Emerald Beauty

Hi everyone,

I've got another green to show you today, Emerald Sparkle from China Glaze. I hesitated a long time before finally getting this polish. It didn't attract me when I swatches of it. But the last time I ordered nail polish, I had one open spot for another polish (yeah I know, I still don't understand how that could be) so I looked at my 'maybe-list' and choose this one. I was really suprised when I tried this polish for the first time, I was instantly in love!



Application was great, opaque in two coats. This polish is suprisingly very pigmented! So another bonus point!

I can't believe I didn't get this one sooner?! This will definitely be my favorite polish to wear during the Christmas holidays! Unless China Glaze and other brands come up with other beautiful holiday collections.. what they'll probably do..

Spring Green

Hi guys,

Today I have Spring Green from Sally Hansen (Insta-Dri) for you! I got this one in a recent swap from a lovely girl in the US. I've been searching a while now for a beautiful light green creme & I think I've finally found it! I really like this fresh, summery color. Lately it seems that summer is far gone because its has been raining several days now, but luckly this polish brings a little summer back.

Application was fine, didn't experience any problems. I can imagine that the Insta-Dri polishes from Sally Hanson can frustrate some people. The brush is very wide but I had no problems with that because my nailbeds are not that small.

My nails are very short right now, I had to file them to nubbins after my trip because they were in a really bad shape. Lets hope they'll grow fast.. :(



Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day!
Christina

Vacation Haul

Hi guys, I'm back!

I had a great vacation, spend wonderful time with my family. I'm happy to be back, but also really sad because I'll go back in two years so I'll have to miss most of my family until then. :(

My nails are in a really bad shape right now, I haven't had the time to file and take care of them while I was away, so most of them broke off. I just filed them all short and I will have to wait until they get strong again.

Nail polish is really cheap in Ethiopia (7 birr for one polish, so thats about 0,40 euro or 0,52 dollar), so off course I went on a nail polish hunt. The quality isn't very good, (I don't expect anything more for that kind of money), the formula is a bit on the thick side, but nothing a little thinner can't fix. I presume none of them are B3F.

I'll just show you what I've got! I haven't had the time to make full swatches of everything, so I just swatched everything quickly on 1 finger. I'll be wearing the polishes the coming days so I'll post my NOTDs later!

Here are picture of everything together. I didn't buy very much because the range of colors was very limited.





I also found some nail art pens, unfortunatly they only had black & white and one yellow. After testing these I will probably order some other online if I like them!



Here are the quick swatches of the polishes.

First up are the "True Lover" polishes, they don't have a name, just numbers.


A shimmery - for me - nude polish.


A bloody red creme.


A shimmery gold.

Next up are "F.C.C. Nail Polish" polishes, they also don't have a name.




This is a white creme from FCC Nail Polish. Its opaque in 2 coats, so I wanted to get a back up bottle. I couldn't find the same bottle, but then I stumbled upon a white polish, in a different bottle, but from the same brand.


A bordeaux creme.

"Nail Lexus" polishes, also without names.


A bright red creme.


A bloody dark red creme.


A shimmery pink.

"M Nail Polish" (same brand, different bottles?)


A beautiful blurple. This one is my favorite.


A purple with little silver glitters.

And at last two brands from which I got one of each.


A bright blue, almost neon nail polish.


A mix of purple & silver mini glitters. I thought this one would be great for layering so I layered it over the blurple one from M Nail Polish. This is the result:



Hell I was right! I LOVE this combination!

So thats all folks! Hope you enjoyed to see these polishes!

Thanks for stopping by,
Christina

Vacation Time

Hi guys,

I'm leaving on a long trip tonight. I'll be visiting my family in Ethiopia for one month. So no posts until I come back on August 6. But don't worry, Ethiopia is nail polish heaven, so I'll probably have a looooot to show you afterwards!:)

I hope you all have a really good summer and hope to see you when I'm back!!

Christina

Pink hotness!

Hi guys!

The weather here in Belgium is still great, so another summer color today! I chose China Glaze - Heli-yum because I was in the mood for something flashy! This is a polish from their Up & Away collection. I got this one because I thought it was a subtle, dark pink (I still don't why, lol). Initially I was dissapointed with this one, because It was way to 'in your face' for me. But now I really like it and it has become on of my favorite polishes for this summer! Had no problems with application, opaque in two smooth coats!



Any recommendations for pink polishes? I'm very curious to try other pinks after liking this one!

Thank you for stopping by and have a nice day,
Christina

Gossip Column

Hi guys!

Today I have Gossip Column from Color Club for you. This was my first polish from Color Club, so it's a special polish. It's from the Rebel Debutante Collection. It's a beautiful deep blue teal-ish color and the application was great, smooth like butter! I unfortunatly only got this one from the Rebel Debutante Collection, although I like swatches I've seen from the other polishes from this collection. I'll have to make a Color Club haul very soon!:)



Thanks for stopping by,
have a nice day!

Christina

Hi guys!

Another veeeeeery hot day today. I love summer, but 30°C is just too much for me! I have a summery color for you guys today, Sinful Colors - Rise and Shine. This is my only neon polish, and I love it, so maybe I should get some more! I always hesitate because I think they will be TOO flashy, but hey, they are gorgeous!

The application was fine, so far no bad experiences with Sinful Colors! This was two coats.



Thanks for stopping by,
and enjoy your day!

Christina