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Showing posts with label Neon. Show all posts
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Friday, March 8, 2013

Drip Manicure

Hi dear readers !

So, I introduced you to Jindie Nails Candy Land Remix wednesday, now it's time to show you the nail art I did on it :)

I decided to go for a drip manicure, I love these, especially when they include some glitter ! Then, they look like birthday cakes :D
It's my first try at this technique, but it was funny to create. I had to play with my tools but the final result isn't as bad as I expected ! I think it's even good haha ^^


I decided to play with China Glaze Urban Night this time. I started to apply a thin line on the nail tips, like you'd do for a french manicure, except I didn't try to get a perfect line. 
With a dotting tool, generously dipped in Urban Night, I added dots above the "french" line and dragged to create the drip effect. Finally, I touched up all the curves with a thin brush to make them look better. 

It's not perfect and you can easily see where my hand hesitated, but I'm happy with my first try ! It's also the first time I play with a detail brush... Perfection needs time and training, and maybe one day my drips will be as perfect as these :) (one can dream ^^)

Do you like it ?

Have a nice day :) 

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Hello !

Je vous ai présenté Jindie Nails Candy Land Remix mercredi passé, il est temps de vous montrer le petit nail art que  j'ai fait dessus !

Je me suis lancée dans une "drip manicure", censée donner un effet de coulures au vernis utiliser (c'est pas sexy dit comme ça, je vous l'accorde).
J'aime surtout les drip manis qui incluent des paillettes, ça donne un effet gateau d'anniversaire à tous les coups :D
C'est la première fois que je tente cette technique, mais c'était amusant à faire. J'ai du jongler un peu avec mes outils mais au final, c'est pas trop mal, mieux que ce à quoi je m'attendais en fait !

Mon choix s'est porté sur Urban Night de China Glaze. J'ai commencé par en mettre une fine ligne sur le bord libre, un peu comme pour une french mais sans me soucier qu'elle soit droite ou parfaite.
Avec un dotting tool généreusement trempé dans Urban Night, j'ai fait des pois à différents endroits sur les ongles, et je les ai ensuite étirés pour créer l'effet coulant.
Enfin, j'ai retouché les courbes pour qu'elles soient plus ... courbées. J'ai utilisé un pinceau très fin pour cela.

Ce n'est pas parfait, et on voit aisément les endroits ou ma main a hésité avec le pinceau, mais je suis contente pour une première ! Et c'était aussi la première fois que je jouais avec un pinceau fin ... Il faut du temps et de l'entraînement pour atteindre la perfection, et peut-être qu'un jour je ferai des drip manis aussi parfaites que celle-là ! (on peut rêver :D )

Alors, vous aimez ?

Bonne journée !

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Jindie Nails Candy Land Remix

Hi dear readers !

I didn't really jump on the indie wagon, mostly because I don't like to sit in front of an Etsy page at a given time, hoping I won't be cart jacked ... That's a bit discouraging to me ^^ The indie polishes I own were easy to find haha :)

But when I saw a Jindie Nails restocking including Candy Land Remix, I had to make the effort, I loved the swatches SO much !

So here it is, in all it's glory :)
Candy Land Remix is a white creme/jelly base filled with big and tiny neon glitters. I used three coats here, as you can see it was totally opaque. I had to fish for some bigger glitters and work a bit on glitter placement,  but it was still easy to work with ! I'd advice to let the bottle sit upside down a few minutes before you use it, so the bigger pieces won't stay at the bottom.


Do you like it ? Do you own any Jindie Nails polish ? :)

To learn more about Jindie Nails, visit her blog, her Facebook page or her Etsy shop !

I made some nail art on it but I'll show you the result later this week ;)

Have a nice day !
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Hello !

Je ne me suis pas vraiment laissée emporter par la vague des vernis indie, principalement parce que je n'aime pas devoir attendre devant une page Etsy à une heure donnée en espérant ne pas me faire "voler" le contenu de mon panier par une plus rapide ... C'est un peu décourageant, et je préfère le shopping en ligne classique ^^  Les quelques indies que je possède étaient faciles à obtenir lol :)

Mais quand j'ai vu Jindie Nails annoncer une vente avec, entre autres, Candy Land Remix, j'ai fait un petit effort tout de même, les swatches de ce vernis m'avaient rendue folle de lui :)




Le voilà donc, dans toute sa splendeur :)
Candy Land Remix est une base mi-jelly, mi-crème, remplie de paillettes néon de tailles différentes (de la minuscule à la TRÈS grosses).
J'ai utilisé 3 couches, et vous pouvez voir qu'il a une bonne opacité. J'ai du pêcher un peu pour avoir les plus grosses paillettes, et travailler un peu le placement de celles-ci, mais ça reste un vernis très facile à appliquer.
L'idéal serait de maintenir le flacon tête en bas quelques minutes avant l'application pour que les plus grosses pièces ne restent pas dans le fond.

Vous aimez ? Vous avez des vernis de la marque Jindie Nails ?

Pour en savoir plus sur Jindie Nails: son blog, sa page Facebook ou sa boutique Etsy !

J'ai fait un peu de nail art par dessus, mais je vous montrerai ça plus tard cette semaine :)

Bonne journée !

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

OPI Black Spotted

Hi dear readers !

So today I have a polish that made a lot of noise these last days on nails blogs and Facebook groups ! OPI Black Spotted is a brand new special effect top coat, like crackle top coats, and it's a part of the Spiderman collection. The problem with it ? It's sold exclusively in France !

Thanks to the sweet french blogger Mimie Crystal, I was able to get my own bottle. But I still think it's a shame that it's only sold in France, it could have been at least an European limited edition, like there are some limited editions in the USA ... I live right next to France and it's impossible for me to get my hands on it by myself, unless I travel 200 kilometers to the nearest Sephora ... We have official OPI retailers in Belgium but they never heard about it.
I really hope they will sell it worldwide soon, or that other brands do their own "spotted" polish.

Well, enough for the rant, here's the beauty !


This top coat works just like crackle polishes. You have to apply a (very thin) coat on your (totally) dry manicure, and you'll see the spots appear after a few seconds.

It's really more easy to use than crackles actually, the texture is very liquid, a bit oily, and the spots appear almost immediatly. The only attention point is you have to do really thin coats to get a pretty effect. I did a too thick coat on my index, you can see I have almost no spot on it.
The technique is to wipe the brush really well on the bottle.
You also have to use ot over a totally dry manicure or it will create crackles. I used Seche Vite and waited 20 minutes before I applied Black Spotted.
Finally, it dries quick on itself so you don't need a quick dry top coat. If you still want to use one, note that it will probably peel on the next day.

You can see a video of the application here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbXd9EkaE4c
It's all in french but the images are enough ;) You can push the video to 1:25 to see how it applies.

Before I forgot, I tried it here over some neons, I used Island Girl Royal Hawaiian on all nails and China Glaze Flying Dragon for the accent. I love Island Girl neons, they apply so well !

What do you think ? I like this even better than crackles ! I hope we'll have more colors, and also that it will be available worldwide one day :) (also because OPI in europe cost 13-14€/17$ and I hate buying them here ... OPI are cheaper if I get them from the USA, even with the shipping)

Have a nice day :)