I'm pretty sure I wrote a post about Viviana- Naughty Pout. But it's not up on the blog, and it's not saved in drafts. Blogger is really weird sometimes.  Hmmm. 

Anyways, Naughty Pout is a lovely dusty pink. If you haven't figured out already, I have a thing for such dusty, muted colours. This one is no exception. It's cute and girly, and it's also work-safe, so a lot of you will find it wearable. Even my mum loved it, and it's very rare that my mum and I like the same colour, especially when it comes to nail polish.

Application was like the other Vivianas. I feel like a broken tape recorder when I talk about the application of these polishes. Went on smoothly, opaque in 3 coats, dried glossy, blah blah blah. You already know it :P The swatch is without top coat.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can  check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products.

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

OPI- Jade Is The New Black is from the Hong Kong collection for Spring 2010. I had to get it off Ebay as I couldn't see this listed anywhere on the Indian etailer websites. 

Jade Is The New Black is a dusty blue-based green. It's really unique and I don't have anything like it. The soft, muted look makes this green quite wearable.

The formula on this was typical OPI. A little thin, so it took three coats to reach opacity. It applied smootly, without streaking. I didn't need top coat as it was glossy enough on it's own. BUT it chipped within 24 hours :( I will definitely be using a good top coat the next time I wear this polish.

Today I have a swatch of Tip Top Nails- Mango Tango.The beautiful pumpkin orange base is blasted with mesmerizing yellow shimmer. I can't imagine a colour more suitable for summer than Mango Tango. It will also make a great pedi colour.

Mango Tango a pretty warm colour, so it works well with my skin tone. I'm in love with this colour; it's like it was made for me :) As pigmented as the cremes, it was opaque in two thin coats. Went on like butter. I think Tip Top uses unicorn pee or something in their polishes. Apart from being a little thick, the formula on these is just flawless. 

There's nothing more to say, the pictures speak for themselves!

I loved Mango Tango so much, that I decided to turn the swatch into a full manicure :D

Check out the Tip Top Nails Facebook Page to know about nail diseases, myths and facts, do's and don'ts, nail art and lots of contests with amazing prizes!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Tip Top Nails- Raspberry Cream is a standard blue-based red with a creme finish. It's such a beautiful, deep colour that just pops on my skin tone. It's the perfect fall red! Like the other polishes from this brand, Raspberry Cream was crazily pigmented. I just needed a single coat, though you may need another coat for longer nails. If only all my polishes were this pigmented!

Tip Top lacquers are a dream to apply, soooo creamy! I would love to get my hands on more. I think the South African gals are extremely lucky to have Tip Top so easily available to them. If the company decides to go international, I have no doubt whatsoever that they will become a rage!

I also love the Tip Top Nails facebook page. Joan, the founder of Tip Top, posts useful information that is a must for any nail addict! :) I have found her tips really useful. I used to think that I know a lot about nails, but after I found their page, I realised that there's a lot left to learn. Also look out for Sam's nail art pics, they are stunning!

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Toady I have a swatch of Viviana- Party Exotica. Party Exotica is a nearly-neon teal creme. The colour was impossible to capture. It doesn't dry matte, so it's not a true neon, but it did freak my camera out, so it does have some neon properties. It's really bright and eye-catching, and I love it! 

Party Exotica is way more green than the swatch shows.  The colour drop on Urban Touch isn't very accurate either. No problems with application. The polish has a sort of jelly finish, and can take 3-4 thin coats to reach opacity. It dried glossy, so I didn't use top coat.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can  check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products.

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Today I have another Tip Top Nail polish to share with you. This one is called Crushed Grapes.

 Crushed Grapes is the perfect eggplant creme. The colour is such that it will work equally well with both cool and warm skin tones. It is also a great colour to wear all year round. Fun enough for summer, and vampy enough for fall and winter.

One thing that I have noticed about Tip Top Nail polishes is that they are all highly pigmented. They are also slightly thicker than other polishes, but you will get compete opacity in one or two coats. It is safe to say that these are the most pigmented polishes that I have ever come across.

Crushed Grapes flooded my cuticles a bit during clean up, but that's not uncommon with deep vampy polishes. I did not require a lot of clean up anyway; the brush was really easy to work with. 

 I used two coats for this swatch. The polish dried to a glossy finish, so I did not bother with topcoat.

Don't forget to check out the Tip Top Nails Facebook page! 

Joan, the founder of Tip Top nails posts lots of useful information, that is a must-read for any nail fanatic! Also, if you are a fan of nail art, you must go there to see the amazing designs that their nail artist, Samantha Blumberg posts.

And before I forget, I want to thank Namita for giving me the Versatile Blogger award! : * 

Check out Namita's blog, Vivacious Flair, I'm sure you will enjoy it :)

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

 Joan from Tip Top Nails sent me a few of their products to try out and share with you :) Tip Top Nails is a South African beauty company which is best known for its nail polishes and treatments.  The polishes are free of Formaldehyde, DBP, Toluene and Camphor.

Tip Top has a very active Facebook page. Joan regularly posts very useful information about nail anotomy, diseases, the latest trends, do's and dont's and lots of fun contests. Their nail artist, Samantha Blumberg, posts amazing nail designs and nail art tutorials. She is one talented gal! I have honestly found this page very useful. Though I am not very active on Facebook, I make sure I regularly check out their page.

The first polish from Tip Top that I tried out was Armourplate. This is the best silver foil that I have ever used. The swatch shows just one thin coat. Who doesn't love a one-coater? The brush was really easy to work with. It was flat and flexible. Sort of reminded me of the OPI-Pro Wide, but without the bushiness. It was just perfect for my nails. The swatch did not require any clean-up at all.  Which is a really good thing, because cleaning up foils can be an absolute disaster, with silver particles all over your fingers.

I topped off Armourplate with a thin coat of Purple Haze, which is a purple glitter top coat. I absolutely love the subtle holographic effect of the glitter. The manicure looks so festive! I will probably use Purple Haze on New Year's Eve :)

Stay tuned for more reviews of Tip Top products!

And don't forget to check out the Tip Top Nails Facebook page! You won't regret it.

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

ASK Cosmetics is hosting a huge giveaway! They are giving away the entire range of their products to 3 lucky (very lucky indeed) winners. The prize package is worth $250 CAD!!! To get more information on how to enter, you can go to their facebook page or you can check out Lisa's post  here. Best of luck to all those who enter! :)

My Viviana reviews will be drawing to an end soon. I've actually lost count of how many of them I have swatched. Today I'm showing Eclectic Fascination. It is a warm brown metallic that screams fall. I wish I had got this sooner, coz now I'm in the mood for winter colours. But hey, fall will come again, and I will be wearing it a lot next year :P

The formula was better than other Viviana polishes. It went on smoothly and was opaque in 2 coats. It dried brushstroke-free, even without using a topcoat! If you are planning to place an order for some Vivianas, I suggest you try this one. And Eco Cool, Perfect Plum, Midnight Enigma, Outrageous Sky and Secret Whispers :P 

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can  check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products.

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

It's been a long time since I've experimented with layering. But when I got my hands of Secret Whispers, I couldn't resist. I layered a thin coat of it over Eco Cool, which I showed you in my previous post. I LOVE the end result. Eco Cool was already a fantastic colour, but the layering took it to a whole new level. See for yourself :) It also toned down the brightness of the pea green creme and made it a little more wearable, in my opinion. 

Today I'm showing you another Viviana that made it to my list of favourites. Eco Cool is a bright pea green creme, also known as a 'Shrek' green. I have wanted this colour in my collection for a long time.  Personally, I feel we don't see enough pea and apple greens from nail polish companies. They either keep releasing mint greens or dark greens, if they even bother to come out with a green. Of course, some people may find Eco Cool a difficult colour to pull off, but I'm sure many of you will love it. I know I do :)

Eco Cool was opaque in three coats. I wish Viviana polishes were a little more pigmented. But I love the colour so much that I cannot complain much about the opacity. The polish was slightly goopy, and it was difficult to get thin, even coats. But the third coat evened it all out and it dried to a glossy finish. The swatch is without topcoat.

 Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products! 

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana- secret Whispers is a light coffee brown shimmer. I didn't like it much in the bottle. But I was in love once I painted my nails with it. It's really shimmery and glowy.  A great colour for the winters and will suit most skin tones.

Secret Whispers is quite sheer. It wasn't quite opaque even after 3 coats, but the visible nail line is not noticeable because of the strong shimmer. The sheerness of the polish may make it suitable for layering. I will have to try that out. Overall, I did not have any problems with application.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can  check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products.

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana- Luxe Lass is a sheer pale nude, which hardly shows up with a single coat. With four coats, it turns into a nude jelly. It's not exactly my type of colour, but a nice option for times when I need a break from all the crazy blues, greens and purples.

 Sheer nudes tend to be rather thick and streaky. While Luxe Lass was a little thicker than usual, it wasn't streaky or difficult to handle. If you are looking for a good French manicure base, I highly recommend that you give this polish a try.  

The swatch shows four coats of Luxe Lass without topcoat.

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products! 

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

KKcenterHk, an online nail art and makeup store, sent me their Full Nail Water Decals for review. I have tried full nail stickers before, this was the first time I was trying decals. 

Each set contains 10 decals. Water decals stick better on polish, so it is a good idea to apply a layer of base coat before sticking the decals. They work just like normal water decals.

What I liked:

They are more flexible and thus easier to use than standard nail stickers.

The packaging is pretty cute.

Such complicated designs are difficult to freehand. 

KKcenterHk sells them at a very affordable price of $4.74.

There are a variety of designs available on the KkcenterHk website.

What I didn't like:

There are only 10 decals in each set, so some people might find it difficult to find the right size for their nails.

I got some air bubbles, but this the first time that I used them, so I'm sure the result will be much better the next time :)

I would love to try more of these in the future. These decals are available on the KKcenterHk website here for $4.74. You can use my coupon code BLGB653RH10 for a discount of 10% on your order!

*These product were sent to me for an honest review*

Viviana- Pulsating Purple. I swatched this over a week ago, but I have putting off posting it. I'm really not feeling this lacquer. The color itself is pretty cute. But the polish is sooo frosty & the visible brushstrokes really bother me. It's probably my least favorite Viviana.

I used three coats for the swatch. Application was like that of a typical frost. No matter how careful you are while applying it, you will get brushstrokes. Drying time was average. 

Viviana nail lacquers are DBP and toluene-free. They retail for Rs.129 ($2.5) on their website. Urban Touch currently sells them for Rs.105. That's just a little over $2. Overseas readers can also check out the Viviana website and leave a query in the contact column for direct purchasing. Viviana is a direct selling company. So you can join them and get lifetime discounts of 20-25% on all products! 

*The products in this post were sent to me for an honest review*

Fierce's makeup & nails's giveaway
The Trace Face Phile's giveaway
Ashley is Polish Addicted's giveaway *US only  & her 200 followers giveaway (open internationally)

Nailed to the T's giveaways here & here
Prim & Polished's giveaway
Manicure Addict's giveaway
Sonidlo's nail polishes' giveaway

OPI- The Show Must Go On is from the Burlesque collection for Winter 2010. I decided to show you this polish because Burlesque premieres on Indian television next week. The Show Must Go On is a really gorgeous glass-flecked shimmer with a slightly metallic finish. The hot pink base flashes orange at certain angles. This was the only duochrome in the collection and I'm glad I got this one. It's really sparkly and very eye-catching. I got loads of compliments while wearing it. It's definitely one of my favorite polishes of all time :) 

I used three thin coats for opacity. OPI polishes apply amazingly, and I love their Pro-Wide brush. Trust me, these pictures really don't do this polish justice, you need to see this one in real life!