Easter NOTD inspired by Susies1955

I was inspired by the beautiful Susies1955 to do that mani. Hers was prettier than mine because I didn't own a pastel yellow one. I replaced it with an orange one from the Essie spring collection but the whole look works better with her take on it...

I am IMPOSSIBLE...If you read my blog from time to time, you know I have sometimes an allergy to some nail varnishes. It's really difficult to identify which ones as I change mani every other day...But did you think painting my nails with all the colors of the rainbow was a good idea to identify the thief....NOT REALLY ! I again swell but now that I recognize the first symptoms, I took the mani away the 1st day I wore it. It didn't prevent me from swelling but it's not as awful as before. I need to take a break from Mani (sobbing endlessly !) for a while and the try one color for a few days , stop painting for a few days and so on. This way, there is a good chance of finding the traitor !!!

Hope you have a grogeous week end !

I have tons of posts to write about hauls (yay to wharehouse sale !), meeting a fellow blogger by chance, Awards (I fell like a SUPERSTAR !) and give away

Caro xxx

Annabelle painted love reinterpretation

Annabelle launched a limited edition collection for spring with 4 new shades. I bought 3 of them and decided to see how they could work together...I loved the look a lot and ended up adding 3 more colors : Rainbow Caroline !

Eyes :
TFSI as a primer
Gosh love that Dolphin color base : it's a baby blue color in the inner corner
NYX Jumbo eyepencil in Yellow: rest of the lid for a cream color base
e/s (take a deep breath !) :
Nymphet e/s (Annabelle) in the inner corner over Gosh base
Chick e/s (NYX) rest of the lid over NYX yellow
Toxic garden (Annabelle) to blen Nymphet(turquoise) and Chick (yellow) into a green color (Toxic). Can you see I was a good girl in kinder garden ??? I KNOW my colors ...
Deep purple e/s (NYX) from crease and up to browbone
Helium as an highlight color
Wedge e/s (MAC) as a blending color to fade the purple color into the highlight
and TADA last one : Graffiti (Annabelle) to give some depth to outer V and crease
Mascara : Voluminous from L'OREAL

writer stops to rant : What the ....BIP....with this Voluminous thing ! I hate it ! Clumps, flakes....so it sent it to the hell of bad mascaras directly into my garbage bag ! END of the RANT...

Lips :
Lipliner from NYX in Mauve
Lipstick from NYX in Power
Lipgloss from Annabelle in breathless

Skin :
Gosh extremewear in golden with Revlon HD in nude
Rimmel bronzer in shade 02
NYX blush in Angel
Mineral Powder foundation in natural Ivory

A satin taupe make up look and Holy Grail mascara

Hourrah (means how happy I am, for those not speaking french)! First EOTD in a week...My human face came back after 7 days of swelling and peeling. The dark days are over...I went for a subtle satin taupe look, slightly smoked.

Here are the products I used :
EYES :
TFSI as a primer
Gold NYX Jumbo Pencil as a color base
Satin taupe(MAC) all over the lid and in the crease
Wedge(MAC)in the crease and to blend in highlight
Helium (Annabelle cosmetics) as an highlight
Black random pencil for waterline from Personnelle (not very good by the way). I was searching an alternative to the Feline which sometimes fails to stay where I put it and ends up all around my eyes ...Very raccoon friendly...
Mascara : Rimmel Sexy curves in Extreme black . This baby is dying on me : starts to clump and flake. So I'm nearly finished with my project to use all the mascaras I accumulated. A few months ago,I have found my Holy Grail mascara : Marcelle Volume precision and there 's no turning back !
Brows : BROW-zing from Benefit in dark.

Side note : one of my lovely followers asked me if Annabelle products were sold in the US. So as they have a facebook page, I asked them (Am I not totally brilliant ?) and here is the link to order from them if you are US based:
http://www.annabellecosmetics.com/getdoc/1a2306eb-1e5c-455d-86e7-106045bf519e/SellUS.aspx

Have a nice day, lovely ladies !

Caro xxx

The Konad experiment

Sadly, I tortured a little bit my Zoya Isabel mani today. So the tips are uneven and it begins to chip...As I knew my mani was to get "acetoned" tonight, I choose to experiment with my Konad plates as I am a messy beginner... Here is the result of my practice : some "art éphémère" doomed to disappear without a trace !

The little skeleton makes me giggle. I can't help it ....

Caro xxx

Swatch : Zoya Isabel

Those pictures were taken outside. I found this was the best way to capture the "redness" of this polish! It looked darker in the bottle than it is in reality. At the beginning, that annoyed me a little bit until I looked at my hands in the sun...BAM ! glittery, gorgeous nails appeared from nowhere ...
I first bought this color because I thought it would be a nice red to wear at work...But I am not sure it's office appropriate finally....What do you think ? Red shoes are hot with a black suit. Is it working the same for nail polishes ? ... May be I'll look like a Xmas tree in April (Funny but tempting !...)

Have a nice Sunday

Caro xxx

Konad experiment : Zoya jane in the clouds !

So this is my 4th attempt to Konad ...not convinced yet as the clouds and rain seems to get smudged and not as precised as I would wish them to be...At first I thought those approximations were caused by the use of other nail polishes than the ones that are meant to be used with the plates! But on this one I painted with the Konad nail varnish and still, the details are not flawless. SIGH !

Now I wish you could bow with respect for my work to show you the plates and varnish that I used. It nearly gave me a stroke to take that work of art !!!!

Have a nice Easter week end and eat chocolate...

Caro xxx

NOTD : Jane from Zoya

So, if you follow my blog, you know that I am under a strange spell. Let me explain for those who just subscribed (welcome in my blog!): from time to time after wearing nail polish, I swell ....eyelids , lips and then I peel...like crazy. Absolutely yummy, I must say. So after doing a little research, I found that Zoya could be an option for me : less chemical atrocity, it seems in those little bottles. So the adventurous side of me went to chase those little gems. My wallet is more efficient than a GPS to find things to buy so I ended up getting 3 Zoyas and here is the first one : Jane.

Jane is a lovely milky color. It disappointed me a little bit as I asked the saleswoman if you can build the color and have opacity and she answered : Yes, ma'am. We probably don't have the same version of opacity because after 3 coats, I can see through it ! Next time , I'll try a matte white underneath. On an other hand, this color is very pretty: This Jane girl was probably an english flower : pale porcelain skin, pearls around the neck. So her polish is classy and very office appropriate. I'll think I'll spice it up tomorrow with a Konad. What do you think about blue clouds ?

Have a nice day !

Caro xxx