Nails | Speed Dial 023 by Ciate

This Polish is a Polish by Ciate in the shade 'Speed Dial'. It applies smoothly and takes about three coats to become opaque. I really love the colour of Speed Dial, it is a really fun orange!

Hope you enjoy this quick post! 

D xo

Nails | Twilight 072 & Caviar Pearls in Bumble Bee by Ciate

This post is on 2 Ciate Paint Pots from my Mini Mani Advent Calender by Ciate. I really love the Polish in the colour 'Twilight', it is a shimmery black colour with gold specks throughout the polish. It is very pretty! It was easy to apply, although it is definitely the thickest polish I have tried by Ciate. As with all the Ciate polishes I have tried, Twilight dries very quickly. I decided to pair this polish with another product I got in my Advent Calender, Caviar Pearls in Bumble Bee! I thought the black and gold would match Twilight really well. These Caviar Pearls applied very easily and have stayed on my nail very well! 

Hope you enjoy the photos below of Twilight and The Caviar Pearls in Bumble Bee

Love Darcie xx

Nail | Halo 089 & Caviar Pearls in Prom Queen by Ciate

 Today's post will be on the day 4 and 5 polishes from the Mini Mani Advent Calender by Ciate, Halo and Caviar Pearls in Prom Queen! Day 4 was a polish called Halo, Halo is a very sheer iridescent polish. I think it would work much better as a top coat over another polish, rather than as a polish on its own as it would take many coats to become opaque.  Day 5 was one of Ciate's signature Caviar Pearls in Prom Queen! These apply rather easily and look really beautiful! 

 Enjoy, D xo

Hair | DIY Ombre

Before

$17.99 from Priceline

$5.99 from Priceline

$8.99 from Priceline

Bigger brush $4.99 from Priceline

After!

Today Darcie and I went to Priceline and bought products to DIY Ombre Darcies hair! We decided to do a brief post on how we achieved the end result. We used L'oreal Paris Perfect Blonde creme bleaching kit and mixed it in a bowl that came is Pricelines salon kit. We also purchased a larger tint brush and a toner from Schwarzkopf, but didn't need to use the toner today. If Darcie's hair becomes brassy she can use the toner when needed. 

First we researched DIY Ombre blog posts and Youtube tutorials, the ones we watched/read include Zoella's  , FashionRocksMySocks and ThePersianBabe.  

We set up everything in the bathroom ( make sure you have a window open as the bleach smell is really strong ) and we both changed into old clothes. We put an old towel around Darcies shoulders and placed foil underneath the ends of her hair. We then 'painted' the bleach onto her hair up to about two inches from the tips. We folded the foil and let the bleach develop for the instructed amount of time then rinsed with warm water. We then placed new sheets of foil underneath and painted the hair for the  second time but brought the bleach up higher and left it on for a shorter amount of time. Then Darcie rinsed it out with the supplied conditioner and dried it. The end result was amazing !! We were very happy with how it turned out! 

After | In Different Lighting

If you have given yourself DIY ombre leave us a comment with a link to pictures and/or blogposts!! 

Nails | Dangerous Affair 013 by Ciate

Dangerous Affair by Ciate is a beautiful burgundy, red colour. It applies easily and dries very quickly, I love the colour of this polish it is very classy and sophisticated!! The Ciate nail polish paint pot minis are so cute, I love them !! Below are some swatches of Dangerous Affair! 

Hope you enjoy!