Hi everyone!

This week was all for TNS Cosmetics Firenze so here’s a second shade from their S/S 2017 Beach Club collection.

TNS Drinks & Cocktails* is one of the glittery shades in this collection, that consists of 5 cremes and 5 matching glitters. It’s a green teal leaning blue in some lighting conditions. It’s a bright and intense colour, very eye catching. The finish is what I would call the perfect metallic, i.e. no visible brushstrokes! It’s very easy to work with, but not very opaque. You need 3 coats for a good coverage. Lastly it didn’t stain my nails despite the shade.

Photos: three coats, no top coat.

Here’s a shot of my Cindy hand. On my middle fingernail I started with a black base and added Drinks & Cocktails over it. As you can see the colours darkens a little bit. Personal preference I guess.

It’s my first time using a TNS Firenze nail polish that’s not a creme. My preference goes to their creme finish all the way, but I can’t really find any flaw in Drinks & Cocktails. My thought is that doing good shimmers is easier than doing good cremes (just think pastel cremes!) and they know how to rock them. On the other hand this is no real shimmer, and doing metallics that leave no brush strokes is a hard job, too, and they did it. So, well done TNS!

What do you think of TNS Drinks & Cocktails? Are you dreaming of a good drink on the beach now?

Useful links:

• TNS store locator
• TNS Firenze on Facebook

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Hi everyone!

Today I’m showing you TNS Golden Coast*, from Spring-Summer 2017 Beach Club collection by TNS Firenze.

TNS describes Golden Coast as a “light sable shade, perfect to enhance a tan”. Unfortunately I have no tan but I think this definition is perfect. Application is awesome, I wouldn’t expect anything less from TNS Firenze. Coverage is great with two coats and it dries very glossy.

Photos: two coats, no top coat.

TNS Firenze is a Salon Italian brand and I think their best product is crème nail polish. They are perfect, elegant, feminine, and thanks to their easy to work formula they allow a salon-like manicure in a few minutes. It’s no doubt my favourite salon brand.

What do you think of this shade for Summer?

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Ciao a tutti!

Oggi vi voglio presentare velocemente la collezione che TNS Cosmetics Firenze ha creato per l’estate 2017. Chiamata Beach Club, è ovviamente ispirata all’estate ormai alle porte (tutta speranza, visto il tempo fuori!).

Una nuotata in piscina, una passeggiata in spiaggia e poi il pranzo, leggero e veloce, per prendere ancora un po’ di sole prima del tramonto e di un aperitivo a fine giornata. L’estate non è mai stata così glamour, colorata e preziosa come quella in arrivo, e le vostre manicure non saranno da meno!
Beach Club, la nuova spring/summer collection TNS Firenze, regala 10 nuove nuance ideate per illuminare ogni look e farvi sentire sempre protagoniste di una splendida vacanza!

A 5 toni smooth e pieni Beach Club affianca altrettante nuance ultra-glitterate, per giocare con due diversi look - per il giorno, per la sera o tutti e due insieme - e per fare della vostra manicure un accessorio unico, prezioso, esclusivo: come il più lussuoso dei Beach Club!

Anche questa collezione include una capsule collection di rossetti, da indossare accompagnando il tono scelto per la manicure o per esaltarlo, contrastandolo. Quattro toni - rosso scuro, rosa, viola e rosso acceso - ideali per le pelli abbronzate o leggermente scure, perfetti per la stagione estiva.
Come ogni rossetto TNS, i lipstick della collezione Beach Club garantiscono un’ottima coprenza e durata; iperpigmentati, bastano pochi tocchi per tingere perfettamente le labbra. Dalla forma piatta e leggermente appuntita, permettono di definire con precisione il profilo delle labbra.

I prodotti TNS Firenze hanno formulazioni sicure, non contengono parabeni e sono dermatologicamente testati, sono cruelty free e non testati su animali.

Distribuiti esclusivamente attraverso centri estetici e saloni professionali, garantiscono uno standard qualitativo alto e sicuro. Per trovare il rivenditore piiù vicino potete consultate lo >>store locator<<.

Cosa ne pensate di questa collezione? Io ne sono stata subito incuriosita, e potete vedere nella prima foto i due smalti a cui ho ceduto. Ve li mostrerò separatamente questa settimana. Intanto fatemi sapere quali tonalità avreste scelto voi!

Hi everyone!

Today I joined the girls over at Nail Crazies Unite Facebook group for a post themed “Pastel Floral”. You might have noticed I’m in a pastel rut lately, maybe because it took me so long to find pastel shades that compliment my skin tone. Anyway, I couldn’t miss the event!

I started with Faby Prosecco as my base (loving it!) and I stamped over it with a pattern from Bornprettystore’s Floral BPX-L017* and Bornpretty pink stamping polish no. 16. I let it dry enough and sealed it with Flash Mat top coat by TNS Cosmetics.

I think that pastel and matte are such a lovely combo, matte makes pastels even more delicate than they already are. The only thing I would have changed now that I am looking at it is the pattern I use. It’s pretty but it came out the same on all nails. I would have preferred a pattern that kinda continued from one nail to the next. Does that make any sense to you?

Lastly I’d like to recommend you all the products I used in this post, they all work great so if you see something you like just go ahead and grab it!

I hope you like today’s mani. After going green for a while it’s all about pastels now, so again I hope you’re bot bored! And if you’d like to see any special colour just comment it below!

Useful links:

• Bornprettystore: pink stamping polish #16
  
• Bornprettystore: Floral BPX-L017 stamping plate
  
• Faby
  
• TNS Firenze

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Hi everyone!

Today I am showing you my third and last nail polish from I’m Faby collection.

The brand describes Faby Prosecco as a “yellowish beige”. For me, this is a nude with an orange undertone. My skin also has an orange undertone so it kinda hides that. The colour is quite light and delicate, very pretty. Application is easy, the formula is slightly watery but not problematic. You need three coats for full coverage.

Photos: three coats, no top coat.

This is no doubt my favourite shade of the three I’m Faby colours I own. I think it looks good on me and I am quite sure I own nothing quite like it. Definitely loving it! What do you think?

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Hi everyone and happy Easter Monday!

For this holiday (I should call it laundry day) I went for a new easy manicure. I shopped my stash for a super old nail polish set by H&M. This set is made of two cremes, a mint and a coral, and two matching glitters made of black glitters + a color matching the creme twin.

My choice today was the green duo. The creme goes on like butter which is some kind of Easter miracle given the usually tricky shade. I like the glitter, too, but I am not sure it totally matches the creme. It’s made of black and pistachio green glitters in different sizes and I don’t think pistachio and mint go so well together. Anyway, I think it’s still a nice combo for today.

I painted all of my nails with the green creme (simply called “Green” on the box btw) and added the glitter only on my ring and thumb. A good top coat and done!

That was it! I told you it was a quick easy mani!

What are YOU wearing on your nails today?

Hi everyone!

Today I am showing you the mani I created with Faby Ciao Bella.

I went for pastel colours hence the white stamping and lilac studs. Everything gone matte because I think it looks great with these delicate shades.

The white stamping polish is by MoYou Nails, the stamping plate is BP-46 from Bornprettystore, which I’ve already used several times. Studs are from Bornpretty, too.

I used a new stamper for this mani and it didn’t turn out as good as usual to be honest. I still love the colours here, they will be perfect for Easter and Easter Monday, too!

What are you wearing for the upcoming holidays? Do you like my look?

Link utili / Useful links:

• Faby Ciao Bella
• Faby Nails
• MoYou Nails international
• MoYou Nails Italia
• Bornpretty BP-46 stamping plate
• TNS Cosmetics Firenze

Hi everyone!

Today I am showing you another shade from Faby I’m collection.

Faby Ciao Bella is a lovely candy pink crème. You need three coats for perfect coverage due to its watery formula. Drying time is quick though.

Photos: three coats, no top coat.

Faby Ciao Bella is not the best pastel pink I’ve ever used, nor the worst. Its watery formula is somewhat unusual for this kind of shades. Colour is very pretty, I really liked it. It would make a perfect base for a delicate coloured nail art.

What do you think? Do you like pink nails? If yes, which is your favourite pink nail polish?

Useful links:

• fabynails.com

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Hi everyone!

Today I am showing you Faby First Class, from 2017 Spring-Summer collection I’m by this Italian brand.

Faby First Class is a medium brown crème. It applies easily and it’s quite opaque, as most Faby nail polishes. Drying time is quick and it’s quite glossy.

Photos: two coats, no top coat.

When my boyfriend saw me wearing brown he asked me why. He knows me well by now and he knows I tend to wear colours depending on the season, and mostly on the weather outside. And these days it’s good sunny weather and 27°C over here. Why brown then? This shade, together with taupe, is one of my go-to shades, those colours that are always good. I find them the most elegant and feminine. And elegance has no season. Faby’s I’m collection is inspired by Mrs Fabiana, aka Mrs Faby, founder of the brand. I think First Class was created exactly with her elegance in mind.

What do you think of brown nails? And what’s the shade that mostly expresses elegance and femininity in your opinion?

Useful links:

• http://www.fabynails.com/

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Hi everyone!

Today I am showing you a nail polish that was a big fail for me.

China Glaze Pack Lightly was released back in 2015 in the Road Trio collections. It’s a pink leaning peach filled with a lovely golden shimmer that gives it quite a special pearl effect. Unfortunately the formula is awful. It’s very watery and if you don’t unload the brush you will flood your cuticles with polish. Coverage is poor, and it doesn’t help that you have to do thin coats. That also leads it to never dry.

So, hard to apply and the result is still not decent. This is a big no-no for me. And I am quite sad about it because I’ve always loved China Glaze.

Photos: 4 coats, no top coat (you can see that there are still bald spots).

I don’t think there’s much more to say. Do you own any piece of the Road Trip collection? Or any other China Glaze that disappointed you?

Hi everyone!

New day, new nail art. You wanna forgive me if it’s monochromatic green again! In my defense I can say the base colour is a yellowish lime green and the stamping polish is teal, although with such a thin pattern it came out green indeed.

More details? The base colour is Liquid Sky Lacquer Blue Hawaiian, which is a thermal nail polish shifting from lime green to pea green. My bottle is quite old and the thermal effect vanished almost completely. Now the colour is lime green leaning yellow all the time.

Stamping polish is from a Chinese brand called Yesensy. I bought one of their foil nail polish in a dollar store and it works so great for stamping. I went back and bought two more shades. I actually had to go to another store because that one had closed down and I paid them a little more but who cares? It’s still so cheap for such a big bottle.

Lastly I used Floral BPX-L018* stamping plate by Bornprettystore, which is full of floral patterns, as the name suggests. If you follow my blog you might know my favourite designs for stamping are florals and geometric so I just fell in love with this plate immediately.

Needless to say I used a super thin pattern and no special stamping polish and this is the outcome. Bornpretty rocks its stamping plates.

I think that’s it for today. I hope I wasn’t too boring with a green nail art again. What do you think of it? Do you like it?

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Hi everyone!

Very quick post today because I’m fighting migraines again. The not-so-joys of Spring!

Today’s nail polish is Color Club Cosmic Fate, a coral linear holo. On my skin tone it looks more pink than in the bottle unfortunately. Application is very easy, as all Color Club’s Halo Hues nail polishes. It doesn’t need a special base coat and it’s perfectly opaque in two coats. The holographic effect is so strong, the photos will show you.

Photos: two coats, no top coat.

I don’t think there’s much else to add. I love my Color Club nail polishes, especially the holos from both Halo Hues collections. Do you own any?

Hi everyone!

Yesterday I got home too late for my usual Friday blog post so here it comes now!

I am sharing with you a very easy nail art I wore when I visited Cosmoprof Italy last month.

My base nail polish is TNS That's Amore, on my ring finger I added a coat of Bella Oggi Strass Effect 02 over it. The chevron pattern comes from plate QA91 and my stamping polish is Essie No Place Like Chrome.

The real colour is actually dustier and more green leaning. Anyway this is an easy nail art idea that you can recreate with any colour really. I find it very versatile. What do you think?