Stamped Sirène, ILNP Ultra Chrome nail polish and Born Pretty Store nail stamping tools

Recently I am discovering some very interesting indie nail polish brands and that makes me want to blog more, yay!!! Being so busy with my daughter and my job won't make this easy but I can say I am in a mood to try and I haven't felt so excited about blogging for quite some time now. But I have many interesting things to share with you my dear readers so yay!!!

Today I am going to show you Sirène, a beautiful Ultra Chrome holographic nail polish from ILNP and review some nail stamping tools from Born Pretty Store too. 

a-england Tess D'Urbervilles

Time is really scarce these days but one of my aims for 2015 is to post more on my blog and I am loving my current nails so much that I wanted to share. A lot of nail polish is going around in this house but I decided to rediscover some older favourites. And as I always go for the dark shades first, here is Tess D'Urbervilles, from the Gothic Beauties series by a-england.

Christmas nails tutorial with Estessimo TiNS nail polishes

Hello everyone ^_^/

Christmas is already past and we are gearing towards the New Year but it's never too late to share my Christmas nails. I wanted something blingy for the holidays so I decided to use some of my Estessimo TiNS nail polishes.

Layla Hologram Effect nail polish in Cloudy Violet and Emerald Divine

Hello everyone ^_^

it's been a while since I've last showed you a holographic nail polish around here but this is about to change. Recently I got my hands on a couple of Layla Hologram Effect nail polishes as I wanted to try them. The colours I chose were Cloudy Violet and Emerald Divine.

The Dragon goes to Hong Kong

Hello everyone ^_^/

As I mentioned in my previous post, in early September I went on a very exciting trip to one of my favourite locations in the world, Hong Kong. While packing my suitcase I was trying to decide what to do with my nails and since this was a business trip I decided to wear something that would bring me luck.

My nail polish of choice was Dragon from a england, a fabulous holographic green nail polish from the Legend collection.

Easy nails for Halloween

Hello everyone ^_^/

I have been meaning to make this post earlier in the week but I couldn't find the time, but finally here it is ^_^
I want to show you a couple of very simple Halloween manis, perfect for those who don't have enough time, like me.

The first one is a black and orange polka dot manicure. Very easy to achieve with a dotting tool or a toothpick.

I reversed the colours for an accent finger, to make this a little more fun. I used the orange Claire's nail polish I got from Moni and Sally Hansen's Black Out.

Even though it is a simple manicure, it is quite fun.

For the second one I wanted to use some of the fabulous Halloween polishes from China Glaze. So I started with two coats of It's Alive, a fantastic green glitter.

Then on some nails I drew stitches with black nail polish and on some nails I applied China Glaze Black Mesh. And here is the final result.

What do you think about these? Do you paint your nails in seasonal themes or just go with whatever you like?
I hope I can find time to do a more full on Halloween mani, as I have many ideas in my head. Let's see how that works out XD

For the time being don't forget to enter my running giveaway for a chance to win two Seventeen nail polishes.

Forest green and purple nails with a bit of sparkle

Hello everyone (^-^)/

Today I want to show you the mani I had while in Germany. Since it was the first time I had some KIKO and P2 polishes, I wanted to try them out.




I used Kiko 347, a beautiful forest green and P2 Poetic, a pretty purple. For a bit of a twist I used Kiko 270 on a couple of nails.




Although it was a simple look, I got a lot of compliments.




My friend T-chan loved it so much that she wanted it on her nails too but in pink and red. So I used Essence Flamingo Rose and Divalicious Red instead.




What do you think? （＾∇＾）

Posted from my iPhone

the Greek files #6

Hello everyone ^_^/

Spring is always a bright time of new beginnings and of course all beauty companies release new nail colours.
Korres is of course no exception, as they have released a whole new range of bright nail polishes.

As I passed by a Korres flagship store the other day I decided to pick up a couple of the new beauties to show you. There were two colours that caught my eye at once, Blue Sky and Vert Amande.

The two colours work really well together so I decided on a combined manicure with both of them.
I used a base coat and then two coats of each on different nails. Unfortunately the formula wasn't very easy to work with as it was very runny and the first coat looked absolutely horrible. With careful application and a second coat though everything looked perfect. I didn't add any top coat as the nail polishes are quite shiny on their own.

Have you tried the new Korres nail polishes yet? What do you think of them?

Ozotic pro 502 and NARS zulu dupe

Hello everyone ^_^

it's a lovely rainy morning here and I have a new manicure to share!
It is my first mani with some of the lovely polishes I got from my dear friend 'Chelle (check my previous post for more if you haven't).

After much thinking I decided to try Chic Chic 23 and the infamous Ozotic Pro 502 first.

Chic Chic is a brand from Hong Kong and number 23 has the same colour as NARS Zulu. I don't actually own NARS zulu but judging from the photos I have seen I think that the colour seems to be the same indeed.
I had no application issues with this polish although it was a bit thick so I applied only one coat to be able to see the colour better.

 As you can see the colour is a lovely dark green.

But I just couln't stop there, I wanted to spice it up a bit. So I applied a coat of Ozotic pro 502 over it and this is the final result. Unfortunatelly after painting a coat of Seche on top of Ozotic it shrunk in a couple of places. I will try another top coat next time.

I really love this polish, depending on the light it takes on a different colour, from copper to burgundy with hints of green. As I find it quite thin I wouldn't use it on it's own because I think it would need many layers for perfect coverage. But I find it perfect for layering. Ozotic Pro is an Australian brand with a fabulous colour range from what I have seen but it is quite hard to find.

Do you own any Ozotic Pro nail polishes? I am really thankful to 'Chelle for going to all the trouble of getting this for me as I know these polishes are very hard to find, even for people who live in Australia.

Holo + glitter = yet another Christmas manicure

Hello everyone!

It's almost time for Christmas, yay!!! So I'm taking a small break from the mountains of housework I have to do to share yet another Holiday manicure.

This one is quite simple. Basically I wanted to use a holographic polish in the mix . So I chose China Glaze He's Going in Circles from the Kaleidoscope collection.

Then for the rest of the fingers I used China Glaze Frosty.

Sponged BB Couture Bonnie for a green gradient effect and then a coat of China Glaze Party Hearty. Topped everything with Seche and I was done,

I hope you liked this manicure ^_^
Now I need to go back to what I was doing eeeeeek!!!

A glittery Christmas manicure with TiNS and Anna Sui

Hello everyone ^_^/

With just 11 days left for Christmas, here is another Christmas manicure.
To be honest I did this quite some time ago but as it turned out too Christmasy I was saving it for the holiday season.

This look is quite easy to make and I actually got a lot of compliments on it when I had it on.
Here is what I used.

Anna Sui 318, a lovely pink shimmery polish.
TiNS the Holiday Cheer, a fabulous green glitter polish
Anna Sui base and top coat
Natural look Gel top coat
Rhinestones by Viva La Nails

After applying base coat and two coats of each colour on different fingers, I made diagonal stripes with the TiNS polish and using top coat and the rhinestones I made flowers on the other fingers. I used just the glitter polish on my thumb and didn't put anything else on that nail as the colour is quite spectacular on it's own.
I sealed everything with a layer of natural look Gel top coat and voilà!

China Glaze Halloween

Hello everyone ^_^/

Wow, it's Friday already and yay October is here.
This means fall is here full on. I love fall and in Greece we usually feel it around October as September is still quite warm. I love autumn as it means it is the end of the horrible summer with heat and stickiness and we can finally have bearable temperatures and dress nicely.

Thank you so much to everyone for your support with my little hand accident. The situation remains mostly unchanged but I decided to ignore the pain and change my manicure today anyway.

And as October is Halloween month I decided it was time I tried a couple of the China Glaze Awakening polishes. My choices: Mummy May I and Zombie Zest. For the record I want to say I usually hate greens. But Zombie Zest is one of the best nail polish colours I have ever seen. Now I understand why many nail fanatics were ecstatic about this colour. You have to see it in person to understand the awesomeness.

I used Anna Sui base coat, then 3 coats of polish and a coat of China Glaze Fast Forward top coat.

I am showing you the left hand (minus the battered finger XD). On the right hand I did the exact opposite, used Mummy May I for the index finger and Zombie Zest for the rest.

Please excuse the quality of the mani and the pics, there is so much I can do in this situation.
Also if you haven't already, take a look at my giveaway on the sidebar and enter. It ends on October 15. And make sure to join the other giveaways I have listed, all of them are great ^_^

Watermelon rind

Hello everyone ^_^/

I have yet another cute nail style to share today, this came out unexpectedly when I was trying one of my new China Glaze polishes, watermelon rind.

It is a nice deep green colour so I decided to combine it with some pink Anna Sui glitter using pink rhinestones and pearly stars to complete the look.



In other news, if you like cute accessories, my friend Gatumi, owner of G.A.T.U.M.I. cyberlox & jewellery is having a give away to celebrate the opening of her youtube channel where she will be posting lots of make up tips.

If you are interested check it out, all you need to do to enter is just subscribe at her channel and post a comment.