Thursday, 2 August 2012

Catrice Bird of Paradise has dots

Heya peeps! How are you doing? A question first: does anyone of you have problems with posting comments on my blog? Maestra contacted me and told me her comments are not visible on the blog and they are not in my spam folder either, so I have no idea where they went and how I can fix it. Please let me know, if you have any advice on how to fix it, I'd really appreciate it.
Secondly, I'm happy to receive only very positive response on my blog template change! It's a fast one, I planned to do a bigger project, personalising the blog, but it never happened, so I just changed it to green (which I wanted to do for months now). I love it like this, so  I'm glad you do to!

And now for another Catrice! I don't even remember when I wore this baby, horrible. It's from Papagena LE, so it has to be months. Still, it's a lovely purple colour. My pictures make it more pink and less dusty than it really is, it's a bright purple (thank god for notes I do on my manicures, I'd forget everything otherwise). I did some dots with Plum Play With Me, also by Catrice. Some dots are an abomination, but hey, I tried. ;)





The application was wonderful, two easy coats, dries fast too. I'm sure Catrice will sooner or later put this colour out as a part of regular line (if they haven't already), they usually do that. To tell the truth, I like the colour, but it seems off in the collection, I'd prefer Papagena LE to be all green, that would fit better. 

Did you get any shades from this LE?

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Wednesday, 1 August 2012

Catrice - I Sea You!

Heya people! I'm back home! I want to show you another Catrice, since my Catrice folder is getting really full. I never seem to post them for some odd reason. Anyway. I wore this a couple of weeks ago, probably for the second or third time. A pity, really, this colour is one of my favourite Catrice. I keep forgetting about the awesome polish I have at home until I grab the bottle by accident. So yes, I put it on and I love it still. Such a great sea green creme. Look:


 

This was three coats, I don't really remember why I needed three coats, Catrice has two coaters usually. The formula is on a thick side, like most of older Catrice. Well, you probably saw it many times and possibly have it too, so I'll keep it short. It is a gorgeous dusty creme, I must remember to wear it more often. 

What's your favourite Catrice colour?

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Thursday, 26 July 2012

Vipera Jumpy 154

Hello! How about another Jumpy for today? I still haven't got through all the gorgeous polish Sabbatha sent me, but I'm getting there. I wore quite a few in the past few weeks and my enthusiasm for Polish polish has not ceased. They make awesome nail polish, I can tell you that.

Vipera Jumpy seemed like a perfect little thing on my very short nails and in gloomy weather, you know, to cheer me up a bit. This was a few weeks ago, after my heavy exams and the stress took all my nails to hell, so I needed to shorten them completely. 





Jumpy 154 is very similar to Jumpy 155, but the base colour is brighter and more juicy. The glass flecks are similar too, and I *love* them. It is an awesome polish with an awesome formula. Three coats, two would be enough, but the third one creates more depth. 

Another gorgeous Jumpy! I love all that I have, actually.

Do you have any Jumpys? What do you prefer to wear on very short nails ... or on a gloomy day?

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Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Catrice Am I Blue Or Green? with stamping

Hello! How are you doing? It's a lovely day here in Ljubljana and I'm just about to run to my friend's place for a movie (she moved in a couple of months ago and now lives like a minute of walk away from me, pretty darn cool, eh?), so a quicker one today.

Am I Blue Or Green? is a Catrice I never got around to buying. I like the colour, but since I had Mint Candy Apple from Essie I avoid the colour for the bitchy application it arrives with. But I guess this little thing was meant for me, because I got it as a lovely surprise present and I put it on today (thanks, U.!). 
To answer the question the name of the varnish asks - it looks blue on me, i think. Mint blue. And the formula, sadly, still sucks. I needed three coats on about a half of my nails and 4 on the other half (2 coats auftragen my ass). But the colour oh so rocks. I love the brightness of it and, pardon my arrogance, it looks so awesome on my hands.

  
I like how this one turned out, I had to take a picture of a brooch for a friend of mine. The same friend that gave me the polish, actually!
 


Then I figured Am I Blue Or Green? looks like a good base for stamping and since my stamping skills are non-existent thanks to me not doing it at all and with two of my few plates still untouched, I said I shall try it. I grabbed a black polish, hoping it will work and the m85 Konad plate I got from licila.si as a gift and this is what happened.



Essence TC smeared it up, I hate it for doing that, I was so proud of my achievement. It is far from being perfect, but it's by far the best pattern I've done so far. Plus, I think the combo simply rocks. Luckily most of smears aren't visible if you don't look at my nails too carefully. Either way I like what I did and I love that i found a good black to work with: Vollare cosmetics Nail Artistic black, it comes with a very thin brush, for nail art, but I never use it (surprise surprise). Awesome that it's good for stamping, as far as I remember it's rather cheap, much cheaper than original Konad polish at least. 

Any stamping noobs out there or am I the last one? :D Your thoughts on Am I Blue Or green?, are you a fan of colours like this?

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