OPI William Tell Me About OPI

Oh how great it is that it is the weekend! That is just what I needed, some rest, fresh air, and of course studying. I have some exams coming up. Greeeeeat.
I'd rather talk a little about one of my favourite dark polishes - William Tell Me About OPI. It is just dark enough to be a sexy, dark plum, but light enough to still be able to tell the base colour.
I find it to be an easy one in terms of application, I used two coats.

OPI Vampsterdam

Oh, how I miss dark polish shades. I have a couple with me, but lately have little time to use them. I think that dark colours require neat application, so for the last week I've been walking around with just clear nail polish on. Shocking!
My bottle of this polish lost its label somewhere, but I'm sure that it is Vampsterdam. I thought that I wouldn't particularly like the finish, since it might seem prone to brushstrokes, but it is actually not that bad. The colour itself is a saturated dark plum, so I only used two coats, and it dried really quickly. I like the fact that it is dark enough, but not so dark that you can't telll which colour it is.

Hema Long Lasting Nail Polish #79

I don't really know how to describe this colour. It's a dark, jewel shimmery shade with a hint of red, brown, purple and even a flash of blue. This was two coats. Lovely colour, especially perfect for autumn.
This is what I'm currently wearing, since around here summer is well and truly over. Actually, there were about a total of 15 hot days this summer, the most miserable summer I can remember! Wooly socks have been my friends for a month now.

Essence True Love

This is what I am currently wearing. Essence 03 True Love from the Vampire's Love trend edition. I always find it difficult in describing these sort of colours. It has a little bit of purple and a little bit pink in it, and looks like berries. This polish needed just two coats, dries quickly and lasts a good while on me.



I happen to live close to a Russian Orthodox church and they are celebrating Easter today. Now, my family is not religious at all, but in a weird way we do celebrate Easter - we paint eggs together. Me and my parents have been painting eggs together ever since I can remember and it is always a special occasion\bonding time. We sit for hours around the table and churn out pretty eggs. Surprisingly this year they didn't all look green (my favourite colour), like they do every single year. Oh and of course the cat helped as well, he was right in the centre of all the action. I think Felix secretly wants to be an Easter Bunny.

Color Club Catwalk Queen

Catwalk Queen is the only Color Club I have ever tried and is the only one in my possession. Shocking, I know. I suppose the reason I don't have more Color Clubs is because they are not as readily available here as other brands, so I manage to amass them in large quantities, while also slowly compiling a Color Club wish list.
Since I have nothing to compare it to, it is difficult to judge about the formula. I used three thin coats here. The polish itself is fine, but I love the colour! Another thing that I like is how substantial the bottle feels in my hand.

China Glaze Midtown Magic

Hey guys! I've been rather busy this past week, I've started my internship and just had no energy left to blog. But I hope things to get better. Today I want to show you this gorgeous polish, I'm sure you've seen it a hundred times before, but in my eyes it is SO awesome that another can't hurt. I suppose it can be described as dark brown with these multicolored flecks in it. It was two easy coats for me, and I love, love, love it!

YSL La Laque 128 Black Indigo

I am proven time and time again that men are very good at picking nail polishes that have something special about them. The same case happened with this beauty. YSL 128 Noir Indigo is an almost black polish that has some pink and purple shimmer. The shimmer is much more visible in the bottle, but less so on the nails, think along the lines of Chanel Vendetta.
Here I am wearing two coats. I like this polish a lot, it's a bit of a pity that when there is no direct sunlight it looks just black. The fact that the shimmer occasionally disappears makes this polish extremely difficult to photograph. Also I wish there was more of this polish than just 6ml, it's too pretty to be this small :)

Inglot 342

Hey everyone! I hope you had a good weekend. Today I have for you a polish I picked up at a recent beauty exhibition. I chose this polish purely because of the colour. Inglot had so many polishes in an array of colours that it was difficult to choose one. I went for the darker berry range that had some interest, so I got number 342. Well, this is my first Inglot polish, not counting the two flakie top coats I have. The colour is a mix between purple and black with a bit of pink mixed in, as well as a huge amount of tiny flakies that shine pink and green.
In one word this polish is gorgeous! The formula is fine as well, but there is one thing I hate about it - the brush. It's small and short, with hard bristles and doesn't fan out, like at all. I might as fell use a wooden stick to paint my nails. I have no idea if it is just my bottle, because the brushes in my Inglot flakie polishes are perfectly fine. Because of the brush the polish needed 3 coats. The first one was terribly patchy in some places and almost opaque in others. Three coat polish is not that big of a deal, but with a nice formula it's just a pity.

China Glaze Mummy May I

I have been dying to get my hands on this polish ever since it came out. It's just gorgeous!!! The polish itself has a very dark base, it's pretty much black, but it is packed full with magenta pink square glitter. A very sexy polish! This was two coats. I like a lot how it looks and the fact that it lasts on my for about four days. What it really can do with is a layer of top coat (which I forgot to use here) since you can see that the glitter stands out on top of the polish, it's a bit bumpy.

Chanel 18 Rouge Noir

Today I've got for you a very sexy polish! This is an absolutely gorgeous, perfect dark red polish. The application was so perfect, I wish every dark polish applied this smoothly. This is two coasts. Incidentally, Barry M's Red Black which tries to dupe Rouge Noir was a total streak fest. What I really like about this polish is the color. It's just dark enough so that you see both the red hints and the black tones, without being too much of either color.

China Glaze Wagon Trail

I'm in love! Isn't this just the most gorgeous color ever! Wagon Trail is a dark olive green with an awesome green-gold shimmer. I am in awe. Me, who is not that into green polishes to begin with. But this is definitely my new favorite! I liked the formula and the application was easy, only two coats. It wears nicely as well, 3+ days on me. It's just an awesome polish all round!

Bourjois 1 Seconde #9

This is Bourjois 1 Seconde nail polish in deep purple. On the nails it has a lot of pretty sparkle, which in fact are tiny flakies that change color form pink to golden yellow.
It's a decent polish, especially if you disregard what the company advertises it to be. It is supposed to be a one coat polish that dries in 50 seconds and with the innovative brush you can paint your nails in 1 second. Riiiiight... Yes, the brush is nice, it's wide and firm, and good for painting the nails. But i think that for people who have smaller nails it might be too wide. As for all the other claims, well for me it is definitely a two coat polish. I wouldn't say that it dries super fast, not nearly close to 50 seconds, but eventually it gets there. As for the 1 second per nail claim I suppose you can do it, but it will be so messy! So, no thank you. On me it wears okay, two or three days, then I usually just get bored of it.