Beauty Tips for Women: Valentine Manicure – Orly Elation Generation

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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.

Orly Elation Generation  Orly Elation Generation

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.

I give Orly’s Elation Generation 4 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women: Valentine Manicure – Essence Colour & Go Grey-t To Be Here

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I would like to share a beauty product review of Essence Colour & Go “Grey-t To Be Here” along with a simple Valentine manicure.

I picked up Grey-t To Be Here at Ulta.  It is a lovely shade of gray with pink shimmer but at times it also seems to have a golden/orange shimmer as well.  Application was easy and I don’t mind the new bottle design.  I think it is a good deal at $1.99 only when you use a Ulta coupon to purchase it.  I feel for the size it is a bit pricey since you can get a full size bottle of polish for the same price.  I think if you are going for a  Fifty Shades of Grey theme this would work wonderfully or if you just love Grey this a wonderful color to add to your collection.

Essence Grey-t To Be Here

I applied two coats of Grey-t To Be Here then stamped with images from Bundle Monster BM02, BM09, and BM17 using Rimmel English Rose nail polish to achieve a very simple and quick Valentine manicure.
Essence Grey-t To Be Here   Valentine Manicure

I give Essence Colour & Go “Grey-t To Be Here” 4 brains.

Beauty Tips for Women – French Manicure using French Tip Dip

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Who doesn’t love beauty product reviews and if it is about nails even better.  I’m reviewing the French Tip Dip (Signature Deluxe). I love French Manicures but have never been able to do them properly at home. I had come across French Tip Dip and decided to purchase it. The French Tip Dip is described on their site as “Multiple sized tips for quick and easy French manicures and pedicures. Perfect for natural & artificial fingers and toes”.  The service I received was great and the delivery of my kit was fast.

The set comes nicely packed in its own case which is very convenient.  Here is what you get in the Signature Deluxe pack: French Tip Dip tool, a file (100/100), manicure stick, 2 dip jars, Bright White tip polish, Sheer Genius base coat, 3 min. Topcoat and instruction card.

The directions are straightforward and they have videos showing the whole process on their webpage.  It seemed very easy but with everything there is a learning curve. You can’t press down on the nail, rather you kind of glide it over the nail which can take a bit of getting used to. It is suggested to squeeze the tip or even cut it to better fit your nail shape; I overly squeezed the tip trying to get a better fit to the curvature of my nail which ended up giving the french tip more of a “v” shape rather than a rounded one but I don’t mind that.  The process was fast and simple.

I loved their polish, the white was just right and the sheer base coat was amazing.  You apply the sheer base coat after doing the white tip and it does not dull the white at all.

For the cleanup, I poured the polish back into the bottle and wiped up the jar.  I let the polish dry on the tool and just scrapped it off afterwards, which was also one of the recommendations.  I found doing my dominant hand a bit more tricky but that is always the case.

The French manicure came out lovely and I was truly impressed by how easy it was.  Best part is you can use any polish with this product.

I give the French Tip Dip (Signature Deluxe) 5 brains.

So head on over to https://www.frenchtipdip.com/ to purchase your kit and start on the road to perfect French manicures.  Don’t forget to join them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/FrenchTipDip),  twitter (https://twitter.com/frenchtipdip) and instagram (http://instagram.com/frenchtipdip) where you can find special promotions, contest, how to instructions, and great nail art inspiration using their product.