Misa 103 Fleeting Hibiscus

Fleeting Hibiscus is a nice pink shimmer from the Botanical Gardens collection. I normally amnot a very big fan of shimmer polishes, as they can look dated. But this color I actually like. It looks really pretty and feminine. It is pretty much opaque in one coat, but I needed two and in some cases three coats for it to look even.
There are two things I don't like about this polish. For one thing no matter how I paint my nails, I cannot get rid of brush strokes. Sometimes it irritates me to no end, but in general I can overlook it if I like the color well enough. The second thing just completely kills me - the second coat does not dry on me. I have no idea why. Any suggestions? The first coat dries quickly, and even if I wait, the second coat just never does. So I haven't been able to wear this pretty polish as a full manicure.

Orly Green With Envy

This, I like. Green With Envy is a hard color to describe. It's neither green or blue, but somewhere in between, sort of cyan/teal. And it's one of those polishes that significantly changes color in different lights. It's quite a nice jelly polish that goes quite patchy at first but after a few coats (this is three) looks really nice.

Chanel 461 Blue Satin

WOW! This is stunning nail polish. Thanks Lena for letting me try it! This is a very dense super dark blue polish, that looks black in most light. It is easily opaque in one coat, which is really nice, yet it was more difficult to put on than other Chanel polishes. In the bottle the polish actually has much, much more blue shimmer, that doesn't translate onto the shine on the nails. Such a pity!!! But I still like it very much.
When completely dry, this reminds me a lot of OPI Russian Navy and Play Til Midnight, only this one is more dense.

Orly Star Spangled

I got this and a green polish just for the color before Christmas to get into the festive mood. Star Spangled is a bright red jelly polish with lots of tiny red glitter. I love the color, and the application (this is two coats), it dries really quickly and looks decent, I think. This is where the good news end, I'm afraid. No matter how long or short my nails are, I just can't wear it for more than a day - I get ridiculous amount of tip wear, so eventually I'm forced to take it off. At first I thought it was me and tried everything, but no matter what I do it just rubs off at the tips too quickly. All in all, I love the color, but detest the polish for its lack of longevity.

Chanel

Mmmm! I'm so happy! Thanks to lovely Lena I get to try some of Chanel polishes. How exciting is that!!!!! Somehow I've never tried their polishes, I think. Despite trying other high end brands, I've never been lucky with Chanel - every time I set my eyes on their polish, the wouldn't have it in stock, I would choose another color, but the ladies at the counter would inform me that "it appears we don't have any of this color left". And at some point I would just give up. But now I'm super excited to try these!

OPI La Paz-itively Hot Matte

Quite a while ago when I saw the beautiful swatches of this polish online I immediately liked it and wanted it. Plus for me it was surprisingly easy to get it - my local shop had just a handful of suede ones and only 4 of OPI mattes left, the "unpopular" colors. This one, Alpine Snow, Gargantuan Green Grape and Lincoln Park After Dark.
Anyway, La Paz-itively Hot Matte is an amazing hot pink, really vibrant, a happy color. The application way rally easy, not like the trouble I had with the suede polish. The only thing is that in certain angles you can see every single imperfection of the nails, and since before taking the photos I didn't buff my nails I'm not so happy with the result. i definitely need to smooth out my nails really well and retake the pictures.


Additionally, I like turning matte polishes glossy a lot. I think they end up looking pretty amazing, and in most cases look really nice or even nicer that in matte form (or different as in the case of suede polishes). And indeed, I think it looks fantastic with a top coat. Suddenly a blue-ish shimmer is revealed.
If OPI had some nicer matte color, I would definitely get more, since to me they seem versatile, a bit like having two polishes in one.

Orly Starry-eyed

I'm not exactly sure what originally possessed me to get Starry-eyed. Perhaps I just liked the idea of a of a mini polish and hoped the color would be different to what it actually is. In the bottle the polish has this slight sage or faint blue color and some silver micro glitter. At first I didn't really like it, perhaps because I expected it to be more opaque and less frosty-looking. But now I quite like it, it's my go to polish for when I can't be bothered and just want my nails protected. This is two coats, and on me it dries really quickly.

Another thing I like about this polish very much is how it looks with the crackle polish on. It's great since the crackle is matte and this one is so frosty, I like the contrast. This is probably my favorite way to wear crackle polish - without any bright color.