Wrapping Paper Nails

Seriously, the konading I did to my previous manicure reminds me of a gift paper : ) I tried this pattern for the first time (because my nails length was proper) and I loved it : ) It's just sweet, no? 

Just for the note, it's stamped with American Apparel Berry. AAs are great for konadding, as any other heavily pigmented polishes. AA Berry swatches are coming soon, too! =)

Have a nice week!

Alessandros (II)

Remember some time ago I was showing you one of 3 Alessandro babies that I have? These ones:

Recently I painted my nails with the one on the right - Alessandro Candy Floss Pink: it's a pretty glossy baby pink creme with cold undertones. Application was tricky, just like with its blue sister - I needed 3 coats to cover all the bald spots. And yea, I cut my nails short. Getting serious : )

What I have to say, is that I don't really like Alessandro as a polish brand. Why? Because I think they demand waaaay too high price for the products of not such a high quality. Yeah, the shades are nice, but the application.. As I said before, I bought all these from sales for 1-2 euros each, but the original price is around 5 euros. For 5 ml (!!!!!!). Psssss. Not worth it. Or?

Cloudy Blue

As promised, showing you KIKO 339 Fiordaliso, the "cloudy blue", as one of my readers, Kim, has described it. Nothing to add here: gorgeous airy sky-blue creme with periwinkle undertone with a glossy finish (no top coat on the photos!). Application was easy: 2 coats over my favourite Nail Tek Foundation (this time III, not II). The brush was a tiny bit too wide for me, but no big complaints here either. 

And some attempts to recreate the cloth's pattern by sponging:

Kiko Sneak Preview

Walking in one city where I went for a short excursion I stumbled upon a whole Kiko cosmetics shop. It obviously just opened, because it's not even on Google yet. Anyway, it was a great surprise for me.. I spent there half an hour trying not to buy half of the polishes, because they all looked sooo pretty and tempting and cheap.. With a big effort I chose four:

From L to R:

KIKO 339 Fiordaliso

KIKO 340 Celeste

KIKO 288 Rosa Fenicottero

KIKO 338 Lavanda Chiaro

That was a week ago. Yesterday (weekend wohoo) I painted my nails with KIKO 339 Fiordaliso and went shopping. I ended up buying a blouse matching the colour of my nails (otherwise I wouldn't even probably look at this blouse) - yes, I am THAT addicted : ) Here they are altogether:

I'll be showing the full mani next days, now it's only a sneak peak :)

Does anyone else buy clothes to match thenail polish or it's only me being so weird?

UPD: KIKO polishes actually DO have names!!! It's just they are not written on the bottles, but you can check them on KIKO website.

Changez

Originally I intended to avoid sharing personal stuff in my blog, but now as some events actually influence my postings, I have to. What happened is that I got an internship in another city of Germany starting right after the end of my studies. During the last week I went crazy while packing and moving. Imagine how it is to gather all your room and just go? : ) I've done that around 5 times for my 20+little years, so one more, one less - who cares. Hence, all those who somehow didn't get a response to comments/mails or to whom I'm really slow in answering - excuse that.. I'm getting back on track. 

So, what does all this imply for my blog? 

1) I will be showing office-friendly shades more often. No extremes! : that doesn't mean that I'll rename my blog into "Das Büro Experiment" and that I'll be spamming you with sheer nudes and boring frenchies. I just say that I'm not gonna be posting crazy glitters, neons etc. as often as used to.

2) Less konading. Less, not none : ) 

3) I might post not so often or unregularly. Although I'll try to keep my rhytm of posting every 2-3 days. My problem is not a lack of time, but a lack of opportunity to use daylight for swatches.

That's it. I'm sure that you'll have some understanding, dear readers, because you are great. And generous. =)

Then, why won't we start with some office friendly mani? :)

Lovely dusty rose - Zoya Zanna. A shade I'll always keep buying. Easy application (Zoya brushes rule!), fast drying, 2 coats. Nothing more to add. Pure love. Or rather a boring "grandma" colour? What do you think?

piCture pOlish Blog Fest: Mellow Yellow

Today I was honoured to take part in piCture pOlish Blog Fest - a worldwide flash mob organized by lovely Australian girls, the founders of piCture pOlish brand. The colours for review were allocated randomly, but I was really lucky to get a trendy pale yellow creme - piCture pOlish Mellow Yellow:

The application was flawless, we all know that the cremes are sometimes hard to handle, but this was not the case. I applied 2 coats and it was enough for opaque even coverage; on the photos I was using neither BC nor TC, I wanted to be fair and to show the polish as it is. And it is awesome: both the shade, and the formula. Not that I'm a frantic yellow addict, but if it is to wear yellow, then definitely this one - pale and subtle pastel looks nice on nails of any length I guess.

That day I got compliments 2 times from random people, including a seller in a Kiko shop : ) She said it's a pity they don't have a similar shade hehe ^^ And of course I couldn't miss the opportunity to stamp over such a pretty base! 

In conclusion: uf, long post with a tonne of pictures, but it was worth it. Mellow Yellow is definitely a lovely pastel shade and a user-friendly polish that left only positive impressions... And Australians ladies are lucky, as I heard, to be able to buy it from a vending machine! Otherwise you can order the polishes from the official site of piCture pOlish, they ship worldwide. 

Thanks to those who made it till the end and I'm very curious to see other shades reviewed today!

*The polishes were kindly provided by piCture pOlish for review, however, this didn't influence my opinion in any way.

222 = 2 + 2 + 2 [GIVEAWAY CLOSED]

222 is a nice number, very mm harmonic and simmetric : ) Moreover, it's a LOT, especially in regard to the number of followers!!! And of course a good excuse to thank them all with a little giveaway! 

I spent some time thinking of how to organize this giveaway so that it would be interesting for every each of my lovely 222 readers, because tastes do differ and I cannot adjust to all at once.. But what I decided is to make this giveaway flexible, so the winner can more or less choose the prise herself. So, someone lucky will get:  

2 x Catrice polishes of your choice

2 x Essence polishes of your choice

2 x P2 polishes of your choice

Now, how does that sound? : )

To make it even more flexible, the winner can make up ANY combinations, e.g. 4 Catrice + 1 P2 + 1 Essence or 6 P2 or whatever. And of course you can choose ANY polishes of the assortiment, including crackles, toppers, treatments, even the current LE's if I can get them : ) 

It's all your choice, ladies!

The rules are very simple:
1) Be a public GFC follower and leave me your follower name and e-mail in the form below => +1 entry
2) Spread the word somehow (twitter, blog, etc.) => +5 entries
3) Answer the question in the form (I'll publish the results :) => +2 entries

Voila! : )
Entries ONLY via FORM! 
The giveaway is for all the followers and is open internationally till 15th of August.

Psychedelic Pink Dust

Usually I'm indifferent to neons and megabright colours, but this summer was SO shitty in terms of weather that something insided me kept insisting on getting a couple of crazy shades. Just crazy shade was not enough and I chose one with crazy hologlitter - Color Club Space Case:

(2 coats)

BUT it turned out that this polish is much more boring in reality.. Hologlitter doesn't really stand out how I expected it to. Disappointed, I decided to bring more bling and topped it with China Glaze Fairy Dust. And here the party starts!

I have some more crazy blingy brights and I'd like to show them soon, but there are some circumstances that might prevent me from doing that, at least for now. You'll find out soon : )

This way or that, I really hope you all enjoy your summer and have a better weather than we here in Germany!

Subtle Swirls

The base colour is gorgeous lilac with strong blue undertone from American Apparel - L'Esprit. Lovely Carolina sent it to me in a swap (she also has it, by the way ;). Below is 1 (!) coat without any base or top. 

American Apparels are still making their way up in my personal top of polish brands :) Gotta show you more soon!