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23 December, 2012

Lime Crime: Parfait Day & Crema de Limon (and celebrating International Polka Dot Day!)

Hi again! I hope you're not getting too overloaded as the Christmas holiday season draws ever closer. 

Today's Lime Crime manicure features two more yummy looking shades from their Les Desserts d'Antoinette collection.  Parfait Day is a perfect cotton candy pink and Crema de Limon reminds me of lemon sherbet.  I'd always planned to wear these two shades together and then I received a fun invitation I couldn't refuse from new online nail blog So Nailicious to participate in International Polka Dot day.  The idea is to commemorate this cheerful design by wearing a polka dot mani and sharing it via Instagram or Twitter.  Yes, I've tweeted this simply cheerful mani today :)

Application was a creamy dream with both of these polishes and I got smooth base colour coverage in two coats, before adding my polka dots in the reverse colours, then finishing with a top coat to smooth over the surface.

All pictures were taken in natural shaded daylight:



To finish here's a picture of some nail wheel swatches to show you the individual shades before and after being polka dotted!

Happy Polka Dot Day! 

Vita :)

22 comments:

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    1. Thanks Steph! - is it okay to call you Steph? I had such fun doing this and I'm still wearing it cos it's too darn cute to remove! xo

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  2. Very cute manicure! So far I have passed on Lime Crime but I'm starting to think I might need some

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    1. If you're jumping onto the pastel polish boat then check these out :)

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  3. Looks beautiful Vita and makes me crave ice cream :)

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    1. Ooooh! You just reminded me of an old pineapple/strawberry ice cream combination I used to love, mmmm....

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  4. It's super girly and delicate - lovely!

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    1. I feel uplifted just looking at my fingers at the moment! :D

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  5. I love this look! The colour combo is super cute!

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  6. cute!
    i love the soft yellow & pink combination.
    for some reason it reminds of a pretty cupcake shop. ;)

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    1. Thanks Lena :) I agree, these two colours combined look edible!

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  7. Reminds me of pastries or easter eggs :D

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    1. I agree! Something like this would be perfect for easter too! *Sigh* I had to remove it today to replace it with my Christmas mani :p

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  8. SO CUTE. The shades are so pigmented! A perfect Spring mani for sure!

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    1. I've been surprised by the pigmentation of these polishes - seriously they're like pastels on 'roids, LOL! Hyperpastels!!!

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    1. Thanks Ina! The pink and yellow worked really well together :)

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    1. Thanks Liz! This mani is unanimously voted cute I think and I most definitely agree - I didn't want to take it off!

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