Beauty Tips for Women: pink with a pop

Posted on September 12, 2014 by admin

The weather has been rainy and gloomy and I wanted to brighten my mood. I decided that a bright pink with a pop on the accent finger would be the best way to go.

Here is a list of what I used for this manicure:
Salon Perfect – Fired Up Fuchsia
Salon Perfect – Summer Escape
Salon Perfect – Plum Sorbet
Salon Perfect – Bermuda Baby
Milani – White One The Spot
Rica – Whiteout
Cheeky plate – CH15

I used two coats of Fired Up Fuchsia except on my accent fingers. On my left hand accent I did one coat of White On The Spot and left the right accent finger bare. For the gradient I used Summer Escape, Plum Sorbet and Bermuda Baby. I wanted to see the difference of doing the gradient on a white base and then on bare nails. I stamped the hearts image from CH15 using Rica Whiteout and topped it all off with Seche Vite.

Right hand.

Left hand.

I think my gradient came out better on my left hand. Overall, I was happy on how it came out. It definitely brightened my day.

Beauty Tips for Women: Valentine Manicure using Jior Couture – Drumline

Posted on January 9, 2014 by admin

It may only be January but Valentine manicures have already started to pop up on the web. I couldn’t resist doing one myself.

I decided to use Jior Couture Drumline for this Valentine theme manicure. Drumline is a red jelly polish with red and silver glitter. Once I started applying the polish it seemed like a pinkish-red on my skin tone. The formula was fine but I had difficulty getting the glitters out. It was frustrating to see all that gorgeous glitter sticking to the side of the bottle and not be able to get at it. It also didn’t help that I was dealing with a mini bottle, which just added to the difficult of fishing out the glitter.

For the stamping part of this manicure I used Pueen plate 43.

I started off with two coats of Drumline. Once dried, I stamped my ring finger with Sally Hansen Rapid Red and the rest of my fingers with Konad White. I made sure to let the image dry before moving on. I added two more coats of Drumline and topped it with Color Club Speedy top coat.

I liked the over all effect although I’m not sure what it is called; I guess you can say it’s a jelly stamp sandwich manicure … lol …

I give Drumline three brains. I found the color lovely but couldn’t get over the issues with the glitter.

If you are interested in picking up your own set of polishes, check out their page www.jiorcouture.com and on facebook https://www.facebook.com/JiorCouture.

Beauty Tips for Women: Valentine Manicure – Orly Elation Generation

Posted on February 12, 2013 by admin

I would like to share a beauty product review of Orly Elation Generation in combination with a quick Valentine manicure.

Elation Generation is part of Orly’s Hope and Freedom collection that will be released March 2013.

Elation Generation is a popping pink jelly-ish polish with holo glitter throughout. Application was a bit thick but I expected that with glitter packed polish. I applied two coats to get full coverage. This is one of those “shade-shifting” polishes that can be difficult to capture in pictures. I couldn’t capture just how beautiful it looks, so I’m putting up a few pictures under different light and angles.

Elation Generation definitely felt very girly and romantic to me so I couldn’t help but to make it into a Valentine manicure by adding some hearts. I used Bundle Monster plates BM08, BM202 and Pure Ice Silver Mercedes.