NailNation 3000 Stay Off The Grass & H2-Ohhh

Hi guys!

Tonight I'm showing you swatches of 2 my new polishes from NailNation 3000. 

H2-Ohhh is a light blue linear holo with aqua blue glitter. The holo base is on a sheer side, I used 3 coats and a coat of top coat for my swatches and still see some vnl, but all the  holo and sparkles distract me from it, so it's good. 

NailNation3000 H2-Ohhh

NailNation3000 H2-Ohhh

NailNation3000 H2-Ohhh

Stay Off The Grass, a mint green holo with pink shimmer and VERY fine blue glitter. I didn't notice the glitter until I removed it. It needs a good shiny top coat to bring out more of the sparkles. The formula is good, dries really quick, but can be patchy if you work on it too much. I used 3 thin coats and 1 coat of HK Girl top coat.

NailNation 3000 Stay Off The Grass

NailNation 3000 Stay Off The Grass

NailNation 3000 Stay Off The Grass

These 2 polishes are still available to purchase from their online shop here. Between the 2, I like Stay Off The Grass better. I'm really drawn to anything mint or lime green lately.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the post. Have a great weekend! :)

XO

Novi

Crown French Tips

HI guys!

I have another NOTD post for you. I needed a bright nails after wearing 2 neutral shade mani in a row. Today I'm rocking a juicy orange from OPI Brazil collection, Where Did Suzi's Man-go? And of course I couldn't just leave it as is, but I wanted something quite simple and chic. 
I really like how this orange shade looks on my skin tone. Using a striping tape and chevron guide from Nail Vinyls, I created this funky french tip that shaped like a crown (at least that's how it looks for me lol). The color I used for it also from the same collection, Don't Bossa Nova Me Around. I love the contrast and clean look of this mani. 

XO
Novi

Zoya Naturel Collection Nail Art

Hi guys!

I didn't realize until after I'm done, my new mani has a similar palette with my previous one. I'm gonna need to use a bright and colorful polishes soon. 
I felt like I need to practice my dotting and free handing swirls, so I'm using both on today's nail art. All the polishes I used today are from Zoya Naturel collection. The brush I used here is Berkeley short detail nail art brush, I got it from Nail Polish Canada. 

I`m keeping this post short, since I`m having a terrible headache. But hey, at least my nails are pretty ;)

XO
Novita

Pueen 73

Hi lovelies!

Happy Monday! Today's post is a simple stamping to extend my mani from my previous post. After swatching all my monthlies EP, I decided to do a full mani with December 2013. I also have been itching to try my new Pueen plates, I bought the buffet set as soon as Nail Polish Canada has them.

With a neutral shade as my base, I wanted to do a delicate stamping, and this set as a few plates to choose from, and I went with plate 73 and used Enchanted Polish Holiday 2013 as the stamping polish. I was happy to see that the details picked up quite nicely, even though I didn't use a special stamping polish. 

If you're new in using a full image plate like this, there's a trick to get rid of the unwanted design you get on your stamper. I've tried 2 ways; 

First is to remove the unwanted part on the stamper using a q-tip dipped in remover. But I find this only works when you're using stamping polish, or a thick goopy polish that doesn't dry too fast.

Another way, is to stamp the whole thing on your nail, and use scotch tape to pick up the unwanted part from your nail. Your base polish has to be completely dry to do this. You can also use this trick if you made a mistake and want to redo the stamp.

This set is currently out of stock in Nail Polish Canada, but they are also selling the plate individually, which is great if you only want to get a couple that you like. Also check out Harlow & Co. (ships worldwide), Amazon and Pueen on bigcartel for availability.

XO
Novi

Enchanted Polish 2013 Monthlies

Hi guys!

So today's (tonight) post is the one that I've been meaning to do for a while, or since I've received my December 2013. I've had most of them for months and haven't tried any of them (but April), I was pretty excited swatching these. 

For you who's not familiar with it, Enchanted Polish released a monthly polish, current month shade usually released by the end of the month or the following. This year's monthly theme is a mystery, you won't know what the shade is until you get it, on a bright side, she has been doing pre-order for them, no more crazy restock! 

Anyway, let's move on to the pics. All of the swatches but April are 2 coats no top coat, I used 3 coats for April, no top coat. Wish I could get sunlight pics with these, but I can't wait until summer to post these, so artificial light will have to do.

The obvious favorite out of all is May, how could you not love that bright magenta?! My surprise favorites are February, July, and December. The only one that doesn't agree with my skin tone is June, it looks lighter on the nail than on the bottle. 
Hope you enjoyed the post! Which one(s) is your favorite?