Friday, August 23, 2013

Too Fancy Lacquer Bauhinia Garden (LE)

This past summer when I went to Hong Kong I had a chance to meet up with one of my nail polish friends, Charlene, who is also the creator of Too Fancy Lacquer. When I got home to Hawaii I ordered some polishes from her and they are soo soo pretty! Today I have Bauhinia Garden and its such a me color..hehe...and the formula lasts pretty good. I've gone to work, washed loads of dishes, and did housework and there's not much tip wear at all....
It's sparkly and flaky but not an "in-your-face" kind of sparkly...




Baihinia Garden is desribed by Charlene as:
"Orchid pink with blue shimmers, tiny pink iridescent flakes, and a subtle scattered holographic nail polish. Inspired by Bauhinia, a flower that is the floral emblem of Hong Kong " 



I love how in different lights, the color of Bauhinia Garden is slightly different...

 This is 2 coats on my thumb and pinky and 1 coat on the other nails. On my pinky I used Seche Vite top coat and it seemed to shrink a little bit and that's why the tip seems to be a bit weird like that... The scent of the polish is a little different from other polishes but it's not overwhelming or anything...just different...

 Two coats.. (I redid the pinky)



 This is the accurate color of Bauhinia Garden...



In some lightings it looks more pink :)














Unfortunately Bauhinia Garden was a limited edition polish..but there are many colors of Too Fancy Lacquer that are really pretty too :) Be sure to "like" Too Fancy Lacquer on Facebook where Charlene updates to let us know when she restocks and follow on Instagram for lots of previews of new goodies too :) 


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Sunday, August 11, 2013

My first successful three color gradient...

Oh my gosh guys!! I'm totally happy right now! I just did my first three color gradient and it actually turned out pretty well!

I love it! You can see the 3 colors and they actually blend into each other pretty well :)

These are the items I used for this mani. I used Elevation Polish Ridnitsohkka, Jengish Chokusu, and Muztagh Ata for the gradient and Sea Lore Seafetti for the accent nails.


 I tried it out on my pinky first and then decided it was a go...

 bumpy after sponging....

A little Seche fixes all the bumps and all thats left behind is a smooth gradient :)



 For my accent nails I chose Sea Lore Polish's Seafetti which was a limited edition polish. It's sparkly and guess what? It GLOWS in the dark!! Totally love it!!




Overall I'm really satisfied with this gradient :) It has given me the confidence to gradient some more hehe....I will definitely try again :)


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