Helloooooooo readers!
Today I got something really special for you! 3 new polishes from P2's limited edition called Private Color Party. The color range is light raspberry pink, grape purple and a dark sky blue. All of them feature a huge load of medium sized opal flakies, yay!
The polishes are okay to apply, a bit too runny for my taste but still okay. I would have loved them to have a more jelly like base, the base is extremely sheer unfortunaltely. But again, this flaw turns into a big advantage when you use these babies for layering.
So please enjoy today's flakie goodness!
P2 Color Party Polishes
From Left to Right: P2 Gorgeous!, P2 So Cool!, P2 Attraction!
P2 Attraction!
I just had the idea of showing you the different levels of coverage from this polish, so starting from top to bottom I applied 1, 2 and 3 layers of polish
P2 So Cool!
This one was the sheerest out of the bunch, again I did 1,2 and 3 coats starting top to bottom
P2 Gorgeous!
With just one coat, the color appears almost more pink than purple
P2 Gorgeous! Layered over 2 different purples
Index + Middle: P2 Glamorous
Ring + Pinkie: OPI A Grape Fit!
P2 So Cool! Layered over 2 different blue polishes
Index + Middle: Essie Aruba Blue
Ring + Pinkie: China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le
P2 Attraction layered over different reds
Index + Middle: OPI Manicurist of Seville
Ring + Pinkie: China Glaze Skate Night
All three layered over a blackened blue polish, Milani Midnight Satin
I really like how the blue suddenly pops out
All 3 layered over a blackened red, OPI Midnight in Moscow
again, the blue one turns out to be the dominant color
Last but not least, I matted out all three polishes with Essie's Matte about you
Now you can really notice the opal flakes!
So that's it for today, hope you liked the flakies!
The P2 LE unfortunately is only available in german drugstores :-(
Donnerstag, 11. Februar 2010
Opal Flakies! - P2 Private Color Party Polishes
Mittwoch, 10. Februar 2010
My new Love Affair - MAC Rocker
Good day my dear fiends!
Yes, I have a new love affair...I just can't take my eyes off it! :-)
Yesterday for hubbys birthday dinner I decided I needed something special and since red is his favorite polish color, it needed to be something in red of course. Nothing with glitter or effects, just something really nice and classic. Lucky me, a few days before a very dear friend of mine, TheSource, showed me this stunning color saying "Hurry up with this one hun, MAC is discontinuing it" Boy, don't tell me this is going out of stock before I can get it! "Nope, I got two, so if you like, you can have one" OMG, you are such a saint!
So here I am with my first MAC nail polish. The weird thing is, I am seriously addicted to MAC stuff, yes I hear you my poor wallet, but for some odd reason I never paid any attention to their polishes. Darn, how stupid I was! The formula is really nice, it is a bit runnier than for example OPI's formula, but it applies really nice and evenly, the brush is okay in my book as well. But now on to the color! Prepare the stage for my new love affair!
MAC Rocker
Two hassle free coats will deliver this gorgeous result
So this is a beautiful, rich red with a hint of shimmer. It is not a classic blood red, it leans more towards a dark raspberry red
I just can't take my eyes off this beauty!
So what is your love affair when it comes to classic red polish? I am excited to hear you guys answers! Hope to see you back soon!
Dienstag, 9. Februar 2010
Yay for the Green Fairy - Sephora by OPI's Absinthe makes the heart
Welcome back my dear fiends!
Winter is still around and not the tiniest bit of sun in sight. So, I am not really in the mood for fun colored pastels yet. I still need darker, mysterious colors :-)
So for today, I picked Sephora by OPI's Absinthe makes the heart for you.
Trust me, it is a color that is really hard to capture right on camera. The tiny dark green reflects this polish features never show up on the pics. I guess a lot of bloggers who reviewed it said that for their taste, the polish isn't green enough. Well, I guess if you think of a classic dark green, yes I would agree. But I see a gorgeous antiqued old gold-green shimmer in it, which I really like. The base is a shimmery dark grey. The polish is absolutely unique in my stash, I don't have anything like it. So go ahead and see for yourself :-)
Sephora by OPI Absinthe makes the heart
Oh I just loooove the microglitter!
It took 3 coats to be opaque enough for me, but I guess 2 are okay as well, if you don't like the polish to be too dense
The formula was no-fuss easy to work with. I do like the brushes a lot.
I also did some layering experiments with this one, I used 2 coats of Absinthe makes the heart and topped it with OPI's Breathe Life polish, which is a very sheer, light shimmery airy blue
Not too bad huh? I guess I will experiment some more, maybe picking a polish that brings out the green more, I might just try Creative's Turquoise Tint...we'll see :-)
That's it for today, hope you liked my polish picked, see you guys back soon!
Montag, 8. Februar 2010
Celebrating 50 Followers - The Pink&Purple Giveaway
Hello my lovely fiends!
I am so in awe...
50 Followers, that is so amazing!
I would like to thank all the amazing nail polish lovers out there who take their time to read my blog, I do feel honored!
So I just wanted to let you know, I am open to your feedback, about what you would like, or not like to see on my blog, just go ahead and drop me a quick line using the comments or my email.
But, let's talk about the fun things now, it's giveaway time!
So what's it all about?
1. The Giveaway is celebrating my first 50 followers and is open internationally!
2. So if you would like to enter the Giveaway, just leave your email adress in the comments box for this post, but remember, you must be a follower of my blog to enter.
3. The Giveaway ends February 21st.
4. The good luck fairy will then 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, two amazingly beautiful P2 polishes "Gorgeous" (which I already featured on my blog) and "Elegant" as well as well as a romantic pink from China Glaze, China Glaze "Innocence" (you might know this from my Valentine Swatchapalooza post).
The Giveaway will be open to all my Followers, so have fun girls!
Freitag, 5. Februar 2010
Can nail polish be comforting?! - Essie Angora Cardi
Hello, hello my dear fiends!
Again just a quick post for you :-(
I am quite busy at the moment, living basically out of my suitcase which is kinda meh.
Today I picked a color which for me is a "comforting color". When I wear it on my nails, I think of putting on a cozy, fluffy white sweater, sitting on the sofa, snuggling into a comfy blanket with a good book and a cup of green tea. I can be quite scary, huh? :-)
Do you have a "comforting" nail polish? I would love to hear from you!
Essie Angora Cardi
The color could be a one coater, but my tips were still kinda shining through, so I applied a second one. Wonderful full on creme mauve finish. Love it.
Of course Auntie Charis did do a bit of layering on this polish as well, hehe
on index: Essie Angora Cardi
on middle: Essie Angora Cardi + China Glaze Cleopatra
on ring: Essie Angora Cardi + Essie Nude Beach
on pinkie: Essie Angora Cardi + Scherer Chameleon Dream
They did all turn out quite interesting, but I guess I like the version with Essie Nude Beach on it best. It turns the creme finish into a milky sheer, I think that looks quite lovely, don't you think?
So that's it for now, I will be back on monday and I got some interesting stuff for you, so have a great weekend and see you next week!
Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2010
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!
Best Blog Award
Hi my dear fiends!
I recieved my first blog award from Gina http://primandpolished.blogspot.com/!
I am so happy!
