tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46761552067062289112024-03-14T06:22:45.885+01:00Das Experimentritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.comBlogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-17812024256553547662014-05-02T23:54:00.000+02:002014-05-02T23:54:40.390+02:00Ninja Polish: Ambrosia, Divinity, Shillelagh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Heyo! Today I'm posting a massive entry because I'll be showing 3 polishes at once - all those <b>Ninja Polishes</b> that I own. Last autumn I was lucky enough to win a giveaway of <a href="http://goodlacknail.com/">Good Lack, Nail!</a> blog and Caroline <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2013/08/ninja-giveaway-win-swap-14.html">sent me</a> my 3 Ninja prizes together with other beauties.</div>
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Here they are bellow, all stemming from <b>Enigma Collection</b>, all three beautiful as hell: left to right below you see <b>Divinity, Ambrosia and Shillelagh</b>.</div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NGFzaICEq1Y/U2OUba8kGQI/AAAAAAAAIqA/LohuADw1NvU/s2000/Ninja+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Ninja polish Enigma" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NGFzaICEq1Y/U2OUba8kGQI/AAAAAAAAIqA/LohuADw1NvU/s2000/Ninja+Collage.jpg" height="315" title="" width="700" /></a></div>
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As you know, Ninja polishes are mostly complex unusual colours, so I had two problems related to swatching them. Firstly, there was not enough daylight (I was swatching in autumn) and secondly, I didn't use a top coat on Ambrosia and Shillelagh, so I maybe didn't show all the possible colour shifts. In any case, no camera would picture them as real and beautiful as they are live :) </div>
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Let me start with the most prominent out of these 3 - Divinity.<br />
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<b>Divinity</b> is a bordeaux/purple jelly base with a magic shimmer. Yes, magic, because I wouldn't describe it with one single colour. The shimmer creates a multichromal effect - from deep burgundy red to gold and sometimes green - so amusing to watch! The colour shift effect is strong, so you will not need a microscope to observe it :)</div>
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The application was mmmnot so easy-peasy, I couldn't cope with the wide brush that well, but in the end I won :) Unlike Clarins 230 and other similar unicorn pees, Divinity is opaque in 2 thick coats. The polish has rather a satin finish and definitely needs a top coat, only then you see the full beauty of the colour metamorphoses. </div>
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The next polish is Ambrosia, and on this one my camera freaked out completely :) I would also freak out on such a beauty, would I be in my camera's position.<br />
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<b>Ambrosia</b> is a vibrant red with golden shimmer, and the shimmer changes the base colour from pink to red depending on the light and the view angle. Also a nice colour transition, but not as intense as in Divinity. </div>
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The application was ok after I figured out that I have to carry more polish on a brush, otherwise there are bald spots. The opacity is good, 2 coats are enough. Oh, and it definitely needs a top coat. Which I didn't apply. My bad. </div>
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And the last one, and my most favourite of the three is Shillelagh. It's such a cool word, too.</div>
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<b>Shillelagh</b> is an intense green shade with shimmer ...of I don't which colour. Inbetween bronze and gold, maybe, but also with a green hint. I'm telling you, these polishes contain some magic in them :) Less poetically, the colour reminds of a June bug. </div>
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The application was challenging, the formula is quite liquid and the polish was trying to get under the cuticles and where not, but I managed to layer it in 2 coats. Again, the top coat is necessary but missing (on the pics).</div>
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Sooo how do you like those? Which do you think is the coolest one? :)<br />
Do you have any Ninjas in your stash?</div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-47830052183894458552014-05-01T14:08:00.000+02:002014-05-01T14:08:15.879+02:00Salmon Mate<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Corals. Ugh. That's what I usually say because they don't suit me, ever: in make-up, in clothes, in polishes. Except some very cold shades of coral, only then they don't make my skin look dirty and/or sick, lol. One of such shades is <b>Sinful Colours Soul Mate</b>: </div>
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<b>Soul Mate</b> is a soft dusty pink coral shade, quite whitened and with a cold undertone. Complex description of a complex colour, hehe :)</div>
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The formula is great, very opaque yet not goopy, the application is nice - except one thing: the brush. It's just sooo harsh that it leaves the furrows on the surface. Either I will have to change the brush, or to try to work in easy quick strokes barely touching the surface. I wonder if it's the problem of all Sinful Colors?</div>
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Oh, well, I couldn't but stamp it :) So I took the Bundle Monster BM-306 plate and white Konad polish and stamped some flowers over the salmon.</div>
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I'm not really satisfied with how the white polish transferred, but noone is perfect :) I don't know if it was the problem of the plate or of my stamping skills.</div>
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Do you have any Sinful Colors? What do you like in them? :)</div>
ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-74490286901246752012014-04-27T13:03:00.000+02:002014-04-27T13:03:05.102+02:00Green Grass and Shining Sun <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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... - it's not me being poetic, it's the name of the polish from <b>El Corazón Spring 2014</b> collection called "Dreams of Spring". To be even more precise, the name is translated as "<b>The grass is green and the sun is shining</b>" (№07) and I decided that NOW is exactly the right season and time to wear it.</div>
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<b>El Corazón Green Grass and Shining Sun</b> is a bright green creme packed with dense but tiny blue shimmer, which paradoxically, doesn't shimmer at all - it appears rather matt. Nevertheless, it's due to this unshimmerable shimmer that the polish looks interesting - and unique.</div>
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The application was more than pleasant. The polish is very opaque, so 1 coat can be enough. I applied 2 coats to wear it longer but I didn't use the top coat - there was no need. It dries well and has a "plastic gloss finish" - I can't describe it better, haha.</div>
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Below I tried to capture that shimmer that is present in every polish of the collection. And on the photo above you can see that despite the tiny size of the shimmer, it's still visible from afar. </div>
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What is also notable, the overall undertone of the shade is cold, so it was not making my hands look like lobster, which is an important thing in green polishes for me.</div>
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Just to let you know: I have 2 other polishes from this collection and I'll be showing them soon! :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*The nail polish was kindly provided by </span><a href="http://elcorazon.ru/" style="font-size: small;">El Corazón</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> company for my consideration. In this post I expressed my honest and unbiased opinion about the product.</span></div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-58985991148396571542014-04-23T09:39:00.000+02:002014-04-23T09:39:00.234+02:00Inspired by a Bracelet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Do you often get inspired by clothes or accessoires? I do, and I even picture the suitable manicure designs in my mind, it's just not that often that I implement them. However, I didn't even hesitate when I first unpacked and saw the bracelet I got from <a href="http://www.sammydress.com/">SammyDress</a> store for review.</div>
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The bracelet is dark blue with gold, white and pink abstract patterns, it's very light and fits perfectly to my <strike>somewhat wide</strike> wrist. It clips easily and doesn't fall off during the day. I also like that it doesn't catch neither hair nor clothes when you wear it.</div>
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The bracelet retails at 4.43$ (!) at <a href="http://www.sammydress.com/">SammyDress</a> store - <a href="http://www.sammydress.com/product810978.html">here</a> you can find the direct link to the item. There are also other colours and patterns, but I think you can never guess which one you get, hehe. I didn't mind about that because I liked all the colours and pattens they offer.</div>
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As for the manicure - it was very easy to create: I started with 2 coats of <b>Layla Ceramic Effect #13 </b>(<a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2012/09/navy-jelly.html">swatch</a>), applied rhinestones on my index and pinkie fingers, then added some drops of gold, white and pink polish and made some random movements with a needle. Easier to create than to describe :)</div>
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To be honest, I haven't done any nail design with a needle since high school, and I was happy to experiment with it again. And, what is good about abstract designs - you can never go wrong :)</div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-42743402682663667802014-04-20T09:06:00.000+02:002014-04-20T09:06:00.038+02:00Halo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Spontaneous polish purchases are something that I don't do that often any more - for stash control purposes. Swatches of every shade are thoroughly scrutinised by me in an attempt to conclude whether I really want this polish or not. All the above did not refer to <b>Orly Halo</b> which I bought simply because I liked it on a nail wheel in a store. Oh, and it was on discount, too ;)</div>
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<b>Orly Halo</b> is a transparent base full of golden glitter and bigger silver hexagones. It took me some time to realize that they are actually silver - and this is where the secret of this polish is hidden. Silver counterplays with gold, and all the thing glimmering - a nice effect is created overall. Now I can justify my spontaneous purchase - the shade was <i>interesting enough</i> to be in my stash :)</div>
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The application was ok, it's just the polish is quite transparent, so I needed 3 coats. I also covered it with a top coat, and it became even more shiny. Never seen halos, but they definitely could look like that :) </div>
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And my attempts to make the close-up shots. Uff I need a better camera... but just to describe it in 3 words: glitter, glitter, glitter. Me happy :)</div>
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I have a weird but persistent idea to mattify it.. it either will kill all the beauty or will make it look different but cool. What do you think?</div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-70678544592824931522014-04-18T09:48:00.000+02:002014-04-18T09:48:00.078+02:00Stamping Plate KD3 from Born Pretty Store<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Keeping my promise to show you another stamping plate that I got from Born Pretty Store. The more I use them, the more inspired I get: for such a price these plates are simply a treasure! Because look what a mani I got without any effort:</div>
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As a part of the "standard operating procedure" I would like to devote some words to the base colour. But just a few, because there is nothing much to describe, you will know everything yourself as soon as I say the name - <b>Essie Lilacism</b>.</div>
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<b>Essie Lilacism</b> is a light lilac cream - just as the name hints. Just because it's one of my first Essie polishes ever - I like it more than I should, probably. To be honest, it's nothing special, neither unique. The formula is good, so is the drying time.</div>
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What is more interesting is the stamping plate. I like 2 things about it: the designs it contains are quite simple but always handy and cute - hearts, dots, bows, stars - standard girly set :) And second, the full nail images are big enough not to care if they fit the nails. And my nails are relatively long at the moment.</div>
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Just FYI - the stamping plate costs... how much? No. It's 1.55$!!! You can find it at Born Pretty Store <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/nail-stamp-template-cute-bear-heart-dots-stars-pattern-p-7041.html">here</a>, and as you know they have free shipping worldwide. Sounds great to me.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify;">And finally, here's a coupon for 10% discount at </span><a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/" style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Born Pretty Store</a><span style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify;">. Check their site, apart from stamping plates they have a whole huge variety of different decorations, </span><a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/beauty-nail-c-268.html" style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">nail art</a> <span style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify;">tools and supplements and other nice stuff for nails! </span><br />
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If I see an appealing or an unusual "noname" polish in a shop, I rarely grab it without googling some swatches. However, when I saw <b>[b] Basic Sol Brillante</b> from Sevilla LE, I was not pondering even for a second. What is here to ponder, if the polish costed around a euro... Never ever have I regretted later.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">[b] Basic Sol Brillante </span><span style="text-align: justify;">is</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;">a mixture of gold and red glitter in a clear base, whereas the red particles are larger than the gold ones. To get an opaque (more or less) coverage, you will need 3 coats. A top coat would be good to use, too, because this thing doesn't really dry by itself.</span><br />
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The bottle was not so poorly designed for a euro-polish, and it sparkled like crazy under the sun. So did the polish itself when applied on the nails - these are the good news.</div>
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Another piece of good news is that this polish is multifunctional - you can apply it solo, use it for layering or create cool gradients by sponging it on the nail tips. The latter I really want to try once!</div>
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The bad news is that it was a limited edition launched in like 2012, so I really doubt that you can ever find it. BUT...</div>
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...if you liked the polish and wanna get something similar, try China Glaze Electrify and Sinful Colors Pumpkin Spice. If they are not dupes, they are extremely close relatives.</div>
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Thank you for your patience, for you have seen 4 polishes of the same brand shown in a row in my blog :) :) Today I'm showing you the last one out of 4 KIKOs that I own - <b>Kiko #338</b>. The colour is pretty interesting - and hard to photograph, so I'm honestly telling you in advance that I was tuning the colour up in Photoshop.</div>
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<b>Kiko #338 </b>is a bright lavender creme with a good drop of white. By bright I don't mean "in-your-face-bright", but it's more contrast and vivid than it looks in the bottle. The original name of the polish is "Lavanda Chiaro" - well, so be it. </div>
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As it often happens with Kiko, I was more than satisfied with the quality and application. The polish is very opaque and pigmented, yet not goopy and applies very well in 2 coats. If you need a top coat or not - is totally up to you. I often wear Kiko polishes "as they are".</div>
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Long time no see from... water decals. Although they are such an easy upgrade to a manicure, I haven't been using them for ages. That's why I was happy when I got my package from <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/">Born Pretty Store</a> with a sheet of cute white flower decals to try. Immediately I thought: what a delicate spring pattern - and did a simple manicure with them.</div>
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But hey, hold on :) I can't omit a couple of words about the base colour - <b>Kiko #340</b>. Oh, sorry, <b>Kiko Celeste</b>. But who cares, noone knows Kiko polishes by names except for the creators anyways. </div>
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<b>Kiko #340</b> is a bright blue creme with a glossy finish. The texture is pleasant to work with, opaque yet not goopy. The application was easy as hell, 2 coats and I didn't even apply a top coat - there was no need in it.</div>
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Sorry for the photo spam, but the shade is pretty (I reckon) and it was so easy to photograph. Couldn't stop. And it's not even a holo.</div>
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And now finally - on to the decals from <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/">Born Pretty Store</a>. They arrived in a pink hard paper and with a protection film on top. Very easy to unpack and prepare for using. There was even a "user guide" printed on the back of the pink carton, but hey, who of us doesn't know how to use water decals.. :P</div>
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So, what I did was just applying the flower pattern on 2 nails and placing rhinestones on the other 3. As simple as that.<br />
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I should say that the water decals were so easy and pleasant to use that even my 7yo niece would cope with them! And the quality was great, they slid gently from the paper back, they didn't tear or fall apart during the application. Also, after I applied the final layer of a top coat the decals looked like I hand painted the flowers. People were really asking if I did!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify;">Moreover: here's a coupon for 10% discount at </span><a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/" style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Born Pretty Store</a><span style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify;">. Check their site, apart from stamping plates they have a whole huge variety of different decorations, </span><a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/beauty-nail-c-268.html" style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">nail art</a> <span style="font-family: Puritan; font-size: 16px; line-height: 17.740798950195313px; text-align: justify;">tools and supplements and other nice stuff for nails! </span><br />
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-89920887658704714452014-04-08T09:30:00.000+02:002014-04-08T09:30:02.364+02:00Rosa Fenicottero<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week I experienced something which I would describe as KIKOphoria - I was wearing 4 KIKO shades in a row. Out of four that I own. No idea what I would do if I had 20 KIKO polishes, but since I <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2014/04/kiko-339.html">started</a> the topic, I decided to show you one more colour - <b>Kiko #288</b>.</div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;">Kiko Rosa Fenicottero</b><span style="text-align: justify;"> (beautiful name, no?) is a fuchsia creme with a glossy finish. Equally I would describe the colour as "Barbie pink", but apparently the perception of Barbie pink varies from person to person. Easy application on 2 coats (hooray to KIKO cremes), no top coat needed. </span><br />
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The colour is nice, but not so easy to catch on the photos. It strongly depends on the light and its type: the polish by itself has a strong blue (i.e. cold) undertone, but it looks a bit warmer under the sun and under the lamps indoors.</div>
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Thinking what to do with this nice base for nail art I firstly wanted to stamp over it, but I realised I did it last time - you can check my old swatches by the way :) So this time I just layered a fun glitter on top - <b>Dance Legend Flossy #146</b>.<br />
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Those Flossy tops are fun to play with! <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2013/06/more-flossy-tops-144-and-146.html">Here</a> you can see #144 over red, grey and beige, just for example. Recently Dance Legend has launched the new Rio tops - can't wait to get them! </div>
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Late as usual, but I still wanna share some positive emotions left from attending another gathering of nail polish lovers two week ago. The event took place in the venue of <a href="http://www.victoryco.ru/">Victory</a>, the official distributor of such brands as China Glaze, Seche, EzFlow, .ibd. etc in Russia. Basically it was just a gathering of nail polish lovers including the bloggers. The people were not so many, but it was very cosy: </div>
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And there were some very-very attractive bottles (which the girls brought by themselves)...<br />
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... and more and more were arriving.<br />
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What did we do at this get-together? We were staring at our "preciousssss" bottles - I love the pic below, haha!</div>
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...doing some creative stuff...<br />
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... and listening to a brief presentation of Svetlana, who told us a lot of fascinating stuff about nails and polishes. She also showed us some Asian nail art magazines with the most grotesque designs I've ever seen! o_O</div>
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And another pleasant thing was that we could shop with a 20% discount. Believe me, the assortment was wide enough for us to browse through the bottles for a long time...</div>
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...and to be able to find some rare, VERY DAMN RARE things!<br />
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And lookie lookie what I brought home: I was modest lol but I managed to dig out China Glaze Lorelei's Tiara!!! Ah, and the lint-free tissues.<br />
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The only sad thing was that I was in a hurry and couldn't stay longer. All in all, I had a great time and I hope to attend such a gathering some day again! :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Thanks to <a href="http://www.victoryco.ru/">Victory Store</a> for hosting the event! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Девушки, если кому-то очень не нравится какое-то из опубликованных фото со своим участием - пишите, уберу :) </span></div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-413890154684864942014-04-04T09:32:00.000+02:002014-04-04T09:32:00.905+02:00Stamping Plate QA27 from Born Pretty Store<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Let me boast about my new stamping plates: for a while I was not buying any, but I was lucky to get some plates for review from <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/">Born Pretty Store</a>. And below is a sneak peek of the result I got with their help:</div>
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But let me tell a couple of words about the base colour first: this is a 1EUR (sale) <b>Alessandro Candy Floss Pink</b> polish that I own for ages. Together with 2 other little Alessandros.</div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;">Alessandro Candy Floss Pink </b><span style="text-align: justify;">is a baby pink creme <strike>wannabe</strike>, quite whitened out and with a drop of coral. The application is everything but easy, this little <strike>b...</strike>baby makes such bald spots that you can't imagine. If you get away with 3 coats - you are lucky.</span>
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I don't think this polish is still available in stores, but it doesn't matter because I don't recommend it anyway :D The shade is interesting, but not so unique, so you can easily find a substitute. I like how it looked on my nails in the end, and it was a good base for stamping.</div>
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The duty is done - the swatches are posted, the honours are paid to the polish, now it goes to "use-them-up" bin and I move furhter to the <b>stamping plate</b>. Here it is, below - <b>QA27</b>, with a blue protection film on the left and ready to use on the right:</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">As you might know, I prefer the full nail designs over small ones. And for me the major factor is the size of the image on the plate, as I'm not willing to double-stamp, we are not in 2009 ;P In this particular case the size was not a problem at all, the image is 1.6 x 1,4 cm (for comparison: </span><span style="text-align: center;">Bundle Monster (2012) is also 1,6 x 1,4 cm, </span><span style="text-align: center;">Konad is 1,5 x 1,2 cm). Quite good, eh?</span></div>
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Even better is that this plate retails at $1.99 (!) - you can purchase it <a href="http://www.bornprettystore.com/nail-stamp-template-small-flower-pattern-qa27-p-6472.html">here</a>. For this price, the quality was superb - I had no problems with the stamping process whatsoever, I hope it is visible from my pics, even though I used a normal nail polish for stamping - Alessandro Strawberry Daiquiry. </div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-13348174490626157502014-04-01T21:17:00.001+02:002014-04-01T21:19:50.514+02:00Kiko #339<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sorry for being absent for a while, some foreign guests came to me and I was running around the city like crazy for the last week! And although I had no time to blog, I did shoot some nice swatches of my oldies-goodies which I wanted to show you. This <b>Kiko #339</b>, for example: </div>
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<b>Kiko Fiordaliso</b> (yep, Kikos have names..) is a sky blue creme with periwinkle hue, very glossy and of middle opacity. I got away with 2 coats, but there were some tiny bold spots left, not even visible on the pics. What I liked about the polish is that it dries very fast and basically doesn't require any top coat. No top coat = less time spent for a mani, haha. </div>
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Oh, and the shade is very pretty - is that really necessary to say?</div>
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A kind of "I wore it out" pic. Now with a new phone I get nice phonopics :) </div>
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P.S. When I was about to click "publish", I realised that I showed this polish in my blog already.. The more pics the merrier, so <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2011/08/cloudy-blue.html">feel free to check</a> my "old style" swatches too :)</div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-88146503602553159052014-03-18T09:32:00.000+01:002014-03-18T09:32:00.238+01:00Gaga For Green<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey hey! Not that I've been planning this post for St. Patricks, but rather it was the only happy green in my swatched folder, hehe. And it's for sure the happiest green of my stash, too. And the name is so cool. And the colour is so yummy! :) These are the thoughts caused in me by <b>China Glaze Gaga For Green</b>:</div>
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<b>Gaga For Green</b> is young grass green crelly, bright and warmish, as it has a yellow undertone. Once you apply the first coat, you'll probably freak out after looking at your nails, hehe :) They'll look like you just dipped them into some yellowish squish. But after you apply the 2d coat, everything will even out and look bright and cool :)</div>
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According to my Excel notes, the application was easy in 2 coats, only you have to be careful not to reveal the bald spots. And after wearing it for the 3rd time (yes!) I have a feeling that the polish became a little goopy, so I'll probably add thinner next time.</div>
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Generally, I like this shade a lot, it's a pure colour therapy for me every time I have it on my nails, and I will never understand <a href="http://www.antallex.ru/">Antallex</a>, who could so generously part from this beauty in order to send it to me :) Thank you so so so much! ;) </div>
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Happy Patrick's Day to all! Wear green and be happy :) </div>
ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-3463237870000855902014-03-16T17:30:00.000+01:002014-03-16T17:30:01.782+01:00March Snow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Guess what? It's snowing in St. Peters! And not just a couple of snowflakes, but myriads of them falling heavily. Well, hello spring, I saw snow in May as well ;) This time the weather affected my choice of polish: instead of picking one of the pastels and corals that I prepared for wearing in the next days/weeks, I decided to put on this snowy thing - <b>El Corazón Confetti 531a</b>.</div>
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<b>El Corazón Confetti 531a</b> is white tiny glitter floating in a clear base. As simple as that. But how damn unique, no? I personally don't remember of any similar polish. If China Glaze There's Snow One Like You looks as a gross snowdrift, Confetti 531a rather reminds a thin layer of tiny snowflakes.</div>
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As much as I liked the "snow look", the next day I decided to upgrade it somehow, and thought that one of the best suiting options for white is gold. So I sponged some <b>Essence Make It Golden</b> on the tips.</div>
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I remember the times when there was a huge hype over Essence Make It Golden, both because it's a great polish and because it's a good substitute of Deborah Lippmann Boom Boom Pow. It's such a pity that Essence is discontinued... and my tiny bottle is half-empty.</div>
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Anyway, I loved both looks. How about you? :)<br />
<span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #030415; font-family: Puritan; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 9.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;">*The nail polish was kindly provided by </span><a href="http://www.elcorazon.ru//" style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #0087e5; font-family: Puritan; font-size: x-small; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">El Corazón</a><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #030415; font-family: Puritan; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 9.600000381469727px; text-align: justify;"> company for my consideration. In this post I expressed my honest and unbiased opinion about the product.</span></div>
ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-50263033104024965462014-03-14T15:25:00.000+01:002014-03-14T15:25:47.703+01:00Do The Mermaid<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Heya! What I really want to share with you is that recently I attended a fun gathering of polish addicts - for the first time in my whole "blogger career"! Actually, it was a presentation of <a href="http://www.parfum-selective.ru/">Parfum Selective</a>, Russian company distributing selective cosmetics and perfumes. The event was organised as a beauty-hen-party, and I couldn't miss to chat with like-minded polish lovers AND to play with the stunning polishes by <b>Deborah Lippmann</b>. And not only I saw the whole DL range on the sticks and in the bottles, but I also got one for review - pls enjoy the swatches of <b>Deborah Lippmann Do The Mermaid</b> below :)</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Приветтт всем! Один из редчайших моментов, когда я пишу в своем блоге на русском. Решила поделиться радостным событием - я таки посетила собрание лакоманьяков, не прошло и три года)) Обычно я на подобные встречи не попадаю из-за отсутствия зеркалки и времени, и если первым еще можно пренебречь, то со вторым ничего не попишешь. Но презентацию-лакодевичник с <b>Parfum Selective</b> я решила не пропускать, ибо вживую повертеть бутылочки с <b>Deborah Lippmann</b> мне доводится нечасто, да и очутиться в кругу лакоединомышленников мне всегда хотелось :) В итоге я не только налюбовалась почти что всем ассортиментом Деборы и познакомилась с приятнейшими людьми, но и получила лак на тестирование. И в сегодняшнем посте кроме бесконечного восторженного бла-бла еще и покажу свотчи прекрасной русалки - <b>Deborah Lippmann Do The Mermaid</b>. </span></div>
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<b>Do The Mermaid</b> is a slightly pearly lavender base with a mixture of lighter lilac and darker purple glitter spiced with golden sparkles. Either because of these components, or because of the overall look - I'm deeply in love with this polish. Should I mention the supereasy application in 2 coats? Probably not, because for me it was absolutely expectable. I'm only not sure about the drying time, but I used a top coat anyways - as this polish shouts "add me some gloss!" :)<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><b>Do The Mermaid</b> состоит из немного заперламутренной лавандовой базы, смешанной с сиреневым глиттером и приправленной золотыми наноблесточками. Уж не знаю, из-за этих компонентов ли или из-за общего вида на ногтях, но я просто по уши влюбилась в этот лак. Думаю, что беспроблемное нанесение в 2 слоя даже упоминать не стоит, для меня оно было чем-то само собой разумеющимся. Правда, не уверена насчет времени высыхания, т.к. я сразу же залила все топом, потому что лак этого просто требует.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Кстати, в бутылочке лак тоже завораживает, именно поэтому я и взяла сиреневую русалку, хотя все это время мечтала о "классической", зелено-бирюзовой. </span></div>
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Попытки заснять лак поближе... я не плохой танцор, но моим кирпичом это сделать сложно. Надеюсь лишь, что мне хоть как-то удалось передать красоту лака.. : {</div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Еще раз добавлю, что была рада сходить на встречу от Parfum Selective, и надеюсь в будущем чаще бывать в местах сборов лакоманьяков :) На девичник из-за работы я пришла почти что уже к концу, поэтому пофоткать практически не удалось, хотелось все посмотреть и пообщаться : { В следующий раз исправлюсь, честно) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">И в заключение напоминаю, что в России лаки Deborah Lippmann можно приобрести в магазине <a href="http://beautydrugs.ru/">BeautyDrugs</a>, также они торгуют всякой интересной косметикой, а еще меня очень впечатлили их пилки <a href="http://www.parfum-selective.ru/catalog/117/">Diamancel</a>, которые я с большим интересом потестила на девичнике.</span></div>
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For my Russian readers I advise to visit <a href="http://beautydrugs.ru/">BeautyDrugs</a> store for Deborah Lippmann polishes and other selective perfumes and cosmetics. </div>
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<span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #030415; font-family: Puritan; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 9.600000381469727px;">*Лак предоставлен для обзора магазином </span><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #030415; font-family: Puritan; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 9.600000381469727px;"><a href="http://beautydrugs.ru/">BeautyDrugs</a>, в данном посте я выразила свое объективное мнение о продукте.</span></div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-1274307970530752832014-03-02T09:00:00.000+01:002014-03-02T09:00:00.508+01:00Fashionista On The Beach<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I don't know about you, but I'm desperately awaiting the warm sunny days, I'm so sick of all this gloominess and absence of light... Maybe I just need to move to a small Southern country? :) Anyways, I decided to start this spring with a bright mani - below you see the swatches of <b>El Corazón Fashionista On The Beach</b>. </div>
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<b>Fashionista On The Beach</b> is a bright baby blue jelly full of white hexagonal glitter of various sizes. The application is fine, except you will need 3 coats to even out the bold spots, but it's a jelly after all! And the drying time is a bit suspicious, but I applied a top coat - it's quite useful for adding gloss and creating additional "water" effect anyway.</div>
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I'm actually very happy for Fashionista, who is on the beach right now, because I would give a lot to be on a beach too : { However, in my opinion this polish is good for any time of the year: me personally was wearing it 2 times by now: in summer and in winter. Either way, a bright refreshing colour.</div>
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Actually, this polish reminds me of a pond rather than of a beach, because part of the glitter is "drawn" and the other half is on the surface - I love this effect! By the way, I have 2 other polishes from the same collection: <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2013/07/fashionista-goes-shopping.html">lilac</a> and <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2013/07/fashionista-at-party.html">pink</a>. </div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-75753811468577568452014-02-28T08:57:00.000+01:002014-02-28T08:57:00.445+01:00Winter Stamping<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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...made in the middle of the previous summer. Very consequent of me, I know, I know :) I still like how it turned out, because I used one of my ever-favourite stamping patterns. </div>
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But firstly a couple of words about the base colour. I have to utter it: this is one of the worst polishes in my stash - <b>17 Toasted Almond</b>. It just managed to be baaad in everything: texture, application, drying time *crazy face* Well, I am not to blame - I got it as an extra in some swap.</div>
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As you see, it's a beige shimmer shade with a<strike>n ugly</strike> frosty finish. I don't think it's possible to apply it without the strikes, although they are not so obvious in real life. It takes 2 to 3 coats to cover the VNL, and it doesn't dry any quickly. Sad story - to be brief. Don't buy it. Just don't. Ever. </div>
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What do we do with uglyish polishes? Right, we just put some layering top or stamp over them. I did the latter, and surprisingly I was happy with the result! The plate I used was BM-314, and the stamping polish was Konad Black.</div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-42299258261284212482014-02-26T09:12:00.000+01:002014-02-26T09:12:00.669+01:00Day Light vs Lamp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some days ago I painted my nails in the evening and realised I won't have the chance to swatch them. I work during the day time when there's the right light to swatch, and in some days I'll have a new manicure already. So I did what I have never done before - <u>swatched it under the lamp</u> *sigh*. </div>
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The thing is - ALL of my previous nail pics are taken under the natural day light, with maybe 1-2 exceptions. And my opinion is that it must be so, as the artificial light distorts the real colours. On the other hand, swatching under the lamp is really convenient - if you have a good camera. My oldie just can't set the white balance right.</div>
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As for the manicure itself, I'm wearing <b>Milani Gems</b> over <b>Essie Angora Cardi</b>. The transparent (in the past) base of Gems got some weird mauvish tint, and now I can only wear it over red, mauve or dark polishes. Gotta find a substitute for Gems.. : ( </div>
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So, what do you think about the artificial light swatches? They look weird to me, but still.. publishable. Is it ok if I'll be posting "lamp pics" every now and then? : {</div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-90283433077562025522014-02-24T08:47:00.000+01:002014-02-24T08:47:00.274+01:00Magic Tenderness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You know, since recently I am really into polishes that fit within the borders of "dress code appropriate", but at the same time are "with a twist". Wearing pinks and reds to work everyday is boring, and today I'm showing quite an interesting substitute for those "commonly accepted" business colours - <b>El Corazón #423/558 Magic Tenderness.</b></div>
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<b>El Corazón #423/558 Magic Tenderness</b> is a pretty pinkish lilac with glimmering pink glitter. I couldn't describe it in a better way, hehe, sorry :D The application is really easy, although the polish formula is on the sheer side, and you need 3 coats to cover the VNL. It dries well though.</div>
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As an "afterparty" post to the <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2014/02/hearties-day.html">St. Valentine's day manicure</a>, I'm showing not less "sweet", and of course a pink, polish - <b>BB Couture Love Bug</b>. A sweet name is included, as you see.</div>
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Apart from a sweet name and exterier,<b> BB Couture Love Bug</b> has an interesting formula: it's a pink (I'd say Barbie pink) jelly with golden shimmer. The shimmer particles are big and therefore quite noticeable, they sparkle under the sun occasionally. On the photo below I <strike>hopefully</strike> managed to capture that it looks like syrup a bit... I love this effect.</div>
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By the way, this is my one and only BB Couture polish - a lonely bottle in a huge stash :) And even this one I'd never hope to get if it was not for <a href="http://goodlacknail.com/">Caroline</a> and her help. Thank you so much! ;) </div>
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As for the colour, I liked how it looks on my nails. Pinks suit me, and I love them in return - I won't go in circles around this fact. This dolly shade makes you feel younger, although I AM quite young :)</div>
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As you know, I'm not a frantic fan of St. Valentines day, and this is a pure personal thing. I'm not going to poor around bullshit about love capitalisation or whatsoever. Kissing couple make me smile, it's just we don't celebrate it with my bf. However, I find this day a great reason to paint some hearties on my nails :D </div>
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And what colour should be the hearties if not pink... on pink background, hehe! So I used 2 coats of <b>China Glaze Something Sweet</b> as base colour - for its shade, not for its name ; ) And then just stamped the hearts with <b>BM-317</b> plate and Zoya Andi. I wanted to make the hearts red, but I don't have that special stamping red polish... and the usual reds always lean fuchsia/pink when used for stamping...</div>
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I did like the result, only the job could have been done more neatly. The patterns did not really want to transfer to the nails, don't know why : {</div>
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What are you wearing on your nails for the Valentine's day? :) Tell me! Or spam me with links :)</div>
ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-27862077124349554992014-02-11T08:10:00.000+01:002014-02-11T08:10:00.421+01:00Blue Willow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Okay okay, maybe it doesn't have much to do with the Blue Willow, but it does remind me of porcelain, and I simply love white and vivid blue combination. The manicure that I'm showing today was inspired by an upcoming (at that time, half a year ago) trip to Greece. White and blue, aren't those Greek colours? :) </div>
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The workload on "creating" this manicure is minimal: it's just Debby ColorPlay <span style="font-size: x-small;">(<a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2012/12/fluffy-nails.html">swatch</a>)</span> stamped over El Corazon Jelly #423/57 <span style="font-size: x-small;">(<a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2013/11/white-jelly.html">swatch</a>)</span>. The stamping plate is BM-314. Everyone can feel free to recreate at home :)</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">And only nail polish addicts (i.e. you!) can fully understand what it means! In practice it means that </span><u style="text-align: justify;">I wore each and every of my [currently] 322 polishes</u><span style="text-align: justify;">. Soooo proud of that, pheew. </span><br />
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Twice I was sooo close, having 1 untried left, but on that exact day a parcel with the newbies would arrive. But now I can enjoy the fact fully :) </div>
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Lil bit of statistics: out of 322 polishes I own, I swatched 201 and posted the swatches of 159 polishes.</div>
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Plus those that I swatched and gave away / sold / got rid of etc. Yet a looooong way to go, it means I won't stop blogging in the following... some years :D</div>
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Generally, my stash is conditionally separated into the following 4 clusters: "to swatch", "to use up", "my preciousssss" and "wanna wear in the nearest time". There used to be the 5th batch - "untrieds", but now it's gone, HOOOORAAAAY!!!</div>
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How about you, girls? How many untrieds do you have? How do you organise your stash? </div>
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ritterbratenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04301873202228251716noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4676155206706228911.post-1008558754483176502014-02-05T08:59:00.000+01:002014-02-05T08:59:00.084+01:00Golden Nude<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's harsh winter around here and I really didn't have any wish to repaint my nails, because any colour would look crippled on bright red fingers - which I had because of the frost. Finally the temperature became human friendly again, and I realised that I want nude nails, so I painted them with <b>Yes Love #629</b>, a nice beige shade. But after 2 days I got bored a bit, and decided to make the nude festive - with <b>Milani Gold</b>. </div>
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<b>Milani Gold</b> is a gold glitter in the shape of hexagons in a clear base. The glitter particles are quite large and the DO stand out on the nails, even if painted over a nude. I wouldn't say that it was easy to spread the goldinis over the nails, but my bottle is pretty old, and the polish might have dried up a bit.</div>
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I was wearing this combination on the weekend, so I didn't really care if it was too much for work. Even though we don't have nails dress code, lol.</div>
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Just for you to see the other combinations with Milani Gold - here are the swatches over <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2011/12/going-festive-win-combination.html">dark blue</a>, <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2011/07/gypsy-nails.html">turquoise</a>, and <a href="http://ritterbraten.blogspot.ru/2013/01/gold-on-gold.html">gold</a> (!). I hope you enjoyed it! :)</div>
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