etude house ppk006 party lover swatch & review

Another beloved polish from Etude house Dear My Party Nails Line. This one consists of beautiful multi-colored hexes glitter with a few silver bars here and there and lots of tiny glitters throughout to give it that little shimmer. It looks absolutely marvelous especially after I shortened my nails. The glitter concentration is quite high, and the distribution is very nice. I did 4 thin layers here because I wanted to have more control over the glitter distribution. Unfortunately, with all glitter polishes a heavy layer of top coat is needed to to give it that awesome shine.

Etude House PPK006 Party Lover Review:

• it dries quick: 4/5 
• even application: 4/5
• flat glitter: 5/5 
• scent: 3/5
• coverage: 4/5

In terms of formula, it is very similar to the previous swatch of PPP503 Celeb Girl except this one has more glitter concentration. Another one I Absolutely love

31 Day Nail Challenge: Week 3 Yellow

Sweet Lemonade 

31 Day Nail Challenge: Week 3 Yellow

this week I was supposed to do yellow nails, so I did a yellow ombre with purple topped with a soft sparkly shimmer.

Using:

• china glaze ~ Lemon Fizz
• china glaze ~ Sweet Hook
• china glaze ~ Fairy Dust

etude house ppp503 celeb girl swatch & review

finally received my nail mail for etude house ~ PPP503 Celeb Girl, I absolutely adore this blue jelly glittered polish!!!

under artificial light

under natural light

I was not too impressed with previous two etude house polishes, but this one i absolutely love!!! The larger blue and gold hexes barely have a "taco"ing shape. The amount of gold and blue hexes glitters were in a good balance with their shapes. This is one of the best glitter jelly polish I have used, glitters were fairly even distributed on application. All the images are of the polishes on 3 coats with clear base coat and top coat.

Etude House PPP503 Celeb Girl Review:

• it dries quick: 4/5
• even application: 4/5
• flat glitter: 5/5 
• scent: 2/5
• coverage: 4/5

Absolutely love!!!

jelly of all the franken jellies ~ pretty easy nail pictorial 21

jelly of all the franken jellies, u too?

Lately I saw a lot of pretty franken/indie jellies and I became very jelly myself but the costs to get them to me become very high :(

so here's my solution to get the look :)

what you need:

• sheer polish (OPI~Care to Danse)
• pink glitter polish (Essie~A cut above)
• silver holographic glitter polish (China Glaze~Techno)

apply base coat to minimize color staining (I used Essie~Grow Stronger)

1. sheer polish (2 coats of OPI~Care to Danse) - number of coats base on opacity preference
2. pink glitter polish (1 coat of Essie~A cut above)
3. silver holographic glitter polish (1 coat of China Glaze~Techno)
4. sheer polish (1 final coat of OPI~Care to Danse) - number of coats base on opacity preference

here is what it looks like from step 3 to 4, I thought about stopping at step 3 because it was already quite pretty :) but i was set on a jelly look so...

I hope you enjoyed my post, and I would love to see your take on this :) tag me!!!

ombre / gradient nails ~pretty easy nail pictorial 20

I know there are a few methods to doing an ombre or the gradient look, and this is the method that I adapted and find is the easiest to get a pretty transition without too many steps.

What you ll need (varies based on the number of colors):

• base nail polish color
• second transition nail polish color
• sponge
• shimmer and/or top coat polish

Hence the easiest :) all you really need is a sponge if you already have nail polishes

wear base coat to protect nails from color stainage

1. paint your nails with a base color nail polish (and let dry)
2. paint both colors on sponge
3. dab the colors (a few times, dont worry if its stubtle) onto each nail (add polish onto sponge when needed, once you go through all the nails it will dry a little bit)
4. dab the colors (a second time to increase the pigment concentration) onto each nail (repeat dabbing colors cycling through the nails to increase pigments)
5. apply shimmers or top coat polish
6. pose (hahah, if you like)

apply top coat to give an extra shine and durability

I hope you enjoyed my pictorial and find it helpful

I would also love to see image replies of your nails did, when you try ombre or gradient nails with this method and let me know what you think

jelly sandwich nails ~pretty easy nail pictorial 19

jelly sandwich nails

sandwiching sparkle nail polish between two coats of color, which resembles the method of putting a sandwich.

what you need:

• a sheer polish (semi-transparent)
• glitter polish

wear base coat to protect nails from color stainage

1. paint one or two coats of sheer polish color (let dry)
2. paint glitter polish
3. paint another coat sheer polish

apply top coat to give extra shine and durability

a very easy method to add sparkles with a bit of subtlety

field of hearts ~pretty easy nail pictorial 17

field of hearts

what you need:

• dotting tools (or tooth pick, pins)
• striping brush (striping polish)
• opaque polishes (colors based on preference)

paint a base coat to protect your nails from staining

1. paint straight lines at various lengths (with striping brush or striping polish)
2. dot hearts (with tooth pick or pinheads dabbed with opaque polishes)
3. repeat dotting hearts onto lines

seal with top coat to give it shine and durability

a seriously really easy and pretty way of doing nails, I wanted to wear minimal polish that day so I did not even paint a base color, but certainly welcome to if you like

simple chevron ~ pretty easy nail pictorial 10

my first time with micro beads

using:
china glaze ~ pastel purple (forgot color id)
anna sui ~ 004
siliver micro beads