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lynnderella, lynnderella

Today I’m showing you some of my recent glitter combinations, all featuring lynnderella polishes!

I have somehow managed to acquire the lynnderella polishes I like, and have since not had any cravings for more. The recent ones that are available on her ebay store have not touched my nail polish drenched heart, so my wallet sings!

First up: Love Potion No. 99 versus Love Potion No 99.9 (graciously lent to me by B.). See the difference? I don’t. I thought that the newer (99.9) version had more red glitter in it, but it doesn’t show on the nail.
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I swatched this over Douglas Fame & Fortune (above) and over Cult Nails Enticing (below).
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And then what I thought I’d always want and look for: Pentimento. What a bummer. I expected to much more from it, but then on the nails it looks fun, sure, but not as exceptional as I made it out to be (swatched here over China Glaze Escaping Reality). Thanks again B. for letting me borrow it!
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   Do you have any lynnderellas or are you lusting after any?

Chameleon Blue Sky

Today I have an immensely pretty polish to show you. I am usually not such a fan of duochromes, I just find them pretty, but seldomly breathtaking. This little polish was an exception.
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I got it from my friend B. who imported this bottle from her home country. The brand is called Chameleon and the polish is called Blue Sky. I initially thought it would be sheer as most duochromes are, so I layered it over IsaDora Scuba Blue. I used two coats and it completely covered Scuba Blue, so layering was fairly useless.
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As to the colors, in case you can’t see them yourself, this polish mostly has a dark blue look about it, but changes from purple to a tealish kind of green. The duochrome effect is surprisingly strong!
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I initially thought I wouldn’t keep this polish but not that I have worn it, I am utterly in love. I have no idea where and if you can find Chameleon polishes but if you know, get one!Chameleon Blue Sky_IsaDora 757 Scuba Blue_4_1_1

Sunday Spam: essence love

I have accumulated quite some essence swatches, so I’m going to show you these today!

Let’s start with the reloaded essence nail art twins. First up is Edward, a periwinkle blue creme. I don’t know what the reloaded part is supposed to be, except that they changed the bottles (I liked the old ones better, but ok) – that’s fine by me, in my opionion it didn’t need reloading anyhow.
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essence Bella, shown here over Edward. Finally a woman on top!
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essence carrie - everyday pink creme, all good here.
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Mr. Big on top of Carrie. No wonder one doesn’t see much of carrie anymore!
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essence Romeo, a dark purple creme. A good solid purple creme. Not as romantic as I imagined Romeo to be!
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essence Julia over Romeo. Super sparkly and definitely my favorite glitter topper from the nail art twins!
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essence colorbration. I wore this some time back and I had forgotten how green and sparkly and cool it is. Definitely under my favorite essence polishes!
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essence copper’ize me (over Love&Beauty light blue) is a sparkling mix ov multicolored tiny glitters that look different over every polish. This is my favorite nail art special effects topper (quite a mouthful!).
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essence it peace is from the urban messages collection, still my favorite essence collection. The strong blue shimmer that you can see in the bottle is less visible on the nails, but this is never the less an amazing coral – even more so because it works with my skin tone!
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essence street styler, also from the urban messages collection, is one of the best turquoise/aqua polishes I have. it has tiny silver specks in it and it amazingly vibrant. Plus it applies super nice.
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Now, did you expect so many good words about essence from me? There are so many nice polishes from essence, but lately their TE’s haven’t been so amazing. I’m sure it will turn around again, and you’ll read more happy posts from me.

Random Nail Art

 

Today I want to show you some random stuff I wore – nail art related! Yes, I sometimes do that too!

For this nail design, I used a fan brush. I have no idea what to use them for except this particular nail design though. I just added drips of polish on to an old CD-Cover, then brushed through them with the fan brush and then wildly applied that onto my nails. I used DermaNails Violet Metalico, Colorama Clubber, Colorama Noite Africana and Colorama Retangulo Verde, all polishes my brother brought me and (handpicked himself) from his trip to Brazil.   The base is Spa Ritual Calm & Clear (now not anymore).
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I still haven’t given up on striping tape, even though I have zero patience for it, nor do I have tiny fingers or any skills to work with it. Never the less, here is what I managed. I absolutely hate the difference in level of nail polish, but that’s what you get with striping tape. I most probably will never do this (design) again. The base color is KIKO 329, the first stripe is China Glaze Sea Spray and then Butter LONDON Lady Muck.
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Here is a ruffian – I love ruffians, but I find it hard lately to pick good color combinations. I either tend to go tone in tone, or I pick horrible color combinations that really only work in my head. With this ruffian, I didn’t pick. I just used two polishes that my mum brought me from a trip to the UK. I adore the gold polish – Max Factor Ivory – , and the purple – Max Factor Diva Violet – fits perfectly underneath (that little purple I can deal with easily).
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Toughts?

Sunday Spam: Finger Paints

 

 

Happy Sunday!

I hope you have a lazy Sunday and that you can enjoy yourself and sit in the sun, etc. I also hope that I’ll find the time to do that! Today I have a lot of Finger Paints nail polishes to show you. Some of them I wore but couldn’t photograph in a How I Wore It post, some of them I wore and had no intention of picturing with my outfit (say, pajama or gym clothes…), so I’m showing them to you in the good old swatch style.

Comet’s Collar (over Sally Hansen Get in Lime) – sheer green shimmer/micro particle glitter polish, very pretty but I’d prefer it to be less sheer. Wearing it on its own didn’t seem an option, so I layered two coats over Get in Lime.
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15 minutes of fame – now that’s one of a kind. This is a neon turquoise that completely ruined my camera’s lens – it is so intense, it makes my camera freak out. Also it makes my skin look tomato red in pictures, and Snowhite white in reality. A fun polish that I prefer to wear on my toes! 2 coats.
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Cupcake heaven is a pretty standard baby blue. It didn’t strike me as particularly unique or interesting, but it is very cute. I had some application issues with it, but after 3 coats it was fine.
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Gimme some sugar is a coral creme polish. It looks really nice and summery in the bottle, but horrible against my skin tone. It makes me so sad that coral looks so bad on me. 2 coats.
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Grape Gumball is a great purple. It has silver shimmery micro particles hidden in a warm medium purple (with enough blue in there! yay!), which make the polish look  happy and shiny. 2 coats.
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Pop Art Purple is more of a magenta than a purple. It is very intense, I think it can also be called neon, and I like that it looks so extremely squishy. 2 coats.
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Silkscreen Green is a horribly toxic looking green neon. I love to look at colors like this in twilight, it’s mesmerizing how nuclear this polish glows. Hence, two pictures with very little lightening to show you this polish properly. I used two coats.
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Warhol Wannabe is another neon polish. I couldn’t catch it’s real color, as it was just too much for my poor camera! It dries to a satin finish, as most neons. I like it in this case, it somehow makes this polish more pop art. 2 coats. (First picture with flash).
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Inkblot blue is, as the name suggests, a blue polish. In Austria ink looks a bit darker, but still, this is a pretty blue. I think it is supposed to be neon too, because it dries with a similar satin finish, but I don’t think this can really be called neon. Fun color though! 2 coats.FingerPaints Inkblot Blue_1

Ninja Polish Alexandrite, Eye Candy and Zultanite

 

Hope you all enjoy your (long) weekend! Today I have some Ninja Polish polishes to show you which I have been trying out over various colors other than black.

First up is Alexandrite. Its a fine glittery duochrome nail polish that can be worn alone if you’re willing to waste this beauty on layers, or it can be worn over other colors. The duochrome effect is very strong and evident on this one. It sparkles turquoise to purple, sometimes a bit pink, gold and blue too. I used one coat over MAC Peppermint Patti.
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I tried Alexandrite over various other colors, but I like it the best over mint. I also thought it looked cool over a vivid medium blue, such as essence shopping @ portobello road.
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With Eye Candy, I had some difficulties finding a good base color. It is a very colorful tiny glitter mix consisting of blue, purple, green, gold/orange, and most probably other colors, but that’s primarily what I see. Unexpectedly, I liked this best over purple (p2 cool plum)…. ninja polish eye candy_p2 cool plum_2
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… and blue (p2 wintry blue). 

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 I’m a big fan of polishes with a gold-greenish color, so Zultanite looked the most fun to me from the beginning on. It has this unusual color shift from copper to olive but an intense golden glow (it is never, ever, brown.) I love colors like this! I decided to layer it over a similar base color – obviously the color shift is stronger if layered over black, but I think everything looks so alike if layered over black! – but it looks the most “natural” over Revlon Spanish Moss.
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Did you find any other layering combinations you could share? I’m always interested!

How I wore it: Cult Nails Spontaneous

Today I have not only a nail polish to show you, but also a lipstick that I got sent to try. Yeah, that happens from time to time, that I am more than just a pretty hand! Ok, that was a bad joke, I admit it. I will try to be less interested in looks and work on my wit instead. Ok, now I really should stop joking otherwise all you’ll leave me will be sny comments (which I’d understand!).

Cult Nails Spontaneous is a purple nail polish. Yes, I know that you know that I don’t like purple very much, but also, sometimes it just fits an outfit too well to remain unworn.
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Spontaneous is a greyish purple, filled with tiny pink glitters. Unless you zoom in very much or stare at your fingers closely, you’ll not be able to spot the pink glitters. What they do however, is add liveliness to this polish, which you can see from further away too.
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I wore two coats of Spontaneous, and it applied perfectly fine. Because it is not your average purple, I felt very comfortable wearing it to work too. I paired it with a blue pantsuit (pants from Benetton, jacket from Mango) and a very pale pink shirt from Kookai. The shoes are from Cate Gray (Humanic, last year) I think.
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What made the look whole, I think, was the right lipstick. I picked Shiseido lip lacquer in Disco*, which I think is an awesome pink. Totally what I like to wear! Also, I like the idea of lip lacquers although I never really felt like buying one from YSL, they just didn’t make my heart jump. The texture of the Shiseido lip lacquer was light, but it covered completely in one go, and it stayed on in this intensity until after my second coffee. After lunch only a slight tint was visible, but considering I’m in a talking and coffee drinking profession, that is surprisingly long. A winner in my books!
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 Products marked * were provided to me for review. It remains undiscovered why people write honest opinion, unbiased, personal. You can be assured that I have no other opinion than my own. 


Sunday Spam: Jessica

Today I want to show you some Jessica polishes that I like and wore lately.

Amira / Smitten Kitten * (part of the collection where Jessica named polishes after her friends) is not just a standard pink, no! It has a subtle silver shimmer that peeks through at times that makes this polish special. As a pink lover, I was convinced immediately! 2 coats.
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Ava / New Kid in Town * (same collection as above) is a very white-leaning lilac. It’s a very vivid but at the same time subtle color. I don’t wear colors like this often, but I think I will wear this in summer, as it looks so happy! 2 coats.
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Desire was, if I’m not mistaken, part of a collection with three polishes that looked like Chanel April, May and June (see comparisons here). It’s a bit of a duller red, which I personally don’t wear. If you like this kind of color, the advantage of Desire is that it is not bright red, very wearable and applies very nicely. 2 coats.
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Flirtation looks very similar to Chanel May. It is very difficult for me to find a baby/barbie pink that fits me, and unfortunately this wasn’t it. Definitely a great alternative if you missed the Chanels and wanted one, or if you’re looking for your perfect baby pink creme and want to give this one a try. Application was a breeze, 2 coats.
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Love Story is similar to Chanel June…. I very much dislike this color, and even more because June is my birth month, and I wanted a prettier color. Sorry about my self-centered rambling. Love Story applied perfectly and it is very shiny and all, I just didn’t like this type of orange. 2 coats.
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Prune Whip * is a great pink creme that dries so glossy, it looks like a jelly. There’s not so much more to add except that if you’re looking for a pink like this, Prune Whip is a good option. 2 coats.
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Strawberry Shake It* is a very pale baby pink with a high percentage of white. It is cool-toned so it works with my skin. The application was a bit chalky and the polish dragged, so unless you’re super into this color, I’d suggest to sit this one out. 3 coats.
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Do you have a favorite Jessica nail polish? Let me know!

All polishes marked * were sent to me for (obviously, honest, reflecting-my-opinion) review. Thanks to the Jessica PR-Team!

How I wore it: China Glaze Let’s groove

I thought I had already shown you my last post from this winter, but I was wrong. There is one more snow-ridden post to go!

Despite being not super-fond of purple, there are some I like. Let’s groove from China Glaze is one of those purples I like. It applies super easily, and it is so shiny but deep at the same time, who could resist?
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To add some fun to this rather dark manicure, I decided to wear bright lipstick. This is actually a combination of a very thin layer of OCC Pageant (the only OCC lip tar I own – so far!) and NARS Satin Pencil in Lodhi. The eyeliner is from Inglot (the dark purple liquid one).
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My pullover is from Nice Connection (super nice and warm!), the blouse is from WE and the pants are from Benetton. Shoes from asos. See, I feel comfortable wearing the same things over and over again, if only I change my nail polish!
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Looking at these pictures I realize that my hair has grown a lot since winter. Time to go and get it cut short again!China Glaze Let's Groove_7

essence – new show your feet polishes

Hi there! You know what the best is about today? Tomorrow. Fridays. Full of hope and expectation what the weekend may bring. (lots of sleep in my case…!)

Anyhow, essence released new “toe nail polish”. I have zero idea what the difference to “finger nail polish” may be, but what shall I say, it is a marketing trick. So I decided to exercise some civil restistance and show them on my fingers, not toes.

The gladiator (they are all named after certain shoe types, cute I think) is a lime green creme, very vivid and a color I really like. I used two coats, the application was ok.
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The peeptoe is a very vivid almost neon coral. 2 coats again, application ok.
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The pump is a chalky barbie pink. The application was a bit streaky but ok to handle. 2 coats.
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The stiletto is a shimmery medium purple, it has a blue shine which is more apparent in the bottle than on the nail. I don’t like this color at all. Application was ok, 2 coats.
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The wedge looks like a very vivid medium blue creme, but there is just a hint of shimmer in there, so it looks more glossy. I don’t wear blues like this on my nails, but I like the color itself. 2 coats, it was a bit difficult to control while applying it.
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All in all this collection has really nice colors, but nothing breathtaking. I assure you my nails felt fine after wearing this polish, so it’s safe to say it isn’t toe nail polish only!