Friday, 4 April 2014

By K Super Nova - swatches and review

It's Friday and what could be more suiting than ten disco balls on your nails! 100% party nails!

This is Super Nova from By K and it's so glittery that you need sunglasses! Glitters in a clear base. Not super dense so a base polish is to recommend. This is two coats of Super Nova on top of another By K polish - a silver foil called Moon Dust. Perfect combination and it feels really good to wear two polishes that both are cruelty free, vegan and 5-free!


GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Glitter.

Number of coats: Two coats over a silver foil polish.

Formula: Very good! No glitter fishing at all needed. Applies smoothly.

Brush: Thin and straight cut.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 5/5

Great qualities on this polish and I'm such a sucker for glitter so highest grade from me! :)

How do you like Super Nova?

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Max Factor Fantasy Fire - swatches and review

This polish doesn't need a long introduction ;) most of you already know it. Highly hyped in Sweden and impossible to get hold of here. In England though it's fairly easy to get hold of so lately I tend to buy a bottle each time I'm there :) So far I've got three bottles ;)

Fantasy Fire is a duo chrome best for layering. Mostly it shows its red and orange colors but in some lightings you can see both green and gold. It's really stunning!

In these pics I wear one coat over Rimmel Barmy Blue. There will be a picture spam today because Fantasy Fire really changes depending on the lighting.

In electric light
With flash
In daylight
Sorry for the blur but look at those colors!!

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Duochrome.

Number of coats: One coat on top of a blue creme polish.

Formula: Very good! No complaints.

Brush: Thin and straight cut.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. Much more amazing irl of course! :)

Grade: 5++/5

I liked this polish far more than I thought! I almost always get put off by a super hyped polish but now when the worst hype is over I felt like trying it ;) and I will wear it again (I must - I've got three bottles of it! Lol!)

How do you like Fantasy Fire?

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

H&M Nail Polish Amazon - swatches and review

This is a fairly new polish from H&M! New bottle logo and the new wide brush.

It's a great bright grass green color! I fell in love with it the minute I saw it and it was amazing on the nails too! And perfect for Green Wednesday :)


GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream.

Number of coats: Two - but it's definitely a possible one coater.

Formula: Ok, but a bit weird. It's both a tiny bit thick AND comes with a cuticle flood warning at the same time :/

Brush: Very wide and rounded. I love it!

Top Coat: Yes.

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 4+++++++++/5

I loooooove this color! It's so bright and green! ;) The formula could have been a bit better but I love the brush and I'll wear it again and again :)

How do you like Amazon?

Monday, 31 March 2014

Catrice Denim Moore - swatches and review

This is a fantastic blue shimmer polish from Catrice who found its way to me via my lovely friend Christine at Polished Marvels. You really get that denim feeling and the name is so witty! I love it!

A one coater with a fantastic formula and a great brush!


GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Shimmer.

Number of coats: One!

Formula: Very good! So easy to apply!

Brush: Very wide and rounded.

Top Coat: Yes but it didn't work well with Seche Vite so I recommend you to try another top coat for this polish. SV almost gave it bald spots. Very strange! Never happened to me before.

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 5/5

How do you like Denim Moore?

Sunday, 30 March 2014

Scrabble Nail Art

I knew exactly what I wanted to do when the theme for today's Nail Art Sunday was released! The theme is "Numbers" and this is something I've been wanting to do for ages but haven't got around to - scrabble nails! :D

Barry M Matte White as a base and then Barry M Black Nail Art Pen. The trickiest part was to choose what to write. I wanted a four letter word with not just letters with the value one on each one of them. So in the end I ended up with something….. cozy ;) 18 points!


How do you like my scrabble nails?
Which word would you have chosen?

Friday, 28 March 2014

TopShop Nails Wistful - swatches and review

This is a wonderful little holo polish I bought in London on TopShop, hrm last year ;) Great formula! Perfect for Holo Friday! :)

Sorry for the picture spam but this holo deserves it :)


GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Holo.

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

Formula: Very good! No bald spots.

Brush: Medium straight cut.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. It really shifts in color depending on lighting!

Grade: 5/5

I'm not a fan of pink but I love this one because of the great formula and the soft wide rainbows! And the last picture… do I need to say more? ;)

How do you like Wistful?