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My Nail Stash: Mints

Hello lovelies! How are you today? ♥ I'm happy that the April is starting and that the work week is over for now. My plans for the weekend are simply to relax and get some workout done, as well as watching Formula One and so on. In today's post, I wanted to share you a bit more of my nail polish collection. The mints, to be more exact.

And yes, I own enough more or less mint polishes to make own post about them. Don't judge me.

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My Nail Stash: Blues

Hello lovelies! How are you today? ♥ I've been spending the day fighting flu and gathering vitamins to my body. It feels like my body is getting better, but I'm positive I need to avoid exercise the whole week (lame). I have quite a bit of things planned for this week, including taking the first outfit pics this year - I still haven't, we had other things going on last weekend. But now that the weather seems to be getting more decent, I know I'll be getting pretty snow shots soon. 

In the meantime, I hope you'll like these beauty and food related posts instead. Today, I'm showing you more of my nail polish stash. See my blue polishes below:

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My Nail Stash: Greys

Hey lovelies! How has your week started? I surprised myself yesterday by not being on a computer at all, but then got up a bit earlier today to write this little intro here and schedule this one to a humane hour of the day. (And didn't publlish it before 7 when I was writing this.) Today I wanted to share another Nail Stash post. The point of these posts is to give you a chance to see some the different colors there are out there, and to scare myself out of buying new ones. (Which so far isn't so successful, oops.)

But let's get started with it:


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 From left to right, all by China Glaze:

Razzle Me, Dazzle Me is a part of Glitz, Bitz 'n Pieces collection, and although it's supposed to be light pink and black, the pink is so pale I totally sort this to greys. And yes, I will be a bit irrational with my sorting since I try to sort the glitter ones under the colors as well. 

Glitz N Pieces is a sister to the first one, and instead of pink, it has silver. What I didn't mention in the first one is that these polishes have different sizes of hex glitter and some bar glitter in them. It's a cool combo for glitter sandwiches and for topping solid colors as well.

Lorelei's Tiara a beautiful silver glitter polish with some light blue glitters in it. This one would be perfect for some winter/Frozen inspired manis. There's so much fine glitter that you can actually make it opaque with couple of coats. Which I love in a glitter polish.

Some Like It Haute is dark grey glitter mix with some holo silver glitters in it. Like the previous one, this also makes an opaque finish alone - although this as well needs the couple coats to not show the nail through.

My Nail Stash: Blacks

Happy Friday you all! I hope you're doing great today. In honor of Halloween, I figured we could take a look to my black/super dark nail polishes. Maybe this can be a little bit of an nail inspiration for you in case you're going to a nice party this weekend. 

Fun, right? Let's get started!

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From left to right: 

China Glaze Liquid Leather: A nice basic black with a pretty, shiny finish. I use this bad boy all the time for details in my nail art (although I would probably have it easier using acrylic paint).

China Glaze Smoke And Ashes: This is from the Hunger Games collection, and it is black with fine green glitter that sometimes shows blue, depending a bit on the lighting. I love it, but I don't still use it often enough.

China Glaze Meet Me Under The Stars: A beautiful, super dark blue that has fine silver glitter in it. This one really looks like stars, and I actually used it as a base in my latest galaxy mani (which I will show you later). Absolutely gorgeous on its own, and I think this would be a cool polish for any girl out there.

China Glaze Boundary Of Memory: This is also from a movie collection, The Giver one. It s not really a black, but at least to me it looks very dark. This is a mix of fine glitter in black, silver, copper and brown. It covers really well and is very wearable on its own.

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China Glaze Crimson: The deepest, darkest red that I own. This on really nearly looks like black, and I've used it many times instead of black when I'm out of Liquid Leather.

Essie Licorice: Also a good basic black, that used to be my go-to before I converted into Liquid Leather.

Essie Belugaria: A stunning black texture polish that has kind of like little pearls in it. Like the name suggests, it dries up looking like caviar. Also, it has glitter in it. If you buy this one though, get a basic black to wear underneath. This doesn't get opaque with one coat, and it is a pain in the butt to work as layers. So take my word for it and have a black.

Konad Stamping Polish: Also not really a black, but kind of a dark brown with plenty of shimmer. This goes okay as a black for stamping, but I still would recommend getting a different one if you like your stamping truly dark and black.

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L'Oréal Color Riche Top Coat Confettis: The first thing that comes to mind while looking at this is simply salt and pepper. I think this one is such a fun topper, because it's basic black and white, but the glitter inside is in different sizes. This is an easy way to make your mani more fun and interesting.

Ciaté Twilight: Black base, lots of fine gold glitter. This is a cute polish that is absolutely perfect for holiday parties - especially New Year's - and it doesn't need anything else to it (except of course a shiny top coat). I haven't used this a lot, although  should because it's so adorable. But I can't stand the way Ciaté polishes smell, so I don't really work a lot with them.

IsaDora Graffiti Nail Top Black Tag: Fun effect polish in black. That's really all there's to it. It dries all nice and matte, and I don't know how many of you remember, but a while back the crackle polishes were such a big hit. I should really be a rebel and start playing with these again now that everyone isn't. I actually had ideas for this one as I'm typing this.

IsaDora Wonder Nail Gothic Black: Another basic black, that was my go-to even before Essie. I remember this being easy to work with, since IsaDora polishes have such an amazing wide brush in them. I love it.

So what do you all think about these dark polishes? And, what is your favorite black polish? Let me know in the comments so I can try them out!

That is for today, I hope you liked this post, and that you will enjoy the coming parts of this series. Like mentioned in yesterday's post, we're currently on a road trip, so I won't be that much online, but I will check the comments and be available from time to time on social media. Tomorrow, you will have another post here, so stay tuned for that!

Have a lovely weekend ♥

My Nail Stash: Whites

Hello lovelies!

How are you today? ♥

I've been shooting a new Halloween look today, as well as chilling and watching some F1. So overall it's a great weekend I'm having. And I have a day off on Monday as well, so I'm thinking I might get most Halloween looks done this month already. Which would be cool because I still have to edit them and such so I need my sweet time for that as well.

Today, I'm starting another series around nails (don't worry, this will only be posted every once in a while, I have a ton more that are not related to nails), and I hope at least some of you will like it. I'm introducing my nail stash color by color, starting off tomorrow with white.

So here we go:

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Okay, technically these first ones aren't really white, but they fit here better than anywhere else. So from left to right: Essie First Base my go-to base coat at the moment, Essie Good To Go - fast drying top coat which was my go-to before buying HK Girl by Glisten And Glow, and Matte Top Coat by Born Pretty Store

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Ghoulish Glow - glow in the dark top coat which is a China Glaze staple every Halloween. Not the best one out there, I've heard, but I think it works okay. There's Snow One Like You - texture polish that looks like a blanket of snow on your nails. White On White - my go-to white polish that I use in so many of my manis. Snow Globe - a cute glitter that glistens in many colors and that has both round and hex ones in it.

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Essie Blanc - my previous go-to white. White Konad Stamping Polish, quite self-explaining. Ciate Angel Wings - a gorgeous pearly white. Ciate Halo - beautiful shimmer that glows in pink and blue once the light hits it. 

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IsaDora Graffiti Top Coat is a plain white effect polish that gives the nice crackled effect to your mani. Kiss Nail Art Pen a good tool for tiny nail art, like striping or such. And last but not least Art Club Nail Art Pen in glittery white shade - mainly glitter, not so much white. But still.

So there are my white polishes. If you have any questions about these ones, hit me up in the comments and I try to answer as well as I can. I will be showing more of my polishes later, and I need to say that the latest haul (which you can see here) is not included here because I took the photos before that one got to me.

Do you have a favorite white polish, and if you do, which one is it? Let me know in the comments!

Now, I'm gonna take my sweet time reading some blogs, because that is a luxury I haven't gotten to do in  while and I miss it a lot. I will see you all tomorrow in another little post, and in the meantime you can follow me on social media for more frequent updates. Tomorrow, I will be creating another Halloween look, and a sneak peek will be up on Instagram once I get it done. 

Have a lovely day, dolls ♥

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