Fancy Friday: Inspired by a big city and movember design.

Today the challenge offered a or/either choice. A design inspired by a big city or making a Movember design. I went and did both because I really wanted to!

The design inspired by a big city had to me London for me because of my trip in October. I am still high on that experience and all the possibilities it made for me and my boyfriend. Besides that I have looked forward to trying my tourist 05 plate from MoYou.co.uk. Rain, umbrellas, tea and Big Ben - I am satisfied!

The polishes I used was:
Orly "Boho Bonnet" - for the base
China Glaze "Rendezvous With You" - for the base of the accent nail
OPI "Alpine Snow" - for the stamp on ring and middle finger
OPI "DS Radiance" - for the stamp on rest of the nails

I still don't support Movember in the meaning it is ment. What I like about Movember is the hair and that this month makes it more acceptable and grown up to wear a beard in Denmark. They have often been called hipsters because it has been so out of fashion in Denmark. And I actually like hairy men. My boyfriend even have long hair and beard like Matthew Poretta in "The New Adventures of Robin Hood" series now. And I have convinced him that he shouldn't shave 1st December :D
But I thought that I had to use some girly colors to make my nails look feminine even though they had a beard on them. (and i got a reason for trying on two of my new polishes;D)

Polishes used is:
China Glaze "Strike a Cosmo" - as base color on three nails (looove this color!)
Essie "Sable Collar" - as base of middle finger and color of the beard on the ring finger
China Glaze "Something Sweet" - as base on ring finger (painted in free hand)
Essie "A Cut Above" - as bling on the middle fingers tip

What do you think:)?

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Beauty: Forever Flawless - Diamond Infused Enhanced Facial Peeling Gel review

Hi girls

Today I have my first semi-sponcored item for review. 

In London me and my boyfriend walked around the Covernt Carden area and a sneaky but very clever seller dragged us into a beauty store.
This day my skin was extremely dry and my foundation made it look very bad, so I was definitely not comfortable with my skin this day and was sad I didn't had anything to exfoliate with me.

The thing the seller wanted to tell me about was this wonder Diamond Infused Facial Peeling Gel products from Forever Flawless. (50 ml) including a little spoon so you never have to ruin the product by putting your hands and bacteria into the product.

Here is some pictures before the review:

Information from the packaging:
Forever Flawless Facial Peel is a gentle, yet effective exfoliating and peeling treatment for your face. Exfoliating and peeling is essential to any kin care routine because they remove pore-clogging residue that can lead to acne, inflamation, anf other skin problems. Infused with extra-fine natural diamond powder, botanicals, and multi-vitamins, this Facial Peeling Gel will gently remove dead and dry skin cells and impurities from the top layer of your skin, revealing smooth, soft, and Lumious skin underneath. Suitable for any skin types.
Directions: Over clean skin, massage in cirkular motions until desired exfoliation is achieved. Rinse with warm water. Use 1-2 times a week.
Ingredients: Water, carbopol, cetrimonium chloride, 2-phenoxyethanol, benzoic acid, ascorbic acid (vitamine c), hydrolyzed protein, camellia sinensis (green tea) leaf extract, karat gold pigment, fd&c color orange no.4, tocopheryl acetate (vitamine e), prunus arneniaca (apricot) seed, natural diamond powder.

Well that is what they promise, but how is it? Here comes my experience and review:

He tried a tiny bit on my hand from his tester and rubbed the surface in circular motions. I cut almost not feel anything but I cut definitely see the effect. Even though I didn't experience dryness on my hand back I saw dead skin come off. After that he illustrated what exfoliation means to how well the skin absorbs cremes. He put some face cream on my hand, made circular motions and counted to 7. The creme was totally gone. This first exited me when he did the same on my other hand, cause the creme didn't sunk into my skin as easily. At the same time he explained all the reasons why these things happened. He didn't made any tricks but this effect and new knowledge exited me damn much! - Cause I am a bit green when it comes to skin. 

What I own to compare it with is Matas face exfoliater. But I have never liked this product because of the harsh grains that needs a lot of work to do anything and hurts my skin. So compare is maybe the wrong word, cause they are night and day to me. The Matas product also have a white color so you cant see any skin come off.
But at home I have used the Forever Flawless Peeling Gel with much greater success. For me my nose is very hard to exfoliate, cause even if it looks flakey the skin wont come of very easy normally, and now i can see and control the exfoliating much better and don't have to stop because it hurts i feel my skin gets spoiled like it apparently needed.

It has one downer but that may be my own little weird problem.
I use this before I get into the shower and wash it of as the first thing in my bath routine. But I am a strange woman, cause I don't like warm water, I like it between hot and cold on my body or in my face, and without warm water it can be difficult to get off, especially if you got many hairs in your face. I have some quite long at my jaw line, luckily nothing noticeable, but they are there. I still try to find another way than turning on the hot water.

The product is extremely expensive in my opinion. In United Kingdom it ranges for 120 pounds. But again he was the nicest guy and when my boyfriend told him I was a blogger he made me a special discount and I got this wonder for 50 pounds. Still expensive for what I normally spend on my beauty items, but compaired to matas I knew this was way too good for me to pass. And it was worth it

Because it is made with the best possible ingredients the products can be used 24 months after opening - that's two years!! And therefore an even better deal. I will cherish this and use it carefully but of cause still get maximum out of the product

Forever flawless have a website: www.foreverflawless.com

The adress of the store MICAbella I wisited is: 10 Long Acre Street, LondonAnd MICAbella also have a website: www.micabeauty.co.uk
They do give great benefits cause I could with the ticket also have come back to the salon and got a free makeover or facial treatment. I didn't because we had to many things we wanted to see and too little time. A shame, but that how things went. 

I thought I would spare you the documentary pictures of the effect I cut have posted, but I thought that you after all would not want to see my dead skin:) I hope that was the right thought and you got enough proof from my review.

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Fancy Friday: Galaxy nails

This was just what I needed as a challenge. I have seen this design done a million times on youtube years ago but I somehow never got there until today.
I am very relieved because I thought it was going to be harder and more time consuming, but it was actually a peace of cake.

Secret christmas giveaway (europe)

The occasion is that i have been blogging for half a year now and I am happy to say that it will continue. But half a year ago I decided I would try to breathe life into the blog I made some years ago but never cared for. It was totally new but it has been great, my passions become a little more acceptable and my boyfriend that dosn't like nail polish brag about me some times and don't need to hear about beauty all the time because i can tell you instead:). I do this for my own pleasure but also hope I can help somebody from time to time or just inspire:).

I want to give somebody a secret Christmas present, so I will have a little giveaway, running from today and two weeks forward until 5 December 2013.

Who knows what it will be! I will only say that i plan to have nail polishes in this gift. I promise its good stuff so I hope people will enter even though I wont tell you about the contents of the gift:)
If the person that win wants to do a guest blogpost with a nail art design I will be happy to arrange that, but that is only an offer and no force.

It will be open in Europe so more people will have the chance. You need to fill out the rafflecopter to make entries and write a comment to this blogpost.



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I will be happy to get requests but because i have a plan that streches into January there will go some time before you see the request on the blog. I got some last giveaway I will get to soon.

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Beauty: Kiko eyeshadow palettes review and looks

Hi beauties

I bought this Infinity Eyeshadow Palette from Kiko when I was in London and I think I am ready to tell you about my thoughts about it. The palette I purchased has room for 9 Infinity eyeshadows. Since my first time at Kiko for 5 years ago they have changed their eyeshadow range, therefore I didn't got any of my mothers wishes from their colors sphere line home. Sad for her but I was exited for this new thing.

I know that my mother loved her eyeshadows from Kiko, but as base she always use Gosh Waterproof Eye shadow sticks and over that almost all eyeshadows sit all day, so I don't doubt they will be great that way but I chose to test the eyeshadows only over Too Faced Eye Shadow Insurance. A primer I know really tell the quality of eyeshadows.

The case costed around 9-10 pounds (sorry I threw away the ticket)
The eyeshadows I think was 3-4 pounds.
Of cause if I lived in London I would have bought all this over time, and in that way it would be a better deal I think, cause this ended up very expensive. I am happy that I chose the colors very well and there is actually only one eyeshadow I would like to switch out if I had the chance.

Firstly about the packaging I am not at all impressed. The case is plastic and is very receptive to scratches and as you can see the moisture of the hands.
Another downer is that the lid offers way to much space for pigments so spread around and the infinity system does work well only used at home, but one clash if you try to travel with this could be the end of something  cause one of the shadows can get loose and again there is good space for it to really ruin the whole thing. I was so careful with this and had it in my handbag traveling home to Denmark, but it actually did happen, I was just incredible lucky that almost nothing happened. So don't buy this to take it on the go. If i had had more money I would have bought a case with three plots to always have the perfect blending and highlight color with me - I'm happy I didn't use the money on that, cause I will never travel with this. I actually wish i had kept the lid for the shadows so I could use them individually on the go.

The names of the colors:
283, 281, 267
245, 223, 238
250, 244, 240

And this is the swatches made with my fingers. 5 are matte and 4 are shimmery. 

Here is some of the looks i put together with this palette. I only used eyeshadows from the palette and all the 9 colors have been used in these two designs because I played with them.

Overall I am happy to have these in my collection, but next time I will try the colors over bases. After ten hours this was not at all nice to look at, so a primer is not good enough for this, so the quality is defenetly not that amazing and they need more work and security to stay.

About applying I had to build the color up both with the matte and a shimmery color, that's what I am most disappointed about. the swatches I have shown above is with my finger and that works really good, but the hairs on my best brushes don't pick these up as they should. In the future I will use sponges to apply the eyeshadows I want to cover the lid. The darker colors and the browns where great at blending though, but I found that the definition I made went away very fast - again I need to use a base next time.

I found out that I don't really like a matte lid so I will only use the matte colors for blending in the future. The light blue I would have liked to switch with a steel light blue instead but on the other hand I have a palette from MUA full of those colors, so I guess I am satisfied with having this unique but not really useful color in my stash;)

Have you any questions or have experiences anything else if you own any infinity eye shadows from Kiko, then please leave a comment:)

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A great fall nail-glitter combo

Ohhh I was only trying something out on a swatch stick and that experiment resulted in a mani and pedi, and it is amazing if you ask me! Well I love pastels and this made my pastel love get a way to continue into fall! 

Its been two years since i used OPI Pamplona Purple last time, but Fancy Friday with Saran Wrap made me think abut it again and drag it out of the dark loneliness. Originally I wore it constantly when I first got it, but OPI Casino Royale stole my hands last year and apparently there was no place for both.

But now things must change! 

Here is a picture of Pamplona Purple by itself. Two coats and amazing OPI dry time on this.

 

The polish I used with it is Oopsie Daisies "Festivus for the Rest of Us"

I have only used this for one manicure (actually one of the first i showed on the blog) and back then I remember having big problems by placing the glitter on the nail evenly spread. It definitely is a polish that needs some work, but I think it was less problematic this time. Maybe I just got better or more patient :P Who cares. I now know I am going to use it more and I am willing to offer the time and concentration on the outcome.

Here they are side by side:

 And here the combo is on my nails. I think this will be a future favorite manicure of mine.

And here in the sun

And here on my toes. As my blog is always late this was my pedicure for my trip to London.

As i said, i adore this combination. It is fun, different and better i cant describe how i love it

What do you think?

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Fancy Friday: Copy that, copy cat

Hi girls.

The theme of today was supposed to be a recreation of another bloggers nail design.
I hope the other girls from Fancy Friday won't be mad at me for this, but I don't ever feel the lust to recreate a design in every detail. I look at other peoples nail designs to recognize their skills and get inspiration, but I don't wish to recreate cause I always get a better idea for my liking. So it was very hard for me to find something i wanted to recreate... And I didn't find any.
But I wanted to get on the wagon again so instead of doing as told, I will do something I have thought about doing for a long time inspired by many different people and give it my own touch while I try to match a thing I own.

Similarity Swatch: Red glitter nail polishes for holiday 2013

Its not my traditional days for blogging but i had some time and wanted to show this before to many make this comparison:)
I now own three newer polishes from Essie and OPI you need for Christmas (or at lest one of them;) I am a greedy bastard) so hang on if you are considering which to get.

I am not home now so i didn't have the opportunity to make a better photo with the OPI, so I hope my solution is fine. (Essie Leading Lady is on the left and Toggle the Top on the right)

On to the polishes:
Essie - Toggle the top from this years Christmas collection
Essie - Leading Lady from last years holiday collection
OPI - Underneath the Mistletoe from this years Mariah Carey holiday collection
Here they are in same order as mentioned above. First picture with flash and second in shade by daylight.
Remember you can open the photo in another window and make it bigger:)


But remember that on swatch sticks the color is over a white base. Below I will describe the colors and effects better for each polish.

Essie "Leading Lady" and "Toggle the Top" - both needs two coats for full opacity
As Leading Lady is from last year when I wasn't blogging, I don't have a picture of a full manicure with it, but there are tons of pictures of it on the internet so I chose to have it as a accent nail together with Toggle the Top as many think they are most alike because of the glitter. As you saw in the first pictures they do look exactly the same in the bottle
Leading lady and Toggle the top has the same red glitter, so the difference in these two polishes is only the base color.
Leading lady gives the impression of being the most true red of these. Toggle the top has a dark base that in some lights look dark cold toned red, black or even purple. I think it often looks dark red, the purple color every one has captured and put on the internet I only saw once. That's a shame, but it will do and because I don't really like true red that leans warm toned I prefer Essie Toggle the top of these

This was a photo with direct sun that originally was very orange because of the time of day. I edited it only by cooling the tones until my skin color matched, I haven't done anything else with it.

Here you can see the purple in Toggle the Top, but again this was not what it looked like most of the time - not in danish weather at least;)

OPI "Underneath the Mistletoe" - this needs two-three coats for full opacity (depends on dept you want)
Something you don't see on the swatchstick is that OPI Underneath the mistletoe isn't as light as Essie Leading Lady, it is a little darker in real life and maybe even a little more brown in tone.
Another difference is the glitter. It is of cause smaller than the Essies, but as the Essies have red glitter, the OPI actually have light pink glitter, not red, but of cause the base makes the glitter red like in a jelly sandwich. It looks amazing in the bottle with the pink glitter sticking to the glass of the bottle, but sad its hard to see the pink on the nail because of the base. I will play with it next time I wear it and try to find a way to make it more obvious.
But after all I am happy for this polish no matter what. Because of the small glitter it has a complexity and dept to it that I really adore. The base color is a little tricky with my skin tone, but I am determined to make this work or love it anyway.

As with the Essies I did the same correction with the color for this picture as I took them right after each other. The sun overpowers the glitter in this picture but I hope you get the idea. The base is also captured very true here

I actually have a swatch stick with China Glaze Ruby Pumps but I forgot when I took these photos. So if any one want a comparison with that included you just need to tell me, follow me on instagram and I will have it up there sometime next week:) 

I can tell you that I sold that polish because it was very true warm red with very small very red glitter, not my color. I am sure it in color will be most similar to Essie Leading lady of these, OPI is too dark and the glitter is much smaller in the china glaze as I remember it didn't stick to the bottle as bigger glitter normally do.

I hope it helped:) Have a lovely day<3

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FOTD: Snow White inspired every day look'

Hello lovelies
Today I want to show my most worn every day makeup look in the wintertime and fall - Besides that it does remind me of a fall inspired Snow White, but my hair is getting a little lighter and more brown than black, and that the downer for the Snow White reference, but a total yay for me. On photos you can see my real brown hair color close to my head, but in real life it blends in with the last permanent hair color i dyed my hair with, and that's great now that i want to go back to my original hair color:) So i will not be dyeing my hair from now on, so it might be one of the last chances to show you my Snow White look. What I am going to do with makeup in the future with that kind of brown hair time will show:) It has not been my real color for over two years, and I begin to hate spending money on dye that makes my hair dark or weak, so it's gonna be great to experiment.

Products i used today is:

Face:
Gosh CC-cream Illuminating Foundation (I love the shimmer in this, and coverage is decent)
Maybelline Pure.cover Mineral conrealer (discontinued, but the best concealer ever!)
MUA Mosaic Bronzer in "Sunkissed Glow" (does have a slight reddish tone compared to other bronzers)
H&M Blusher in "Autumn Flower" (soon to be swatched in a blogpost about my favorite blushes)
ELF Blush in "Gotta Glow" (i used this as my highlight, it has a gold tinge)

Eyes:
Maybelline Color Tatto in "Permanent Taupe" (i used this to fill in my eyebrows, stays perfect all day)
Too Faced Shadow Insurance (for priming my eyes)
Wet n Wild eyeshadow trio in "Silent Treatment" (the lightest color on the lid, the greyish smoked out in the crease and the dark added in the outer crease for more definition)
Loreal Super Liner Carbon Gloss eyeliner (perfect for making perfect lines and sharp wings)
Maybelline Master Drama Khol Liner in "Ultra Black" (used to tight line my upper eyelid)
Too Faced Lash Gasm Mascara (funny name and the only Black mascara i own right now, on me it makes my lashes curve like they where false, a bit better than Rimmel i used to buy a lot on sale, and there is 12 ml of product in it, so if you like me don't have a bacteria problem with the eyes you can use this for a long time)

Lips:
Revlon Kissable Balm Stain in "Crush"

And the final look is here
The colors and the light was hard to capture right, for example you cant see the bronzer much, but i hope you get the idea:) I feel comfortable like this.

Here is a close up on my lips wearing "Crush". I adore the color and the staining effect. Perfect product for a glamorous everyday.

this picture is taken after 6 ours. I reapplied the lip color once, but in this picture it has been four hours since that happened, I only did it because I wanted it to be fresh when I went out the door.

What do you think:)?

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Snow White inspired with new winter polishes.

Oooooh My! I am so exited to show this. This is one of the coolest manicures I ever made I think (right now at least;) it changes every time haha).

I have a thing with Snow White. I liked having almost black hair because I looked like a Snow White. I was crazy about "The 10th Kingdom" I saw for the first time last year with my boyfriend. It was so fun because Virginia and the wolf have the same length hair as me and my boyfriend when we met, and besides we look much alike in colors. That is fun i think:P And you gotta love the wolf!
Now me and my boyfriend have started watching the Once Upon A Time series, and we just finished first season. I think it is great! The only thing I really don't understand is why they want Prince Charming to wear more lipstick than Snow White.... But hey, it's a great color:P
This is my design:

Swatch: Barry M textured glitter polishes

Hello again girls
I do love textured polishes. I admit it! I currently own 54 polishes of that kind, and only a year ago I had none. When I was in London I brought these home with me - The Barry M Textured Glitters. I grabbed them literally as quickly as i could, and also 5 for a friend. My boyfriend saw it and saw the possible catastrophe and gave me a shopping bag, and peace was restored. I bought mine at Superdrug on Oxford Street for 3.99 pounds each.
The colors are great for fall and winter. Very charming and easy to wear, and the names are sooo cute. This is a perfect souvenir from London i think. I don't need to buy a model of Big Ben, I just need some fine and strong women apparently;)

Majesty - is a darker gold than my L.A.Girl Sands of time, and the glitter in this seems to catch the light better. This Majesty is a little bit laid back, cause it is obvious that its not a "trying-to-hard" gold, this kind of gold is not a yellowish kind which pleases me, and I will not have any trouble wearing this cause it is elegant and a durable gold for pale English or Scandinavian skin. Looks like Barry M thought about this polish cause I actually think it is very unique to the other gold textures on the marked.
This needed two coats and dry time was durable.

Lady - is a delicate white with some iridescent shimmer and glitter that makes this lady a soft and gentle woman with a surprise. It was such a shame that my nails was so short, i think this polish is too elegant for the boyish nails, and she deserves better - at least on my hands.
She does need a hard hand when she won't obey, so she needs three coats of polish.

Here lady is in the sun. please open a new window to zoom on this picture, it is not only white.

Countess - is actually a purple base, but with two coats the polish looks more brown. It shimmers gold and pink witch just wasn't going to be captured of my camera. A shame. Even though it is brown it looks luxurious, almost as the beautiful dark wood the furniture the countess must have had in her big house. Maybe she even have a dog or a house this color. She is a strict and strong woman but with a pleasurable life that gives the polish a reason for the gorgeous shine.

The countess needs two easy coats, drys fast and is a faithful strong girl that had a great wear time om me.

Duchess - is a light pink with silver glitter that sparkles just as Georgina (Kiera Knightly) in the movie The Duchess did - well maybe a little less sick, that woman should eat some cake (haha). Great for giving the perfect impression to the man, great for holding up the front even if things aren't that great and doing a woman's duty. This will do it's duty if you like the shade, it will match both every day as it's kind of a nude shade and a party because of the glitter.

This needed two coats. But if you own or want to own OPI Silent Stars Go By, you really don't need this, they are identical.

Cut easily be worn with a high white wig 1700-1800 style ;)

Princess - is a warm pink jelly shade packed with gold and pink glitter. I think this is the bummer for me in this collection. As you have read i like to think about the names, but this... nah i don't look up to this kind of princess. It looks great in the bottle but way to orange on me for my liking:( I will give this another chance but I was disappointed and I need to think something else than princess cause this is a "trying-to-hard" shade in my mind. If only it where a bit more pink and maybe blue toned... I will get back to this when we hit summer
Besides that this one needed 3 coats and could have gotten for the four if i didn't wanted to see the sun through my nails.

What do you guys think and which are you most interested in?

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Beauty: Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter review and eyeshadow looks

Hi girls

When I was in London I bought the Revlon Colorburst Lip Butter in the color Strawberry Shortcake.
I was so overwhelmed by the Revlon Kissable Lip Stains that i totally forgot about this  and didn't buy more colors of this.
The original plan for today was to review the Revlon Kissable Balm Stains I bought, but my external harddisk recently died and some of my pictures are lost with that until we find a way to recover the data. I hope that will happen! But my pictures of the balm stains are gone for now and I didn't had time to shot new photos, so instead I will use the pictures I took this weekend when I used the Lip Butter every day.

My lips can be drying in the colder months and I also get eczema and for that I do like this. When they get to that point they get very irritated, and drying staining lip products don't do me any good. When this problem started I found out that lip balms helped calming the irritation and make anything harsh on my lips such as wounds glide a little better. So I grabbed this in the weekend because I feel I have to begin to be careful now.

Otherwise I don't really like the product of that simple reason that it don't last on me... And I hate replying 10 times a day to have some color on.. The product is like that on me but the soothing effect holds on better, not better than a normal lip balm, which again leaves me with no reason for buying more except the hype and the cute packaging, but in this case I am not convinced that I need more yet. I think it is easy to find balmy lip products with color - Year okay maybe not entirely fair to compare because the color on the Revlon Lip Butter does last a little bit longer, but still, nothing to blow me away, and again nothing that makes me forget the Kissable Balm Stains that is also balmy and not dying even though it stains - but that's another review!

On instagram I posted a picture some days ago wearing brown eyeshadow and the lip butter, but yesterday I found a way I find better to wear it.

I was inspired by the colors in the MUA Starry Night Palette I also bought in London. The palette is so nice in colors combinations with the grey, blue, purple and pink. I often don't use grey or blue because they are either to grey or to blue, but this seemed like the right colors so I went for it and loved it.

The eyeshadows I used was the two on top to the right and the two at the bottom to the left.

I used a soft wet n wild grey-brown shade to blend. I could have gone darker in the V, but this was fine, the only thing i was going to do this day was going to the doctors anyway:P

Sorry my mouth is open, I didn't though about it until now

Is there some color of the Lip Butter line you think I need and can promise will last a little better then please do leave a comment<3

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Swatch: OPI Mariah Carey holliday texture polishes

Hi girls
On Wednesday I got the two Mariah Carey mini texture sets with the mail and because people wanted to see these I decided to show these now and not in December as I had planned. But I want this to be a quick post.


Here is the polishes on swatch sticks in order after the sets besides "Make him mine" and "Baby please come home". I switched those because I though it was important to show "Make him mine" and "Silent stars go by" side by side. In a review I read, the blogger said she did not think one needed both... well I do, and I think this picture shows why very good. If you want to see these on nails the scroll down the page. The polishes are in the order of this picture. And i apologise for all the awkward hand positions, but these bottles are to small to hold in any charming way:P

Emotions - a black jelly base that covers great enough with two coats. What makes this unique is the black glitter in it in different sizes. I personally don't like black on my nails, and I sold my Nicole by OPI "A Nise-treat" for that reason, but there is actually a slight possibility I would wear this. I thought it looked great!. I later tried to make a gradient with this on the tips, but the glitter was sticking to the thing I used to make the gradient so it wasn't really working with this effect for me. But next time my boyfriend has a concert I might put this on. I can guess he will think it looks like black dragon scales ;) He is a sweet little boy<3

 I was so amazes by this polish that i think we need a closeup. I really hope OPI or someone else get the idea of doing this with other colors, especially other dark colors like green, red and purple. I want dragon scales on my nails in every color i can imagine dragons having :D

In sunlight it looks kind of wet because of the black glitter that is not matte at all, so I think this looks best in shade.

It's Frosty Outside - is a metallic silver with silver glitter. A complete dupe for that silver texture gosh have out in stores now. You don't need both, only if you want to collect every polish that have ever been made. I sold my gosh because I found out I wanted the OPI bottle instead. This had the worst opacity of all these, it took three coats and could need a forth if you don't want any light to be seen through your nails. I think that is the classic example of the fact that i often experience bad consistency in OPIs mini sets. I don't know why, but they are always a little more watery than they should be. Besides this one i was for once pleased with the mini sets so I can live with this being a little more sad. I do like it so I think I will get the full size someday.

And in the sun.

Kiss me at Midnight - is a wild blue with silver glitter, needs two coats. I wasn't sure I would like this, and I was right, I don't really do, on me it looks crazy I think, but I am happy to have it in my collection... just because:P. It is more purple than OPI Get your number from the spring Mariah Carey collection (and then it hits me that it has only been a year since that collection with the first liquid sands... crazy that i already on 54 texture polishes..:P)

And in sunlight. I don't care for it either way.

Silent Stars Go By - a light pink with a purple undertone that makes it very neutral on me, and at the same time it can be very silvery because of the silver glitter. This was two coats but if I was wearing it for a manicure and not just for swatch I would give it three coats just to be save. This is 100% similar to Barry M "Duchess" (that and all the others from that collection I will show in some weeks) and they are the same dilemma for me. I don't know if i find them pretty enough to own both (and I have a friend that is trying to steal the Barry M from me), and I don't know if I will use them enough. I have already worn the Barry M three days in London, and I thought it was very boring, but it does suit me. I think I will have to wear this one soon and decide.

I think this is best in sunlight

Make Him Mine - is not at all the same as Silent Stars Go By. It is a light bronze color with a hint of pink undertones and silver glitter. Without knowing it, I have been searching for this to long! It is amazing, and it needs to be seen in real life. I had seen many swatches but i didn't expect it to be as it is, and with "Emotions" this is the most unexpected of these polishes I like. I though it would be to orange to me, but this is neutral on me and at the same time a Christmas party. 

In sunlight it looks warmer than in shade, but still not to orange toned.

Baby Please Come Home - every body talked about this because it was purple, and as a purple lover I needed to get it. Well i like it, but that is because i like purpleish grey. I find this way more grey than purple, and compared to Rimmel Space Dust in Moon Walking (also to be swatched on the blog), this is not at all purple. Only besides a true grey you can see the purple undertones and a little bit in sunlight. This is a dupe of the "purple" textured polish gosh have made (in Denmark this one should get in stores in January so buy the OPI if you cant wait). It needs two coats for full opacity.
Compared to all the other exiting texture polishes coming out right now I am not in the mood for this color right now, and compared it is kind of dull i think. Needed indeed in my collection and i may buy the full size if i get enough use out of this. Right now i just don't seen why every body is crazy about it.

Again in sunlight you can see the purple tone a little better, but still not at all purple in my mind:)

My collection got more rich and your memory got more rich with thoughts and pictures and knowledge hidden in your head until the day you own them yourself and will get your own experiences:)

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