O.P.I.'s Jade is the new black, the emperor of jades

Ελληνικά/Greek

A bit of fun with a colour I hadn't used in a while!

base: O.P.I. Jade is the new black
marbling: Dorothy L - 213
stamping: Stargazer 237
λεπτομέρειες: A-England - Holy Grail

plate: Born Pretty - L004

Essence - Dare it nude! & Pixie dust

Greek / Ελληνικά

Base: Essence - Dare it nude!(neutral nude cream) with Essence -  Pixie dust (duochrome pink to gold shimmer)

Stamped with: Bourjois - 37 Bleu Asphalte

Plate: Born Pretty BP 25

 

 

Green Geometric Mani

Greek/ Ελληνικά

Base Illamasqua Bacterium
Stamping polish: Le chat CM 39 Hunter Green
Plate: Born Pretty BP L004

Beautiful lavender greys: Sixteen 648 & Stargazer 235

Greek/Ελληνικά

This has got to be one of my favourite combos ever. The base is pale lavender grey and the stamping polish is chrome purple. The way these two colours interact with each other is amazing and ever-changing. The lavender brings out the grey hues in the chrome polish and they both look very different depending on the light conditions. One minute the base looks lighter and the stamp darker, then I’ll walk into a different room and the effect will be reversed and both will look greyer. I step outside and they’ll look purple, sit under the shade and they’ll be grey. They are a colour lover’s dream! 

Base: Sixteen - 648
Stamp: Stargazer -Chrome 235
Born Pretty plate L005

 

 

Retrofuturistic Dreams with Gabrini 49, Stargazer Chrome 236 & Born Pretty L005

Greek/ Ελληνικά

There are so many small cosmetics brands available in Greece and I am slowly trying to discover them all. Today's post is for one such brand, Gabrini. 

I don't think I have found yet a yellow nail polish that applies as well as other colours (I think that's an issue with all yellow pigments), but with careful use of the brush this polish looked perfect in two layers. What has impressed me most though is how good this polish actually is. I took the pictures on the 4th day of wearing it and it still looks perfect! There's only so much a base&topcoat can do and I just didn't expect such a result from a polish I spent a grand total of 1€ to get. Absolute bargain! I am definitely going to get more! 

base Elixir Fast Dry Multi Active Hardener 

Gabrini 3D 49 (2 layers)

stamping plate Born Pretty L005

stamped with Stargazer Chrome Polish 236

topcoat Seche Vite

xxx

Elysse

Happy October with O.P.I.!

Ελληνικά/ Greek

Eugène Grasset, La Belle Jardiniere – Octobre, 1896

 

I am very pleased with this subtle stamping manicure. It's just like how I imagined it would be and it's much prettier in real life. 

base colour O.P.I. Every Month is Oktoberfest

stamping colour O.P.I. Thanks So Muchness!

stamping plate Born Pretty BP L 003

Bonus picture: my cat sleeping soundly while I use her as a background to my last picture. 

Have a great month!