claire's - Matte Yellow & Autumnal Gradient

Hello Everyone!

How was your weekend? I wasn't feeling well and didn't even have the energy to blog. Sorry for the unplanned ansence! It has been a while since I shared my set of claire's matte polishes that I bought in my Christmas Haul. So today I finally want to show you the yellow one on my nails.

This polish has a beautiful colour wich is perfect for summer. It is somewhere between a lemon and a sunflower yellow. The formula is good, but you have to shake the bottle a little bit befor doing your nails. I don't know if that is because of the matte finish, but if you do that you won't have problems with application. Otherwise it will be streaky, because the oily components separate from the rest.

For these swatches I used two coats directly on a base coat. I probably should have added a layer of white first to make the yellow pop even better. 

There were still a few imperfections, but the bottle is so small and I didn't want to use up any more polish, because I wanted to add another colour to my tips anyway.

As I have mentioned a few times this summer, we had quite hot weather here in Germany. So most of the trees already have many brown and dried leaves wich gives the landscape an autumnal look. This is why I went for the brownish purple gradient.

Using a make-up sponge I applied Misslyn - lilac poison to the tips of my nails fading out a bit towards the middle. With china glaze Techno and Fairy Dust I did the same to give this manicure a little sparkle. The great thing about sponging on a glitter polish is that you get all the gorgeous sparkle but it will not get thick because the sponge soaks up most of the jelly base.

To complete this manicure I added claire's matte top coat to give back the original finish.

I am happy with my manicure and hope you like it too!

Do you have any suggestions of what type of manicure you would like to see on the blog soon? 

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Misslyn - edgy

Hello Loves!

This is my last 'live' post before going on vacation tomorrow. I have a bunch of posts prepped and scheduled for the next two weeks so make sure to stop by that my hard work wasn't for nothing. :-D A few days ago I used Misslyn - edgy (11F), from this summer sale haul, as an accent nail and loved it so much that I decided I had to use it in a full manicure too. That's what I want to share with you today.

Edgy is a very dark grey/anthracite crelly polish full of different coloured micro glitter flakies. I see blue, yellow, purple and a hint of green. It is such a beautiful polish!

It would be okay to use two slightly thicker coats for full opacity, but I did use three for this manicure, because I had some minor imperfections after my second coat. If you apply a very thin layer only edgy could also be used as a dark glitter topper. It's glitter density is extremely high and will show up all over the nail even with the thinnest coat possible. It also gives you quite an unique finish.

Edgy is form Misslyns Satin Metal line and dries to a silky, smooth matte finish with some shine left. And a whole lot of shimmer from the fakies.

I added a coat of Seche Vite to seal it in and to make it glossy again. I just like it best that way!

As an accent I picked out drop-shaped rhinestones matching the colours of the flakies. I used yellow, clear, dark blue, light green and light blue ones and placed them near the cuticles. I then used a very liquid top coat to seal them in and avoid bubbles.

Even though this polish is a real beauty I have two points that I need to criticise. First It takes quite long to dry. Even though I added Seche Vite in the end I got some bumps on my thumb hours after painting them. Okay, I did add a more liquide top coat too, to seal in my rhinestones, but that shouldn't cause that effect. And the second thing is that it doesn't last too long. It hasn't been a full day of wearing the polish and I already have bald tips.

Taking all that into consideration I would still buy this polish again!

Do you have anything similar in your collection? 

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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.

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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!

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