The 7 things about you tag and some XMas presents

Hello everyone ^_^/

This is the last post of 2010 for me so first of all let me wish you all a Happy New Year.
May 2011 be a year full of love, happiness and smiles!

This Christmas I was lucky as it seems my family and friends decided to feed my nail polish addiction.
So I got NARS from my brother, OPI, Jill Stuart, Hard Candy and Japanese polishes from some very dear friends and my darling.

Here is the list.

*OPI My Private Jet, Louvre Me Louvre Me Not, DS Coronation, Meet Me On The Star Ferry, Birthday Babe and DS Reserve (which unfortunately broke in transit T_T)
*NARS Full Metal Jacket, Pokerface and Tokaido Express
*Jill Stuart 107 & 108 (from the wedding special collection)
*Hard Candy Mr Wrong, Mr Right, Beetle, Date Night, Rumor Mill
*TiNS the Mars, the Snow Love
*Savvy Brownie 4,13,30
*Sally Hansen Purple Diamond
*K-Pallette 24

Can you spot them all in the photos?

Here is a wheel with most of the colours to see what they look like.
Two coats each ^_^

Now someone needs to get me a Helmer to put them all in XD

And I will close this post with the 7 things about you tag since I've been tagged by the lovely Ria of  Serious Shiny.

So here are some random facts about me

*7 things I have to do before I die:
- travel a lot with my darling
- grow my family
- perfect my Japanese and learn more languages
- find my life's purpose and fulfill it
- make pies exactly like the ones my mother makes
- read more
- give something back to the world

*7 things I say all the time:
- wtf?
- eeeeeeeeek!
- g****lis
- glukouli (means something like cutie in Greek)
- eleos (means mercy in Greek)
- I told you so
- like my great grandma used to say

*7 things I am good at:
- languages
- cooking
- persuading others to do my bidding
- shopping bwahahahaha
- computers
- organising stuff
- gaming

*7 flaws :
- impatient
- moody
- hot-headed
- procrastinator
- cannot wake up early
- I hate housework with a passion
- I have no other flaws XD

*7 qualities :
- good listener
- compassionate
- fast learner
- energetic
- caring
- passionate
- creative


7 blogs /bloggers/ to answer the same:

Cosmetic Cupcake
Frazzle and Aniploish
Katrina's Nail Blog
Lacquerware for Tips and Toes
Toes That Twinkle!
Candy Coated Tips
Poka Pika Nails
Vettelicious

That's all for this post, see you all in 2011!

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My nails for Christmas day

Hello everyone ^_^/

Wow, I cannot believe it has been a week already since my last post. I've been meaning to post this much sooner but somehow I didn't find the time. Oh, well, better late than never, right?

So this is the manicure I had on for Christmas day.

The main polish I used was Zoya Crystal. Such a lovely colour, with two coats my nails looked fabulous!

But since it was for Christmas I wanted to add something extra.
So I frosted the tips with ColorClub Snowflakes and then using silver, pink and golden spangles I made a Christmas Tree on a finger of each hand. Sealed everything with a coat of Seche and I was done.

I was very pleased with this manicure as it wore really well for 5 whole days.

How was your Christmas everyone?I hope you had fun with your loved ones ^_^
This year is almost finished, I cannot believe it went by so fast.
Less than two days left for 2010!

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Holo + glitter = yet another Christmas manicure

Hello everyone!

It's almost time for Christmas, yay!!! So I'm taking a small break from the mountains of housework I have to do to share yet another Holiday manicure.

This one is quite simple. Basically I wanted to use a holographic polish in the mix . So I chose China Glaze He's Going in Circles from the Kaleidoscope collection.

Then for the rest of the fingers I used China Glaze Frosty.

Sponged BB Couture Bonnie for a green gradient effect and then a coat of China Glaze Party Hearty. Topped everything with Seche and I was done,

I hope you liked this manicure ^_^
Now I need to go back to what I was doing eeeeeek!!!

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China Glaze new collections!

Okay I usually don't write about such things as many other blogs cover the news but right now I am so so so so so excited!!!!

China Glaze is coming out with more holographic nail polishes in the spring. The series will be limited and will be available at Sally's beauty Supply. Now you know my feelings about China Glaze holo polishes, I absolutely adore them so there are fabulous news!!! I am not sure how I will get this collection but I will def hunt it down somehow.

And let's not forget the crackle polishes that will be coming out on February.

All information and images are taking from the China Glaze facebook page.

On a sidenote I made a few changes on my blog, I put the giveaways on a page that you can access at the top of  my blog and also added a Swap page.
And I also joined tumblr. If you want check out my page, Cel's sparkly world. It's quite random but I'm having a lot of fun with it. If you have a page too let me know, I would love to check it out and follow you ^_^

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A black manicure with lots of sparkle

Hello everyone ^_^/

how are you today?
Just a few days now left for Christmas, weeeeee I'm so excited.
Today I will share a black manicure with a twist. I was inspired to do this by various nail art designs that I saw on Japanese nail magazines. It can be worn for the festive season too.

Here is what you will need for this manicure.

Essence Fatal
BB Couture Spellbound (from my awesome Overall Beauty haul that I will be posting about soon)
Zoya Nova
silver spangles in various sizes
Seche Vite top coat

I painted all the fingers except one on each hand black. Then the two accent fingers that I chose were painted with Spellbound and then Nova. Added the spangles on the black nails forming various lines, topped with Seche and done.

I was so happy with this one that I didn't want to take it off. And as you can see when the light hits it, it's a really sparkly and eye catching manicure! I think I might be doing something similar for New Year's, but with different colours ^_^

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the Greek files #4

Hello everyone ^_^/

almost a month has passed since my last Greek Files post so here is another one.

Today I will present to you some nail polishes from Deborah. This brand is not Greek but it is readily available in many beauty stores here and has a fabulous colour selection. Judging from the bottles I would say the brand is Italian but I could be wrong.

So here are my three favourite colours from them.

18 a lovely dark pink with gold shimmer

19 an intense black with multicoloured glitter

36 a deep purple/green duochrome of sorts with silver shimmer

Below you can see them on my nails. Each colour is two coats without base or top coat.

I think 17 could use a third coat as I can still see the nail line but they other colours look great with just two coats. 36 looks like a duocrhome in the bottle but the effect is not that visible when worn. Out of the three I think my favourite is the black, such a fabulous colour!

What do you think of this brand? Have you heard of it before?

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A glittery Christmas manicure with TiNS and Anna Sui

Hello everyone ^_^/

With just 11 days left for Christmas, here is another Christmas manicure.
To be honest I did this quite some time ago but as it turned out too Christmasy I was saving it for the holiday season.

This look is quite easy to make and I actually got a lot of compliments on it when I had it on.
Here is what I used.

Anna Sui 318, a lovely pink shimmery polish.
TiNS the Holiday Cheer, a fabulous green glitter polish
Anna Sui base and top coat
Natural look Gel top coat
Rhinestones by Viva La Nails

After applying base coat and two coats of each colour on different fingers, I made diagonal stripes with the TiNS polish and using top coat and the rhinestones I made flowers on the other fingers. I used just the glitter polish on my thumb and didn't put anything else on that nail as the colour is quite spectacular on it's own.
I sealed everything with a layer of natural look Gel top coat and voilà!

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Festive Giveaway winners

Hello everyone ^_^/

How was your weekend? Mine was busy trying to verify and sort out all the giveaway entries.
Thank you so much to everyone who joined, I wish I could send each and everyone of you something, but rest assured I have a lot more plans for the future!

So without further ado here are the winners of my 400 Followers Festive Giveaway.

The winner of the first prize is Dilia.

The winner of the second prize is Vettelicious.

Congratulations ladies! I have emailed you both.
If I don't receive a reply within 48 hours, I will pick another winner.

That's all from me for now. Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!

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Festive Giveaway now closed

Hello everyone ^_^/

Just a quick note to let you know that my 400 followers Festive Giveaway is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who joined.
I will check all the entries and announce the winners tomorrow.

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A frozen Christmas mani

Good evening everyone ^_^/

Christmas is just two weeks away so time for a winter manicure that is fit for Christmas too.

This idea came to me while I was playing around with some crackle polishes and I really liked the look so I decided I needed to do a full on manicure like that.

It was actually a very easy look to achieve.

First I started with base coat and a coat of Color Club Take me to your Château

Then I applied a layer of Isadora Graffiti nails in Subway Green

And finally to take things a step further a coat of China Glaze Luna.

Topped everything off with a coat of Seche and I was good to go.

I really liked this manicure and I was very excited as I came up with the idea by mistake.

If you wanna try it too, why not enter my Festive Giveaway for a chance to win Isadora Graffiti Nails in Subway Green amongst many other goodies. Deadline is tomorrow.

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What I'm using right now

Hello everyone ^_^/

How was your weekend? I hope you had fun.
I had another post planned for today but I saw an interesting post at Stavroula's blog where she had a list of the beauty products she is currently using. She tagged everyone and I found it a fun idea so here is my list too.

Face
♡ Cleanser: Soap & Glory Face soap and clarity
♡ Toner/lotion: NARS balancing moisture lotion
♡ Cream/moisturizer: NARS hydrating moisture cream
♡ Facial mask: My Beauty Diary black pearl
♡ Exfoliator: Nivea Visage peel soft!
♡ Face make-up remover: Septona face wipes with almond oil and moisturising milk
♡ Eye make-up remover: Simple eye makeup remover pads

Body
♡ Shower gels/soaps:  Radox Lavender & Waterlily
♡ Body lotions/creams: Avon Planet Spa Japanese sake and rice illuminating body lotion
♡ Body exfoliator: Lush sugar scrub
♡ Hand cream: Shiseido moisture hand cream
♡ Lip balm or lip treatment: Korres lip butter
♡ Perfume: Jean Paul Gaultier Classique
♡ Deodorant: Sanex dermo-sensitive

Hair
♡ Shampoo/conditioner: L'oreal for kids, very berry strawberry
♡ Mask: Timotei for coloured hair
♡ Conditioner : -

Make-up
♡ Primer: NARS makeup primer with SPF
♡ Foundation: Skin79 shiny pearl water drop BB cream
♡ Concealer: Anna Sui concealer
♡ Powder: Shiseido Pureness matifying compact
♡ Blush: Jill Stuart blush blossom
♡ Bronzer: -
♡ Lipstick: -
♡ Lipgloss: Nivea Volum' CHerry
♡ Eyeshadow: Kate Diamond Cut Eyes in purple
♡ Eyeliner: Urban Decay ink for eyes in Zero
♡ Eyeshadow primer: Urban Decay eye shadow primer potion
♡ Eyelash curler: Shu Uemura
♡ Mascara: Majolica Majorca Lash Expander Frame Plus (best mascara ever!!!)

What are your favourite beauty products? Have you ever used any of the above? Any recommendations?
Let me know in the comments ^_^
Also I am tagging everyone who finds this fun, I think it's always interesting to see what beauty products fellow bloggers are using.

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GOSH Holographic

Hello everyone ^_^/

December is finally here, which means less than a month for Christmas.
And yet here we are having maybe the warmest winter I can ever remember.
20C today, I cannot believe it *rolls eyes*

I am so jealous of all the other European countries where it's snowing, I want the same here aaaaargh!

Oh well, since there is nothing I can do about that, how about some nail swatches of the lovely GOSH Holographic nail polish. I have been reading about this polish for quite some time, yet it was impossible to find at a reasonable price. So when I found a good deal at ebay I didn't think twice.

Last week this pretty polish arrived so here are some swatches.
As I wanted to see it in it's full glory I didn't use any base or top coat, just two coats of the polish.

After wearing it for four days I wanted to change my manicure but before that I decided to try some of my Sally Hansen and Essence nail art pens on it to see how they would look. So I doodled on my nails a bit. Darling found it very funny and is still teasing me about it XD

I have to say GOSH holographic really lived up to my expectations. It is a super shiny holographic polish, it looked perfect with two coats and for the four days I was wearing it, it lasted great. Plus it looks even better when I doodle on it. That's definitely a plus!

*edit* to remind you of my 400 followers giveaway that is ending on December 10. There will be two winners, so if you haven't entered already, now is your chance ;)

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BarryM Indigo

Hello everyone ^_^/

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. I spent most of my time doing housework bleh.
But I found time to hang out with my dear friend T. and she agreed once more to be my nail model to try out some new colours. This time we tried out Indigo, one of the latest colours in the BarryM nail polish collection.
Two coats with base coat but no top coat.

The colour is very pretty but we decided to add some glitter to spice it up.
Here is the result after a coat of BarryM Once Upon a Time and a coat of Seche.

What do you think of this combination?

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Holographic skittles mani

Hello everyone ^_^/

yay, finally it's the weekend. I had a horrible week since I had a really bad cold which meant almost no activity for me for days. So today I will share an older manicure, a holographic skittles manicure I did a while ago using nail polishes from the China Glaze Kaleidoscope collection.

These are the colours I used.

From left to right and from little finger to thumb:
Sexagon, Visit me in Prism, How about a Tumble, Octa Gone Wild, Let's do it in 3D

Each was two coats and a coat of Seche on top. I was really impressed as the colour's didn't lose their holo effect at all with the use of topcoat.

Also this post marks my blog's 6 months anniversary. My first post was on May 24th. It seems like ages ago!

Enjoy your weekend everyone and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone living in the US ^____^

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