Catrice - Dirty Berry

I shortened my nails. The corners of my nails were growing inwards, if you know what I mean. Today I'm showing you Catrice's Dirty Berry, a beautiful violet, prismatic polish. I might buy a back-up bottle of this one. I applied two coats. 

Catherine Arley - 806 and my new snake ring

Sorry for not blogging for a while, I was busy doing.. Yeah, well, doing what actually? I guess I just wasn't into blogging for a short time. I did have my prom last week, which was less fun than I had expected. I might spend another post on that soon, where I'll also show a picture starring me wearing my dress. 


So today I got this ring as a present from my mom, I love it, especially the small details on the snake's head. It remembers me of a holiday in Australia with my parents when I was about three years old and we were going to some kind of zoo where they were showing the audience some kind of dangerous snake. Everybody took a step back, except for me, I just kept standing there in front of the snake, staring at it, lol. 


Anyway, I found this at my local drugstore, that was kind of a surprise.. I also looked at some other jewellery they have, and some of it is pretty interesting so I might go back some time. 

Then I was just playing around with some polishes and I found this Catherine Arley jewel which I've never worn before. I think it goes pretty well with my new ring, don't you? 


I bought this second hand from someone who apparently didn't want it anymore. I should just buy a bunch of them on Ebay, but I'm such a coward when it's about those things... So I bought this from someone who lives in my country. 


So this is #806, a pretty bronze color. It leans more towards orange when the holographic effect is visible, but I would still describe the colour as bronze.The application was great, I love the brush. I applied two coats, but three coats would have probably been better. In real life, there is this visible nail line, but this is kind of invisible in my picture because all the holoness is going on. 

                                                                                  

Teeez - Cool

Today I'm showing you a pretty prismatic polish from the brand Teeez called Cool. Prismatic polishes from Teeez are quite sheer and so is this one, so I applied three coats. Drying time was fast, though. The perfect sky blue prismatic polish. ^^

Some China Glaze Pretties

Just some random pretties I decided to swatch, because I didn't wear them yet or just because they deserve a better picture. 



China Glaze - Bahamian Escape. The perfect sky blue cream. 

China Glaze - He's Going In Circles. Unfortunately the only Kaleidoscope polish I have. 

China Glaze - Pink Voltage Neon. The name says it all, it's a pink neon and it dries matte. 

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 - Reclaim and my jewellery for prom

Today I'm showing you a gorgeous green prismatic polish called 'Reclaim'. It's from Nubar and it's part of their Going Green collection. What can I say? Green is my favourite color, and a whole collection full of green with lots of different finishes... Me likey. I want them ALL! It's the perfect collection for every green lover. Application is perfect, this is a two coater. 

In about three or four weeks, there will be... Prom. Everybody around me is making a big deal out of it, and they're all buying insanely expensive dresses which cost hundreds of euro's. It may sound weird, but that's just not me. Why would I spend so much money on a dress I will be wearing just once, or maybe twice? Anyway, I bought a dress for less! I will save the pictures of the dress for later, but I do already have some pictures of the jewellery I will be wearing with it. 

This is the necklace I will be wearing. I decided I wanted to have a short necklace (I'm used to long necklaces) and that it had to be black. You see, my dress is black with blue.. But I didn't want to wear any blue jewellery, because I want to keep it subtle. 

And then this ring. I think it matches the necklace perfectly, I can't wait to wear them together. I'm also pretty sure about wearing black nail polish, but I'm still not sure about whether to combine this with a blue stamping design or a marble design, for example. 

China Glaze - IDK

I think almost everyone is familiar with China Glaze's well-known OMG collection, including twelve incredible prismatic shades. Unfortunately, they're discontinued, so I was very happy when I found this at a China Glaze wholesale. I mean, seriously, they have to bring out another collection like this! Of course, they released the Tronica collection, but that was kind of a disappointing collection if you ask me. There barely is any prismatic effect visible in those polishes. 


Anyway, IDK has an amazing prismatic effect... I remember wearing this last year when I went out swimming with a friend, and it was even visible in the water. 
They dry insanely fast and I had to apply only two coats. I didn't use any base coat or top coat, because those don't go really well with prismatic polishes. 

Color Club - Holiday Splendor

I received this beauty when it was still twenty degrees outside, and by then I already decided I would wear this during Christmas. Well.. It didn't happen. Don't ask me why, I can't even remember what polish I was wearing this Christmas, but it wasn't this one. I'm still trying to live with that fact, lol. Holiday Splendor is by no doubt one of the prettiest polishes I bought this year. 


This is Color Club's Holiday Splendor, a vibrant green prismatic glitter. Holiday Splendor is part of the Beyond The Mistletoe collection (Holiday 2011). Unfortunately, the application wasn't really smooth, but quite thick. I don't care, I mean... The color, the finish, it's awesome! 

Nfu Oh - 65

To start off this new year, I'm wearing Nfu Oh #65. Nfu Oh is a brand that I love, particularly because of their prismatic polishes. The holo effect is amazing, even without any sun light or other light, it's clearly there. The downside about Nfu Oh prismatics is that they always leave bald spots on your nails, even after three coats. There is this Aqua Base coat (also from Nfu Oh), which should prevent this, I really should get that! 

I wish you all a very happy and healthy 2012!