Suspiro

These swatches have been lying around since early summer, but although my hands looks a bit more tanned than they should, I think that publishing the pics of this polish is also ok in winter. Polishes, actually, as this is a layering combo. No one cares about the base colour (although it's a pretty periwinkle - Essence Forget-Me-Not - swatched here), the eyecather is the glitter top - Hits Speciallità Suspiro from Mari Moon collection. 

Hits Speciallità Suspiro consists of 2 colours and 3 sizes glitter: pink and blue; smaller, medium and larger hexagons. The base colour is light lavender, and I'm not sure if it is opaque enough to cover VNL in 2-3 coats by itself - I should try once. As I said, I was using Suspiro as a layering top, and I liked it that way. The application was pleasant, the glitter particles are easy to spread on the nails. 

For me, a glitter top is always the easiest way to prolong the manicure life, or even to hide the worn off tips. 5 minutes and you don't have to repaint your nails, so easy :)

And of course I'm especially happy to own this polish because it's very hard to get in Europe.. many thanks to one of my readers, Mauni, for sending me this beauty from Brasil!

Amsterdã

*planned post; me camping on Chalkidiki*

"Too much glitter?" No, never heard such thing ; ) That's why today I will be showing you... glitter on glitter : ) And very special one, because it's hard to find in this part of the world where I live. So I only own it due to lovely Mauni, who was so kind to send it to me in a swap from Brazil! Crazy amounts of glitter you see below is Hits Speciallità Amsterdã layered over Dare To Wear Ready For My Close-Up (swatched here).

Amsterdã is a multicolour glitter of various sizes, including silver, gold, blue and green larger hexagonal particles as well as smaller colourful glitterinis. I should say that this polish matches much more with the city it was named after, than, say, Cairo.

Application did not cause any problems: the glitter is a bit dense, but there is nothing impossible in layering it properly. I think I'll try a dark blue glitter base next time :) 

The more I try Glitters of The World unite by Hits Speciallità, the more I like them! They are fun to play around with, to seek for cool combinations of base colour + glitter topper. Now it feels pity that the bottles are not big enough, so I even might be able to [ohoh!] finish a couple of them, who knows :) 

Glitter Nude

Remember the epic glitter swap haul that I got from Brazil? Well, I still do, because these Hits glitters are simply amazing (thank you, Mauni! :) ! I keep trying them one by one, and I think it's time to post one of them! :) So, next after Atenas I picked Hits Speciallità Cairo - also because I've been there, citywise. 

Cairo...Cairo is a huge buzzing turmoil city. And the Cairo polish is a multicolour glitter swimming in a light nude base. Where's the resemblance? None. In spite of that, this polish is quite beautiful (unlike the city - sorry), to be more precise, it consists of blue, red, green and gold hexagonal glitter and tiny particles of the same colours.

Application is only a bit tricky because one needs to even out all those glitterinis, and the consistency of the polish is like sour cream with sugar. Once it's applied (2 coats are enough), the surface remains a bit gritty, and there's nothing a layer of an average top coat can do.. maybe a thick layer of Seche could have helped.

I really like the effect Cairo creates - a nude polish with colourful glitter looks so fluffy and meanwhile interesting. Actually, the colour base in the bottle seems to have a pink and a lilac hue, but I don't see it on my nails, rather a grey one..

Trying to shower glitter in a close-up.. all clickable :)

Have you tried the Hits glitters? From the Glitters of the World Collection or maybe any other? Aren't they just so cool?? :)

Swap #13: Hits!

Saying that I'm a crazy glitter lover is nothing new. For this very reason you can imagine how much happiness tumbled upon me when I got this swap package! Eight fun glitters...

...with fancy stars on the caps...

...are called Hits Speciallità and arrived from as far as Brasil :) For sure it was the most long distance swap I've ever made, and one of the most pleasant ones, because my swap partner, Mauni from Brasil, is a great person and also very talented in foreign languages, which I adore in people ;) Although she doesn't have a blog, she promised to start one some day - Mauni, we're waiting! :D :D 

Now to the swap content: eight gorgeous shades from Hits Speciallità, six of them from breathtaking Glitters of the World collection, and two shades from Mari Moon. Glitters of the World are named after world biggest cities, I got Cairo, Atenas, Amsterdã, Londres, Pequim and Dubai. Actually I've been to the first three of them, three more to go! :)

Upper row, left to right: Cairo, Suspiro, Atenas, Londres

Lower row, left to right: Amsterdã, Pequim, Dubai, Cupcake

Left to right: Cairo, Suspiro, Atenas, Londres

Left to right: Amsterdã, Pequim, Dubai, Cupcake

Left to right: Cairo, Atenas, Londres, Suspiro, Amsterdã, Pequim, Cupcake, Dubai

Although I was equally overexcited about each of the shades, I didn't hesitate which one to pick first. Since I have a very special sympathy towards Greece and the Greeks, Atenas landed on my nails over Avon Sea Breeze :)

Atenas consists of a clear base with large hexagonal white glitter and small golden glitter particles. Very much represents the city itself, at least its central part :) Not sure what to write about application, since this polish is meant to be used for layering.. a bit of attention is needed while spreading the glitter over the nails, otherwise a nice formula and a great polish generally!

And as usual - some close-ups:

Again, thank you very much, Mauni!!! This swap was a great pleasure! :D