Stamped Hearts

Happy Thor's Day! I'm wearing: two coats of Eveline MiniMax, shade 801. These polishes look great in the store, but I have not been enjoying them, their texture is very thick and they take a long time to dry. The stamping plate I used is by essence. This would be a nice look, but since I haven't been stamping for a while I forgot that you're supposed to wait a while before putting a top coat on. So that's the reason why my stamping is smudged. I don't think this would have happened had I waited longer.
Lately whenever I'd do stamping I would be so disappointed. Either the whole picture wouldn't transfer well, or I'd mess up and I wouldn't place the stamping on the same location on each nail so it would look lopsided. So in my opinion, stamping is difficult to work with IF you want or expect perfection. I see why there is a huge market for water decals. Those seem so much easier to work with. All in all I didn't enjoy this look - it doesn't match my personality. What are your experiences with stamping? Are you a stamping n00b too? ;)

Almost Lizards

This look would have been awesome - if only the lizards transferred good. Oh well, you cant have it all. What I tried to do is have a different color lizard on every finger - but some polishes didn't work well for stamping, so the lizards were horribly maimed, poor little guys. :( I'd say the ring finger is the only decent looking one. Image of polishes used in the bottom of the post. The black stars I bough from Essence, though I havent seen them on the racks recently. I did not use nail glue to attach the stars, just clear polish and they held on for 3 days. Though, I would recommend nail glue if you want more durability.

xoxo, Jelena

La Roche-Posay Rouge Parfait

I got my hands on another La Roche-Posay nail polish and now there really is no doubt in my mind that this is just the best nail polish in the world. Everything is right with this brand - the application is amazing, one coat covers easy because they're very pigmented (I am wearing two coats on the photos, but there's no need for that as it looks the same as one coat). Dries very fast, stays on your nails for a week straight, the polish has an amazing shine to it...like I said - these babies just dont seem to have a flaw. The shade I am wearing here is no.24 'Rouge Parfait'. It's a very classic, old-hollywood red. Sometimes on direct sunlight it can give a hint of an orange undertone, but really it's just the most beautiful red I've ever seen. As you can see I'm completely smitten. You can find out more about these in HERE. These things are worth their price, and if you have problems with weak nails or chipping, I heartily recommend trying these out, they have the most classic colors in the range. The stamping is from an old 'essence' stamping plate- it gives an edge to this look, since I dont like wearing plain nails much.

Have you tried La Roche-Posay nail polishes? Are you as happy with them as I am? 

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My First Mat Polish

So the other day I noticed in a store a mat polish on discount, and I decided to pick it up because I've never tried them out before and was curious what it would be like. I bought Deborah's Sense Tech 100% Mat, shade 03. Though in the bottle it appeared more blue, it's a very dark blue, almost black. The first day I wore it I was amazed, I though it was sensational...however the down side of this polish is not very good durability - it will look great for 2 days TOPS, and then it will start to chip. Like, huge chunks will chip off. The reason I did some stamping on it was just to see what it would look like. I think stamping would look awesome on mat polishes, I just need to get a better hang of these things LOL (since I made so many mistakes doing this stamping hehe). Anyways, I'd recommend this polish, as long as you know it will last 2 days on your nails, and after that...not so much. :( If I'm correct these will no longer be available. Which is good, the rest of Deborah's polishes kick ass. Here are some photos before the (criminally bad) stamping took place, and I hope you enjoy them and have a great week! ;)