Butter London by Gwyneth Paltrow for Goop and the Sweetie Shop Lacquer Collection.
How about these three beauties? Gwyneth Paltrow designed them for Goop, her own online Lifestyle magazine. Each week, Goop premieres one exclusive limited edition collaboration. Whether it’s a wardrobe staple, a home accessory, or a beauty must, they believe these are the curated essentials for you, your wardrobe and your home. Gwyneth started Goop in the fall of 2008 to share all of life’s positives. From creating a delicious recipe to finding a perfect dress for spring, she began curating the best of lifestyle to help her readers save time, simplify and feel inspired. Enough about Goop and on to the pretty polishes! Let me introduce you to the ”Trifecta of bespoke lacquers”, from left to right in the top three rows of pictures: Hampstead Heath which offers a mossy, green and gold shine, great for a holiday occasion. Abso-bloody-lutley which is the ultimate deep cherry opaque red and Bread & Butter pudding which is a sheer ivory cream. The latter one doesn’t really make me want to run out and buy it but man, that green and even that deep cherry red are delicious! If it wasn’t for the price I’d buy them I think. You can pick up the Goop and Butter London nail polish set for $36 at Goop.com.
Butter London also recently unveiled its Sweetie Shop Lacquer Collection, which will be available from January 2013. The new collection includes six shades influenced by the pastels of sweets such as cotton candy milkshakes and macaroons. Sounds wonderful doesn’t it? But will it look good in the bottle and on the nail? Well let’s have a look at these colors and find out!
The shades are from left to right:
- Jasper – A nice mellow yellow.
- Kerfuffle – A lovely shade of sherbet.
- Fiver – An icy mint color.
- Fruit Machine – A sweet bubblegum pink.
- Molly Coddled – A wonderful bright violet.
- Cuppa – A perfect tea with milk color, it doesn’t get more British than that.
The Sweetie Shop Lacquer Collection will be available from Boots, Harvey Nichols and butter LONDON’s website priced at £12 each. www.butterlondon.com
Which of these collections speaks to you? Or are they both not your thing?
Posted in 2012, 2013, 3 Free, Beige, Beige Greige category, Blackened Red, Butter London, Cerise, Collection, Coral, Cream, Crème, Crimson, December, Fashion, Glitter, Gold, Green, Lavender, Lemon, Lilac, Mint, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, News, Nude, Opaque, Pastel, Peach, Pink, Preview, Purple, Red, Set, Sheer, Style, Trend, Violet, Webshop, Winter, Yellow | 
2 CommentsThe Bundle Monster 2012 plates are finally released!
I’ve been waiting for these beauties to be released after Bundle Monster started to tease these on their facebook page and today finally is the day that you can buy them! Yay! (I’m in no way sponsored by BM by the way, I am genuinely this excited when I find new plates… Hi everybody… My name is Claudia, and I have a stamping plate problem.)
There are a whopping total of 25 image plates in this set, featuring 6 designs on each plate equaling a total of 150 designs. These are not for sale individually but it’s totally worth getting the set for $21.99 (which is about €17,33) as normally when you buy 1 Konad plate you’re usually paying $5 or more a piece, am I right? And I can assure you, I use both brands and both equally have great quality.
Click the image for a slightly bigger picture.
Arent they amazing? I personally am looking forward to a few things, namely the barbed wire on BM plate 323, the Paisley print on 315 and the dotted gradient on 301. But all of these plates have at least one or two images I just absolutely LOVE.
I’m lucky enough to have a friend pick these up for me and ship them to me as I do not have a credit card and that is sadly the only way you can pay for these on the Bundle Monster site. Amazon will probably carry these as well soon but alas at the time of this post they only seem to have the first two sets. If you don’t have those yet I do advise you to check those out because they are great as well. Though I have to say that they really seem to have stepped up their game for this third set!
Have you tried Bundle Monster before or any other stamping system?
Posted in 2012, Bundlemonster, June, Links, Shopping, Stamping, Stamping system, Webshop | 2 CommentsI’m feeling Nail-Venturous week, day 1: The Shimmer Effect, Corrupted and Flying Blue Jay.
This week I’m going to be celebrating the nail polishes I have that are made by Amy of I’m Feeling Nail-Venturous. Not because it’s her birthday, not because it’s almost my birthday. I’m doing this because she has some amazing polishes and I am very proud of the fact that I’ve designed the labels of the polishes that are being sold through Ninja Polish. You may know her work through a quirky polish that is currently taking the nail polish world by storm called Floam, which I shall be featuring later this week, but now onto the first three Nail-Venturous Lacquers that deserve a spotlight as well.
The polishes I am featuring today come from Amy’s own Etsy shop which is currently closed. Follow her Facebook page for updates though, you never know when she might return with an amazing new batch of polishes. They do not have my label but that of course doesn’t take away from how awesome these polishes are.
Take a look at the beautiful polish here on the top left. It’s called the Shimmer Effect and I was attracted to it right away, not just because it’s purple, but also because there is such a richness in other colors in there. There’s silver, green, light blue, orange/gold. It is simply stunning. And it sadly is a bit hard to capture but there’s a green pearly sheen over it as well that is just so unique. The official description is this: The Shimmer Effect has a purple base loaded with shimmer. It also has tiny square glitter as well as ultra fine green glitter. This polish has full coverage in two coats. This product is 3 free, and comes in a 15ml/.5 oz full size bottle.
In the picture I’ve applied two coats of polish over Rejuvacote, so no base color underneath to make this baby opaque, that’s how gorgeously pigmented it is, I was very impressed! It also applies easily and I did not have any trouble distributing the glitter evenly over my nails. Because it’s so full of glitter the surface of the nails will be slightly bumpy once it dries so I recommend you use a nice thick glossy topcoat over this polish to really bring out the colors and smooth out the surface.
Up next, pictured here on the right, is a polish called Corrupted. It’s a nice dark blue that I decided to apply over a blue polish, not because it will not be opaque after a few layers, but because I did not want to use a lot of layers so this polish will last me a while.
I first used a basecoat and a layer of Sinful Colors Neptune before applying Corrupted and just look how it shines, isn’t this pretty? Amy describes this polish as follows: Corrupted has a dark blue jelly base with ultra fine blue and gold glitter. It also has blue and white diamond shaped glitter, blue and turquoise small glitter, and gold shredded glitter. This product is 3 free, and comes in a 15ml/.5 oz full size bottle.
Again, as with all glitters really, you should really wear a nice thick glossy topcoat with this to bring out the glitters even more and to keep your polish from chipping.
Now, last but not least, here on the left is Flying Blue Jay, this polish is quite different from the other two as it doesn’t have any reflective glitter but only whites in different sizes and some blue micro glitter. This is what creator Amy has to say about it: Flying Blue Jay has a dark blue jelly base with various sizes of white glitter and ultra fine blue and white glitter. This polish is 3 free, and comes in a 15ml full size bottle.
I think this is a very unique polish, something I’ve not seen before in other brands. Amy also has another polish that kind of looks like this but it is a black base with white glitter called Voodoo Doll which I shall be showing you later this week.
I started, again, with a base of Rejuvacote and a layer of Sinful Colors Neptune before putting this color on in two layers. I think this one out of the three featured today is the hardest polish to apply. Well, no correction, it is easy to apply as the color applies smoothly, but you need to fiddle around a bit to place the big glitter as they will not go on evenly if you don’t. Does that ruin the polish for me? Heck no, it’s a stunning vibrant blue that only stands out more with the white glitter that shows through the color. You are guaranteed to get compliments wearing any of today’s polishes though, mark my words!
Glitter polishes usually are not my favorite but man I do have to admit to having a weakness for these three because wow, look at the colors and the glitter combinations, Amy clearly knows what she is doing and has an eye for color and texture and I admire her immensely for that.
What do you think of these three featured today? Do you have a polish by Nail-Venturous Lacquers yet? Or is this possibly the first time you’ve heard about indie (independent) nail polishes?
Posted in 2012, Blue, Clear, Duri, Franken, Franken Polish, Frankenpolish, Glitter, Gold, Green, Hot, I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous, Indie nailpolish, Indie polish, June, Lilac, Links, Manicure, Mauve, Metallic, Midnight Blue, Multicolored glitter, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, Nails, Nailventurous, Ninja Polish, Opaque, Orange, Purple, Rejuvacote, Review, Seche Vite, Style, Swatches, Topcoat, Trend, Webshop | 6 CommentsOh MAN how cool is this bottle?!
I don’t do this often, but I am going to start off by showing you 20 pictures of nail polish. Here we go:
I may have to ask one of my friends in the USA to get some of these for me though, as these for the bottle alone already looks too unique to pass up!
Have you ever bought a polish merely for the unique bottle? And what do you think of these colors and finishes?
Posted in 2012, Black, Black Light, Blackened Red, Blue, Clear, Collection, Crackle polish, Cream, Crème, Crimson, Flakies, Fuchsia, Glitter, Glow in the dark, Green, Hot, Hot Topic, Lemon, Links, Metallic, Midnight Blue, Multicolored glitter, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, Neon, News, Orange, Pink, Preview, Purple, Rainbow, Red, Shatter, Shatter polish, Shimmer, Silver, Style, Trend, Webshop | 4 CommentsHed Kandi joins forces with Models Own!
Hed Kandi joined forces with Models Own to create a new exclusive collection of nail polishes inspired by the party capital of the world, Ibiza!
“With this year being Hed Kandi’s 10 year anniversary on the Balearic party island, the range of five polishes reflects the Hed-turning, fashionforward glamour that the fabulous brand brings to all their events on The White Isle. The ‘Hed Kandi collection’ instantly brings to life the recognisable glamorous girls synonymous with the brand, transporting you to the jet-set global dance floor. With three of the brightest Models Own shades and two premium glitters making up the collection this embodies the whole essence that Ibiza has to offer.”
There are 5 colors in this set:
- Balearic Cool: a lovely aquamarine that will remind you of the waters by Formentera.
- Hedonist: a sizzling hot bright coral that in this picture kind of reminds me of a more orange version of O.P.I’s Red Lights Ahead… Where?
- Beach Party: a sunny yellow polish inspired by the world famous sunsets on the White Isle.
- Disco Heaven: a glittery gold nail polish that seems to be infused with blue green iridescent sparkle.
- Ibiza Mix: a gorgeous multi-coloured sparkle that will surely catch anybodies eye when you’re out club hopping.
I’m loving all these brights coming out right now and I have got to say that I really like this little set! What do you all think?
Models Own revealing three NEW Beetlejuice polishes!
Are you as excited as I am? I have the entire Beetlejuice collection they previously released already and will certainly be adding these to it as well!
Posted in 2012, Apricot, Blue, Bronze, Collection, Copper, Coral, Duochrome, Gold, March, Models Own, Multichrome, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, News, Orange, Pink, Set, Shimmer, Shopping, Spring, Webshop, Yellow | 6 CommentsI normally do not do this but…
Man I have to share this right now! Friends of mine just launched this amazing webshop with all kinds of hard to find and otherwise awesome polishes which they are selling cheaper than I have ever seen them being sold before. I have seen some polishes on there that I know are out of stock elsewhere (Jessica’s for instance which look absolutely awesome as they always come up with different cute bottle shapes) so if you are lemming for those, you better swoop them up because I’m sure that once they’re gone, they’re gone!
Also Ninja Polish is proud to offer the Ninja Trio, their very own line of custom polishes by Nerdlacquer! Is that cool or WHAT?!
It’s called Ninjapolish and man they sure ninja’d their way onto the scene with this because we, their friends at the polish forum we’re on, had no idea they were up to this until they just launched!
Click the picture to take a look, you will not be disappointed! They have Brazilian flakies, holo’s, Nerdlacquer, I’m Feeling Nail-venturous frankens (Which labels were designed by me! I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THOSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA!), and a lot more, pretty much anything you could wish for and I’m sure there will be added even more in the near future. I’ve already ordered me some A-England colors, a big stamping plate that is to just die for from Brazil by Drikk and 3 other polishes, plus I’m getting the I’m feeling Nail-venturous frankens as well so I’m sure I’ll show here once I get them.
I want to wish Rhonni and Stephanie a lot of luck with this awesome new adventure!
Are you guys planning to order something?
Posted in 2012, Hits, I'm Feeling Nail-Venturous, Links, Ludurana, March, Nerdlacquer, Ninja Polish, Up Colours, Webshop | 2 CommentsAnother amazing upcoming trend in nailart – Velvet!
Earlier today I was just happily browsing through my Youtube subscriptions, looking at nailart videos of course and oh man, I found something awesome.It’s a nail art video by the incredibly talented Ukrainian-based nail tech Liliya Sereditskaya, and she is using something I had not seen before on the nail, a strange type of powder. Liliya herself calls it Cashmere, have a look and see what you think by clicking on this link, as she sadly has requested that it can not be embedded on any site but Youtube, so I will link you to it instead.
After some Googling I found a picture of an amazing set of faux nails with a velvet half moon manicure in two colors. Now I don’t know about you, but I am just LOVING this look! It’s soft and sensual. Plus it must feel pretty cool on your nails. However, I’m not sure if it would do well with moisture and how you’d use a hand cream. And even more importantly; will it still stick when you wash your hands or take a bath or shower?
Now, if you want to give this look a go yourself and you happen to be in the Netherlands I’m pretty sure you could duplicate it with these velvet powders I’ve found at the Nagelgroothandel online shop. I may have to order these someday soon and give them a go! I haven’t looked if these are in other stores outside the Netherlands but I do know that Marta Stewart has released flocking powder in assorted colors that I bet you can use for a project like this as well.
Have you ever seen or tried anything like these before? Let me know!
New obsession in nailart…
Check this out! Isn’t that awesome? It looks like the next step in stamping nailart!
I’ve ordered 4 different ones off of Ebay just now and I’ll let you know if they rock as much as they seem to do in that little youtube video up there!
If you’re curious and want to know more, check out their website at http://easynailartstamp.com/
Have you seen anything like this before? Or do you even own something like this already? Let me know!
Posted in 2012, eBay, Enas, Flowers, Haul, Nail Art, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, Nails, Preview, Stamping, Stamping system, Webshop | 5 CommentsBackstage pass collection by Color Club
Color Club, announced today the debut of Backstage Pass, a new rockin’ glitter nail polish collection. The aptly named collection features six nail polishes — from Wish Upon a Rock-star to Platinum Record — that are sure to “rock your world.” Whether you’re a rocker – or just aspire to look like one – this new vegan, Formaldehyde, Toluene, DBP and paraben-free collection from Color Club is your ultimate backstage pass and sure to be a hit!
The Backstage Pass Collection includes:
- Take the Stage - Gold Glitter with Silver Flakes
- Wish Upon a Rock-Star - Multi-colored Glitter with Purple
- Backstage Pass - Silver & Purple Hex Glitter
- Platinum Record - Silver Glitter
- It’s a Hit! - Purple Big Glitter
- Fame & Fortune - Red Base with Silver Flakes
Available at shopcolorclub.com - October 2011.
Posted in 2011, Clear, Collection, Color Club, DBP, Fall, Fashion, Flakies, Formaldehyde, Glitter, Gold, Links, Metallic, Multicolored glitter, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, October, Paraben-free, Platinum, Preview, Purple, Rainbow, Red, Set, Silver, Toluene, Vegan, Webshop | 10 CommentsIllamasqua: A Journey – part 1; The History.
Recently I was invited to a bloggers event in Amsterdam by the lovely Alex Cummins who is Junior Brand Manager for Illamasqua. I soon found out there were a lot of other great blogging ladies who were going to attend the presentation and I found myself anxiously looking forward to September 3rd. This was the day it was all going to happen; the presentation of their third Autumn/Winter collection to date: Theatre of the Nameless.
First let me give you some details about this great brand before I tell you about the collection and of course the event. Illamasqua is a British brand that launched in 2008 in Selfridges in London. It was founded byJulian Kynaston, who was just bored by the industry at that time as they were all just bringing out the same look – a nude lip and a smokey eye or a variation of it over and over again. He wanted to bring back the artistry in make up. He approached Alex Box - she was one of the make up artists that was really pushing the boundaries at the time. She was experimenting with make up – using it as an artform and she came in and is still with the brand as their creative director. She’s very hands on with all the products and she is the one that brings in the creative teams to work on everything. She works closely with them so she’s not just the face of the brand, a name they can drop to impress. The brand went global after 6 months, launching at Sephora and they soon became the fastest growing make-up brand in the past 20 years, which is, of course, incredible. Their mission is to provide high-performance, professional make-up to anyone who wants to self-express and accentuate their look beyond the norm. Illamasqua is for the bolder person hiding inside all of us. Their tagline after all is ‘Make Up for your Alter Ego’ and this shows in every product they’ve released so far.
The Theatre of the Nameless 2011 autumn/winter collection was heavily influenced by Anita Berber. Anita was a young firey red haired dancer, actress, writer, and prostitute from the 1920′s Berlin. A period in time when Berlin was rethinking art, politics and life itself. One of its inhabitants; Anita; was pushing it further than anyone else. She was the original wild child. She lived life fast, partied hard and people either loved or hated her for it. She could often be seen in hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos; she would walk around naked except for a sable fur, carrying a pet monkey and a silver brooch full of cocaine while flaunting her lesbian lovers—removing the barrier between performance and normal life. She died when she was only 29 from severe tuberculosis, a year after she had given up alcohol and cocaine, but she had already touched many lives on her way to that early grave. She was once the actress who had Leni Riefenstahl as her understudy and she had influenced Marlene Dietrich (one of her many lovers for a while) to wear a tuxedo, something women of that era wouldn’t dare to before. And now she has touched us all again through this beautiful, dark, sexy, new collection.
Stay tuned to Illamasqua: A Journey. You have two more adventures to follow in this beautiful tale.
Posted in 2011, Brown, Collection, Controversial, Cream, Event, Fall, Fuchsia, Green, Illamasqua, Links, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, Nude, Opaque, Purple, Rubber, Sephora, September, Set, Style, Trend, Vinyl, Webshop, Winter | 4 CommentsChanel’s got the blues!
One of the hottest colors of fashion this fall is blue. Yves Saint Laurent already has shown us this with a few pretty blues in their nail polishes and so has Dior. Now Chanel is introducing Les Jeans de Chanel. There are three colors to this mini collection designed by the Creative Director of the Chanel Make-up division, Peter Philips. He designed these three Jeans inspired colors specifically for Vogue’s Fashion’s Night Out, that is taking place the second Thursday of September to kick off this years New York Fashion week.
- Blue Rebel - This is the darkest of the three, it’s a beautiful royal blue. And by the looks of it, my favorite out of the three. To me it looks a little bit like a slightly darker version of Rebel Debutante by Color Club. But only swatches will, of course, tell if this is really the case.
- Coco Blue - This reminds me of a previous release by Chanel called Nouvelle Vague, though I believe that one had a hint of a teal tone to it. This one is more of a baby blue or a clear sky blue. In my eyes it’s a wonderful color for everyone who wishes to continue the summer trend of wearing pale nail colors deep into the winter.
- Blue boy - Clearly a color that sits between the two. It’s not as dark and rich as blue rebel, but certainly not as light as coco blue. I personally think it’s the least exciting color of this trio.
The shades are to be released September 8th – the same day as the presentation at fashion week – and will be available at your local Chanel counter in the United States. There’s no information about these colors hitting the international counters but I am certain you will be able to at least try and score these at the Chanel website. In fact; you can already join the waitinglist for them right here.
These colors will only be available until the end of the month. That is a VERY limited time for a collection so if you want to one one or quite possibly all three of these run, don’t walk to your local Chanel dealer before they run out!
Posted in 2011, Blue, Chanel, Collection, Fall, Fashion, Limited Edition, Midnight Blue, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, September, Set, Style, Trend, Webshop, Winter | 2 CommentsNail of the day – Silver Lining
Every cloud has its silver lining. There have been plenty of rainclouds here in the Netherlands lately so I thought I’d add my own little silver lining here with this stamped nail art.
Due to the current weather conditions here I’m already in an autumn kind of mood so this is also a little preview of this falls fashion colors. I hope you like it as much as I do!
I used the following to achieve this look:
- Bourjois So Laque Ultra Shine in Bleu Violet as a base color – a beautiful violet blue that I’m in love with each time I get to wear it.
- China Glaze Millenium as a stamping polish. – I love the foil finish of this polish, it’s just so shiny!
- Nail stamp and scraper, tissues and acetone.
- Big SdP plate – I from Dashica Beauty Shop (No they don’t sponsor me, I just adore all of their plates and own many of them by now.)
- And because the so laque polishes chip very easily I decided to go with the Nail Envy by O.P.I. nailhardener first before using Bonder by Orly as a base for the Bourjois laquer. After that I applied O.P.I. QuickDry topcoat to finish the look.
What do you think? Is it something you’d wear?
Posted in 2011, Basecoat, Blue, China Glaze, Metallic, Midnight Blue, Nail Art, Nail Hardener, Nail Polish, Nailpolish, Nails, Nails of the week, O.P.I., Opaque, Orly, September, Silver, Stamping, Stamping system, Style, Topcoat, Trend, Vinyl, Webshop | 27 CommentsA Passionate Westside Warrior – NOTD
To recreate this look you need:
- A good basecoat, I used Orly’s Bonder.
- China Glaze – Westside Warrior as the overall color.
- China Glaze – Passion for stamping.
- Dashica Beauty’s XL SdP 35 for the image.
- Stamper, scraper, tissues and nailpolish remover to clean the stamper etc.
- A nice topcoat, I used O.P.I. - RapiDry Topcoat.
What do you think of this look? Is it something you’d recreate?
Posted in 2011, Basecoat, China Glaze, Cream, Gold, Green, Links, Metallic, Nail Art, Nail Polish, Nail polish remover, Nailpolish, Nails, Nails of the week, O.P.I., Orly, Stamping, Stamping system, Webshop | 18 CommentsCiaté twitter contest winner!
I rarely win anything, the only thing I actually remember winning is a juicebox in school many many years ago, that’s about it really.
And now, about a week ago, by tweeting a little message I won a nailcare package provided by HetCosmeticahuis.nl of the British high-end nailpolish brand Ciaté! Can you imagine, a nailpolish nut like me, winning nailpolish and all kinds of awesome other items? I was over the moon I tell you!
Right away I got a sweet private message from Cosmetica Huis telling me I could pick a color and they’d send out the package right away.
That was a tough one, Ciaté has 40 seriously amazing colors. I first wanted to go for my standard go to color; purple. However, I found myself looking at all the wonderful colors this brand has and I opted for a cream style green called ‘Stiletto’. I like green on my nails, somehow it seems to go really well with my pale skin tone and I didn’t have a nice rich sap green like this yet. I already spotted a nice dupe for this color – Starboard from the Anchors Away collection by China Glaze – but since I don’t own this color either I decided to go for the Ciaté one.
Read on to see what my experience with this brand was and of course to see more pictures…
The package arrived two days later and I was just really pleasantly surprised because not only did I win the polish; I had also won a rhinestone wheel with the most adorable little 1mm multicolored rhinestones, a nailpolish remover in a glass bottle which had an adorable matching bow, a nail file and cuticle care cream!
I started with a nice coat of my favorite nail hardener by Orly called ‘Naitrition’ which I’ve mentioned on this blog before then put on two coats of Stiletto. One coat was a bit too sheer for my taste, but two coats did the trick. I liked the brush, it has 250 hairs and it’s slightly oval so it takes good care of your coverage.
The bottle promises that it contains a long lasting full coverage nail enamel so I was going to test this out for sure.
I was sad to discover that a few bits of the polish had chipped off 
by the end of the first day. All of them were along the free edge of my nails, though not all nails were affected and I wondered if it could be the fault of the basecoat I had used. Maybe I should use a Ciaté base coat or possibly not just a nail hardener.
Four days after that sad discovery the chips were, of course, still there. I did not cover them to see what would happen and honestly, no more had appeared and the chips that did occur before hadn’t become any larger. So all in all, I am very very happy about the staying power of this polish and I think that if I had used a different basecoat and topcoat I would have had completely perfect nails through day five.
During the time I wore my polish I started to use the nice jar of Miss Rich Nail Growth Promoting Balm with Biotin that came with the package. On the jar it says the following: “An active Balm enriched with Biotin for its nail strengthening properties. Contains Shea Butter infused with Apricot Kernel, Jojoba and Kukui Oil. These natural ingredients deeply condition and protect nails and cuticles from free 
radicals.” It smells very sweet but it is not overwhelming. So far I’ve really enjoyed the cream but I since I already religiously use my L’Occitane handcreams daily I didn’t feel it was making my hands any softer than they were already so I feel I can’t review this honestly. It is lovely though, nothing wrong with it at all.
When I decided to take off the polish I used the special remover that came with the prize package. Now let me tell you, next to the pretty polish this is my favorite product of the package. You see, when I first got it I spotted that on the front of the bottle it says White Chocolate Gentle and Nourishing Nail Polish Remover which of course made me, a big fan of 
anything chocolate, very curious. It even says so on the bottle: “A gentle nourishing nail polish remover with a non-drying formulation enriched with Panthenol (vitamin B5) and Vitamin E. Delicately fragranced with White chocolate essence.” So I untwisted the cap and took a whiff of it and made a face because, yuck, it smelled just as strong and non chocolaty like all the other regular removers I have used before. I put it aside and kind of forgot about it until I thought it was time to take off the polish. I decided to use the Ciaté remover and poured a little bit of it in a tiny cap and stuck my finger in it to soak off the polish like I always do. After about thirty seconds I was able to whipe it all off my nailplate with a tissue with one whipe and oh my goodness, there it was – once my finger dried – the gorgeous scent of creamy, yummy, delicious chocolate! I had only tried one other scented nail polish remover before that smelled this good and that’s the strawberry one by Konad. However, this one, ladies and gentlemen, takes the cake! If you ever want to spoil yourself you need to order this nailpolish remover as soon as you can!
Besides all these things I also got a lovely wheel filled with 1 mm rhinestones in all kinds of pretty colors and a nailfile for soft/weak nails that I have yet to try.
All in all my first experience with the Ciaté brand, AND the hetcosmeticahuis.nl webshop was quite a pleasant one! I am looking forward to buying some polish colors and more nailcare products by this company. It might take a while before I do this because this is a high end brand and their products are quite pricey as you can see here in the list of products I received in this give-away:
- €15,49 Miss Rich Nail Growth Promoting Balm with Biotin
- €17,99 White Chocolate Gentle and Nourishing Nail Polish Remover
- €11,99 Ciaté – Stiletto – 13.5ml – Creme
- € 3,99 Ciaté – File for soft/weak nails
Alas the rhinestone wheel that I also received with the set is not for sale at the shop so I cannot tell you how much it costs or where you can order it.
If you did buy something I’d love to know what and if you liked it as much as I did.
Posted in Apricot Kernel, Basecoat, Biotin, China Glaze, Chocolate, Ciaté, Competition, Cream, Give-Away, Green, Jojoba Oil, Konad, Kukui Oil, L'Occitane, Nail care, Nail file, Nail Hardener, Nail polish remover, Nailpolish, Nails, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Review, Rhinestones, Scent, Shea Butter, Topcoat, Twitter, Vitamin E, Webshop | 9 CommentsDashica Beauty and Boozyshop haul.
Both packages that I mentioned in an earlier post have finally arrived and I couldn’t be happier! They both contained an extra gift and the things I have ordered came in a perfect state due to careful wrapping.
The first one to arrive this week was my Dashica Beauty Shop order, which consisted of 5 big image plates (and by big they mean big, as in -42 images on a single plate- big!) as well as a double sided white stamper + a scraper.
Shirley, the webshop owner, was also sweet enough to add a set of water decals as a small gift for ordering with them. I will have to try those out soon. It is my first set of water decals ever and I’ve been very curious about them so yay! Thank you so much Shirley & Dashica Beauty Shop!
The other package came a day later, it wouldn’t have been this late if it wasn’t for a slight mishap.
You see, the “Nails for Males” that I previously have written about was out of stock and sadly probably not returning to the shop. The lovely Maaike of Boozyshop contacted me through email and asked me if I’d like my money back or if I’d like to pick another Orly nail care product. I promptly picked “Nailtrition” which is a fabulous strengthening & growth treatment by Orly. I already own it, but it’s already almost a quarter empty and she told me I’d get the package the next day. And there it was, this morning, with an extra bottle of Diamond Cosmetics nail polish in the shade ‘Desert Rose’ for all the trouble, isn’t that sweet? So thank you as well Boozyshop, you didn’t have to make up for it, but you certainly made my day by doing that!
I am already playing around with the image plates and will probably try out my beautyblender for the first time tomorrow morning. I will, of course, keep you all posted about my experiences with every product mentioned.
Have you bought from this shops before? If yes, what is the last thing you got? If no, what would you like to buy there if you did?
Posted in Beauty, Beautyblender, Cream, Diamond Cosmetics, Gifts, Haul, Links, Nail care, Nailpolish, Orly, Pink, Red, Shopping, Stamping, Stamping system, Water Decal, Webshop | 8 CommentsBoy, do I hate waiting for goodies…
I especially hate waiting for the mail when I just know there are two fabulous packages on the way!
This week I am expecting my first Beautyblender, I know it’s been taking the beauty scene by storm for a while now and that I’m very late in getting one. Really, I’m not exaggerating when I say that it took me several months before I finally decided on ordering it when I am normally quite the impulse buyer.
You see, I rarely use foundation, but when you combine this product with your cream foundation, it gives you a beautiful airbrush finish. This was really the selling point for me and I can’t wait to give it a try on the days that my skin is letting me down.
Besides the Beautyblender I’m also getting Orly’s “Nails for Males” which is a matte finish nail hardener. Now, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence but I’ve noticed that if I use a matte topcoat as a basecoat under my nailpolish that the polish seems to stay on a little better. I’m guessing this is because the polish has a ‘more rough and possibly porous’ surface to grab onto.
I normally use “Nailtricion” by the same brand under my regular polish. This has already made my nails a lot stronger so I am excited to try Nails for Males to see if this is an even better product for me to use. I will keep you posted on the results!
Both of these items are products that I have ordered from Boozyshop.
This is a website that I haven’t ordered from before, but I have heard so many good things about it. Therefore, I couldn’t resist giving it a go. It was hard for me just to order these two things to be honest as Boozyshop has so many fantastic brands to choose from, they have Essie, China Glaze, Seche Vite, all the brands us nailistas know and love. So if you ever feel like you want to spend a bit of money shopping online for beauty products, check out this site for sure. The site is available in Dutch and English and is not yet ready for orders out side of Belgium or the Netherlands. That does not mean you cannot order if you happen to live in a different country. All you need to do is send them an email and they’ll make it happen for you. How is that for fabulous customer service?
June holds my birthday month and as a present, my parents bought me 5 of the SdP Big Image Plates & a white double sided stamper from Dashica Beautyshop. I am very excited about these because I am very into complete coverage nail stamping products. You just can’t go wrong with those really. This is another package that should arrive this week as well and I am looking forward to doing a more in depth post on these plates!
By they way, this was also the first time for me ordering from this particular webshop and so far it has been such a pleasant one. Shirley, the owner of the shop has been in contact with me through email and has been really helpful trying to get the plates to me as soon as possible as I had pre-ordered them. You should certainly have a look at her webshop yourself and see what you think.
I’ll review the products of course when I have them and have gotten the chance to try them out.
Also, I believe I should say that I have not been in any way sponsored or asked to do this post by the aforementioned shops. I just chose to give them a shout out in case you would like to order something I mentioned and because they’ve given me great service.
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Dutch webshop that sells Orly and other lovely brands.
Dutch webshop that sells Cult Nails, Butter London, China Glaze etc.
Dutch stockist that also sells to the general public.
Dutch Webshop that sells China Glaze, Glitter Gal and a lot more good stuff.
