Happy St Patrick's Day everyone!
I started thinking green yesterday and tried to remember the happiest St Patrick's Day I had. My husband and I were in Milan, Italy, I was wearing a lot of green and after an afternoon shopping in Corso Buenos Aires we had a lovely meal in a small trattoria in the Navigli district. Bliss!
I had a look at the greens in my collection and found that China Glaze Tree Hugger was the same apple green as the T-shirt I was wearing that day, so I thought I'd give it a go. I have to say I love the name!
The formula was a tad runnier than I am used to and the brush picked up a lot of product, so my first coat was a little thick. It's a creme but has a subtle green/turquoise shimmer which you can hopefully see in the pictures below. It's true to the bottle and has a shiny finish. Drying time was average.
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As I am in the mood for experimenting, I decided to add some detail to my mani this morning. I used a hair grip to create some dots in a lighter green, using Mavala Pistache and some in a darker shade, using OPI Jade is the New Black, to create a pattern. Four leaf clovers would have been suitable, but I went a different route. Will you be wearing green today?
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Brand: China Glaze
Collection: ECOllection
Name: Tree Hugger
Type: Creme
Colour: Green
Pantone equivalent: 360
Make Up Alley rating: 4/5
Potential dupes: It's close to China Glaze Entourage but not enough to be dupes
Buy it from Raven Cosmetics £6.50
I used:
1 x Save The Nail Colour Extending Base Coat
2 x China Glaze Tree Hugger
1 x Save The Nail 45 Second Top Coat
Metadata:
Canon EOS 450D - 50 mm - f/1.8 - ISO 400 - indoors - no flash - daylight
De forma inconciente me pinte las uñas el jueves de verde, sin acrodarme que se venia st patrick's day!
ReplyDeleteTree Hugger es un color hermoso, y te quedo re delicado con los dots
Gracias! Es tan manzana que ayer cuando me las pinté me puse DKNY Be Delicious para estar a tono ;-)
DeleteQue buen color! obvio aca todavia no llegó. Te costaste mucho las uñas muchacha..
ReplyDeleteMe encantó el patrón que hiciste, le sumó mucho al color. Tenés súper buen gusto
Gracias por el halago! Odio limárme las uñas y nunca sé dónde parar, así que sigo de largo hasta donde dan... por suerte son grandes de por sí, en tres o cuatro días estan a mi largo preferido ;-)
DeleteTenes uñas como las mias, por mas que las dejes cortas igual se ven larguitas. A mi me gusta como te quedaron con ese largo y forma!
DeleteLovely colour and mani for a very nice memory about my town!
ReplyDeleteThanks Adina! We had a great time in Milan, went to see some live music in the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi - what a lovely venue that was!
DeleteHermoso ese verde... y te quedaron bárbaras con la decoracion... :)
ReplyDeleteGracias! Es muy lindo color, una sorpresa agradable :-)
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