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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: Essence- Sparkling Dawn + Undead?

lyra — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:58:37 +0000

For this ruffian manicure I used Essence Sparkling Dawn and Essence Undead?:

Have a nice time!
Lyra*

Essence

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Ruffian Manicure: Essence-Rock’n’Roll + Deborah Sense Tech 100% Mat – 03

lyra — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:21:49 +0000

I’ve been wearing different color combinations of ruffian manicure for the entire week. Here is a silver/blue combination. I used Essence Rock’n’Roll for the base and then go over with Deborah 03 Mat, which is dark navy blue matte shade.

Lyra*

Deborah, Essence

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Essence: Eclipse Trend Edition

lyra — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 06:50:51 +0000

OMG! OMG! I got the whole new Essence Trend Edition – Eclipse. It is inspired by the latest movie of Twilight Saga Eclipse. I was so excited when I heard that essence came out with an entire collection about it. And of course like a true Twilight fan I had to have it. I have to warn you, that this post is pic heavy.

Eclipse Trend Edition:

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POLISHES: there are five shades in this collection.

Undead?: is jelly black base with purple glitter mixed in it. I was a little afraid that the glitter won’t be seen on the nails, but it’s not like that. I can’t tell you how much I love this shade. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Thrsty?: is a really dark jelly red shade. It’s like blood. I love it! There are also two coats.

Don’t Bite Me – Kiss Me: is medium berry shade with purple shimmer in it. It’s opaque in two coats.

Hide Bella Hide: is frosty metallic silver shade. I was expecting trouble with application, but it was easy. It needs also two coats.

Ready To be Bitten?: hell yes I’m ready! I’m joking a little bit. This shade is also nice. It’s sheer nude shade with rose undertone, but it is shimmer that is special. It looks like it has melted glass in it. Lovely color. This one needs three coats for full coverage.

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LIP-GLOSSES: There are four lip-glosses in this collection. I just swatched three of them on my lips, the black one however doesn’t look interesting on the lips.

Don’t Bite Me – Kiss Me lip-gloss: is nice light purple shade with pink, blue and silver slitter mixed in it. Glitter is not too big, so you can’t feel it on the lips.

Ready To Be Bitten lip-gloss: this one is really nice. Clear base with loads of silver, blue and pink glitter in it. It makes your lips sparkle.

Lunch At Cullen’s: oh I love the name! And the gloss it’s also beautiful. It’s like China Glaze Ruby Pumps on the lips. Red jelly base with a lot of red glitter mixed in it. My lips are not made for red color, I should use a lip-liner.

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DUO EYESHADOWS: there are three duo eye-shadows in this collection. I didn’t swatch them, I just took a close up picture of them. The colors look nice, but I hear that they are hard. So the base or the wet application is necessary. I also love the naming of them

DIAMOND POWDER: it’s called Too Beautiful To Be True. It’s most silver, but you can also find some gold shimmer in it. This one is perfect if you want your skin to look like Edward on sunlight. You can use it on body or face. This one is also recommended to apply wet. I will save this one for New Year’s Eve.

So, this is it. What do you think about this collection?
Have a nice Twilight day! Lyra*

Essence

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Essence: Pointbreak + Konad

lyra — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:51:27 +0000

Hello!

This is a manicure which I’m wearing at the moment. The base is Essence Pointbreak, and the roses are stamped with Essence Romeo. I used Konad image plate m65.

Have a nice time!
~Lyra~

Essence, Konad

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My new polishes :)

lyra — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:28:22 +0000

Hi everyone!

I’m having a great time swapping with Tiffany from Yardsticks 4 Lunatics. You have to check out her blog, you won’t be sorry! I already got three packs from her! She sent me loads of polishes from my wish list and some other cool stuff. Look at all these beauties!

Claire’s and Sally Hansen polishes:

Color Club polishes:

Nubar polishes:

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Not so long ago I also got a nice surprise present from Maestra. She helped me out with finding Essence Surfer Babe and Into The Wild polishes, but she also included a few I wasn’t expecting!

Maestra thank you again!
-Lyra**

Art Deco, Claire's, Color Club, Essence, Nubar, Sally Hansen

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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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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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Essence: Into The Wild Trend Edition

lyra — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:53:57 +0000

Hi!!

Yaaaay!! I have a new Essence Trend Edition collection. It’s called Into The Wild. You can find polishes, lip-glosses, eye-shadows, bronzing powder and jumbo eye-pencils in it. Look at all this stuff:

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POLISHES: in collection are four polishes.

Desert Fox is warm brown shade with gray undertone. The application was OK, and I applied two coats. If I was more careful, one would be enough.

Zulu is my favorite. It’s gray color with a hint of lavender. This one should be matte, but the matte effect is not so strong. It’s more plastic like looking. Anyway I like glossy look more than matte so it doesn’t bother me. I applied two coats.

Heart Chakra is my second favorite. It is nice mixture between coral and rose shade, so under some lights is more rosy and on the other is more coral looking. It needs two coats for full coverage.

Bongo Drums is neutral milky shade. This one is not well pigmented. After the first layer it looks like it’s almost clear. On the pictures are three layers, but the white tips are still visible. It’s also quite streaky.

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LIP-GLOSSES: the collection has three different shades of lip-glosses. Essence usually disappoints me with their glosses, because they are not well pigmented, but this time I was pleasantly surprised. They are good pigmented and the colors are also nice. One is jelly looking and the other two have shimmer in them.
Here I made swatches on my arm:

Heart Chakra is nice jelly rose shade, with coral undertones. This is my favorite.

Beat the Heat is shimmering golden color. Nice, but it doesn’t suit me at all.

40 Degree is golden brown shade with silver and red shimmer mixed in it.

How do you like this collection?

Have a nice day! -Lyra

Essence

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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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