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    TAG: Nail Polish Obsession

    Tag, it’s tag time and its topic is nail polish, in fact this is the “Nail Polish Obsession Tag”! I’ve been tagged by my friend Kami to answer these 10 quick questions directed to all people with a serious obsessive compulsive nail lacquer problem.  Here are the questions for a read and shot: 1. What’s your favorite nail polish brand?I like trying and trying, thus I fall in love relatively easily, maybe too much easily. Anyway, I can’t say I’m sure about my love for one particular brand, in case I’ve just used one nail polish I liked from it as it has happened with essence, Color Club or Kiko.…

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    Happy 100th birthday, Maybelline New York! Make it happen and shine like a star with Maybelline’s new catwalk like make-up

    It’s 100 year old but it doesn’t show it! For its birthday Maybelline New York wanted to celebrate all its fans in a very memorable and glamorous way… with three new make-up products! With this big event the brand restarts with a new motto: “Make it happen”!Maybelline wants you to make it your own motto, it’s an encouragement to take your dream, turn them into reality, get better and better till feeling great! No mystery, the centenary products are the new Dream Satin Liquid foundation, the new Lash Sensational Intese Black mascara and Master Ink, its new eyeliner.These launches have been presented at the Milan Fashion Week, and they’re all…

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    What’s new chez Avon? Autumn 2015 new make-up and face spa products

    Autumn brings a lot of new products at Avon! I’ve personally “met” and tested some of them and I’m really sure you’ll find them as exciting as I did!Not all products shown in this post are currently available worldwide, so check your local Avon site to be sure about what you can buy at the moment. It’s almost a sync launch… the most important Avon’s entry is the new Big & False Lash volume mascara. If you want that Hollywood stars’ lashes but you don’t want to or have time to manage glue and falsies, you need false lashes in a tube. The new Avon volumizing and waterproof mascara will…

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    Manicure time: 2015, first of all… sobriety

    Oh 2015, you’re here and you’ve brought me a nice surprise: the flu! Thank you, however, I must come back and show you what I wore when the clock struck the midnight on new year’s eve.  For a pure matter of etiquette, I was wearing a very elegant, yet basic, colour combination, I thought “it’s better simple than naked!”. For this new year manicure, I’ve taken back some old favourite nail polishes from my bottle box: I applied three coats of a sheer pink (Petite Polish) nail lacquer, except for the ring finger where I’ve used just one coat followed by two coats of a pink glitter topper (Chi Chi Polish). …

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    Manicure time: my fancy festive nail dress

    I hope you like fancy things for new year’s eve because I have a bright manicure that fits this event perfectly. Neither glitters nor sequins but, over a girly base colour, some metallic decorations that reflect light and grab all the attentions. The effect is 3D… For this nail art I applied 3 thin coats of Yamamay beauty nail polish #06 Neon Pink, then a coat of Kiko Quick Dry nail lacquer #800 and, while it was still wet, I put two rows of silver decorations on each nail with the help of my tweezers and great care, I left my thumb free. I waited them to set, then I…

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