I was so excited to get the Ciate Caviar Manicure Kit through the post this morning that I dropped everything (not the beads, thankfully!) to test it out. It doesn’t disappoint and looks a-mazing.
The pearls are absolutely miniscule (and hard to capture on camera as you can see!) and come in a nail polish bottle. You paint one coat of the base colour onto your nails, let it dry completely and then start painting nails one by one. So, with the second coat wet on one nail, you pour the pearls and continue til all nails are individually coated with a second coat and pearls.
Just after the pearls have gone on, you’ll need to do a little tidy up with an orange stick if you have one just to remove any stray pearls from the sides of the nail. Setting time is twenty minutes and after about ten minutes, I pressed the pearls down to ensure they are firmly embedded. After than, you don’t lose any more pearls, although I lost one or two before that.
Because there is a plastic tray included in the set, as long as you work over that, pouring the pearls back in is easy with the little funnel.
My nails are in a horrible state after I broke the middle one last week really low down, so please forgive that they aren’t regular. Even so, I’m so pleased with this textured look.. it’s truly brilliant and as my nails will prove, will look even better on longer talons. And, the pearls don’t catch on clothing or anything like that. I don’t think the finished look will be particularly long lasting but for a special nail look, I’m definitely using this again.
The Ciate Caviar Manicure Set launches in April for £18.
So excited to try these!
I’m surprised there’s not a Seche Vite type topcoat used. Surprised and even more impressed.
They look Fab x
OMG I love it.
I’d be interested to see how easy it is to get off. But I wouldn’t care if it’s tricky cos it’s beautilcious!
They come off really easily intact most just fall off. i got the white pearls and im very disappointed.
they’re insane! reminds me of some of the licorice allsorts sweets. xx
I want to try!!
I suppose I shouldn’t admit that when I first heard of this I thought it was with REAL caviar and just thought “GOSH, the beauty industry is getting crazier and crazier.” Glad to see it’s just beads. Still looks awesome!
Kudos to Ciaté for consistently coming up with funky new nail ideas – first bar glitter (suddenly OPI and China Glaze seem to have taken note) and now this! Still, I’m not wildly keen on the price as I already have the base colours (or very similar) sold in the boxes and if I get all three sets I pay £54??
Think I’ll be sticking with hundreds and thousands!! xx
Wow, this looks so cool! I want to try as well!
It is a good idea, but I wouldn’t pay for them since I can get little beads like that from any crafts store. In fact I have some transparent ones and they look great as a mani. The beads tend to stick a lot better if you go over them with a fast drying top coat that is not fresh and has gone a bit goopy.
Looking forward to trying this out, looks fab xx
I LOVE this manicure. But you can pick up those miniscule beads for pence in craft shops. Might have to do a DIY!
Love it xx
I watched the youtube video demonstrating application and have to say it looked a lot easier than I though it would be. Am very excited about the idea, I think its genius. Have you tried taking it off as yet? If so, how did it go?
Nails look fabulous
Brilliant idea! Plus it should stop nail-biting too
ooo i was dying to see this applied on a real person. it looks amazing!! and seems so easy too
liloo /@tsunimee xx
It looks amazing on your nails! I am so excited to try this. I’m glad to read that the process is fairly simple and that the pearls don’t catch on clothing.
hmmm I’m not sure that I like it. They look great but I can’t imagine how practical they’d be. Especially if you’re manoeuvring kids, doing the shopping etc…
Looks amazing! I’m really looking forward to this launch.
Emma
http://www.fluffandfripperies.com
I really, really want to try these, looks gorgeous!!
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