Thursday 3 May 2012

Korres Nail Colour in 92 Vert Amande and Yamapi

Αυτή η ανάρτηση στα ελληνικά 
Today I received the most amazing packet from my wonderful friends full of presents that made my heart flutter like a five-year old's on Christmas day. It took me about an hour and a half to go through them all. Am I the only one that prefers a million little things instead of a big present?! The Yamashita Tomohisa fan in the picture below was in today's parcel and deserves a spot here. Yamapi(山下智久)is a Japanese pop star/actor and, thought I am not a crazy/omgodIhavetowatcheverydramaheisin fan I find his diary entries very amusing as it's like reading a kid's diary; they are almost always about him being hungry, what he ate, how he worked out and -of course- the weather report. He makes me laugh. My friends know me so well that some of the things they sent me are cosmetics and they will be featured here! 
My mani with a Yamapi fan that was also in the packet.
My friends are crazy and funny.
The first of these things is a Korres nail polish! I didn't even know that Korres had a nail polish line till a friend told me about them and then she sent me this one, isn't she great? I've not found them in their on-line shop so I'm not sure where you'd get them from at the minute. Korres polishes go beyond 3-free; they are 7-free as they have no silicones, acetone, phthalate, formaldehyde, camphor, toluene and xylene. Now if only they were a certified cruelty-free company, too, that would make them fantastic! I don't know why they haven't made a move towards that, but it's a shame as they are great in all other respects.
The colour I received is Vert Amande (92), a beautiful minty green cream. I've not checked out all the colours, but I am sure that this would be the first colour I would want to try. Even though it's a cream it has depth; it feels a bit like a jelly, but still manages to be opaque in two coats. I really love it! It's also not too pastel or stark and it doesn't give me lobster hands. The application was very smooth as you can see from the pictures. The brush is a normal round brush, not flat like I am used to and it'd be nice to see this improve in future versions. Normally I make a good mess of my cuticles when I am handling a round brush, but look at the pictures: no mess even though I've not done a clean-up! It applies like a dream, smooth and perfect with no issues of bubbling. I don't know how long it would take for it to dry as I applied a fast-dry top coat.
One coat (artificial light) Check out how smooth it goes on!
Two coats (natural light-cloudy)
Of course, I had to do a bit of stamping. I used SpaRitual's gorgeous dark bronze colour Running with wolves and Bundle Monster plate BM214 (from the second collection of plates). 
Thank you my dear friends! You bring so much light in my life!

PS- Excuse the slightly blurry pictures. My camera broke down, I have a new one and I'm still getting the hang of it.  

12 comments:

  1. Love the finish! Looks great..although i know nothing about nail polish i think the colour and the design looks brilliant!keep up the good workx

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  2. Absolutely love the colour!! And your nail work omg! Amazing! Usually in a year I'll go through two nail polish phases and I buy the nail polishes and the files and the cuticle cutters and no matter how hard I try, my technique leaves a lot to be desired. Does Korres have a online shopping website you said? :D

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    1. As with everything, it takes a lot of practice to perfect it. I may have a blog about it, but I still have a lot of things I need improve on.

      I just read on their facebook page that they will be updating their page soon and then we'll all be able to order on line. I am so curious to see their other colours. It's one of the smoothest polishes I've tried in a long time and being a fan of cream polishes, I have to say this is pretty excellent . I'll post an update as soon as they make them available.

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  3. Can't breathe, both because your mani is STUNNING (and mint!) and also, zomg, Yamapi blog! I sometimes indulge in the Vivi model blogs which are the girl version...

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    1. I have had this polish on for only a day, but I can't stop staring at my nails! It's just SO pretty (and mint!). I've been looking left and right for the 'right' mint and here it is!

      In my mind Yamapi is still 16 and frolicking around with (B)Akajin and Kamenashi Kazuya. I can't believe he turned 27! I usually read his (translated) entries here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yamashita-Tomohisa/7967888185 . He's so positive and sweet!

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  4. I never thought this colour would go well with a stamp, but here it is! Can't wait to try it! ♥

    sunako-d

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    1. My young knight you have so much to learn. There is no such thing as "not going well with a stamp", only the unwillingness to try!

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  5. Thank you for the nice comment on my blog! Yours is really great! An wondering what the other language is? Love this green polish! Ps please disable the word verification! I can't see the letters!

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    1. Hello and thanks for dropping by! I really like your blog, too. I hadn't even realized I forgot to disable word verification. I hate it! It's disabled now and I don't think anybody will miss it! Haha! The other language I write in is Greek!

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  6. yamapi looks upgrated next to your beautiful nails! love ya my queen!

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