What if you feel already bored by your manicure? This is how I would change the game and refresh my nails!
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Quick Christmas themed manicures
It’s also Christmas time for your hands! These are my four favourite manicures found on Pinterest, they are relatively easy to do. I’ll just add a few notes and their sources to help you recreating them. 1) A non conventional Christmas tree: it’s a black french manicure and an accent nail with a black, sinuous tree drawn with a permanent ink marker, as the blogger has done. If you have a black french pen, that would be the perfection! The look is refined with a white speckled effect top coat and a silver star on the top of the tree. Any white glitter top coat will be fine and the…
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Latest Trends: White nails, yay or nay?
What's the latest trend about nails? The answer is fresh, just surf online and take a look at those celebrities flaunting their 'claws' in candid white!
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NOTD: Vixen’s skittles manicure
Thanks to an old China Glaze collection, I’ve wondered how could I define a vixen. A temptress, a “malicious woman with a fierce temperament’, according to the online dictionaries. Which nail polish or manicure should I choose for a woman like that? A red, a taupe? None of these! I’ve rummaged through my collection and I’ve put together particular colours for an equally particular skittles. I’ve mixed and matched more neutral and warm tones, all with different finishes. The result was a quite autumnal skittles manicure. The nail polishes used in this post are: – Avon, Golden Wine: vivid red, shimmer; – Avon, Noir Emeald: emerald green, metallic; – Avon, Naked…
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NOTD: dipped into gold
A few days ago, during a boring afternoon, I decided to do my manicure. I opted for a very dark nail polish, I choose an intense plum from the First Lady line, it’s the number 24 and it isn’t in the Italian market yet. So, yes it’s a sneak peek! I applied two thin coats, once dried, I applied a golden glittery top coat with 1mm hexagonal and small round glitters, the Avon Color Trend “Gold Flecked”, from the tip of the nail to half lenght. Again I let the nail polish to air dry and then I applied two coats of a super cheap glitter top coat I have…
