Manhattan - Visions of Me (Sugar Effect): Coral Glam, Give me Sparkle & Glitter for Life

I had time to swatch some polishes I received to review and since two Limited Editions from Manhattan are out since the beginning of December I decided to post both of them this week. Today I will show you the Sugar Effect nail polishes from the Visions of Me collection. Each polish contains 8ml and is sold for €2.99. They will be in stores for about four weeks. I used two coats of each polish without any base or top coat and they all have a good formula. I didn't like the brush too much though, but it still does the job. My favorite is probably Coral Glam because I don't have anything similar yet and I love how it looks on the nails. They're all perfect for the festive season though! 

Manhattan - Coral Glam 

Manhattan - Give me Sparkle

Manhattan - Glitter for Life

Vivid Lacquer - Stamping Plate VL006

Anni from Vivid Lacquer was so kind to send me three beautiful stamping plates to try and review. You can find her plates and nail polishes on Etsy and like her on Facebook to be up to date with the restocks. One plate is sold for 8 $ and the images are about 2x2cm each. They arrived very carefully packed in a small box with stuffing. I really like the plates, because there are so many cool images and not just the usual flowers and hearts. 

Today I will show you two designs that I made with the plate VL006. VL006 has 9 different images and they all stamp really good. There's a feather which is too big for my nails but it could be stamped over two nails. And then there is the matching full peacock pattern. I used both of these for my first design with Sally Hansen - Cherry Cherry Bang Bang, Essie - Velvet Voyeur and Essie - Penny Talk. Then there are two striped designs of which I used one for the second design with Sally Hansen - Stocking Nude and Essie - Penny Talk. Since I'm not too good at stamping, I couldn't stamp the stripes the way they are shown on the plate, meaning with the bend right in the middle. But that was easily solved with stamping it across the nail. The other designs show a cloud with rain and a hummingbird and I don't really now what to do with these yet. Then there are the (quite popular!) dandelions in the wind and I really love these. I've seen them everywhere though so I wasn't too eager to try them right away. One that I'm definitely going to try in a few weeks is the snowflake pattern. I love it and I can see them appearing somewhere in a jelly sandwich... yay! Overall I'm very happy with this plate, it has a variety of designs and they are of great quality. Also very nice is the size of the images, although for my taste the feather should be a bit smaller. I will review the two other plates soon, stay tuned! 

Manhattan - Bonnie Strange Colour Collection

Sorry for being a lazy blogger these days! I'm super busy (and now I have a cold as well). So all I have to show you today is the (more or less) new Manhattan Bonnie Strange Colour Collection with six colors that I received to review. More or less because the collection is already available since mid-September, but it will be available for about 4 more months. Each bottle contains 7 ml and is sold for 2.99 € or CHF 5.90. I used two coats each with no base or top coat, in case you just want to scroll through the pictures. My favorite is #6 The Wow-Show! which you can find at the end of this post! 

001 Berlin Bling

A nice classic silver which looks quite alright with two coats. It was a bit streaky, but I think that could be fixed by adding the second coat with a sponge. 

002 Kreuzberg Darling

A pale pink with a tiny bit of blue shimmer, which is really really not my thing. Also it was quite streaky and three coats would probably be needed here.

003 Very Veggie

Two coats and not opaque at all, very thin and streaky. This was a disappointment.

004 Black Trash

Blackish silver glitter which is perfectly opaque with two coats. Nothing to complain about (except for its name). 

005 Überlover

A nice Christmassy gold which is also showing the brush strokes a bit. Again, a sponge could fix that. Not too impressed by the color though. 

006 The Wow-Show!

Yeah, the name says it. This is my favorite, a beautiful purple with orange glitter which only looks yellow in the bottle. I added a picture from the lightbox with top coat to show all its beauty. I wore this for 7 days with a matte top coat and loved it (but then again I didn't have time to change it anyway). 

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Studded Berry Gradient

Today's design started out with a gradient and ended up with golden studs. I used three beautiful colors to create a gradient: Essie - Bahama Mama, Essie - Sole Mate and Sally Hansen - Night Watch. This already looked different from what I expected and I probably wouldn't really have needed three colors, but nonetheless I liked the result. I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to redo my fully covered studded nails from the Deadly Sins Challenge and this was it! With the golden round and square studs from Born Pretty Store I added the same pattern as before and finished with one coat of Essence - BTGN Top Sealer. 

Tribal Nails for Fall

I recreated my H&M inspired Tribal Nails from spring but this time with a pop of color, using my current favorites. I'm so in love with fall and all its colors! I used two coats of Essie - Maximillian Strasse Her as my base color. With a nail art brush I added very small strokes to create the tribal pattern with Sally Hansen - Night Watch and Essie - Bahama Mama. And somehow unconsciously I matched my nails with my outfit today, it's awesome when that happens! On top is one coat of Essence - BTGN Top Sealer. 

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Galaxy Nails

I know, I have done plenty of Galaxy Nails! I've done my first and best attempt, weird colored ones, a desperate attempt at recreating the first one, another weird one and then finally my first attempt at using acrylic paint. Today's Galaxy Nails are sponged with acrylic paint on top of black nail polish, because that works best for me. This time I decided to include warm colors as well, which does look quite interesting. In the end I did the toothbrush-stars-thingy with white paint, added a first coat of top coat and sprinkled a tiny bit of silver glitter on top, using a fan brush. Then I used another coat of BTGN Top Sealer to finish the design. 

Born Pretty Store - Yogurt Milky Glitter Nail Polish Set

I have another short review for you today! Born Pretty Store sent me this sweet set of mini nail polishes which contains 4 milky colors with a lot of glitter. It's sold for 7.99$ and there are 6ml in each bottle. I've only tried the blue one on my nails, but swatched the others on fake nails with two coats each. They do remind me a lot of the Tony Moly polishes that I bought last year! My favorite is the mint one, because the glitter stands out more than in the others. I can tell from the blue one, that these take a bit longer to dry, but with a good top coat that might be alright.

You can use my coupon code DEL91 to get 10% off at BPS.

Sunset Gradient with Essie Neons 2013

In the mood for something bright, I decided to paint my nails with a neon gradient using the perfect summer colors. Although I'm not a big fan of the Essie Neons 2013, they worked great for this gradient. I painted a white base with Flormar - M103 and then added Essie - DJ Play That Song, Saturday Disco Fever & Bottle Service. On top I added my square golden studs from Born Pretty Store and finished with one coat of BTGN Top Sealer.

piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2013 - Celebrating the Year of the Blogger

I'm super excited about today's post, because I'm part of the piCture pOlish Blog Fest 2013! 

This year's blog fest is all about nail art. We received three specifique shades of piCture pOlish each and the challenge was to create our most amazing nail art using these three shades. I got a light nude called Nude (yup!), a coral pink called Watermelon and a beautiful purple with silver glitter called Attitude. I panicked! For weeks! Even though I love each color by itself, I had no idea how to combine these in one design. Everything I tried didn't seem right, until I tried Polka Dots. I think Nude makes an awesome background color for Watermelon and Attitude and lets them stand out even more. Check out my short tutorial at the end of this post!

So if it's a challenge, what is it about? There will be three winners which will have the chance to create a collaboration shade with piCture pOlish. How awesome is that? I know I would be excited to see my name on a bottle of nail polish ;) The designs will all be pinned on their Pinterest board and then everyone can vote on their favorites. The other two winners will be chosen by the participants of this Blog Fest plus Jules & Megs from piCture pOlish. 

1. Paint your nails with two coats of piCture pOlish - Nude. 2. Use the end of a nail art brush and make big dots with piCture pOlish  -Watermelon and Attitude. 3. Use a dotting tool and make small dots in the middle of the big dots. 4. Use top coat to even out the surface and make your design last longer. 

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Born Pretty - Holographic Nail Polish #11 (Purple)

I was really curious to try today's nail polish! Born Pretty Store sent me one of their new holographic nail polishes to review and I chose the purple one, because I was yearning for a purple holo for quite some time now. This is #11 and it contains 6 ml for a price of 6.59 $, which is quite expensive. But #11 is definitely worth the money! I tried this with and without an aqua base and you can easily apply it without a special base, which is practical if you're new to holographic nail polish. Nonetheless I used my Nfu Oh Aqua Base as my base coat and then added two coats of polish for an opaque result. The formula is good and it dried very fast. The only thing that could be a problem with time, is that these don't have steel balls inside. On top is one coat of Essence BTGN Top Sealer. 

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You can use my coupon code DEL91 for 10% off your order at Born Pretty Store. 

OPI - San Francisco Autumn/Winter 2013: Dining Al Frisco, Muir Muir On The Wall, Alcatraz...Rocks

For Autumn/Winter 2013 OPI is releasing a collection inspired by San Francisco. They sent me three colors to review and I will show you all of them plus the bottle pictures of the whole collection after the jump. The collection consists of 12 permanent shades and 3 liquid sand shades which are limited. This collection will be available in Switzerland as of 25th of July 2013. 

Blueberry Tie-Dye Nails

Today's design was inspired by the Tie-Dye tutorial from Chalkboard Nails. I love how Sarah transfered the print onto her nails and especially how she added depth to the first color by adding a darker one on top! I decided to use blue and purple for my tie-dye nails because these are my favorite tie-dye colors. If I was brave enough, I would wear blue tie-dye pants every day! I started with two coats of Flormar - M103 and then added the following colors with small brush strokes: Bourjois - In The Navy, Essie - Licorice, Essie - Bond With Whomever & Essence - Passion For Fashion. On top is one coat of Essence - BTGN Top Sealer. And because I was eating blueberries for breakfast today, I figured they would look awesome combined with these nails. Hungry yet? :)

Double Gradient & Golden Studs

I used a total of ten Essie polishes for today's design! The reason I only used Essie is that because I have so many of them, it does make things easier when choosing colors for a gradient. And that's what I did, more precisely something like a double gradient. At first I created green and blue gradient skittle nails which seemed a bit boring to look at. So I added a red gradient onto the green one and a purple gradient onto the blue one. (That's more of a quadruple gradient now, to be more accurate.) Then I added round golden studs from Born Pretty Store and finished with one coat of Essence - BTGN Top Sealer. If you're interested, these are the names of all the colors I used:

Mesmerized, Avenue Maintain, Lapis Of Luxury / Flawless, Splash Of Grenadine

Mojito Madness, First Timer, Mint Candy Apple / Chubby Cheeks, Eternal Optimist