NOTD Ciate - Caviar nails

Afternoon peeps! How is everyone feeling about back to school times this week? Can't say I am looking forward to the early starts!

Today's post was a mani that literally lasted a day, and I took the pictures pre clean up (whoops!) as I was sure it would be off straight away! 

Onto the caviar!

This is done with two products I got from my Ciate Advent calendar! The polish is Ladylike Luxe, and I teamed it with the Bumblebee caviar pearls. Probably not the best combo as Ladylike Luxe dries quite fast so you have to get the pearls on quick!

As soon as I got this set out to use (at my daughters request!) I knew I would be doing an accent nail only! 

It took 3 tries to get the beads looking how I wanted as frankly they were a pain!

I ended up picking off the pearls by the evening (tsk tsk) as they were so annoying, but I like the look for a night out. Not something I would wear for a week like my usual mani! 

Ciate is a hard brand to find on the high street but they do it here

Have you tried the caviar trend yet? 

NOTD - Ciate Purple Sherbert

Happy Saturday peeps! Really should have done this at the beginning of the month considering this came free with Marie Claire magazine and is only available for another 2 weeks or so!



It is a beautiful lilac creme and applied like a dream, this is two coats and there was no problem with streaking



It lasted for a full 5 days with no tip wear and it was so shiny on its own! I only use topcoat partly out of habit and also to seal the colour around the cuticle and tip area.







All of these shots were taken inside, I did wait 3 days for some sun, but that mythical thing never appeared and as much as I enjoy blogging, I won't do it in the rain for a natural light shot!

Purple Sherbert is exclusively made for Marie Claire which costs £4.20 (or maybe £3.90, recovering from a night out!) and the Ciate alone is worth £9 and you get a good read in the bargain! There are two other shades available, a hot pink with blue shimmer called Jelly Bean and a greyed out lilaccy taupe called Bon Bon!

Ciate Paint Pots

Closest match

I had a lot of comments on my nails since painting them with Ciate. The link above is the closest shade to what I have on, mine actually came free with Marie Claire magazine, score! But in 4 days it is being withdrawn from sale as the October issue comes out. I will say that I will be repurchasing Ciate in the future, it may even *whisper* take over from Nails Inc as my favourite! Now, I do not EVER shake polish before applying, but I dropped this before applying and couldn't wait until they dispersed so recklessly did them anyway. Bubbles on surface, gah! Next morning, smooooooottttth as silk! Amaze-balls! The colour is certainly eye catching, purple with teeny weeny flecks of red shimmer that catch the light and make the shade look almost magenta pink - be still my beating heart!

Update - These pics were taken today (bank holiday Monday 29th Aug) and they were painted on Wednesday the 24th Aug! As you can see there is mild tip ware, but thats from click clacking on the laptop! Otherwise I have to paint them again because the cuticle end of my nails is looking bare! Amazing!