Seche - Happy As Is, from the Clever And Confident Collection

Today I have a delicious swatch to share with you, this time it's one of the new shades released by Seche for their new fall-winter 2013 collection named Clever And Confident.
This lovely shade I am wearing is called Happy As Is, it's a bright raspberry creme with a great and opaque formula. It was meant to be a one-coater, it does have a great pigment and a good coverage, but since I have long nails and a relatively large free-edge, I felt like I needed to use two coats for perfect coverage. I believe that if you have shorter nails, you can probably settle for one coat to achieve a great look.

בפוסט של היום מככב אחד הגוונים מהקולקציה החדשה של Seche שהושקה לכבוד עונות הסתיו-חורף 2013, מדובר בקולקציה Clever And Confident. על הלקים הצבעוניים של חברת Seche כתבתי בעבר, ואני בטוחה שאתן כבר מכירות את מייבש הלק המעולה שבזכותו החברה פרצה לשוק - Seche Vite Top Coat.

הצבע הנהדר שעל ציפורניי נקרא Happy, As Is - זהו גוון פטל אדום, כל כך יפה שמתחשק לטעום אותו. הלק בעל פורמולה נהדרת שנועדה להעניק כיסוי מלא בשכבה אחת בלבד, הפורמולה מאוד סמיכה ובעלת פיגמנט נהדר שנותן כיסוי מעולה. אני אישית הרגשתי צורך להשתמש בשתי שכבות כדי להגיע לסיכוי מושלם, בגלל אורך הציפורניים שלי והעובדה שבשכבה אחת עדיין הקצה החופשי של הציפורן נראה לעין.

I have reviewed two Seche polishes before, and I felt like they dried too fast and become streaky on application. With this polish I actually feel like it has a much better formula and the application was flawless for me. It also dried very fast on the nails, leaving a glossy finish, but for these photos I decided to apply Seche Vite top coat on top of two layers of Happy As Is.

The color is really gorgeous and classy for my opinion, it does appear a bit more pink toned in the photos than in was in real life, but still it's a lovely shade that I feel will be great for great for all year round, and not just for the upcoming fall-winter seasons.

מהתנסות הקודמת שלי עם הלקים של Sechce קיבלתי את הרושם שהם מתייבשים מהר מדי, מה שגרם למריחה לא אחידה, אבל הלק הזה דווקא הפתיע אותי לטובה בפורמולה המושלמת שלו שנמרחה בקלות, התייבשה במהירות על הציפורניים והותירה את הלק בגימור מבריק. לתמונות השתמשתי בשתי שכבות של הלק Happy As Is ובשכבה אחת של Seche Vite Top Coat.

לטעמי הגוון הזה מאוד קלאסי ויפה, בתמוונת הוא נראה יותר ורוד מאשר במציאות, אך למרות זאת מדובר בצבע מאוד מוצלח ולדעתי יתאים לכל עונות השנה, ולא רק לעונת הסתיו-חורף.

Seche Clever And Confident collection includes six shades suitable for the upcoming fall-winter seasons. The shades in this collection are very rich and all have creme formula, except for Intuition which has some lovely shimmer to it.

Wonderfully Witty – A rich navy blue crème
Versatile – A dark teal crème, versatile for anyone
Silly, But Sensible – The perfect fall burnt orange crème
Happy, As Is – A vibrant raspberry red crème
Clever and Confident –A delectable, deep plum crème
Intuition – A rich dark merlot with a slight red shimmer

הקולקציה של Seche Clever And Confident כוללת שישה גוונים המתאימים לעונות הסתיו והחורף הקרובות. מדובר בצבעים מאוד עשירים בעלי פורמולה בגימור קרמי, פרט ל-Intuition שהוא גוון בעל גימור עם אפקט שימרי מנצנץ.

Wonderfully Witty – קרם כחול כהה עשיר
Versatile – אמרלד ירוק כהה
Silly, But Sensible – גוון טרקוטה כתמתם
Happy, As Is – קרם בגוון פטל אדום
Clever and Confident – גוון שזיף כהה
Intuition – אדום מרלו כהה עם שימר

את הקולקציה ניתן להשיג במרכזי הטיפוח המקצועיים, מחיר הלק 49 ₪ 

China Glaze Red-y & Willing

Shana Tova (Happy Jewish New Year) to all my dear readers!

For this festive holiday I decided to wear one of my new additions from the China Glaze Autumn Nights collection. I've purchased only three colors from this collection so far, but seeing swatches of these great colors only makes me want to get them all.

China Glaze Red-y & Willing is a gorgeous shimmery red. It has a fantastic and opaque formula, I just needed one coat for a great coverage. Application was really nice, not streaky at all and the finish was quite glossy. I really love this color and I think it's a classy and feminine shade.

For the photos I applied one coat of Red-y & Willing and topped it with one coat of Poshe.

I decided to get a little creative for Rosh Hashana, so I included in my photos pomegranate seeds which are one of this holiday's symbols. 

I wish you a great year filled with joy, love and creativity!

Red and Gold Chinese Inspired Nails

Today's manicure is inspired by the traditional red and gold Chinese fabric. I really love how this came out, and I love the fact that this was really easy to create thanks to the pretty floral stamping plate from Born Pretty Store.

For the base I applied two coats of Barry M Passion Fruit, which is an orange tinted red creme (It has a great formula, really good pigment and dries quite fast with a glossy finish. Love this collection!).
For the stamping I used Barry M Gold Foil (my favorite gold polish for stamping) and used the floral designs from the QA74 stamping plate from Born Pretty Store.

The QA74 plate has several matching floral designs, some smaller and some were large enough to cover the entire thumb, which was great for me since I have long and pretty wide nails. 

The patterns were etched nicely in the plate and they stamped flawlessly each time. I really loved this plate and I think it's a good find especially since it's only $1.99 now (don't forget to use my 10% discount code below). Even tho I have countless stamping plates with floral designs, I really loved this plate and I can see myself use it again with pleasure.

I hope you liked my Chinese inspired design, let me know what you think of it!

Thank you for reading!

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