Color Club Kismet

Hey lovelies!

Color Club Kismet is a light yellow-toned green with a strong linear holographic effect. The formula is good, Kismet applies evenly and dries quickly. 2 coats. Kismet is part of the Halo Hues 2013.

A gazillion pictures in sunlight.

And some pictures in daylight with an overcast sky. Even then you can see the strong linear holo effect clearly but you can also see the base color way better.

Get Your Goth On...

Hey lovelies!

Happy World Goth Day!

As promised in my second roundup you'll get to see a dark mani today in celebration of World Goth Day. It's also my first attempt at corset nails.

As the base I used a-england Jane Eyre. The side trim was done with China Glaze Stone Cold and the strings are a mix of red and black acrylic paint. To help with the matte and shiny parts I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat and essence nail art special effect topper in 07 soft touch.

And because I know she would enjoy these this mani is for my best friend's little sister, a Goth at heart, a lover of all things Japan, a corset enthusiast and a very talented author on top of that.

Happy World Goth Day, Fabi!

Posts to look forward to ...

Hey lovelies!

I want to thank you so much for partaking in the survey! I appreciate and value every answer!

I will spare you the boring statistics and get down to the 5 most clicked answers. Or in other words: your 5 most wished things.

(1) All of you want to see my collection in general. Does that mean more swatches? One collective mass post of bottle shots from my collection? I guess it's up to me, but ...

(2) ... you also want to see my collection by finish! Hmm, I will have a lot of fun trying to come up with a nice, picture-heavy post of bottles sorted by finish then. :)

(3) As if that wasn't enough you also want to see my stamping plates. THAT can be prepared pretty easily as I already have most of my plates either as pictures or scans on my hard drive. :)

(4) Next you asked for more reviews - about helpful tools to be precise. I have already posted some reviews about nail files and buffers and will continue to spice it up in that department. :)

(5) And the last thing was actually two things but since they kinda go hand in hand I thought I'd combine them: You want to see my holy grail products and my nail care routine.

Sooooooo! That's a lot of things! But, I asked, you answered and I shall deliver. In the next weeks you can look forward to a 4-part collective stamping plates post, a multi-part nail polish collection post by finish, more reviews about the tools I use and products I can recommend, a post about the products on my holy grail pedestal and one about my nail care routine.
The exact dates will be announced in my Monthly Roundup post where you will find a paragraph about things to come in the next month.

Color Club Ready To Wear

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Today I want to show you the one non-holo Color Club polish that I hauled last month.

Ready to Wear has a clear base and is filled with red to gold duochrome shimmer. It has a great formula although the sheer pigmentation hints at its usability as a French manicure color. At 3 coats (shown here) you can still detect visible nail line and I doubt whether you'd be able to build it up to opacity. Ready to Wear was part of the Catwalk Queen collection spring 2009.

duochrome goodness :D

p2 Golden Amber

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p2 Golden Amber is from the recent Far East. So Close. collection and still available in stores. It is a yellow-toned beige with golden shimmer. A very beautiful combination that reminds me of Orly Gilded Coral. Golden Amber has a shimmer finish, a good level of pigmentation but a runny formula. 2 coats.

It has a very long brush handle (something I'm not used to by p2) that is necessary with this type of (very beautiful) elongated bottle. Because of that Golden Amber can be tricky to handle. Despite swiping off excess polish there is still too much polish on the handle that runs down its length onto the brush while you paint the nails. If you're not careful this can result in flooded cuticles.

China Glaze - Mimosas Before Mani's

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China Glaze Mimosas Before Mani’s is a pink-toned apricot with golden shimmer. It has decent pigmentation and a nice formula. MBM is part of the AvantGarden collection for spring 2013. 2 coats.

p2 Strict

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p2 Strict is a mix of dark silver and mauve with large silver glitter and a sand finish. It is the roughest compared to other sand polishes but the feeling wears "off" quickly (after about a day), to the level of roughness other sand polishes have. It's a very elegant color in my opinion - akin to how I feel about Essie Beyond Cozy. 2 coats.