice – they have a great variety of colours, quite nice to apply. Most are opaque in 2 layers and they wear around 3 days without chipping, which is quite usual on me. The only downside I see is that they cost quite a bit for the amount you get. The bottles contain 5ml of product, which is great for a shade you think you won’t wear every day, but I suggest you finding another brand for your ultimate favourite polish if you mind buying a new bottle every 6-7 applications or so.

With love,

Janne

NOTD 30/01/2012

Hey y’all!

Here’s a little nail post for you.

Meet Chanel Nail Colour in 525 Quartz.

A favourite of mine, most probably because it is Chanel. But it’s still a pretty awesome colour, looks like an ordinary minky shade but has some bluish pearl to it. Doesn’t really boast with excellent staying power or super easy application (more like the opposite), requires 3 thin layers to look flawless.

Ok, and now to tell you the truth I am very tired and will go to sleep. I just really wanted to post something because I feel like I’ve really been neglecting this blog.

Have a great week!

Janne x

NOTD 28/11/2011

Hey guys!

So these are my nails for today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used one of my all time favourites PUPA Lasting Color Glossy Nail Polish in 706.

Black base with olive, golden and copper flecks in it. Not a regular glitter polish so it’s fairly easy to remove, opaque in 1! layer and lasts quite long (up to 6 days or so, but only it you use more than 1 layer and base+ top coat) pretty thick when it comes to consistency and… what else was I supposed to say??

Anyway, the only downer is that it costs 5 Euros for a 5ml bottle. Though, you might get away with only one layer… And the colour is pretty unique.

And I just wanted to show you what my mother bought me for First Advent

Yup, Barbie Advent calendar. I’m turning 18 in 2(!!!!!) weeks, she also brought a regular Santa one for my 20-year old brother.

Now I’m figuring out what to do next for you guys. I’m sick as the unmentionable but the fever is making me sort of hyper so I guess I’m sort of on a roll. And that’s without music!

OK, I’m over and out for now.

Love,

Janne.

Nail polish collection video

 

So tell me what you think. Sorry about the camera not focusing with some polishes..

With love,

Janne

Nails Of The Day 15.10.2011

So, I’m pretty sure a lot of my readers know that I won Lisa Eldridge’s giveaway. As a part of this giveaway, she sent me my first parcel. And in that little postal envelope lied little treasures I could have never imagined to be able to afford myself. So here is a nail polish I received.

Chanel Peridot as you can see. It is absolutely a-m-a-z-i-n-g! I have seriously gotten more compliments and comments with this polish than with any other nail polish I have ever worn. It is very pigmented and dries quickly, wears rather long as well.

Having quite a nail polish obsession, I had been enviously eyeing pictures of Peridot since it came out and I really cannot believe that I actually own one and it was just wonderful of Lisa to include this.

I will make a post about the other goodies I got sometime soon.

With love,

Janne.

Nails of the day 28/09/11

I purchased a nail polish from the China Glaze Metro collection. I don’t really think that it is a fabulous collection, nothing THAT special, but still very nice autumnal colours. My first choice was Westside Warrior, which is a very beautiful creamy olive green. I also liked Midtown Magic ( a really dark, almost black purple with golden and bronze glitter) and Concrete Catwalk (dark, a bit bluish grey).

And here is Westside Warrior, just to survive the urban jungle.

Excuse the shadow…

I used China Glaze First&Last as base and top coat.

And that’s it for today, stay tuned for more deliciousness tomorrow (I hope I have enough time).

With love,

Janne.

First e.l.f Haul

So I received my first e.l.f haul before September and without further ado I present to you the products.

e.l.f Studio Blush in Berry

I use this basically every day. It’s quite long-lasting and has some shimmer in it, which I don’t really like.

e.l.f Natural Radiance Blusher in Coy

I don’t really like it because it is so sheer that it’s basically a pink shimmer. Might work for some, but I like my blush to have more pigmentation.

e.l.f Natural Radiance Blusher in Glow

Same thing with this one, except this is an orange shimmer.

e.l.f Studio Cream Eyeliner in Black

I’m not in love with this one either, the colour starts to bleed a bit for me and is definitely not waterproof or long-lasting. Brush can be worked with, but is not very precise.

e.l.f Eye Brights eye shadow quad in Luxe

The colours are swatched upon a primer and are pretty good, the lightest shade is the most problematic in terms of pigmentation. The shadow is just so tightly pressed and solid, I had a lot of problem getting any colour on my finger, basically I just scraped the product from the palette. And the design of the palette is just ridiculous, I mean tiny triangles????? Stupid.

e.l.f nail polish in Desert Haze and Light Red

So I should really warn those people, who have not ordered e.l.f nail polishes online. The pictures shown on the homepage are NOTHING like in real life. Light Red seemed like a white based reddish coral from their online shop and as you can see, it’s nothing like the product I was expecting. So definitely google swatches, there are loads of swatches from every colour they offer.

Now for the actual product- they wear quite well, I love Desert Haze on my toes and it would be great to do newspaper manicure with it. And Light Red is just a red, as if I didn’t had one like that before so I was really disappointed in their homepage swatches.

e.l.f Studio Flat Top Powder Brush

Now the brush is quite decent, synthetic bristles, very dense and at least mine hasn’t shed a hair.

And I made a look using the quad, I didn’t incorporate the red one because I think it would have been ‘too much’. I have another way for using the red one and I’m sure I will show it to you some day.

And people, who don’t know it, the brown spot on my nose is a mole not a black booger.

Hope you liked it.

With love,

Janne.

Moon Manicure and my favourite base/top coat

 

It came out kind of Christmas-y, but oh well..

I would really like to get my hands on the real moon manicure stickers.

Which, as you can see are in the shape of perfect circles.

 

 

What I did luckily manage to get my hands on a golden nail polish. It’s from Rimmel London and it’s called 525 Gold’n Rock. It was 4 Euros and has a domed brush which helps with the application, but the application is by no means 1 second long, that’s just marketing BS.

Now on to my favourite top/base coat,

It is Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle, now I had this nearly 2 years ago, but didn’t repurchase simply because I lacked the means, it has quite a hefty price tag of 12 Euros. Makes the manicure very long-lasting, has a high-shine finish and makes nails very strong. I’ve had the longest natural nails with this polish, a definite A+ from me.

Hope everyone is well.

With love,

Janne.

Nails 21/7/11

I have found the most gorgeous nail polish. Think black base and ruby glitter, that’s China Glaze Lubu Heels for ya!

Now it will be perfectly opaque in 3 layers. And you will have to apply top coat, as it will shine a lot more that way, it’s a bit too bland without it and sadly it doesn’t last very long. I could wear it for 2 days with a base and top coat (I have 0 tolerance for chipping). Not good, but since I love it so, I have to re-apply it.

And since it has glitter in it, it is shit to remove it.

Not the most summery shade, but I adore it.

Fits perfectly with my nude toenails. Nude toenails for the win, seriously. I love it, I never want to go back.

 

And while browsing the Net, I found another China Glaze nail polish that is calling my name.

It is from China Glaze Metro collection, which is China Glazes collection for Fall 2011, contains 12 gorgeous colours. My love was Midtown Magic, pretty similar to Lubu Heels in concept. This fall I’m going to rock darker nail polishes.

Picture stolen from Vampy Varnish.

With love,

Janne.

Hair & nails

Since I don’t have any access to beauty stores and I’m very lazy, I haven’t posted anything for a while. So that’s why I decided to show you my current nails and hairdo. Nothing special, so don’t get excited.

This is MIYO Grape and I LOVE THAT NAIL POLISH WITH ALL MY HEART. No but seriously, I just had to share this with you. In my opinion, it looks perfect when you have nails like I do atm. Oh and did I already mention that I really love this nail polish?

 

Now about the hair. I’m not really into braids and stuff. I usually just wash my hair, comb them and I’m ready to roll. But today I found this little pink machine. It was a gift from my granny a really long time ago. And I decided to try it finally. So there we have it, A BRAID. And since my bangs are shorter, I later used some bobby pins to control them and for a while I had a pretty decent hairdo. Was fun, hehe.

Love,
Andra

China Glaze, I love you so.

Crackles have been so big during the last year and I must say, I really like them. Though I am over the honeymoon phase and I have started nit-picking. Allow me to be more specific- I like crackle, I’m just over the black crackle.

And when a shop assistant at a local hair salon told me they will receive crackle/shatter polishes and told me they’ll be receiving black ones, I was really disappointed. Pretty much every bigger nail polish brand has got a crackle polish. Hell, they are even available in Pärnu and from several brands as well.

I need GOLDEN crackles. Not golden under black shatter, golden scatter!!

And of course I have googled my arse off to find one that was golden and available in Estonia. And I have not found a thing.

They do have a great one at Boots by 17.

And Sally Hansen has one as well.

I’m pretty sure there are more brands that have golden crackles but the one from 17 was the first one I discovered and craved and I discovered the Sally Hansen one yesterday. There’s even a slight possibility that the Sally Hansen ones might become available in Estonia at some point.

But there is hope still as I found out that China Glaze released their metal crackle collection.

Two words: I WANNA! Wanna might not be a word for grammar freaks but it is a word in my book.

I would really-really-really like to own the light blue one called Oxidized Aqua and the golden one (duh!) called Tarnished Gold.

Another things I would sell my soul for (yes, my soul is that cheap, give me a ring if you are interested).

Stay amazing, girlies!

XO, Janne.

30 Seconds To Mars nails

No, nothing pretty or shiny on girlish coming up this time. Not today.
As I’m heading to the rock concert to see 30 Seconds To Mars in 4 days, but I have to leave home tomorrow, I decided that I have to do my nails before all that crazyness.
So I decided to draw the 30STM Triad on my nails. For those who doesn’t know what I’m talking about I have picture:

Looks simple, right? Well.. after two hours of drawing and then removing everything again I found out that I really-really need a ruler to draw straight lines.
Anyway, I still managed to finally do my nails. I can’t say I’m completely satisfied with them, but oh well. I just hope that I don’t have to do this again before the concert.

 

 

So this is it. You’re really lucky that you can’t see my right hand. Believe me, it’s worse. Ignore the fact that I have some cleaning up to do.

Here’s what I used: Manhattan Quick Dry in 11A, somekind of nail art Ados black polish, Essie good to go! top coat.

Anyone going to see 30STM on Tuesday? Well.. I’m super-excited!

Andra

Sparkle explosion nail tutorial + quick fix for feet

Instead of studying for my Math exam, I decided to make a quick nail tutorial. This is really easy and you probably have everything to make this tutorial already.

Now as your first step apply base coat (optional) and polish your nails with your favourite nail polish. Make it completely opaque, as you will be able to see the streaks.

After that use a darker tone to draw random lines along the edges of your nails like this.

Now I added a dark blue tone to give it some more dimension, you can omit this if you want to.

And then I used a silver sparkle nail polish. This may be your last step.

But I wanted to make it a bit more special, so I glued rhinestones on my nails. Adding rhinestones certainly doesn’t lengthen the longevity of this manicure, as they come off pretty easily and rip off nail polish under it. I used Depend Nail Glue and after 24 hours 3 rhinestones were missing. Try to add rhinestones after you have washed your hair, because that rips the stones off.

And this picture was taken after using Essie Fastest Drying Top Coat. Super shiny!!

And the products I used

This is so easy that you will have a hard time to screw up your dominant hand. I’m strongly right-handed and my left hand was pretty decent.

And now for the feet.

My feet were in a really bad state- tired, dry, covered in blisters( yes, I wore my Nazi shoes again). So they really needed a quick pick-me-up.

I did a foot soak with sea salt and added a bit of olive oil. I soaked my feet for a couple of minutes, used a pumice stone to remove some harder skin. Soaked my feet for another couple of minutes and just dried them off. No need to add any cream, just pop on a pair of cotton socks and if you can, sleep with your socks on.

This made my weary feet pretty amazing, just give it a try and tell me what you think.

With love,

Janne.

Nail polish rave again

Long time, no see.
About a week ago.. no wait. Two weeks ago I treated myself with a punch of  new nail polishes. (which is also a reason why I’m completely broke atm)
And now I finally have some time to blog about them. So here they are:

1. China Glaze Cosmic
2. MIYO Grape
3. China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise (Neon)
4. Essie Huckle Buckle
5. Essie Good to Go! – The fastest drying top coat

And now let’s take a closer look what I actually bought.

China Glaze Cosmic is a gorgeous black nail polish with different sizes of silver and hologram glitter. I’m a complete sucker for black/grey/dark/etc glitter nail polishes. And this one would definitely be one of my favourites. BUT there are some issues with that polish. Okay, I can handle the fact that it needs about three layers to become completely opaque only because it dries extremely fast.. like seriously fast. But even with a top coat it starts to chip after about hmm.. 2 or 3 hours. I mean WHAT THE HELL? Three coats, which should be quite normal for a nail polish, and no lasting whatsoever? It makes me REALLY sad. Even though I’m not giving up on it yet, I’m very dissappointed.
Bought it from Beauty Pro and it was around 3,5 €.

 

MIYO Grape is a creamy greenish turquoise colour. I don’t know.. apparently I’m not that good at describing colours. Anyway, MIYO has very interesting products. Mainly because the colour range is amazing. Lots of  bright colours, eyeshadows are extremely pigmented. I don’t know if the powders and foundations are as great as the nail polishes and eyeshadows, but they look promising. And I also love the packaging – simple but classy, even though they are drugstore. Also very affordable.
Now finally about the nail polish. I love it! 2 or 3 coats, no top coat and lasting is about 4-5 days.
Bought it from Rosalind and it was around 2,6 €.

 

China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise (Neon) is obviously a neon turquoise nail polish. It’s from their Summer 2008 Ink Collection. The colour is actually very variable. It can change from greenish to blueish, dependig of the light. Even though people doesn’t seem to like that it has a matte finish, I love it. What leads to another problem. As it also has that ‘chipping problem’, it definitely needs a top coat. Which means that no matte finish. *sadface*
In my opinion it needs at least 3 coats to become opaque and that is a lot if we consider the fact that after two days (if you’re lucky) you probably need to do your manicure again. But I love the colour so it’s a keeper.
Also from Beauty Pro and around 3,5 €.

 

Essie Huckle Buckle is quite sheer lilac colour. It looked so different from all the other polishes I own that I just had to buy it. And I’m really happy I did. I’m not very tanned atm, but I believe it will look just amazing with a tan. With 3 coats it looks really pretty and with a top coat it would probably last a good week or so.
Also from Beauty Pro and it was maybe around 3,7 €.

Sun steals the actual colur.

 

Essie Good to Go! – The fastest drying top coat seems to be a great top coat. It gives a great high shine finish and dries indeed very quickly. But I’m not sure how I feel about this top coat. I mean it seems to give a great finish, but after few days my mańicure starts to peel off. I still have to find out what’s the problem.
Bought it from Beauty Pro and it was around 3 €.

 

So that was my little nail polish haul. Summer is coming and we need to add new polishes to our collections. What are your favourite colours for the summer?

And last but not least I’d like to thank Janne who has been a fabulous toe model. Keep up the good work!

Nails and excuses

So I’m going to start with excuses. I’m really sorry for not posting any meaningful and fun posts lately. Believe me, I have a LOT of ideas but I lack of time currently, so just to show you that I am alive and still want to show you something beauty-related, I’m going to show you my current manicure.

I got my hair done today and while I was in the salon, I spotted some pretty neat sail polishes.

I saw some Mereneid (an Estonian company) nail polishes there and was quite surprised how affordable they were and I have never used them, but I was very tempted to buy them. But I sadly they didn’t have any really special nail polishes, just the most classic red, pink, white and a darker glittery polish I wasn’t interested in. So I purchased Attitude X nail polish in Lemon Sherbet this was 3,2 Euros in Ki Stuudio.

The Mereneid top and base coats were around 2 Euros and nail varnishes were 2,6 Euros and they were huge, I mean 15 ml bottles.

This pic isn’t the greatest but I think it shows the colour more truly. I was actually expecting it to be a bit more golden as I don’t really like yellow.. And this truly is a yellow, yellow as lemon sherbet or midday sun so I don’t know what I was thinking. It became completely opaque with 3 layers, though with 2 layers it is quite wearable as well.

And here’s what I used:

Attitude X in Lemon Sherbet

Artdeco Nail Wonder- I recommend this product, it can be used as a base and top coat, I used it just as the base this time

Essie good to go! the fastest drying top coat- I just bought this and don’t have a complete verdict yet, but it does provide a great high shine finish.

Hope you are well!

Love,

Janne-Marii

Ornithologists dream

When my cousin Elise (who is studying ecology) saw my mani, she said they looked like seagull eggs. I googled it and here they are..

Seagull eggs vs my mani

This screams for a punch line I currently can’t come up with..

And here’s what I used

base and topcoat Artdeco nail wonder

the white- Carlo di Roma pure nailpolish ( Selver’s Uhuu? sale sth like 1 Euro)

the black glitter- Gio de Giovanni in 129 (Selver and cost me 1 Euro)

 

Looks like just my kind of freaky, I’m totally in love with this combination.

 

Have a nice Mothers Day moms and future moms!!

Nails

I have to be honest with you guys. I haven’t paid much attention to my nails recently.. which isn’t like me. Chipped nail polish has been my friend and that’s a big NONONONO! So, I pulled myself together and finally did my nails.. properly. Wanna see?

So the used products are:

• Wild and Crazy w191 Super Star
• O.P.I Black Shatter

As simple as that. Plus totally awesome in my opinion. Both polishes should last at least a week.. so that is just amazing.

Sweet dreams!

Sparkle celebration

As I'm counting down the days until the weekend, I thought I'd make myself nice party nails! Woo!

Here's a picture how they came out:
(Yes, I know, I still need to clean up!)

What you need:

• some nailglitter(?), which you can find basically every beauty store
• random see-through nail polish

Could there be any less stuff?

Now.. Just apply one coat of the see-through nail polish onto your nails. Don't let it dry, start pouring the glitter on! Trust me it's fun! & of course a bit messy too. But it's all worth it. When the glitters has landed on your nails nicely, just dab it down really gently, so that the surface would be a little smoother. After that wait until the polish and the glitter have dried. The last thing is applying the second coat of the see-through nail polish on to the glittery layer. This helps it to stay there longer.
As simple as that! Enjoy! : )