Chameleon Glitter Paillette Shinning Starry Foils Nail Art Powder

*This post contains an item(s) which was provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full, honest and completely unbiased opinion.

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How are you all doing today? Happy Flappy, fluprin' weekend to you all! - do you feel like you need the weekend right about now? I hope you have something nice planned. I'm looking forward to seeing some of my Dutch family. I think its going to be positively busy which has been the running theme for this week.

Today I am showing you another product from Beautybigbang.com, this is 'Nail ChameleonGlitter Paillette Nail Sequins Shinning Starry Foils Nail Art Powder' in J2106-2C which is a bluey/violet purple/pinky powder – it may remind you of something I used recently but to make this post a little more interesting (Yoda, anyone?) I have included a video on how to use these powders since they are so easy. Gel phobes, look, its not so scary.

I'm trying really hard to practice making videos. I know its something I should have been doing since.. forever ago but when it comes to freehand my painting hand gets in the way of the shots no matter how hard I try, haha! Also my pesky fingers don't sit still.

Music track 'Warm Up Suit' is copyright Broke For Free

The full pot - you get a generous amount.

Shining Nail Glitter Powder Nail Art Decoration - Born Pretty Store Review

*This post contains an item(s) that were provided for reviewing purposes however I will as always give my full, honest and unbiased opinion.

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How are you all doing today? I hope you had a sweet weekend! Did you get upto anything fun?

Saturday was awesome, I had a really nice girly day out with my sister-in-law (I call her that even though Mr Bravo and I are not married) I am so glad we are close and get a long so well, it was nice spending time with her away from home! :) I've started the countdown now.. Friday night I will be flying home!

Today I have another product from The Born Pretty Store to share with you. This is 'Shinning Nail Glitter Powder Gorgeous Nail Sequins Manicure Nail ArtDecoration' – Now I am sure that title could have been shortened! I am wearing shade #378.

When I saw this glitter in the store I was instantly interested. Loose glitter isn't something I consider myself to be well experienced with but I'm always game to try new things! The colour is of the glitter is mostly purple with very fine glitters and also larger different coloured pieces. I would say it is not too similar to what I thought I had selected in the store which looked like a soft muted mauve/lilac glitter where as this is clearly a much more deeper purple shade. I still like it though.

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The store suggests that you should wear this glitter by applying a clear top coat and adding the glitter on top which is exactly what I did because I wanted some serious bling. I would say it was pretty easy to do but of course slightly on the messy side. I also refused to use either of my fave top coats on top because I did not want glitter contaminating it so I used an older less important top coat to seal all the glitter in. For my base for the glitter I used Rimmel's 'Midnight Rendezvous'.

 I quite like the look of the glitter but I was expecting more... twinkle. Would I recommend this to a friend? If she is incredibly partial to glitter than of course, I think there are much more interesting ways you could wear these glitters than the way I have. An example? Stencil/vinyl designs could look really cool paired with these.

What do you think of this glitter manicure? Do you like loose glitters like this?

Thank you for visiting!

Have a beautiful day, my friends! I'll catch you again on Wednesday for some more nail art fun!

Love

Ithi

Deconstructed Flag / Red Vs Blue - DIY Decals

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How are you today?

I made a HUGE MISTAKE!! You guys were not supposed to ever see this post, I basically put the same date on a couple of posts and had planned to allocate proper dates to my blogging schedule... and then I forgot. In the end I didn't like this manicure and had planned to change the pictures to another manicure I had created... so you got two posts in one day and now I will be frantically trying to replace nail art to keep my posts upto date. Haha.... Opps. I'm human ;)

Today's manicure is another DIY decal creation. I know my colour combination is pretty in your face... I couldn't decide what it reminded me of more – Superman Vs Spiderman or Cold Vs Hot.

Ithi's First Blobbicure!

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Is everything going well with you? A lot of you said you were feeling slow and tired with Autumn too, just under the weather. Are you starting to feel more alive? I'm changing a whole bunch of things starting Monday - I think this is also now week 8 of not smoking! Its great.. I'm proud.. but I've always been fiery and well..x that by a million :')

Oh yes, too much rambling on as usual, opps! Today I have my first ever blobbicure to share with you! I created this at the beginning of September, before our trip to England. So I've had this around too long...

For this manicure I began with a single coat of Barry M's 'Coconut'. On applying my second layer and while still wet, I quickly added a few dots of Italian polish Lady Venezia in #018 and Jacava's 'Chillax' in the center of my first blobs. I picked up the 'candy coloured' studs myself a while ago from The Born Pretty Store, can you ever have enough studs?

I think its ok-ish? I did try some needle dragging before creating this and that really was not a huge success! Oh well, I'll try again another day.

Have you created a blobbicure before? What do you think of this colour combination?

Have a fabulous weekend, on Monday I am bring something super cute (I hope) and freehand!

Love

Ithi

Freehand Elemental Fox Nail Art

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How are you doing today? Did you have a fun weekend?

Some of you may of seen this nail art if you follow me on facebook, but I know some of you might like to see some freehandedness.

This manicure was actually created for a nail art contest over at Minnie's blog, NailBees. Minnie throws some really cool contests that have such fun and creative themes. The theme for this challenge was animal nail art. As you guys know, I've done quite a lot of animal nail art in the past but it is seriously one of my favourite things to paint so it made sense to join in! So I decided to do a fox, I hope he at least looks like a fox..

For this manicure I began with two coats of Catrice's 'C(h)ome, Leon' and Jacava's 'Shawfield Street'.I created everything else with my acrylic paints. I wanted it to look sort of earthy and fiery all at the same time. I think the colours are quite fitting for fall, huh? I finished it all off with a luscious lick of Catrice's gel effect top coat.

What do you think of my elemental looking fox? Have you worn any fall inspired manicures yet?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

Enchanting Nail Roll Foils C03 -Born Pretty Store Review

*This post contains an item(s) that was provided for reviewing purposes but as always this post will contain my full and honest opinion.

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How are you, do you have any nice plans for the weekend? Tell me something exciting! I can tell you that.. today I'm geared up for an early morning of painting, then I'll be off to play with the kids and in the evening Mr Bravo and I will be out with my parents for a meal - nice!

I have some nail art foil to show you today, this is the first of two foils I have but I accidently forgot my nail foil glue.. so I'll review the others when I get back to Holland. Whoopsie-doodle. These beautiful foils came from the Born Pretty Store, These are 'Enchanting Nail Roll Foils' in C03.

Don't forget to use the coupon code DRX31 to get 10% off your next order at the Born Pretty Store!

These beautiful foil rolls came with a gorgeous flower pattern containing pink, orange, blue and green flowers with a delicate holographic leafy trim. These little tubes contain approximately 100cm in length and are 4cm in width. That means you get so many uses out of these foils! They also come in so many beautiful patterns and designs - my favorite so far has been the butterfly foil I showed you previously. I've more information for you so lets read on!

Autumnal Freehand Leaves

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How are you today? Today I have a manicure which was created twice before I liked it enough to post it. My original version only had three colours in the gradient and was a typical gradient going down the nails vertically. This time, I made my leaves bigger with varying shapes, added another colour and went across the nails with my gradient!

Funny thing, I only did one hand as I was pushed for time. I had to pop to the pharmacy as my eye has swelled up again (gawd, this feels never ending..) the pharmacist would barely assist me because she was staring at my nails, she kept commenting on how beautiful it looked (too kind, but I'm really shy already) and then awkwardly looked at my other hand and said...”Ohh...only one hand is done.” really disappointedly!!

Its not uncommon for me to get one hand done before I do the other way later on, or if its really detailed..sometimes I just don't/I'm already preparing the next idea for my posts :P My family and friends are used to it but trying to explain why to strangers is a bit awkward – no they are not stickers, yes they are real nails, no I didn't pay someone to do them..yes really, tiny paintbrush..! This isn't even an overly detailed one!

I started by applying my favorite basecoat, OPI's Nail Envy and created a gradient using Jacava's 'Eaton Square' (red), Dorothy L's #312 (orange), Model's Own 'Gold Rush', and Jacava's 'Shawfield Street' (green - however this totally looks blue here, but look at the bottle?!). I then used my acrylic paints to create alternating coloured leaves across the nails.

Last years Autumn manicure.

I feel a bit awkward as I know other people have done leafy manicures but when I think of Autumn.. I feel a little block and I really wanted to do something better than my leaf manicure from last year. I do think its an improvement, I think I've become more confident with acrylics since that post.

If you create freehand nail art do you always do both hands? Do you prefer this manicure or my leaf nail from last year?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

The Flower Girl - Freehand Design

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How are you today? I hope your having a better start to the week than I am! Our beloved but tiring puppy Luna kept me awake nearly all night, in the end I gave up trying to sleep, did some fitness and now I am chilling with a nice cup of lemon green tea. Today I am going to show you a manicure I created yesterday, I'm loving playing with acrylics at the moment. I've still got a lot of learning to do but the journey is fun! I call her... The flower girl!

I began with two coats of Barry M's 'Heather' from the Silk Collection – a really nice smooth base for laying down acrylics. I then used my favourite detailing bamboo brush and started to paint her. I used Barry M's 'Blackberry' and Jacava's 'Chillax' for her eyes. I finished it off with two coats of Barry M's top coat and a few studs to accentuate her flowers.

I think this came out better than I had first expected. If I could change anything I wish her hair on the other nails looked a little neater. But she doesn't care, she likes her wild hair.

What do you think of my flower girl? Do you get excited to try manicure ideas that you find challenging?

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi

Deep Sea Bubbles

*This item was sent to me to review but as always will contain my full and honest opinion.

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How is your weekend going? I hope you guys are having fun! I'm still pretty damn sick so today's manicure was created in between naps and rest! You wouldn't believe how incredibly skilled I am at sleep with wet nails, haha :) Today I am showing you a matte gradient manicure featuring Hollow Rounds from Vivalanails.co.uk. They have so many lovely nail art pieces at a great price.I'd also love to know if there are any previous manicures I have done that you would like to see turned in a pictorial?

These Hollow Rounds in Azure are a great way to add some funk to your manicure; They have quite a few different shades on the website and are wonderfully priced. I really like that you also get the tiny centers so you can use the smaller pieces too. I had no problem applying these and they where perfectly sized to sit comfortably on the nail bed without any over hang or snag-abillity issues. They are highly reflective and shiny but they also look really unique when applied with a matte topcoat.

I started off with two coats of Pupa's 'Pearly Green' and created a gradient blend using Rimmel's 'Azure' and Jacava's 'Chillax' on the tips. I applied my topcoat and added the hollow rounds using a fine dotting tool. I then took Rimmel's 'Pear Drop' and added some small connecting dots. I finally sealed the hollow rounds with another layer of topcoat and finished with Model's Own Matte topcoat.

What do you guys think of this manicure? Have you tried adding a matte topcoat to shiny nail art accessories?

Have a great day/evening!

Love

Ithi

Semi Precious Turquoise

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How are you today? I hope your all having a fantastic weekend! Today I've been out shopping, tidying and working on some new nail art of course! Today's manicure is inspired by one of my favorite pieces of jewellery. Admittedly I don't own that much jewellery but I've been wanting to do a manicure based on my bracelet I bought in Zante, Greece a couple of years ago.

I started off with two coats of Color Club's 'Antiquated'. I then applied Essie's 'Naughty Nautical' in an oval shape to create a sort of half moon look, After that I took Jacava's 'Chillax' to create a gradient effect. I finished the look off by applying small blue gems in the center of the half moons.

I am quite pleased with this because this is the closest colours I've ever been able to match with my bracelet! What do you guys think of this manicure? Have you created nail art to match jewellery?

Enjoy your weekend!

Love

Ithi

Jacava: Chillax Swatch & Review ★★★★★/5

Press Sample: The featured item was sent for me to review but as always I will give my full and honest opinion.

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How are you doing? I'm still on vacation and having a great time but I just had to share another beauty with you, today I have Jacava London 'Chillax'. I've a lot to say so lets get to it!

The fact you can see a reflection of a tree on my thumb shows how shiny and metallic Chillax really is!

Extra Blab: Today I have something else I would like to mention about Jacava nail polishes. I think its important to state this. Jacava London is '8-free' which means less of the chemicals that are found in most nail polishes. It boasts a formula to help nourish our nails while keeping them beautifully painted.

Colour ~ Where to start...! Jacava's Chillax is a beautiful blue metallic polish. I'm tempted to say that it even reminds me of a duo chrome because in the light it gently shifts from shades of blue into greens. When I move my hand in the light I even notice a sort of emerald colour at times. The colour shift is really subtle but incredibly unique. I would have to describe it as the perfect 'lagoon' or 'paradise' blue. It also appears to have a very very fine green shimmer through out.

Application ~ It applied wonderfully! The brush is a typical narrow brush but it gave me no problems in application. I applied my preferred two coats which gave perfect coverage. The polish applies very smoothly. I didn't have any severe streaking issues with Chillax but two good coats definitely makes sure of that.

 Texture ~ It has one of my preferred textures. Its not too thick and actually more on the watery side which means dry time is fantastic. The finish on this polish is to die for, as you guys might already know I am a huge sucker for nail polish that has a beautiful glossy shine to it and Chillax looked glassy and contained so much depth. I went ahead and applied a top coat of Seche Vite.

 ★★★★★/5 Oh yes! I can't help it.. I am seriously in love with this polish ~ and with reason. Its such a beautiful lagoon sea colour that boasts a unique finish and a wonderful but subtle colour shift. On top of that it has a great drying time. The fact Jacava London also has the 8-free formula makes me feel happy knowing my nails are getting TLC while looking great.

Have you tried any of Jacava's wonderful polishes? Do you have a go-to blue metallic in your collection? 

Have a great day!

Love

Ithi