"For The Twill Of It"

Hi there!!

Well, as promised, here I am with the post dedicated to this Essie nail lacquer. This one is from the Autumn  Collection of 2013, and  is a small size, unfortunately they don´t have the bigger one!
Anyways, I loved this color, and the first time I saw it was on a paper for some promo of the collection.

 (Here´s compared to a normal size polish/ Comparado con un tamaño normal de pintauñas)

On the website it says that is a rich medium brown with reflective green shimmer. I promise the first impression that I got from the color when I saw it it was more purple and green than brown...
Is a very thick polish, and dries fast (even though is not a fast-dry one) and shines a lot. And depending on the light, it can look different and show more green or brown/purple.
And for celebrating something special this weekend, what better than a special color.

Hope you like the post, see you on the next!
Lor.

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Hola a todos!

Bueno, aquí estoy de vuelta con el post que os prometí sobre el pintauñas de Essie. Es de la colección de Otoño 2013 y además una de las ediciones pequeñas, no les quedaban del tamaño normal (lo cual fue una pena...) De todas maneras este color me conquistó desde el momento en el que le ví en un papel de propaganda que ni si quiera anunciaba la colección, ni recuerdo ya que era... jajajaja

En la web describen el color como un tono arce con reflejos oliva. Mi primera impresión de este color fue más morado y color oliva que el tono arce al que hacen mención...
Es un esmalte bastante espeso, que seca rápido (y no es de secado rápido) y brilla mucho. Y dependiendo de la luz que le de, refleja más un color que otro. Hoy en la calle se veía mucho mas verde, pero en mi casa se ve tirando mas hacia morado.
Y como este fin de semana celebro algo especial... que mejor que un color especial también!

Fotos, más arriba, como siempre.

Espero que os guste el post, nos vemos en el siguiente!
Lor.

Special Manicure!!

Hi there!

Here´s my special manicure for this weekend, Essie "For The Twill Of It". Tomorrow I will post about this nail polish!

See you soon!
Lor.
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Hola a todos!

Aqui os dejo una foto de mi manicura especial para este fin de semana, "For The Twill Of It" de Essie. Mañana tendré un post preparado para esta laca de uñas!

Foto más arriba.

Nos vemos pronto!
Lor.

Aruba Blue by Essie

Hello everyone!

I just wanted to make a quick review on my new and favourite nail polish, Aruba Blue by Essie.

Since the first time I saw that color (it was on a Youtube video, but I don´t remember which one) a long time ago, I knew I had to get that nail polish. The problem was, in that time, Essie was not avalaible in Spain, and any website with Essie polishes made delivers to Spain. I waited, patiently, and Essie arrived to Spain. And that day began my fight to get Aruba Blue. Every single time I went to buy it, it was sold out. So I gave up.

But last week, FINALLY! I get it! I was on the Salon Look fair, and when I was looking to get some nail polishes of Essie (they were on half price!) I saw it. There was, Aruba Blue, waiting for me. Obviously, I bought it, and that same night, I did my nails with it.

(The tiny one I haven´t use it yet, I will tell you as soon as I´ll do it!)

All the previous colors that I have from Essie were matte colors with glossy finish. This blue color is metallic, and I have to tell you, is amazing. With one coat of polish your nail is totally covered and it´s very opic, but with two coats, it looks even more shiny and a little bit darker.

I used a base coat underneath , but it appeared some bubbles on the nail, so I took it off and tried it without base coat and it was perfect.



Everybody asked me about my blue nails, and I received a lot of compliments for the color.

So if you´re looking for a nice metallic blue, I really recommend you this one!

Hope you like the post, see you on the next one!
Lor.

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Hola a todos!

Hoy quería haceros un pequeño y rápido review de mi nuevo (y favorito) pintauñas, Aruba Blue de Essie.

Este color le vi por primera vez hace bastantes años (fue en un vídeo de Youtube, pero ya ni si quiera recuerdo cual fue) y supe que tenía que conseguir ese color. El problema era, que en ese momento Essie no estaba disponible en España, y las páginas web que vendían esta marca, no hacían envíos a mi país. Esperé pacientemente, y después de bastante tiempo, Essie llegó a España. Ahí comenzó mi batalla personal para conseguir este color, cada vez que iba a comprarlo estaba agotado. Y lo dejé por imposible.

Pero la semana pasada, por fin!! Lo conseguí! Estaba en la feria Salon Look, y buscaba algún color de Essie para comprar (estaban a mitad de precio! toda una señora oferta!) y ahí lo ví. Estaba esperando por mí. Obviamente no tarde mas de una milésima de segundo en cogerlo y comprarlo. Y esa misma noche, lo probé.

Todos los colores que he tenido de Essie han sido mates con acabado glossy. Este sin embargo, es azul metalizado. Y he de deciros que es uno de los colores metalizados mas bonitos que he tenido nunca. Con una capa realmente basta para que el color se muestre (no queda aguado) pero con dos, brilla aún más y queda un poquito mas oscuro el azul, creando un efecto impresionante.

Usé una base para antes de aplicarlo, pero se hicieron algunas burbujas debajo del azul, así que lo quite y no usé prebase, y quedó totalmente liso y sin ninguna burbuja.

Todo el mundo, mientras que lo he llevado, me ha preguntado que color era y siempre me decían que era muy bonito!

Fotos, mas arriba, como siempre.

Si estáis buscando un color azul metalizado, sinceramente, os recomiendo que le echéis un vistazo a Aruba Blue, porque no os decepcionará.

Espero que os guste el post, nos leemos en el próximo!
Lor.

Salon Look 2013: Visit and Haul

Hi everyone!

As you may guess for the title, this is a post about the Salon Look that was celebrated this weekend. And, as every year, I went (with some friends) to take a look on the news on the beauty field and to get some makeup stuff.

Really, nothing changed a lot from the last year, so basically we visited the pavilion that is dedicated just to hair and hairstylist stuff. A lot of hair extensions, wigs, flat irons, blor dryers... Incredible stuff for your hair. All the brands had people making demonstrations of haircut, how to put extensions of any kind, doing incredible and crazy stylisms for the hair, etc. I am so sorry, because I didn´t get any picture, but I´m sure there are a lot around the internet!

Later, when we finished with the hair, we went to the other pavilion dedicated to nails, makeup, aesthetics and spa. This year it was a little bit frustrant because there were like the half of brands that usually are always on the fair. We visited Peggy Sage´s sales stand (big and with a lot of people), the StarGazer one (loads and loads of people around this one), the Make Up For Ever too (again full of people), the Novara one for brushes and the Essie, that was the first time ever for them on this fair as the Wet n´Wild too. In the Make Up For Ever stand they were doing Body Painting, it was so beautiful!

We got a lot of stuff, and I´m going to show you what I got. It´s not so much, but right now I have a lot of makeup and no space for it...

From StarGazer I took this year one pigment in Silver color (#27) and two different glitters in Garnet (burgundy color) and Hologram (Holographic glitter).They told me that this glitter can be used for the eyes, but on the jar of the glitter says that is not for eye makeup, so I won´t use it, just in case. The pigment is the most incredible silver color that I´ve ever seen, and it has a lot of shine, just what I was looking for.

From Essie I took my favourite color ever, Aruba Blue. This is the most bright metallic blue nail polish ever, and for me, one of the most beautiful colors. And from the Fall 2013 collection I got a mini size nail polish in the color "For the twill of it" that is one of this colors that depending on the position and the light look all the time in a different color.

From Make Up For Ever I got one eyeshadow that I was looking for a very long ago. Is one of the most popular colors from them, #92, incredible bright violet color in mate finish, as well incredibly pigmented.

From Wet n Wild I got a blush in the color Pearlscent Pink and one of their big eyeshadow palettes (it has 8 different colors) in Blue Had Me At Hello. I have seen this one a lot in YouTube tutorials, and when I saw it yesterday, I took it instantly!

And no visit is completed without the two samples of Moroccanoil and their famous bag.

Not so much stuff, but I am extremely happy with what I got.

Hope you like the post, and see you on the next one!
Lor.

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Hola a todos!

Bueno, como podéis suponer a través del titulo, este post es sobre el Salon Look, que fue celebrado este fin de semana. Y como todos los años, fui (con mis amigas) a ver que habia nuevo en el campo de la belleza y a comprar maquillaje.

La verdad es que no ha cambiado la cosa demasiado desde el año pasado.

Empezamos por el pabellón de peluquería, como siempre, un montón de extensiones, secadores, planchas de pelo, pelucas... Creo que una de las novedades este año eran las extensiones de plumas, un monton de gente las llevaba puestas. Y como siempre, exhibiciones de casi todos los expositores, cortando el pelo, peinando, poniendo extensiones... No hice ninguna foto, porque siempre se me olvida hacerlo, pero seguro que en internet hay muchisimas fotos ya colgadas.

Cuando terminamos con el sector de peluquería, nos fuimos al otro pabellón de estética, spa, uñas y maquillaje. Este año la verdad que me decepciono un poco, porque no estaban todos los stands que suele haber todos los años, pero bueno, seguía habiendo muchos para ver. Visitamos los stands de Make Up For Ever, StarGazer, Peggy Sage, Novara, Essie y Wet n Wild. Todos ellos estaban llenos de gente, era casi imposible acercarse a ver las cosas. En el stand de Make Up For Ever estaban haciendo Body Painting y era increíble, la verdad, todos los años me encanta!

Compramos bastantes cosas entre todas las que fuimos, y ahora os voy a enseñar lo que yo cogí. No compré demasiado, porque tengo bastante maquillaje y me estoy quedando sin espacio para guardarlo... XD.

De StarGazer compré dos botes de purpurina (En los colores Garnet y Holographic), muy ilusionada porque me dijo el señor del stand que valía para los ojos. Pero en el bote pone que no esta hecha para uso en los ojos... Así que por si acaso, no la usaré. También compré un  pigmento (#27) que es un color plata, justo como el que llevaba buscando bastante tiempo, con el brillo justo sin parecer una bola de discoteca.

De Essie compré dos pintauñas, uno de ellos es Aruba Blue, el azul metálico brillante más increíble que he visto nunca y el otro color ( de su colección de Otoño 2013) en tamaño mini For The Twill Of It, es uno de estos colores que dependiendo de la luz y de la posición de la mano se ve de diferente color.

De Make Up For Ever compré una sombra que ya llevaba mucho tiempo pensando en comprarla, y ayer finalmente lo hice. Es uno de sus colores más populares, #92, un violeta mate impresionante y con una pigmentación enorme.

De Wet n Wild compré un colorete en el color Pearlscent Pink y una de sus paletas grandes (las que vienen con 8 colores) Blue Had Me At Hello. Esta paleta la he visto mucho por YouTube, y cuando la ví ayer, fui corriendo a cogerla.

Y ninguna visita al Salon Look esta completa sin la muestra de Moroccanoil y su mítica bolsa.

No es mucho, pero estoy muy contenta con todo lo que compré.

Fotos y swatches, como siempre, arriba.

Espero que os guste el post, nos vemos en el próximo!
Lor.

Nails!

Hi everyone!

Today I am here with a long post about nails, with all my favourite products and all the stuff that I´ve used all over the years.

A lot of people had asked me what are my favourite products, brands... So today I´m going to make you like a "Top Ten" of all of the products.

I will start in order, from the first product you use when you start doing your nails, to the last one.

When you do your nails, it´s always recommended (if not necessary) apply previously a layer of base coat to protect your nail and avoid that later when you take off the polish your nails still having the color of the polish you´ve got before. There are even base coats with vitamins, and another ones with different treatments, you have to choose the one that adjust best to yourself.

One of my favourite base coats is the O2M Breathable Base Coat from Inglot. I´ve been using it during a year and my nails always look perfect after taking off the polish (and I always have my nails done, it´s so weird that I don´t wear any polish). Even that in the bottle it looks white, once applied it looks clear. Any nail polish on top of this base coat last between 4-6 days in perfect conditions. One of the special feature in this product, is that is designed to let your nail breath while you have the polish on. (This product is not tested in animals, the brand is against animal tests).

Another one with a great quality is the Natural Nail Base Coat from OPI. They usually sell it with the top coat, but you can find it for itself if you don´t want to buy both. The color of this one looks pink on the bottle but once applied looks again clear. It´s a long lasting one too, your manicure will last between 4-6 days perfectly.

Now let´s go to the Top Coats.

Again, one of my favourites is the O2M Breathable Top Coat. It´s totally clear and let your manicure with a very lovely shine, almost gel finish. During the time you have your manicure it doesn´t loose any shine at all. The only bad thing about it is that is not a fast drying one.

Another one with the same bad thing like the Inglot one is the Top Coat from The Edge, a very nice shine but it dries so slow.

The Fast Forward Top Coat from China Glaze, that apart of give you an amazing shine for your manicure, it helps to dry the polish faster. All the times that I´ve used it I´ve been totally in love with the final result and most of all because it helps to dry faster, it´s one of my favourites ones now.

One of the classics, and everybody has tried it at least once is the top coat from Seche Vite. I tried this one 2 years ago, and it really gave to the manicure a lovely shine and helped to dry faster.

Now let´s go to the dryers!

One that absolutely left me speechless is a Top Coat from Sally Hansen called “Dry Kwik”, and in less than a minute your nails are totally dried! The system is that with the brush you let fall a drop on top of your nail and let it expand all over the nail. Then you wait a minute (maybe 2, just in case) you take off the excess of oil that the product leaves (but if you use it for your cuticles is so moisturizing) and your nails are perfectly dry with an incredible shine. It´s my favourite of all the list.

Another dryer is the Quick-e from Essie. This one comes with a dropper, and you just have to let fall a drop on top of each nail and in one minute your nail is totally dry. The only bad thing is that it´s so hard to find (maybe on line you can find it).

OPI has drop dryer too, it´s called Drip Dry, but if you put more than two layers of nail polish, probably it won´t dry so fast.

One that have gel finish and shine is the Base and Top Coat from OPI, it has an amazing finish, but you have to seal the nail, if you don´t, it won´t work at all. It dries fast too, like 2 minutes. The only bad thing about is that it´s a little bit expensive.

Hope you like the post, see you on the next one!

Lor.