Diwali Nail Art: Wish you all A very Happy Diwali!!

Hi Folks,

I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year!!

Tuesday is going to be Diwali (the festival of lights) for us in India. it is one of the most widely celebrated festivals across all of India and Indians across the world. The day following that is the hindu new year!

One this occasion I wanted to a mani bling enough to be festive ...yet have the traditional indian colourful look.

Base: Inglot's Nail Enamel # 924

Its a cherry red jelly. Thats 2 coats on my nails with VNL (visible nail line).

I layered Inglot's # 203 flakies over it. Its a green- blurple duo-chromy flakey.

Thats also 2 coats of flaky as I wanted loads of shine. You can see the violet tinge of flaky on the upper side of the nails..changing to bright green as it progresses down.

Stamping plate: XL C

Stamping Color: Konad White

(these pics have no top coat as TC would have made it really difficult to catch the flakey in sunlight).

HAPPY DIWALI to YOU!!!! 

Football Fever: UEFA Nail Art

With all this football fever all around its hard not to get drawn into!

Tonight's the final between: Italy and Spain  for UEFA EURO 2012 final at Kyiv's Olympic Stadium!

So who's gonna win?? I am rooting for Spain!!

Caught up in this fever I thot it was apt to do a mani for this!

Here's the base:

Thumb and Ring Finger: Sinful Colors Envy topped with Inglot Flakies

Pointer and little finger: Colorbar White

Middle: Viviana Blinding Splash

Thumb was stamped in White Konad with M57

Rest all is with acrylic nail paint

Thumb to pinkie: depicts the goal net, the trophy, Spain flag, ball, and Italian Flag!!

All topped with SV

This is the first time I've done freehand like this, which is quite evident in the shaky hand..but I think didnt turn out bad? did it?

Inglot 835 + Flakies 203

Hi,

I had got a bunch of Inglot polishes and a few flakies some time back.

There has been a lot of interest generated around flakies.

Below is a swatch of Inglot nail Enamel 835.

Cost: Rs.490/- for 15ml ($10). It was quite sheer, what you see below is 3 coats.

Its a purple with pearl finish with a really small blue shimmer.

The bottle looked like it would be a duo-tone polish, but it isn't.

Surprisingly the brush of Inglot's nail enamels is really small. I had to put atleast 3 swipes to cover my tiny  nails..which can be a bit tiresome if you have broader nails.

Inglot says: these are toluene- formaldehyde- dibutyl phthalate (DBP)- camphor free.

Below is a bottle pic of #203. See how the flakies dance in light.

Cost: Rs.490/- for 8ml. ($10)

Inglot has 2 kinds of flakies. 

One of them is the series from #201 to #207 which are smaller bottles ($10/Rs490/- for 8ml) in size but have densely packed flakies. One coat is quite sufficient to give the flakie effect but you can do 2 for more shine.

The other one is the XL series. ranging from XL1 to XL7: These costs the same but have a bigger quantity (15ml). These less dense than the #201-207 series. I got XL7 from this series (will swatch soon.)

This is one coat of #203 over #835.

These flakies give a nice jewel toned effect.

#203 is duo-toned; changing from blue to green in various angles of light and will also reflect a bit of the base colour.

These feel pretty smooth and not at all gritty and were easy to remove as well. Not at all like the glitters.

Hope you liked #203. Will soon swatch the other flakies too.

Inglot Haul!!

Ahem!! Ahem!!

Just a lil note: I got all this at 70% discount. Enjoy the pics!

(L to R): Eyeshadows AMC 72, AMC 75, 445P, 402P, AMC Shine44

I also got 2 such magnetic palettes (5 square boxes) 

and one palette of 4 square boxes (for future hauls of course)!!

These were just too good to miss at 70% discount. Figured I can always buy more freedom system shades since they don't cost a bomb.

Gel Eye Liners in 87 and 75

Inglot Flakies: 202, 203, 204 and XL7. Matte Top coat.

Few more bottles of polish.

(L to R): 924 (dark red), 320 (bright metallic green), 720 (bright coral), 835 (looks like a duochrome of dark purple/navy blue), 716( pastel nude-pink), 

955 (pastel blue), 893(dark/dirty pink)

And Thats all for today! Got another Valentine Mani comin up soon.