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Hey lovelies,

today I have a little different HAULy friday for you.
As you might know I am currently sick. My throat hurts, the nose ist running and I have headaches. DM is not only a great store for nail polishes, they also sell several health related things, so that’s what I bought.

nose cream with Camomile

classic tissues

tissues with Calendula

several drops for my hurting throat and some tea.

as well as hot lemon, acerola and ginger with honey. the one in the box is not from DM but from Japan.

While I was there I also saw the new Maybelline Colorshow Nail art pens. DM currently has a great offer. if you buy one Colorshow polish (1,95 euro) you get one of the nail pens (4,95 euro) for free!!!
I boguht 8 polishes and got 8 nail pens for less then 14 euro. In my DM they sell the Colorshow polishes for 1,75 euro. What a great deal!!

On the picture you only see four of the pens though I got eight, two of each color (white, silver, turquoise, gold/bronze)

Was this post intresting for you? Let me know.

Mara

☆『マラ』☆

Hello everyone,

welcome to another one of my Tips & Tricks posts.

Today I would like to fill you in on my littler nail related helpers.

I guess the ground essentials are the same for all of us. A nail file, some cotton pads/balls and nail polish remover.
But which ones are used? Which other tips and tricks do I have for you?

Well, keep on reading and you will find out :)

First of all, there is a big difference between metal files, bendy nail files (the green one) and glass files.
I think they are all good, but I use them for different purposes.
The metal file for example is used to file my toe nails. These are usually much stronger than my finger nails. I also have problems with the nails going into my skin, so it is important for me to lift them up sometimes and file the corners so nothing hurts. The metal file is perfect for that. Besides that it is of course perfect to clean under your nail, doesn’t matter if toe nails or finger nails.
I also use it to clean up excess nail polish if I painted past the nails.
The green file is for soft/weak nails, so I use that one to file my finger nails. I mostly don’t use a base coat before paining my nails. I don’t know, when I use a base coat it is more difficult to apply the nail color evenly. So I end up not using a base coat UNLESS I have to, because I am using a polish I know will leave stains and discolor my nail.
IF that happens, because I am trying a color for the first time, the green file is great for gently file off the discolored top of my nails.
I also own a glass file from Ciaté, the first glass file I used so far.
I must say I really like it, but sometimes it files too much off. So my favorite file is still the green one my p2.

Having this said, there are some other tools I use to make nails arts more easy.

Tooth picks are also great to clean up if you applied polish past your nail.
A two-sided dotting tool, to create polka dot nails, color a larger design, add eyes or pupils to a character and so on and so forth
A tweezer, to pick up small nail art objects (characters, stickers, pearls, shiny stones) and place them on your nail art.
Cuticle gel/creme and an oil in cuticle skin pusher pen to take care of your cuticle.
A nail polish correcting pen. So much more easy to clean off any excess polish.
And also a nail art brush to apply glitter or what not AND last but not least, funnels to fill back in all the pearls and glitter.

A skin clipper to cut off excess cuticle skin that you pushed back before.

A hand peeling. Mine is by p2 and I really, really love this!!!
I am so mad at p2 for distributing this! Mine won’t last forever and I was really satisfied with this.
I hope I can find something similar to it.

My favorite hand-creme.

Pink cotton gloves to put on after applying loads of creme or a hand mask. Makes your hands so much smoother :)
Preferably used after a hand peeling.
Also toe seperaters for pedicure and make-up sponges for gradient nail art design (I did not try this though)

Nail care. I recently bought these two bottles. Cuticle care gel and Nail food (hihi) for weak nails.
Be careful though with the cuticle gel, DO NOT TOUCH YOUR EYES after putting this on!

Nail polish remover (either the acetone free one from Ebeline or the one from Rossmann), cotton pads and aluminium foil.

Express dry drops, helps drying you polish much faster. I must say though, for me it leaves bubbles in my polish, I don’t know why. But that’s why I don’t use this particular one often.
I prefer Ciaté’s speed coat pro (NT014), which is a fast dry top coat.