Category: Nail Polish

Crazy Polish Lady – No Leaf Clover

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Last Saturday I showed you my first polish Blood On The Dancefloor from new indie brand Crazy Polish Lady. Today I have the other polish I got in the same order, No Leaf Clover. This is an awesome lime green crelly with holographic micro-glitter. I absolutely love both of these polishes I got. No Leaf Clover is such fun, delicious and bright color! Reminds me of Granny Smith apples :D

No Leaf Clover applies perfectly. Two coats is enough for opaque result and dry time is short. Again I didn’t have any sunlight to photograph this with so photos are taken with daylight bulbs. On the photos I have two coats of No Leaf Clover and a coat of HK Girl top coat.

Crazy Polish Lady doesn’t have a webstore yet but she has a blog and FB-page. To order you can contact her in FB and prices with photos are available also on her blog. She ships internationally and my package was shipped right away. She has released two gorgeous collections. They are worth checking out, I promise you that much ;)

 

ABC Challenge – O is for Ole Caliente

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Happy hump day! Today it’s time for the letter O and my pick for that is Essie Ole Caliente from their Spring 2012 collection. Ole Caliente is a bright coral-y red creme. Such and awesome summer color. The formula on this is great. It applies smooth as butter! I used two coats for this mani but for shorter nails this is a one coater. I love these bright reds!

I have a ton of nail stickers and water decals that I never use so I decided to give them a try. I chose white Artclub stickers to decorate this manicure a little. I’m not sure how I feel about the outcome though. I think the reason I don’t use stickers much is because they, ehh, well they look like stickers LOL Not that there is anything wrong with using stickers, I think I just prefer acrylic paints or nail polishes for nail art like this. The stickers look very pretty and feminine but I think they also lack personality :P

For this mani I used two coats of Essie Ole Caliente and HK Girl top coat.

 

Tänään on vuorossa viikottaisen ABC haasteen O kirjain. Tällä kertaa valitsin Essien Ole Caliente lakan kevään 2012 kokoelmasta. Tämä on ihanan kirkas korallinpunainen creme. Täydellinen kesäsävy! Tämä on laadultaan erinomainen ja levittyy todella tasaisesti. Näihin kynsiin käytin kaksi kerrosta, mutta lyhyempiin kynsiin riittää yksi kerros.

Minulla on iso kasa tarroja, decalseja sun muita ja en käytä niitä juuri koskaan. Tällä kertaa päätin kuitenkin tarttua tarra-arkkiin ja liimailla muutaman valkoisen Artclub tarran tämän manikyyrin koristeeksi. En oikein tiedä mitä mieltä olen lopputuloksesta. Ihan kaunis, raikas ja naisellinen, mutta mutta, jokin vaan tökkii. Ehkä pidän kuitenkin enemmän akryylitöherrysten ja lakkojen kanssa aikaansaaduista persoonallisemmista kynsikoristeluista.

Tähän lakkaukseen käytin kaksi kerrosta Ole Caliente lakkaa ja pikakuivattajana HK Girl top coat.

Cirque – Hellebore

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Hello my lovelies :) Today I have Cirque Hellebore for you. This is a stunning light green glitter polish with a hint of pink in it. This is so gorgeous and blingtastic! I’m in love (as usual)! All the sparkle and especially the pink was really hard to capture with the camera though. You can see the pink sparkling on the blurry parts of the photos the best. This dries textured and I actually preferred this without a top coat. I did add the top coat in the end and took photos with that too. This and Fleur est Belle have really made me want more Cirque polishes. They have some amazing colors I just have to have!

On the photos I have three coats of Hellebore, for shorter nails two coats would be enough. On the top coat photos there’s also a coat of HK Girl top coat.

I bought this from Mei Mei’s Signatures and they ship worldwide.

 

Cirque Hellebore without top coat
Cirque Hellebore without top coat
Cirque Hellebore without top coat
Cirque Hellebore with a top coat
Cirque Hellebore with a top coat

Essence – Top Of The Ice-stream

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I got my hands on the whole Essence Snow Jam collection earlier this year, thanks to lovely The Swatchaholic. This is actually the first polish out of the four I have taken swatch photos of. Top Of The Ice-stream is a sheer shimmery white with a hint of icy blue in it. I love this polish! I don’t think I can find another bottle so I’m almost afraid to use this in a fear of running out. It’s only a 8 ml bottle :/

Application was excellent and dry time was fast. This is a bit on the sheer side but I only used two coats on the photos below plus HK Girl top coat. So very pretty!

 

 

 

Jindie Nails – Barney Blew Up revisited

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Barney Blew Up is the first Jindie Nails polish I bought. I managed to get it from the first restock it was available in and was sold out in a flash. I was so proud of my quick fingers :D I’ve taken photos of this one before but those are with shorter nails. So now I decided to photograph it again and now I have photos of all my Jindie polishes on my longer nails. On the pics I have three coats of Barney Blew Up, coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food and HK Girl top coat.

 

 

Crazy Polish Lady – Blood On The Dancefloor

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Today I have a polish from a newer indie brand for you. Crazy Polish Lady is based in Portugal and they have released two collections by far. Colors Are The Music Of My Life is a collection of eight polishes with holographic micro-glitter. The shades on that collection are absolutely gorgeous and I was sold as soon as I saw the swatch photos. Memories In Colors is the recently released collection with six shades and there seems to be a couple of must haves on that one for me too.

I bought two polishes on my first order and here’s the first one. Blood On The Dancefloor is a deep blood red jelly/crelly with holographic micro-glitter. Formula was good and application was smooth. This was opaque with two coats and dry time was short. This dries a little gritty and dull so you’ll definitely need to use a top coat. Unfortunately the sun hasn’t been showing up too much here lately so I had to take the photos with the daylight bulbs. I think the holographic glitter would’ve photographed better with some sunlight. Either way I’m very happy with this polish. The slightly muted deep blood red color is gorgeous and dramatic. I loved the black little ribbon and the bow around the cap of the bottle and the printed label was very pretty too. Seems like all the details are well thought of :)

Crazy Polish Lady doesn’t have a webstore yet but she has a blog and FB-page. To order you can contact her in FB and prices with photos are available also on her blog. She ships internationally and my package was shipped right away. So if you’re into indie polish go check out this new brand. You might find something you like!

 

Daring Digits – Speicher Mei Mei’s Signatures exclusive

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Today I have another Mei Mei’s Signature exclusive polish for you, Daring Digits Speicher. All of these Mei Mei’s exclusive polishes are so pretty and feminine that I can’t help but keep buying them :D On this order I got two polishes. Those of you who follow me on Instagram have already seen a sneak peek of the pink beauty that is the other polish I bought. I’ll get back at that on another day and on another post.

On Mei Mei’s Signatures shop page  Speicher is described as “A delicate clear base polish with lots of thin gold and silver flakes in irregular size with blue iridescent flakes and blue/purple duochrome micro-shimmers”. This applies really nice and thin. I decided to layer this over white since I thought that combination would be great for spring time and it really is. This also works great over dark shades and I’ll be sure to take a swatch photo over black or dark purple later on.

On the photos I have two coats of Essence Top Of The Ice-stream (white shimmer), two thin coats of Speicher and HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat.

You can buy this and a lot of other gorgeous polishes from Mei Mei’s Signatures. I have nothing but good experiences with this store. Great customer service and fast shipping :)

 

 

BG Cosmetics – Ecstasy

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I bought a couple of more polishes from BG Cosmetics and this is the first one of those two. Ecstasy is from their Party Like a Rockstar collection which includes three other amazing shades. This one is pink, fuchsia, black and gold/yellow hex glitter in a fuchsia tinted shimmery base. I decided to layer this one over my yesterday’s China Glaze No Way Jose manicure. My photos just don’t do this polish any justice. I’m definitely going to revisit this one on a sunny day and wear it alone. This one is so packed with glitter that regardless of the sheer base you can easily wear it alone and get an opaque result.

Ecstasy applied well and evenly. Glitter also came out of the bottle effortlessly. I had no issues with this polish and I love the really bling bling result that sadly didn’t transfer into the photos. On this mani I had China Glaze No Way Jose as a base color, two coats of Ecstasy and a coat of HK Girl fast drying top coat.

I bought this from the BG Cosmetics Etsy store. They have a good customer service and very fast shipping. You should also follow their FB-page for latest news and info on new shades and collections.

 

 

ABC Challenge – N is for No Way Jose

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Wow! It’s Wednesday again and already time for the letter N. Time just flies past so fast it blows my mind! For this week I chose another oldie but goodie, China Glaze No Way Jose. This is a very shimmery light purple shade. Very beautiful and just perfect for this time of the year. This one might be HTF nowadays but at least a while ago you could still find it from eBay.

On the photos I have three coats of No Way Jose and a coat of HK Girl Fast Drying + Super Shiny top coat.

Don’t forget to visit all the other lovely ladies on this challenge :)

 

 

Color Club – Take Me To Your Chateau

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Hi everyone :) Here’s another polish I love to use as a base for nail art and layering glitter polishes. This is Color Club’s Take Me To Your Chateau from their Spring 2010 Pardon My French collection.

Take Me To Your Chateau is a very pale baby blue creme. This is very well pigmented, almost a one coater even for my longer nails. On the photo I have two coats of Take Me To Your Chateau and HK Girl fast drying top coat. I really love this pale blue shade. It works great with a lot of other colors and nail art styles too.