Showing posts with label Brand Severina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brand Severina. Show all posts

Monday, February 18, 2013

Severina 3D ~ 310 and Catrice ~ Blue Cara Ciao



Severina 3D ~ 310
Lavender holo

Meets:

Catrice ~ Blue Cara Ciao  
Vibrant blue crème

I couldn’t decide whether to do stripes or dots today, so I ended up doing both!

I started out with a polish that I got from sweet Anastasia from Little World of Coloured Nails. It’s Severina 3D #310. It’s a holographic polish, and it’s a mix between pale lavender and silver. The holo isn’t the strongest I’ve seen, but it’s definitely there, and the polish is also pretty when the sun doesn’t shine on it, which is a huge plus in my book!

Here’s how two very easy and fast drying coats look like – there’s no top coat on yet:


Then I cut out thin stripes of masking tape and masked my nails down the middle. I applied one coat of Catrice’s Blue Cara Ciao and removed the tape while the polish was still wet. Blue Cara Ciao is an amazingly beautiful blue; I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a vibrant blue before.

When the blue was dry, I covered up the line between the two polishes with a black striper from Claire’s, and then I dotted on the same blue polish on the holo line down the middle of my nails.

One coat of NYC Fast Drying top coat completed my mani:


And from another angle:


Here are the polishes, I used:


I love this! It’s fun and eye catching, and still relatively easy to do. The most difficult thing was actually to cut out the stripes of tape :)

What do you think? Is it cool or not cool?

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Severina, Finger Paints and striping tape


Severina Chameleon ~ 615  
Dark dusty greyish green with shimmer

meets

Fingerpaints ~ Late Night Rendezvous  
Blue glitter

I’ve been wanting to try out my striping tape for quite a while, but haven’t really been up to it before now. So let me show you my very first striping tape mani!

I started out with a polish that I got from sweet Anastasia from Little World of Coloured Nails. It’s Severina Chameleon #615, and it’s a dark dusty green with lots of grey in it. I’ve had it sitting in my pile of untrieds for quite a while, but today is the day!

The formula was OK, and the pigmentation was fine. It was opaque in two coats, and the drying time was good. I like it when polishes dry before I dent them, LOL!

Here’s what 615 looks like, without top coat:



I’m quite impressed with pretty much all the polishes Anastasia sent me, and this is no exception. Pigmentation is great, and the polish evens out nicely, leaving a really good result! Score!


Now for the actual purpose of this base: Striping tape! I cut out little bits of tape and put them on my nails. Four pieces of striping tape on each nail. And then I painted the whole thing with Finger Paints “Late Night Rendezvous”, which is a gorgeous blue glitter with a teal undertone.


I did one nail at a time, and removed the striping tape right after applying the glitter. And I sealed my mani up with NYC fast drying top coat in the end.




The funny thing about this is that the Severina is also called Chameleon, and that’s exactly how it made the Finger Paints react. It turned green! I was amazed!!


Here’s the bottle shot. The Finger Paint is holding the striping tape on the brush handle :)


I must admit that using striping tape was more work than I expected it to be, and very fiddly - but I really love the result, so it will not be the last time I do this. Next time I’ll try with polishes with bigger difference between the colours.

What do you think – is this something you’d do yourself? Have you any great bit of advice about striping tape for me?

Thursday, November 8, 2012

From Russia - with Love

Yesterday when I got home, I had nail mail waiting for me. It was all the way from Russia, and it was from very sweet Anastacia from Little World of Coloured Nails. I didn't know exactly what was in the package, and man, was I in for a surprise. There were so many pretties in it, that it was difficult to stay calm.

Let me show you what I'm talking about:


JA-DE: 210, 225 and 355 Celestial
 Duochrome, shimmer and glitter!


Dance Legend: 12, 14 and 52
 2 holos and a very pretty multichrome!


Divage: Cosmic 9805 and 9806 and Precious 1222
 Shimmers! And a duochrome!


Pupa: 136 and 051, Eva 061 and Divage Chic 1714
Pupa polishes - I have been wanting to try Pupa polishes forever. And that Eva looks really interesting!


Severina 3D: 310 and Chameleon:  615. Chatte Noire 709
A holo, a duochrome and a multichrome. That Chatte Noire is probably the most spectacular multichrome I have! 

Golden Rose Paris: 131 and Golden Rose Care and Strong: 165
Avon Viva Pink, Max Factor Nailfinity Lilac Haze
 Golden Rose is a really great brand that I like a lot. And the two others were the two polishes that started this swap to begin with :)


And I also got deliciously smelling hand cream, a home made lip gloss (or two, in a box) :) and oil for my lashes.

Am I being pampered here, or what? 

Thank you so much for this swap, Anastacia, I appreciate it all! ♥