P2 - Mint Flavour Dots, layering and swatch here

If this feels familiar you're correct. ;) This is pretty much the same as my orange look, it's not really because of lack of imagination, when I did the two I thought that it was fun, because it's the same brand of the shredded glitter. So I thought it would be fun to make them as a duo. :)

With flash.

Polishes used:
Essence Satin Matte top coat
KIKO - 341

P2 - Mint Flavour Dots, layering and swatch here

R de L young - Black

1 MM black rhinestones 

(dotting tool)

An InLinkz Link-up

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Essence - Mint-Blowing, swatch

Mint-Blowing is part of the LE Fun Fair. It claims to be satin matt and candy scented. The color is the palest of pastel green, it could definitely be mistaken for off white, especially in sun light. So brace your self Karin, it is green, I promise! ;) For more green mani's you can check out Green Wednesday.
In the mint pastel green shade there is also some sparse shimmer, but that only shows in the bottle. On the nail it looks like a pastel creme.

The result looks more chalky matte than satin matte, but it looks nice still. But sure, I prefer matte top coats over matte polishes for a much more even surface. Without tc if feels a bit unforgiving if you know what I mean. Mint-Blowing had the scent of mint, the scent was strong but not bothersome (unless you're eating a sandwich xD) when freshly painted and is almost gone the day after. The formula was butter like and easy to control, almost reminded me of acrylic paint and I needed 2 simple coats. Drying time was on the slower side since I didn't use tc, obviously. I'm surprisingly happy with this polish even though it feels like a spring polish more than a summer polish, think I'm more into brighter shades during August.

Price: 10ml/1,79€ which I bought at Rossman.

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NCC presents: Poison ivy nail art

The theme for June is Super Heroes and Villains for the Nail Challenge Collaborative. I decided to make a Poison ivy nail art. A female villain found in Batman, which want to protect the nature etc. I decided to make a simplified version. And I ended up liking my non accents the best actually, and overall I'm not that happy with the manicure. I think it was because I was in such a hurry. Anyways, here it is. What do you think?

Polishes used:
China Glaze - Scattered & Tattered, swatch
Kleancolor - Poppy Field
Pure Ice - Wild Thing swatch will come)
Essence Satin Matte nail polish
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Bright Green
L.A. Colors Art Deco - Yellow
Sure Promise (black)
Green flower rhinestones
Green 1 MM round rhinestones

An InLinkz Link-up

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NCC presents; recreating member designs; "recreation nail art" inspired by Hey Darling Polish!

I'm slow this month, pushing it to the last day but here is my fourth and last manicure for the "Recreating member designs" which has been the theme for April. This look is inspired by Hey Darling Polish!'s manicure where she recreated one of her own early manicures. I decided to add some green at the bottom of my nail art and I also made my version matte. But something feels wrong..I'm not so happy with this, I much prefer Hey Darling Polish!'s version and I also guess this might be a manicure which looks better on shorter nails? Or at least super shiny because it reminds me of something fruity. :)

Polishes and materials used:
KIKO - 851
R de L Young - Coconut Milk
Essence Satin Matte top coat
Essence - Have Fun
Essence - Wild White Ways
Black Rhinestones in 3MM and 2MM (with oil slick)

An InLinkz Link-up

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Nicole By OPI - Gone Wishin' - with Claire's matte top coat

Yesterday I showed you Gone Wishin' from NOPI and today I'm showing it matte by adding Claire's matte top coat. I actually like it matte much better and Claire's matte top coat is a favorite among matte tc's at the moment. Which version do you like best?

And also, this weekend will be unusually quiet, as I mentioned we have guests this weekend so there's little time for internet in general. I'll be back to normal at Wednesday. :)

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Negative space heart nail art with Essence nail art satin matt top coat

Today I'm showing the matte version of my Stamped negative space heart nail art which I showed you three weeks ago. For more info about the actual nail art you can check out the original post and let's check out Essence nail art satin matt top coat further. And yes, "matt" isn't a typo, I guess it's because it's sold i Germany. As all matte top coats it dulls the black quite much and the "matteness" stays matte and don't  feel shiny the next day. It dries considerably slower than most matte polishes and if you apply shiny top coat on top later(like dots to create a cool nail art effect) it still look dull and almost dirty. Therefore this only works for full matte nails, so next time I'll go to Claire's and pick up another of their matte tc's. Basically this works, but it's not my favorite matte of all the ones I've tried.

Polishes and materials used:
MoYou's special black nail polish
ZTIZ (black creme nail polish)
Image plate - KD27 (russian image plate)
Essence nail art satin matt top coat

***Some products in this post have been provided for review***

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New years eve nail art goes matte

Some days late perhaps but I also have a matte version of my new years eve nail art. I think I actually preferred the shiny version but of course I'll show you this anyhow.

love this matte tc!

Polishes and materials used:
ZTIZ (black creme)
Silver metal beads
Claire's matte top coat

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