Catrice - Holo My Hand

Hello Loves!

You almost made it through this week! Today I want to show you one of my new polishes I bought while I was in Austria. (See the full Salzburg haul here.) This is catrice LE holographic - Holo My Hand (C15).

Holo My Hand is a light blue holographic polish that shimmers in all colours of the rainbow when it's under any kind of light, but mostly you see a pinkish purple and green. This polish has an excellent formula that spreads evenly and applies smoothly. For full opacity you need two coats.

Unfortunately I got a few bubbles on my ringfinger, but they are hardly visible in the pictures. Sadly so is the gorgeous holographic shimmer. It almost looks like it has a foil finish in these pictures taken indoors with a flash and without any topcoat.

In sunlight it even seems to be dull and blunt. I really don't like it in these pictures, but in real life it truly looks amazing.

I decided to add some topcoat and take some more pictures to see if that makes any difference on camera, but it barely does.

To cover up those little bubbles and add a bit of contrast to my nails I made some polkadots on my ringfinger using Misslyn satin melat nail polish - edgy (11F). It is a fantastic iridescent dark grey to black glitter that I have to try on its own soon.

I love how it sparkles. It is a wonderful match for Holo My Hand. These two go so well together.

How do you like this light blue holo? Do you have any tips on tow to photograph holo polishes properly? I always end up with pictures that don't do the actual polish any justice.

You may also like:

• Holo Manolo
• Prince Charming
• Mint Apple

Little Haul & Swatches

Hello Loves!

As I told you in my previous post I bought these polishes a couple of weeks ago and totally forgot to blog about it. You have seen some of them used in my recent manicures others not yet.

I got four new p2 polishes, three of them are from my all time favourite Color Victim Line:

start me up (625) - running hot (629) - watch me walking (626) 

and one is from the culture spirit LE:

indigo (030).

p2 is an Austrian brand also sold in german drugstores. The polishes - especially from the Color Victim Line - are fantastic! 8mL sell for €1,55 only and in my opinion they have really good quality. They don't have a huge selection of colours available at once, but they regularly bring out new shades and change their range in stores.

p2 also brings out LEs on a regular basis. I never get bored with them! :-D (Take a look at my growing p2 collection!)
The last polish I got is from the essence nauti girl LE:

AHOY, BOY! (01).

And here are the first swatches I did with these polishes. I sometimes do this on displays, but this time I decided to apply these five polishes right to my nails, wich makes it easier to get a feeling for the texture and opacity.

Start me up and running hot both are jelly polishes. I applied four layers each at wich point the orange running hot reached opacity. Its yellow counterpart still showed the natural nail and I decided that I was done trying to buildt it up and that I would layer it over a light base next time I use it!

Watch me walking is a crelly polish and needed three coats for full opacity. Read all the details in my previous blogpost!

The other two polishes are cremes and had perfect coverage in two coats.

I will link back to this page once I have done full swatches and reviews. As I said before I have already used some of these polishes in my manicures. Take a look below!

This is my Flamethrower mani in wich I've used two of my newbies! Can you guess wich? :-)

And as seen earlier on the blog here is watch me walking:

I am happy with my purchase. These are all great colours that are fun to wear and work with.

Wich one is your favourite here?

You may also like:

• sashimi ship
• Skittle Manicure
• Prince Charming

ON SALE - Polish Haul

Hello Beauties!

While I was shopping for a birthday present for my mum this week, I discovered, that there were many polishes on sale in the drugstore. I could not resist buying a bunch of them! Here is a quick overview.

Catrice Luxury Lacqueres - Liquid Metal - 07 Be My Mermaid, 06 LilacLike and Million Brilliance - 03 Let's Get Lost In Vegas. The Liquid Metal polishes have a matte finish. These were all 50% off.

Misslyn mini polishes 304 & 350 (no names on the bottle and Satin Metal - edgy (11F). These were 20%-25% off.

These Beauties I bought at their regular price. They are from the p2 Beyond Lagoon LE and I was lucky to still get them. I almost missed this wonderful collection. I got 

underwater blue - seaweed green - atlantis purple

The folder has such lovely pictures in it, I just had to show you some!

This amazing OPI polish was 25% off. It still was 12€, but I had layed eyes on this beauty a while ago and could not restist. This is Go with the Lava Flow from the current Hawaii collection spring/summer 2015.

This is the only catrice polish I bought regular. the others were all 50% off. This is a new colour and is called It's A Very Berry Bash (94). And here are the others:

Blurred Limes (80) - Emerald Bay (78) - MRS. Flashdance (77)

C U At Limessquare (76) - Mint The Gap (63) - Auber-Genious (72)

Inner Purple Of Trust (53) - Where is my Ferrari (52) - Have An Ice Day (03 Million Styles Effect)

And some swatches of all my new catrice polishes including the glitters from the top.

I am so happy with my new polishes and will start swatching them when I am back from my trip to Austria. I hope I will find some great bargains there too! :-D

Have a wonderful Sunday!

You may also like:

• Sunset Gradient
• LOVEnder
• Sponged Rainbow

catrice - LE celtica - LOVEnder

Hello Beauties!

The weekend is amost here. Hand in there! :-) Today I want to show you a polish from catrice LE celtica (winter 13/14). This is LOVEnder (C04).

LOVEnder is a light grey creme polish with a wonderful formula, that was so easy to apply and almost opaque in a single coat. For these swatches I did use two coats though to make sure everything is perfectly covered. 

This is one of those polishes that look really unspectacular at first sight, but once you look closely you will spot a very soft bluish microshimmer. In these pictures it is hard to see, but if you zoom in on the sunlight pictures below you can see it, especially in the bottle shot.

This polish dries really quick and to a very glossy finish. I didn't use a topcoat here! 

As I said before, the pictures don't do this polish any justice. It is quite beautiful and would make a great, sparkly base for nailart. Have to give that a try soon!

How do you like this polish? Do you own any polishes from this LE?

You may also like:

• I Have A Herring Problem
• cocktails & coconuts
• England's Rose

new essence polishes

Hello Lovelies!

Today I have a very short post for you. I bought a bunch of nailpolish online a while back and totally forgot to show you these lovely essence polishes. They all are a bit older and no longer for sale in stores so I was super happy with getting my hands on them.

prom berry - chic reloaded - off to miami! - sweet as candy - once I was an angel

Wich one is your favourite? I think I will try off to miami! first. It is perfect for summer.

You may also like:

• glorious aquarius
• green tea for two
• polish purchase