Wedding Crasher

*planned post; me partying at a wedding on Crete*

Honestly, I don't see how a nail polish could potentially crash a wedding, especially such a decent shade... Apparently the creators of Sally Hansen Wedding Crasher had some ideas in mind, while naming the polish this way :) Besides, I keep remembering the movie about the two guys, the Wedding Crashers or so... a funny one-time-see film :)

Wedding Crasher is a pink jelly packed with pink glitter, that turned out to be more dense than I expected when looking at the bottle. The coverage is reached in 2 thick(er) coats only. The surface is not gritty, so it only makes sense to cover it with a top coat if you need a bit of gloss and shine.

Actually, Wedding Crasher was a present form my aunt, and honestly speaking, I was not inspired by this shade until I painted my nails with it :) 

If you like this kind of colours, give it a try! I look forward to comparing it with Zoya Astra, I have a feeling that these two have a lot in common. 

Anyways, I hope that the big fat Greek wedding I'm partying at right now will never ever be crashed!! :) And I hope you are having fun this summer too :) 

Old Weirdos R.I.P.

I wanted to do it for a long time already: to show you my polish stash before my nail maniacism began. The number of polishes I owned was actually always high: 2 years ago (i.e. 1 year before blogging) I had 42 beauties, 2/3 of which I had to throw away or give out because I was moving to another country. Now my stash is around 200 polishes. Uff. The bad thing is it's very tiring to carry them around, and as you know I change places of residence kinda often. So, here's the oldies, some of them nonames, of my collection:

1. Sally Hansen Cherry Charisma: my perfect red for some time in the past. Not too bright, not too dark. Love.

2. Yves Rocher Violine: deep violet, very intense and rich colour. Love.

3. Victoria Shu 16: purple shimmer with silver sparkles. Love.

4. Stefani 176: nothing-special-purple-shimmer.

5. Yves Rocher Luminelle Rose Etincelant: pale pink with silver shimmer. Quite a beautiful colour.

6. Franken Pink Ballerina: got it when I purchased some polishes from a blogger. Don't remember who it was.

7. Stefani 126: same as 176, but way more sheer.

8. Cary Mayson 25: was using it for french mani sometimes. Here as well, I think. My first post, haha.

9. Yves Rocher Mauve Léger: perfect lilac for some time. Love. 

10. Yves Rocher Luminelle Mauve Captivante: don't remember.

11. Yves Rocher Luminelle Ciel Bleu: don't remember. 

12. Lady Rose Latino 592: bought in delirium tremens (obviously). Never painted my nails with it, it's just toooo much for me. But perfect for pedicure!

13. BeYu 107: great colour, awful application. Finished.

And on the wheel, in the same order [sun]:

[under the lamp]

So now, why am I posting this? Firstly, to share my 'unconscious' (i.e. when you JUST pick up a colour in a shop) colour preferences, and secondly, who knows, maybe some very committed ppl are searching for the swatches of these weirdos. You never know.  

Why on the wheel? Because many of them are almost finished, so it was impossible to do a full mani.

Why R.I.P.? Because I threw them away. Ehh. 

Lilac Treasure

One day absolutely randomly I combined two polishes on a nail wheel, and I was amazed by the result. Some time later I could help repeating it as a full manicure. Please meet Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure over Butter London Muggins: 

The base colour swatches you can see below. After Victoriana, Muggins is the 2d Butter London I'm trying, and I'm reeeeally satisfied with everything: colour so airy, texture so easy to apply, finish so glossy (no TC!), quality so perfect, price so *khmkhm*. But it's worth it. And I got it with a discount ;-P

Of course, in real life it looks way more charming. So I advise to all the ladies: if you have a nice lilac polish and flakies - combine them together, it's worth it : )

Some Autumn Nails

OPI Malaga Wine was one of those polishes I wasn't really planning to buy, but suddenly hit a good price on ebay (3 or 5 euros with shipping!), and after trying it I still can't really decide if I'm happy having it or not. The colour is wonderful, wine red and glass glossy finish, but the rest... Application was pain in the ass, it was my first OPI and now after trying a few more I can state: I HATE THE BRUSH. Let all OPI fans forgive me, but hey, how can you control it?? I would never call my nails small or narrow, but this brush is huge for them! Grrr. Another thing - Malaga Wine chips easily. 

Okay, firstly just some swatches of the polish: 

And now something more interesting: Malaga Wine topped with Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure! 

Besides the burning flame, Hidden Treasure on red is associated with autumn leavesin my mind. Impossible not to like this combination. I got many questions and many compliments from my friends :)

What do you think about these polishes with "mica effect"? Do you own any?

V-Mani

Not very inventive, I know, but still looks nice. What do you think?

I hope that at least looking at my mani my precious bf will remember about Valentine's day hehe =)

Franken №1: 5 Hours Pink

Yeeha Leute, ich hab meinen ersten Frankenlack gemischt :) Auch den Namen hab ich ihm gegeben: "5 Hours Pink", weil.......weil sein Leben nur 5 Stunden dauerte :( Danach ist die Flasche irgendwie in meinen Händen zersprungen, vielleicht hab ich sie zu viel geschüttelt. Also, R.I.P.

Eigentlich ist die Farbe absolut nix besonders, triviales Schimmerrosa.

Zutaten: Sally Hansen Petite Pink

             Sally Hansen Hypnotic Pink

             Sally Hansen Glow

             Sally Hansen Hot Magenta

             Depend 34 

             Lady Rose Unbekannt (lila) 

Ich habe diese Lacke gemischt, weil sie alle uralt waren und in jeder Flasche nur ein Paar Tropfen blieben. Rausschmeißen wollte ich sie nicht, deswegen hab ich versucht was kreatives zu mischen. Kein großer Erfolg, aber ich habe mein ganzes Leben vor =)

Also, schaut mal:

Blume+Blume=Blumen

Sally Hansen Royal Romance

+Im Sonnenlicht:

Galaxis Pediküre

Ein Paar Tage vor hab ich bei C&A einen sonderbaren Nagellack gekauft: BK Deluxe №55. Sieht so aus --->>>

Der Lack ist fast transparent mit leichtem Lilaton und verschiedenen Glitzern (sowohl kleinen als auch großen, sechskantigen). Auftragen war ein bißchen kompliziert: der Nagellack lässt sich nicht so leicht verteilen, man muss etwas Geduld haben. Der einzige Vorteil: er trocknet ganz schnell.

Damit ihr eine bessere Ahnung vom Lack habt, zeige ich die Bilder von meiner Pediküre: da ist dieser BK Deluxe über Sally Hansen Purple Potion.

Weihnachtsmaniiii!!

Endlich habe ich genug Zeit mit den neuen Nagellacken rumzuspielen. Und obwohl ich wegen meiner Religion die Weinachten nicht am 25.Dezember feiere, trotzdem mag ich die Weihnachtsatmosphäre und die Farben. Meine Mani mag ich auch, außer dass der verfickte Flitter ist jetzt ÜBERALL!! Egal, das kann ich doch überleben.