Essie - Your Hut Or Mine + First Attempt of Nail Art Ever ;)

Hello everyone,

I've recently received my order from nailetc which contained among other goodies, the Essie Resort Collection 2011!
Today I'll be showing you the first of the 4: Your Hut Or Mine. I think the've forgot to add the interogation sign "?" :)
Well, I know that is has been swatched and re-swatched... but, let's just say that it hasn't :D
Cute cute polish! Since I've seen it I wanted to try on right away! Among the bottles, this one was my favourite. Now, I gotta see what's gonna be like on the nails...

The base is a beautiful vintage pink with a touch of coral, makes me think of a rose. It has also got this great golden micro shimmer which shines so bright in the sun!  Very neat and very sweet!
The formula of this one is ok, I needed 2 coats for full opacity and to get rid of the small streaks it did on the first coat.

Taken in the sun.

And in the sun again. Isn't that shimmer so cool? Me - love it.

Sun again ;)

In the shade.

 Here is where I'm gonna do a break and say... wait a minute, wait a minute!... I've got dupe for this one! A dupe that was not released yet.. but still a dupe LOL! Check this out:

This baby is OPI My Address Is Hollywood!!! This polish will be released in august for the fall collection, called Touring America. I strongly believe that they're dupes ;)

Same colour and exactly the same shimmer!
If you want to see more pictures of My Address Is Hollywood, see the swatch here.
Re-reading my post about it, I can say that I prefer the OPI formula, no doubt about it.

All right, now back to our subject of the day:  Essie Your Hut Or Mine:

And here is my very first attempt of nail-art!! :) Well, I kept simple and stupid, and a débutante in this particular domain, so please forgive my imperfections ;)
I've used OPI Lincoln Park After Dark for the tips, and OPI DS Coronation for the dots. As tools, i only used a classic dotting tool. I especially like the DS Coronation dots beacuse they look a bit like little diamonds ;P
Hope you like it :

Thank you for watching!!

See ya soon everyone!!
Hugs!!!

Discovering the French Brand BIGUINE

Hello everyone,

A week or something ago they've had this sale at the Toulouse Monoprix, and I've decided to jump on the occasion and test some more Biguine polishes.
The first one I've got, about 2 months ago, is called Sunset Bld. and is swatched here.
Well, I was also thinking of starting to swap... so... maybe some of you would eventually be interested in this brand ;) ... Actually I am about to do my first swap with Stéphanie from So Nailed... So this is a big wink to you, sweetie! ;)

I've got in all 5 Biguine polishes: First Kiss, Juicy Jus, Lilas Spirit, Bleu Dur and Under Brown. The first 4 are swatched here bellow.
I didn't use any top coat. I applied 2 coats for all of them, except for First Kiss, which is a jelly, and  needed 3 coats.

First Kiss:

Taken in the sun

This one was the only jelly of the 5. The application is perfect, but as any jelly, is transparent. So I needed 3 coats to get it opaque. The finish is super bright, and the colour is just adorable!

Juicy Jus:

This is beautiful coral cream. The colour just freaked my camera out, but I've managed to get at least 2 or 3 accurate pics (the first 2 are the most accurate). The formula is excellent, is opaque in 2 coats and the finish is super-bright. Another "colour of the year 2011", in my opinion. So many brands released corals and shades of corals this year, and I know it is not even finished yet!


Lilas Spirit:

Isn't this pinkish lilac super cute? Me, I just love it! The pictures show a very accurate colour, so I think there is no need for more explanations on the colour... Just lovely! It's a cream, and the formula is excellent, just as for her sisters swatched just above. 2 coats for full opacity.

Bleu Dur:

OK, I had to post 4 pictures of this one.. It soo gorgeous and bright and perfect! Perfect bright blue! Just look at that colour and that finish! (I remind you that I'm wearing no top coat). This is a cream, the application was perfect and 2 coats are enough for full opacity.

Overall, I'm very happy with this brand, the quality of polishes is excellent. BUT, they are a bit expensive outside the sales and special offers. They contain 10.5ml (this is actually a lot for a French polish), which is a little less than the American polishes (containing at least 15ml). They and are normally sold at 6.70 euros/ bottle (about 9 $). With the special offer I had them at 5 euros/bottle ( 7 $). So I'm very, very pleased with my purchase !

I know, I don't have the Under Brown for you today, but I'll be swatching it later. What happened was that when I did this was very late, and I had no more sun light to do the last polish... and the next day I broke a nail... :( So I'm waiting for it to grow a bit before I do other swatches. But, don't worry, I have some pictures left in my computer, so there will be other posts ;)


Let me know what you think of these ;)
See ya!
Big hugs!

OPI - I Eat Mainely Lobster - Touring America Collection (Fall 2011)

Hello everyone!

My friend Ruxi from Une Ruxi à Paris kindly borrowed me a part of the coming OPI Touring America Collection Fall 2011 (available in august). She was lucky to be invited at the launching of this collection in Paris, so she's got the entire collection since April!

First colour I'm trying out (not really, I've already tried French Quarter For Your Thoughts, but I've decided not to publish the pictures because of ugly cuticles!)  is I Eat Mainely Lobster ;) I think it's one of the funniest names of the collection!

This colour is everything you want.. spring, summer... but not fall! Not what we all understand by autumn colours... But... why not? A reminder of the summer holidays, brightening the autumn rainy days? Why not. But...I don't know...the problem is that I've seen this colour a lot lately... I already own 3 or 4 coral polishes (almost dupes- but that's because I love the colour! ;D)  I get it, I get it! Coral is the 2011 colour!!!!

The polish is a bright coral with lots and lots of pink shimmer! Very nice and again.. very bright! So summer-ish, in my opinion! 

A bit streaky, I had some issues with the application, but you get evenness and full coverage within two coats. The drying time is normal and the wear excellent (survived intact throughout a volley-ball match! ;D).

Here I'm wearing 2 coats of OPI I Eat Mainely Lobster and one coat of Seche Vite:

 

Have you seen that they've changed the text colour on the bottles bottom from green to black? Is this maybe just for these ones beacuse they were for free? Or the formula was changed? We'll see this in august...

And finally, Ghitzou, who was watching me all this time, trying to persuade me to give him a carrot!

"Oh mommy, you've got carrot nails over there, why can't I have some for myself ??" ;)

Sinful Colors Thimbleberry

Hi everybody,

Back with yet abnother SInful Colors!
My friend Ruxi, says that I'm kinda OPI obsessed - not too far from being true, as most of my nail polishes are OPIs - but I haven't posted any yet. I'll surely will... no worries about that! ;)

So, about, Thimbleberry from Sinful Colors... In fact, I've bought this thinking it was a totally different colour!
Look what they are showing on the site from which I've bought it:

And look what I've got:

Don't get me wrong, I love the colour they've sent me, I truly do, beacuse I'm totally into coral shades lately ;)? I'm just confused about the website... Maybe they should be warned that the picture they're showing doesn't correspond to the real thing? I don't know...
Anyway, again, as for all of the Sinful Colors I've tried, this one too has an excellent formula, applies like butter and dries quickly. And the colour is so charming and joyful. I loved wearing this!
Here are some more pictures (2 coats of Thimbleberry and 1 coat of Seche Vite):

And, just for fun, two pictures of my rabbit, Ghitzou, the best rabbit in the whole world: