Nail Art: Deborah Lippmann

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I have another mani from couple months back as my borther managed to get some pictures out of my broken laptop and I can finally post this!

This is Deborah Lippmann Rockin' Robin from the spring 2013 collection. I have two coats here with base and top coat. I really like the combination of that mint base with those little black hex glitters, it almost looks like some mint chocolate chip ice cream!

The combination of that milky base and those glitters is great as you can still somewhat see those glitters from the first coat too, but they look like greyish ones whereas the ones on top look black. It's really an interesting combo and I really like it.

The application was really easy, the glitters pretty much stay where they are, so you don't have to worry about the glitters getting in piles when you apply the second coat. It was also quite opaque and I only needed two coats for full coverage. The only thing that isn't making me completely love this polish is the price, as for me these Deborah Lippmann polishes really cost a tad more that I'd like to pay. But then again, the polish was quite perfect in all aspects, so I probably shouldn't complain about the price...

I have another haul post for you guys today! Some of these polishes you have already seen in my recent stash posts, but I still included them here too. So let's get started!

So first off, three China Glaze OMG collection polishes called 2NITE, LOL and IDK. The Finnish online store Adenina got some of these OMG collection polishes to sale recently so of course I had to buy those that I didn't already have (and for a very reasonable price too!), so the first two are from there. Unfortunately, I had just bought IDK from a private seller before I knew that Adenina would be also selling these, and of course I paid more for it. Oh well, at least I have three new OMG collection polishes! (And I'm sorry to tell you guys that Adenina has only 2Nite left from the OMG collection and also I think they only ship to Finland)

The last China Glaze polish here is Hyper Haute from Tronica collection and it's bought from Adenina too. The lonely OPI is Stranger Tides from the Pirates collection and I bought it from sale from a local store. Actually, I've bought quite many of these pirate polishes lately, I originally thought I wouldn't buy any polishes from that collection, but now I have almost all of them. I'm not that big of a fan of creme polishes, but these are really pretty and they make perfect base colors for different glitters and such.

I already told you that the lovely Akuma Kanji sent me two more of those Kiko Sugar Mat polishes and here they are. These are Spring Green (643) and Golden Mandarin (639). China Glaze and Zoya are bought from a Finnish Facebook group (from different sellers) and they are Techno Teal (from Tronica collection) and Reagan.

The two OPI DS polishes are from Head2Toe Beauty (they have a clearance sale of some OPI polishes for very reasonable price) and these two are DS Passion and DS Treasure. My first Emily de Molly polish is from Norway Nails and this is called Harmony. I also added third Deborah Lippmann polish to my stash, this one is called Rockin' Robin and it's from the this spring's collection called Staccato. (This one was bought from a Finnish online store Love It!)

These are all from Head2Toe Beauty and they came in that same order I made of course. The one lonely Misa is called Fountain of Youth and the (old) OPIs are Windy City Pretty, Dingeridoo You Nails?, 18K Ginza Gold and Sweet As Annie-Thing!

The first two here are my first Gina Tricot polishes and they are called Monaco Blue and Sparkling Hot. I bought them as well as that China Glaze Stellar from the same Finnish Facebook group. Then the last two Essence polishes I got from a tiny swap with a Finnish girl and they are Let's Get Lost and Wake Up!

All the links to the stores in this post are only to help you find them, I don't gain anything if you use them.

I always really enjoy reading posts about other people's stashes and seeing all those pretty bottle pictures. Those posts give so many good hints of what polishes to check out and what tpo get in the future and it's anyways always nice to look at pictures of pretty polish bottles!

I just realised that I've never done any posts about my stash. I have the separate page about my stash and the links to the posts where I've used the polish, but I thought it would be nice to show you my stash in pictures too, or at least how it is just now, because my stash is constantly changing. I've tried to keep it in reason, so if I don't like some polish I will certainly sell it, swap it or give it away, but I also do this with polishes that are nice but not that special or with polishes that are close to something that I already own. All this helps to keep the stash size within reason and also I can get some new polishes to try this way. If I would just keep everything, I couldn't get any new ones, because I would run out of space and also I don't have that much money to spend on polishes with my student budget.

Anyhow, I, like almost all nail polish bloggers, have a Ikea Helmer (white one) to store my polishes. As you probably know, there are six drawers in total in the Helmer. In the first drawer I have all my top coats, base coats, matte top coats, crackle polishes, cuticle oils, some hand creams and all the things like that. Then I have the following four drawers where I keep my actual stash and these are the drawers that I'll be showing you in these posts. Then I have the last drawer for all my untried polishes (actually, there are also polishes that I've already tried at some point, but didn't for some reason blog about), but I moved them to the drawers they should be in if I'd already tried them, so that you can see my whole stash, the ones that I've already shown you and the ones that I haven't.

So there will be total of four of posts like this, so that I can show you the polishes in each drawer. In this post, I will show you the first drawer where I have all my China Glaze, Milani, Catherine Arley and Deborah Lippmann polishes.

So the first drawer looks like this. It's quite full, so If I'm going to have and keep more China Glaze or Catherine Arley polishes, I will probably have to move the latter to some other drawer. Actually, all my drawers were quite full when I moved the untried polishes to them for the pictures, but then again, when I try those untried polishes, I can move them away from the untried drawer and finally use that space too. Also, I don't have any reasons why these brands are in this drawer, other than that they fit nicely together and that's my philosophy with every other drawer too. I like to use the space efficiently, for example I have the Milanis next to the China Glazes, because they fit nicely together.

But let's see all the polishes, right?!

IDK, 2NITE, LOL, BFF, TTYL, FYI and GR8

Hyper Haute, Strap On Your Moonboots, Don't Be a Luna-tic, Infra Red, When Stars Collide and Hello Gorgeous!

Pink-ie Promise, Fancy Pants, Dandy Lyin' Around, Keep Calm, Paint On and Stellar

Atlantis, For Audrey, Light As Air, Sneaker Head and Custom Kicks

It's a Trap-Eze!, Escaping Reality, Water You Wainting For, Bend Over Backwards and Make a Spectacle

100 Proof Pink, No Way José, Pure Elegance, Grape Juice and Flying Dragon

Ahoy!, Fuchsia Fanatic, Strawberry Fields, White Cap and White Out

Desert Sun, Trendsetter, Skyscraper, 108 Degrees, Señorita Bonita and Papaya Punch

Optical Illusion, Prism, Some Like It Haute, Riveting and Instant Chemistry

Frosty, Rare & Radiant, Ruby Pumps, Pizzaz and Midnight Mission

I'm Not Lion, Gems, Purple Gleam and Gold

HD, 3D, Hi-Tech, Cyberspace, Digital and Hi-Res

668, 673, 677, 800, 801, 805, 806 and the one with no number

Glitter In The Air and Let's Go Crazy

So that was all from the first drawer, phew! I have quite a few China Glaze polishes, but I've also sold many of them. I always like to try out at least some polishes from their new collections and then I end up keeping some and then for the others I will find new homes. I like China Glaze as a brand a lot, though it's probably not my favourite one (anymore). I also like all the Milani polishes that I have. They seem to be doing some interesting stuff time to time and then the rest isn't so appealing.. I might have more of these if it was easier to get here in Finland. I have also quite many of those Catherine Arley holographic polishes and these are the ones that I've decided to keep (for now). I like the colors and the quality too. I only have two Deborah Lippmann polishes as they are a bit too expensive for my liking. If I wasn't a student, I might have couple more, but I think I like some other brands, that are a bit cheaper, better.

So, do I own any of your favourites or which one of these did you like the best? Anything you'd like to own, or which polishes from these brands should I own in addition to these that I already have? I hope you all enjoyed this post, it was quite fun to do! And like I said, there will be three more of these coming up in the future, so stay tuned!

I have had this post sitting in my drafts for quite a long time, because I just wasn't too happy with these pics or at least they don't show the polish as well as I would like. But I decided to post this now anyway, as I don't want to just delete the pics, so here it is.

This is Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy over Nubar Toga Purple. I really liked this combo, but it looks way too black in my pics. Also they beauty of Let's Go Crazy doesn't really show.. I definately need to wear this again, maybe over some lighter purple and perhaps then I will manage to take more accurate pictures too. At least you can probably see here how the jelly purple base in Let's Go Crazy gives the polish really nice depth when you layer two coats or more of the polish. That's probably the main reason I liked it so much. Also I don't have anything quite like this so I will definately keep this and wear it many times. Usually though these Deborah Lippmann polishes are a bit too expensive for my liking and my student budget, but I bought this one on sale before Christmas. It was still quite expensive, but it was kind of an early Christmas present to myself...

Nail Tek Foundation II

Nubar Toga Purple 2 coats

Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy 2 coats

INM Out the Door

PAINTED & MAGNETIZED

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Painted & Magnetized

For Polish Days January we are all going to make something new. I have used this technique once before, but this is the first time I use the same pattern on all nails. And this time I use red/ magenta, green and blue/ blurple, and added rhine stones. The pattern is created by first painting a pattern using magnetic nail polishes, and then make a second pattern with the magnet after applying top coat.

Painted & Magnetized

For information about Polish Days, and how you can join in, just click on the badge below, and you will find everything you need, explained by Hannah from Polly Polish. She is the one who started Polish Days and she organizes it.

More photos:

Painted & Magnetized

I wasn't good at placing the magnet this time. I wish the inner circles were placed in the middle, where the stripes met. I also wish I had managed to make a more smooth surface.

Used:

Tiny brush
Palette
Magnet: China Glaze Magnetix II
Base- and top coat
Magnetic nail polish:
Deborah Lippmann Magnetic Wave: Love is A Battlefield (magenta)
IsaDora Magnetic Nails: 854 Opposites Attract (green)
Prestige: NMM-03 Topaz (blue/ blurple)
Rhine stones (fuchsia)

IsaDora Magnetic Nails 854 Opposites Attract, Deborah Lippman Magnetic Wave Love is A Battlefield, Prestige NMM- 03 Topaz, China Glaze Magnetix II magnet, Used for my Painted & Magnetized mani

China Glaze Magnetix II magnet, bulls eye pattern, Used for my Painted & Magnetized mani

Dotting tool, fuchsia rhine stones, Bundle Monster nail art wheel, Used for my Painted & Magnetized mani

The rhine stones are from one of the 5 nail art wheels I chose when I won a Chit Chat Nails Bundle Monster contest! :-) Link: Nailart Nail Art Glitters Beads Rhinestones Wheel from Bundle Monster. The other thing I chose was the 2012 stamping plates.

Painted & Magnetized, Bundle Monster nail art wheel

Below, you can find thumbnails with links to all the participants' posts.

Lani

Today I have just a quick post with a simple mani.

For this I used China Glaze For Audrey as the base color and then topped it off with just one coat of Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air. Very simple, but at least in my opinion, very cute too. I really like the subtle effect that you can get with Glitter in the Air, you get something extra and the glitter is there, but not too much. I just wish there were a tad more those large blue ones, but other than that, I really like it.

Nail Tek Foundation II

China Glaze For Audrey 2 coat

Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air 1 coat

China Glaze Fast Forward

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