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31DC13 Day 24: Inspired by a book

Yay, I have another challenge manicure to share with you guys today! This time the task was to do a book inspired manicure and it was quite easy to choose the book I wanted to be inspired. I have already done once Hunger Games inspired manicure, but I really love those books and they do give a great inspiration for manicures, so I decided to be, once again, inspired by Hunger Games.

I started this mani by painting all my nails with base coat and one coat of China Glaze Riveting. Then I painted one coat of Orly Iron Butterfly over all the nails but I didn't paint the tips of the nails with it. I left the line between Riveting and Iron Butterfly very uneven and also made it a bit different to all the nails, so they would look more lively. Then using a sponge I added first some Riveting over the tips and Iron Butterfly, then I also added some OPI GoldenEye and Zoya Maria Luisa. Then lastly I finished the manicure with a coat of top coat.

This was quite simple manicure, but I really liked how it turned out. I would also imagine that the inspiration behind this manicure is quite clear, at least if you have read the books, so at least I did better this time than two year ago with this challenge.

I also wanted to try out how this mani would look matte:

I think I liked it more shiny in real life, but in these pictures the manicure looks pretty good matte too!

Which one do you guys prefer, shiny or matte?

Here are the polishes I used: 

L'Oreal Grow Beautiful
Orly Iron Butterfly
China Glaze Riveting
OPI GoldenEye
Zoya Maria Luisa
Mereneid Top It All - Top Coat
 (BK Super Matte Surface Oil)

Like I said, my manicure for this challenge wasn't really too innovative two years ago:
You can check out the full post here.

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Haaste jatkuu taas kerran, vuorossa siis 24. päivä ja inspiraationa tällä kertaa kirja. Kertaalleen olen jo toteuttanut vähän samantyylisen Nälkäpelistä inspiraation saaneen lakkauksen, mutta kirjasarja on sen verran hyvä inspiraationlähde, että se oli oikeastaan aikalailla helppo valinta tähän tehtävään.

Mielestäni lakkaus onnistui todella mukavasti ja tykkäsin siitä kovin! Melko yksinkertainenhan se on, mutta ainakin inspiraatio siitä näkyy, varsinkin jos ko. kirjat ovat tuttuja. Kokeilin lopuksi myös lakkausta mattaisena, mutta jotenkin livenä se ehkä näytti paremmalta kiiltävänä kun taas näistä kuvista katsottuna myös mattainen versio näyttää varsin mukavalta.

Ainakin tämänkertainen lakkaus onnistui olemaan ehkä hieman kekseliäämpi kuin kaksi vuotta sitten tämän päivän haasteeseen tehty lakkaus...

Orly Smart Gels - Starters Kit Content Preview

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Hello ladies!
As promised, here is the starters kit by Orly. This is Orly Smart Gel starters Kit. In the Gel Polish Line, Orly has two different sub-lines. The Orly Smart Gels line is destined to the general public that want to do their nails at home. Orly FX is a line of Gel Polish for professionals.


Cucu!!
Como prometi, eis a caixinha e o conteúdo. Este Kit é o Kit para Iniciantes na linha Smart Gels da Orly.

Em verniz gel, a Orly tem disponível duas linhas. A linha Orly Smart Gels para o público e a Linha Orly FX para profissionais.


Here are the contents of the starters kit and a couple extras that Orly sent me. I'll make an extended review and how to soon but for now I'm just taking care of your curiosity as I promised this morning on Instagram!

Aqui estão as coisinhas que vinham dentro da caixinha Orly que vos mostrei hoje de manhã no Instagram e que prometi mostrar. Em breve faço-vos uma review completa com um 'how to'. Por agora ficam com a curiosidade satisfeita. 


Conteúdo/Content:

  • Orly FX Primer *extra
  • Orly Smart Gels Base/Top Coat
  • Orly Smart Gels Cuticle Oil *extra
  • Orly Smart Gels color *extra
  • Orly Smart Pocket Gels Removers
  • Orly Smart Gels Cleanser
  • Orly Gel Remover tool
  • Orly Smart Gels Instructional DVD 
  • Orly Nail File & Pads 






ORLY INFO: 

*the products on this post were sent by the brand for an honest review, all opinions are my own*

Weekly News - New Collections coming soon

Hello ladies! It's weekend!
Here are the latest news and collections about to come out! Are you curious? 



Kinetics Hello Ice Cream - Kinetics 


Orly Glam FX - Orly



Awesome PUEEN new set!  - PUEEN


China Glaze Sea Goddess - Press Release

Comparison: Zoya Payton, Orly Miss Conduct, OPI DS Extravagance and Zoya Aurora


I have a quick comparison post for you guys today! I have heard people say over and over again that they have for example OPI DS Extravagance so they don't need Zoya Payton or Aurora or Orly Miss Conduct as they are all so similar. I happen to have all those four polishes so I needed to see myself if they were really that close and if I really needed them all.




Here I have three coats of each polish on my nails with a coat of top coat. They are all a bit sheer ones, so you'll get full coverage with three coats, though maybe two would be enough for shorter nails (especially with Payton and Miss Conduct). They are quite similar, but none of these are nowhere near dupes, they are more like little nail polish sisters. DS Extravagance and Miss Conduct have quite similar consistency, they have pretty much similar holographic effect and same amount of those holographic particles in them in the same size, but they are quite different colorwise. Payton has larger and fewer holographic particles in it and Aurora has the same type of particles, but way more. I could have also included Zoya Blaze to this comparison, but it's even more red toned than Miss Conduct, so it's not dupe either for any of these polishes.

Colorwise, I think, these are different enough. I love this type of color, so at least for now I think I'm going to keep all these as I can't really figure out which one I would prefer more than other. They all have similar quality and formula, so I can't really choose any favourites based on those aspects either. If you're not such a big fan of purple/pink scattered holo, then you'll probably do just fine with one or two of these.

Do you guys own any of these polishes? Which one is your favourite and do you think they are all different enough?


*I have gotten Zoya Payton originally for review, other three I have bought myself. For more information see my disclosure policy.
 
 
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Tänään pikaisessa vertailussa on neljä kaunokaista: Zoyan Payton ja Aurora, Orlyn Miss Conduct ja OPI DS Extravagance. Näitä kaikkia neljää lakkaa on usein sanottu suht samanlaisiksi, ja kun minulta sattuu ne kaikki löytymään, niin päätinpä heittää ne pikaisesti kynsille ja katsoa, ovatko ne minusta oikeasti tarpeeksi erilaiset ja tarvitsenko ylipäätään ne kaikki.

Dupeja (eli täysin samanlaisia) lakkoja näistä eivät keskenään ole mitkään. Värisävyltään kaikki ovat erilaisia ja holopartikkelien koko ja määrä vaihtelee myös. Kaikki peittävät hyvin kolmella kerroksella, kaksi saattaisi riittää lyhyemmille kynsille, ja koostumus on näissä melko samanlainen kaikissa. 

Ovatko nämä teidän mielestänne tarpeeksi erilaisia vai liian samanlaisia? Löytyykö teiltä näitä lakkoja ja mikä on suosikkinne?

*Zoyan Payton on saatu alunperin arvioitavaksi, muut kolme lakkaa olen ostanut itse.

Orly Secret Society Collection Swatches

Morning Ladies!
Orly Secret Society is a Gorgeous Collection by Orly and is composed of 6 shades. Today I'm showing you 3 of the 6 shades of this collection. I hope you like them as much as I did!

Bom dia!
Hoje trago-vos 3 dos 6 vernizes que compões a lindíssima colecção da Orly - Secret Society. Espero que gostem deles tanto quanto eu gostei.
 


The complete collection
Macabre Masquerade, Lavish Bash, What's The Password, Masked Cerimony, Voyeuristic Adventure, Risqué Encounter



*brand info by the end of the post*




Macabre Masquerade




Macabre Masquerade is a gorgeous gelly blue polish, perfect for layering over other shades. 

Here is Orly MM layered with ONE coat over OPI Keeping Suzy at Bay. This stunning blue shade is composed of red, silver, blue and purple small glitters dispersed in a dark blue gelly base. The polish alone takes 3-4 thin coats for full opacity. 

Layered, dries in around 2mins in a smooth finish. A thin coat of top coat makes deepens and brightens the finak look.  Orly Brushes are all very smooth and the formulas very easy to work with.

orly azul glitter

O Orly Macabre Masquerade é um lindíssimo glitter gelly em tons de azul. É perfeito para aplicar sobre outras cores base tornando-se assim extremamente versátil. Nestas fotos apliquei uma camada do Orly MM sobre o OPI Keeping Suzy at bay. 

Este Orly tem uma fórmula de média pigmentação sendo que a cor base é um azul escuro de acabamento gelly. A fórmula é depois repleta de pequenos glitters azuis, roxos, prateados e vermelhos. 

Sozinho, seriam necessárias 3-4 finíssimas camadas para opacidade total. Quando aplicado sobre uma cor base, basta uma camada ou duas ( se quiserem um efeito mais pronunciado).  

Secou em cerca de dois minutos com um acabamento muito liso e homogeneo. Uma camada de top coat proporciona maior profundidade aos glitters e brilho ao acabamento. 
Todos os pinceis Orly são bastante macios e fáceis de manusear.




blue orly

 orly nails


 Lavish Bash
   
dermacelsia mostarda
This polish is so pretty and versatile! I had to show you two ideas for it, completely different. My first attempt with it was to combine it to a yellow polish to make the shade the shinny part of the manicure. 

On the right you can see 2 coats of Lavish base over Dermcelsia 74.

On the Left you can see the soft and adorable manicure where I layered Orly Lavish Bash over a white polish. On the ring finger nail I applied 2 coats of lavish bash over white and on the other nails I applied it only on the top of the nail! I ended up stamping the rococo design with MoYou -London Pro Collection 07 plate (I've been using this plate, a lot, this days!)!

Lavish Bash is composed of golden glitter shimmer, round holographic glitter and golden holographic stripped glitter ( or feather glitter, as some brands call it). 
The polish has a clear base and a medium - low density of glitter. I found this perfect because I didn't own any golden polish that allowed me to buid up the ammount of glitter I wanted, nail after nail.

Dried very uniform and leveled! The shine is absolutely adorable! Loved it! 
 

cliche brancoO Orly Lavish Bash é um verniz muito bonito e acima de tudo, extremamente versátil! Até À data, já o usei por duas vezes e creio que até ao Natal o irei usar mais um par de vezes. Na manicure da direita podem ver o Lavish Bash em 2 camadas sobre o Dermacelsia mostarda nr.74http://betty-nails.blogspot.pt/2013/11/dermacelsia-mostarda-74-coleccao.html. Foi uma tentativa de conjugar o glitter dourado com uma cor base semelhante.

À esquerda, uma das manis que mais gostei de fazer a semana passada. Apliquei o Lavish Bash sobre uma base branca na totalidade da unha do dedo anelar e em gradiente decrescente, do topo para a base, nas restantes unhas. No fim, usei a plaquinha MoYou-London Pro Collection 07 para fazer uns rococos!



O Lavish Bash é um verniz glitter top coat, ou seja, tem uma base transparente e glitter. A cor do verniz provem do shimmer dourado, glitter em barra dourado holografico e pequenos glitters holográficos.
A densidade do glitter na fórmula é media-baixa. Adorei esta ultima parte porque não tinha nenhum dourado com esta característica. O facto de a fórmula não ser demasiado saturada de glitter permite construir as camadas usadas e a intensidade da cor no desenho final.

Adorei o glitter, o brilho final e a homogeinidade na aplicação e sedimentação.

verniz cliché branco

mollon pro collection 07





Masked Cerimony

verniz orly

This gorgeous grey polish is the one I showed you in 'yesterday's' nailart. This grey polish has a stunning shade  I didn't mentioned much about the polish itself because I knew I mentioning it again here, today. Masqued Ceremony is a grey based polish totally saturated with grey, black and silver shimmer. The formula is very well built and has a great consistensy. To finish and upgrade it, Orly decided to add pink and silver square glitters to it. The outcome is gorgeous, sexy and dazzling. 
2 coats for full opacity and around 5 mins drying time. The formula is very easy to apply and if you want the polish in its full power just add top coat for the extra shimmer dept.

O Masqued Cerimony foi o lindinho que eu vos mostrei na nail art de 'ontem'. Acabei por não me alongar muito sobre o Masqued Cerimony no outro post porque vos queria falar dele aqui.
O Masqued Cerimony é um verniz cujo tom base é um cinzento ligeiramente metalizado. A fórmula está saturada de shimmer prateado, cinza e preto. Para completar, a fórmula apresenta ainda glitter quadrados roxos e prateados. Lindíssimo, elegante e muito sexy!
2 camadas generosas para opacidade total. O pincel é delicioso e a formula muito fácil de trabalhar. Seca em cerca de 5mins. Com top coat, toda a dimensão shimmer é aprofundada e o acabamento fica ainda mais bonito!
 


orly Masked Cerimony



orly Masked Cerimony


*Lavish Bash, Macabre Mascarade & Masked Cerimony were  sent by the brand for an honest review, all opinions are my own*
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    Little Hauls

    This is a scheduled post as Im currently (hopefully) enjoying a little vacation. I'll answer your comments as soon as I get back, so feel free to comment as much as you want.

    I have couple little hauls to show you guys today!


    First off I got some Zoya Holiday Zenith polishes from the Finnish importer NailCity. These are Seraphina, Cassedy, Dream and Payton. I've already used Dream and Payton for some nail art, but I'll post proper swatches of these really soon! All four of these are really perfect holiday colors, but I'd say Dream is my ultimate favorite one.

    I also bought some new KBShimmer winter polishes from Harlow&Co. These are Will Yule Marry Me?, I Only Have Ice For You and Myth You Lots. Unfortunately those snow flake polishes sold out so quickly that I could get neither of them, but I still managed to get these other three that I really wanted!

    Lastly I bought/swapped these in our get-together, but I forgot to include them to those posts, so here they are. These are Orly Peaceful Opposition, China Glaze Glitter Goblin and I Herd That, IsaDora Mulberry Wine and Pistacchio and mini OPI called Into The Night.

    Did I buy/get anything interesting? Anything that you'd like to see first?


    *I have gotten the four Zoya polishes in this post for review, for more information see my disclosure policy.

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    Tänään vuorossa pieni ostospostaus! Zoyan lakat Seraphina, Cassedy, Dream ja Payton on saatu arvioitavaksi NailCitystä ja näistä onkin tulossa kunnolliset swatchit piakkoin. Kaikki näyttävät pullossa upeilta, mutta Dream on ehdottomasti minun suosikkini! Zoyan lakkoja voi muuten ostaa monilta jälleenmyyjiltä, NailCityn sivuilta löytyvät kaikki jälleenmyyntipaikat. Myös suoraan maahantuojalta voi ostaa lakkoja lähettämällä sähköpostia osoitteeseen info@nailcity.fi, lakkojen kappalehinta on 15,50 euroa.

    KBShimmerin talviuutuuksista kotiutin kolme lakkaa: Will Yule Marry Me?, I Only Have Ice For You and Myth You Lots. Valitettavasti en onnistunut nappaamaan kumpaakaan niistä lumihiutalelakoista, mutta sain kuitenkin nämä kolme muuta himoitsemaani lakkaa.

    Kynsimiitistä tuli myös ostettua ja vaihdettua lakkoja, en vain muistanut liittää näitä mukaan mihinkään miittipostaukseen eli ne ovat nyt tässä. Lakat ovat siis: Orly Peaceful Opposition, China Glaze Glitter Goblin ja I Herd That, IsaDora Mulberry Wine ja Pistacchio sekä mini OPI nimeltään Into The Night.

    El Corazon - Eggs of Wild Birds, Orly & MoYou-London

    Evening Ladies! How are you today?
    Las week I received a set of El Corazons for review. I Have the first mani for you to see! I wore this last week an used it for 3 days. It almost broke my heart removing it as it was still perfect!
    Boa tarde ! Como está a ser o Domingo? 
    A semana passada recebi um conjunto de produtos El Corazon para testar e hoje trago-vos o primeiro menino! Usei esta mani por 3 dias e foi com alguma tristeza que a retirei, intacta!


    *brand info by the end of the post*




    Base colors
    For base colors I used this gorgeous El-Corazon Eggs of Wild Birds, nr 423/96. This is a stunning white based polish filled with small and medium black hexagonal glitters. The outcome on the nails is like a speckled/sandwish look. Took 3 thin coats for total opacity.

    For the twin accent nails I used Orly Masqued Cerimony from the Secret Society Collection. This polish takes two coats for full opacity and dries in 2-3 mins with top coat ( Kwik Kote- Kinetics). 
    As cores base usadas foram o Lindíssimo EL Corazón Eggs of Wild Birds, nr 423/96. Este lindíssimo verniz tem por cor base um branco puro e esta repleto de pequenos e médios glitters hexagonais em preto. O acabamento final é speckled/sandwish. São necessárias 3 finas camadas para opacidade total e seca em cerca de 5 mins. 
    Para as unhas gemeas, usei o Orly Masqued Cerimony, da colecção Secret Society. Foram apenas necessárias 2 finas camadas para opacidade total e o verniz seca em 2 mins com top coat ( Kwik Kote).



     

    Nailart


    This stamping was made using MoYou-London Pro Collection 07 Stamping plate, Nubar Pure White  and MASH Stamping polish in black.
    A nailart foi elaborada usando a plaquinha MoYou London Pro Collection 07 os vernizes branco e preto são o Nubar Pure White e Mash Black, respectivamente. 


    el corazon








    El Corazón INFO:
    *the products on this post were sent by the brand for an honest review, all opinions are my own*

    Orly Digital Glitter & Orly Polishield [Review]

    Good Morning!Today I have this gorgeous Orly polish I got in In Beauty Fair. This is Digital Glitter and Belongs to the Fall 2013 Collection - Surreal. 

    Bom dia!!
    Hoje trago-vos um lindíssimo Orly, que adquiri na  feira In Beauty, no inicio deste Outubro.O verniz chama-se digital glitter e pertence À colecção de Outono de 2013 - Orly Surreal.


     *brand info by the end of the post*


    Orly Digital Glitter 



    This is a stunning glitter polish filled with small hexagonal glitter in red, golden, black and purple. The clear base is filled with purple shimmer giving it an very very dense and almost opaque look. This is a polish that looks perfect when layered. Alone, it would take 3-4 coats for total opacity. In this pictures I layered over a dark purple. I have already layered it over black, the day my nails broke. See bellow the difference.

    Este é um lindíssimo glitter repleto de pequenos glitters hexagonais pretos, vermelhos e dourados e roxos. A base transparente está repleta de shimmer purple e confere à fórmula um aspecto bastante denso e quase opaco. Este é um verniz perfeito para sobrepor com uma base cremosa. Sozinho, seriam necessárias cerca de 3-4 camadas para opacidade total. Nas fotos seguintes o verniz foi aplicado sobre um roxo escuro. Já o apliquei sobre um preto cremoso, no dia que parti as unhas, podem ver na montagem abaixo, a diferença de acabamentos.



    Two coats of digital glitter over Mollon Pro Nadege. The Digital Glitter polish layers perfectly flat on the nail and the glitters spread nicely. The polish has a fast drying time but with a top coat ( Orly Polishield*) the polish looks prettier. As a base coat I used Orly Bounder.

    Orly Polishield is a great top coat for higly pigmented glitters. It helps even the glitter and gives the glitter that extra dept that makes all the difference. No bumps or evenly glitter on the nail. Leaves a shinny finish and dries in around 5 mins.



    2 Camadas do Orly Digital Glitter sobre o Mollon Pro Nadege. O Digital Glitter sobrepoe-se perfeitamente sobre o verniz base e os glitters dispersam e alinham-se perfeitamente. O verniz tem um tempo de secagem rápido. Após aplicar top coat (Orly Polishield*) a profundidade do acabamento aumenta e o efeito final é muito mais bonito.

    O Orly Polishield é um optimo top coat para glitters bem pigmentados. Ajuda imenso a nivelar o acabamento e aumenta a profundidade do glitter. O acabamento fica muito mais brilhante e macio.








    Orly Polishield was  sent by the brand for an honest review, all opinions are my own*

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