Happy Valentines Day

Wishing all my readers a very happy valentines day!!! Hope you have a super day filled with love and special moments. 

Here's the mani I actually have on me today. I just wanted to put something simple .. Ok I admit I just wanted to paint my nails than go bare nails :p

Base: Faces Savita Matte (yeah u read right)

Now I like that this brand is really launching products and trying to catch up with global nail trends however they could be a bit creative with the shade names. Not only the nail polishes but quite a few of their lip sticks and other items are also named after other iconic shades from other brands. I have swatches of their green matte shade earlier.. It's called Veruschka. :D

Ok now coming back to this shade. It's a nice purple. With red shimmers. Dries matt as the name suggests. However the first coat was really streaky and patchy. Had to apply a thicker second coat to smooth it properly. The brush on this was horrible. Had strands poking out. But I do like the end result. A dark royal purple.

Sponged a bit of sandy gold on the tips and free handed a tiny heart with pink polish. Cute but not over the top. 

Ok. Heading out for my dinner date.

What did u do today?

Simply Studded: Simple Nail Art

This is "that" mani which got scraped last time.

Such a pretty shade! Its OPI's Funky Dunkey from the Forever Shrek collection.

I love it even more when matt-ified. Mental note to self: use this polish more oten.

I had these studs with me form the born pretty store. Thought they would make a simple and sophisticated nail art look.  These are 1.5mm in dia. Here's a link for them---> Link  

They are really cool and simple to apply. Just dot a clear top coat using a tooth pick and stick them. 

Look at the quantity they send! I dont think I'll run out of these in this lifetime! 

I really liked using them and might probably get the other varieties they have in these studs..square, elliptic, hearts and neons too! they also have this box of mix shaped ones (link)

Stayed on my nails for 2 days, would have lasted a day more but I kept picking on my nails.

They sell for $5.86/bag but you get 10% discount if you use code KJ5X31

:D

*Born pretty studs were sent for review but the opinion is an honest one.

Mirrored Triangles: Tape Nail Art

Have been outta town last week and didnt have enough time to schedule posts ahead of time!

A girl has to take a break some time doesnt she? :D

Today's mani is a tape mani.

Base: ChG Tantalize Me

On the base once dry I put two triangle shaped cello and painted ChG Dorothy Who near the tips and on the base of nails I put ChG Full spectrum. I like how glittery these two are.

Turned out ok I think...considering its the first time I did a tape mani.

Smokin Laces! : Lacey Nail Art

Whaddup Gals!

Me good as usual! I won a couple of nail art contest past few weeks.

One of them was from Inglot (India) and other one was Revlon (India). Yay!!

I won a Nail Art Pen from Inglot and I am yet to receive my Revlon gift. Will keep y'all updated.

In the meanwhile the weather here has turned slightly pleasant in the mornings and evenings. Not cold, no..but I am still eager to pull out my woolies and start wearing them. So maybe this is what I would call the "Fall Season" for Mumbai. Hehe!

Anywho coming back to the subject..I had got some of these gorgeous smokey shades from Revlon when they launched their new shades sometime back. You can see the other one here (Muse). This is the second one. I still have an untried from this buy, hopefully will put up soon.

Base: Revlon's Mischievous (455)

Its a creme smokey grey-purple. Nice creme finish, slightly streaky..but 2 coats made it fine and opaque. Took more than 5-8 mins to dry.

Stamping plate: Konad M71

Stamping Colour: Konad Pastel Pink

Love this dainty lacey stamp from Konad.

Goin off to enjoy the weather! Ciao!

*All products bought by me unless otherwise mentioned.

Colourful Festive Mani: Lotus herbals:Plum Delight

Tis the festive season here in India! and I got festive manis!

First up is the Navratri (9 nights): where for 9 days people worship a deity and there is song and traditional garba dance in evenings. Also the Durga festival is widely celebrated around the same time for 6 days with a lot of fanfare.

Thats a ground where traditional garba dance happens. it draws huge crowds!!

People adorn traditional ULTRA colourful costumes for the dance.

I was in a colorful mood following the neon tiger print mani last week and hadnt had enough yet.

While my friend Nirah again recommended Plum delight from Lotus. Lovely polish! (thanks Ni!)

Smooth buttery application.. 2 coats opaque. Decent brush, No streaks! No bubbles! Dried in 5-8 mins.

Gorgeous smoky violet! *me thinks is a great dupe for Zoya Pinta.. see here

Lotus herbals Nail polishes are Acetone, DBP and Toluene free.

8ml bottle, costs Rs.110/-

Slathered some Inglot 204 blue-purple flakies on it. Turns it magical, doesnt it?

Stamped with XL C using Konad Pastel pink (yeah.. messed up on one finger)

But I had another plan for the mess.. to hide it :Dk

Added dots using a dotting tool with 3-4 polishes to make it bright

Ta-daaaa! M all set for GARBAAAA!!!

This is a bollywood song on the traditional garba dance..

Max factor's Fantasy Fire + KKCenterHk Glitter

Ever wondered what a magical dragon's breath would look like? How about a potion of liquid luck?

Swirling with mysterious sparkling colours that change shades? Yeah? Thats exactly what Max factor's Fantasy Fire looks like. And better.

When my friend Nirah (from Present Past Perfect..Tense) came out to Mumbai she came across this beauty in a store and tweeted to me if I needed it. I was like OMG it here?? But umm yeah if you pick it and if we wont meet you'll have to send it all the way back here. But her better judgement prevailed and she picked it for me and I cant thank her enough for this. :D

These tiny bottles of mystique costs Rs.245/- for 5 ml. ($5 approx) available at Max Factor counters.

Base: OPI Russian Navy

Layered: With Max Factor Fantasy Fire

Accent: Layered with Kleancolor Holo Chrome

Can you see the orange twinkle on FF?

This is a pot of hex glitter or glequins from KKcenterhk. They are 1mm in dia and easy enough to be picking by a tooth pick or orange stick and placed on your nail. However I was too impatient with them and couldnt line them up neatly on my accent finger. See the variety of colours they have here.

Costs $5.54 for a really huge pot. Just dont leave it open. It has tendency to start flying around. take some out in a dish or paper and work form it.

I have just added the glitter on the accent finger in a window pattern..and I love how it highlights.

I am going to make some manis using this loose glitter/glequins. Lets see how you like it.

Watch how the orange twinkle turns green?

What can I say.... I love love FF!!! and Glequins!

Note: KKcenterhk provided the glequins to me for review. But the reviews r my own.

Lacey Sticker Nail Art

Lately I have been really hung up on lacey dresses and tops so when I came across this lacey sticker I grabbed it up asap. Mind you not just this one..there are more where this came from :D

The base is a Miss Claire Polish (made in Korea). There is no shade name but just a no. A13.

I loved the finish of this polish..Very Foil like but shimmered a lot in light. Almost like the foil was broken in tiny pieces. Anyone know this finish is called exactly?

Miss Claire markets this as a one stroke polish but it took me 2 coats to make opaque.

Last weekend I had gone on an offsite visit from my office. It is supposed to be like a semi work thing where we get to have fun while we also have to sit through a couple of presentations. This year was a really short trip to a resort nearby. We went to Radisson Blu at Alibaug, just a couple of hours away. Nice resort, but the food wasnt that great. I had good fun overall.

I wore this mani for the trip as I was really short of time the night before leaving. 

Applied the stickers and topped with SV.

What kinda manis do you do when you are short of time?

Sandy Matt Purple + Rhinestones Nail Art

By now you probably know that purple is my fav-ever colour. If not then you know now anyways :p

Of course my friends think I have everything purple in an overdose while I think I still need some more purple in my life. This one polish just reminds me how everything else would look soooo nice if it were purple. Hmmm...purple water or hmmmm..purple beaches/sands!! <3 p="p">

And I have got more sandy matt spam to show today!!

This polish makes it just easy to imagine a beach full of clean shimmering lilac sand! Sighhh.

Base: Purple/Lilac Sandy Matt Polish

The pic shows more shine than there actually is coz I was photographing right in front on an evening sun and this being a light shade really caught on the shine. The first pic above is a more close swatch of this polish. 

I added stripes in Black, white and pink at one corner free handed. My hand was shaky!

Then I added flower shaped rhinestones in red for the accent. Though they didnt stick around more than a day coz I am real fidgety with these things. But they looked very pretty while they were there.

Hope you like these sandy matts! I am totally in loooove with these.

Click here to see more of the sandy matt polishes I have used earlier.

Still have a few more shades to show ya.

Purple Crossroads:Kleancolor Holo Chrome layering

Hey Ya!

Quick post today. 

Base: OPI A Grape Fit

Layered it: Kleancolor Holo Chrome

Stamping Plate: Konad M64 

Stamping Colour: Konad White

Looks much more holo is person. But it is not a true holo yeah, it is holo glitter.

Contains silver round holo glitter and small blue hex glitter.

Have a good week!!

China Glaze Flying Dragon + Stamping Nail Art

Todays NOTD: is on the base of Flying Dragon!

I love love love this kinda Neon Base!! Its packed with micro square glitter in purple, silver and blue!!

And the glitter is very tiny and not a pain to take out! What more can a Gal ask for??

Apparently there are 2 versions of Flying Dragon. This one is called the neon version. and it dries to a Matt finish.

This polish is one of those that I won in StyleCraze'S giveaway that I wrote about here. 

This one makes to the list of my new favourites!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Did I tell you how much I loved this polish!!!

I wanted to keep this mani simple so as to not cover this gorgeous base and used a small girly necklace/lace stamp.

Base: China Glaze Flyin Dragon

Stamping Colour: Konad Yellow

Stamping Plate: Konad Fauxnad M62

Like it?

China Glaze: Tantalize Me + Konad M82

Tantalize meeee!! Thats exactly what this polish does!!!!

LOL! Mentally okay!

Back In December I had Won Peaches and Blush giveaway sponsored by Stylecraze.com 

Although I had won a blush and 3 orlys..most of the orlys I wanted were sold out. So Chetana (owner at Stylecraze) generously agreed to swap them for China Glaze which she had ordered to come.

China Glaze was not available in India then and Chetana tried her best to get them to India.

But..everything that could go wrong went wrong with her shipment..and she finally managed to get them in May! Promptly she sent me the list of shades available and me and my twitterati gal friends spent a whole day narrowing them down to three! Whew!! That was a hard job I tell u!! How can one choose 3 from all the fantabulous shades of China Glaze???? 

These are the three we finally selected and were promptly shipped to me. Thanks Chetana!!

First up is Tantalize Me!! It is one of the sweetest shades of pink-purple with a blue-ey pearl finish.

The bottle looked like it was duo-chrome..but doesnt show much on nails.

Opaque in 2 coats, slightly streaky..but really slightly. Lasted a good 5 days on me.

Base : China Glaze Tantalize Me

Stamping Plate:Konad M82

Stamping Polish: Konad Black

Aren't you Tantalized already??

Pink Zebra + Lakme Nail Polish Purple Fix

Helooooozzz,

How was ur week so far?

Mine wasnt good..as I had a bit of throat infection..though I m much better now and travelling outta town tomorrow for some days. 

On my nails today I got Purple Fix from Lakme's Fast & Fabulous range. This is a nice bright purple shade..has micro blue shimmer.

I was very hopeful as the bottle looked duo-chrome, but it a'int. Dries fast in a little above 5 mins, 2 coats: Opaque. Stayed for 3 days without chipping.

Stamped with the thick zebra design on OB 8 Image plate

Base: Lakme Fast and Fabulous Purple Fix

Stamping Plate: OB8

Stamping Polish: Sandy-Matt kinda finish..unbranded from my trip to Hong Kong

I am amazed at how well these polishes stamp

Off to work! Have a good week ahead!

Dont forget to participate in my INTERNATIONAL Giveaway : here

*Polish sent by brand for review. Opinion is mine.