VELVET MANICURE BY CIATE
I love nail,
I love nail polish/varnish, I love nail art and I love manicures!! So as a way
of sharing this love I have decided to dedicate one post a week to an all
things nails. I have completed a few post on nails which I you can have a look
at by clicking HERE ......
So to begin,
I just want to add at this point I am not an expert on nails, it is a simple love trying new nail trends and I get super
excited with a new style, art idea or trend is introduced. This excitement raised
its giddy little head when I saw the The Velvet Manicure Set in Mink Cashmere
by Ciate. Velvet Manicure
This manicure
set is focused on the theme of luxury and texture. In this kit you receive a
bottle of polish; in this case the shade is cashmere mink, a bottle of crushed
velvet powder in a corresponding colour and a little brush to aid in the application
process. This kit was super easy to use and the whole process is really fast.
·
Clean
off any excess polish and ensure the nails are oil free.
·
Assuming
the nails are in you desired shape apply a base coat – I really like OPI Nail
Envy as it nourishes the nail as supplies a base coat.
·
Open
your kit and line up your bottles! Apply one coat of the nail polish to each
nail and allow drying.
·
Take one nail at a time and apply another coat
of the nail polish. Then on the same nail sprinkle the crushed velvet powder
onto the nail. Apply as much as you like of the powder depending on how much
definite you want the texture on the nail. Continue nail by nail all the time
being mindful that your nails are drying and setting.
·
When
powder is applied to all nails use the little brush to sweep away all excess
powder.
·
Hey
presto! You now have a velvet manicure!!!!
*Please excuse my little chubby fingers in the photo's I have rather small fingers but are little chubby too. They remind me of my Mum's hands so I don't mind all that much (",)
A really
great positive of using this manicure kit is that it dries really fast and sets
even faster. It is also strong. My nails did not chip at all in the 5 days that
I had it on. Despite this the texture was really easy to remove with nail
polish remover which is unusual for specialised manicures – I often find them
really difficult to remove.
The only
negative aspect of using this kit was that I was not 100% in love with the
colour as the time went on as it became a little darker. This however was
simply a matter of taste. Ciate in general offer very high quality nail
products and I found this kit to be no
different.
Over all I
enjoyed using this kit and think that the texture really does fulfill its
ambition of being luxurious and velvet. I would like to try another colour in
this range.
What do you
think of the velvet texture for your nails? What have you been doing lately with your nails .......? Please leave a comment and share as I love to read them.
Xoxo
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