Oh I've been bad! + OPI's Tasmanian devil made me do it.

Hi dears,

I've been bad and bought quite a few polishes yesterday :)

Check them out!

From left to right:  
Play the peonies, Mimosas for Mr & Mrs, The "it" color, Hot & spicy, Tasmanian devil made me do it.

Lemon fizz, Four leaf clover, Mom's chiffon, High hopes

Oxygen, Knotty, Gelato

I don't know what went wrong today but I must have been under some kind of Friday the 13th polish curse... Yeah right! (giggles)

I had to do my nails 4 times because I messed my polish up 3 times! That never happens to me, I don't know what went wrong. It made me nuts! Grrr + eyeroll :)

I changed color each time to eradicate the curse and here is the end result using OPI's Tasmanian devil made me do it.

The formula was excellent: 2 coats that glided on so easily and were absolutely opaque (you might have noticed but I really dislike visible nail line and will do pretty much any necessary number of layers to eliminate that problem).

The color is very bright and in my imagination reflects what a shrimp under extasy would look like!

Have you tried this beauty?

Thanks for reading and have a nice Friday.

OPI's Wocca Wocca

Hello my dears!

How are you doing? Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? Mine was great but I ate too much!

Today I have another OPI polish from the Muppets collection to show you: Wocca Wocca.

I wasn't crazy about the formula, a bit runny and thick at the same time. On the other hand, the color is gorgeous: a maroon base drenched with fuschia/red shimmers. It reminds me of a ruby or a garnet in sunlight.

This polish is similar to OPI's I'm Not Really a Waitress, only a tad more blue based.

I applied 2 coats followed by INM's Out the door (I really love that topcoat).

Thanks for reading and have a nice Saturday:)

Our Thanksgiving dinner. Yummy yummy! Thanks for cooking mama:)

I'm not really a waitress (left) & Wocca Wocca (right)

All the polish pictures were taken in artificial lighting, without flash.

China Glaze's Ruby pumps

Well hello my dears!

How are you all doing? Having a nice Saturday I hope.

I woke up this morning with the intense desire to paint my nails with Ruby pumps, a gorgeous deep red glitter polish I've had for a while but hadn't tried yet...shame on me!

I'm pretty sure you all know this one already, but I felt like sharing how beautiful it is anyhow.

Two coats covered my nails completely but I felt like adding a third to add more depth and glitter gorgeousness. For my topcoat I used China Glaze's Fast Forward, my new topcoatbestfriend :)

This will surely be a bummer to remove but I'll do the trusty foil trick.

Thanks for reading and have a nice Sunday!

All pictures were taken in artificial lighting (natural light lightbulb)

Essie's Geranium and a taste of Switzerland

Well hi there!

How have you all been doing?

I'm sick as a dog with an infection of the upper respiratory system: bronchitis and laryngitis! Isn't that fun! A lot of people were sick and I guess I got contaminated by somebody in the tramway...I remember a charming lady coughing her lungs out last week... 

Anyway, I need to rest and do some inhalations etc. This is the second time I'm sick since work/uni started after my summer break and I'm fed up of being stuck at home. Haven't been able to get out of my home since Tuesday, the day I fainted at Uni and my teacher actually had to carry me down 3 flights of stairs! Very Victorian heh? Pass me my smelling salts will you please :)

Anyway, I'm rambling on so let's get back to today's matter: Essie's Geranium, a vibrant almost shocking red creme/jelly polish.

As much as I dislike geraniums as flowers, I love the color of this polish. You see gerniums everywhere in Switzerland. It's almost like a national flower. In the mountains everyone has them on their terraces and window ledges. You can see them everywhere in the Swiss german part of the country too, from houses to gardens, passing by official buildings and cemeteries. Geranium overdose if you get my point!

This polish needed 4 coats in order to be opaque and you can still notice the nail line. You all might know I'm a bit anal about VNL. Wish this polish were more opaque because I really dislike having to apply 4 coats. Next time I'll layer geranium over an opaque skintone polish to avoid the 4 coats. Otherwise the formula was fine. I doesn't dry very quickly but at least it isn't thick and goopy.

I then applied 1 coat of China Glaze's Fast forward topcoat, but it was taking forever to dry so I added a layer of Sèche Vite, which I shouldn't have done because it obviously made my polish shrink...

I'm getting fed up of Sèche Vite and need to find a remplacement. Any suggestions? I mean I really like the fact that it dries and smoothes polish almost instantly, but I cannot stand the shrinkage.

What about you, have you ever tried geranium?

Photo 1:   Natural lighting (shade, midday)

Photo 2:  A typical chalet in Grimentz (photo credit: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/23320033.jpg)

Photo 3:   Natural lighting (shade, midday)

Photo 4:  Photo credit: http://a34.idata.over-blog.com/2/09/75/92/F11458J.jpg

Photo 5:   Artificial lighting, no flash.

Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

Swiss Kiss! (nothing to do with the French version, just a peck on the cheek!)

Revlon's Minted + China Glaze's Hey Sailor polka dots

Hi!

Just a quick post using 2 of my favourite polishes.

I felt like doing a very simple polka dot design over Revlon's Minted.  Unfortunately I didn't wait long enough for the polka dots to dry before applying my topcoat (Sèche Vite) as you can notice on my thumb... I'll do better next time :)

Enjoy!

Picture taken in artificial lighting.

OPI's I'm not really a waitress

Hi!

I hope you are all having a nice weekend. Mine's been pretty busy and will be even more tomorrow!

For today's mani I used OPI's I'm not really a waitress, a deep crimson red shimmer polish with burgundy undertones. Such a gorgeous shade.

The formula was great; this could be a one coater if you apply it carefully. I chose to put 2 coats on.

I don't know if this polish stains so I put 2 coats of my basecoat on. My nails are still pretty badly stained by The one that got away so I didn't want the situation to get even worse!

Have a nice evening!

All pictures were taken in artificial lighting, without flash.

China Glaze's Hey Sailor (#946)

Hi,

I hope you are all having a nice Sunday.

It's raining and gloomy here today, so I decided I needed a bright polish to forget the crappy weather. Didn't feel like wearing a neon or a bright whitish pink, colors I love, but decided to go for a classic true red. 

The polish I used, China Glaze's Hey Sailor, is my preferred red, even more than Chanel's Fire, Coromandel and Dragon. When I think of red, this is exactly the shade I visualize. The color on the nails is true to the one seen in the bottle.

The formula on this polish, like most China Glaze's, is a bit streaky for the first coat, but it smoothes down and dries evenly when you apply a second coat of lacquer. The drying time is rather short and the finish is ultra glossy, even before I applied my topcoat (1 coat of Sèche Vite).

What is your most reached for red?

Enjoy!

Photo 1:   Outdoors, daylight (late PM), no flash.

Photo 2:   Outdoors, daylight (late PM), no flash.

Photo 3:   Outdoors, daylight (late PM), no flash.

Photo 4:   Indoors, artificial lighting, no flash.

Photo 5:   Indoors, artificial lighting, no flash.

Photo 6:   Indoors, artificial lighting, with flash.