Kiko Cupcake Nail Lacquer - 656 Pistachio

 

Pistachio is another of Kiko's textured Cupcake range, this one is a very pale, yellowy green shade with darker orange and blue sprinkles.

 

As with all the Cupcake polishes it applies really nicely and dries fast.

Kiko Cupcake - 651 - Strawberry

 

Another Cupcake polish today, this time the pink from the collection 651, Strawberry.

 

651 reminds me of a strawberry milkshake, it's exactly the right creamy pink colour speckled through with red and blue textured pieces - hopefully you don't get them in your next milkshake!

Kiko Cupcake - 654

Another of the Cupcake polishes today, this time 654, Anise.

 

 

Similar finish and application to the others I have posted about recently but this time a pale blue base with darker blue sprinkles through it.

 

I really love the colour; it's a very bright, icy blue shade. 

 

 



Kiko Cupcake 647

 

647, or Jasmine as it's called on the UK Kiko site, is a white base with orange and blue speckles and strands through it's textured base.

 

These pictures are two coats and as you can see it's nicely opaque at that.  The polish dries reasonably fast but not quite as fast as the Sugar Mats, possibly due to the different textures and make up of the additional colour particles.

 

What really impressed me about this polish is how well it lasted, even without a top coat, it managed 4 days with minimal tip wear and no chips which is pretty good going for a textured polish.

Kiko Cupcake Nail Lacquer

 

I have polishes from a new collection from by Kiko to show you today, Cupcake Nail Lacquer, the release of them coincided nicely with a friend from work visiting Spain so she offered to bring me a few back, here are the four I chose;

 

648 Pineapple, 652 Lilac, 653 Wisteria and 655 Mint.

 

 

It pains me slightly not to buy the whole collection but I figured it was best to try a few out before getting carried away, as I wasn't sure I would love these quite as much as Kiko's other textured polishes the Sugar Mat Collection.

 

The Cupcake collection are similar to the Sugar Mats, but not the same; the formula is a bit chunkier as the Cupcakes have more multi-coloured pieces in them rather than just fine shimmer.  Despite this they apply in a similar fashion and dry nice and fast (although not quite as fast as the Sugar Mat).  They definitely have a slightly more chunky, textured look to them too.

 

 

The colours are lovely, soft pastels, perfect for spring.

 

The pale base colours are shot through with slightly darker colours in complimenting shades.

 

They reminded me of mini eggs when I first saw them on my nails, perfect for Easter, but actually they look less like mini eggs when you see them right beside mini eggs as my foray into using chocolates as props shows...

 

I still think they're pretty sweet though. :)

 

While I don't love them quite as much as the Sugar Mats on first try I do really like these so I think I might be adding a few more to my collection at some point.

 

 

 

 



Kiko 288

Another Kiko cream today, this time in a perfect Barbie pink shade.

 

 

I love 288, it's bright and girly and gorgeous without being too over the top, a really wearable pink shade.

 

The photo below, with flash, shows just how bright and Barbie like it looks in certain lights.

Kiko 324

Although this polish looks almost black it's actually a very dark chocolate brown shade.

 

 

As with almost all the Kiko creams it applies beautifully and is opaque in just two coats.

Kiko 236

Kiko 341

An InLinkz Link-up

Kiko - Digital Emotion - 440 - Electron Blue

Electron Blue is another polish from the Digital Emotion Collection which was Kiko's Christmas release last year, I've posted about the others from the collection already and today is the turn of my fourth purchase.

 

It's nice and glittery but it's not as holographic as the others in the collection which is a bit of a shame.  It's still a pretty shade though and does have nice sparkle.

 

The polish covers well in two to three coats, you can generally get away with 2 but adding the third means you get a more 3D look to the layers of glitter.

 

 

 

Kiko - Sugar Mat - 456 Teal Green

Another in my long list of Kiko Sugar Mat posts today, this is 456 from the Sugar Mat Collection Box I got just before Christmas, which is a deep teal green sort of colour.

 

 

This one also has a little silver teal sparkle running through it which is very pretty and as with all the Sugar Mats it applies beautifully and is opaque in just two coats, this collection are also super fast drying which makes them great as a speedy manicure choice.

 

I really love the colour of this polish, it's a lovely bright, blingy shade but still feels quite sophisticated.

 

Double Stamping

This manicure didn't quite turn out how I was hoping, and I've cleverly forgotten to take a note of which stamping plates I used so it's not going to be the most useful of blog posts ever. :)

 

They're both from the Bundle Monster Create Your Own collection and the polish I used to stamp is a pink to purple Chameleon polish from Barry M and Gold Foil, also Barry M.

 

 

Unfortunately these pictures have highlighted the tip wear quite badly, it wasn't noticeable in person but it certainly is in the pictures so apologies for that.

Kiko 341

I felt like something different today so I chose a bright blue Kiko shade, one which is probably more suited to summer, 341.

 

It's a lovely bright blue cream colour which is totally opaque in just two coats.

 

Although it's definitely more of a summer colour it was nice to have something bright and bold on my nails after all the festive shades I've had on.

 

 

Kiko Sugar Mat - 451 - Apricot

451 Apricot is another of the polishes from the Kiko Sugar Mat Nail Lacquer Set which I have posted about a fair bit recently.  I am slowly working my way through the set and trying out each colour and today was the turn of this peachy little number.

 

As with all of this set it applies nicely, is opaque in two coats and dries quickly. I have to say it's not one of my favourite shades from the collection though, it's a tiny bit insipid for me, for lovers of nude of neutral nails it should be a favourite though.

 

There are tiny pinky peach glitter particles throughout the polish which add a bit of extra interest but for me, and in particular with my skin tone, it's just a bit too pale and wishy washy.

 

Kiko Sugar Mat - 454 - Wine

Another polish from the Sugar Mat Nail Lacquer Set today, this time 454 Wine.

 

 

I pretty much love ALL of the Sugar Mats and this one is no exception, it's a burgundy wine shade with a subtle glittery shimmer.

 

It applied beautifully, is opaque in two coats and dries lovely and fast.  I love these polishes and they are definitely my lazy day option as they are so quick and easy to apply.

 

Kiko - 442 - Techno Black

Techno Black is another polish from Digital Emotion, Kiko's Christmas Collection for 2013.  This is the polish I had on for New Year.  I was planning on stamping over it but yet again time overtook me and I ended up just leaving it plain.  Thankfully in person it's a lovely blingy holographic glittery shade so it still felt fairly party appropriate.

 

 

It's pretty much impossible to get a photo which shows how sparkly and lovely this polish is so you'll have to trust me that in person it is very glittery and gorgeous.

 

It applies nicely and two coats leave it opaque, I did three as I like to have a really good layered coverage with these sort of glitter polishes as it makes them seem more three dimensional.