Short Notice

Hello fiends!

Just a quick note for you gals:
Two of you lovely ladies just emailed me that the comments function on my blog is not working (thanks again for letting me know!)
Turned out, that the bug was with my blog layout, so I had to change it around...I will keep working on the layout during this week, but I am happy to announce that the comments are up and running, so you guys can go ahead and type away!

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Beautiful Layering with CG Atlantis and Milani's Wild Violet

Hello my fellow fiends!

OMG I am so bummed out that there is not a glimpse of sunlight anywhere. I was playing around with my China Glaze Atlantis Glitter again and the Glitter is just begging for sunlight. Well, this time, we will just have to look at indoor pictures. Bummer, but can't help it.
Now here goes my combination:
The Base is Milani's Wild Violet Polish, a gorgeous rich creme magenta shade. I think it was part of Milani's fall Collection, so if you can still find out at your local drugstore, go ahead and snag it, it's definitely worth it. Instead of Topcoat, I just layered China Glaze Atlantis Glitter on top. The base of Atlantis is a teal colored jelly enriched with a gazzillion little glitter pieces. The teal jelly and the magenta creme combined together to a wonderful deep dark violet color, topped with glitter *drool*
But go ahead, so for yourself!
Do you guys do a lot of polish layering? What are your favorite combos?






I blurred the next pic to make the glitter spectrum a bit more visible:





That's it for now fiends, hope to see you soon again!

NOTW, OPI DS Coronation

Hello my dear fiends!

Inspired by all the sparkling snow outside, I was scouting through the drawers of my Helmer to find something adequate to capture that feeling on my nails. So I went through my stash of silvers, whites, glitters, sparkles and all sorts of other polishes. Just before reaching for OPI's Alpine Snow, I hesitated and took the silver capped bottle of one of my OPI Designer Series polishes. There it was, OPI DS Coronation, the perfect silver glittery slightly holographic polish. I could have gone with China Glazes OMG (which I love to death btw) but I wanted something more glittery.
I do have a couple of the DS polishes and though they are pricey (they cost almost double the price of a regular OPI) they are definitely worth the cash. The formula is absolutely hassle free to apply and, in my humble opinion, they also seem to dry a bit faster than regular OPI's
But here we go, on with the pics!









That's it for now, read you soon again!

Pink&Purple Giveaway!

Welcome back my fellow fiends!

What a crazy weekend, it was quite a piece of work to keep my nerves all up during the crazy snow/winter madness here in europe...

But finally I am back =)

I decided to have a little Giveaway for you guys, yay!

So, what do you need to do?


1. The Giveaway shall celebrate my first 50 followers, so of course, the count needs to reach 50 first, of course *winkwink*

2. So if you are one of my followers, please leave your email in the comments for this post if you would like to take part

3. The good luck fairy will draw the lucky winner from among the email adresses that were entered

But what is most important....WHAT is the Giveaway? *chuckle*

Here goes: The lucky winner will recieve the Pink&Purple package containing a Mini sized purple glitter polish from Claires, a full size dusty rose colored Polish from Max Factor and a lilac shimmer Frankenpolish from me

The Giveaway will be open to all my subscribers, so have fun girls!

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???

Yes, it's a Dupe!

Hello my dear fellow fiends!


While fidgeting around in my polish drawers, I came across two identical looking polishes. At first I thought, duh, what did I back up now? But then I realized, no, no back up, but actually two different polish brands with identical looking colors. Of course, I couldn't resist and swatched those darlings right away. Guess what? Both are twins! Yay!

So the colors I am talking about are

Sephora by OPI's Mermaid to Order and Sinful Colors Aqua






I guess the only difference we have here is in the formula, Aqua is way more runny than Mermaid to order and I needed 3 coats instead of 2 to get the full color look





Pinkie and Ring: Mermaid to Order
Middle and Index: Aqua

are you able to tell which is which?




I think it is a fantastic color, no matter which brand you choose. SOPI gives you the better formula, for a higher price (9$), Sinful gives you the same color for less (2,50$) but the formula is a bit of a pain in the rear...so it's up to you guys whatever you prefer

Releases that I am looking forward to

Hello my dear fiends!



I hope you all had a fantastic New Years Celebration! Mine was kind of calm, since I was working anyways...


Nevertheless, I am back blabbing about my favourite pasttime, hehe
So there are actually several new releases that I am absolutely antsy about. Prepare for empty wallets girls! Isn't it mean, that so many cool collections get released in January, right after christmas when you are broke from buying presents anyways? Oh well...where did I put that hammer and where is my piggy bank?


So, here we go:

Due January/February 2010

OPI Hong Kong Collection

The Collection will feature the following 12 shades:

- Bling Dynasty - A char-’ming’ gold that shimmers and Glimmers
- Red My Fortune Cookie - And this rich red is in my future
- Hot & Spicy - A sizzling coral that’s a king pao wow!
- Dim Sum Plum - A delectable berry Delicacy
- Jade is the New Black - The vibrant green is the new fashion vibe
- Suzi Says Feng Shui - A serene cobalt blue to balance your yin yang
- A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find - But you’ve found it-in this zesty red-orange!
- Lucky Lucky Lavender - Be pretty and prosperous in this luscious light purple
- Meet Me on the Star Ferry - A Kowloon-lit, moonlit violet
- Panda-monium Pink - Lend a panda a hand-a in this uproarious light pink
- Pearl of Wisdom - Smart girls choose this lustrous pearl shade
- Chop-sticking to My Story - I mean it-”pick up” this warm caramel shade

3 shades that I am lemming for: Bling Dynasty, Jade is the New Black and Meet me on the Star Ferry (that one gets me swooning in particular)


Next one up is China Glaze's Up and Away Collection, due January/February


We'll be getting 12 spring fun shades from this collection:

- Grape Pop
- Sugar High Petal pink
- Something High
- Light As Air
- Heli-Yum
- Flyin’ High
- Four Leaf Clover
- Re-Fresh Mint
- Peachy Keen
- High Hopes
- Happy Go Lucky
- Lemon Fizz Banana

3 shades that I am lemming for:Light as Air, Lemon Fizz and Four Leaf Clover

Next up is a droolworthy line up from Nubar, out for purchase as I blog :-)

This collection features 8 holographic to die for shades

- Prize
- Absolute
- Brilliant
- Treasure
- Essence
- Gem
- Jewel
- Spark

Three shades that I am lemming for: phh 3? I want them all! All you hear! Red Holo must be mine! *evillaugh*


So, last but not least OPI's interpretation of Alice in Wonderland

Also due January/February we'll get 4 shades from this collection

- Absolutely Alice
- Mad as a Hatter
- Off with her Red!
- Thanks so Muchness!

3 shades that I am lemming for: Actually, here I only got 2, I would love to get the two glitters. I am not too swept away by the 2 reds...Oh we'll see...


So that's it for now, my dear fiends, start up saving *winkwink*