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

deborah lippmann ~ candy shop? ~copycat

I have been wanting Deborah lippmann's candy shop polish for a while but it is quite pricey for me to buy this one polish when I have dozens of polishes that I equally love and want to buy in a fraction of that price. So, my solution is to use what I already have to create the look :)

Opi ~ heart throb is a pretty pink jelly in my collection

using:

China glaze~ it's a Trap-eze (1 thin coat)
Opi ~ heart throb (2 thin coats)

In applying China glaze~ it's a Trap-eze I tried to control the amount of glitters because the glitter concentration is too high in the look that I want, so one coat is more than enough

Then I simply applied 2 thin coats of Opi ~ heart throb

I wonder how close am I with the color comparison with swatches of Deborah Lippmann ~ candy shop

I hope you enjoyed my post

my 2012 new years eve mani

For my new years eve nails I wanted to go back to something simple and feminine

Here I did a jelly sandwich of OPIs~ kiss on the chic & pirouette my whistle which is one of my all time favourite polishes

I did one coat of kiss on the chic and one pirouette my whistle twice to get this effect

It's just something really pretty and sweet

using: 

OPIs~ kiss on the chic

OPIs~ pirouette my whistle 

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

neapolitan ice cream ~pretty easy nail pictorial 15

neapolitan ice cream nails

what you need:

• pink polish
• white polish
• brown polish

paint base coat to protect nails from color staining

1. paint a quarter of a circle onto tips using pink (let dry)
2. paint another quarter of a circle using white overlapping the pink (let dry)
3. paint a quarter of a circle offsetting from pink (let dry)
4. add optional sprinkles (glitter polish)

seal off using top coat to add shine and durability

another super easy nail design to play around with, change up colors and positions of the circles to create very different effects.

do you like sprinkles?

vintage florals stamp ~ pretty easy nail pictorial 5

I own and have an obsession with and of konad products, they were the first to have nail art stamping plates from korea. I also had a hard time to use it in my first few attempts, which was frustrating. I had to go back to the store that I purchased to show me how to do it again. It was worth my time, once I got the hang of it, it was really easy and I spend a lot less time on this stamping than on applying polish onto my nails. It was really easy to disguise my lack of skill of applying polishes evenly.

using:
konad ~ stamper & scraper
konad ~ m71
konad ~ white
china glaze ~ pink (forgotten color id)
nail art club ~ silver striper polish
pink shimmer polish (forgotten color id)