Easter manicure

On my left hand:

Thumb: Kiko 332, smooth application, beautiful colour;
Index: Debby 206, love the colour, very easy to apply and very opaque, I did 2 coats for good measure but 1 would have been ok too;
Medium: Kiko 288, love the colour, Barbie pink slightly pulling violet, 3 coats;
Ring: Illamasqua Serenity, gorgeous turquoise, amazing application, 2 coats, self-levelling, dries to a rubber finish but I like glossy so I topped it with Essence "Better than gel nails" top coat;
Pinky: Catrice Planet Tokyo, lovely bright green, very easy application, 2 coats.

On my right hand:

Thumb: Essence With X's and O's, lovely lilac, easy application, 2 coats;

Index: Gosh Peachy, I love this colour, it's dark peach, I had to do 3 coats for full opacity;

Medium: Sinful Colors Pink Forever, lovely Barbie pink, opaque in 3 coats;

Ring: Illamasqua Noble, gorgeous turquoise, slightly darker than Serenity, fantastic application, fully opaque in 2 coats;

Pinky: Essence Upper Green Side, love this colour, light pistachio green, easy application, 2 coats.  

Stamping:

I used a combination of designs from Nailways "Spring Time - Easter Bunny" and HB Nails HB38 plates, plus Konad M60 and an Essence plate for the flowers. I love all of these plates and I highly recommend them!

Illamasqua "Prosperity" vs Nfu Oh FS17

Both Illamasqua "Prosperity" and Nfu Oh FS17 are rich red-based purples, very saturated (especially the Illamasqua), but let's see the difference:

Pictured here are 3 coats plus one coat of Mavadry topcoat for both. With the Nfu Oh you could easily get away with 2 coats, but I did 3 for more precision (my 3 coats are not precise by any stretch of the imagination but my 2 were a bit worse). The formula is on the thick side in this one. The Illamasqua dries to a rubbery finish and it tends to be ever so slightly streaky (not a streaky mess, just a tiny bit streaky), hence the 3 coats which levelled everything out. I topped it with Mavadry to give it a glossy look. As you can see, the Illamasqua is darker than the Nfu Oh.


And now the mandatory blurry pictures:

Nfu Oh FS17, while being red-based, leans a bit more blue than the Illamasqua under certain lightings. Hope it makes sense.

I love both of them!

Glitter skittles

Glitter skittles today!

- Thumbnail:  Lush Lacquer "Party Rockin" over Nails Inc "Belgrave Place": a carnival on your nails, Party Rocking consists of medium to small hex/round glitter in orange, fuchsia and blue plus blue bar glitter and iridescent particles in a clear base;
- Index: Cirque "XX" over Illamasqua "Nomad": beautiful iridescent glitter of different shapes and sizes (large, medium and small hex, square and round glitter plus tiny iridescent particles in a clear base);
- Medium: Nails Inc "Portobello Place" over Illamasqua "Cameo": black and silver medium to small hex/round/bar glitter with tiny blue particles in a clear base;
- Ring: Lush Lacquer "Salt n Peppa" over Nfu Oh JS15: medium to small black and white hex/round/bar glitter with iridescent particles in a clear base;

- Pinky: Lush Lacquer "Hottie Tottie" over Illamasqua "Jo'mina": medium to small blue, fuchsia and silver round glitter in a clear base. 

Here you can see the iridescent particles in Salt n Peppa

In the following 3 photos you can see the blue particles in Portobello Place::

Blurry, yeah!

 And now the base colours alone: