Coral Reef

What's wrong with me and the coral colour? I don't know, honestly. When I was a kid, my mom told me that I should not wear salad green and bright coral shades, because the colours don't suit me at all. I never questioned that, until recently - we went shopping (with mom), and I wanted to try on a bright coral top just for fun - suddenly it suited me so well, the damn colour! My mom said we should grab that top immediately, and when I reminded her of the words she told me years ago, she laughed and said she never remembered that. Parents... they say random stuff and we have child traumas ;) 

So the top was exactly the colour that I'll be showing today - a bright coral shade of Avon Coral Reef. Reminding you, my official supplier of Avon polishes is Antallex, to whom I'm very grateful! :) 

Coral Reef is a neony (not fully neon though) coral polish with a tiny tad of white, very glossy and quite in-your-face. I was wearing it in winter and the colour therapy worked perfectly :) 

No problems with application at all, 2 coats and fast-drying. No staining, no chipping.

For those who wonder if they really need another coral - here's a comparison of Avon Coral Reef vs. Essie Cute As A Button vs. Orly Pixy Stix. Coral Reef is the brightest of all, Essie is just a little more muted, and Pixy Stix is the most whitened. 

As for me, you don't need all 3 polishes, maybe only you are a frantic coral-addict :) Are you? :)

Double Swirls

Won't be much text this time. Another manicure inspired - very possibly - by the trip, done in 10 minutes. When I finished stamping I realised that the whole thing reminds me of Moroccanoil bottles : D

The base polish is a wonderful bright sky-blue creme by DERMExcellence. The brand is totally new for me, I got it in a swap from Portugal. Nevertheless I totally liked the application and the colour. On the photos you see 2 coats of DERMExcellence #55, stamped with Manhattan 77Z and China Glaze 2030. Below the base colour alone, because it's worth seeing :) 

This was the last pre-scheduled post before I come back :) The next one will be about the polishes I wore during the trip :) 

Manhattan Grad

Long time no sponging...right? : ) I honestly missed it. It's such a cool and easy technique, which gives amazing effects on nails, but I somehow ignored it lately. Well, now is the time to catch up! 

On the pics you see Manhattan 78J sponged with Amour Blue Glitter and some strokes of Wet'n'Wild Kaleidoscope. It actually took me 5 minutes to create all this : )

Of course, I'll show the base polish - Manhattan 78J - by itself too. Might be irrelevant, because it's from an old Manhattan&Buffalo LE, but the shade is very pretty. When I was buying it, I was sure it would be a neon blue. But no! It's a bright, "electric" blue summer colour, but not neon. Which is perfect for me. Actually, THIS is the colour I expected OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui to be, and not a boring teal. 

One more last thing.. I cut one of my fingers really badly, and originally these swatches included a big bloody wound as well, lol. But thanks heaven, with our modern apps&tools it was quite easy to erase it in 2 clicks. I'm just curious.. can you see anything? Which finger did I cut? :) :)

Pink Flamenco

How about something bright and juicy for the summer? : )

The weather is so summery now here in Germany, and I'm mostly wearing pastel light shades but with some "bright exceptions". OPI Pink Flamenco is a beautiful bright spot of my nail polish stash, it comes from OPI España Collection 2009, which is one of my favourite by OPI ever. So, on to the vivid and vibrant sumer nails pictures : )

OPI Pink Flamenco is a shiny fuchsia/pink creme, bright but still not neon (which is good, because I'm not a big fan of neons..). The application was great, I will not even rant about the stupid OPI brush today : ) The only little "fail" of this polish is that it chips superfast!! Okay, to be honest it does not disturb me much because I change the colour often, but when I once did a pedicure with Pink Flamenco and it chipped on. the. following. day!!! I freaked out!!! Usually my pedicures last up to 2 weeks...

Otherwise, the colour is beautiful, I just love it. Others do too, lol, because such a screamy shade does attract a lot of attention. Now I'm thinking of buying a maching swim suit, because I'd love to wear such shade on the sea somewhere.. 

How about you? Are you in the mood for summer brights already? : )

Pupa & Venetian Glass

Last post from the series of "Italian chronicles", and it's more "random pictures" kind of post rather than usual swatches. With this entry, you can consider the column How I Wore It open in my blog : ) And I'm glad to start it out with such an amazing polish - Pupa #715.

Honestly, I don't even know what to write about the polish, because I believe you can see everything yourself! Firstly, it's a gorgeous bright blue creme colour, sometimes the shades looks close to neon, but it's not really "aaa my eyes fell out!!" bright. Secondly, it has its own awesome gloss! On the pictures I am not wearing any topcoat. Thirdly, it has a pleasant formula: applies like butter and dries well, too.

So, the conclusion is: if you have Pupas around - you NEED this colour. Even if you don't wear such bright shades, you might use it for pedicure in summer. As this time I didn't post classic swatches, I highly recommend you to look at this polish at nailbamboo's blog. Apart from perfection of her nails and pictures, she captured the colour of the polish very realistically.

As you see, I couldn't miss the chance to show you the ring I bought in Venice : ) Venice is full of all kinds of objects and accessories made of Murano (Venetian) glass, and although I realised that it was totally touristic, I couldn't help buying some stuff : )

P.S. Special thanks to my very special photographer ♥