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A Nail Polish Selection

Spring spring spring, colors!

And this summertime, I want flashy colors on my nails! Picture above : 1. L’Oréal : Lush Tangerine Rich Le Vernis. A greedy name for a bright color. The texture is really liquid, but dense and uniforme applied on nails.

2. Herôme : Rio de Janeiro, a color pretty fluorescent  between coral and orange, great for feet. It’s better to apply many coats, cause this nail polish is vrey very liquid. 

Picture below : 1. Mavala : Khaki Vintage, my darling! Its metal sheen is hyponitic. 3. L’Oréal : Blue Reef Rich Le Vernis. A color for dreaming (sea, sea, sea…), chic, original and show off! To macht with Navigate Her of Essie.

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ESSIE: Collection Spring 2012

Here are the amazing colors I selected

in the Collection Spring 2012 of ESSIE : 1. Ole Caliente, 2. Navigate Her, 3. Orange its Obvious and 4. Tour de Finance. Even the names are bubbling! So highly motivated, I decided to test these nail polish. It sounds like “my first time with ESSIE”. And I must confess the result of my testing is  “so-so”, not exactly what I was expected.

Let’s  start with the more : I choice to apply Ole Caliente, the gorgeous red very summery… I’ve already been in a hamac in a beautiful white sand beach (lol)! Its texture pretty thick is nice, offering a dense color. One coat is enough : out of habit I put two. About the drying time, I didn’t pay much attention cause I was working on my computer.

The less : Before Ole Caliente, I applied a coat of protective base (Mavala), to protect my nails. Then two coats of the red nail polish and for ending, a coat of top coat (Mavala) to protect and to give brilliance to the nail polish . So far no worries, the color is ab fab! And I’m crazy about it (lol!), I kept the nail polish 3 days. After using my usual mild remover (Herôme) : where the nail polish was, my nails have a pink coloration. The next day I try another remover : same result, the pink coloration stays. It’s the first time using a base coat, I have this problem. And even if I can have a big crush for ESSIE colors and texture : I want to find back my natural color after a nail polish!

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Mavala: A Fantastic Homemade Manucure

It’s been a while I wanted to post about manicure! 

First I’ve been a fan of the Mavala mini nail polish for ages. I have so many like a colorful collection (lol!), they are so useful when travelling . This time I forgot colouring and tried a homemade manucure (manucure maison) with the Mavala products. I’ve followed step by step the ritual, using a minimum of products and accessories! Okay it won’t ever be as great as in a nail bar (although… ), but the result is ab fab! So here for the dummies (like me) : a simplified version of the Malava manucure.

1. The hands are clean and nails without any nail polish (Nail Polish Remover Pads) to shape them with an emery board and “lightly stroke form the edges of the nail toward the centre, holding the board under the edge of the nail and at a slight angle“.

2. I apply Cuticule Remover around the nail contour. I wait a bit and “roll back”  (yes!) cuticules with a stick wrapped in cotton wool. Don’t cut the cuticules! Then I wash my hands and brush my nails.

3. Must do : I apply the Protective Base coat Mavala 002: to “protect the nails from absorbing pigment contained in nail polish and lengthen the life of your manicure“.

4. The great pleasure : the choice of the nail polish! For one month, I’ve been addicted to Khaki Vintage (166). It’s really my trend colour: so chic! And they are all those mini red nail polish… The tip, I apply two thin coat, starting in the center of nail.

5. I brush a coat of Colorfix to protect the nail polish and “to give an incomparable brilliance“! And last but not least, when everything is absolutely dry, I moisterise my super dry hands with Mavala-Plus cream. And I’m ready to write some amazing beauty posts on my computer keyboard!

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