#TheSundayNailBattle - Fall Nails

Hey there!

How are you doing? I just came from Lady Gaga's show in Paris. It was so amazing. I'm so glad that I was lucky enough to attend her show!!

So this weeks theme chosen by Andreia and Odile is fall. And we had to use some orange. So I took my Fear or Desire and stamped it with some falling leaves! And here's the result :

xoxo

Catrice - King of Greens

Hey there!!

Today I'm showing you one of the polishes Andreia offered me. I love how this green has some gold reflects depending on the lighting. 

And here's a little stamping over it :

xoxo

#TheSundayNailBattle - Matte Finish VS Glossy Finish

This week, the theme chosen by  Andreia and Odile is Matte Finish VS Glossy Finish. 

The most difficult part was not to achieve the manicure, but to decide what I was going to do. I had so much ideas !

So I decided to try some matte stamping and here's the result :

Pretty simple, isn't it?

xoxo

The Sunday Nail Battle - Skulls and Bones

This sunday's nail battle theme is "Skulls and Bones". And for this battle Odile and Andreia decided that we had to use at least black and white polishes.

So I put two coats of Essie's Blanc on my nails, and then I used my mat velvet top coat from Chanel to have a matte finish. I wanted to do a kind of french bones thing, which litterally means nothing but I think you'll understand when seing the pictures.

I also used two stamping plates for the skulls and here's the result :

And because you're a skull doesn't mean you can't be a princess, so I decided to add a little crown :

It's pretty simple, but I like how it looks :)

What do you think about it?

Bye!!

Essie - Navigate Her

Hey there!

Today, I'm doing this quick post to show you some stamping I did over Essie Navigate Her :)

This polish is part of a swap I did with my dear Amina, and I'm so thankful !! This polish is amazing and I just love the color!!

So here it is :

I used the BM-310 plate from Bundle Monster's latest set of plates, and I love this design! I find it so classy!

xoxo

Kure Bazaar - Mon Bleu, a 4-Free Polish

Recently, I've seen a TV report on nail polishes which you can watch here if you understand French.

In this report I discovered the brand Kure Bazaar, which provides 4-Free nail polishes. So, no Toluene, nor Formaldehyde, nor DibutylPhthalate, nor synthetic camphor in here. Also, up to 85% of the formula is based on natural products such as wood pulp, wheat, cotton, potatoes and corn. Even if I felt a little sceptical at first, I was seduced by this brand. Furthermore, this product is not tested on animals, which is really a good thing!!

You can chose over 26 gorgeous colors, and chosing only one of them was really difficult to me! I bought mine from Bazar Bio as shipping was free (it depends on where you're living of course). 

I felt for the blue colored polish "Mon Bleu" (which stands for "My Blue") and that looks a little like the Bleu Majorelle from Yves Saint Laurent.

You need only two coats to have something completely opaque. The smell of the polish is not as strong as regular polishes maybe thanks to its formula. Also, I've been impressed by how quick the two coats dried. I used a top coat just because I'm used to do it this way, but clearly you can skip it!

I definitely love this polish, and I"ll sure buy one more for the fall (as it's pretty expensive - 16€ - I have to limit myself :D) but this polish is worth the try!!

And here's a little stamping I did over it :

What do you think about it? Have you heard of this brand?

Do not hesitate to visit their website to find retailers next to where you live :)

xoxo

Duri Miracote - My new top coat

Hey there!

As you may have noticed this blog's address is now didolines-nails.blogspot.com!  It's more appropriated :)
Don't forget to update your bookmarks if necessary :)
I also created my Facebook page that you can find here : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Didolines-Nails/264602716987826

Here are my NOTD : I put 2 coats of American Apparel's Neon Violet and I stamped with Nothing Else Metals from Essie and the BM-315 stamping plate.

I love it! But today I'm here to talk to you about the top coat I used here which is the Miracote from Duri. And I've got to tell you that this one is way better than Sèche-Vite. You may not believe it but it is! Not only it dries faster, it also smells way better. I couldn't handle the strong smell of Sèche Vite anymore. And it's way more fluid, and less toxic as it's a 3-Free top coat! 

Good To Go was my all-time favorite top coat but I was a little bit disappointed because it's consistency changed. Plus this one is less expensive. I bought it for 4,25$ on eBay..!

Have you ever tried this top coat? What do you think about it? If you want a good alternative to Sèche Vite you should give it a try!!

Bye!

The Sunday Nail Battle - Ice & Candy

Hey there!

Ready for this week's Sunday Nail Battle?

Andreia and Odile decided that it was going to be an "Ice & Candy" themed manucure. The deal is to have as much glitters as possible and to decorate our nails with some sweet things such as cupcakes, ices, candies....

The one color I had to use for this battle was Teenage Dream by OPI. I love the glitters in it, it sparkles a lot, and I love to wear it alone, it makes me feel like a princess !

To make the pink side of the polish pop a little bit more, I always put a white base before applying Teenage Dream to my nails. It gives it more dimension :)

Honestly, I loved it this way but just to be in the theme, I decided to add a little black stamping with the BM-306 plate!

Isn't that cute ? And it's so simple to achieve!

Big kisses and I hope you're enjoying your week-end ♥♥♥

Thursday, it's Ok!

Last week I already showed you a black & white stamping and I decided to try it again this week!

And today I didn't have to remove everything because I wasn't completely pleased with my nails.

What's really great in working in the IT domain is that even if you sometimes have to deal with some withdrawn people or narrow-minded people, you also have the chance of working with very open-minded people that will encourage you to be creative and won't judge you just because you like to spend time painting your nails!

What I like even more is to be complimented by some men who usually think that doing your nails is just a waste of time. Not that I don't like when the compliments come from women, but it feels a little different!!

So let's go back to this stamping! After putting a base, I put 2 coats of Essie's Blanc, a pure white. I put a matte top coat and then I stamped with my black Konad polish. I found this design on the plate BM-221.

I really like how the black flowers show up very well on the white base. And I didn't mess my forefinger so everything is alright!! I'm all prepped for work now!

Lately I've been focusing on stamping because when I'm travelling it's really easy to bring what I need to stamp. But promise, next week I'll try my best to show you something different!

xoxo <3

Colorful Stamping

This is going to be a really quick post, like most of them recently, but I'm just overwhelmed at work!! I'm writing this little post from my hotel room in Paris, where I had to go for professional meetings.

My idea was to do something really colorful to stand with the black and the white that you have to wear when you go to such meetings.

So I decided to go for some stamping as it's pretty easy to do for a really nice effect. I chose a design from the BM-319 plate.

I'd like to tell you how sorry I am for how my forefinger is looking. I really don't like posting such bad pictures, but as I don't have everything I need to clean up my nails like I should, I didn't manage to recover a nice nail. Plus, when I'm stamping with black polish, my forefinger is the most difficult finger to clean. The black sticks into my cuticules and it's such a mess... Even when I'm using a brush with pure acetone.. I don't know why! But if you have some tips on how to remove the excess of black polish when you're stamping, I'd be very grateful!!!

To be honest with you, I was so obsessed with how bad this finger looked that I removed the entire mani, and went for 2 simple coats of Saint George. Fast and classy. Perfect!!

xoxo from Paris <3

The stamped water marble

One of the designs I was the most excited about in the new BM plates was the one on the BM-320 which looked like a water marble. 

I used a pink base and I stamped with a black polish. And the design clearly looks like a water marble. Except that it took me less time to do it, and it was easier that water marbling!!

You can see that the difference between a real water marble and this design is difficult to find, unless you're really an expert :)

Unfortunately, I had some troubles with this design because it was correctly shaped and some flaws appeared when I tried to stamp it. When I took a closer look to my other plates, I notices that 3 of them had also some little flaws. So I decided to contact the support of Bundle Monster, and I have to say that I was impressed by their efficiency. I sent an email with the pictures of the flawed plates, and they answered me only a few hours after. They told me they were sorry and that they were going to send me back the 4 plates at no cost. This is one of the most efficient after-sale service I've ever known, and I'm so grateful!! 

Here are the pictures of the flawed plates I sent to BM :

Gradient & Stamping

Hey there!

Today, it's going to be a quick post as I have a lot of work, and stuff to prepare before going on travel for work. 

Yesterday, I didn't want to remove the gradient from my nails, but I still wanted something different. So I decided to stamp my nails with one of the designs of the new BM plates. 

Here's a quick way to change your mani and have different nails almost effortlessly. I like doing this when I don't have much time to do my nails.

What do you do in this case? Would you rather have nothing on your nails, or wear a simple mani?

xoxo!