notd: etude house ppp 503 celeb girl

hello (^O^)／

im back with another notd within 2 days!

guess now that im unable to wear makeup on my face due to an allergy, i found an alternative respite in painting my nails.
you can't stop nais from being vain! lol

today's polish is etude house's ppp 503 celeb girl (what a name) from the dear my party polish series.


9ml bottle


bottle shot

ppp 503 celeb girl is a grey-ish blue jelly creme that leans a little periwinkle with gold, sky blue and medium blue fine and hex glitters.

since the weather was bright and sunny i decided to self indulge and take more nail swatches:-








some awkward hand posing
^_^;

i painted my nails with base coat, 3 coats of celeb girl and 1 coat of seche vite top coat.

overall thoughts
told u im on a glitter, speckled nail roll...

if there's a cookie monster, shouldn't there be a glitter monster??? heh.

ppp 503 celeb girl applied smooth and nice.
you can apply thin coats to build up the effect you like becos this polish is not gloppy and thick at all. no chipping.

ever since i got this polish on, ive been wearing blue jeans to match it. and the thing is im not a jeans girl but it just goes so well together!

im happy with the formula of the polish and the unique-ness of this blue gold glitter combi and the best part is this is from etude house and not an indie.
good! mainstream brands should produce more such adventurous and different polishes than ur usual nudes etc

this baby costs sg$6.90 but i got it 20% off. woohoo.

i hope to collect the others (with glitter shards, flakies) in this dear my party series becos i feel etude house has scored a winner with this collection.

before i sign off, i would like to share that i still find it funny and weird for me to be posing and taking pictures for this blog.
i used to find it amusing to see people take many pics of themselves and objects and even getting people to take photos of them. i used to think that such behaviour is a little self indulgent (since im camera shy) but now that i got this blog i have to get used to such actions.

i guess i will see this as documentation.
i will feel more at ease this way heh heh

ok goodbye!

xoxo,
nais.

notd: smitten polish 'confection'

hihi.

in this post im gonna review an indie nail polish called 'confection' by smitten polish.

i bought this polish for 2main reasons:-
1) i like the speckled egg like effect (easter is coming! this would be perfect for an easter mani) and
2) this polish reminds me of a cardigan i had when i was a child.

my fave well worn cardigan was in soft white with mini triangles, circles and rectangles in pastel brights. it's probably in the fashion cemetery now but i can have this polish to remind me of it (^-^)

on to the pictures! &more words thereafter!


a 15ml bottle


these nail swatches were taken on the third day upon application and so far no chipping :D

oh yes, this is 3 coats of confection and a thick coat of seche vite.


bottle shot.
confection is a translucent milky white polish with bright blue, yellow, green and pink hex and purple square glitters.

overall thoughts
i thought only linear holo polishes can only make me stop and stare at my nails throughout the day but confection made me do double takes too.

im glad i chose not to paint a coat of opaque white polish before applying confection and even at 3 layers, confection still comes across as a soft white.
the white base would be a little jarring if i painted an opaque white undercoat first.

i just love to see the glitters sandwiched in between the layers
it's just very soothing to see the white and pastels together.
nothing fierce about it but totally attractive.

formula for confection is ok although it is a little gloppy so it's best to shake the bottle well to mix the glitters and polish for better application.

the tricky bit is painting the glitters on evenly so they are well distributed on the nail with no obvious bald patches.
if u look closer at my nail swatches there are some bald patches but i guess this polish is forgiving; it looks good just by looking not so put together if u get what i mean.

just ensure the glitters are evenly and nicely placed that's all.
no need to be precise.

and yes! pls wait 2mins or so in between applying each coat so you won't have huge wet blobs of polish on your nails.
application would also be and look smooth.

i find top coat to be necessary as it evens everything out.

so all in all, im very happy with my first smitten nail polish and erm, intending to get more for more speckled nail goodness.

one more for the road...

so lovely.
even i become sweet looking at them nails *snort snort*

i bought confection at sg$14.50 from shoppe eclecticco which is based in singapore.

it's my first purchase from them but im a happy camper with the purchase and service.

shoppe eclecticco carries many cool indie polishes.
check them out while i check on my wallet.

xoxo,
nais.