Swatches > Konad Manicure | Sinful Colors Soul Mate & Maybelline Timely Turquoise

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Soul Mate is a straight up creme, very good quality for Sinful Colors....you'd literally think it was a ChG shade if you didn't know.  Its a really pretty color and and the formula is great.  This is two coats and I just decided to jazz it up with a lace Konad stamp (Timely Turquoise).  I can definitely see me wearing this color throughout the Spring and Summer, and I it'll probably be the next color I'll wear on my toes.  If you don't have it, definitely pick it up!  This particular color and Mint Apple seem to be really popular and are going fast, and at $1.99 you can't be surprised.

Available at Walgreen's

Size: 15 mL/0.5 fl. oz.

Price: $1.99

That's all folks!

xoxo,

~Tenns

Swatches > Essence | Fabuless & Flowers

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In keeping with my promise to swatch and review the Essence products from my Ulta haul, I present the nail color:  Fabuless <---cute name, right?!  The pictures with the flash are much more accurate, but I went ahead and posted a non-flash (below).  Fabuless is a dark charcoal (how redundant…but that’s honestly the best way to describe it) that has a little bit of shimmer/pearlescent to it.  Its not your typically flat, black nail polish, although its not one of those super rich shiny polishes.

The consistency is quite nice for a .99 cent polish.  I had no problems with application, however 2 coats minimum is needed.  I didn’t find it particularly thick or thin, just a regular smooth consistency.  The bottle claims that it dries in one second, however I can’t say that completely true for me.  I’ll say it was completely dry to the touch after about 7-10 secs.  Even without a top coat this polish looks pretty good, but I did apply the China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat on top for a more finished look. I also decided to jazz up the polish w/ a single white stamped flower.  I thought it added good balance and an elegant look to the near-black polish.  Overall, I really like this polish and I plan to purchase more from the line.

Available @ Ulta.com and Ulta stores.

Price: $.99/ea

Size: 0.1 fl. oz.

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns

 

Ulta Haul and new product line: Essence

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So I was visiting my Mom this weekend and today we dropped by Ulta to browse for some goodies.  We ended up getting some good stuff.  I’ve posted a YT video about all of it as well, so I don’t want to be redundant w/ this post.  However, I did want to go into a little more detail about some of the products more than I did in the video.  Mainly, this new product line that Ulta has started to carry called Essence.  Funny thing is that I was catching up on reading blogs that I’m subscribed to and TravelsWithEuridice did a post of the line.  I’d never heard of it and it was super ironic that I came across a post giving some insight on it.  Apparently, the line is German and was supposed to debut in Ulta stores in April, but Ulta already has it out.  The products are very affordable, like seriously affordable and with the recession still being a factor for many, this line is a good alternative to other more expensive lines that carry like products.  They even have a Konad knock off, which of course I had to get.  Even funnier was that I’d be browsing around before I purchased my Konad to see if I could find it anywhere other than online and I came up with no luck, until of course I already have mines and wasn’t looking for it anymore and say the Essence one.  Anyhow, I’m pretty excited about this line and look forward to getting some more things from it.

 

Don’t forget to watch my video and be on the lookout for swatches of the polishes!

 

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns

Swatches > Zonad Manicure | Zoya Anaka & Orly Blue Suede

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So, I’m still experimenting w/ all of my Konad image plates as well as what polishes, other than the one white special polish that I have works well with them.  I find that thicker polishes like cremes and mattes work best with the Konad image plates, as well as darker colored polishes.  Shimmery polishes stamp well too, but they need to have a relatively thick consistency to them to get the best result.  I was playing around with some different polishes and image plate designs when it dawned on me that even though the ‘matte trend’ is slightly out of season, a matte/suede type polish would stamp well considering the consistency of them.  I put on two coats of Zoya Anaka w/v Seche Vite as a top coat.  I then stamped the m63 plate the swirly design and applied another layer of Seche Vite.  I find that the stamping come out better on top of a top coat, or maybe its just a safety net for, lol.  In actuality, I get a much smoother application w/ applying a top coat before I stamp.

 

I was beyond happy that the design came out so well and that the color scheme coordinated well together.  I’m also going to visit my Mom tomorrow and I think she’ll really get a kick out of my nails.  Maybe I should bring my Konad stuff just in case she asks me to give her a manicure.  Overall, I think this is a really versatile look and I’m so glad that I got the hang of the whole stamping thing.  My images are coming out so smooth and crisp, so I will definitely be posting a sleuth of “konadicures”.  Anyhow, I hope you all like it and be sure to let me know what you think!

 

 

 

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns

Zoya Ibiza & White Plaid Stripes

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I must say that this is the one color that looks better on camera than it does in real life.  Mainly, because the flash picks up the gorgeous blue in the polish.  In real life, or rather natural light, it just looks black.  This was a little disappointing b/c I really thought it would come out the really pretty blue color that it looks to be in the bottle. Overall, I really like the white plaid strips layered on top of it, b/c it gives it some pizzazz.  I thought Ibiza would have been fun in a bottle, but it was a little messy in application(aren’t most dark polishes?).  You can almost get a way with one coat, but two gives you a nice even, smooth look.

Base coat, two coats of Ibiza, Seche Vite top coat

Available @ Artofbeauty.com

xoxo,

~Tenns

Valentine’s Day Manicure

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I decided to redo my nails for Valentine’s Day.  I have CG Red Pearl w/ a fun Konad image stamped(I haven’t yet memorized all my plates yet, I will included later) on it.  It came out very well and I am so pleased at the result.  I only wish my V-days plans would come through, but that’s another story!

 

 

I hope everyone receives lots of L-O-V-E on Valentine’s Day and every day of the year!  With love, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns 

Konadicure ~ 1st Successful? Attempt

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Let me know what you think guys!  I’m getting the hang of the whole Konad thing, so I’ll be putting up more konadicure as I perfect the art of nail stamping!

 

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns

Konad Haul

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So my Konad order finally came on yesterday, and I was super excited to tear open the box and play with it.  I got 4 plates (M60, M63, M57, M77), a stamper, a scraper, and Special Polish in White.  I was pretty impressed with everything, although I do wish the stamper was two-sided.  I attempted a few designs on my nails, but was pretty much unsuccessful with them.  I hear it takes a little bit of practice, so I’m hoping to get better at it in due time.  Anyhow, once I get the hang of the whole thing I’ll definitely be posting some konad-manis.  Stay tuned!

 

 

P.S:  If anyone has any tips for Konad beginners, please in the comments or hit me up on Twitter!

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns

Konad....

So I finally ordered my Konad stamper, 3 plates, and one of those "special" polishes in white.  I've been pretty intrigued, so to say, with Konad since I first heard about it.  I did think it was a little gimmicky, especially when I saw a few people of Youtube who had received and were doing reviews on it.  However, since then I have seen some really awesome nails design and I love that fact that it d-i-y.  I've actually been scouting it out to see if I could purchase it in store somewhere, but to no avail, I ended up just ordering it from wowsocool.com.  I had 30% off discount code so that incentivized me that much more to buy it.  I'll definitely be playing around with it as soon as I get it and will be reviewing as well as swatching many new nails designs!

xoxo,

~Tenns