Catrice - Salsa Cubana

Hello dear readers!

This will be a quick post about the polish I bought from the recent Catrice LE Cucuba. This polish is called Salsa Cubana and it's a coral creme.

Final verdict: It's a very cute polish, soft and bright at the same time (I know it seems contradictory...). In really life, it's a tad brighter than what you can see here. I've already worn this polish twice because I think it's a great color for summer! The color may be not so unique but strangly I have nothing close to it in my stash so I'm super happy I got it! The formula is a bit thick, a bit too thick for my taste but application is still easy. I used here 2 coats.

 

 

These last few days I took a lot of pictures of different polishes and manicures so wait a little until I go through all the pictures and I'll show you lots of different things! until then, take care!

Purchase info:
Catrice nail polishes are sold in drugstores in Europe. If you live in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sprain, Portugal or Croatia, you can search for a store that sells Catrice polishes here.

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Purple Professional

Hello~

I have a new brand that comes directly from Portugal to show you today and it's called "Purple Professional". No no, they don't do only purple polishes, that's just the name of the brand :D

Let's go directly to the pictures and I'll add my thoughts about them afterwards!

All pictures are 2 coats of polish, without top coat!

The first one that I got is number 15. It's a a muted and dirty teal creme polish. It dries to a glossy finish and was super easy to work with.

The second one is number 44 and is a bright, almost neon, pink. It's a bit funny because in the bottle, it looks like a darker berry shade, but once on the nails, it really pops! It's a very cheerful and summery color! It dries to a satin finish. This is probably due to the fact that it's almost a neon. I didn't use any top coat so that you can see the satin/matte finish.

And the last one is number 43, a vibrant coral leaning to the red side of coral. It's also a very pretty color, another way of wearing red polish.

The brush is very nice to use. It's a wide, thick brush. Each bottle contains 10 mL of polish.

I was really curious to try this brand as I haven't heard much about it. I've just heard of it from Betty who blog at Betty Nails and she was saying some great things about it.

This brand was a really nice surprise because the quality of the polishes is great. They are 3 Free, easy to apply, not streaky at all and have a good pigmentation. I used 2 coats here for all of them and didn't apply a top coat. I am really happy with the dusty teal because I don't have such polishes in my stash and I love the color. It might be close to OPI Thanks a Windmillion but I don't have it so I cannot compare them. The bright pink is so cheerful and easy to apply, I am pretty sure I'll wear it a lot!
If you have the opportunity to try this brand, don't hesitate because I'm sure you will love it! Their formula (at least the 3 polishes I tried) are just so perfect!

Purchase info
Purple Professional polishes are sold only in Portugal at the moment but they will export their brand internationally soon. You can find here a list of places to shop in Portugal. You can have a look at their official website if you want more information or drop them an email at info@purpleprofessional.com. You can also follow Purple Professional on Facebook. If you're outside Portugal and want to order some polishes from this brand, you can leave a message to Paula on Purple Professional Facebook page.

Product(s) in this post was(were) provided by the company for my honest review*

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Candy Mani (part 3)

Hi there~

Yay, another Candy Mani! I'm really addicted to this kind of mani. It's so juicy and summery looking.
For an explanation on what is a Candy Mani and more info on how to do one, please go here.

2 coats of Haute as Hello (Essie) + 2 coats of Sparkle-icious (OPI) + 

index and middle finger: Guy Meets Gal-veston (OPI), 1 coat

ring finger and pinkie: In The Spot-Light Pink (OPI), 1 coat

I suggest you click on the pictures to enlarge them and see the details better!

 

So for the base, I used Essie Haute as Hello (Summer 2010). It's a bright coral/peachy nail polish with a neon finish. It dries matte as most neons :p I'm not a neon sucker that's why I decided to do a cany mani with it in order to hide the neon finish under a juicy and glossy jelly. It gave brightness and a summery look to the nails but allowed me to circumvent the inconvenient of the too flashy neon finish. The color itself is really pretty and like it very much.

The application of Haute as Hello was a bit tricky because it's on the thick side but if you're careful it's all right. It's very opaque but you will need 2 or 3 coats to have an even finish.

I've got to try other combo (not necessary a cany mani) with Haute as Hello because I really like the color! Maybe with stamping I would like the neon finish better! I've got to try that!

Haute as Hello (Essie), 2 coats, without top coat, without flash

Haute as Hello (Essie), 2 coats, without top coat, with flash

Now let's add some glitters! I used the gorgeous and very festive Sparkle-icious (OPI, Burlesque collection, holliday 2010).It's a mainly a gold glitter polish but it contains also some pink, blue glitters.

Haute as Hello (Essie) + Sparkle-icious (OPI)

Finally I added on my index and middle finger one coat of Guy Meets Gal-veston (OPI, Texas collection, spring-summer 2011) and one coat of In The Spot-Light Pink (OPI, Femme de Cirque collection, spring 2011) on my ring finger and pinkie.

I added the last picture because you can really see the sparkles and glossy look on this blurry picture (esp for the index and middle finger). And it represents everything I like about candy manis. You can see the glitter embedded into the jelly and you've got this sparkle from within impression!

I also really like the look of In The Spot-Light Pink over Sparkle-icious. The glitter has a completely different look under the sorbet/jelly. Even the color of the glitters look different! I find it funny!

You can click on the pictures to enlarge them!

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Multidimentional nails!

Hi there~

White Shatter loves playing with colors should be my title for today!
I've just tried White Shatter for the first time 4 days ago with Spark De Triomphe but I wanted to try different combo with this shatter.

Black & White is a total classic but it's always pretty and fun!
So I first tried it over a black nail polish. For this, I used Fatal (Essence), a XXXL shine nail polish (as written on the bottle :p). It was my first time (I've used too many times the word "first" here...) using a XXXL shine polish from Essence and Oh my! it is indeed really really really really shiny! Amazing!
Application was also great, flawless and pigmentation was excellent. You only need one coat to achieve full opacity! Essence nail polishes are rather cheep and I didn't know before trying Fatal that the quality was that good. I'll have to try other nail polishes from this brand!

Here are the pictures of Fatal (Essence) alone, without top coat.

Fatal (Essence), 1 coat, no top caot, with flash

Fatal (Essence), 1 coat, no top caot, without flash

Then, with White Shatter on top!

White Shatter (OPI) on top of Fatal (Essence)

I really like White Shatter. It's easy to work with. Application is nice! I use rather thick coats to get more crackles.

You can click on the pictures to enlarge them!

Then, in order to do my "mutlidimentional nails" I added Guy Meets Gal-veston, a sorbet from OPI Texas collection on top. Sorbets are sheer colored nail polishes, with a strong glossy effect. By doing this, I wanted to color White Shatter in Coral in order to achieve a "Coral Shatter" look!

So in summary, I first used a black base then White Shatter and finally one coat of coral sorbet (Guy Meets Gal-veston).

Have you already tried to layer sorbet/jelly on White Shatter? Did you like the result?


I also tried to layer Guy Meets Gal-veston directly onto my Spark De Triomphe - White Shatter combo. Here the effect is a bit different from the effect with a black/dark base. It magnifies the glossy/candy effect of the mani.
Which one do you like better?

You can click on the pictures to enlarge them!

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Candy Mani (part 1)

Hi there~

What's sweeter and cuter than candies? Yeah, nothing, you're right!
So today is a cute candy day~!

Candi mani with Show It And Glow It! for the glitter part and Guy Meets Gal-Veston for the sorbet effect!

 In fact, I saw a "candy mani" on Polish This last week, a blog where the owner likes layering different nail polishes to achieve different effects! If you don't know this blog, I suggest you go and visit it!

And I've also just seen this kind of mani on Tera's blog, Nails in Nippon. She did an awesome orange combo!

So basically, you need a colored base coat, a glitter nail polish and a jelly or sorbet polish to use on top.

So for the first step, use a colored base coat. I used 2 coats of OPI Tutti Frutti Tonga on my index and middle finger and 2 coats of OPI Let Me Entertain You on my ring finger and pinky. Of course, you can do all your nails with the same color! Here I wanted to experiment with this kind of mani to see what looked best!

Index & middle finger: 2 coats of OPI Tutti Frutti Tonga 

Ring finger & pinky : 2 coats of OPI Let Me Entertain You on my ring finger and pinky.

Second step involves glitters! Yay! ;D Here I layered 2 thin coats of OPI Show It And Glow It! (purple glitter nail polish) over the colored base coats.

Intermediate step!

Finally, add your favourite jelly/sorbet on top! I chose OPI Guy Meets Gal-Veston, a coral sorbet.
And here is the final result!

Candi mani with Show It And Glow It! for the glitter part and Guy Meets Gal-Veston for the sorbet effect!

Candi mani with Show It And Glow It! for the glitter part and Guy Meets Gal-Veston for the sorbet effect!

It's so juicy! I really feel I have candies on my nails! It's really bright and funny! It pops! Sorbets are known to be really shiny on their own and it's what gives this mani a candy-look!

This looks so juicy! Yummy!^v^)/

Left: very light coral base - right: dark and sparkly fushia base.

Left: very light coral base - right: dark and sparkly fushia base.

Blurry picture to catch a glimpse of the glitters. In real life, it's a 100 times sparklier!

What do you think of Candi manicures? Do you like this look?

If you missed the glitters from the Burlesque Collection of OPI (Holiday 2010), don't worry, OPI will be releasing  a glitter collection for this winter! It's the Muppet Collection! It seems there will be great glitters this winter, too!

Oh, BTW, I created a Facebook page for Nailderella. You can like it if you're willing to! ;D I put a link on the left side of  my blog.

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