Gina Tricot Cream - swatches and review

Today I want to show you a nice cream polish from Gina Tricot with the very creative name "Cream" ;) It's a cream base packed with copper shimmer.
It's really pretty!

GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT CREAM:

Type of polish: Shimmer.

Colour: A cream absolutely packed with copper shimmer.

Opacity: Very good! This is two coats. Quite good for a cream polish!

Formula: Very good! A nice formula which is easy to apply.

Brush: Very good! Easy to work with.

Shine: Very shiny on its own, but I have one coat of Seche Vite top coat in these pictures.

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Accurate! Except for that the shimmer does come out on the nails which doesn't really show on my pictures.

Grade: 3/5 :)

This is a unique polish in my collection with all that copper shimmer in a cream base. I like it! There is actually so much shimmer that the polish sometimes look pink because of all the shimmer!
To me this polish is more of a base color for nail art than something I'd wear alone. That is why I only gave it a 3, but it really is a nice polish with a nice formula!

How do you like Cream?

Do you own a polish with so much shimmer that is changes color?

Color Club Over the Moon - swatches and review

Yes! It's Holo Friday AND it's my day off! What a great combination!
I hope you aren't tired of the Halo Hues Collection yet because today I'm showing you the stunning blue holo polish "Over the Moon". The rainbows this polish creates are just out of this world!!

GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT OVER THE MOON:

Type of polish: Holographic.

Colour: Light blue with a strong holographic effect.

Collection: Color Club Halo Hues Collection Winter 2013.

Opacity: Very good! This is two coats. One coat is almost enough but not quite. Maybe if you are in a hurry ;)

Formula: Very good! Easy to control but apply with light strokes to avoid streaks. No bald spots warning though.

Brush: Excellent! Just perfect to be more precise!

Shine: Very shiny on its own so I have no top coat in these pictures.

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Accurate. But sooo much more gorgeous irl! ;)

Grade: 5++/5 :D

This is such a gorgeous, stunning and mind blowing blue holo polish! The formula and brush are great too! If you like blue and holo - get it! ;)

How do you like Over the Moon?

Are you tired of seeing Halo Hues polishes yet? ;)

Leaf Nails - swatches

As May is soon ending I hereby present my third challenge in the "May 1-31 Challenge". This is "Inspired by Nature"! This theme is very wide but I decided to do leaf nails which I've been wanting to try for ever.
I admit this design was a bit time consuming but in the end it was all worth it. I really like the look of them actually! I hope you like them too :)

This manicure is a combination of a nail striping tape manicure and a stamping manicure. The green base is China Glaze Holly-Day and the silver polish is a Depend polish.

First I applied Holly-Day and then I attached the striping tape. After this I stamped the pattern and quickly removed the tape. Voilá! :)

Don't forget to check out what the other ladies are doing!

How do you like this manicure?

How would you have interpreted the nature theme?

Essie Mojito Madness - swatches and review

Today I'm joining Green Wednesday! It's been a while since last time ;)
The polish for today is Essie's Mojito Madness, a bright but soft green cream. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!

GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT MOJITO MADNESS:

Type of polish: Cream.

Colour: A bright but soft medium green.

Collection: Essie Summer 2012 Bikini So Teeny Collection.

Opacity: Very good! This is two coats.

Formula: Ok. A bit thin, almost runny, but ok to apply.

Brush: Ok. Not too thin but I wouldn't say no to a bit wider brush either ;)

Shine: Very shiny on its own so I have no top coat in these pictures.

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Quite accurate. Perhaps a tiny bit darker irl.

Grade: 4/5 :)

This is a really happy green! It's really hard to describe actually. It's soft but not pastel. It's bright but not neon. It's not too much yellow nor too much blue in it. It's a bright vibrant green that's very easy to wear! If the formula had been better I'd definitely had given it a 5/5.

How do you like Mojito Madness?

How would you describe the color of this polish?

Orly Haul!

Yesterday I got a parcel from Orly with five of their new polishes and they look so beautiful!

Two of them (the ones with blue caps) are from the Orly FX MegaPixel Collection which are textured polishes and three of them is from Orly's Mash Up Collection.

I can't wait to try the MegaPixel polishes because it's said that they are a bit less textured than OPI's Liquid Sand but much more glittery!

I'm also of course really keen to try the ones from Mach Up! They are just bursting with shimmer!

Orly Plum Pixel

Orly Aqua Pixel

Orly Pretty-Ugly

Orly Choreographed Chaos

Orly Beautiful Disaster

How do like these Orly polishes?

Have you already tried any of them?

Beach Nails - May Challenge

It's time for another challenge! The challenge today is "Inspired by the Beach"!
This manicure is a mix of a half moon and a gradient.
The colors are inspired by a tropical beach where the sand is almost white and the water is bright green turquoise.

I used the following polishes: (from left to right)

Barry M Lychee

Barry M Greenberry

I also used some nail striping tape and a piece of a make-up sponge.

First I applied the nude color and let it dry completely.

Then I added a piece of striping tape on each nail.

After this I did the gradient on one nail at the time with the sponge and 

then I removed the striping tape before the turquoise polishes had dried. 

To seal the manicure I applied one coat of Seche Vite.

Don't forget to check out what the other ladies' are doing for this challenge!

How do you like this beach manicure?

Can you feel the sand between your toes? ;)

Edgy Half Moon Manicure - swatches

For this Nail Art Sunday I want to show you a half moon manicure with a twist! The twist is that the half moons are not round but sharp and edgy ;)

The base it the wonderful and newly released "Peach Me Soon" from H&M. Then I've layered two coats of Sephora's "Twinkle Twinkle", a blue flake polish, on top of that. After this I did the sharp half moons using striping tape and Illamasqua's "Jo'mina". To seal the manicure I used on coat of Seche Vite.

I used the following polishes: (from left to right)

Illamasqua Jo'mina

H&M Peach Me Soon

Sephora Twinkle Twinkle

How do you like this manicure?

 Do you like half moon manicures?

Essie Snap Happy - swatches and review

Today I want to show you an Essie polish called Snap Happy. It's been too long since I reviewed an Essie! This is a gorgeous juicy orange red which is super shiny! I have no top coat in these pictures.

GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT SNAP HAPPY:

Type of polish: Cream.

Colour: A bright juicy orange red.

Collection: Essie Winter 2012 Collection.

Opacity: Excellent! This is two coats but if you're not that fussy you could possibly get away with one coat :)

Formula: Very good! A very nice formula which is easy to apply!

Brush: Good! Wider than the older Essie's brushes but I wouldn't mind if they got even wider ;) Actually I think they are even wider on the newest Essies :D

Shine: Very very shiny on its own so I have no top coat in these pictures. This polish almost has that jelly shine to it without actually being a jelly :D

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Accurate! Red polishes are sometimes really hard to capture but this one was very cooperative ;)

Grade: 4+/5 :D

Red isn't really my cup of tea but this one is really gorgeous! It's so bright, juicy and shiny! It makes me happy! ;) It's a shame I can't keep it but now it's going to a really lucky lady! ;)

Do you like Snap Happy?

Are you into red polishes?

H&M Glitter Nail Polish Blue - swatches and review

H&M has started a fairly new line of glitter polishes and this darling is one of them. It has the exciting name "Blue" :P

Normally I loathe bar glitters but in this polish I love it! Maybe because it's holo bars ;) My florist teacher always said: "If you have a good idea, don't hold back!" So that is what I did with this polish ;) This is two generous coats on top of OPI Dating a Royal. I don't think I would have liked it if the bar glitters had been sparse but with this many bar glitters it's gets an almost fuzzy look and I love that!

This is also my contribution to this week's Holo Friday :)

GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT BLUE:

Type of polish: Holographic glitter.

Colour: Holographic bar glitter and holographic micro glitter in a sheer blue jelly base.

Opacity: Hm... this polish is probably best for layering. For opacity you might need 4-5 coats.

Formula: Very nice! A very nice formula which is very easy to apply! And the bar glitters don't stick out of the nail when you apply this polish. Somehow they're just drawn back onto the nail. No pushing or filing or cutting needed! :D

Brush: Very good! Very nice to apply with.

Shine: Very shiny on its own so I have no top coat in these pictures.

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Quite accurate, but much more holographic, glittery and sparkly irl!

Grade: 5/5 :D

This polish is really amazing irl! It's even holographic in the shade! :D The formula is great too! It's a cheaper version of Ciaté's "Jewel" except that Jewel is light purple of course ;) But the same texture and amazing effect. Take a look at Jewel here.

Do you like Blue?

What is your opinion on bar glitter? ;)

Diagonal Striped Tips - swatches

I had a crazy busy day yesterday but today I want to show you a striped manicure I did a while ago. I'm really happy with this manicure actually! :D I love the color combination of passionate almost neon red and coolish nude :) It wasn't too hard or time consuming to do either.

The red polish is a Face polish with the exotic name "133" ;) and the nude one is Essie Playa del Platinum.

What are your thoughts on this striped mani?

What is your favorite pattern for striped manis?

Essie haul!

Essie has really turned up the volume lately ;) so I went a bit Essie crazy and got quite a few new Essie beauties! So today I've put together an Essie haul for you! Enjoy! :D

More detailed pictures further down!

Essie Sand Tropez

Essie Mod Squad

Essie Bottle Service

Essie Come Here!

Essie Snap Happy

Essie Mojito Madness

Essie Bouncer It's Me

Essie DJ Play that Song

A little Misa accidentally jumped into my basket ;) Lovely Lychee

I'm mostly looking forward trying the three ones from Essie's new neon collection, i.e Bouncer It's Me, DJ Play that Song and Bottle Service :)

Which one did you like the most?

Have you got any of these polishes?