Nail care: Oliva by ccs Eco Cuticle Oil, review

Today I'm showing something from the nail care section which is cuticle creams/oils. Endlessly painting and I guess foremost putting remover on the cuticles generally dries them out. I'm one of the lucky ones who despite almost daily dozes of 100% acetone still have quite good cuticles most of the time and I don't feel forced to always carry something moisturizing with me my all day. However, I've tried quite a few products and Oliva by ccs Eco Cuticle Oil has been a favorite before but sadly disappeared from the pharmacies during a couple of years here in Sweden. Now when it's back I'd like to talk about it. :)

First some general information. A really good thing with this product is that it contain 96 % ecologically certified ingredients. It contains organic olive oil and vitamins and the packages is 8 ML.

As you can see above it has a brush for applying the oil. The oil itself is whitish jelly like and has the perfect consistency, not too thin and not too thick. By squeezing the package a small amount of oil comes out and it's easy to apply by brushing and it feels like it's easy to get the oil everywhere like under the nails at the nail bed. (which I've heard should be good if you want long nails). After I've brushed on the oil I usually massage my cuticles just to spread the oil further. Another good thing about the cuticle oil (comparing to many others I've tried) is that the the surface isn't left oily at all! Instead it really feels like the oil is going into the skin leaving it moisturized. I also love the scent which is mild but still is there an hour later.

This is basically the best cuticle oil I've tried so far. I did try the hand creme in the same series but they where very different. The scent is different, and the surface feels some what oily with the hand creme so I'm skipping that one especially now when the cuticle oil is back!

Bought at Apoteket Hjärtat (a swedish pharmacy) for about 50SEK (~5 euros).

New base polish to try - Seche Base

Got home a new perfume (a non spray one) today so I opened the cap to relive the scent and when I close the cap drips splashed right into my eye. 2 hours later it still feels weird in the eye, lol.

Today I'm just going to make a quick post about the base coat I'm using for the moment. Three bottles in a row I've used China Glaze - Super Strong Adhesion. And I think it has worked really fine, no chipping and not really any noticeable staining more than the usual which comes with nail polish use.

I'm really into large bottles (newer ending supplies) so I decided to try a new base coat. This time Seche Base - Ridge Filling Base Coat.

I don't really have a ridge problem at all, my nails are pretty smooth, but now during winter my nails have been brittle so I've been forced to "tea-bag" some minor damages and I figured that maybe this base coat could smooth the fixes up with less polish.

When I got the polish I realized that it was shimmery, which I didn't like but luckily it doesn't show so much on the nails, especially not at all with one coat. For fun I tried on two coats on the picture, to see how "white" it looks and it do look a bit white (even though the flash make it look whiter than it really is). So far I still like it, I think it will work great with french manicures (which was the reason why I was worried about the shimmer in it). Now I don't have ridges so I don't know if it work with that and I'm not sure it really helped covering the patches that much, maybe little? Other than that it seems very much the same as my previous base polish (like after a week's usage).

I guess I'll try the other Seche Base next time for reference. It's transparent and just a regular base polish. Some how I like the idea of the same brand behind both the base and top coat (since I love Seche Vite), like if there are more compatible. Not like if I've had any problems before though.

Bought it at Head2toebeauty for US$15.95 + shipping to sweden (4 oz + 0.5 oz = 115 ml + 15ml). In total it ended up with about $20 which makes a good price/ml in my opinion. :)


I'll update if I discovers anything new about this.

Have you tried this base coat? For me most base coats are just the same - just the price that differs, but is there any base coat that really sucks and that you really can't recommend?