Ciaté Luxe Caviar Manicure set includes pearls in Lustre, and a Ciaté paint pot in Ladylike Luxe.

 We were excited to try out the Ciaté Luxe Pearls set after realizing that the microbeads were actually made of metal (they even feel heavier than normal microbeads in the bottle!), since we love the look, but hate when topcoat bleeds the colour. The set includes a polish, pearls and a funnel (to save the extras!) and based on how much we used for one full set of nails, you should have enough beads to do at least 6 or 7 full out nails. If you are using the beads for accents though, you will have more than enough for many manis!

We tried out this look on our full nails, and it wore for three days, although it was just over 48 hours before we had any bead loss. We have read reviews of this leaving a coloured dot on nails where beads were placed, but we used a base coat and had no ill effects! We also used the Ciaté Speed Coat Pro which we are happy to report had amazing dry time, and looked great over the microbeads.

Ciaté Luxe Metals in Lustre

What do you think of this look? The metallic sets are available in Silver, Gold and Rose Gold and are on sale on Sephora now for $23! We're especially lusting after the Gleam set which is a rosy gold metal!

Stay tuned to see the accent nail we did using the microbeads from this kit in the next few days!

Disclaimer: Some of the products mentioned in this post may have been provided to us by the company/PR in exchange for our honest opinion and/or review.

Two-Toned Blue Caviar Nails

Two-toned Blue Caviar Nail

What you need:

• Blue (we used Essie Beach Bum Blu, buy it here)
• Micro Beads (we used Recollections Ocean and Capri, available at Michael's, see photo below)
• Base Coat and Top Coat (we used Essie, buy the top coat here, and base coat here)

What to do:

1. Start with clean, dry nails. Paint each nail with base coat.
2. Paint all nails blue. Two coats may be required.
3. Immediately after you paint the second coat pour the dark micro beads on to the bottom half of your nail and then the lighter beads on the top half of your nail. It is best to do one nail at a time so you can ensure that the beads will stick. Also turn your nail to make sure that all of the beads are attached and there is no bare nail. (See photo below)
4. Once the beads seem to be stuck, pat down the beads gently into the polish so they are more neat.
5. Paint on top coat after ensuring your beads are stuck, and allow to dry!

Recollections-- Ocean and Capri Micro Beads

Black Caviar Nails

Black Caviar Nail

What you need:

• Black (we used Essie Licorice, buy it here)
• Micro Beads (we used Recollections Ebony, available at Michael's, see photo below)
• Base Coat and Top Coat (we used Essie, buy the top coat here, and base coat here)

What to do:

1. Start with clean, dry nails. Paint each nail with base coat.
2. Paint all nails black. Two coats may be required.
3. Immediately after you paint the second coat pour the micro beads on to your nail. It is best to do one nail at a time so you can ensure that the beads will stick. Also turn your nail to make sure that all of the beads are attached and there is no bare nail. (See photo below)
4. Once the beads seem to be stuck, pat down the beads gently into the polish so they are more neat.
5. Paint on top coat after ensuring your beads are stuck, and allow to dry!

Pouring the micro beads onto the wet nail

Recollections--Ebony Micro Beads