Hello ladies! It's been a while since my last nail polish post. I guess my beauty obsession took over the blog lately, but don't you worry because I've got plenty more of new nail colors to share with you.

Today I chose to show you a recent release from Ga-De Cosmetics, a new and fabulous color to their Crystallic Matte Nail Color range - Ga-De Twinkling Sugar. 

Hope you'll like the photos and enjoy the post!

So as promised, here's my second post with one of the new shades by Ga-De. This is Ga-De Blue Satin (493), a surprising duo-chrome! I was pretty excited seeing it among the new shades, although Ga-De released duo-chrome finishes in the past. The color is very nice, but as many of you know, duo-chromes (and multi-chromes, oh boy!) are pretty much a pain to capture on camera, so I did my best to give you a closer look at this color. So let's check the swatches.

I received this stamping plate for a review from Born Pretty Store and I couldn't wait to try these out. 

When I was requested to choose one item, I knew it would be a stamping plate, but I had hard time deciding which one I want because Born Pretty Store has so many designs to choose from. Finally I decided to go with the plate CK-04 because I really loved the designs on it, and there were some designs I didn't have yet.

When I received it I was a bit surprised to see how actually small it was, but I needed to give it a try and see how it goes.

I started with a base color for my stamping: I applied 2 coats of Wet n Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint, and one coat of KIKO 298 to add a little sparkle. Then I stamped with Wet n Wild Black Creme.

The plate itself is not that big, it's 14x8.5 cm, and the designs were disappointingly small, not larger than 1.3x1 cm. Unless you have tiny nails, this plate will probably not fit your nails, but... You can get creative with it and try different methods, for example stamping twice on the same nail, or using a tape to create some kind of french tip nail art.

For the index and the middle finger I I stamped each nail twice because the designs were too small for my nails, but it actually looks like it's one large pattern so you can't really tell.

I really love how they both look and I will be using hem again in a full mani sometime soon.

The plate came with blue protective film to prevent scratches before the first use, and it has a backing paper to prevent cuts from the sharp metal plate.

As I said before, the designs are very small. You can see the comparison to Bundle Monster's plate (which are not too large as well). I've also recognized a lot of designs I'm familiar with from Konad's and Bundle Monster's plates.

Most of the designs are about 1 cm wide and 1.3 cm high, some are much smaller. Not all of them stamped well for me, and I had to try several times until I got a good enough image that I can use, but that can happen with other plates too.

Overall this is a nice plate but it probably will not fit most people's nails, As I said before, there are other creative ways to use this to create lovely nail art. 

You can find the plate I reviewed and many other stamping plates in this link, there is a large variety of plates, and the prices are really cheap. I know they also have regular rounded plates and the designs are supposed to be larger so that's worth giving a try. I know I will be shopping from Born Pretty Store for few new stamping plates for myself.

You can get a special 10% discount for your purchase if you use this code upon checkout: NL91.

Hope you liked my review. I will be happy to know what you think about it and if you have used any plates from Born Pretty Store and liked / didn't liked them, please share it with me :)

Today's NOTD is a lovely fresh mint color with a delicate glitter top coat.

Of course I had to matched my nails to my favorite mint polka dot blouse I wore for Rosh Hashana and this was my natural choice. I'm really into mint lately, it's definitely the new pink for me :)

I used Wet n Wild I Need a Refresh-Mint as a base coat (needed 2 coats for a good coverage) and applied one coat of OPI Pirouette My Whistle over it. Of course I used the legendary Poshe top coat for a perfect glossy and durable finish.

I think this mint color is a perfect match for this blouse and I really love how it looks together :)

I also wore my favorite bracelet from Shlomit Ofir's shop, who is an Israeli jewelry designer - I absolutely adore her jewelry! I fell in love with this delicate bracelet at first sight, and I just love these two little love birds sitting on this branch. You can find at her shop many more lovely designs inspired by nature and other elements.