Nails Inc. London swatches: Power Pink

EN: Hello Bananas.

So today I have another nail polish show-off for you. It's a Nail Inc. London nail polish and the name of the colour is "Power Pink", although for me it doesn't necessarily looks like pink, for me it's more on the Lilac side. The bottle of this nail polish is a little bit diferent because it's written InStyle on the front of it. This is because this nail polish came with a magazine called InStyle. They had 3 options, this "Power Pink", a pastel light blue and then either a pastel peachy or a pastel yellow I can't remember. 

In case you don't know, in the U.K., Nails Inc. London nail polishes go from £11 to £14 individually (the least) and the magazine costs about £3.80, so it was a deal that I couldn't let it pass. Right?

Much like my other Nails. Inc. London nail polishes, the application is great, very smooth, it looks better with two coats and the durability like I always say, it will depend of your Topcoat and how much you touch water, but I reckon this one can go till 3 to 4 days intact. For the Topcoat I used Catrice "Quick Dry & High Shine".And for a bit of change, I applied some loose glitter that I have on my ring finger. 

What do you think of the end result?

Nails Inc. London swatches: Windsor Castle

EN: Hello Bananas! Today I will share with one my first Magnetic nail polishes from Nails Inc. London called Windsor Castle. I have this nail polish since March 2012, I got it as an early Bday gift. I loooove the colour, it's blue with some purple shimmer/undertone.

Now regarding the application, like my other N.I.L. nail polishes it's perfect no complaints the issues start with the magnet, you have to apply two coats of the nail polish in order to then use the magnetic, but the marks not always show up, I don't know if I was not applying enough nail polish or the magnetic is a bit weak. Annnooother thing that annoys me is the fact that this nail polish doesn't last more than 24 hours on my nails -_-. I am not joking! In the past I have used the Kensington Caviar Topcoat but this time I used the Catrice Quick Dry & High Shine Topcoat and it's the same. It's like as soon as the clock hit the 24 hour mark it starts peeling :( *sigh*.

I don't how necessary it is to use the Kensington Caviar Basecoat (I have the Topcoat not the Basecoat) for these Magnetic nail polishes. I have used others in the past and it made no difference what so ever.

Have any of you ever bought a N.I.L. Magnetic nail polish? What was your experience with it? Do I really need the K.C. Basecoat to make it last?

My Nail Polish Collection #3

EN: Hi everyone! I completly forgot to share with you guys my third video about my nail polish collection! On this one I show my third and fourth nail polish sample disk and it has nail polishes from Sleek MakeUp, Nails Inc. London, E.L.F., W7, etc..., hope you enjoy it and subscribe to my channel [here] for more video :).

PT: Olá a todos! Eu esqueci-me completamente de partilhar convosco o terceiro vídeo sobre a minha colecção de vernizes! Neste vídeo mostro o meu terceiro e quarto discos com as amostras de vernizes, tenho vernizes da Sleek MakeUp, Nails Inc. London, E.L.F. W7, etc..., espero que gostem e subscrevam no meu canal [aqui] para mais videos :).

Click to watch Part #1 / Cliquem para ver parte Nº1

Click to watch part #2 / Cliquem para ver parte Nº2

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My Nail Polish Collection #2

EN: Hello everyone! Just a quick post to share with you the second video about my nail polishes. You can see the first video [here]. I have a sort off a busy day today, I have a oral presentation tomorrow so I of course I need to be prepared for it. xoxo

PT: Olá a todos! O post de hoje, é breve só para partilhar convosco o meu segundo vídeo sobre os meus vernizes. Podem ver a primeira parte [aqui]. Hoje estou meio ocupada por tenho uma apresentação oral amanhã e então tenho de me preparar como é óbvio. xoxo

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My Nail Polish Collection #1

EN: Hi everyone. Last year while I was in Prague I did a post on my Blog [here] about the nail polishes that I had with me while I was in Prague. Now while in Portugal I've uploaded a new video on Youtube about my (updated) nail polish collection although unfortunately this time around I decided to do the video in Portuguese for a change. I decided that sometimes I will do videos in Portuguese and other in English it will depend not only on my mood but also on the topic. But in any case I hope you do enjoy and Subscribe for more upcoming videos! :)

On this video I show how I store my nail polishes and then I show them one by one giving a little review about them. This video is the first of three parts.

PT: Olá a todos. No ano passado enquanto estava em Praga eu escrevi um post no meu Blog [aqui] sobre a minha colecção de vernizes que tinha levado comigo para Praga. Agora em Portugal eu fiz um  vídeo sobre a minha colecção (actualizada e completa) de vernizes, desta vez para variar decidi filmar o vídeo em português. Decidi que de vez em quando irei filmar em português outras vezes em inglês, dependendo do meu estado de espírito e do tópico, não dá para satisfazer toda gente e confesso que não tenho muita paciência para fazer legendas.

De qualquer forma espero que gostem e subscrevam lá no canal para mais! :)

Neste vídeo mostro como guardo os meus vernizes e depois vou mostrando os meus vernizes um a um dando uma breve review a alguns. Este vídeo é o primeiro de três partes.

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Nails Inc. London swatches: St Mark´s Square

 

Hiya everyone! I couple of days ago I tried another Nails Inc. London nail polishes, this one is called St Mark's Square. Huuummm how can I describe this colour? I guess in terms of the colour itself, it´s like what?... sort of Lilac? But with some shimmer I suppose.

The application went pretty smooth, I applied first one coat of the O.P.I. Nail Envy for Maintenance (doesn't belong to me), then two coats of the St Mark's Square and finished up with one coat of Seche Vite, the Holy Grail of Topcoat dry fast nail polishes like evAr, that thing WOKS! If I remember well I think the nail polish lasted for like three days intact.

And now for some pictures!

Nails Inc. London swatches: Fitzrovia

Today I'm showing you another nail polish from Nails Inc. London, this one is called Fitzrovia.
It's a nude creamy colour, sort of bege but then sometimes it looked like it had a pinkinsh undertone.
I absolutely fell in LOVE with this colour!
For a good result I applied two coats of Fitzrovia on my nails. Now you might have read a previous post of mine HERE, where I complained the fact that the Nails Inc. London nail polishes didn't stay long on my nails, so this time I decided to use a different Basecoat and Topcoat. For the Basecoat I used O.P.I. Nail Envy for Maintenance (this one doesn't belong to me) and then for the Topcoat I used a clear Barry M nail polish. This way the nail polish stayed a bit longer, instead of just one day, I think it managed to reach three days intact, after that the ends start coming out. I probably should start wearing gloves when I wash the dishes.
Here are some more close up photos of my nails.

Nails Inc. London swatches: Kensington Caviar and Boltons Place

Nails Inc. London nail polishes, on the left Kensington Caviar (Topcoat) and on the right Boltons Place.

I already showed you my 6 Nails Inc. London nail polishes on a previous post of mine "Early Bday Gift", now I will start showing you swatches of each one of them. Today I'm showing you two of them, the Kensington Caviar that can be used as a basecoat and a topcoat, and the Bolton Place.

It was funny that when I got these nail polishes, there were a couple of magazine features of the brand, and one of them talked about the creator of N.I.L. Thea Green and her struggle and her perseverance to launch the brand.

Early Bday Gift! #1

Hummm what's in the box?

 OMG YA! Two weekends ago my sort of cousin (lol she is actually my mother cousin) that I am leaving with here in London surprised me with this amazing gift, SIX Nails Inc. London nail polishes. Now this is an early gift because my Birthday is only on the 18th of April and she gave it to me early because she wanted to make sure I liked it and if not she could return it. Anyways... Pfffff I was so blown away O_O, I can't thank her enough. As far as I know she ordered them online, she caught some special deal at QVC, I think. I've seen these nail polishes at Boots and they are not cheap! A normal nail polish (with a simple colour) can cost already like 11 pounds and the Magnetic polish ones a bit more than that, uuufffff. 

Goodbye 2011!

I'm getting ready for the New Year's Party at my friend's house later on tonight. My nails are done, I got roles on my hair, I'm now gonna take a shower and do my makeup and in the end... SUIT UP! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! See you next year... lol.

Do you like this nail pollish on my nails? :D

Quick post! #4

Hi everyone. Sorry for the lack of post, but this week has been kinda uufff.

I would like to share these pics with you. Last week it was my friend's Akuma Kanji's Bday, and she recieved a few Bday gifts, some of them nailpolish, so that night she painted my nails. She used one coat of a Black Illamasqua nailpolish named Boosh, and then one coat of a dark Glitter nailpolish from Hits no Olimpo in the colour Zeus, although on my pinky finger she used another Hits no Olimpo nailpolish called either Hefesto or Artemis. I can't really spot the difference between them on my nails lol, but my friends can see it.

I haven't painted my nails in black in ages, I quite miss it, when I was a teenager I used to paint them black all the time.

What do you think?