A polish from Japan

I hate showing you all things that you (probably) can't have. But, this is so pretty! It's s 100yen mermaid-y polish that has green and pink semi-translucent sequins in a clear base over DC Matte Black.
Matte Black is one of the best blacks I've ever found, the formula is perfect, the opacity is great, and it dries in no time. If you don't want it to be matte, just add topcoat.
Speaking of, the topcoat I used here is Nailene Acrylic Strong, which is honestly awesome. My nails are on the second day of wear and there is no problems with them, Seche chips a few hours in, or at least causes shrinkage but these look great, plus, the shine is unbeatable.
Diamond Cosmetics and Nailene sent these products to me for review but that did not affect my opinion at all. These are honestly great products, I would not tell you otherwise just because they were provided for me by the manufacturer.

French Pink Comparison CONTINUED!

Polishes used in this test (from pinky to thumb) are Nailene French Manicure, Essie Pink is the Link, Sally Hansen Persistent Peony, Sinful Colors Dozen Roses, and Zoya (this is an old one) Demeter. On their own, they all look pretty good, Demeter is a bit yellow for me but it is a duochrome.



With a french tip, most of them look nice, the exception being Dozen Roses, Persistent Peony does look a bit pale, though.



Finally, completed, Demeter is too yellow for a tip, Dozen Roses is too streaky and opaque, Persistent Peony is just a touch too pale (for my tastes at least). French Manicure and Pink is the Link look wonderful!. I'd buy EITHER the Essie or the Nailene, the advantage to the latter is that it comes with a base coat/top coat, tip guides, and a white pen. The Essie came in a mini pack with Ruby Slippers, though!

I used Nailene White French Tip Pen, it seemed to crackle a bit, maybe because my base polish wasn't all the way dry :(. Some items used to make this manicure were sent to me for review. These products have been fairly tested with no bias on my part.

French Pink Comparison

Hello! I stole into my mother's drawer and found.... PINKS! And lots of them too. In preparation for V-Day I'm going to show you as many sheer pinks as I can find before the 14 PLUS *hopefully* creative french ideas. Here is (pinky to thumb) Wet and Wild Heavenly, NYC 215 Nail Glossies, NYC Love Letters, Sinful Colors Sheer Bikini, Revlon Sheer Blossom. My thoughts? Just alone (no french) Heavenly and Blossom were beautiful, Bikini was too opaque, Love Letters was barely there, and 215 was streaky.



Once you add just a white tip (no pink polish over it) Heavenly created a shimmering french, Love Letters a classic one, and Blossom a glittery one, Bikini at this point looked too opaque, and 215 was too light-toned.



Once the final step was applied, Heavenly looked overly stained :(, 215 looked like those fake nails you can buy from the Dollar Tree, Love Letters looked classic and pretty, Bikini was a mess, and Blossom looked a little stained. Over all, if you like natural-er looks, go with Love Letters, if you are a fan of a little extra something but still want to look natural, go Blossom, if you like a bit of shimmer, go Heavenly, if you just want a pink polish (no french, EVER) go Bikini, and never, ever, go 215. Tips were done with Nailene French Tip Pen. Some items used to make this manicure were sent to me for review. These products have been fairly tested with no bias on my part.

Woah! That's the coolest french I've ever seen!

No lie, this french is SMOKIN'! It's the houndstooth design of plate m 63 used only on the tip. The white is Nailene White French Tip Pen (which was given to me for review by the company). This pen is better than no pen at all, however (maybe it was just me) but it was roughed up by my flaking nails, this made it skip around a bit. All in all though, it makes french manis super easy!

Tuxedo Mani

Super pretty! I used some silver balls, a konads m59 and m71, CG Millennium, WnW Black Creme, Nailene French Manicure Pink. Mani idea stolen from http://konaddict.blogspot.com/s. Please note, some products used in this manicure were sent to me for my consideration.

Problem Solved! Thank you lovely ladies!!!!!

Okay, here's the whole story....
Nailene sent me some products to review, I've NEVER used fakes before so I thought I'd start with a harmless french (Nailene So Real). It looked waaaaaay fake on it's own so I added some of the stickers they sent (Bedazzle Super Star), it was pretty so I sealed it with the top coat (Acrylic Strong Top Coat, I believe it's called), the stickers began lifting and peeling off and soon the mani was lumpy and icky looking. I soaked my nails in and acetone based remover (won't ever do that again) and the fakes just turned to jelly. Very very sticky, thick, bound-my-nails jelly. ICK. I buffed and soaked and finally they're off!!!!! I needed them off fast because I couldn't wear that no-so-hot mess outside where I was going to fundraise for my ski racing team. I'll let my nails heal for a little while before EVER trying that again! The products I used were good, the stickers thin, the nails a tad to short, and the top coat not-so-fast drying. I'd like to give these a nice review but right now my experience is a bit clouded.