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Essence: Ready To Be Bitten + Konad

lyra — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:30:37 +0000

For this manicure I used Essence Ready To Be Bitten from Eclipse TE and China Glaze 2030 for stamping. Flower pattern is from Konad image plate m73. I have to say, that I like light colors on my nails. It looks soft and pretty.

On this picture is also lily flower. I love how lilies smells.

Bye! – Lyra* (=

China Glaze, Essence, Konad

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Ruffian Manicure: China Glaze-2030 + Color Club-Where’s The Soiree

lyra — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:24:28 +0000

Hi!

Here is another ruffian manicure. It’s gold and black combination. It looks quite sophisticated. I used China Glaze 2030 and Color Club Where’s The Soiree. It goes great with my new sunglasses

Bye! -Lyra

China Glaze, Color Club

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OPI DS: Glamour + Konad

lyra — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:32:19 +0000

Hi!

Today I will show you one gorgeous polish! OPI Glamour from Designer Series. It’s blue and it’s super holo! The picture doesn’t show real holo effect, because we have rainy weather all the time.

OPI DS Glamour:

I decided to put silver butterflies on it. I used China Glaze Millennium and Konad image plate m39.

See you soon!
*Lyra*

China Glaze, Konad, OPI

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Essence: Surfer Babe Trend Edition

lyra — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:35:52 +0000

Finally I got all the polishes from Essence Surfer Babe collection. Maestra from Parokeets helped me out this time. She got me two polishes which I couldn’t find.
This is not the whole collection. I didn’t buy lip-glosses, because I have enough of them.

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POLISHES: in this collection are four polishes. The formula is ok and I don’t have any problems with application. All of them have creamy finish and they are all two coaters.

Hang Loose: light milky lavender color with a hint of pink in it.

Pointbreak : medium gray shade.

Surferama: I think that Essence is already boring with this shade. I think they already released like four polishes exactly the same shade? Medium berry shade – that one is great pigmented. Nice and safe color, you can’t go wrong with it.

The World’s Coolest is my favorite in this collection. But the color is really hard to describe. It’s definitely not minty, but it’s not light blue either. Anyway I love it!

I did some stamping on this I used Essence stamping plate, Konad special polish white for flowers and China Glaze DV8 for butterflies.

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BLUSH in Surfer Babe TE is called Big Wave Survivor. It’s a nice medium pink shade and matte. I don’t think I will use this a lot, because I’m more into shimmering blushes.

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EYELINERS and EYESHADOW PALETTE
There are three eyeliners. They all have metallic like finish. They come in purple, light blue and dark silver colors.

Eye shadow palette it’s called Surfer’s Kit. It has six shades in it. Two of them are matte the others are shimmering. The shimmering ones are more pigmented than the matte shades.

This is all for today. Have a nice day!
-Lyra*

Konad

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Ciate: Main Stage + Konad

lyra — Sat, 29 May 2010 07:07:47 +0000

Hi!

I will show you the manicure that I wore today. The berry base is polish called Main Stage from the latest Ciate collection. I stamped all-over pattern from m61 Konad image plate with China Glaze OMG which is silver holo shade. Lately I love to stamp with holo shades.

Some of you asked about my nail care routine and how I painted my nails so that the line looks clean. I will do a post about that, and maybe include a video showing the routine, because I really don’t know how to explain that

Until that, have a nice time! –Lyra*

China Glaze, Ciate, Konad

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Comparison Taupe Polishes

lyra — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:57:30 +0000

Mancina asked me to make a comparison between Essence Zulu and China Glaze Channelesque so I made it. I also added Essence Desert Fox and Catrice from Dusk to Dawn for compare.

I can say for sure that none of them are dupes. Zulu is the lightest and in comparisson to the others looks the grayest. Channelesque is the one with the strongest purple undertone. Desert Fox and FDTD have brown base, but Desert Fox is more grayish.

I hope you find this comparison useful.
-Lyra**

Catrice, China Glaze, Essence

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Ciate Paint Pots: Festival Fever spring/summer 2010 Collection

lyra — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:02:18 +0000

I already mentioned that I got the new collection of Ciate polishes, so yesterday I made some swatches. It’s called Festival Fever. It looks like my camera hates the colors from this collection. I had a lot of trouble with capturing the realistic colors. But the sun helped with some shades this time, so I didn’t have to adjust the colors in PS, because I really hate that. Here is a picture with all six new shades in bottles:

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Talent Scout: nice cold toned grape purple shade. Very pigmented, so one coat is enough. The first second I saw it, it reminded me of China Glaze Grape Pop so I made a comparison. As you can see on the photo, Grape Pop is one shade darker than The Talent Scout. They are not dupes, but they are very close.

Ditch The Heels: I truly don’t know how to describe this color. It’s definitely green. I will go with medium pastel green. This is two coats.

Fun Fair: nice pastel bubble gum pink. It’s opaque with two coats.

Main Stage: medium berry color. This one looks exactly the same like Essence Very Berry. This is just one coat!

Headliner: dirty medium blue with little green undertone, but the green can’t be seen under all lights. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Access All Areas: This is very tricky color. The first photo of this polish looks like neon orange. It’s actually bright medium peachy color with orange and pink undertone. This one is so unique. It also needs two coats for full coverage.

Half of this collection is nothing special. It doesn’t have any new colors that we haven’t already seen, but the other half is quite unique. Ditch The Heels, Headliner and Access All Areas are the shades that you must have. The formula is also great. I have to give credit to Ciate for improving their formula of polishes, because they are not thick and sticky anymore so the application of the new shades was great. Bravo!

This is all for today

See you soon, Lyra *

Ciate

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Ciate: 3am Girl + Konad

lyra — Mon, 24 May 2010 04:42:31 +0000

Hello everyone!!

Today I will show you a manicure which I have been wearing for the past few days and it still looks like the first day! I can’t believe it that the polish didn’t chip off yet.

I used Ciate 3am Girl as the base and then I stamped on the Konad with China Glaze DV8. I know that I’m already boring with this pattern, but I can’t get tired of it. The pattern is from m73 Konad image plate.

I like cherries very much, they are my favorite fruit. I have a carton of fresh ones in my fridge and I eat them almost every day. This is what my afternoon snack looks:

Have a nice time! ~Lyra~

China Glaze, Ciate, Konad

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CATRICE: Clay-Ton My Hero and My Bests Friends Tiara+Konad

lyra — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:29:41 +0000

Hello!

Today I will show you two Catrice polishes. Yes, you read right, two!

The first one is named Clay-Ton My Hero. Funny name, but very special polish. It is a brownish gray color with a golden shimmer. It’s pretty unique. I don’t have any similar shade in my collection. It needs two coats for full coverage.

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My Bests Friends Tiara is also beauty in the bottle. It is white color with a silver shimmer, and it also has a hint of gray in it. It looks so luxury. The finish is frosty and it’s opaque in two coats.

I put some Konad on this one. I used Essence Bonnie for stamping and pattern from m64. I love how it comes out.

See you soon!
Lyra*

Catrice, China Glaze, Essence, Konad

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CATRICE: Blue’s Brother + Konad

lyra — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:58:50 +0000

Hi!

Sorry that I’m not posting more often, but this cold and rainy weather is so depressing that I’m not in the mood for anything. I promised you more swatches of Catrice polishes so here is another one.

BLUE’S BROTHER: is cold medium blue with turquoise shimmer. The finish is frosty, and I liked it that way. This color also reminds me of sea. I don’t know why all the blue shades remind me of sea, maybe because I can’t wait to go on a vacation, somewhere close to a beach. It’s opaque in two coats.

I put fishes from Konad image plate m27 on my ring finger with China Glaze Millennium.

In the next post I will show you two Catrice polishes

Have a nice time!
Lyra*

Catrice, China Glaze, Konad

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