Yes.. I Can-Can with sparkles

Today I had some fun with mixing up some sparkles and shimmery eggplant color. I think it actually turned out quite nice. I really love using the sparkling copper top coat. You can spice up any nail polish color with it and make the design a little bit more fun.

Items I used: Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, OPI Yes... I Can-Can  and Sephora by OPI Traffic-Stopper Copper.

Quick dry, dry quick

Doing your nails can be time consuming. First you apply one coat of polish wait for that to dry, then maybe two or three more coats and wait for those to dry. Lastly you might want to do a cute design and surprisingly wait for that to dry. In worst case scenario your evening plans might consist of well, doing your nails. Now, we cannot have this. There are times when everything just has to happen quick. You're in a hurry to go to work and you just have to fix up your nails or your boyfriend or date is waiting for you to take you out on a fantastic dinner. 

 

 

Luckily there is a time saving solution to our little nail polish problems :)

 

 

I would like to dedicate this blog post to all those fantastic people that made my life so much easier by inventing the quick dry products. I cannot imagine how much of hell life was before this invention. You can get these quick dry products in drops, sprays and top coats. They basically dry your nail polish in minutes or even seconds.

I have the Mavala spray nail polish dryer. Now, I think the spray products are just great. It is basically like a hairspray, you add it to finish your design. After you are done with applying your polish or finishing up your design just spray this on and in few minutes or seconds even, your nail design is all dry and you are ready to go.

My personal favorite is the Seche Vite dry fast top coat. I also have the Depend quick dry & shine topplack however I do not think it is as good. The best part of Sehce Vite is that it is easy to spread and that it does not leave any bubbles like some top coats do. Just spread it on top of your nail design just like a regular top coat. I think it is truly a lifesaver and I always use it. It literally takes only few minutes to dry, depending on how many coats of polish you have on obviously. It also gives your nails a nice shine. However the only negative part is that it wears of the tips of your nail polish more quicker.

Do you use quick dry products? Which one is your favorite?

Quick update: Blue nails

Tried out my new shimmering blue nail polish from Mavala. Lovely summer color, isn't it?

Orange glitter nails

I did this cute and super easy nail manicure.

This is the products that I used.

Seche Vite's dry fast top coat (my lifesaver, a blog post coming up), China glaze's free love (a gorgeous shimmering orange shade) and Sephora's traffic stopper copper (powerful glitter shade).

First I applied two coats of the free love and then a coat of the traffic stopper copper. I finished up the design with the Seche vite top coat.

Cute, huh? The Sephora's traffic stopper is just awesome. With it you can spice up any shade and give your nail design little of that something something :)

Easy Caviar Manicure

Few weeks ago I got the Ciaté Caviar Manicure set from Sephora.

I got the white version which is called the mother of pearls.

 

You can also get it in Rainbow and Black Pearls.

The set comes with one nail polish, small nail beads, a small funnel and a plastic case to collect all the beads in. It also comes with a full set of instructions so it is really easy to use.

Something that I really like about Ciaté is the super cute nail polish bottles. Those little bows are just so adorable.

Now here is the result of my Ciaté manicure.

And here is how I did it.

1. Prepare your nails

As a base coat I used Orly's Nail Defense and treated my cuticles with Nail Trek cuticle oil.

2. Apply two coats of the Ciaté nails polish

Now, the instructions only tell you to apply nail polish but to make the manicure last longer I added a top coat as well.

I used the Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat which I think is the best top coat around.

3. Quickly apply the beads before the nail polish dries off

This is where the plastic case comes into use. I mean it can be really messy when adding the beads. Those suckers just like to jump around.

Just place your finger over the plastic case, drizzle the beads on top of your nail and press them gently in. Do not press too much.

When you're done just simply put the nozzle on the nail polish bottle and pour all the fall out beads back to the bottle.

And there you go. Super easy and quick manicure.

Now, the manicure in itself does not last for very long (two or three days), especially if you did not use any top coat to really glue the beads on. But it is super cute, easy and quick manicure.

You can also do your own nail manicure set. Just use any nail polish that you have and mini beads from arts and crafts store. However, bare in mind that the beads are not meant to be used as nail decorations so they might have some toxicants in them which are not necessarily good for you.

What do you think? Have you tried the caviar manicure?

You can get the Ciaté Manicure set from here.

The manicure set pictures are from www.ciate.co.uk.

Mini make-up haul

Yesterday I did a small make-up haul. I got two nail polish and a face shimmering cream.

I got the Viva la Diva nails polish in mint green and Mavala nails polish in blue mint. I cannot wait to try these out. The colors are super cute and perfect for summer.

I also go the Lumene sun radiance skin tone perfector in honey glow.

You can mix it up with your foundation or just spread it on your face without anything else. It gives you that lovely summer glow and shine.

This is how it looks like on your skin.

When its spread, it gives you a nice sun kissed glow. Perfect for evening outs, days at the beach or for overall hanging out :)