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10 October 2012

Purple Professional #50 & #52 Swatches and Review

Paula, from the brand Purple Professional, was kind enough to send me 2 nail polishes from their new fall line, to review.

The first one up is #50, a sheer, soft pink:

As I said before, this is a sheer nail polish, so what you see here is 4 coats of it. It was really easy to apply and the 4 coats were no hassle at all, as it dried really fast between coats. I reckon this shade would be perfect for a french manicure, and even if this isn't really my style, it left my hands looking very elegant, at least that's how I felt while I was wearing it! Oh, it also has a lot of shine, I'm not wearing any top coat in these photos.

Then we have #52, a beautiful shade of green teal? Is that a real colour? xD All I know is that it is some sort of green to my eyes and I love it!

I absolutely love this colour! Blues, greens and teals are my all time favourite, and I was really excited to try this one. It has a really good formula, perfect in one thick coat (but I used 2 thin ones instead), took a little longer than the previous one to dry, but it still dried in a very acceptable time, and again, no top coat here either! The only problem I had with this nail polish is that it staind the skin around my nails while I was removing it, it didn't stain my nails though, so that's a plus!

At the moment, Purple Professional is only sold here in Portugal, but they're wanting to expand to other countries, so keep an eye out for these!

Purple Professional website -> http://purpleprofessional.com/home.html

Purple Professional Facebook -> https://www.facebook.com/purpleprofessional

(These were sent for review)

08 August 2012

31 Days Challenge #7 - Black & White

I had no idea of what to do with this one and when I finally decided what I wanted to do, I wasn't happy with it...I mean, I like it, but my stamping sucked, so I'm considering it a fail.

I started this one with 2 coats of Purple Professional #32, it's not a perfect, easy white, but it's not bad either, I managed to get a good coverage, with no streak marks with only 2 coats. After that, I added some french tips in black, using Kiss Nail Art Black, and then stamped with the same polish and my DRK-B (are you tired of my plate already? xD).

I do like this look in general, but I'm really sad with my stamping...I don't really know what I did wrong, I guess I need to keep practicing. Oh well, not everything turns out how we want, better luck next time!

Any tips on how to improve my stamping skills?

31 July 2012

Nail Care Challenge #3 - Top Coats

Oh, I'm so late with this one...but I had to pack to come to my parents house for the month of August and I was left with no time to blog.

This week's theme is top coats. Being honest, I don't have that many, and for a long time I didn't wear any, but my nail polish would never dry and lots of times I would paint my nails in the morning and wake up the next day with some awful bed sheet marks.

These are the only top coats I have:

Claire's Top Coat - My first top coat. It is plain awful! It never fully dries and I would wake up every day with marks and dents on my nails.

Mavadry by Mavala - My second top coat and the first of the fast drying kind. It's really really good! My nails would dry in less than a minute and all my problems with bed sheet marks were gone. I used 2 bottles of it and the only downside on it is that it gets really tick and hard to apply once it gets around half full, and it's price... :S It would cost me about 13€ a bottle, which is a bit too much for my wallet.

Seche Vite - The holy grail of top coats, my favourite top coat ever, the best thing ever invented! xD Ok, seriously, I love this! It dries sooo fast, as soon as I finish applying it on my right hand, the left one is already completely dry, it gives my nails a tick and shiny look and, as Mavadry, it doesn't drag my nail art when I apply it. I get it for $4.25 a bottle (if my memory serves me right) on transdesign.com. Good thing about it is that as soon as it starts to get goopy and tick, you can add a few drops of Seche Restore (sold seperately) and you're good to go.

Kiko 3 in 1 Mat - My matte top coat of the moment. It's perfect! Works wonders on making your nail polish completely matte and it can be even used as a base coat for matte or pastel colours (makes application a bit easier and less streaky). I used to have Gosh matte top coat (mine is nowhere to be found, I have no idea of how I lost it), but it didn't work this good, it would only leave my nails with a rubbery look.

Purple Super Dry - This is a new one for me...I was looking for an alternative to Seche, wanted something a bit easier to get and cheaper if possible. This cost me 3€, it is available close to me, and it is fast drying! Sounds promising, no? Well, it did to me...until I tried it...It's not that it's bad, it really isn't, but comparing it to Seche, it just didn't measure up. :S I like that tick and shiny look that Seche gives my nails and this one is lacking on that department. It's thin, not so shiny and I had some dragging while trying it over some stamping.

That is it for now, sorry that I'm so late on this, but I really didn't have any time to do it earlier.

Don't forget to check all the other girls' posts.

Tuli @ Prettifyournails

Dulce @ Miminhos que eugosto

Luisa @ E foi um dia que ela criou o seu blog

Bárbara @ Betty Nails

Maggie @ Maggie Nails

Leticia @ omeubloggermiasol

Rachel @ Polished Criminails