Naked Palette Nails

Jordana - "Cabaret"

Sally Hansens - "Golden"

So here are my "Naked" nails.  I have wanted this palette FOREVER! At $50 the price kept me back as well as the fact that I have purchased things that have similar colors.  But after going to the mall maybe 5 or 6 times now drooling over it, I just splurged.  I love the look of this palette.  The velvety matte brown and the sleek gold lines shining through.  So I tried to recreate an abstract look on my nails using Jordana's - Cabaret, Sally Hansen's Golden and Essie's - Matte About You top coat.  This was a hard manicure!! The matte top coat is unforgiving! I started with a coat of the Golden and a quick dry top coat.  Then I used striping tape from KKCenterHK to place randomly on my nail.  Next I applied the Cabaret and let it sit just a couple of minute before I went over it with the Matte About You.  The tricky part was since the matte top coat dried so quickly I have to be fast at removing the striping tape.  And the tape can be a little sticky.  I wound up having to do a couple of nails over but overall a little bit messy but I really liked it.  It was my first time using the matte top coat in this way so, trial and error.  But I get the gist of it.  Since I showed the outside of the palette I might as well show you the inside.  PRETTY right?! I might have similar colors already but they do not compare to the vibrancy of these colors.  They are so smooth to apply as well.  There is a Naked Palette second edition that came out a bit ago but I like this one better.  In my opinion this one has a better color range.  You can do a mean smokey eye with Naked 1 but with Naked 2 the darkest color other than the black is a medium plum you would really have to pile on to get it deep shade.  Anyway before you go check out my giveaway page.  Just send a quick email with your favorite summer manicure attached to enter into the Summer Giveaway.   Thanks for visiting!!

Nail Decals

Loreal "Versailles Romance"

Water Decals from KKCenterHK

 

These water decals remind me of the washable tattoo's I used to put everywhere when I was younger.  They were so very easy to use.  They come 20 to a sheet in 4 row's of 5. I cut out each individual flower and soaked it for about 10 seconds.  I then removed it from the water with tweezers and slid it off the paper onto my hand.  Next I picked it up from my hand with the tweezers and it applied it to my nail.  I made sure to pat it down until the decal is secured onto the nail then I went over it with a quick dry top coat.  This manicure went really quick.  These decals are pretty sturdy.  I accidentally folded one in half and was able to get it flat again with the tweezers.  I was sure it was going to rip but it didn't.  KKCenterHK has pages and pages of these, they are really cute.  It's an easy and quick way to get an awesome looking manicure.  Before you go check out my giveaway page.  Just send a quick email with your favorite summer manicure attached to enter into the Summer Giveaway.   Thanks for visiting!!