Mavala 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar For Holiday 2017

Mavala 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar For Holiday 2017

Nail polish Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, October 02, 2017

This one is for all the nail polish and manicure enthusiasts; it contains everything from handcream and tweezers to a selection of nail polishes.
The Mavala 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar contains 12 products, and costs £45. The packaging is a cute seafoam gift box with drawers holding the products. There are three skincare products in here; everything else is for the hands/nails.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

Scroll down for the full contents of the Mavala 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar for Holiday 2017.

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Glam Guru Israel Beauty Box for Holiday 2015 Review

Glam Guru Israel Beauty Box for Holiday 2015 Review

Unboxing Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Last month, I told you I was awaiting the latest Glam Guru Beauty Box, released for the Jewish New Year - here it is!
For latecomers, Glam Guru is a seasonal Israeli beauty box I first discovered back in 2013, when this blog was at a nascent stage. They ship worldwide tracked from Israel. They release customisable boxes packed with goodies. You can check out all my Glam Guru unboxings here. Incidentally, it is the only beauty box from which I have repurchased products immediately.
The good thing about getting beauty boxes from around the world is that you stand to discover local goodies from several regions. And, believe me, there are some beauty treasures in Israel that my skin just loves.
The new Glam Guru boxes are customised according to your beauty profile. The box design is beautiful; bridal, even - look! 

Scroll down for my review and unboxing of the Glam Guru Israel Beauty Box for Holiday 2015.

Le Mini Macaron Gel Manicure Kit in Grape: Review and NOTD

Le Mini Macaron Gel Manicure Kit in Grape: Review and NOTD

Reviews Cosmetopia Digest   Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Some time ago, Lisa of Cosmetics Sanctuary mentioned a Kickstarter project for Le Mini Macaron Gel Manicure Kits. For backing the project, you would get a gel kit free and they shipped worldwide. I signed up at once. Every one of the kits was sold out in a matter of days and there were 542 backers.

The Kickstarter project was run by Christina Kao. It took them a while to get through all the orders because there were that many! The colour options were Grape, Strawberry and Cherry Red. I picked Grape and pledged $25.
I received my kit in May but could not play with it because of travel. Airplanes, for unknown reasons, are lethal to my nails and I ended up with nubs (which are slowly growing).
This was my first time with gel polish and I was quite apprehensive about burning my hands, breaking my nails even further, ending up with no nails at all, discolouration, inability to get rid of the gel polish, World War III....

Scroll down for more about Le Mini Macaron Gel Manicure Kit.

Periwinkle, glitter and duochrome manicure for Summer and London face

Periwinkle, glitter and duochrome manicure for Summer and London face

Summer Cosmetopia Digest   Thursday, June 18, 2015

This is a very short post, since I am running from pillar to post in London. I found time to paint my nails last night - after coming back from Althorp (Literary Festival - sadly couldn't find time to visit Princess Diana's memorial thanks to the rain and train). I've bought six bottles of nail polish so far and got one free, so not too bad. Surprisingly, the OPI counters don't seem to have the sheer tints. Boo. Even the Middle East Sephoras seem to get the new launches earlier.
Anyway, for this mani, I began with Barielle Rain in Spain, which is a nice periwinkle. I wanted a glitter topper and went in for Sinful Colors Petal be the day above this. I didn't like the effect after one light coat, so I finished up with KBShimmer Urban Camo, which I love so much so that I will use it over pretty much every polish for a while. Here are the results:

Meanwhile, this has happened to my face:

Nail tutorial: How to take your mani through the week

Nail tutorial: How to take your mani through the week

Tutorials Cosmetopia Digest   Sunday, June 07, 2015

Greetings from London, where Summer requires a few layers, a scarf and a jacket. I was in Bristol where my internet access was irregular-to-nonexistent, so it's good to be back online. Since I am trying to do a gazillion things here as well as find time to eat and live, some of my friends are kindly helping me out here for a while. Today, it is Nidia Doherty of Lit From Within. You have to visit Nidia's blog and look at that cute firefly, the way she matches her manis to her skincare and makeup products and her trove of trivia on all topics from essential oils to moisturisers. Over to Nidia now.

Hello, Readers! My name is Nidia, and I run a little blog called Lit From Within.  I'm excited to share a little nail art with you today! When I was putting this look together, I was thinking about how to take a mani through the week.  Maybe you have to be more conservative with your nails during the workweek, or maybe you don't have time to do anything other than a one-color mani most of the time, but you want to change it up for an event.

Valentine's Day Lace Nail Art with Etude House

Valentine's Day Lace Nail Art with Etude House

Valentine's Day Cosmetopia Digest   Saturday, February 14, 2015

A handy kit for hassle-free lace nail art.

This Valentine's Day, I wanted to avoid the regular red and hearts for my manicure, and try something different. I've wanted to try out lace nail art for a while, and my first attempt, with cotton lace, was an unmitigated disaster involving little bits of fabric all over my black sweater.
I came across the Etude House Rose Flowering Nails kit on Jolse.com. There are two shade options, Watery Rose and Velvet Rose - I chose the latter. This set contains two nail polishes; a dusky pink and a deep maroonish red, and costs just $7.58. There are 20 bits of black fabric lace for the nails, in two designs. The kit seemed like a better idea than further experiments with lace from the sewing kit, so I gave it a try yesterday. At first glance, the lace in the kit seemed like adhesive wraps, but the fabric peels off from the glue. The lace is thicker and stiffer than I expected.

Check out my Valentine's Day lace nail art with the Etude House Rose Flowering Nails kit.