This is my first time using caviar pearls, using the Ciate Mini Nail Polish and Caviar Kit that came free with the July edition of Marie Claire. (The August edition isn't out until Thursday, so there's still time to get your hands on this kit!) The nail polish is Ciate Cookies and Cream, which is described as a light taupe pastel grey. It's a gorgeous neutral shade, which I know I will get a lot of use out of. However it did take three coats to be fully opaque. The colour of Cookies and Cream means the caviar pearls, called Shooting Stars, really pops on the accent nail. Shooting Stars contains multi-coloured pearls of gold, silver, blue and purple.
I was recommended to apply the pearls onto the last wet coat of the polish, which I intended to do; however I ran out of time, skipped the third coat on the accent nail and poured the pearls over the wet top coat. I also applied a very thin layer of top coat over the pearls, but not too much as I didn't want to ruin the effect. The caviar pearls lasted surprisingly well; I lost some down the sides of the nail within a day but the bulk of the pearls lasted three days.
Have you ever used caviar pearls?
Beauty Bird xx
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Looks really lovely on you! I wasn't a fan of the colours and I'm dreading teaching my mum how to use the caviar part! x
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's really not too bad, just make you have something directly under your nail to catch the excess!xx
DeleteLooks great babe.. I have a NOTD post too - MISSY IN THE MIRROR
ReplyDeleteThank you!xx
DeleteThis was such a good free gift especially if you had never tried the before!:)
ReplyDeleteI agree, I don't think I would have bought the pearls otherwise xx
DeleteI got the freebie too, haven't tried out the caviar coat but the neutral polish is gorgeous xoxo
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love it!xx
DeleteLove these, so pretty xx
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Definitely :-) xx
DeleteThey dont seem that they would last that long. And be rather irritating, but it does look lovely!
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They weren't irritating for me but they did distract me!!xx
DeleteI got this free too, I havent tried it yet. I have a few jars of the caviar from another brand but I'm kinda scared to try it! I do think the colours here are lovely though x
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You should give it a go - just doing the accent nail is quite fuss free xx
DeleteAww the colour of these are lovely! :)
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I agree :-) xx
DeleteOMG so funny. I picked this up this other day and did a blog post saying that I was going to use the pearls on my ring fingers too! Great minds!
ReplyDeleteLove how it turned out. I haven't used mine yet. It was a great freebie wasn't it?
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Great minds for sure ;-) It's a fab freebie, all my Ciate polishes have been freebies!xx
DeleteI picked this up but have yet to try it out. It looks fab on you!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I love it a lot more than I thought I would!xx
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