Blue sky manicure + review

Hey! It's been a little while, but I have been very busy with work and it wasn't until yesterday that I felt like doing a new manicure.

I recently got my package from Mardy Makeup Shop, a Dutch webshop with lots of nail goodies! When I first saw her webshop, I couldn't place an order because she didn't ship international, but she changed that as soon as I asked about if she'd ship to Denmark. That was so sweet of her! Mardy even added a silver glitter nail art for me to review, which I have used to this manicure. The bottle is very similar to Depend nail polish, and I think it's more practical for nail art polishes. Mardy is very sweet and helpful if you have any questions she will help you right away! The package arrived within a few days, very fast within Europe :)

LE Max Colour Nail art pen # silver

I purchased a beautiful baby blue polish while ordering; from a brand called Ados. I was excited to see if the polish was as good as the price, and I really think it is! Not streaky, a bit thin formula but very easy to control IMO. It does take a while to dry if you don't use a fast drying top coat.

Ados Extra Long Lasting # 547

Me wearing Ados #547 (I hadn't removed excess polish here)

Here's a picture of the stuff I used for the manicure, not including rhinestones and konad + fake plates.

NailTek Basecoat, Illamasqua Muse, Depend #?, Ados #547, Catrice London's weather forecast, LE Max Silver nail art, Gosh top coat & Seche Vite top coat

And here's the nails themselves! After taking pics, I realised that I had messed with the topcoat on my cuticles which I have removed.

blurry pic w/natural light - this is the most colour accurate shot

I always make raindrops under the umbrella in my drawings, so I figured why not do so on my nails too? It's symbolic :)

NOT cleaned mess on my right, camerashy hand! Please excuse the mess. I just wanted to include the cute bunny and I forgot to take a picture after cleaning up.

I had no issues making the dots or lines with the silver nail art polish. In fact, it's much easier to use than my discount nail art pens from ebay! I am very tempted to buy more in the future :) Definitely worth the money. I also bought a striper from Ados, which has an amazing brush - more about that one when I use it for a design I want on my nails!

Have a great Wednesday out there!

~ Vettelicious

Funky Fingers Moonwalk

Hey! Today I want to show you a polish I got because of my silly ideas. I was ordering China Glaze Atlantis on Ebay, and, as I always do, end up looking for another one or two to save on postage. Yes, I feel like I spend less if I buy more. LOL.

I decided to buy Funky Fingers Moonwalk, a gorgeous black with holographic glitter (much like Atlantis, only the glitter is much smaller). And, to my luck, the sun decided to pop out for an hour so I could take some pics!

Funky Fingers Moonwalk

Funky Fingers Moonwalk - bottle close-up

Funky Fingers Moonwalk - sunlight

Funky Fingers Moonwalk - sunlight

Funky Fingers Moonwalk - sunlight

I used NailTek II basecoat, 1 coat Wet'n'wild Black creme, 1 coat Moonwalk and 1 coat Seche Vite topcoat. When there's little to no light, the glitter looks like small grey flecks. I think that's prettier than the perfect round glitters used in most glitters :)

That's all I had for today! Happy Halloween everybody!

~ Vettelicious

NOTD : Barry M Nail Effects

I decided to make an easy mani today without glitter as I'm sure it's better for my nails in the longrun - glitter is rough on the nails, especially removing. I still haven't received any nail art pens or brushes I've ordered, so I can't make free-hand just yet (I'm sooo looking forward to when I can, though!). I looked in my cabinet and found my BarryM Nail Effects which I got a little while ago, and thought it was a good opportunity to try it out :) It's easy to apply (though it dries quickly on the brush) and a good idea for days where you're in a hurry but still want funky nails to keep you company!

Base colours - GOSH Gypsy Blue and Catrice I Scream Peach - 1 coat.

BarryM Nail Effects - flash

shade/no flash

 I love the matte effect on the glossy polish; it makes the base look wet :) Have you tried this effect polish? What do you think of it? And do you think OPI's collab with Serena Williams will be pretty much the same?

~ Vettelicious

This is not how I pictured my peppermint cuticle oil :(

I got the envelope in my hands, noticed water damage and thought "odd, it doesn't rain.. oh no!" and then I smelled the sweet peppermint. I already knew it was the best bottle that broke. Urgh.

China Glaze Peppermint Cuticle oil - not much left, is there?

I guess it was supposed to happen sooner or later. I'm still not happy about it though, I badly need a cuticle oil and had waited on purpose to get this seasons peppermint from China Glaze, and this was the main reason I bought this gift set. At least the seller promised to send me another one right away. She hadn't packed bubblewrap around the bottles to keep them from rattling into each-other, so I don't think it's a case of the postal workers being sloppy.

On a much happier note, I have started baking every now and then. I've been baking test batches of christmas cookies (my first times baking cookies, I wasn' sure how it would go LOL), and muffins with apple/cinnamon flavour. 

Apple/cinnamon muffin. It tasted so good! :)

Tomorrow I'll be doing a new manicure (not sure which polish to use yet!), so I promise next post is more nail-related LOL.

Have a great weekend!

~ Vettelicious