Eyeko Vampira Polish....Turned Funky

So I did this mani about 2 weeks ago, and just loved it. I only have a few Eyeko polishes, but thi s is my fave!!

I decided that it needed something extra.....So I decided to do a matte tip & I'm so glad I did. I love it even more now! The Matte is OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark Matte.

New Eyeko polishes

Hi there! Eyeko came out with two new polishes called Rain and Saucy and they were kind enough to send me some for review. I actually wore Saucy yesterday but didn't get around to posting it so I'm showing you both today.

If you read my blog regularly you might have noticed I'm not really a red fan and I hate to swoon over a polish I received for review like this because it seems disingenuous but this really is the perfect red. It actually made my heart skip a beat when I opened the package. It's THAT beautiful! I may have found a HG red creme; something I never expected to find because red is just not me. Judge for yourself...

 Hi left hand!

*Swoon* Isn't it gorgeous?! I know other bloggers said it was a one-coater for them but I definitely needed two coats to get it nice and even. Not that I mind though, I'm not fond of one-coaters anyway. I always do a second coat with polishes like that unless I want to layer it.

I really enjoyed wearing this polish as it is but still couldn't leave it alone so yesterday afternoon I stamped it with a patern from an Essence plate to give it a bit of an Asian look. I can't tell you the number for the plate because I bought four different plates and they were only marked #1 and #2. This one had a #1 on it but because I had two different #1 plates I named this one #1A.

I'm really happy with how this turned out! It made me want to dress my hair up with chopsticks and eat Chinese food. Which of course I did. I made Kung Pao chicken for diner. Yum!

Today I'm wearing Rain. A blue-toned grey with a secret silver shimmer that is visible in the bottle but not so much on my nails. Weird because I've seen pictures from other that clearly show the subtle shimmer.

I had a bit more trouble with this one. Not horrible but like most pastels and lighter colours it has a tendency to get goopy so after the second coat I added a couple of drops of thinner to fix that.

Because I love my new nubbins so much and the Konad full-nail plates finally fit, I decided to stamp this one with a patern from plate M74. I've never been able to use this plate because it annoys me when slanted paterns don't cover half my nails but now they do.

I might keep this on for more than one day but if not I have a lilac-purple-white plaid mani planned for tomorrow.

Thanks for looking!

Oh and if you hate me for writing this post in English only, feel free to yell at me in the comments. It's too hot to translate posts right now and I always have to cut half off my posts to prevent the dreaded wall 'o text when I write them bilingual so I'm giving English-only a try. It might even be permanent depending on your much or how little I get yelled at.

Eyeko is sold for  £3.50 a piece at www.eyeko.com but you can also buy sets. Check out their site for more info.

Sailor Stripes

Sailor Stripes

Hi everyone! Last night I was browsing the internet and stumbled upon such a cute nail art design. It didn't see whose idea it was, so unfortunately I cannot give credits where due, but I loved it!
I know this isn't the most subtle design, but strangely enough it isn't bothering me, at all. I was afraid it'd be really difficult to recreate, being a major nail art n00b, but to my surprise, it wasn't!

Edit: thanks to Ashley I now know who to credit! The design is by Wah Nails. Definitely check out their other designs, they're fantastic!

Products I used: The polishes I used were H&M's Love at First Sight, Eyeko's Coral Polish and a black striper by Nailstar. I used the white creme by H&M for the base color, and I was really pleased with this polish. Where a lot of white nail polishes are streaky and sheer, this one is really opaque. It was a bit thick though, but it only took me 2 layers to get an even result. I also used Eyeko's Coral Polish, on which I wrote a review here. The color in the pictures isn't that accurate, because I had to resort to a different camera today!

Now, the striper is really good. I've tried other stripers in the past, but this one has the best brush, ever. It's really long and tapered, which makes creating straight lines quite easy. It also has a pen, which makes freehand drawing easier as well.

Well dear readers, I hope you liked this post! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Product information

Eyeko products are available at www.eyeko.com, Nail Star stripers can be found on eBay and H&M cosmetics can be found at some H&M stores in Europe.

Eyeko - Vintage Polish & A Mint Green Comparison

Eyeko Vintage Polish

Hi everyone! For today I have another pretty Eyeko nail polish to show you. This is Eyeko's Vintage Polish, for jade green nails. Like all Eyeko polishes the packaging is really cute. But the formula didn't hold up really well next to the previously reviewed ones.

I applied 3 coats, and found the formula to be thick and droopy. It also was a bit streaky, but a good top coat will take care of that. This one belongs to an older collection (The Limited Edition collection) though, and their polishes have improved a lot since then.
I really like the color though, since it's a bit muted I think it would look good against a lot of different skin tones!

Mint Green

I always thought mint green was.. well, mint green. But good old Wikipedia is showing me all kinds of variations:

celadon	moss green	magic mint	mint green	mint

Mint Green Comparison

I also did a quick comparison with the light green colors I own. I've read that Eyeko's Vintage Polish and Chanel Nouvelle Vague are dupish, but I don't think they are, Nouvelle Vague is definitely more blue, but they do share some characteristics like the level of brightness and saturation.

Eyeko polishes cost £3.50 (€4.- or $5.40) for 8.5ml. Eyeko products can be bought online at www.eyeko.com. Their shipping is extremely cheap: either free (if you're in the UK or Europe) or $5.40 for all international orders.

This polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko

Eyeko - Posh Polish & a taupe comparison

Taupe

Lately I've been on a taupe kick. I'm not sure why because usually I like to wear bright, bold colors that stand out. But somehow I'm really digging taupe, I think it's a very classy color that's easily matched with a lot of outfits. It's a neutral, but definitely not boring in my book.

According to Wikipedia there are many types of taupe:

dark taupe	med. taupe	pale taupe	mauve taupe	sandy taupe	grey taupe	rose taupe	purple taupe

Eyeko Posh Polish, for Ladylike nails

Recently I received Posh Polish by Eyeko, and I quite like it. This creme polish applies pretty smoothly, completely opaque in 2 coats and no other funny problems worth mentioning. I didn't use a top coat this time, and as you can see it's not incredibly glossy on it's own.
Like all Eyeko polishes this one came in such a cute packaging, it says: Posh Polish, for Ladylike nails. And even I do feel like a lady wearing this, haha.

Taupe Comparison

However, I own a lot of taupes, and this one isn't my favorite of the bunch, simply because I like my taupes a tad darker. To show you how it compares to some other taupes I have, I threw in this little comparison:

I do feel like I should have included OPI's You Don't Know Jacques, Over The Taupe and maybe even Chanel's Particuliere, but I couldn't justify buying more of this shade after already owning all of these haha. So please forgive me!

As you can see Eyeko's Posh Polish is quite on the lighter side. I think my favorites are the two Catrice polishes: From Dusk To Dawn and Lost in Mud!

What is your favorite taupe polish?

Eyeko polishes cost £3.50 (€4.- or $5.40) for 8.5ml. Eyeko products can be bought online at www.eyeko.com. Their shipping is extremely cheap: either free (if you're in the UK or Europe) or $5.40 for all international orders.

This polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko

Awesome-sauce!

lol sorry, ik ben gewoon helemaal weg van deze combinatie! Helaas ben ik vergeten om de Eyeko alleen op de foto te zetten maar de kleur spreekt voor zichzelf denk ik. Hoe kan je nou niet van taupe houden?!

lol sorry, I just love this combo! Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic of the Eyeko without the glitter but I think the colour speaks for itself. What's not to love about taupe?!

Dit is drie laagjes Eyeko Posh Polish met een laagje Essence Nail Art Twins Glitter Topper Louise en Nubar Diamont.

This is three coats of Eyeko Posh Polish with one coat of Essence Nail Art Twins Glitter Topper Louise and Nubar Diamont. 

Had ik al gezegd dat ik helemaal weg ben van deze combo? Als er niet een hoekje van mijn duimnagel geknapt was vanmiddag toen ik mijn tas op mijn fiets aan het binden was had ik deze wel een paar dagen gedragen. Ik heb mijn nagels wat korter moeten vijlen om bij de duim te passen maar dat is wel OK. Ik heb een druk weekend voor de boeg en kortere nagels zijn wat praktischer.

Did I mention I love this combo? If I hadn't snapped a corner of my thumb nail this afternoon while strapping my bag on my bike I would have kept this mani on for a couple of days. I had to file my nails a bit shorter to match the thumb but that's OK. I have a busy weekend ahead of me and shorter nails are more practical.

Eyeko Posh Polish is mij toegestuurd voor review door Eyeko.

Eyeko Posh Polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko.

Eyeko - Coral Polish

Wow. That's what I thought after I put this polish on. Wow. I don't really own anything THIS bright, and I think this polished unleashed a secret longing for colors like these, haha. I'm not sure whether this is considered a true neon, but it sure is BRIGHT. I do have some coral-y colors, but I certainly don't own anything similar. I think I'll be wearing shades like this a lot this summer!

Besides the color, I'm in love with the packaging of Eyeko polishes, every color has it's own designed label, cute huh?
The only thing that bothered me a bit, was the application. It's definitely on the thick side. It took 3 layers to even everything out. But if you add some thinner, it's pretty much perfect! I wore this polish for about two days, and experienced some chipping on my thumbs.

Check out this cute packaging!

Eyeko polishes cost £3.50 (€4.- or $5.40) for 8.5ml. Eyeko products can be bought online at www.eyeko.com. Their shipping is extremely cheap: either free (if you're in the UK or Europe) or $5.40 for all international orders.

This polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko

Eyeko Jade Green

Direct zonlicht

Direct sunlight

Dit is Eyeko Vintage Polish Jade Green en die is onderdeel van de Eyeko Spring Collection. Oeps, deze is niet uit de lente collectie maar onderdeel van een Limited Edition Collectie. Ik ben gek op deze kleur! Het is waarschijnlijk de eerste mintgroene lak die me geen kreeftenhanden geeft en ik kan er maar niet achter komen waarom niet. Meestal lijken mijn handen heel rood met koele mintgroene tinten maar deze mintgroen is ook koel van kleur met duidelijk blauwe ondertonen en toch heeft deze dat effect niet. Ik denk dat ik mijn perfecte mint-/jadegroene lak gevonden heb!

This is Eyeko Vintage Polish in Jade Green and it is part of the Eyeko Spring Collection. Whoops, this isn't part of the spring collection but it's part of a Limited Edition Collection. I love this colour! It's probably the first mint green that doesn't give me lobster hands and I can't for the life of me figure out why not. Usually the cooler shades of mint green make my hands look really red but this is a mint green that is definitely cool-toned, has strong blue undertones and still doesn't have that effect. I think I may have found my perfect mint/jade green! 

Natuurlijk licht, geen zon

Natural light, no sun

Ik was er zo blij mee dat ik de Konad en de nail-art spullen tevoorschijn heb gehaald. Ik heb gestempeld met Sally Hansen Grape Going en het vlinderpatroon van plate M16. Daarna heb ik een bloemetje met een  duochrome effect toegevoegd. De bloemen weerschijnen groen en blauw als het licht er op valt. Daarna heb ik Nubar Diamont gebruikt om alles mooi te laten glanzen en de bloemen op hun plaats te houden.

I loved it so much I decided to bust out the Konad and the decals. I used Sally Hansen Grape Going for the stamping and used a butterfly patern from plate M16. Then I added flower decals with a nice duochromey accent. The flowers flash green and blue when the light hits them just right. I topped the whole thing off with Nubar Diamont to give it a great shine and to keep the decals in their place.

Deze lak heeft niet de platte kwastjes die ik prettig vind maar ik had geen problemen met aanbrengen. De formule is goed. Ik had drie laagjes nodig om het dekkend te krijgen wat normaal is voor mij, zeker aangezien dit een pastelkleur is. Het enige nadeel dat ik tot nu toe heb ontdekt met dit merk is het formaat van de flesjes. (8.5 ml).


Ik ben op dit moment de inschrijvingen voor mijn winactie aan het tellen en ik hoop vanavond de winnaar aan te kunnen kondigen. Helaas heb ik een aantal inscrijvingen moeten diskwalificeren omdat ze niet aan de regels voldeden. Niet leuk om te doen dus voor mijn volgende winactie ga ik het een stuk simpeler maken. Ik dacht dat de regels nu al niet zo ingewikkeld waren maar blijkbaar heb ik me vergist.Ik wil dat mijn winacties leuk en makkelijk zijn en geen doolhof van opdrachten en regels dus de volgende keer gooi ik alle regels eruit!

This polish doesn't have a flat brush like I prefer but I didn't have any problems with the application. The formula is good. It took three coats to be opaque which is quite common for me, especially considering this is a pastel colour. The only down-side I've discovered with this brand so far is the size of the bottles (8.5 ml). 

I'm counting the entries for my giveaway as we speak so I hope to finally announce the winner by the end of the day. Unfortunately I've had do disqualify some entries because they didn't follow the rules. I don't really like to do that so for my next giveaway I plan to make it a lot easier. I didn't think the rules on this one were so hard to follow but apparently I was wrong. I want my giveaways to be fun and easy and not a maze of tasks, rules and regulations so for the next one I'll get rid of all of them!

Deze lak is me voor review toegestuurd door Eyeko.

This polish was sent to me by Eyeko for review.

Eyeko - Vampira polish

Hi guys! Long time no see! My absence was caused by my crappy laptop's decision to call it a day. My hard drive completely froze and never really recovered, so all of my pre-made swatches are gone, down the drain :-(.

Luckily I do have this one for you today: Vampira polish by Eyeko. Eyeko has just released five new trendy shades including a taupe, pastel pink, coral and this black and red glitter polish. The packaging is very cool. Every shade has their own designed label, absolutely adorable.

Vampira Polish (for gothic nails) is the star of the collection, hands down.
I *love* this black base filled with bright red glitter. I think it's pretty hot, I could totally picture Elena from The Vampire Diaries wearing this. Not Bella though: "I've been tortured, Alice painted my toenails!". Aaaanyway, Eyeko sure knows how to please a vampire infatuated girl like me.

The application was alright, definitely the best out of all the Eyeko polishes I've tried so far. It only needs 2 coats for complete opacity. It is a bit on the thick side though, so I would recommend adding some thinner for easier application. The finish is rather dull as well, you'll absolutely need a top coat to make it lust-worthy glossy.

Eyeko polishes cost £3.50 (€4.- or $5.40) for 8.5ml, which I don't find to be that cheap actually. However, for a unique color like this I wouldn't mind making an exception. On the other hand: their shipping is extremely cheap: either free (if you're in the UK or Europe) or $5.40 for all international orders.

This was it for today, thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

- Michèle

EDIT: I compared this polish with China Glaze - Lubu Heels (14ml for $2.99) this weekend, and they're are really similar, the glitter in Vampira Polish is brighter though.

This polish was sent to me for review by Eyeko