In Hong Kong, KFC is on everyone's... nails. Two edible nail polishes went viral as part of a memorable marketing campaign.
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Roaring 20s-Inspired Nail Art with Gold and Stamping Plates
A nice idea for short nails: a bold but sophisticated stamped manicure in burgundy and golden 20’s art deco design. Wine becomes a simple background while playing with this golden stamping nail polish by Born Pretty Store; the result is stunning and grabs all the attentions. For this manicure I used one coat of protective nail treatment, a wine/bordeaux nail lacquer, which is Avon Color Trend in Icon, Born Pretty stamping polish in gold, a stamping kit and a plate (it’s the BP21, also from Born Pretty Store), a telephone card as a flexible scraper and a clear top coat. After prepping my nails, I applied two coats of my…
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10+ Easy Peasy 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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Avon Magic Effects Liquid Sequin – review & swatches
Hold on nail fans, Avon Cosmetics has a new range of MAGIC Effects nail polishes called MAGIC Effects “Liquid Sequin”. The name recalls opulence, elegance and sparkle: to me, it’s like dressing up your nails with tiny sequined party garments. This new nail lacquer line consists of 4 shades: Dazzle, Glimmer, Glitterati and Sequin; but, for our surprise, each nail polish differs in the result and has something particular in its formula and glitter mixture. Let’s find out! Dazzle is a cold dark purple nail polish with chunky 1 mm fuchsia hexagonal glequins and tiny round (1/4 mm) bronze glitters suspended into a sheer purple base with a strong blue undertone,…
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6 Halloween-themed Manicure Ideas
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…
