OPI - Stranger Tides + pirate face ;)

Hello everyone,

I'd like to start with a BIG THANK YOU, to all of you who participated to my first giveaway! It was a real pleasure for me and I had great fun! I'm used to work with Excel so, it was not so much time consuming after all ;) I got to see so many different blogs and to know  lot of people. I'm surely going to do this again.

Today I've got for you a 3rd polish from the Pirates Of the Caribbean collection: OPI Stranger Tides. From the moment I've seen the add for the fist time, this has been a great lemming! I thought it was going to be my favourite of the collection... And it really is a very, very nice colour, but it looks so "meh" on me! Really not flattering with my skin tone. A lot of colours suit me, but not this one... I'm disappointed.
Yet, the colour is GREAT! (however, Essie Da Bush is a perfect dupe for this one)
The formula is good, but a bit watery, but that is the same for all the polishes in this collection. The application is OK too, and is opaque in two coats.

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Stranger Tides, no top coat:

And now, here is the little pirate dedicated to this polish! Again, I used Paggy Sage's nail art pen (black) and for the bandanna I used Misa - Like It Like That.

Thank you so much for watching!

See ya soon!
Hugs!!!

ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF MY GIVEAWAY!!!!

Hello everyone!!!

So here it is!!! I've had so much fun with this giveaway, and I'm so happy I've come to meet so many people and discover so many new blogs!! I'll be doing another one soon ;)

Now, let's get to the winner part!!!
So, I've had  a total of 493 entries! I used random generator to pick a number for me...
Tadatadaaaaammmm!!! :D
So, the winner iiiiiiiis:

 

KAYONO !!!!!!!!!!!!!

from Neues vom Kellerkind

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
I'll send you an e-mail and hopefully I'll be able to send your prize before leaving on holidays ;)

See ya soon everyone!!!
Big hugs!!!

GiMiKd Girl's giveaway prize is HERE!!! :D!!

Hello everyone!!!

A few days ago I've won my first giveaway!!! It was GimiKd Girl's 182 Followers giveaway! :D

The package got to me in absolutely no time: received on Saturday (I think it took about 10 days to reach me) ! Ans this package comes all the way from New ZEELAND!!! :D Yaay!! It's not every day that I receive stuff from New Zeeland :D LOL That's another country I'd like to visit... *sigh*...

So here are the great makeup items she send me! All in perfect condition, from NYX and Bundle Monster:

When I took the pictures I didn't see that this cute little baby was left in the package ;) So here it is:

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AME!!! ;)
In other news: today I've received my VERY FIRST NUBAR POLISH EVER!!!!! It's Nubar Reclaim!!! I'm soooo happy that I couldn't resist showing it to you! And with a little preview on my middle nail :D

 Stay "tuned" for the real swatch :D I can't wait to wear it! :D

See ya soon!!
Big hugs!!!!

PS: I was GiMiKd's number 182 follower! :D A coincidence? I don't know, especially that I've told her (joking, of course) at the moment of my subscription that I was gonna win because, there also another coincidence: I was born in '82! :D

OPI - Planks A Lot

Hello everyone,

So here we are, on the 1st of August 2011 (well it's actually 00h10)! My giveaway is officially closed. the winner will be announced tomorrow evening.
Thank you so much, all of you who entered it and a big welcome to you, my newest followers! It's a pleasure to have here! Thank you! I hope there will be many more to come! ;)

Today I'll be showing you the famous OPI Planks A Lot. This is such nice light purple cream! Though it is not my favourite of the collection, and it never said anything to me in the bottle, one on the the nail I really like it! And I think I'm going to wear this (Planks) A Lot! ;) The application was OK, and the drying time very good too. I've heard that pastels are not very easy to apply, but I think that this has a very nice formula. A little warety, which makes it impossible to use with Konad, but the application for a normal mani is good.

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Planks a Lot  + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

And the usual pirate of the Caribbean! I used Peggy Sage's black pen and Claire's two way nail art pen and brush, in silver:

Thank you everyone for watching!

See ya soon!
HUGS!!!

Hema - Metallic Blue

Hello everyone,

Yes!!! It's the weekend!!! :D And I'm getting closer and closer to my holidays ;)

Today I'll be showing you one of the polishes Stéphanie sent me for our swap! It's my first Hema ever and I'm in love! Hema is produced in the Netherlans and comes in cute little 7 ml bottles. I have no idea about the price - as they are not available in France, nor over the Internet.
As the name name says it, it's a gorgeous metallic blue foil - with tons of silver shimmer inside! The quality of the formula is absolutely incredible! No streaks at all, applies like butter (almost a one coater, but I've applied 2 just to be sure ;))  and it dries extremely fast! 10/10 for this polish!!!
So here are the pictures! 2 coats of Hema Metallic, no top coat:

Then thought about doing an accent finger, inspired by the starry night sky. IN real life it was quite pretty, but my camera couldn't capture it... I applied some Color Clud   total Mystery, then, Zoya Charla and finally Zoya Faye. I painted some little silvery stars.. you know.. for the "starry night" ;)

And with a final coat of OPI Last Friday Night, for the sparkle side of the whole thing ;)

Thank you so much for watching!

See ya soon!!
Big hugs!!! ;)


EDIT: I've been asked why I'm holding a Zoya bottle instead of a Hema bottle. Wel, at fist I've taken picture with the Hema bottle, but my fingers were so disgracefully arranged that not only it was not beautiful, but they began to hurt! So, for my comfort and for the beauty of the pictures I'm holding a a bottle of Zoya Charla (used for my accent finger ;))
Also, Ruxi told me that Hema is available in France. But in Paris. So, for me it's not available ;)

Deborah - It's Evergreen

Hello everyone,

Hope your day was fine! Me, I'm happy we're getting closer to the weekend ;)
This is the second Deborah nail polish that I've purchased. And I'm so happy I did, because I'm truly amazed by the quality and by the beauty of these little babies. Even though the brand is called Deborah Milano, it is actually made in France. It comes in cute little 4.5 ml bottles and several colours are available ;) Me, I already have Yellow Fiz , It's evergreen, and Stardust (not swatched yet). I get them from Monoprix and are sold for the price of 4.90 euros (kinda expensive for the 4.5 ml...).

The base colour for this one is "leaf" green with huge quantity of gold micro-shimmer. The finish is a little frosty, which give it this "sugar-candy" look! Adorable! I really really love it! And so unique, I'd say! I couldn't find any dupe for it.
I'm sorry,  the pictures are little dark, but it's because of the bad weather we've had here in the past 10 days... But, anyway.. I'll let you see them ;)
Oh, I forgot: I'm wearing 2 coats of Deborah Milano, no top coat. ;)

And because it looks so much like a grass field.. I thought I'd add some flowers ;)  I firstly used Konad, but the flowers were sooo... sheer, I decided to fill in the gaps, and re-draw the petals. There's a little spot I've missed (sorry about that, but I got tricked by the bad light...!). For the petals I used Deborah  - Yellow Fiz (an Orly Lemonade dupe, but of better quality) and for the middle I used China Glaze  - Strawberry Fields:

Thank you so much for watching!!!

See ya soon!
Hugs!!!

Revlon - Bolt

Hello everyone,

This will be a quick post, because I'm really, really tired after work...
So this is my first Revlon ever, and it's thanks to Stéphanie from So Nailed! This cute polish was in the package I've received from her this month and I really love it ;)
It's not quite summery in terms of colour, it's more like the weather we're having right now... :)
The base is a sheer light grey, with lots of silver shimmer. If you look closely, you can also see some subtle pink shimmer! Very cute ;)
It's opaque in 3 coats, and the finish is almost foil. Makes me think of shimmery stainless steel.

Here I'm wearing 3 coats of Revlon Bolt, no top coat:

And, little bonus: Ghitzou and me ;) (sorry for the low quality pic)

Thank you for watching, everyone!
See ya soon ;)

Hugs!!!

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