The Mother of all Duochromes - Zoya Ki

Hello my very dear fellow fiends!

Today I got one of my favorite polishes for you: Zoya Ki
This is the one that totally got me hooked on duochromes, it was my first and still is one of the best I own. The formula is fantastic, a bit thick, but picture perfect in application. 1 Coat works, but somehow doesn#t give you the full effects, so please go for 2 coats and look at your nails in awe! This baby seems to be a dark grey, but changes with effects ranging from gold, to purple to green...absolutely amazing!
I am just said that as usual, no sun in sight to shoot some pics in the sunlight...spring, where are you?



Zoya Ki



base grey and gold effects




moving from gold into green




and finally from grey to purple



That's it for today, next up will be a bit of layering fun, so look forward to that!

New Loot and Duochrome Madness

Hello my dear fiends!

I had so much fun swatching my newest additions, the only turn off was the beyond crappy weather *yikes* Especially the last couple of pictures are really dark, sorry for that!
Well, what did Auntie Charis pick up this time?



I picked up 4 Scherer Chameleon polishes, Sinful Colors "Merlot" a really pretty bordeaux red and Essie's "Nude Beach" a pale pink with opal shimmer

OMG those Chameleon polishes made me almost faint when I laid my eyes on them! They are 4 wonderful shades and all, I repeat, ALL of them are DUOCHROMES!!! Can i get any more goodness for only 2,99$ per bottle? I guess not!
I am just really sad that I had no sunlight at all (all grey, dark and rainy here in Munich), because those babies show their real beauty only in sunlight. So from my swatches, you can only guess how beautiful they really are. As soon as the weather will be decent, I will re-swatch them, promise!
All the swatches are 2 coats, on my bare, naked, short and stumpy nails, no TopCoat. The Formula of these is RUNNY, I mean really liquidy. I like thicker polish, but hey, that's personal preference. The first coat was a bit streaky, but fortunately the polish evens out when you apply the second coat. The brush was beyond crappy, it lost it's hair faster than I was able to apply the polish...darn. But I just used another brush, fine by me, I can live with it for the price.

But now on with the pics...

Scherer Chameleon "Dreams"





This is a beautiful, pale pink with opal duochrome shimmer. It makes me think of light pink pearl necklace in the sunlight. The first coat was pretty iridescent, so I might do some layering experiments with this polish


Scherer Chameleon "Blue Frost"







Lovely, light frosted blue with pearl pink duochrome shimmer. Makes me think of ice crystals.


Scherer Chameleon "Calypso"





Metallic lilac with rainbow colored duochrome shimmer. Absolutely awesome in my book, only turn down is that the lilac has a good portion of a dusty rose color in it, which is too warm toned for my skin. But hey so what, the polish is awesome.


Scherer Chameleon "Blue Sky"





My personal winner. A dark, lilac-blueish base again with rainbow colored duochrome shimmer. It makes me think of Nubar's "Peacock Feathers" polish.


Again, I feel kinda sad that none of the pictures I show here do the colors full justice. But I promised to re-swatch them as soon as the dun decides to return to Munich. So see you back soon!

NOTW, Duochromatic Madness

Hello my dear fiends!

Wow, I was absolutely stunned when I saw that I have already over 30 readers! You guys are awesome! It inspires me even more to go on with the blog and keep posting as much as I can. I was thinking of maybe doing a small Giveaway when I reach 50 subscribers. I will have to go through my drawers to find some pretty things =)
But on with the polish! LOL

Today I picked a very special Polish for my NOTW. It's Sally Hansens's HD Opulent Cloud. This polish was part of the 2009 fall collection and was exclusively designed for the Tracy Reese runway show.
The formula of this polish is fine, I had no issues with it being too runny or too thick, it wasn't streaky either. Perfectly normal would describe it best. I needed two coats for it to be opaque, which is absolutely normal as well.
Well, that was about it with the "normalness" of this polish, the color is just beyond awesome and my pics do not do it justice, since I had no sunlight while taking them. The Base color is a dark grey, changing into silver. How lovely is that? But not enough, depending on the light, the grey changes to a dusty lavender color, while the silver can go all the way into a dusty GOLD. How amazing is that! I don't own a single polish that reflects both, silver and gold.
I also have to say that my skinton doesn't go at all with anything gold/warm colored. This polish is the big exception. Love it!


I was able to catch the lavender part of the polish on this pic



And here is the dark grey/silver



Right by my Index/Middlefinger you can catch a glimpse of the dusty gold



I can't wait to show you guys this beauty in sunlight. Where is springtime when you need it???