I really hope you aren't annoyed with all the reviews and swatches lately! I have a lot of stuff left to review and don't feel very inspired to do nail art at the moment. So for today what I want to show you is the second part of my Etude House ebay shopping. In addition to the If Story Nail Kit I bought two Gradation Nail sets, one in purple and one in mint. Compared to how much I liked the If Story Nail Kit, I wasn't too excited about these two. First of all I ditched both of the base colors because they were really sheer and looked very weird on my nails. I chose to do the gradient on a similar but opaque base color. Secondly I wasn't happy with the glitters in the mint set. So basically I paid about 15$ for six polishes of which I only liked two in the end.
Etude House - Mint Frappe
I used two coats of China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint as my base color and then added the first sheer glitter with a sponge. The second polish was only a clear base with turquoise glitter (boring!) and I had to add it directly with the brush. On top is one coat of BTGN Top Sealer.
Etude House - Love Violet
I used two coats of Essie - Lilacism as my base color and then added the both glitter polishes with a sponge. Drying time was alright, on top is one coat of BTGN Top Sealer. I'm sure you could create a pretty awesome look with just using the darkest glitter on top of a purple base color. I might try that in the future.
Das war ja dann ein kleiner Reinfall :/ die gebastelten Ergebnisse sind aber toll!
AntwortenLöschenNiemals genervt von deinen Posts :*
Wie lieb, danke dir :)
Löschenbeautiful colours :)
AntwortenLöschenDie Ergebnisse sich doch ganz schön. :)
AntwortenLöschenVor allem das lilane.
Aber bei dem Preis und vor allem, wenn dir dann wirklich nur 33% gefallen, ist es echt schade um's Geld. :/
Na ja, ich hab dir einen Award verliehen. :)
http://beauty-fruechtchen.blogspot.de/2013/02/best-blog-award.html
LG, Paule
PS: Deine Posts nerven nicht! Von mir aus können es ruhig mehr sein. ;)
Danke Paule! :) Auch für den Award, obwohl ich da ja nicht mitmache. Freut mich trotzdem!
LöschenI love the purple look :D
AntwortenLöschenGood to know... das Set in Mint wollt ich mir unbedingt noch kaufen - jetzt werd ich es wohl sein lassen :)
AntwortenLöschenDas Ergebnis gefällt mir trotzdem total gut!
These sets are adorable!
AntwortenLöschenlove your combo ! at first when I saw the bottles together I thought "I want it!" but fortunately, your review is honest and I changed my mind^^
AntwortenLöschenAnyway, your two mani rock ! I think i prefer the second one !
:searches ebay:
AntwortenLöschen;p
schade, dass das Set so "unergiebig" war … das violette Design finde ich aber sehr hübsch, da gefällt mir auch der Glitter echt gut :)
AntwortenLöschenso gorgeous, love the gradient color choices
AntwortenLöschenI like them both but the second one is my favorite :-) I like the colors better.
AntwortenLöschenOMG! the 2nd one is just georgeous :)
AntwortenLöschenToo bad you didn't enjoy the sets, both manicures look great though!
AntwortenLöschenThe purple set is soo pretty!
AntwortenLöschenI have these two sets too. It is a great idea to use a darker base color.
AntwortenLöschenEtude house now has three new gradation sets, you can read more at my blog:
New Etude House Juicy cocktail gradation sets