ILNP Masquerade (H) & Pueen 83

Hi guys! Are you relaxing and enjoying your weekend? I am! So much that I almost didn't want to change my mani, but 3 days is long enough and I need to see something different on my nails. 
I broke out one of my untried polish, ILNP Masquerade (H). I bought this last year and forgot to wear it, that's what happened when I put away my new polishes in the melmer right away, they are forgotten. I pair Masquerade (H) with a simple stamping using Pueen 83 and Mundo de Unas Black. I love it! Quick and easy.

I always have trouble narrowing down pics when posting multichrome polish, so enjoy (or scroll fast). 

Masquerade (H) has a decent formula, a bit thin but applies easy and doesn't pool on the cuticles. I needed 3 coats for full opacity. The colour-shifting is not as strong as Sirene or Birefringence, but it's definitely there!

ILNP Masquerade (H)

ILNP Masquerade (H)

ILNP Masquerade (H)

ILNP Masquerade (H)

Have a great weekend! I'll be back on Monday :)

XO

Novi

Heart Season

First Valentine's Day themed mani of the year! Well..sort of. I did plan on doing some V-Day themed nail art, but I don't feel like wearing pink or red. So I did this instead. It has plenty of hearts to fit the theme, but not dominated with pink or red. I also painted a cartoon version of lovebirds on my thumb. 

I used Cirque Carpe Diem for the white base, and Memento Mori to paint the tree silhouette. I used various shades of OPI for the hearts. 

I feel like I need to do more free hand nail art, which I haven't done much lately. Even the bf commented 'what happened? you used to spend 16 hours a day painting your nails'. He obviously exaggerated the fact, but yeah I got lazy :p
Hopefully I can push myself back to do more free hand nail art! In the meantime, hope you enjoyed this :)

XO
Novi

Cirque Colors Metropolis Collection (February) Doyers

Hi guys! Today I have swatches and review for Cirque Metropolis Collection's February release. If you remember, Metropolis Collection is a monthly release series of creme finished polishes inspired by New York city. 
This month's release is a bright cherry red creme, called Doyers. The formula on this one is on a thick side but still very manageable and applies easy, and reach opacity in 2 coats. I think this red is very flattering on my warm skin tone.

Cirque Doyers

Cirque Doyers

I've never been to NYC, so I googled the name and found out that it's inspired by a 200-foot-long street in the heart of Chinatown in Manhattan. I immediately connect this shade to the red envelopes that's usually given out during Chinese New Year (or other special occasion). It also happen that Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year falls on February this year. Coincidence? :) I think it's cool to see a February release that's not 100% based/inspired by Valentine's day. 

I did a gradient using Doyers and Empire State of Mind (from January release), and topped the gradient with Cirque Au. The gold flakes represent the gold printing on the red envelopes. 

Doyers will be released on February 1st, 2015 on www.cirquecolors.com, and will be available on their stockists on a later date. 
In Canada, Cirque Colors are available online from Harlow & Co. and Nail Polish Canada. You can check out the complete stockists list in this link.

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**Products were provided for my honest review

XO

Novi

Pastel Rainbow Roses

It's Friday again! So the nail art I'm sharing today is gonna be my weekend mani. It's another stamping decals combined with some free hand. I made the decals days ago, I knew I'm gonna want to wear this for more than a day or two. 

The rose image is from Pueen 80. I love the roses in that plate, and the rose image I used fits almost perfectly in my nails (I used the smaller rose image on the right side of the plate).
I stamped the roses with Mundo de Unas black, and filled in the decals with a small dotting tool and various pastel shades as follow, China Glaze Feel The Breeze, Strike a Rose, Shore Enuff, Sun Upon My Skin, Maybelline Day Glow Teal, Lime Accent, Color Club Pucci-licious. I added a coat of INM Norther Lights to make them look a bit magical ;)

I placed the decals over a white base, I used Cirque Carpe Diem. The rest of the nails are painted with China Glaze Sun Upon My Skin. I added some free hand leaves and vines using OPI Christmas Gone Plaid and Shore Enuff. Sealed the mani with HK Girl top coat.

This mani makes me wish for spring to come already! Have a great weekend guys, see you all on Monday! <3

XO
Novi

A England Gloriana & Fotheringhay Castle

Hi guys! I'm sure you have heard/seen A England latest release, Elizabeth & Mary collection. Harlow & Co. kindly provided me with 2 of them to share with you today. My A England collection is really quite small, but every single one I own has a perfect formula, easy to apply and very opaque. These two are no exception.

Gloriana, a vibrant red loaded with ultra fine gold flakes. The combination gives an almost metallic finish look. On my skin tone it leans a bit orange in some light. I used 2 coats and top coat.

A England Gloriana

A England Gloriana

A England Gloriana

A England Gloriana

Fotheringhay Castle, an olive shade with subtle gold shimmer and scattered holo. This is quite unique in my collection, since I'm usually drawn to this type of green. I think this is a great fall shade. I used 2 coats and top coat.

A England Fotheringhay Castle

A England Fotheringhay Castle

A England Fotheringhay Castle

A England Fotheringhay Castle

What are your thoughts of this collection? Which one is your favorite? 
This collection is available to purchase from Harlow & Co., with worldwide shipping available. Free shipping for $50 purchase for US & Canada and $100 for everywhere else. 

**products were provided for my honest review

XO

Novi

Pueen 82: Strawberry Nails

Hi everyone! I'm back this week with another stamping mani using a plate from Pueen Buffet Leisure. I've been meaning to do this all weekend, but I was enjoying my knitting project too much to do anything else. 

I think this ribbon'd strawberries image from plate Pueen 82 is so darn cute and perfect for making stamping decals, which what I did here. 
I use regular OPI top coat as the base of my decals, and stamped the design using Mundo de Unas black. The strawberries are OPI Fashion A Bow, and the ribbons are using Glam Polish Whirlwind, Below Zero, and Polar Lights. I use the smallest dotting tool I have to fill in the colours. The base for my mani is 2 coats of Cirque Carpe Diem (my new favorite white polish!). 

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I admit, it'd probably faster to just free-hand these, but stamping decals is another technique that I have began to enjoy. It reminds me when I was little and love to do coloring and tried to stay inside the lines. It's fun! 
Hope you enjoyed the post and see you on my next post!

XO
Novi

OPI Damone Roberts 1968

After dreaming about it and drooling over so many swatches, I finally got my hands on OPI Damone Roberts 1968! One of my US buddy helped me to get it during black friday sale and it made its way to me yesterday. It did not disappoint! Creamy formula that's opaque in 2 coats, and a gorgeous shade of mint green. I should have bought 2, 1 to wear and 1 to hoard, lol.

OPI Damone Roberts 1968

OPI Damone Roberts 1968

I could wear this on its own, but I wanted to try out my new Winstonia Kolinsky #0000 brush. I have to say that I finally found *the* brush! Hands down the best detail brush I have ever used. Plus, I found this article on how to clean nail art brush posted on WInstonia FB page. I personally prefer to paint with polish than acrylic paint, so I find this article really helpful. I used OPI Christmas Gone Plaid to paint the design.

If you're still looking for a fine detail brush, I highly recommend this Kolinsky #0000 by Winstonia. I might need a few back up myself!

XO

Novi

Enchanted Polish Majestic & Pueen 76

Hi everyone! Today I got my new set of Pueen Leisure plates in the mail. I was excited to try this set, it has quite a few plates that I want to use, so of course for today's mani I'm using one of the plate from this set. 

My base is Enchanted Polish Majestic. I'm pairing this beautiful soft shade with a blue gradient delicate image from Pueen 76. I used Mundo de Unas #5, 6, and 30 for the gradient. I sealed the design with one coat of HK Girl top coat.

For once I remember to snap a few shots of Majestic on its own before I covered it up with stamping. It's not a super strong holo, but I really like it. The base colour is a grey-ish lilac with a pink sheen that I couldn't really show in pics, it's really beautiful in person. I used 2 coats for pics below.

EP Majestic

EP Majestic

XO
Novi

Stripey Monday Mani

Happy Monday! Today I went nuts with striping tape again, after trying and removing several nail art look. I was this close to just slap on a color and call it a day. I just couldn't seem to be happy with my work, but I finally settled with this one otherwise I'd be glued to my desk all day. 

I used all piCture pOlish shades for this mani. The base colour is Paris, and the stripes are Forget Me Not and Cyan. This is a fairly easy look to accomplish, if you don't mind working with striping tape. The easier way is to use straight vinyls, which unfortunately I don't have.

Hope you're all having a great start of the week. I'll see you on the next post!

XO

Novi

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate Review - Snoopy Nail Art

Happy Friday! Today I have another Born Pretty Store product review with a nail art to go with it. The images on the plate are all so adorable! But I'm biased, cause I love Snoopy. I have tried almost all of them, and they picked up really nicely using my konad hard stamper. 

The background for my stamping is a gradient using piCture pOlish Sky, OPI Rumple's Wiggin, and Orly Snowcone. The dots on my thumb, index, and pinkie are OPI Sparrow Me The Drama. I made snoopy decals using Mundo de Unas Black and filled them with Cirque Carpe Diem. The hearts are stamped with Mundo de Unas Mexican Pink.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find this plate on their site anymore to link it for you, but they have a great selection of stamping plates to choose from, all with affordable prices! You can check out their plates selection here. You can also get 10% off your purchase for regular priced items using my code NVG10.

Do you love Snoopy? I think I'll be keeping this mani for the weekend :)

**stamping plate used in this post was provided for my honest review

XO

Novi

Cirque Metropolis Collection (January Release) - Nail Art & Giveaway! (Edit: Winner Announced)

Hi guys! Today I'm back with a simple nail art look using the new Cirque Metropolis collection released this January (swatches here), and the surprise I promised you. 

For this mix 'n match mani, I created the 2 accent nails (middle & ring) with the help of striping tape. Started with Cirque Mirror Mirror as the base, apply the striping tape, and fill in the space alternating between Empire State of Mind and Midnight Cowboy. Sealed with top coat. 
The rest of the nails are stamped using MoYou Pro 15 and OPI This Gown Needs a Crown.

Here's the good part! I have an extra set of these polishes to give to one lucky winner. Check out the terms & conditions before entering the giveaway below. Good luck! :)

Cirque Metropolis - January Release Giveaway

Terms & Conditions:

Giveaway begins January 7, 2015 and ends on January 14, 2015

Prizes were provided by Cirque Colors

Entries are collected via Rafflecopter

Winner will be chosen randomly on January 15, 2015 and announced in this post & Colors Frenzy Facebook page.

Winner will be contacted via email and have 48 hrs to respond or another winner will be chosen.

Opens internationally, but I do not responsible if the package lost or damaged. Tracking is only available for Canadian address. 

Void where prohibited by law. 

Must be 18 yo or older or have parental permission.

Good luck!

Edit: Winner has been chosen! Congrats Jenny C.! Email will be sent out shortly after this, so check your email (and spam folder). If I didn't get a reply in 48 hrs, a new winner will be chose. Thank you everyone for entering! Don't worry, there will be another giveaway soon :)

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