Showing posts with label Charlotte Grey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlotte Grey. Show all posts

16 March 2015

Charlotte Grey No More

I received this product free of charge for my honest, non-bias review from the Born Pretty Store.

Today I have for you a slightly different manicure, from what I usually do. I have adventured into the lands of loose glitter. What a dangerous land it is. Several days later I am still finding bits of glitter around the house, on my boyfriend, and in the kitchen. Luckily, this is also my moving day.
I am moving into a flat, a little two bed flat, where I will again have a room for my nail polish, and not just a corner like I have now. This is the last step for me, to finally settle down in my job and life here in Northern Ireland.
I will be leaving a shared house, with the occasional glitter dust around. Hehe.

I am not saying this was an overly messy experience, and you might see loose glitter manicures from me again. It did wonders working on a silicone mat, as the glitters did stick better to the mat, instead of swiveling all over the place . A fan brush was definitely a good friend to have doing this.

For the base colour I used Makeup Mekka - 571 - Charlotte Grey, and then I let it completely dry on my ring finger, and made zebra stripes with a clear polish and added the glitter.  For the rest of the nails, I used my super fine glitter powder - 71 from Born Pretty Store.

BornPrettyStore Super Fine Glitter Powder - 71

I really liked working with this glitter, and it stuck nicely to my nails, and I had no fall outs until I removed it the day after. Be sure you screw the lid back on properly before putting it away.
I had a little accident... nothing too bad, as it all was saved using a large fan brush (that is for computer cleaning).

The glitter comes in a 10 ml box (as seen on the picture), and it sells for $ 1.96,- You can find the product by following this link.


If you will be placing an order, feel free to use my 10 % off coupon: RAMG10
There are plenty of products to choose from at their site, not just nail related items, and the prices are very affordable and they have free worldwide shipping.
Click the image below and you will be taken to their site. 



I received this product free of charge for my honest, non-bias review from the Born Pretty Store.

20 June 2014

A writers manicure

I was totally inspired by Mishka over at Lacquer or Leave Her! for todays manicure. You can find her post: Review and Before & After: Moyou London Scholar Collection 02 and 06 here.

Quick view of the original.

Property of Lacquer or Leave Her
This manicure is so gorgeous. It's amazingly gorgeous. I can not praise it enough. hopefully my recreation with a twist will get as much love as the original. If you are not already a subscriber of her, I would highly recommend checking her out.

For this manicure I used the same plate as Mishka did in her manicure, but I also added one plate from MASH - 39, for a background image. I wanted my nails to look like notebooks, and since I don't have the Scholar Collection plate 06, I found an image that kinda looks the same on another plate.


I used a several different nail polishes for this manicure. W7 - Buff on the tips over Barry M - Lychee, and ESSIE - Little Brown Dress as an accent. Stamped using Makeup Mekka - Charlotte Grey and Barry M - Lychee, and ESSIE - Little Brown Dress.

This is how it all started.


A writers manicure

A writers manicure

A writers manicure

A writers manicure

Can I just say that I am totally in LOVE with this manicure. I just LOVE LOVE it. And I love how the ink came out, when I used a brush over it to make it look more like it was "wiped" away. 

13 November 2012

MakeupMekka Haul

I have been on a trip back to Norway to get some of my stuff over the border. 
I went on a 24 hour drive, over two days, and drove about 2.400 km. 
Crossed 6 borders. 

Not doing that again, I tell you.
Next time, I will get someone to move for me. 

I got time to get some nail polish while I was in Norway, and this is what I got. 


R to L: Strawberry Daiquiri, Charlotte Grey, Join The Navy, Paint the Town, Me: Blue Blood, Green And Tonic, Remember 79'.

Will see if I can get some swatches, but at first glance I am guessing Me: Blue Blood is going to be a dupe on YSL - Bleu Majorelle, so lets start there.
But not tonight. Now its time for bed, and I will swatch the cobalt's tomorrow.