Catrice - Genius In The Bottle & Comparison

Catrice recently replaced some products out of their range for new ones, about 25 %. So tonight I went to several drugstores where they sell Catrice, and found out they were taking care of it at that moment. Since they weren't done yet, and I was cold and had to go back home to study, I just grabbed some of the polishes that were already there. 

Catrice has also improved their brush, it became larger. I think I like it, but I have to get used to it first. You only need two streaks to cover a nail. 

When I looked at Catrice's press release photo's, 'Genius In The Bottle' was my favourite, so I was glad I was able to find that one. 

Here it is! Definitely a duochrome. I have this feeling it's some kind of replacement for the discontinued 'Iron Mermaiden', also a duochrome, but the colours are way different. It changes from copper to green to bronze... Very pretty. I keep staring at it and turning my nails into different angles, even when I was taking a shower, lol. Also, the name of this polishes reminds me of that song called 'Genie in a bottle' from Christina Aguilera. No idea if it has anything to do with it.


I thought Nubar's Wildlife might be similar to Genius In The Bottle, so I decided to do a comparison.

The formula turns out to be way different. Fortunately, neither of them are streaky, which I experience a lot when applying a duochrome. Genius In The Bottle contains more shimmer and less duochrome than Wildlife. I actually don't think I can choose between these two, because Wildlife has a stronger duochrome effect, but Genius In The Bottle turns out to look warmer.
If you want to see a swatch of Nubar Wildlife, click here. 


So, what do you think? Would you buy both of them or do you have one of them? 

Essence - Blue Ray

Last year, Essence released the MeetMe@Holographics.com trend edition, which was said to contain five holographic polishes. As some of you may know, Essence doesn't know the definition of h o l o g r a p h i c. 'Where Is The Party?' and 'Out Of My Mind' from Essence's Colour & Go line where said to be holographic too, but they appeared to be duochrome. Just like this collection. At the time, I was already expecting it, so I was just looking out for five gorgeous duochrome shades. And they turned out to be pretty amazing! 


Because I'm more leaning towards darker shades, this is one of my favourites. It's called 'Blue Ray' and is one of the two dark shades. Unfortunately, the duochrome effect is pretty invisible in my picture. To give you an idea, the base colour is blue and it has a purple duochrome effect. This is a two-coater. 

Australis - Limited Edition 2 & Australis - Emerald Star

Limited Edition 2. That's the real name, the bottle doesn't say anything but that. The colour reminds me of Shrek, it might be a dupe to OPI - Who The Shrek Are You? Except that this one has shimmer, and I believe WTSAY is a cream. These are two coats, but one coat could have been enough. 

























Emerald Star. I picked this up at Target, it was discounted to just $2 or $3. Probably because it's not in their range anymore, which I do not understand. I mean, look at it! The base is teal and then there is this gold shimmery duochrome effect, absolutely gorgeous if you ask me. Two coats. 


I have to pick up some more of these, the formula is amazing and they dry really fast. I applied two coats just because I'm used to doing that, but one coat should be enough. 




Ok, so this has nothing to do with these polishes, but it's one of my favourite scenes from Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows part II (except for the Severus & Lily part of course) and it makes me laugh every time I watch it! 

Swatching my Art De Lautrec collection

So, today I decided to swatch my Art De Lautrec collection. I don't think this is a well-known brand, but they actually make pretty good prismatic glitter polishes, and also some creams and duochromes. 

























41. I first thought this was just a plain, brown cream, but it it appears to have shimmer in it. It was a bit sheer, three coats for this one. 

46. A brown shimmer with flakies which unfortunately don't really show up in the picture. Two coats.

51. So this is the duochrome I was talking about. A purple shimmer with a violet duochrome-effect. Three coats.

60. A pretty purple cream, two coats.

01B. A purple glitter I purchased second hand, glad I got it! These are three coats. 





























04B. A gorgeous black holographic polish! I love this one. Two coats. 

05B. A red holographic glitter. Two coats. 

07B. A brown holographic glitter, another stunner. 

10B. Silver holographic glitter. I applied one coat over two coats of black, because it totally doesn't offer any coverage when applied on it's own. 

13B. And last but not least: a pink linear holographic polish. The holographic effect is not very strong, but it is definitely there. Two coats. 

Nubar - Wildlife

Today I'm wearing a very strong duochrome called Wildlife. This was also part of Nubar's Going Green collection. The base colour seems to be a pink copper colour, but it's not very difficult to see that there's also a strong green duochrome effect in this. I'm not really a duochrome fan, but I would totally recommend this to those who love duochrome. 

Essence - Out Of My Mind

I just loooove Essence's Colour & Go line. There are some really pretty colours in this line and they're only €1,29 and they're 5 ml bottles. Unfortunately, this beautiful colour is discontinued, so I'm glad I got it! 


It's an amazing turquoise colour with a duochrome finish. It's quite sheer.. I did two coats, but should've done three for full opacity.