Category: Brands

OPI -A Definite Moust-Have

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Hello my lovelies, I’m back! We have moved and things are starting to calm down. Still plenty to do around here and this place is gonna keep us busy for a lot longer. I’m trying to get back to my almost daily post rhythm and it actually felt really good to start taking swatch photos again :) I broke a few nails during the moving process but I fixed them with plastic tips and UV-gel. Photos of those accidents and fixed nails can be found from my Instagram. I should also be all caught up with answering the comments and e-mails now :)

So on to today’s polish. This is OPI A Definite Moust-Have from the Couture de Minnie collection. I bought the whole collection from Glisten & Glow’s online store. I’m a sucker for red nails and if I could only choose one color to wear for the rest of my life it would most likely be red. It’s just always so classic and sexy.

This is two coats of A Definite Moust-Have and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

A Definite Moust-Have applied like a dream and was opaque with two coats. Dry time was also short with a little help from HK Girl Fast Drying & Super Shiny top coat. This is such a perfect color for summer. I’m absolutely in love with this shade! There’s also a very subtle shimmer in this that is visible in sunlight.

 

Crazy Polish Lady – Cinderella Shoe

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Hello my lovelies! I’ve been crazy busy again and haven’t been able to post daily. We are getting the house renovation project done this month and we are getting ready to move soon. So much to do still and I think that I might not be able to blog as much as I wanted for a little bit longer. Already trying to come up with a plan of how to move all my precious polish bottles and cosmetics safely ;) We are in a lucky enough situation not to have to move everything in one or two days so I can take my time and get everything there in one piece, hopefully…

Enough with the babble, let’s talk about today’s polish. This is another pretty creation from Portuguese indie brand Crazy Polish Lady. Cinderella shoe is from her second collection called “Memories in Colors”. This has a lot of white hex glitter and smaller holographic glitter on a clear base and this is meant to be used with a base color. You can practically wear this with any color you can imagine. I layered it with two Crazy Polish Lady shades I have previously reviewed Strawberry Swing and Cosmic Love.

I used a sponge to do a gradient over Strawberry Swing. I really loved how this turned out. The glitter pieces also laid flat enough and I didn’t need to use Glitter Food to smooth it out. This is two coats of Strawberry Swing, couple of coats of Cinderella Shoe sponged and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Next I tried this with Cosmic Love. I sponged a reversed gradient on three fingers and on the ring finger I applied two regular coats on a whole nail. So this is two coats of Cosmic Love, two regular coats on the ring finger and two coats sponged gradient on the three other nails plus  G & G HK Girl top coat.
Application was good and glitter came out of the bottle easily. I really like the white glitter and the holographic glitter gives this polish a lovely sparkle.
Crazy Polish Lady lives in Portugal and she ships internationally. She doesn’t have her own store yet but you can message her on her Facebook page or email her carvalho.sophie(@)gmail.com and place an order. Her first collection is now also available at Mei Mei’s Signatures.
 
***Cosmic Love and Cinderella Show were sent for review, Strawberry Swing and HK Girl top coat purchased by me.

 

a england – Dragon

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I bought this beautiful polish from a england a few months ago, right before the infamous RM fiasco. Dragon is a stunning green polish with scattered holo effect. For me, as a green polish lover this is a must have!

 

Dragon has a great formula. Application is smooth as butter and for longer nails two coats is enough for opaque result. For shorter nails this might even be a one coater. Dry time was also short with G & G HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat.

This and other a england beauties can be bought online from a england website if you live in UK and if you don’t live in UK click here to find the online store most suitable for you.

 

ABC Challenge – U is for Under the Sea

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Time really keeps going way too fast at the moment. I feel like it’s always Wednesday and time for our weekly challenge post. I’m still super busy with the house renovation and I just really want everything to be done already. We are supposed to move in about 3 weeks. We’ll see how that goes ;)

I didn’t have too many choices for U and none of the old polishes really called my name. Instead this new purchase I was dying to try so this week I have another Crazy Polish Lady shade for you. This time it’s Under the Sea from the “Memories in Colors” collection. This is a pale aqua green crelly with turquoise, light green and white glitter. I really love the soft base color and (even if I really love my glitter bombs) it’s a nice change that this isn’t crazy packed with glitter.

This is two normal coats of Under the Sea and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Under the Sea applies really nice and smooth. Two coats is enough for opaque result and dry time is very short. Like most crellys this one also creates a lovely sandwich effect. I have been impressed with every Crazy Polish Lady polish I have tried by far. Excellent quality!

Crazy Polish Lady lives in Portugal and she ships internationally. She doesn’t have her own store yet but you can message her on her Facebook page or email her carvalho.sophie(@)gmail.com and place an order.

 

 

***All products used were purchased by me.

Jindie Nails – Nude Beach revisited

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I decided to take some new photos of Jindie Nails Nude Beach since I really wasn’t happy with the one on my previous Nude Beach post.

This is three thin coats of Nude Beach, coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


***Nude Beach was sent for review, Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat purchased by me.





Different Dimension – Another Brick In The Wall

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Today I have the last polish from Different Dimension Echoes collection for you. Another Brick In The Wall is a very pretty glitter topper that goes with a lot of different base colors. This has black, white and pink glitter in different sizes and shapes. There’s also holographic silver glitter that gives this polish a lovely subtle sparkle.

For this manicure I used two coats of Essie First Timer, two coats of Another Brick In The Wall and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Another Brick In The Wall applies well. All the glitter pieces come out easy enough as long as you turn the bottle upside down before application and shake it slightly to mix the bigger glitter pieces along with everything else. This applies nice and even so no need for Glitter Food to smooth it out.

I have now shown you all the six shades from the gorgeous Echoes collection. If you missed some of the posts don’t worry. I’ll have a post up with all the shades and links to the original posts later today.

Different Dimension polishes can be bought from their Etsy-store, they ship internationally. Their polishes are also sold at Llarowe, Mei Mei’s Signatures, Edgy Polish and Ledouxnuage. Different Dimension can be found from Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to follow for latest news and swatch photos :)

 

***Another Brick In The Wall was sent for review, Essie First Timer and HK Girl top coat purchased by me.
 
 
 

Essie – First Timer

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Hello my lovelies! I hope everyone is having a great weekend :) Today I have a very quick post for you. This is Essie First Timer from the Resort 2013 collection. First Timer is your basic good quality pale mint green creme polish. Formula is good and application is smooth, opaque in two coats and dries fast. This is a perfect shade for spring and summer and this also makes a great base for glitter (which I’ll show you on tomorrow’s post).

On this mani I used two coats of Essie First Timer and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

 

 

***all products used purchased by me.







Different Dimension – Hey You

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Happy Saturday! Today I have another gorgeous polish from the new Different Dimension Echoes collection. This is Hey You, a pale lilac crelly with pink and vibrant purple glitter. Hey You can be worn alone, without any base color or you can layer it over a lilac/purple creme to get more opaque result. In my opinion this wears beautifully alone. Crelly base is sheer enough to create a gorgeous sandwich effect.

This is three thin coats of Hey You and G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

Hey You applies really nice and smooth. I didn’t even need to use Glitter Food. Just one coat of top coat was enough. The shade of the polish is gorgeous and the purple glitter sparkles nicely.

Different Dimension polishes can be bought from their Etsy-store, they ship internationally. Their polishes are also sold at Llarowe, Mei Mei’s Signatures, Edgy Polish and Ledouxnuage. Different Dimension can be found from Facebook and Instagram. Be sure to follow for latest news and swatch photos :)

 

***Hey You was sent for review, HK Girl top coat purchased by me.
 
 
 
 

Jindie Nails – Hot Pink Floyd

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Along with the new Spring Chic shades Jindie Nails released Matte Velvet Duo with sTEALth and Hot Pink Floyd. I have already reviewed sTEALth and today I have Hot Pink Floyd for you. Here’s how it’s described on Jindie Nails website “It has a super bright neon pink crelly base with iridescent, color shifting squares and hex in blue/purple/green.  It also has bits of real silver flakes throughout!”. Like in sTEALth, there’s lovely depth to this and it’s absolutely stunning with and without top coat.

This is three thin coats of Hot Pink Floyd alone and the last two photos have G & G HK Girl top coat.

 

With G & G HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat
With G & G HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat
Hot Pink Floyd has the same great formula as sTEALth and application is really smooth. Two coats would be enough for shorter nails but my longer one needed three thin coats.

Matte Velvet Duo is limited time so get yours while these pretties are still around!

Jindie Nails polishes are available to US and Canada customers at www.jindienails.com. International customers click here to find a distributor that works the best for you. Jindie Nails can also be found from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


***Hot Pink Floyd was sent for review, HK Girl top coat purchased by me.





Crazy Polish Lady – Cosmic Love

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Today I have another Crazy Polish Lady pretty for you. This is Cosmic Love, a deep teal-ish blue crelly with holographic micro-glitter. This is one of the eight shades from the “Colors are the music of my life” collection. I now have five of the polishes in this collection and I feel like I really need to get the remaining three shades too. All the polishes I have from her are absolutely gorgeous!

This is two coats of Cosmic Love and G & G HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat.

 

Cosmic Love applies well and is opaque in two coats. Dry time is fast and removal is not too bad. In this one the holographic micro-glitter is quite visible and the color is very beautiful. Cosmic Love reminds me of a starry night sky. Just stunning!
Crazy Polish Lady lives in Portugal and she ships internationally. She doesn’t have her own store yet but you can message her on her Facebook page or email her carvalho.sophie(@)gmail.com and place an order.
***Cosmic Love was sent for review, HK Girl top coat purchased by me.