SensatioNail™ update

I am very ill again with a bad cold so I am yet again bedridden :( I did get up as the sun broke through to take a photo of my SensatioNail™ "Raspberry Wine" manicure in the sunlight. I notice that I've not been very good at 'capping' the tip when I applied it - it looks like I have tip wear... Oops! But rest assured, there is no wear or dullness yet!

The second photo is my power smoothie for beating this cold - it has a green powder made up of chlorella, spirulina and camu camu in it, and also banana, fresh orange juice, frozen raspberries, red currants and red gooseberries and a helping of oat bran and a probiotic low fat yogurt. It looks a bit like concrete in the glass, but it tastes very nice and fruity! I am determined to have one of these a day to get healthy, I am convinced that the last 6 months string of flu/colds is because I am severly run down and need a serious boost. Lets see if my power smoothies can help!

NOTD: SensatioNail™ "Raspberry Wine"

My nail detox ended early due to the release the new SensatioNail™ Starter Kit with "Raspberry Wine"! I have had a thing for gel polish since I had my first set of Shellac nails! I didn't particularly like the colours in the starter sets - red creme and this berry (yes, berry, the photo is crap!) but at £85 this is worth it for the LED lamp alone. Even if you have little or none experience with gel nails, this is easy enough to do. Just follow the video demo on the SensatioNail™ website and you will be fine :) I'll try and take a better photo in daylight tomorrow.

Having worked with both gel polish and gel extensions, I found the procedure very straight-forward. There is an instruction book in the kit as well. I must confess I may have been a bit sloppy with the application in places though... My chosen colour is a berry shimmer.

I'm not going to go into details about the content, you can see them all in the photo and they are all explained in depth on the website. You get:

• Pro 3060 LED lamp
• Buffer
• Lint-free wipes
• Gel cleanser
• Primer
• Gel Base & Top Coat
• Coloured gel polish

All the gels goes on smoothly, even though I wish the colour gel was a bit more pigmented? The lamp is super-easy to work as the button is preset to 30sec. I wouldn't use the nail file in the kit - it's not fine grade enough to buff the nails gently; I used the 1st stage on a professional buffer block and buff VERY LIGHTLY.

I have done some research online and I think I can use the lamp experimentally with other LED cure gel polishes so watch this space... I will try and wear this as long as possible, but as you know me, 2 whole weeks without a polish change will be tough :)

You can get the SensatioNail™ Starter Kit in Boots now for £85, it comes in "Scarlet Red" and "Raspberry Wine".

Lina-Elvira Loves It Thiiiis Much:
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Nail detox!

My hands are having a bad time at the moment, really dry and cracking cuticles and fingers... :( I have also developed severly dry skin patches on my upper arms, face and legs. I am not sure what's going on, but I am going to have a little nail detox for a week and just apply lots of hand cream and SolarOil. So please excuse the naked nails for now! I managed to buff away some of the discolouration of the nails as well.


Spring is fast advancing here, this is how big my tulip bulbs have come up already :)  This is a variegated leaf type but unfortunately I cannot for the life of me remember what it was called or how it will look when it's flowering!

NOTD: Essence Color & Go "Get the Fever"

This is one of 3 Essence polishes I've managed to get in swaps. I love how orange this is :) Will definitely cheer me up in the office tomorrow! Burn, retinas, burn!!

This is 2 coats with a slick of MegaShine; it streaks if you are not careful, even though it's very opaque.

NOTD: Barry M "Bright Red"

I got a new dress about an hour ago for this wedding reception I am going to tonight so I decided to paint my nails bright red to match the print pattern on the dress :) My original dress was a wine red colour and I was going to put on Minx but this is much quicker! I love the juicy shine of this red, it's just so summery and happy! This is 2 coats without top coat but true to myself I've added MegaShine since as I am FAR too busy to not have speed-dried nails... :)

NOTD: L'Oreal Paris Color Riche "Marie Antoinette 202"

These new little nail polishes have been in stores now for over a week but I decided not to buy as none of the shades stood out enough for me. However, today I saw "Marie Antoinette" and for some reason I thought - "I love this colour!". Normally I am not a nude person, as you know...

There is something about this colour that makes me want to like it. It's a peachy-pink nude sheer. This is 3 coats, I wanted it opaque as I didn't like the streaky finish I got on the first coat... The brush is lovely, but the bottle design is impractical - if you don't watch, you will definitely be knocking over the brush a million times. The formula on this sheer polish wasn't great, it just wanted to streak. I will have to get a darker colour to see if I have the same problem. Price-wise, I personally think £4.99 for 5 ml is a rip-off, but that may just be me...

I love the finished paint job however! It's very shiny in it's own right but you know me, I am addicted to speed-dry top coat :)

Lina-Elvira loves it this much:

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NOTD: Rimmel Stars 60 sec "Star Studded"

I took out something light today as I have a wedding reception to go to on Saturday and wanted to make sure my nails is tip-top for any polish I may choose to wear. This is 2 coats and you can still see a bit of my stained nails... Oops. Oh well. You certainly can't see it when you are not in macro mode so it'll do :) I slicked on a quick coat of MegaShine as usual. It's a super-sparkly white, but due to it's advancing age it's a bit thick and messy to paint with... I need to use some Seche Restore on this polish.

"Star Studded" is a bit like Color Club "Snowflakes" but much smaller glitter particles.

Lina-Elvira loves it this much:

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