Liebster Blog Award!

I can't believe I got an award and I'm only in my second month of blogging, my blog is still a newborn! This award really made me happy because its from Catharina over at Nails by Catharina, and her blog is the first nail blog I ever laid eyes on. Another reason it made me happy is because its nice to be recognized for what your doing, especially when its something that you really love :). This award is given to up and coming bloggers with a small but a growing following. Thanks so much Catharina for giving me this award :)

There are also a few rules to follow:
- Copy and paste the award on your blog.
- Thank the giver and link back to the one who gave this to you.
- Reveal your top five picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
- Hope that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.

So, here are my nominees:

Nails in Nippon

NY Nail Diva

Strong Nails

The Posh Polish

Neglelakkmani

The 5 ladies listed above that I have chosen to award the Liebster have amazing blogs that I love going to, and always have great swatches :)

Kisses

Marketta

My First Gradient

Good Morning Babes! Today I'm showing you my first gradient mani. I used Bettina Art Deco Purple as my base and sponged with Bettina #28. Art Deco Purple is a medium toned purple cream polish. It's very watery/runny and the brush holds a lot of polish, but its easy to work with and is perfection at two coats. ADP is very pigmented, almost fully opaque in one coat, and dries to a super glossy finish. The swatches below are all done with no TC except for the stamping which I used SV as my top coat. The gradient has NO top coat, can you believe that shine?! 



With flash

  And here's a swatch of  my base Bettina Art Deco Purple. I bumped my ring finger :(

What do you think of my first gradient? Thanks for stopping by :)




Kisses

Marketta

Bettina #128

Good Morning Babes! I will be showing you Bettina #128 from their core collection. #128 is a pink cream polish that leans towards salmon with a really pretty micro shimmer. The formula is good and easy to work with, a little streaky on coat 1 but evens out perfectly on the second coat. For the swatches below I used 2 coats and no top coat. Dry time is amazing and has a very glossy finish. This color is very different for me and not something I would normally go for, so I didn't want to add anything to it.

With flash


 What do you think of  Bettina #128? Its such a different color for me and I'm very happy that I gave it a try! Thanks for stopping by!



Kisses

Marketta



Pink Wednesday! Bettina #190

Good Morning Babes! For today's Pink Wednesday I used Bettina #190 and I stamped with Konad ip M56 with Konad special polish in white. #190 which I found out is also called Wild Orchid, is a dark hot pink with purple undertones, magenta? The formula was a little watery but very easy to work with, and is opaque in 2 thin coats. Dry time is very fast and it dries to a nice glossy finish. I used SV as my top coat after the stamping.

Here's a swatch of #190 on its own with no top coat. I just can't get enough of the high gloss finish of Bettina polishes! Its darker IRL than it is in the pictures.

What do you think of #190? Thanks for stopping by :)

Kisses
Marketta

Creepy Pumpkin

Good Morning Babes! So I finally got around to doing another Halloween manicure, I've just been so uninspired. Anyhoo what I have for you today is Fantasy Makers Creepy Pumpkin by Wet n Wild. Creepy Pumpkin which is actually not creepy at all, is a orange jelly base packed with orange glitter. The formula is very thick and goopy, and you will need to allow a little bit of dry time in between coats or you will have to remove and start over again because it will drag horribly. I used 3 coats and there was still some visible nail line, but with this polish I actually think it doesn't look bad. I topped it off with INM Out the Door and let it sit for about 10 minutes, and then I stamped with BM 225 with Konad special polish in black. I used Seche as my top coat and I really like how it came out. You will need to use a good top coat because it dries a little gritty.

Here's Creepy Pumpkin on its own. I actually really like this a lot despite the bad formula.

No flash

With flash

What do you think about Creepy Pumpkin? It can be found at ULTA and other places like Walgreens for $1.99. Thanks for stopping by :)


Kisses
Marketta

H&M Notoriously Beautiful

Good Morning Babes! Notoriously Beautiful by H&M is a deep purple cream polish that looks like it has just a hint of blue. The formula is good but the brush holds a lot of polish so you will want to clear some off. Its very pigmented and almost opaque in one coat, but needs 2 to be fully opaque. The dry time is really good and is very glossy. In these swatches I didn't use a top coat.

And just to make it pop a little I added INM Northern Lights which is a holo top coat. It looks absolutely beautiful with NL but I just couldn't capture it on camera :(

What do you think about Notoriously Beautiful? I'm starting to get just a tad obsessed with the H&M polishes! Thanks for stopping by.


Kisses
Marketta

The TraceFace Philes

The TraceFace Philes is having another awesome giveaway to celebrate her 2000th follower! To enter click here, and here's what you have the chance to win...