You can dress your nails in every shade you can imagine and, pretty soon, in a couple of flavours too: this is what’s happening in Hong Kong in the recent weeks, where an extraordinary and crazy marketing campaign is becoming viral. The famous American fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, also known as KFC, is the promoter of this promotional case, while edible nail polishes aren’t simply the tools used to accomplish a mission, but the real stars of the event: latest innovation or mere nonsense? If you think of KFC you will link it to an old man with a white mustache, wearing a Texan-style white tuxedo, and a fried…
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10+ Valentine’s day nail art ideas
Oh l’amour! Valentine’s day means heart-shaped things... also your manicure! Here 10 nail arts to sweeten that day.
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6 Halloween themed manicures
Halloween is really near, can you feel its devilish presence? If you like this celebration and you dress everything up, let me show you my selection of 6 Halloween themed manicures. Halloween manicures can be creepy, bloodcurdling or simply funny with all those orange stuff and pumpkins here and there. These 6 nail arts aren’t too difficult nor too extreme, let’s go! Easy level: ghosts! Over a white base, topped with a glow in the dark polish if desired as the one shown in the picture, the China Glaze Ghoulish Glow, paint two dots with a dotting tool and a mouth. These details shouldn’t be really precise. Tiny eyes in the dark: over…
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6 Pink Month-themed nail art ideas
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the globe is getting a pink makeover. It's time to check your boobies and paint your nails pink!
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essence – the gel nail polish #17 Juicy Love with review and swatches (what a colour!)
#17 Juicy Love: is there a better name for this “the gel nail polish” from essence? Juicy Love is one of essence’s gel effect nail lacquer, contained in tiny 8 ml bottle. The cap has a colour similar to that of the nail polish, while the brush is flat and wide enought and has a rounded tip. This nail lacquer’s consistency is dense but not too thick and it can reach an optimal opacity with just one coat. However I still prefer 2 thin coats over 1 fuller. I used it without base coat nor top coat and the result is amazingly shocking. The colour payoff is great and it’s…
