Nicole Diary Water Decal Review Part 5 [Final]

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? Are you having a great week so far? I feel like I have nothing much to tell you... I'm just concerned with how fast these weeks are flying by. I've still not got any tickets booked to go home because I have to try and work out when I will be able to get to the airport or if anyone will be available (basically just waiting, which drives me crazy)... I don't really want to leave going home any longer. I've not seen my Niece and Nephew since January.. argh.

On a happier note.. Today I've got my final review for Nicole Diary water decals. Can you believe that these two mean that I have reviewed a total of 10 decals?! I have to say also these do not disappoint any more than the rest – I love them just as much!

You can also find Nicole Diary on Instagram to see how other people are wearing their stunning decals.

Don't forget IthinityBeauty readers can claim a free gift when you order from Nicole Diary's Alliexpress or Amazon stores - Just add the code 'ITH2016' to your order note.

The first decals I have for you are 'Nicole Diary – 06', these are beautiful, bright and bold water decals with a full pattern. The pattern features hearts, different shapes, dots and circles and more. I really love this pattern however it may be a little too full on for those who love subtle nail art – for that reason I would totally say it would be awesome as a ring finger accent paired with beautiful corresponding nail polishes. I decided to wear them on all my nails! Because that's me! I also added a layer of Catrice's 'Matte & More' which gave it a really beautiful subtle sheen – it also tamed down the pattern a little and made it less bold.

Our second set of decals for today are these stunning floral patterned decals, these are 'Nicole Diary – 30'. This is such a gorgeous pattern and very different from the first, the pattern contains dainty and elegant looking flowers in blue, navy and orange. Personally I think this is such a gorgeous design for the summer months. Can you imagine these over some sparkle? (why didn't I do that?!) I paired mine very randomly – confession – it was really late and really hot and I'd applied my decals and fallen in love with them but my inspiration for an accent nail was failing me. So I used a brush to create a sort of textured look..and stuck a sugar stud on... I guess we can say its..'different'.

The remaining parts of this decal will totally be going on my toes with glitter underneath – oh yeah!

Conclusion: After having tried 10 different sets I am really, truly and honestly very impressed. I love the creative and unique patterns (they've all been so different!) and I love their ease of application. I had less trouble with these decals than others I have done in the past. I really rate them.

So there we have it! All 10 water decals reviewed and adored! If you missed my previous reviews and would like to catch up you can read part 1, 2, 3 and 4 by clicking those numbers.

What do you think of these two very different decals, do you have a favorite? How would you wear these?

Have a gorgeous day, I hope you can enjoy some beautiful weather. I'll catch you on Friday!

Love

Ithi

Nicole Diary Water Decal Review Pt. 4

*This post contains an item(s) which have been sent for reviewing purpose however I will always provide my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

How are we all doing today? I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and start to the new week. Can you believe we one day away from being in June?! Crazy! Hopefully I can start making plans to go home and visit my family in the next month or so.

Today I have part four of my Nicole Diary water decal reviews – there will be one more final post after this. I've had a really great experience with these decals so far. I have enjoyed their wide range of patterns and styles, you have to agree they are all so different from each other!

Nicole Diary are offering IthinityBeauty readers a free gift worth upto $5 when you order from either their Amazon / Alliexpress store. Just add the code 'ITH2016' to your order notes!

First we have 'Nicole Diary 04' beautful and simple looking floral pattern. I love the colour combination of mustard yellow flowers and burgundy. I feel like these make me think of sort of... a chic look. Does that make any sense? Probably not. I just feel there's something very sweet and charming about the colour combination and pattern. I decided to pair these with an accent nail of Barry M's 'Mustard' and a 'Jodie-Bow' (Aptly named after the kind friend who sent them to me!)

This second pattern, 'Nicole Diary -13' is sooo entirely different. I personally wasn't quite sure how I wanted to wear them. One side of the decal has a dark version of the pattern and the other side is a light pattern. Mr Bravo urged me to face my dark side. These decals are very solid, I don't think you can even guess I am wearing a medium bright green underneath! I paired this manicure with an accident nail of Zoya's 'Charla', a circular sequin and added some very small Model's Own 'Artstix' golden beads. If I am honest I probably like these the least but that's just my personal preference. I can't remember the last time I had green nails that wasn't grass in a freehand manicure!

Don't forget Nicole Diary are on Instagram too, you can see how other nail artists wear their decals!

Which of these manicures/water decals did you like the most? How do you wear decals – with accents or all nails? I personally love the first set!

Have a beautiful day my friends, thank you for visiting and I'll catch you again on Thursday!

Love

Ithi

Nicole Diary Water Decal Review - Pt. 3

*Some of the following items were provided for me to review but as always I will give my full and honest opinion.

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you are having a great week so far. It feels like it is just flying by and as I had feared its passing before I am getting time to do everything...phew. Have you been busy or chilled so far this week? By the way, would you guys like a water decal tutorial? Or do you all think its pretty well addressed by now and that most people know how to use them?

Today I have two more sets of water decals to show you from Nicole Diary (By the way, they are also on Instagram and sometimes host giveaways) Again I have two entirely different sets and I like them both a lot!

Psst! Nicole Diary has kindly offered you guys a free gift worth upto $5 when you order from their Alliexpress/Amazon store and add the code: 'ITH2016' in your order note!

Our first set today is 'Nicole Diary-02' these stunning tropical looking water decals with peachy pink flowers and beautiful green palm (?) leaves. I personally feel like they scream Come on, summer! I would love these as accents for a beautiful vacation abroad. They contain a solid white background which means you can pretty much just go on and apply but I applied some NYC 'Williamsburg Vintage' white polish out habit..or compulsion, not sure which! I decided to pair them with a gradient using my white and Catrice's 'A Gallon Of Melon'. I added a very, very, almost not there ruffian with green acrylic just to tie it all together. I also added Catrice's 'Matte & More' which gave it a really nice but subtle shimmer – perfect in the sun!

 

Our second set today is  'Woman and Roses' (Nicole Diary-11) I am amazed with these!! These water decals do have a solid white background so I didn't need to fuss about what I would pair with it or put underneath. I love the anime style looking woman, she looks so elegant and mysterious! These are probably the rose decals I have liked the best out of the ones I have tried. There's something sort of... 'tattoo' like about them that I think makes them look cool. Yeah, I said cool!!..

On my ring finger accent nail I decided to pair these with Essie's 'Leading Lady' and a simple heart stud (regret, regret.)

I really love both of these decals, they are so entirely different that I can't really pick a favorite but I'll say... The first ones for the summer/vacation! Second for moody broody red manicures. Again, both of these are a dream to apply and any excess literally disappears at the touch of my remover brush so clean up is also really, really speedy!

Which of these water decal patterns do you like best? Are you a fan of decals on all nails or mixing and matching with accent nails?

Have a beautiful day my friends, I'll be back on Friday for something quite exciting (hopefully!)

Love

Ithi

Nicole Diary Water Decal Review - Pt. 2

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

Allo polish Pals!

How are you all doing today? I hope you are having a great week so far. I have been exploring Holland on Doris, I managed to get to the first subway station after the one at the mini mall! Its so weird riding on the opposite side of the road so I am sticking to the bicycle paths, the real road scared me a little, ha!

Today I have two more water decals to share with you from Nicole Diary. In case you missed my first review you can see it *Here*. So far its been nothing but a lovely experience, I am really enjoying how unique these water decals are and the ease of application.

I'd also like to mention that Nicole Diary have very kindly offered readers of IthinityBeauty a free gift worth up to $5 when you order from their Amazon/Aliexpress store and add the code 'ITH2016' to your order note - Isn't that super nice of them?!

This first design can be found: Here.

This first design is a beautiful combination of full pattern and sheer areas (in between the pattern) for this reason I decided to pair it with a beautiful silver holographic glitter underneath. Can you see the sparkle popping through the pattern and even under the decal colours? The colours on this decal are green, red and black and work beautifully together. I kind of get a Native American/Dream weaver feeling from them, don't you? I could be wrong. This manicure got me so many compliments!

This design can be found: Here.

The next set of decals are much more simpler if heavy patterns are not your thing. I think there's something really soft an feminine about this doodled/silhouette pattern. I feel like it would be well suited to some kind of soft furnishing! To keep the elegant and feminine look I decided to keep this manicure very light. I created a gradient using Rimmel's 'Breakfast In Bed' and Essence's 'A Girl With A Pearl' with a single accent of Essie's 'Beyond Cozy'. I finished by adding my decals and a single light green stud (Should have gone more pastel) and applied my Pro-FX topcoat.

I absolutely love both designs. You guys know me, I'm not shy of a full patterned nail! I also like that I can sneak glitters underneath for a little sparkle-pop! I think they would both be great for different occasions or as accent nails if you like a simpler but still super pretty manicure. I'm eyeing up the first one for big toe nail accents!

What do you think of these designs – which one do you prefer? Would you like to see how I apply my water decals in a video tutorial?

Have a beautiful day my friends, I'll catch you on Saturday!

Love

Ithi

Nicole Diary Water Decals Review - Part 1

 *The following item(s) have been sent for reviewing purposes however I will give my full and honest opinion as always.

Allo polish Pals,

How are you all doing today? I hope you had a super weekend so far? Did you have really unsteady weather?! It was a bit crazy here. Sunny, drizzle, crazy winds..sun..Have you done anything fun or unusual?

Its been *really* quiet here which means I got a whooooole afternoon to do a piece of freehand painting. Woots-toots.

I've got an action packed post for you today, This is part one and there will be several more to follow. I have some really interesting water decals to show you from Nicole Diary. As you guys are probably aware by now, I'm not new to water decals and I actually love them for times where I don't have time to create freehand nail art, or for big toe accent designs. I think these are super fun!

 Bibbity Boobity BOOO! Nicole Diary are kindly offering a free gift worth upto $5 when you order from their Aliexpress or Amazon store - just add the code 'ITH2016' to your order note. Shh-weeeet!

First of all I am starting with these beautifully and bright patterned water decals, these are 'Nicole Diary – 24'. The entire sheet is filled with a gorgeous swirly, flowing pattern and there is plenty of it! Its easy to see where each nail pattern begins but I don't think it really matters too much, if you cut close to your nail size you should have a lot remaining.

What I really like about these Nicole water decals is how thin they are. I have done many decals in the past but they feel so thin, but in a good way, still very manageable!  When sliding the decal from the backing paper I had to be extra gentle, its feels like handling a butterfly wing! That said, I feel like they stuck beautifully on the nails, they were easy to smooth out and looked even more gorgeous after adding my Pro-FX top coat. These are very sheer so I am wearing them under NYC's 'Williamsburg Vintage' – a white polish.

 They're so pretty... It almost makes me Emoji-tional

These super fun and cheeky emoji water decals are 'Nicole Diary - 33' come in varying styles and different sizes. It features many faces including the love-heart eyes, angry face, happy face, kissy face, winky faces etc etc, all the faces and all the feels - love! I am wearing these under NYC's 'Classy Caramel' to keep it light and tried...I mean, really tried to write 'All the feels' with acrylic paint but I kinda just made a mess...*Sigh Face* I absolutely love these water decals, I feel like they are totally wearable and I like that I can mix and match the faces and place them in whatever way  or order I want rather - its easy to cut them out separately. My mind just screamed “Emoji” toes at me...yes I'm seeing it, Emoji big toes and cute yellow polish on the others...

Have you visited Nicole Diary yet?  You can also find them on Instagram. I really enjoy browsing their store and like how unique their water decals look. I've seen some designs that I have not seen anywhere else which is fabulous! I also think their prices look really fair. They ship all over the world - if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask in the comments.

Which of these water decals did you like best? Are you a fan of applying/wearing water decals?

Have a beautiful day!

Love

Ithi