I'm Sold

Long time, no see. Between getting used to my new job and another surgery, I haven't been able to write blogs. But I've made swatches and I plan on catching up with reviews the next few weeks. Starting now with Catrice's Sold Out Forever.

Dutch OPI Lover

Dutch 'Ya Just Love OPI? is the name of this purple, tulip-base color of the Holland Collection by OPI. All I can do is answer with an excited 'Yes!'

I Got The Blues

Every gal needs a good dark blue nailpolish in her stash so I picked up this one by Catrice; Blues Brother Vol II. Looking at the name, I assume there's been a previous edition of this little thing, but I'm not familiar with that one so I can't compare it.

A Base To Build On

Everybody who dyes their nails all the time knows this problem; discoloration of your nails. Using a good base coat helps a lot to avoid this and it makes your nail manicure to last longer too. But as useful as a base coat is, I don't really want to pay big bucks for it. This HEMA base coat does what it should do for a nice price.

Price: < €3,00, I can't remember exactly
Content: 11ml

It works well with any brand, less chipping of your colored nail polish and... no discoloration. At all. The only bad news is that as far as I know they only sell in the Benelux. But should you ever be visiting, pick up a few of these bottles. It's the best budget base coat I've ever used and I've tried many.

See ya!

Broken Dawn

It's not a surprise that the name of this nail polish 'The Dawn Is Broken' was inspired by the title of a Twilight book as it was part of the Essence Vampire's Love trend edition.

Star Of The Nail Polishes

I hadn't planned on buying this particular nail polish as I thought it resembled a different color I already own, but after seeing swatches, I caved anyway, so here we go; Catrice Welcome To Las Vegas Limited Edition Ultimate Nail Lacquer, C03 'Star of the Show'.

Slay Me, Please

More glitter and glamour with this nail polish from the November Essence Vampire's Love trend edition; no 01, 'Gold Old Buffy'.

Unforgettable

As it's already December, a little glamour on the nails is always welcome so I'm reviewing Catrice's 'Forget-Me-Not!' for you today.

Team Bella And Edward

Essence has released several nail art twins; A combination of two nail polishes (one base coat, one top coat) that match well together and go by the names of popular duos. I'll be swatching Nail Art Twins, no 6 today; 'Bella & Edward'.

New But The Old, Sexy Kind Of Way

Yes, dear readers, another one from the Catrice Fall 2011 collection; no 560, 'Rusty But Sexy'. This color was also released as part of the Modern Muse limited edition in August of this year but shows up in the fall collection too. I'm not exactly sure what Catrice wanted to accomplish with that, but the good news is that this polish will be available for a longer while! :)

Dirty Lilac

I am a big fan of the 2011 Fall collection by Catrice and one of the new colors is Ultimate Nail Lacquer, no 630, 'Sing: Hey Dirty-Lilah!'. Gotta love their names too.

Refresh

Long time, no see for which I'm sorry. Life has been quite eventful and between surgery and a dying laptop, I wasn't able to post any blogs, or do my nails a lot for that matter. I'm still recovering and getting my repaired laptop back in order, but I'm able to post again so here we go :) No nail polish this time, but a wonderful product nonetheless; Therme Skincare, Finn Sauna Shower Gel.

Frosted ASHley

Today I'll be reviewing Catrice's Ultimate Nail Lacquer, no 610, 'ASHley' with the Catrice Frosting Top Coat.

 

Crack The Cherry

I had a job interview this week so I didn't have the time to change my manicure more than just one time. After Captain Sparrow's Boat, I was in the mood for something colorful and ended up going for Essence Multi Dimension, no. 63, 'Purple Cherry', with a crackle top coat by Herôme, no. 165, 'Gold Geneva'. I've included more pictures than before in this post, I hope this gives you a better impression of what the colors are like.

Aye, Captain!

As it's getting colder outside, I feel like going for some of the darker colors I have in my collection so today I'll be reviewing Catrice's Ultimate Nail Lacquer, no. 620, 'Captain Sparrow's Boat'. As the name kind of implies already, this color is definitely inspired by Chanel's Black Pearl from this year's Spring collection. I don't have the Chanel nail polish, but I'm including a picture below so you can see the similarities :)

  

Crackled Love

After buying a few cracked nail polished earlier this week, I had to use them right away! I haven't had much time yet, so I've only used one but what a lovely color it is! I combined the Herôme 'Light Blue Malibu' (no. 163) crackle polish with Essence Multi Dimension, no. 57 'Love of Pink'.

In The Nude

I've hurt my ankle quite badly this weekend and though nothing ended up broken - fortunately - I didn't really have the energy or the patience to do my nails for real. But my New York look had chips so I had to remove it and I decided to pimp the nude look a little with Catrice's Ultimate Nudes, no. 060 Mona Lisa Is Staring Back.

I heart New York

I've had this color for a while now but this is only the first time I'm using it; part of the standard Herôme's World Inspired Colors collection, no 94, New York.

A Star In The Making...

I had a fancy dinner last night and my previous nail look was already damaged so you're getting a new review from me already. After a while of contemplating, I decided to try Catrice's Ultimate Nail Lacquer, no 660 "I'm A Star..."

Frosted Spices?

Testing today: 

* Essence Multi Dimension XXXL Shine, no. 39 "Spicy"

* Catrice Frosting Top Coat