Swatch: Sephora M03 Gothik

This nail polish in the bottle looks a little boring but on the nails is gorgeous.

It's a dark grey, almost gunmetal, metallic polish. It has a subtle silver shimmer that makes it really bright.

The brush strokes aren't very visible when it's dry.

It reminded me of China Glaze Awaken (one of my favorite!) but after a quick comparision it's obvious that they are just distant relatives.

See comparion below!

Here a comparision between China Glaze "Awaken" and " Sephora "Gothik".

Tutorial #036: Meisa Kuroki - hellcat inspired

In this tutorial I tried to copy the nails Meisa is wearing on the cover of her first album"hellcat".

I'm not very satisfied with the final result but I like the idea so I will try it again in the future.

What you need: a dotting tool, some silver glitter.

Colors:

• Base Coat: KIKO White strong&shiny No.05
• Metallic Grey: China Glaze - Awaken
• Silver: basic No. 449
• Glitter: Catherine Arley No.128
• Top Coat: KIKO No.03

How to:

1. Apply your base coat.
2. Apply a dark grey polish, better if metallic.
3. With a dotting tool and a silver polish draw the contours of your nail.
4. Repeat "step 3" with a silver glitter polish. I added some sparse glitter too. Don't use too much glitter or it will get lumpy. Let it dry prefectly and apply your top coat.

Swatch: China Glaze No.691 AWAKEN

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This color is awesome.

It didn't appeal to me that much in the bottle since I don't like metallic polish that much but once I put it on it was love at first sight.

I probably like it because it has some blue reflex and I love blue! It's a very original color!

Tutorial #023: Thelma Aoyama inspired

This tutorial is inspired by the music video "WANNA COME AGAIN" by Thelma Aoyama.

It's really easy and fun!

What you need: dotting tool (or needle, toothpick...)

Colors:

• Base Coat: KIKO Extra strong&hard No. 04
• Black: DEBORAH Shine TECH No. 30
• Grey: LAYLA No. 152
• Blue: RIMMEL 60 Seconds No. 809 BLUE ME AWAY
• Red: RIMMEL PRO No. 323 RIVIERA RED
• White: KIKO No. 101
• Top Coat: KIKO Shiny Top Coat No.03

How to:

1. Apply your base coat.
2. Apply a different color on each nail. Grey for the pinky and index fingers, red for the ring finger, blue for the middle finger and black on the thumb.
3. With a dotting tool make some white dots on the ring finger and on the thumb.
4. When the dots are PERFECTLY dry appry your top coat.

Swatch: LAYLA No. 152

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Another LAYLA polish that I really like. It's a light grey creme. It's very liquid so I find it a bit hard to apply and the brush is a little too thin, but I really like this color so I still wear it.