Ninja Giveaway Win + Swap #14

Lately I am being quite lucky in winning things *knock knock knock*. Actually, I win different stuff intermittently, couple of times per year or so. However, this time my winning of a giveaway on Good Lack, Nail! blog came as a total surprise. I was all in work and suddenly baaam, an e-mail "hey, you won a giveaway"... what could be nicer? :) 

After a couple of mails from the owner of Good Lack, Nail!, Caroline (check her manicures and especially "how I wore it" posts!!), we decided to turn it all into a swap ;) Unbelievable, how many lemmings of mine she killed with one parcel! Let's have a look:

Ninja polishes: my giveaway win! :D
Left to right:

Ninja Polish Ambrosia

Ninja Polish Shillelagh

Ninja Polish Divinity

And all the rest is already the "swap" part!
Left to right:

BB Couture Love Bug

China Glaze Angel Wings

OPI Dutch Tulips

Left to right:

Zoya Rory

Love&Beauty Gold

Essie Watermelon

                                                      Revlon Princess               Caroline's Franken called Kaffeeklatsch

As always, when I receive a huge nail mail I get lost and choose for hours which polish to wear first. Especially in this case, when I got like half of my wish list in one pack... but I decided to try Caroline's creation as as my first choice, so meet the pink Kaffeeklatsch!

Kaffeeklatsch is a bright pearly pink with pink shimmer and hexagonal glitters, I also saw a couple of heart-shaped glitters there. You know that I'm not a fan of frosty finish, but when I applied Kaffeklatsch onto my nails, I liked how it looked! Somehow it was not streaky, and all in all looked so.. merry! :)

By the way, Kaffeeklatsch means gathering together for a coffee and chatting - in case you were wondering :) Nice and unusual name for a franken, I reckon. All these "blue my mind" and "mellow/yellow/fellow" drive me crazy already lol 

Besides that I'm truly madly happy with what I received, I want to say a huge THANK YOU to Caroline!!! I really enjoy what I got! :)

Going Festive: A Win Combination

Isn't it? Dark blue + gold looks so.. royal to me : ) No idea if I would wear it at any other time of the year, but now with all this festive decorations and mood something like this seems totally appropriate: 

This is Milani Gold layered over dark blue shimmery base. Milani glitters are totally cool, they just create party on my hands every time I wear them!

The base polish by itself is actually nothing special, someone some day put it as an extra. I even guess it's a franken. I'll still add a swatch of it alone, just for the history matters. 

What do you think of dark blue + gold? Still wearable or too kitschy? :) Any opinions are welcome!

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. 

Franken Geschmückt

Hier zeige ich Sally Hansen Hot Magenta und Victoria Shu №16 gesponget über meinen ersten Frankenlack mit dem Namen 5 Hours Pink. 

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: