Ciaté Collection

Hello lovelies,

we are at the last day of my 2015 Ciaté Month.

I want it to end with a bang, which is why I am going to show you my whole Ciaté Collection. Besides two polishes I bought all of these products myself.

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part of my nail polish storage showing all my Ciaté polishes

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my full-sized Ciaté paint pots

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I decided the best way of showing all the Ciaté products would be by the Set’s I bought them in.

 

Under the Sea

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  • PP135 – Palm Tree
  • PP010 – Holiday blues
  • PP064 – The Glossip

 

Nail Taxi

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  • PP147 – Chinchilla
  • PP016 – Mistress
  • PP128 – London baby

 

Croc Embossed

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  • Croc Embossed – Purple
  • PP088 – Oil Slick

 

Caviar Manicure – Lemon Fizz

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  • PP151 – Loop the Loop
  • Caviar Pearls – Lemon Fizz

 

Caviar de’luxe Manicure

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  • PP050 – Ladylike Luxe
  • Caviar Luxe Pearls – Lustre

 

The Emerald Collection

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  • PP060 – Ditch the Heels
  • Luxury Crushed Velvet in Green
  • Caviar Pearls – Ball Gown
  • Sequins in the Color Penthouse (a mix of green and gold)

 

Crushed Shell Manicure

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  • CRS001 – Mermaid you look
  • PP103 – Pillow Fight

 

Colorfoil manicure

3 set’s

  • PP082 – Cream Soda

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  • PP104 – Pepperminty

 

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  • PP101 – Kiss Chase

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Feathered Manicure

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  • PPM001 – Snow Virgin

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  • PPM091 – Ivory Queen

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Denim Manicure

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  • PP067 – Regatta

 

Flower Manicure – Bada Bloom

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  • PPM119 – Ferris Wheel

 

Chalkboard Manicure

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  • Chalkboard Paint 144
  • Mattnifficent
  • 4 x chalk pens (white, yellow, pink, blue)

 

 

Corrupted Neon Manicure

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  • PP065 – Big Yello Taxi
  • Megaphone (Glitter) – yellow

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  • Club Tropicana (Glitter) – orange
  • Foam Party (Glitter) – blue

 

Candy Cane House

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  • PPM227 – Candy Craze
  • PPM229 – Tangled Tinsel
  • PPM230 – Snow Fall
  • PPM228 – Ginger Snap

 

Tree Trinkets

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Haute House – Rich Ink Formular

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  • PPM220 – For the Frill of it
  • PPM221 – Can Can
  • PPM222 – Tickle my Fancy
  • PPM223 – Sass Pott
  • PPM224 – Knee Highs

 

Haute House – Patent Leather Finish

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  • PPM215 – Silicone Top Coat
  • PPM219 – Dare to bare
  • PPM216 – Mostly a Minx
  • PPM217 – Good to be a Goddess
  • PPM218 – Can’t it be kinky?

 

Mini Mani Month (2013 Advent Calender)

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The polishes were included:

Day 1 – PPM146 – snow globe
Day 2 – PPM017 – boudoir
Day 3 – PPM133 – amazing gracie
Day 4 – smoulder (silver) – pearls
Day 5 – PPM122 – hoopla
Day 6 – PPM080 – sugar plum
Day 7 – PPM058 – main stage
Day 8 – midnight in Manhattan (silver/black mix) – pearls
Day 9 – PPM118 – candy floss
Day 10 – PPM103 – pillow fight
Day 11 – PPM104 – pepperminty
Day 12 – lustre (gold) – pearls
Day 13 – PPM161 – encore
Day 14 – PPM007 – members only
Day 15 – twinkle toes – glitter
Day 16 – PPM147 – chinchilla
Day 17 – PPM091 – ivory queen
Day 18 – PPM068 – tweed and tails
Day 19 – dallas dolly – sequins
Day 20 – PPM037 – starlet
Day 21 – PPM069 – fit for a queen
Day 22 – PPM106 – hopscotch
Day 23 – cupids arrow (lilac mix) – pearls
Day 24 – PPM105 – play date

as well as a funnel to get pearls and glitter back into the bottles

 

Mini Mani Manor (2014 Advent Calender)

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The polishes were included:

Day 1 – PPM057 – headliner
Day 2 – PPM052 – sharp tailoring
Day 3 – PPLM001 – girl with a pearl
Day 4 – PPM007 – members only
Day 5 – PPM173 – sloaney, sweetie
Day 6 – GLIM009 – runway ribbon (loose glitter)
Day 7 – PPM051 – velvet tuxedo
Day 8 – PPM065 – big yellow taxi
Day 9 – GLIM05 – prima ballerina (loose glitter) 1 | 2
Day 10 – PPM184 – mineral clarity
Day 11 – PPM079 – strawberry milkshake
Day 12 – GLIM006 – let it snow (loose glitter)
Day 13 – PPM036 – silhouette
Day 14 – PPM032 –  unrestricted glam
Day 15 – GLIM007 – slumber party (loose glitter)
Day 16 – PPM020 – cupcake queen
Day 17 – PPM133 – amazing gracie
Day 18 – SEQM006 – tinsel trail (loose sequins)
Day 19 – PPM404 – candy cane
Day 20 – GLIM008 – frozen dream (loose glitter)
Day 21 – TRAM001 – fair isle style (nail tattoos)
Day 22 – PPM085 – sand dune
Day 23 – PPM013 – sherbet fizz
Day 24 – PP226 – celestial (full size)

 

Nail Lab

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Including:

  • 6 x mini polishes (Mistress, Pillow Fight, Rain Coat, Ferris Wheel, Power Dressing & Amazing Gracie)
  • 4 empty mini paint pot bottles
  • 6 x suspension top coats
  • 12 x 5g Glitters
  • 7 x professional nail tools (1 scooper, 2 mini test tubes, 1 petri dish, 1 funnel, 1 mini nail file, 1 roll of customisable labels)

This is probably the product I wanted the most right after I saw it on the PR information. I mean come on, for a nail polish junkie like me this set is heaven. Who doesn’t want to mix their own polishes?

 

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PP107 – Pocket Money

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This is the one of the polishes I did not by myself. I received this in a small appreciation package sent to me by Ciaté Germany, along with a mini glass nail file and a Ciaté key holder.

 

 

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PP160 – She’s electric

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This is the 2nd polish I did not by myself. I got this one as a present from my friend Heidi (Heidi’s polish).

 

PP131 – Looking Glass

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Bought this polish along with a few other Ciaté polishes online.

 

PP117 – Jewellery Box

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Bought this polish along with a few other Ciaté polishes online.

 

PP100 – Skinny Dip

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Bought this polish along with a few other Ciaté polishes online.

 

PP097 – Beach Hut

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Bought this polish along with a few other Ciaté polishes online.

 

PP099 – Espadrilles

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Bought this polish along with a few other Ciaté polishes online.

 

PP058 – Cookies and Cream

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Bought this polish on sale at my local Karstadt.

 

Nail Care

With time I also collected and tried some of their nail care products and base / top coats.

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Ciaté – Nail Tonic (nail strengthener)

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Ciaté – Mattnifficent (matte top coat)

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Be careful not to keep the matte top coat for too long or it might get ruined. It happened to mine after about 1 and a half years.

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Ciaté – Speed Coat (fast dry top coat)

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This is probably the best fast drying top coat I have tried. It dries the nail polish to a good amount within 30 – 60 seconds I would say. Would definitely recommend it to any of you and will keep buying it myself.

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comparison of the new (left) and old (right) product

 

Ciaté – love me oil (almond cuticle oil)

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I simply love this cuticle oil. I am a big fan of almond products and I feel this oil is moisturizing and nurishing. It is quickly applied and the cuticles soak it in pretty fast.
I also love the cuticle butter from Burt’s Bees, but I don’t use it too much because I don’t like wasting the product by having to apply it with my finger.

 

Do you own any other Ciaté polishes or products in general, which I should try?

 

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[sponsored] Essence – come to town LE

Good evening guys,

I feel like I have been away for forever. I am really sorry about that! There are so many things going on right now which cause me to have no time for the Blog at all. I promise I will be back 100% by beginning of December.

Today I have a new Blog post for you though. Last week I received a package from Cosnova, sending through some products of the new Essence “Come to Town” TE/LE.

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I was really excited since I am already 100% in Christmas mood and wait for December to come.
By the end of November I will even pick out my Tree and get it delivered so I can start decorating.

Anyway, the “Come to Town” TE is full of colorful products fitting the Christmas mood.

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As you can see, it includes 2 quattro eyeshadow pallets (each 2,79 €), 2 cream blushes (each 2,29 €), 2 lipsticks (each 2,29 €), a shimmering body powder (3,29 €), 3 eye pencils (each 1,99 €), 2 nail polish sets (each 3,49 €), the Lametta topper (1,99 €) and seasons greeting cards (1,99 €).

What Essence sais about the “Come to Town” TE

make a wish! Essence whisks you away to a christmas shopping spree in New York with the new trend edition “come to town”! Beautifully decorated window display, the xxl Christmas Tree in front of the Rockefeller Center and a sparkling sea of lights puts you in the ideal mood to shop for gifts.

This trend edition is a perfect present: the gorgeous color scheme consists of classic yuletide shades like red and green but also silver, gold, beige and pink. highlights include the shimmering body powder with a powdery light vanilla fragrance and two cute nail polish sets with three different colors each – all with a festive gift look that no beauty will want to give away. There are also exciting beauty pieces for your eyes, lips, face and nails. On top of all this, there is a set of five cards so that all girls can send their loved ones christmas greetings.

A wonderful christmas time… with Essence!

on sale from November 2014 to December 2014

 

What was sent to me?

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Cosnova was very kind and send me the 2 nail polish sets, the Lametta topper, the 2 lipsticks, 2 of the 3 eye pencils, the 2 cream blushes and the seasons greetings cards.

Let’s start with the greeting cards. Already when I saw the press pictures I was totally excited and wanted to buy them. You get 5 cards in one set. They are of good quality and super cute. I will definitely use them this year.

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Next up are the products which were obviously most interesting for me. The nail polish set’s and the topper.

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They are available as 01 Naughty Or Nice? and 02 Got My List?

01 Naughty Or Nice? is a warm toned set of three polishes. A bright red/orange which seems to have a pink undertone. It also includes a golden topper and a burgundy red (somewhat dark purple looking in the picture) polish, which looks really pretty.

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02 Got My List? cold toned set with a dark turquoise polish, a silver topper and a bright pink polish.

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The set’s seem perfect as little presents for either a self-made Advent Calender or Christmas itself. I will for sure create some cute designs and review the polishes in a separate post.

01 The Most Wonderful Tree is the nail polish topper which you can buy separately from the set’s. As you can see it is a nice turquoise green topper which looks like Lametta.

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The 2 blushes were kind of difficult for me to photograph and edit. Everytime I tried to get rid of the grey-ish / blue background the colors of the blushes changed. Anyway, those to babies are cream blushes which appeared to be very soft and smooth when I swatched them. I can imagine them not drying out the skin, which is very important during winter. They might even moisturize a bit.

The colors are not really my cup of tea, even though I must say they look very pretty. I might try them once at least and then give them to my younger sister if I won’t use them :)

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right: 01 Is That You, Santa? left: 02 Wrapped In Pink

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swatches of the cream blushes

The Lipsticks are kind of the same thing for me. The colors are too bright and the red Lipstick is not relly the kind of red I would wear, but the went on pretty smooth when I swatched them and will also go to my sister or one of my friends if they want them.

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left: 01 Is That You, Santa? right: 02 Wrapped In Pink

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swatches of the Lipsticks

The eye pencils though are more for me. They are available in 3 colors. 01 Make A Wish02 Naughty Or Nice? and 03 The Most Wonderful Tree (which I did not get).

01 Make A Wish is a pretty golden eye pencil which, I can imagine, would be great for a nice golden eye Make-up for a Christmas Party. It is metallic and went on very smoothly. I love how it looks on the skin and will defenitely try it on the eyes as well.

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02 Naughty Or Nice? is also metallic and very soft. Therefor it went on just as smooth. This is defenitely my favorite! I usually wear brown and bronze tones eye Make-up’s and think this will look super pretty with them.

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The Quattro Eyeshadow (01 Make A Wish and 02 Naughty Or Nice?), as well as the Shimmering Body Powder (01 Make A Wish) I did not get, which is not so bad since I probably wouldn’t have used them anyway.

All together I think it is a cute Winter/Christmas TE, especially for younger girls that are not afraid of bright, popping colors. My favorites would obviously be the nail related products and the eye pencils.

Stay tuned for reviews and nail design with the polish set’s, which I will be posting in December.

Take care,

Mara

☆『マラ』☆

 

 

 

 

 

Mara’s Birthday nail art month – DAY 26 / [SoMoNight] If I stay

Mara's Birthday nail art month

DAY 26

Hey everyone,

I am back with a new new design for you!!! :D

Before showing you a very special nail art I want to thank everyone who took the time congratulated on my Birthday – here and on Facebook. I really appreciate it and it makes me happy.

What kind of nail design do I have for you today? A book / movie inspired one.

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Today’s manicure is about [If I Stay], originally a young adult novel by Gayle Forman which was published in 2009.

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In December 2010, it was announced that a film based on novel was in works at Summit Entertainment, in which Chloë Grace Moretz is playing the lead – Mia.
In Germany the movie will be released on September 18th, 2014. For release dates in your City, please check here.

I am lucky to be invited to the #socialmovienight with Robert from DVDKritik and Elisa from alive4fashion.
The #socialmovienight is pretty self-explanatory. It is all about the community and spending a nice evening together, watching a good movie. I was invited before when the #socialmovienight was still named #youtuberpreview, when we watched the Purge: Anarchy (Blog post’s here and here).

I am really excited to be part of the #socialmovienight for [if I stay]. I loved the trailer and am prepared to cry. Robert I hope you organized enough tissues^^

Here we go with the nails.

What I used?

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  • Essence LE Aquatix – 05 finding dori
  • O.P.I. – Alpine Snow
  • Essence LE Aquatix – 06 under water love
  • Ciaté – PPM407 naughty or nice?
  • nail design stripers by Rival de Loop in black and silver
  • Shiseido – Maquillage – BL606

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close-up of the cello. If you read the book or saw the trailer, you will know why I choose a cello and all those notes.

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How do you like it?

Can’t wait for Thursday, a little review of the evening will follow as well.

Have a great night

Mara

☆『マラ』☆

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You want to win tickets for the SocialMovieNight? Follow the accounts below.

Robert Hofmann YouTube | FB | Instagram | Twitter
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As always, a big thank you to the team behind Robert – PureOnline: Website | FB | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

Most of the pictures at the events are taken by RedCarpetReports: Website | FB

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