Saturday, February 22, 2014

Floral Pirouette

Last Friday I received a huge dump of mail all at once - a Valentine's Day package from my family which was a lovely surprise, some boring forms from my dad to do with my EU citizenship application, two new polishes to review from Candeo Colors, and my order of piCture pOlish Pirouette from Nail Polish Canada!  It's not hard to guess what's featuring in today's post... 


I wasn't in the mood for swatching, but couldn't decide what polish to wear either - so I combined Candeo Colors Night Flight and piCture pOlish Pirouette into this cute floral double-accent mani! 

Pirouette was definitely an impulse buy for me - I knew the particular shade of pink wouldn't be flattering on my skin, but the holo and shimmer was so pretty and come on, it's call Pirouette!!  How is the ballerina in me supposed to resist that?  (And if you're wondering, yes, I have the A England Ballerina Collection in my possession and I will show it to you eventually... Be prepared for a lengthy post including a lesson in the history of ballet!!) 


My index and pinky fingers are wearing two perfect coats of piCture pOlish Pirouette, topped with a coat of Seche Vite.  The dots are Cult Nails Time Traveller, only because the navy I used on the other nails wasn't quite as opaque as I would have liked for dots.  

My two floral nails are two coats of Candeo Colors Night Flight, which I'll have a full swatch and review of here soon (along with one more Candeo Color polish!)  The flowers are mainly Pirouette, with highlighting and shadowing in Essie Fiji and LaCC 1950, respectively.  The leaves are Essie Mojito Madness with highlights in LaCC 1968.  One coat of Seche Vite to finish off those nails as well! 


I really liked this look, and thought it was a nice escape from the all-dark manis I've gravitated towards for the past few months.  Unfortunately the shade of pink in Pirouette doesn't look good on my skin (it's less obvious in photos) but it's just so pretty, and there was no way I could resist that name!  ;)

How do you like this mani?  I'd love to hear what you think, leave a comment!  :)

18 comments:

  1. This is so lovely! Great Job :)

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  2. You always say certain pink shade aren't flattering to you, but they look gorgeous to me and everyone else I'm sure! Great design :)

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    1. Haha, thank you! I'm luckt that they always end up looking better in photos though ;)

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  3. I love love that pink! Super cute!

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  4. This is beyond beautiful. I love the colours you used!

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  5. It actually looks great on your skin tone, or at least in the pictures! Your freehand skills are amazing! (use those to do some Harry Potter/Doctor Who nails?) I love how the mani flows and you really make the double accent nails work.
    ~Maya :):

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    1. Thank you! I have actually done some Doctor Who and Harry Potter nails before, but I'm always looking for more time to do some awesome intricate fandom nail art! ;)

      http://globeandnail.blogspot.ca/search/label/Doctor%20Who
      http://globeandnail.blogspot.ca/search/label/Harry%20Potter

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  6. Love this!! ♥ I think the pink actually looks great on you!

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