Sally Hansen Iced cream matte

 I got this polish long time ago from a friend. It's a very light blue polish with shimmer. It dries matte. Application was on the difficult side, some brush strokes and it did need a rather long time to dry. But, the colour is gorgeous! I have four coats on the pictures, three would have been enough if I was carefull with the application. I'm not wearing top coat on the pictures. Maybe I'd get better results with spongin the colour. I'll have to try it next time. =)

Catrice - I scream: Ice cream and some nail art

This one is from Candy shock LE, and it's beautiful. See for yourself:

It actually reminds me of ice cream, even tho I've never seen an actual ice cream in this colour =) In the bottle you can see pink shimmer, that is not really visible on the nail, but I love this polish anyway. I don't know what's with me and this kind of colour, but I love almost every polish I have similar to this. The application was a bit harder, you have to be careful. This are three coats, but two would also be enough, I was clumsy.

I haven't done nail art in a while, so I didn't really have a lot of ideas. I decided to search online for some inspiration. I found this post from Nail by Kayla Shevonne and I decided to recreate it in my own version, since I liked hers so much.

 I love it! Unfortunately my top coat draged the black a bit, but it's not that bad IRL, so it doesn't bother me =) What do you think?
And here's what I used:

Poshe Basecoat, Essence Black is back, Catrice I scream: Ice cream, China glaze Shocking pink(neon), Essence Studio nails Better then gel nails top sealer high gloss, dotting tools

Because of this manicure I've decided I need to do more nail art. I've already forgotten how fun it is and how much I love it!

Misslyn - Royal Blue

Uh, I haven't been here for a long time. But I have a good reason - I was preparing for the most importaint exam in my life. Well, it's equaly importaint to all the others, but it is the only one I don't have a clue about and it is my last one. Also, I was organizing my polish collection, because I hated that it was so unorganized. Now, everything is where it should be and everything is written down. I will show that to you soon=)

But first, the most amazing polish I've seen in a while - Misslyn Royal blue from their Velvet diamond LE.

Two coats, no top coat. Can you see, how beautiful it is? I can't stop staring at my nails! This is just so beautiful. This is my first textured polish, and I adore it!! =) I think this is one of the polishes I'll wear as long as I'll be able(so, as long as it'll look at least decent, with no major chippings or tip wear). I hope it'll last long. Ah, my beauty <3

I'm also thinking of getting another one from this collection. This is the display:

Do you have any suggestions?

MaxFactor - Cloudy blue

I'm presenting you MaxFactor Max Effect nail polish in Cloudy blue. This polish was such a dissapointment for me. In the bottle it looks gorgeous dark blue, but on the nail...well, it's completelly different story. The first thing I hated, was the application. I've had so many problems. It's extremely sheer, so at least three coats are needed. Second, when you apply your second or third coat, you get bald spots. Also, the colour of this one is waaaay too dark for me. It's almost black, that glows blue. I could almost say it's black with blue shimmer. I know many of people likes this, but I'm not one of them.

The second picture was taken with flash to see the shimmer better.

And the brush:

What do you think? Do you like it?

MaxFactor - Angel nails

Today I'm showing you MaxFactor Glossfinity nail polish in Angel nails. This is your true champaigne colour, not to gold, just right. It needed three coats for full opacity. It dried fast(I've all three coats dry in around 15min, without topcoat). Unfotrunatelly this isn't really a me shade, so I don't think I'm going to keep it. I also doubt it's suitable for stamping.

It really is so shiny IRL, it just glows =)

And the brush:

Essence - Grunge me tender

This is a polish from the new Floral grunge TE from Essence. There are five polishes, each has different finish, in this TE. This was the only one that was a must-have for me. It's the suede. I have had some troubles with the application, because I'm used to use thin coats, and with thin coats it's very streaky. But when I tried thicker coats, magic happened! No streaks, it applied like butter. So, I started with four coats, and on the other fingers I have just two(lesson learned). It dries super fast and of course, it dries into suede finish. I'm really happy I got this one, it's really very unique colour - light pastel green with gorgeous silver/white shimmer.

And I had to try it with a topcoat too =)

I topcoated only middle and little finger, so show the difference, which is much more visible IRL.

And the brush:

Here it looks much more greener due to the flash.

For me, this polish is a must-have and tell you, get it, if you can!

NOTD: Catrice Denim moore + comparison

Denim moore is one of the Catrice new polishes. I love this colour! Somewhere between purple and blue <3 This are two coats. The application was easy and I have to say I like the new brush. Please, ignore the redness of my hands, I had to alter the pic a bit to get the most accurate colour =)

Here is a comparison of the brushes:

Top to bottom: 
The oldest Catrice brush, old Catrice brush, new Catrice brush, new Essence Colour&go brush, old Essence Colour&go brush.
The brushes are getting wider and wider. For me it works great, but if you have smaller nail beds this might be a problem.

I tried to find something similar in my stash, and the only one that was really close is Essence I'm bluetiful. Colour wise they are the same, but I'm bluetiful has silver glitter.

This pic is not really colour accurate, but you can see how close they are =)

NOTD: Essence - Elves like lilac

 

Can I just say I lovelovelovelove... this polish! Such a gorgeous, vibrant purple with blue shimmer. The first pic is more true to colour, the second one shows the shimmer. This are two coats, but someone might have enough one thicker. Believe me, if you are a purple lover you need this one! It's from their Fantasia LE.

And this is the brush:

NOTD: Newspaper nails with Astor #107

This are my nails today:

 

 

I love this so much! I wanted to do some mardi gras nail for today, but the moment I did the first three nails( for the OUAT challenge), I knew what my manicure will be. This looks so great and it's so easy to do!
 For the base I'm wearing Astor 107. It's very light soft yellow creme. In the bottle it's somewhere between yellow and white, but on the nails it's more yellow. This is also a scented polish. And I like the smell, it smell a lot like lemon. The scent is not too strong. I did have a few problems with the application, but after three coats, it looked all right.

All in all, I'm really pleased with this manicure, and even my BF admited it looks cool.

Catrice Dirty berry

Today's NOTD is Catrice Dirty berry:

 

 

Because it was sunny today I decided I'd go with a holo. But I didn't want that crazy rainbow, so I grabed Catrice Dirty Berry. What you see are three coats with no top coat. I'm really sad this polish is going to be discontinued and am already thinking about getting a back up. What do you think? Is it neccesary to have a back up or is one polish enough? =)