China Glaze - Glittering Garland

Hello everyone,

This is one of the 2 polishes I've purchased from China Glaze's Let it Snow 2011 winter collection. I've also got Tinsel town, but... it is still amongst my "untrieds"...

Glittering Garland is a must have, in my opinion! It is one of the most beautiful greens I've ever seen! Not a joke. Ans i do have a few greens in my collection ;)
It's a deep, rich Christmas-tree-green, with light green/gold duochrome flecks! The effect is superb.
Two coats are enough for full opacity, the application is great and it dries fast! What more do we need? ;)

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of China Glaze - Glittering garland, no top coat:

In conclusion:

Application: 5/5
Formula: 4.5/5
Finish: 5/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 4.5/5

Overall: 4.7/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI Crown Me Already! - Miss Universe Collection

Hi there everyone,

Hope you're doing fine and that you're having a great weekend.
Today I'll show you another polish  from the Miss Universe Collection. It's basically a mix of silver micro-glitter, hex-glitter and some other medium-sized pieces of silver glitter, all in a clear base.
Of course, because of the clear base, you'll be needing 3 or 4 coats for opacity. I only did 2 here. Normally, IRL, the portions of nail that you obviously can see through the glitter in these pictures, is not so visible actually.
The application was OK for a glitter, and I gotta say that I really like the sparkle and the joy that this can bring to any mani when used as a top coat!

So, here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Crown Me Already!, no top coat:

In the shade

In the sun

An over a dark base:

In conclusion:

Application: 4/5
Formula: 4/5
Finish: 4/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 4/5

Overall: 4.1/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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Dior - Purple Revolution

Hello everyone!

This was my birthday gift from Ruxi, back in September! This was my first Dior polish ever! I've swatched it then, but, I finally was not happy with the pictures, so I did it again ;)

What can I say about a Dior polish but try to find flaws to it :)? The formula is excellent, a bit on the thick side, but the brush is just perfect and makes the application a child-play, the colour is so beautiful and vampy, and rich (though I guess it's a dupe after OPI Lincoln Park After Dark, but I guess Dior's got a better formula )! If you've got the budget, I totally recommend this polish (about 22 euros/bottle).

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of Dior Purple Revolution, no top coat (sooo shiny!!!):

In the shade

And, just for the fun, as the flackies are so "in" right now, I applied a layer of Nfu Oh 49 on top:

Mmm...! Love the looks of this combo! ;)

In conclusion:

Application: 5/5
Formula: 4.5/5
Finish: 5/5
Drying time: 4.5/5
Opacity: 5/5

Overall: 4.8/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI - I Vant to Be A-Lone Star

Hello everyone,

As I said before, I'm really, really behind with my swatching... I have a lot of un-swatched polishes that I'd like to show! I know, normally I should be stating to swatch the 2012 spring collections, but instead... I'm doing 2011 spring! :)
I've only got 3 polishes from OPI Texas 2011 Spring collection: I Vant to Be A-Lone Star, Its' Totally Fort Woth it and Guy Meets Gel-veston... Not the greatest polishes ever, but somehow different!

So today it's time for OPI Vant to Be A-Lone Star.
I don't know exactly what the name means.. I guess it refers to the "Lone Star State" (Texas) but I don't know why is it spelled like this?
Anyway, back to the polish... The colour is a grey-ish baby blue, with silver shimmer inside. It looks almost frosted to me. The problem with this polish is that is SHEER... Here I'm wearing 3 coats of polish, and still got bald spots and VNL. This polish is however beautiful, and I think it would be even more beautiful maybe layered on an opaque nude creme. In spite of everything, I really like it!

And then I decided to add 2 coats of Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air on top... Everything changes instantly ! :D

Who'd knew? :) OPI Vant to Be A-Lone Star is an excellent base for Glitter in the Air ;)

In conclusion:

Application: 4/5
Formula: 2.5/5
Finish: 3.5/5
Drying time: 3/5
Opacity: 2/5

Overall: 3/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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Cute Blog Award!!!

Hello everyone! 

I've just got this award from Kristyn, over at Paint that Nail. She does some amazing paintings on the nail, like true art paintings! I love every desings of hers. So, don't miss taking a tour on her blog! 
Thank you so much!!!! It is so sweet of you! 

Rules:

1- Link back to the person who awarded you

2- Answer the questions

3- Tell us something about yourself you haven't told us on your blog yet?

4- Award as many blogs as you want

5- Make sure to let those you give this award know you awarded them!

Questions:

1- What is your go to makeup product?

Concealer

2- What was your favorite fashion trend of 2011?

Coral nail polishes (and coral everything!) in the spring, and the laced boots.

3- What is your favorite dessert?

Tiramisu and fondant au chocolat

4- Favorite color? 

 Depends on the mood. Right now: black.

5- What is your middle name?    

       Cristina is actually my middle name. My first name is Maria, but everybody, even my parents called me Cristina.

      

6- What was the last song you listened to?

 Evanescence - My Immortal (right now ;) )
 

7- Cats or dogs?

Dogs

I'm passing this award to:

So Nailed
Diaries of a Sephoraphobe
NailsN' Cupcakes
Maricza 

These are some really awesome blogs, be sure to check them out! ;)

Hugs!!!



 

OPI - Congeniality is My Middle Name - Miss Universe Collection

Hello everyone,

These pictures were taken in august, during the summer holidays, Bucarest...

I really loved this polish and is the only one my mother really liked - so now it's more than precious for me. Of course, at that time I still had my long-holidays-nails :)

I'd describe the colour as a berry base with fuchsia glass-fleck shimmer! Gorgeous. It does look a lot like The One that Got Away from the Katy Perry collection, but this one is a bit lighter and slightly more pink. I'll probably do a comparison later on this week. Opaque in 2 coats, it's a got a very good formula and dries very well.

So, here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI Congeniality is My Middle Name + 1 coat of Seche Vite:

In conclusion:

Application: 5/5
Formula: 4/5
Finish: 4.5/5
Drying time: 4/5
Opacity: 4/5

Overall: 4.5/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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Orly - Nite Owl

Hello everyone,

Today I have for you one of my favourite polshes Orly has released in 2011!
I guess it's not something extremely spectacular like flakie polishes are ;) but I still think that this is a great creation. There are some other 3 or 4 Orly polishes from the last year that are on my shopping list (Fowl Play, Sea Gurl and Frisky), but I've decided to start out with this one.

Nite Owl (what a cute name!) is a taupe/café au lait cream with loads of silver microglitter inside. The effect is fabulous and the formula is great! It went right where I wanted and whan I wanted. I can't find a dupe for this one as much I'd scratch my head! :) Love it when this happens!
The drying time was also very ok, and the finish is impeccable. Opaque in 2 coats.

Her I'm wearing 2 coats of Orly - Nite Owl, no top coat:

In conclusion:

Application: 5/5
Formula: 4/5
Finish: 5/5
Drying time: 4/5
Opacity: 4/5

Overall: 4.4/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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OPI - A Little Nookie

Hello everyone,

Now this is a genuine winter swatch... no sunshine, not good light for good quality pictures, no nothing! I'm sorry for the low-quality pictures, but the light is very bad today. I have however chosen to swatch a little bit today because I happen to be at home and to have some time! 

So I've decided to start swatchig all of my polish bottles I have since like more than a year ago and that I haven't swatched yet!

A Little Nookie is one the first OPI polishes I've ever purchased, I guess it was in my very fist big command, back in the fall of 2009. I have worn it 2 or 3 times, because is such a neat and neutral colour. I really love it! It is one of those black labeled OPIs that today are quite hard to find: A Little Nookie is part of the Sheer Romance Collection 2002! 2002!!! :) A polish from a collection released 10 years ago! Now that's an oldie. I didn't know when I bought it, but I'm happy I did ;)
It's got an adorable satin-like finish, is easy to work-with and the application is great. It is sheer indeed, as the collection name stipulates, but it builds up very well.
Here I'm wearing 3 coats of A Little Nookie, no top, and I think I could've used 2 more for full opacity. But I can't say that I dislike the VNL with this kind of shades (not like the "sorbets" from the Texas Collection!) . I think it was made to be like this, and it is very lovely. 

In conclusion:
Formula: 4/5
Application: 5/5
Drying time: 4/5
Finish: 5/5
Opacity: N/A*

Overall:  4.5/5

Thank you for watching!

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* I've decided that announced sheer polishes will not be noted on their opacity, as from the beginning we know that there isn't supposed to be any!

Claire's Mood - Mellow/Crazy

Hello everyone,

This is another swatch I did back in September 2011. We've had a great sunny and warm September... too bad I didn't do more swatches then...

Claire's Mood polishes are not available in France and on no website shipping to Europe. And I was so curious about these "Mood" polishes, I had to have one. I've hence purchased this one on ebay (in the UK, I guess, don't remember exactly).
It is a nice polish, I really like the color smoothly changing from pink to purple. But one has to have long nails in order to clearly see the color changing. My nails were quite long, but I guess not long enough... you can see it, but it is not that obvious.
What I disliked about this polish was the rough finish and the sheerness.

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of Claire's Mood - Mellow/Crazy, no top coat:

In conclusion:

Application: 3/5
Formula: 3/5
Finish: 2/5
Drying time: 4/5
Opacity: 2/5

Overall: 2.8/5

Thank you everyone for watching!

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Nubar - Reclaim

Hello everyone,


So this would be my first real post after a long absence.
I have to catch up a little, a have some pics I took in September and in October, so I'd like to show these to you firstly.

Now, this is one of the longest time lemmings, in my opinion one of the most beautiful holographic polishes that have ever been done: Nubar Reclaim!
And the thing is that not only it is an gorgeous polish, it is also of a great quality of formula, application and drying. If I had to mark this, I'd say... 10/10!

I'm sorry for the inappropriate number of pictures, but... I think it worth it! Here I'm wearing 2 coats of Nubar - Reclaim, no top coat:

In shade

And just at that gorgeousness in the sun!!!

Thanks everyone for watching.

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Slowly Coming Back to Life..

Hi there everyone,

Happy New Year!
Well it's been a long time since the last time I've blogged ... It was just before the worse month in my whole life... November 2011. I'll always remember this month, and hope that God won't allow any worse.
I'm not going to give a lot of detail about it, I don't want to put on a nail blog things that are so intimate and so painful. Just one phrase: in November I lost both my parents. I just can't say any other word. I'm sorry.
This was the reason I've stopped blogging for more than 2 months.

In spite of the fact that untill the New Year's Eve I haven't worn any polish whatsoever, I still love nail polish and I still love blogging. I'll start to blog again, but I'll take it easy.

Whishing you all the best,

Hugs!