Dark & Light Skittles

Today's mani is a sparkly/marbley/dotty/bowy mish mash!

I Just Can't Cope-acabana Bananas

OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana is a perfect banana yellow. So....

CND Sun Bleached

I received CND Sun Bleached, a pale, yellowed nude, from KKCenterHk, and was excited to try my first polish from this brand.

OPI You're so Vain-illa + Vanilla Flower

With vanilla in the name, and being the absolute perfect vanilla shade, I wanted to try my hand at a vanilla flower using OPI You're so Vain-illa.

For my first shot, I was fairly pleased with the result.

KKCenterHk Review - China Glaze Man Hunt

For my final KKCenterHk review this round, I have a swatch of China Glaze Man Hunt (plus a glitter gradient).

KKCenterHk Review - OPI I'm Never Amberrassed

I have a couple more KKCenterHk reviews to share with you! They asked me to pick a couple of polishes from their store to show here, so I went with OPI I'm Never Amberrassed and China Glaze Man Hunt.

Today I'll be showing you two manis I did using the OPI Sheer Tint.

For starters, one of the reasons I chose an OPI is because I wanted to check it for authenticity. I've heard too many horror stories about fake OPIs floating around, and being that KKCenterHk is not based in the U.S. and is not an authorized OPI retailer, I was skeptical. 

I have to say though, after comparing this one to all my other OPIs, checking it for the tell-tale signs of a fake, and researching/talking with other nail girls who own it about the consistency of the polish, etc., I have concluded that it is NOT a fake. Assuming all the others are the same, I feel confident in saying the OPIs sold by KKCenterHk are legit.

With that being said, here is my first mani. I did a watercolor design using it, plus Sally Hansen Ice Tint, Grape Jelly, Vitamin D-light, and Sea Through, all topped with China Glaze Make a Spectacle.

KKCenterHk Review - Nail Art Brushes + Glow-in-the-Dark Neon Palm Trees, Leopard, Zebra, and Floral Skittles

Today I have another review. This time, a 15 piece brush set from KKCenterHk.

I tested out just a few of the different brushes. Here are the ones I used for this mani: a couple of small detail brushes, two striping brushes, and a dotting tool.

For my mani, I just did a big neon skittle of different prints, and palm trees!

KKCenterHk Review - 3D M&Ms Candy Nail Decor

I recently received some ridiculously cute 3D nail art M&Ms in red, orange, and blue from KKCenterHk. I was really excited about them because they are so adorable!

I decided to try these out on a couple nails, and do an M&M inspired choppy rainbow gradient on the other two nails using:

Zoya Carmen (red),

Barielle Fire Me Up (orange),

Zoya Pippa (yellow),

Zoya Josie (green),

Zoya Breezi (blue),

China Glaze Mahogany Magic (lighter brown),

and Zoya Louise as the base for my middle and ring fingers.

KKCenterHk Review - Star Studs

I love cute, shaped nail decor. So these star studs from KKCenterHk are right up my alley!

KKCenterHk Review - Green Gleaquins

Today for review, I have these green circle glitters from KKCenterHk.

Pot o' Gold Glitter Placement Mani

You know when you get an idea in your head for a mani, then when you do it, it turns out looking somewhat like you imagined, but not entirely? That happened to me with this design.

 

KKCenterHk Review - Peach Studs & Floral Manicure

When I got these studs from KKCenterHk, I immediately knew I wanted to pair them with yellow and teal in a floral mani!

KKCenterHk Review - Stamper A27

Many moons ago... (Okay, it was in October of last year), I showed you this nifty 1-piece stamper I got from KKCenterHk. It is like the rubber part of a stamper with the images engraved into it, instead of a plate. (See here for a refresher. I also included a demo video showing how to use these stampers). Well, I have another one to show you today. This one is A27. It contains a footprint image, rainbows, a couple of Valentine's Day images, stars, and some floralesque stamps.

New Years Nail Art Collab

I've hosted three large nail art collaborations on Instagram now: two rainbow collabs and a Thanksgiving collab. Now I'm at four. Heather and I teamed up again to co-host a New Years collab!

This was my contribution to the collab.

I actually ended up doing two manis because I needed to fill one more spot in the collage last-minute.

For my first mani, I was inspired by Maren and Nails. She did a French tip and covered the whole nail in a clear-based glitter. I loved it so much and did the same with a silver French of Nina Ultra Pro Shooting Star, and covered everything in China Glaze Your Present Required.

KKCenterHk Review - Mirror Black Nail Foil

It is no secret that I love nail foils! So I was pretty excited to get to try this black mirror foil (E52) from KKCenterHk!

KKCenterHk Review - Brush Holder

I got a brush holder (JR1167) from KKCenterHk to share with you today! 

KKCenterHk Review - Plastic Scraper and Stamper + Pond Mani Technique

The mani I showed you yesterday used a stamping plate from KKCenterHk. I also used a stamper and plastic scraper from them in that mani, and in this one.

This design is known as the "pond mani". You basically layer an image with a jelly polish. So I put down my base color, stamped the heart once, then applied a coat of a jelly, stamped the image again in another spot, more jelly, and so on. This way the first image (they can also be done freehand) is under more layers of jelly polish and going up from the bottom layer, they range from dark to light. Make sense? 

For this mani, I used NOPI Khloe Had a Little Lam-Lam as my initial base, then Zoya Frida for my jelly layers.

KKCenterHk Review - Winnie the Pooh Stamping Plate

Have you seen the Winnie the Pooh stamping plate? No? Well, they're pretty cute! I got one from KKCenterHk to show you today!

KKCenterHk Review - Neon Yellow Star Studs

I have some really fun studs I got from KKCenterHk to show you today!

KKCenterHk Review & Demo - Rubber Stamper A19

You may or may not have seen the new all-in-one stamping systems yet, but I have one to show you today! 

These are plastic discs with a rubber piece in them, and the images are carved into the rubber; eliminating the need for a scraper. 

Here is a Fall-themed mani I created with KKCenterHk's Autumn stamper A19: