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Sunday, 31 July 2011

I've been really, really bad...

Last week the shop where I get most of my polishes got the delivery of a lot of OPI polishes. It's been a long time coming, since the last collection we had was the Burlesque one. So now they brought the Katy Perry one, all the shatters, Texas, Pirates, the soft shades, the summer one, and some other miscellaneous polishes. Is it any wonder I went crazy and got 10 nail polishes?!
So here are the polishes I got:

Silver Shatter
Catherine The Grape
Shorts Story
Come To Poppy
I Lily Love You

Not Like The Movies
Spark De Triomphe
Golden Rainbow I already have one, but another can't hurt
Skull & Glossbones
Steady As She Rose

Now I can tick off some polishes from my wish list.

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Revlon 320 Ocean Breeze


Afternoon everyone! I’ve been cooped up in the house
for a couple of days now. It is cold and raining constantly. Plus some relatives I’ve never seen my life are visiting. There have been some trips down the family tree in the past few days, quite interesting actually.
This polish is an interesting shimmery blue polish that really does remind me of a deep blue ocean. It is one of the scented polishes from Revlon that I have, and I think this one has the nicest scent of them, though why you would need a smelly polish is beyond me. The polish itself has a rather thin consistency, so when I tried wearing it without the base coat, after four coats at certain angles I could see the nail line. I scrapped that plan and here I am wearing a ridgefiller and two coats. And it looks infinitely better. The wear is not as great because of course you don't wear a top coat with these polishes, so it started showing signs of tip wear after a day and a half.

Monday, 25 July 2011

China Glaze GR8


It seems that lately I am completely unable to pass by a holographic polish without getting my hands on it. Oh, well, at least it is summer and you can see all the awesome colour change and shine. This time I fell for the GR8 polish from China Glaze. I gather that it is not so easy to come by, apparently not so at my local shop where these cuties occasionally show up.
I somehow thought that the holo effect would be less visible in this golden tan polish, but no, it's great and visible. It only needed two coats and dried really fast. The only thing I find is that light holographic polishes reveal all the bumps of my nails, so a ridgefiller with these is a must for me. The wear is quite good for me as well, about three days.


Friday, 22 July 2011

Orly Here Comes Trouble


Hey everyone, happy Friday! It is so hot today that it feels like my face is melting. I guess +35 in the shade will do that to you. I've been really busy these couple of days with making jam :) We do this pretty much every year. There are blueberry bushes growing wildly on our property. We freeze them for winter to have blueberry muffins later. But also there are blackcurrant bushes that my grandfather planted years ago. They are my all time favourites. Yum!
So today I am wearing Orly's Here Comes Trouble which is a stunning green glitter of various shapes in a slightly tinted green base. I like it a lot, it's a really cheerful colour. I find it easy to apply, here I have two coats, but it could probably use another one. It wears well on me, around three days and I find that it is not as difficult to take off as other glitters are.

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

OPI Bastille My Heart


Hey guys! Today I have for you a really gorgeous polish. Bastille My Heart is a deep red polish with lovely red-pink shimmer in it. As the name implies it is from the France collection from a while back, though I only bought it a month or two ago. It kind of looks like berries on the nails which I really like. The formula was also really nice, this is two coats. I like the fact that the shimmer is noticeable only in artificial light and in the sun, the rest of the time it is just a simple, pretty red.

Saturday, 16 July 2011

Mavala Minsk


I wanted to post this yesterday, but had trouble with Blogger. It has been raining here pretty much every day, not constantly, just enough for it to be cold and went. So this seems a rather appropriate polish. Here I have Mavala Minsk. Don't you just love this colour, this dark murky grey with a hint of blue and purple. Amazing! The best thing is that it was just one coat, oh and I have been wearing it for three days now, and it is holding up just fine.

Wednesday, 13 July 2011

OPI Baguette Me Not


Hey everyone! Today I have for you one of my new favourite polishes. Baguette Me Not came out years ago, it was part of the France collection, autumn 2008. I liked the swatches that found online, bought the polish, and... it looked completely different on me. But I still like it a lot! It must be the colour, it's kind of hard to describe. It's dusty salmon and pink with a hint of rust to it. That's the best I can do. It kind of leans toward being neutral, yet still has enough of brightness to it not to be dull and beige. The formula is also rather nice. Here I'm wearing two medium thick coats. Oh, and I wear it for 4+ days which is just great!