I hate drama... Be it in love, friendship, real life or online, I always try to stay out of it unless I feel I need to make things right. I know, how self righteous LOL.
If you haven't read about the tantrum, you can visit The Nailasaurus, The Swatchaholic or The Polishaholic, they've all extensively described the situation so I won't bother you with details.
Basically Ciaté marketed the caviar manicure, first created by Pattie Yankee and Dashing Diva for last year's Cushnie et Ochs fashion show, as their own and is now applying to trademark it, sending cease and desist emails to the bloggers who "dared' to use "their" caviar look.
Fish Egg Friday is the way Sammy from The Nailasaurus geniously came up with to show support to our fellow bloggers who received the cease and desists.
Silver micro beads being the only ones I could find today, here's my take on it the caviar mani, using A England Bridal Veil & Excalibur :
I also have a great news to share you girls! I'm launching a collection of nail polish accessories, the first line being a series of cute little bows to attach to your favorite bottle! How cool is that?
I might not be the first one to do it but I'm in the process of applying for the trademark so I should send cease and desist emails to any other company using bows on their bottles to protect my idea, right?
Here's my Spring Summer collection so far ;-)
Your caviar nails look like some kind of elven made armour. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love how the silver beads look!! This might be my favorite caviar mani of them all.
ReplyDeleteThanks Maren-Anne !
ReplyDelete@Sarah wow *blushing* Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI love the look! Plus, I love your ring! Where did you get it???
ReplyDeletewow-wee - this is the best ball mani I have ever seen :) x
ReplyDeletethank you Em . The ring was a gift, you can find more info here
ReplyDeleteWow! I think this is the best caviar manicure I've seen yet. The black.. the silver accent nail.. it's so pretty! I think this mani deserves a ballgown and a formal affair. :)
ReplyDeleteI was so twittered about this topic! Love your "black Knight in silver armor " fish egg mani!
ReplyDeleteLove the rocker/biker babe look! And love the bows! You should so get the trademark for them! ;)
ReplyDeleteOMG I know I don't know you very well but I love you for this! This post is awesome, and I'll be ordering bows for sure LMFAO... this is great, Sam!!
ReplyDeleteI like your ring! Matches your manicure so well :D
ReplyDeleteThis is spectacular, Sam - love, love, love it! And of course, using a-england as the base shades was simply inspired!! I had no idea bout the dram (there's always something going on, isn't there?!) but happy to see your support! Congrats on the new venture - wishing you many successes! How will it work? Is it per bow or do they come in sets? Also, have you priced anything yet?
ReplyDelete@ommorphiabeautybar.com thank you Eugenia!!!
ReplyDeleteAs for the bow collection, I was just being sarcastic : since Ciaté has decided to take credit for someone else's idea, sell it and try and trademark it, I thought it was fun to reverse the situation and pretend to be launching a collection of trademarked bows for nail polish bottles since theirs have little bows on them :P
xoxo
Hahahah!! Very clever (about the bow)!
DeleteAnd your manicure's oh so chic. Love it!
love this. it's SO beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the prettiest caviar nails looks I have seen, so far. Just fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI was laughing my head off over your bows.
Hahaha I love the bows at the end! I am actually laughing to myself, getting strange looks from all around! Love it! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for making me smile :)
This is my favorite caviar mani that I've seen so far! I'm not a fan of this trend but it looks so great on you that I might have to give it a try. Also the bows made me laugh so hard! Genius.
ReplyDeleteHahahaa. So long as you haven't trademarked it yet, you've got to be in the process. That ring is fabulous btw!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous!! My favorite "fish egg" mani I've seen!
ReplyDeleteI love this look! Very classy! And I LOVE your ring!
ReplyDeleteThis is the most beautiful bead manicure I have seen! I don't even see any empty/open spots without beads! It's all beautifully and evenly covered.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing!
ReplyDeleteyour nails look amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so beautiful! :D
ReplyDeletei like this way of doing it more than on all the nails :)
ReplyDeleteit looks fantastic!
Your manicure is absolutely stunning, I have to agree with a lot of the girls above, the best I've seen.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't digging the whole "caviar-trend" so much, you know I always have trouble adjusting to new nail-art trends (crackle, magnetics, etc). And, as always, you did it again, you have convinced me, again, with your gorgeous work of art that I need to try this too. You always achieve to take everything to the next level!!!
And I knew you had a sense of humor, I still can LMAO about your post April's fool joke last year. And this bows.... again, briljant. Hilarious! Great post Sam!
Wow, beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThis mani looks gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a stunning version! Love it!
ReplyDeletei la la love your "oui" ring :)
ReplyDeletei really love the solidarity we have as a group. ciate is a brand i've crossed off my list for sure.
Oh no! Let me go remove all ribbons from my polish drawer! :P
ReplyDeleteI love how you did the silver caviar mani. It looks so solid and shiny compared to when I tried it out. Did you have to use a topcoat?
I love your version! The silver accent nail looks great. Thanks for making me laugh too!
ReplyDeleteCool! I have tried this with glass pearls. I like caviar nails
ReplyDeleteThe trademark on bows...LOL!!
ReplyDeletehahaha you are AWESOME!!
ReplyDeleteI really love your fish eggs and I ADORE your bows! You should not only get a trade mark for them, but also a patent! LOL
Thanks for both the real nice idea and some good laugh!
perfect!
ReplyDeletewao its so pretty mani...i love your ring
ReplyDeleteHi Sam! Like always, a great mani! Really looks like an armour! But Ciaté for me is dead. I hate this kind of behaviour. I have only two polishes from them, and I think I´ll donate. Thumbs down, Ciaté :) You wont´t get any money from me again! Bisous
ReplyDeleteThis is the best 'fish egg'mani I've ever seen so far! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your fab post love! :)
ReplyDelete*squishes you*
Your caviar nails are the best I've seen. It looks like you can go out to a nice formal with this look.
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Good one, Sam! I obviously thought it was for real (doh!) so maybe you should consider doing it anyway...lol!
ReplyDeleteThis looks.... WOW! Looks expensive haha
ReplyDeleteLove it !
ReplyDeleteO.K., I still don´t like caviar mani, for me is useless. But that bows??? Great and I love your nail polish, which you used :)
ReplyDeleteLOL Sam you are a legend ;) love this! x
ReplyDeleteAbout the "caviar nails" drama, I will not do any comment about it, but your many, let me say that is PERFECT.
ReplyDeleteTuli
Your caviar looks asome! I don't understand the fuss Ciate is making. God please! Get a live.
ReplyDeleteOh yeas, you should definitely protect your bow and make sure no one else is making them ;) ;)
ReplyDeleteI love your manicure!
ReplyDeleteLOL at your bows idea!
ReplyDeleteReally Ciate? Really? Apparently some fools learned nothing from the G&L fiasco.
ReplyDeleteYour mani is gorgeous.
Definitely my favorite execution of the caviar trend- I'm going to have to copy this! :)
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen a single 'fish egg' mani that I would wear until now. This is beautiful! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is one hell of a polish job. Very nice and flawless.
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