I have just a quick post for you today with a mani where I used one of my all time favourite topper glitters, L'Oreal Confettis* and a lovely light blue polish that I got in the swap with the sweet Akuma Kanji.
So I used two coats of Carlos Santos number 623 as my base color and then I did just one generous coat of L'Oreal Confettis on top of that. Before the Carlos Santos polish I didn't really have a light blue creme polish in my stash, so I'm really happy to have added that amongst my polishes! It was also the first time for me trying out that brand and I quite liked the polish. The formula was pretty nice and I got nicely opaque and even results with just two coats, but I was a bit too fast with my second coat and I got few bubbles, but thankfully the glitter covers that up nicely.
Also, it's really great that I got two L'Oreal Confettis polishes now (I bought one myself couple months ago and just recently got one to try from L'Oreal Finland), so I can really use the polish as much as I want and I don't have to be worried it will run out too quickly.
Dermosil Smoothing Nail Foundation**
Carlos Santos #623 2 coats
L'Oreal Confettis* 1 coat
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri
*L'Oreal Confettis was sent for me to review, for more information see my disclosure policy. **I got Dermosil Smoothing Nail Foundation from the goodie bag from our meeting.
I'm not a big swapper mainly because I feel like there isn't that much brands available here in Finland that wouldn't be available somewhere elso, so I haven't got that much to offer to other swappers. However, I just got my second ever swap package and I feel like I should really do this more often!
The main reason for this swap was that I wanted to try out those new Kiko Sugar Mat polishes, so I contacted the lovely Portuguese blogger Akuma Kanji from Under the Gravity's Nails and asked if she'd be interested in doing a little swap with me so that I could get some of those Kiko polishes. She was immediately interested in doing the swap and I must tell you that she was soooo helpful and awesome during the whole process! I kinda wish that Kiko polishes were available here in Finland too, but if they were I would have missed this great opportunity of doing a swap with Akuma Kanji and that would have been a shame... We agreed to send each other eight polishes, but this is what she sent me:
Amazing, right?!? I was just so surprised when I opened the box, because the polishes just kept coming and coming! She said she wanted to sent me some extra and well, she certainly did! Also, she picked up some really beautiful polishes, right?!
So these are the ones that I requested, from left to right: Essence Hello Marshmallow!, Kiko Sugar Mat polishes: Mint (6361), Burgundy (645), Strawberry Pink (641) and Poppy Red (640). I also asked if she could send me three polishes from some local brands, but like you saw already, she included "couple" extra:
From left to right: Andreia #37 and #70, Andreia Pocket #101, #106 and #108, Carlos Santos #623, Cliché Hippie and Maldivas.
Risqué Cintilante Agreste, Inocos Maria Menina and Amarelinho, DERMExcellence #32, Yes Love caviar manicure set and Leticia Well #426.
Here's a close-up of that Yes Love caviar manicure set, so that you can see those pearls better.
All these are new brands for me (except Kiko and Essence), so I'm really excited of each and every one of these! I've seen some of these brands in some other blogs and they all look really great, so I can't wait to try these out! I just have to figure out wich one to try first... Any suggestions on which you would like to see first? :)
In addition to the polish, she also sent me a huge pile of local candy! We've been eating these like crazy and still have tons left, because there was just so much! I loved the fact that she sent me these local candies that are originally Portuguese and have been around since she was little, that was so cute! :)
So you can all probably imagine that I just can't even begin to thank Akuma Kanji enough of all these polishes and the candies! She was just so amazing and sweet and I'm still amazed by all of this! Thank you Akuma Kanji so so so much and I hope you will get the package I sent to you soon too, though it doesn't really compare to what you sent...
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