Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label matte. Show all posts

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Five Roundups From Five Months: Negative Space & Grey

Hey everyone! Today I have some negative space and grey looks to share!

Tomorrow morning is my last final exam and I'm so excited to get it done and over with! I have a bunch of cool nail art ideas that I'll be able to implement very soon, yay!

Onto the looks!

American Apparel Hassid


Mostly American Apparel polishes & NYC Matte Me Crazy top coat


OPI Don't Speak
OPI Don't Speak (one coat)


American Apparel 7th And Alameda
American Apparel 7th And Alameda (two coats)

Thanks so much for taking a look guys, hope you're having a great week! Happy Wednesday! :)

Monday, 11 April 2016

Five Roundups From Five Months: Purple & Brown

Hello everyone! Today I have some purple and brown looks to share!

I've done two of my final exams now, so I'm halfway through! They both went super well and I'm hoping to keep that trend going. I can't wait until I'm free and done with these roundup posts so I can get back into proper blogging!

Anyways, onto the nails!

American Apparel HassidCrows Toes Half Past Yesterday & a Hex Nail Jewelry charm


OPI Get Cherried Away


American Apparel T-Shirt, and a bunch of OPIs (inspired by @spica_nail's design)


Chanel Lavanda
Chanel Lavanda (two coats)


Chanel Troublante OPI I Cannoli Wear OPI


OPI OPI Scores A Goal
OPI OPI Scores a Goal (two coats, mattified)


OPI Hello Hawaii Ya? American Apparel Smoke Dazzle


Thanks so much for having a look guys! I hope you guys are having a good start to your weeks! Happy Monday! =)

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

OPI Red and Yellow Negative Space Colour Blocks!

Yo yo yo my lovely readers! Today I have some matte negative space colour blocks to share!

I have pretty crazy Mondays this year where I have eight and a half consecutive hours of lectures and labs. So yesterday I was basically recovering from the first one! We ended early but it was still pretty exhausting. I only go to school three days a week though which is pretty sweet (and is also why my Mondays are so long). Did you guys just recently start back at university too?

This is a pretty quick post but let's get into it!

OPI Red and Yellow Negative Space Colour Blocks

I started off with a coat of my normal base coat (Orly Bonder). After that had dried, I went in with a medium-sized paintbrush and OPI Good Grief (yellow) and Coca-Cola Red (red).

OPI Red and Yellow Negative Space Colour Blocks

I added a coat of normal top coat and then finished with a coat of matte top coat (the NYC one).

OPI Red and Yellow Negative Space Colour Blocks

OPI Red and Yellow Negative Space Colour Blocks

OPI Red and Yellow Negative Space Colour Blocks

What do you guys think of these nails? I'd love to know!

OPI Red and Yellow Negative Space Colour Blocks

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back with lots of looks using the OPI Color Paints very soon! Happy Wednesday! =)

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Nicole by OPI I'm Stucco On You Swatch & Review!

Hey everyone! Today I have a swatch and quick review of a gorgeous purple textured polish to share!

Anna and I have been doing the 30 Day Yoga Challenge by Yoga with Adriene and it has been so nice! I was up being sick last night but by this evening I was feeling okay enough to do it. I'm glad I didn't fail already on day five :P!

Anyways, onto the nails!

Nicole by OPI I'm Stucco On You

What you see here is one coat of NOPI I'm Stucco On You and no top coat! The formula on all of these Roughles polishes is great, so easy to work with (not too thick like some textured polishes) and very opaque! Also, these pictures were taken on day four which is pretty amazing! Some slight tip wear and no chips!

Nicole by OPI I'm Stucco On You

What do you guys think of the Roughles collection or textured polishes in general? I'd love to know!

Nicole by OPI I'm Stucco On You

Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I'll be back with tons of nail art, hopefully just about once a day! Happy Saturday! :)

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!

Hey everyone! Today I have some gold ore nail art to share for this week's prompt of the Nail Crazies Unite challenge; gold!

I kind of think that I've finally figured out my lighting and white balance!! My skin looks the right colour to me for basically the first time ever and I could almost cry about it! I got some new 5000K lightbulbs and I think my camera can custom white balance with them a lot better because it hardly has to change anything.

Anyways, onto the nails!

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!

I started off with two coats of OPI You Don't Know Jacques over a coat of Orly Bonder. After that had dried, I went in with a ball of saran wrap and American Apparel T-shirt, OPI I Sing in Color, OPI Chocolate Moose and then YDKJ in that order.

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!

I decided to add a coat of a sheer white polish (Essie Waltz) to calm down/blend the colours and design a bit. After that, I painted on some gold veins with Milani 3D Holographic Nail Lacquer in 3D and my Winstonia Kolinsky Sable Brush in #0000.

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!

Because I don't have a lot of golds, the only warm one I had was holographic. So I decided to dull that effect (because real gold is not holographic) with a coat of NYC Matte Me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat. After a lot of clean up, I was done!

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!

You can see that whole process very sped up below in my Instagram video tutorial!

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!

What do you guys think of these nails or my new lighting/white balance? Be sure to check out all of the other lovely ladies' blog posts for this week down below!

Gold Ore Nail Art for Week One of Nail Crazy in March!



Thanks so much for having a look everyone! I hope you guys are having a good week so far! I have a bunch of midterms and stuff coming up but I'll still probably be posting on schedule! Happy Thursday! :)


Monday, 18 August 2014

OPI Can't Let Go Swatch and Review!

Hey everyone! Today I have a gorgeous purple texture polish to share!

Tomorrow morning we're going on a day-long road trip so I thought I should get this post up tonight! We will probably be thrift shopping which is bad news for a Bailey on a no-buy. I have been really good and sticking to it better than ever though! I haven't bought anything (except essentials like cotton balls) since I got home from Switzerland :O. Anyways, onto the nails!

OPI Can't Let Go

Like always, I started with a base of OPI Nail Envy and let that dry. I then did two coats of OPI Can't Let Go, making sure to let the first coat completely dry before applying the second. Unfortunately, this mani chipped within a few hours for me which is very unusual. Usually my manis last about three days with minor to no tip wear, and being a texture polish I thought this would have held up even better! Maybe it was some crazy fluke or I got a bad bottle, either way I'll still definitely wear it again and I hope it lasts longer!

OPI Can't Let Go

The formula was really easy to work with and quick-drying so no complaints there! As you can see it's also a gorgeous polish so the only fault is the wear time.

OPI Can't Let Go

OPI Can't Let Go

What do you guys think of this polish or texture polishes in general? I'd love to know in the comments!

OPI Can't Let Go

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with some flower-topped gradient nails inspired by MrCandiipants very soon! Happy Monday! =)

Friday, 1 August 2014

Rainbow Honey Summer Mixtape Collection: Elevate, Control & Shark Attack!

Hello my lovely readers! Today I have a review of some gorgeous Rainbow Honey polishes from their new Summer Mixtape collection to share!

I seriously think that Rainbow Honey has been putting out polishes unique to other indie brands from day one and I have not once been disappointed in their products. No offense intended whatsoever but these guys are my favourite! Other indie brands wouldn't have added the shimmer to Elevate, used two very different colours of shimmer in Control, or thrown some red glitters into Shark Attack, so I really appreciate and love the extra thought and creativity that goes into their polishes.

That said, I would (obviously) completely recommend you guys picking up some of their lovely polishes, using the code MIXTAPE20 for 20% off your order, and taking part in some of their free shipping or free polish/mystery bag (see my review of the July one here) deals by spending a certain amount of money! I am very tempted myself and I'm wondering if my parents would fund a little RH shopping spree in celebration of being awarded a transfer scholarship to the university I'll be attending in the fall! Onto the polishes!

Rainbow Honey Elevate

First up we have Elevate, a clear-based glitter topper with a whole lotta matte glitter and even some of Rainbow Honey's signature blue to pink multichrome shimmer flakies! I swear the flakies are also iridescent, they are seriously amazing!

Rainbow Honey Elevate

The formula was lovely and I was able to spread the glitters out evenly with just a few extra swipes of the brush! I didn't end up with any green glitters on my nails so I purposefully placed one on my middle finger to show that they're in there! I probably should have let the polish sit upside down longer before polishing so I could have got some green glitters out without fishing.

Rainbow Honey Elevate

What you see here is only one coat of Elevate over two coats of Quo by Orly Lilac Lust, plus a coat of top coat!

Rainbow Honey Elevate

Rainbow Honey Control

Next we have Control, a neon pink crelly with gold and those same blue to pink multichrome shimmer flakies as other gorgeous RH polishes! I could have sworn there was another colour of shimmer in there but I don't have the bottle on me to check. Perhaps I saw two different colours of the multichrome shimmer? I included the picture above so you guys could get an idea of how bright this polish is. Picture that but even brighter!

Rainbow Honey Control

The formula was flawless, self-leveling, quick-drying and a perfect consistency. Like many neon polishes, this baby dried to a satin finish which is always a fun surprise!

Rainbow Honey Control

This polish was close to a one-coater but I went for two coats for full opacity. I also added a coat of top coat for consistency and so you could see this polish all shiny-ed up!

Rainbow Honey Control

Rainbow Honey Shark Attack

Finally we have Shark Attack, a medium blue jelly with tons of sizes and shapes of metallic blue glitter, green microglitter and small red hexagon glitter!

Rainbow Honey Shark Attack

Another wonderful formula here, slightly thick due to all the glitter but that gave me a lot of control. It's hard to clean up glitter polishes if you get any glitter where you don't want it, so the added control was greatly appreciated!

Rainbow Honey Shark Attack

What you see here is two easy coats and a coat of top coat! There is a little bit of VNL but that doesn't bother me and I loved the depth and look of this polish at two coats too much to add another coat!

Rainbow Honey Shark Attack

What do you guys think of these polishes or Rainbow Honey in general? I'd love to know in the comments! I love when you guys leave me comments!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I hope you're having a good start to your weekend! I'll be back with some simple nail art on a pretty green base very soon! Happy Friday! =)

Friday, 13 June 2014

Friday Swatch Spam: NOPI, OPI, Essie & Yume Lacquer!

Hello everyone! Today I have swatches of five lovely polishes to share!

I'm going to make this post short and sweet because I'm about to paint some nails and I've been accumulating swatch photos that I really need to post! I'm thinking I'll continue to post swatches of the bases of my nail art with the posts about the nail art like I was doing before. So I guess this'll be the first and last swatch spam post for at least a while! All of these swatches are of two coats of polish and some are with top coat, all had lovely formulas (though I Just Can't Cope-cabana was a little streaky and would have done better at three coats)! Let's get right to it!

OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana

OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana- two coats and a coat of top coat

OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana

OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana

OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana

OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana

NOPI Rock the Look

NOPI Rock the Look- two coats, no top coat

NOPI Rock the Look

NOPI Rock the Look

NOPI Rock the Look

NOPI Rock the Look

OPI OPI... Eurso Euro

OPI OPI... Eurso Euro- two coats, no top coat (check out my peely nails :()

OPI OPI... Eurso Euro

OPI OPI... Eurso Euro

OPI OPI... Eurso Euro

Essie The Girls Are Out

Essie The Girls Are Out- two coats and a coat of top coat

Essie The Girls Are Out

Essie The Girls Are Out

Essie The Girls Are Out

Yume Lacquer Galactic Punt

Yume Lacquer Galactic Punt- two coats and a coat of top coat

Yume Lacquer Galactic Punt

Yume Lacquer Galactic Punt

Yume Lacquer Galactic Punt

Yume Lacquer Galactic Punt

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll have some more half moon heart nail art to share very soon because I'm obsessed! Happy Friday! =)