polishlover: LOOK

Posts mit dem Label LOOK werden angezeigt. Alle Posts anzeigen

Dienstag, 21. Juli 2015

Polish Shopping in Salzburg

Hello Beauties!

Those of you who read my blog on a regular basis know that I went to visit my family in Austria last week and that I love shopping for some new polishes. Every time I leave the country and travel, I can not resist buying a lot of polish. Some of them I could get here in Munich too, but others are not sold here so I usually end up buying a bit more than I actually need, but who knows when I get the next chance to grab it, right? ;-)

So don't call me crazy, but this time I bought 27 bottles of nail polish! But as you can see some of them were on sale so it wasn't that bad, was it?

Here is a brand that isn't sold in Germany (or at least not around where I live) even though it is from the same drugstore chain I usually shop at. But they seem to sell different products in different countries. The brand is called s-he stylezone and I got six lovely new shades. As I always say with these polishes: Unfortunately they only have numbers no names. I love polish names. Sometimes I buy a polish only because the name is so cute and the colour is mediocre. But since I have only numbers availabel - here they come!

282 - 295 - 291 - 030 - 210 - 181

Next up are these Limited Edition holographic catrice polishes that I have not seen in stores here. I got the blueish Holo my Hand (C15) and the greyis-purple Harlem's Holo Shake (C03). Both look amazing in the bottle and I can't wait to try these soon!

And here are the polishes that were on sale. According to the bottles they all are matte or satin matte. The cute yellow polish is from catrices Rock-O-Co Limited Edition and is called Soleil À Solitude (C03). The otheres are Luxury Vintage polishes by the names

Polaroid Promises (06) - Minty Memories (04) - Get Boho In SoHo (05).

I am so happy with the next few polishes I am about to present to you. I've been meaning to go to a kiko store for a while now, but there only is one at the opposite side of the city and I didn't want to go to that mall just for some polishes. So I was really excited when I discovered a store in Salzburg/Austria while I was strolling through town (actually a mall) with my mom last week. And she helped my pick out these polishes from a huge selection of colours. I usually don't get too many sparkly polishes, but my mom liked those better than their non sparkling counterparts so three of my six picks are glittering.

On the bottles they only have numbers and I was like meehhh in the store, but I looked up the names online (and what euphonious names they are!) and proudly present them to you!

Apple Red (240) - Dark Carmine Red (287) - Pearly Vanda Burgundy (495) -

Pearly Indian Violet (497) - Pearly Green Butterfly (531) - Pearly Blue Peacock (530)

Here are my new LOOK by BIPA polishes. The Colour Explosion line was new to me and I decided to get these three shades:

total taupe (9) - blue bomb (3) - crazy green (2)

Furthermore I bought three shades from the Nail quickie line wich I have tried before and always liked a lot.

bloody pink (40) - OLD RED (51) - ICED SPEARMINT (50)

The first one is from the older line (it still has a name in lowercase letters) the other two are from a newer line and advertise a new brush on the bottle. They also have their name spelled in capital letters only. I can not tell you if there is a difference in the formula as well, but will do so when I try them!

This is true love (10) from the new essence the gel nail polish line wich was sold out in stores around here when I last checked and so I picked it up in Austria.

Last but not least I want to show you these two glitter toppers. Left we have a L'Oreal Arty Confetti Top Coat by the name Origami (931) and on the right side is Oh My Gosh - Ocean Club (037).

And a final look for you!

I am totally in love with all these polishes and am looking forward to painting my nails with all of them.

Have you bought any new polishes lately? Do you have a favourite of my picks?

Samstag, 31. Januar 2015

Recap - January Favourites

Hello again!

Since today is the last day of January I thought it would be nice to pick four of my favourite manicures that I did during this month.

It was harder than I expected... I just love them all! :-D

Here are my choices:
(click on the dates to see the original post)

Misslyn - Mojito & Jelly Sandwich from Jan. 14.

LOOK by BIPA - Nail Quickie - Beige from Jan. 29.

OPI - Grand Canyon Sunset from Jan. 18.

And last but not least:
claire's - Splatter Green on OPI - I Just Can't Cope-Acabana from Jan. 24.

I hope you enjoyed this month as much as I did. Do you have a favourite mani or polish this month?

Donnerstag, 29. Januar 2015

LOOK by BIPA Nail Quickie - Beige

Hi everyone!

For my second post today I want to show you this LOOK by BIPA Nail Quickie. I got this during my Christmas Shopping spree. See the haul here.

Beige has a beautiful golden shimmer to it and is an elegant nude colour. It is definetely work appropriate and can be worn every day. But in my opinion this could also go with a festive robe.

The formula of this Nail Quickie is very good. I used two coats to reach full opacity and it dried very fast. For these swatches I did not use a base or top coat.

How do you like this polish? Isn't it a wonderful nude?

You might also like my other posts on LOOK by BIPA polishes:

Check them out! :-D

Donnerstag, 22. Januar 2015

claire's - Grey Day

Hi everyone!

Today I want to show you claire's - Grey Day from my Christmas Shopping trip. It is a glitterpolish with a clear base and square, dark-grey glitterparticles in it. It is very easy to apply and the glitter density is good. For all pictures below I only used one coat of Grey Day with some additional dabbing here and there to cover bald spots. I did not use a topcoat.

First I have GD over 2k beauty's - Teal.

Second is GD over LOOK by BIPA - beige. (I will link back to the swatches once they're up.)
(Update: did that! :-D)

And last but not least is GD over a matte pink polish from claire's you can see here. Of course it is no longer matte after using a topcoat.

I like this glitter topper quite a lot and am glad that I picked it up while I was out shopping for Christmas Presents (see my haul here). It is a unique glitter polish to my collection. I have nothing alse that can be compared to it.

I do think that it looks beautiful on all these colours.

Do you have a favourite combination? How do you like this glitter polish? Do you own any square glitters?

Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2015

LOOK by BIPA special effect - metallic hollogram

Hello everyone!

I will be out of town for a few days to attend a funeral, but I have scheduled posts for the next days and hope you will stop by!

Today I want to show you this LOOK by BIPA special effect nailpolish by the name metallic hollogram. Judging by the name I first thought this would be a holo polish, but it is not.

Metallic hollogram is a golden brown metallic (almost foil) polish with a hint of red, blue and green sparkles in direct sunlight. It is a very sheer polish. I painted one coat on one nail and knew that it would take at least 4 coats to reach opacity. So I decided to take it off and use one coat of LOOK by BIPA nail quickies - beige as a base. The formula of metallic hollogram is easy to work with and required very little cleanup. I was happy with the result after two coats.

Above: outdoors without flash. Below: indoors with flash or under LED light.

I find it very hard to describe the colour of this polish. First it seems to be a brown with a golden shimmer. But depending on the light metallic hollogram seems to be a bronzy gold with hardly any brown. I don't know... I can tell you it is not a duochrome though. Regardless of my difficulties to find the right words here, I really like this polish a lot and will wear this again soon.