Dance Legend The Knight - swatches and review

Time for a real show stopper! This beauty was so hard to get! It disappeared from the shop shelves the minute it was launched - EVERY time!! In the end I finally managed to get hold of a mini bottle. Yay!! :D

And it was worth waiting for I can tell you!! Wow!! What a stunning multichrome polish!! Hence all the pictures today ;)

This is two coats and the color shifts are magic and easy to spot! Totally unique in my collection!!

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Multichrome.

Number of coats: Two, but it's a possible one coater on short nails.

Formula: Ok formula. A bit runny. Apply with easy hands to avoid bald spots and brushstrokes.

Brush: Thin straight cut brush.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Grade: 5+++++++++++/5

I don't care that this polish hasn't got the best of formulas, just look at it! It's amazing!!

How do you like The Knight?

By K Copper Heart - swatches and review

Metallic time! This is a nude with an edge. The edge being a metallic finish ;) Two easy coats with a super formula! Yes, there are some brushstrokes but it's a metal. Show me a metal that hasn't got them ;)

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Metal.

Number of coats: Two, but the second coat didn't make much difference actually. I bet it's great for stamping too :D

Formula: Great formula! So easy to control!

Brush: Thin straight cut brush.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Grade: 4+/5

I like this metal polish! It's classy and perfect for office wear or when you need a break from all those bright colors. As I said above, it's a nude with and edge! Cute name too.

How do you like Copper Heart?

Takko Lacquer Electric Apple NYC - swatches and review

I was so happy when I managed to snap three Takko polishes last autumn and it's a pure shame I haven't tried them yet! But here is one of them - the slightly duo chrome Electric Apple NYC! As you can see in the pictures this polish has many faces depending on the lighting.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Shimmer/duochrome.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: Excellent formula and so easy to apply! Surprisingly weak brush strokes.

Brush: Fairly wide straight cut brush.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 4+/5

This polish is unique in my collection and I love the glow of it! However, it's not very colorful so it's a 4+ from me :)

How do you like Electric Apple NYC?

Circuit Board Nails

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday was a bit tricky in my opinion... ;) The theme is "Circuit Board" and I was a bit puzzled for a while but then I decided to take the easy way out and do - circuit board nails! :D

The base is a great green polish from Catrice called "I'm Not a Greenager".

Circuit Boards ;)

I used the following polishes: (from left to right)

Catrice I'm Not a Greenager

Barry M Matte White

Isadora Bronzing Gold

Barry M White Nail Art Pen

After applying the green base I did the white dots with a dotting tool. Then I connected the dots with the nail art pen. Finally I did a bronze dot in each white dot to get that metal feeling to it. One coat of Seche Vite to seal the manicure. Done!

How do you like my circuit board nails?

Gradient nail art - swatches

Do you remember that I showed you Ciaté's Big Yellow Taxi last week?
(If not click here ;)) Anyway, before removing it I did a gradient with it.
I did a kind of yellow/gold/bronze/brown gradient :)
Maybe not my best of gradients but I think it turned out pretty ok anyhow ;)

I used Ciaté Big Yellow Taxi, Orly Luxe and BB Couture Glampyre.

This gradient gives me a sort of burnt umbre feeling with it's dramatic contrasts ;)

What feeling does it give you?

Ciaté Twilight and Ciaté Bumble Bee - swatches and review

I just had to try a combination manicure of the last two day's findings in Ciaté's advent calendar!! So here it is - Ciaté's Twilight with an accent nail of Ciaté's Bumble Bee caviar pearls!! Especially for Goldie and Nati! ;)

Here you can really see why it's called caviar! ;)

Left - Twilight, Right - Bumble Bee

GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT TWILIGHT:

Type of polish: Glass flecks.

Colour: A black base absolutely packed with gold flecks! :D The result is a polish that looks almost as a dark bronze polish or a dark antique gold polish! :D

Opacity: Very good! This is two coats. If you would do one thick coat I actually think that would be enough! :D

Drying time: Normal.

Formula: Ok. A bit thick, almost too thick, but surprisingly still easy to work with.

Brush: Excellent! Very thick and very easy to apply with. :D I've never had to do so little cleaning up actually!! :D

Shine: Dries a tiny, tiny bit matte so I have one coat of Seche Vite in these pictures (not over the caviar nail though, the pearls loose their colour then).

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Accurate. What you see is what you get! ;)

Grade: 4+/5 :D

It's hard to not like this polish and the caviar blend is a fun blend of black and gold pearls that goes perfectly well to the polish!
If you feel that you recognize Twilight :) I can tell you that it's a bit similar to China Glaze's Cast a Spell, but definitely not a dupe! Not even close! :)

How do you like Twilight? Is it your cup of tea? ;)

And what about Bumble Bee? Is caviar ok as an accent nail?

Comparison: Glampyre vs Cast A Spell - swatches

After applying China Glaze's Cast A Spell yesterday I just had to compare it to BB Couture's Glampyre because they are both heavy bronze/olive green shimmer polishes. So here's a quick comparison of the two! :)
Glampyre is on index and ring finger. Cast A Spell is on the others.

In daylight

In artificial light

In the shadow

Conclusion:
In some lights they are similar but they are far from dupes!
Glampyre is more bronze and Cast A Spell is more green. Cast A Spell also has larger shimmer particles than Glampyre.
They are both very beautiful in their own way. Perfect for fall manicures! So sorry all you lacquer heads - you need BOTH! ;)

You can see a full review of Cast A Spell here and a full review of Glampyre here.

Which one would you prefer if you had to chose?

China Glaze Cast A Spell - swatches and review

This polish deserves better pictures than these below! But no matter how I tried these were the best my camera would take... :/ You have to trust me on this one... it's an amazing polish!!! :D

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Shimmer.

Colour: Lots and lots and lots of gold/green shimmer in a blackened base. In some lights it looks green and in other lights it looks brown. It's amazing! :D

Collection: China Glaze Halloween 2012 Wicked Collection.

Possible dupe: China Glaze Wagon Trail is similar but not a dupe.

Opacity: Excellent! This is ONE coat! :D

Drying time: Normal. :)

Formula: Excellent! It's applies perfectly and it stays exactly where you want it to! :D One of the best formulas I have ever seen actually!! :D

Brush: Very good actually! :) A bit thicker brush than the normal China Glaze brush! :D I like it! Hope they keep up the good work! ;)

Shine: Shiny on its own, but I have one coat of Seche Vite in these pictures.

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: It's a bit more green IRL. I don't know why my camera didn't want to catch that... Best picture is the bottle picture. But as I wrote earlier, the colour changes depending on the light.

Grade: 5+++/5 :D

This is a beautiful polish with super excellent qualities!! Unique and it should look good on both short and long nails. Get a bottle before everyone wants one! :)

What do YOU think of this polish? :)

Indie nail polishes ordered!! :D

I'm soooooo excited!! Today my friend and I placed an order of say somewhat unusual nail polishes, so called indie nail polishes. Here is what we ordered:

Elixir Lacquers' With a K

Picture belongs to http://www.nailpolishwars.com/

BB Couture's Glampyre

Picture belongs to http://blacknailpolishandlipgloss.blogspot.se/

BB Couture's Chili Pepper

Picture belongs to http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladybuglexus724/

We ordered them all from Overall Beauty based in USA. They ship worldwide.
http://www.overallbeauty.com/

I can't wait to try these nail polish gems out!!!! :D

Which one do you think I should try first?

Color Club Wild and Willing

This is the amazing Wild and Willing!

It's both duochrome, foil and glitter on the same time!
It changes totally in different lights!
The colour goes from bronze to pink to gold.

This is two coats over a black foundation. Ok formula. A bit of a tendency to not wanting to cover the corners of the nail (just like some glitter polishes).

Leaves a smooth surface on the nails but I have one layer of Seche Vite over it.

This is a wonderful polish but it didn't quite match my skintone. This is the only reason I didn't give it top grade.

Grade: 4/5